Sweden national under-23 football team

Sweden Under-23
Nickname(s) Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Denmark 3–2 Sweden Sweden
(Esbjerg, Denmark; 22 June 1952)
Biggest win
Sweden Sweden 9–2 Finland 
(Växjö, Sweden; 10 June 1956)
 Finland 0–7 Sweden Sweden
(Oulu, Finland; 22 September 1957)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 6–1 Sweden Sweden
(Warsaw, Poland; 7 October 1964)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (First in 1992)
Best result Quarter-finals: 1992

The Sweden national under-23 football team (also known as Sweden Olympic football team from 1992) is the football team representing Sweden in Olympics and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Between 1952 and 1976, the Swedish U23 team was the main Swedish national youth team and represented Sweden in the UEFA European Under-23 Championship. Sweden made their first and only European Under-23 Championship appearance in 1972 and was knocked out in the quarter-finals. In 1976 the European Under-23 Championship was changed to be an Under-21 competition, so the Swedish U23 team became defunct and was replaced by the Sweden national under-21 football team.

In 1992, when the Olympic football tournament changed to be an Under-23 competition the Swedish U23 team made a comeback. Sweden made their first and so far only Olympic appearance in 1992 and was knocked out in the quarter-finals. The qualification to the Olympics for the European teams is the European Under-21 Championship so the Swedish U23 team doesn't play any qualification matches. In 1992 the team was managed by Nisse Andersson.

Competitive record

Challenge Cup U-23

This was competed for on a basis similar to a boxing title belt. The holders played a randomly chosen opponent for the championship.

Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue
6 November 1969  Yugoslavia 2–0 Sweden Sweden Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-23 Championship

UEFA European Under-23 Championship record UEFA European Under-23 Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1972 Quarter-final 6th 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 8 2
1974 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 6 5
1976 4 2 1 1 6 6
Total Best: Quarter-final 1/3 2 1 0 1 2 3 12 7 2 3 20 13
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games

Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 was only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. After the 1988 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for U23 teams with a maximum of three older players. See Sweden national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1988.

Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualification record **
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1992 Quarter-final 7th 4 1 2 1 6 3 12 7 3 2 21 7
United States 1996 Did not qualify 8 5 1 2 15 4
Australia 2000 8 2 0 6 7 15
Greece 2004 15 8 4 3 31 21
China 2008 4 3 0 1 8 6
United Kingdom 2012 10 6 2 2 17 10
Brazil 2016 To be determined 10 6 1 3 24 17
Total Best: Quarter-final 1/6 4 1 2 1 6 3 67 37 11 19 123 80
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Includes both qualification phase and final tournament of UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
***Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
****Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

1992 Summer Olympics

Fixtures

Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tomas Brolin Italy Parma 2
Jonny Rödlund Sweden IFK Norrköping
3 Patrik Andersson Sweden Malmö FF 1
Håkan Mild Sweden IFK Göteborg

1992 Summer Olympics squad

The following 20 players were called up for the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]

Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 8 August 1992.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Jan Ekholm 3 December 1969 (aged 22) 4 0 Sweden IFK Sundsvall
12 GK Håkan Svensson 20 January 1970 (aged 22) 0 0 Sweden Halmstads BK
2 DF Magnus Johansson 10 November 1971 (aged 20) 4 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
3 DF Joachim Björklund 15 March 1971 (aged 21) 4 0 Norway SK Brann
4 DF Filip Apelstav 18 September 1971 (aged 20) 1 0 Sweden Västra Frölunda IF
7 DF Patrik Andersson (captain) 18 August 1971 (aged 20) 4 1 Sweden Malmö FF
14 DF Jörgen Moberg 2 June 1971 (aged 21) 0 0 Sweden Östers IF
15 DF Björn Lilius 2 June 1970 (aged 22) 3 0 Sweden Helsingborgs IF
16 DF Henrik Nilsson 25 July 1972 (aged 20) 0 0 Sweden Malmö FF
5 MF Niclas Alexandersson 29 December 1971 (aged 20) 3 0 Sweden Halmstads BK
6 MF Håkan Mild 14 June 1971 (aged 21) 4 1 Sweden IFK Göteborg
8 MF Stefan Landberg 5 May 1970 (aged 22) 4 0 Sweden Östers IF
9 MF Christer Fursth 6 July 1970 (aged 22) 4 0 Sweden Örebro SK
13 MF Jesper Jansson 8 January 1971 (aged 21) 3 0 Sweden Östers IF
17 MF Anders Andersson 15 March 1974 (aged 18) 0 0 Sweden Malmö FF
10 FW Jonny Rödlund 22 December 1971 (aged 20) 4 2 Sweden IFK Norrköping
11 FW Tomas Brolin 29 November 1969 (aged 22) 4 2 Italy Parma
18 FW Pascal Simpson 4 May 1971 (aged 21) 1 0 Sweden AIK
19 FW Niklas Gudmundsson 29 February 1972 (aged 20) 3 0 Sweden Halmstads BK
20 FW Jonas Axeldal 2 September 1970 (aged 21) 2 0 Sweden Malmö FF

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sweden Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

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