Sweden national football team 578468 223293795 2008-07-03T12:54:11Z ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWLXY 7403159 {{Infobox National football team | Name = Sweden | Badge = Sweden_national_football_team_logo.png | FIFA Trigramme = SWE | FIFA Rank = 26 | FIFA max = 2 | FIFA max date = November 1994| FIFA min = 31 | FIFA min date = August 1998 | Elo Rank = 27 | Elo max = 2| Elo max date = June 1950| Elo min = 49| Elo min date = Sept 1980| | Nickname = ''Blågult'' (Blueyellow) | Association = [[Swedish Football Association|''Svenska Fotbollförbundet'']] | Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]]) | Coach = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lars Lagerbäck]] | Captain = [[Vacant]] | Home stadium = [[Råsunda Stadium]], 37 000 | Most caps = [[Thomas Ravelli]] (143) | Top scorer = [[Sven Rydell]] (49) | Home Stadium = [[Råsunda Stadium]] | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFF01C|body1=FFF01C|rightarm1=FFF01C|shorts1=1860a2|socks1=FFF01C| pattern_la2=_swe_away_08|pattern_b2=_swe_away_08|pattern_ra2=_swe_away_08| leftarm2=1d242b|body2=1d242b|rightarm2=1d242b|shorts2=1d242b|socks2=1d242b| First game = {{Flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden 11 - 3 [[Norway national football team|Norway]] {{Flagicon|Norway}}<br/>([[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]; [[12 July]], [[1908]]) | Largest win = {{Flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden 12 - 0 [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] {{Flagicon|Latvia}}<br/>([[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]; [[29 May]], [[1927]])<BR> {{Flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] 12 - 0 [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] {{Flagicon|South Korea}} <br>([[London]], [[England]]; [[August 5]] [[1948]]) | Largest loss = {{Flagicon|England}} [[England national amateur football team|England Amateur]] 12 - 1 Sweden {{Flagicon|Sweden}}<br/>([[London]], [[England]]; [[20 October]], [[1908]]) | World cup apps = 11 | World cup first = 1934 | World cup best = Runners-up, [[Football World Cup 1958|1958]] | Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] | Regional cup apps = 4 | Regional cup first = [[1992 European Football Championship|1992]] | Regional cup best = Semi-finals, [[1992 European Football Championship|1992]] }} {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] | [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} {{MedalBottom}} The '''Swedish national football team''' is the national [[football (soccer)|football]] team of [[Sweden]] and is controlled by the [[Swedish Football Association]]. ==History== Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with eleven [[Football World Cup|World Cup]] appearances and three medals in the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]. The Swedish team finished second in the [[Football World Cup 1958|1958 World Cup]], when it was the host team, being beaten by [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 5-2 in the final. Sweden has also finished third twice, in [[Football World Cup 1950|1950]] and [[Football World Cup 1994|1994]]. In [[Football World Cup 1938|1938]], they finished fourth. ===Early history=== Sweden played its first international game against Norway, on [[12 July]] [[1908]], and won it 11-3. Other games in 1908 were against England, Netherlands and Belgium. Sweden lost all three games. In the same year Sweden competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for the first time. Sweden however lost a game in the Olympics against the [[England national amateur football team|English Amateur team]] with 1-12 and it became the biggest loss in the Swedish national team's history. During 1910-1930 Sweden had some friendly games, and in 1916, beat Denmark for the first time. Sweden played in the 1912 Olympics (as hosts), the 1920 Olympics, and in the 1924 Olympics, where Sweden took the bronze and their first medal ever. ===1938 World Cup=== The 1938 World Cup was Sweden's second qualification for the world cup. In the first round, they were scheduled to play against [[Austrian national football team|Austria]], but after the Germans [[Anschluss|occupied the nation of Austria]] could not continue playing in the tournament. Instead, Sweden went straight to the quarterfinal match against [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]]. They beat Cuba 8-0 with both [[Tore Keller]] and [[Gustav Wetterström]] scoring [[hat trick]]s. In the semi-final match against [[Hungarian national football team|Hungary]], Sweden lost 1-5. Sweden's next match was the 3rd place match against [[Brazilian national football team|Brazil]]. In that game the Swedes lost 2-4, and ended in 4th place for the first and only time in Swedish football history. ===1948 Summer Olympics=== In the first round, Sweden played against [[Austria national football team|Austria]]. The Austrian team had qualified without their professional players, which was a surprise since the Austrian league had many professional players who were allowed to play in the tournament. The match was played at [[White Hart Lane]], [[London]] where Sweden won 3-0. In the second game, Sweden played against Korea and won 12-0, which today, is one of the two largest margin wins Sweden has ever had. In the semi-final Sweden met their [[Denmark and Sweden football rivalry|rivals from Denmark]], and won 4-2. The final was played in the classic [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] in London. The attendance was around 40,000 people which was high for a football game during that time period. Sweden took on Yugoslavia in the final and won 3-1, with goals by [[Gunnar Gren]] (24', 67'), [[Stjepan Bobek]] (42') and [[Gunnar Nordahl]] (48'). This was Sweden's first championship win in any international football tournament. ===1950 World Cup=== In the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] the Swedish football association did not let the professional Swedish football players play. Sweden only played amateur players during the tournament. The Swedes qualified for the tournament as 1 of 6 European national teams. Sweden played in the same group as Italy and Paraguay (India withdrew from the group). In the first game Sweden beat the [[Italian national football team|Italians]] 3-2 in [[São Paulo]]. The second game ended in a draw, against Paraguay (2-2), but Sweden was the group leader in points and advanced to the next round. Their first game in the group was against the host nation, Brazil. It was played in [[Estádio do Maracanã|the Maracanã]] and the total attendance was more than 138,000, which is the record for the most people that have watched the Swedish national team. The game ended 7-1 to Brazil and it is rumored that almost everyone in the Brazilian audience waved the Swedes good bye with their scarfs. The next game was against Uruguay, who Sweden played against for the first time in World Cup history. The game was played in São Paulo. Uruguay won 3-2 and after that game Sweden could not play for the gold. The last game for Sweden in the tournament was played in São Paulo, against Spain. Sweden won that game 3-1 with goals by Stig Sundqvist (15'), Bror Mellberg (34') and Karl-Erik Palmér (79'). Sweden finished 3rd in the group and took their first World cup medal. ===1958 World Cup=== In 1956 the Swedish football federation allowed the professional players to play on the national team again, which gave the Swedish population hope for the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]]. Sweden was the host nation of the World Cup in 1958 and were in the same group as Mexico, Hungary and Wales. The first game was played in the Swedish national stadium, [[Råsunda Stadium]], [[Solna]]. The attendance was around 32,000 people. Sweden won the game against Mexico 3-0 and took the lead in Group 3. The next match was against Hungary, who finished 2nd in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, and were the 1952 Olympic Champions. That game was also played in Råsunda Stadium. Sweden won the match 2-1 with both goals from [[Kurt Hamrin]]. During the next match against Wales, Sweden drew a tie 0-0. The quarterfinal was played in Råsunda Stadium for the 4th time in this tournament. Sweden played against the [[USSR national football team|USSR]]. Sweden won that game 2-0. The semi final, the only game for Sweden that was not played in Råsunda Stadium, was played in [[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]. The attendance was around 50,000 people who would see one of the best games Sweden played in the tournament. [[Erich Juskowiak]] was sent off when West Germany had the lead at the 59th minute. Sweden won that game 3-1. The final was played in Råsunda Stadium between the host nation Sweden, and the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] runners-up, Brazil. The total attendance was around 52,000 people. Brazil won the World Cup for the first time after beating the host nation 5-2. Sweden became runners-up, which is the best result for Sweden in any World Cup. After the final match the Brazilian players hailed the host nation by running around the field with a Swedish flag. ===After the World Cup success=== Sweden was one of the best teams in the World during the 50's. But after the successful 1958 World Cup Sweden did not have any success. In the qualification round of the 1962 World cup Sweden won the group, but it was only points that was counted so they did a last play-off game against Switzerland, played in West Berlin, which they lost by 1-2. In the qualification group Sweden was the better team, where they scored 10 goals and only had 3 goals scored against them. Sweden almost got to the UEFA European Championship 1964. They started their play-off against Norway and won the first game and drawed in the last game. In the second round Sweden beat Yugoslavia 3-2, but they lost the first gaME. In the quarterfinals Sweden played against the defending champions, the Soviet Union . Sweden drawed the first game, but lost the second. During the 1966 World Cup Sweden was in the UEFA Qualification group 2. After starting the qualification with a draw against West Germany and after that a victory Cyprus with 3-0. But in the last game against West Germany Sweden lost and was out from the group, because it was only the winners of each group qualified. Sweden even entered the UEFA European Championship in 1968, but they finished in the Qualification group 2. Sweden had only one success in the 60's and that was to qualify for the 1970 World Cup, after winning UEFA Group 5 before Norway and France. ===1974 World Cup=== Sweden did not qualify for 2 previous World Cups in [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] and exited in the group stages in [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]. In the qualification of the 1974 FIFA World cup, Sweden was in the same group as Austria, Hungary, and Malta. Sweden finished 2nd, below Austria, and advanced to the World Cup. The group Sweden drew into included Uruguay, Netherland, and Bulgaria. The first game against Bulgaria ended in a draw. In the second game against the Netherlands, Sweden drew another tie. The last game of the round was played against Uruguay. That game was the first victory Sweden had in the tournament, when they beat Uruguay 3-0 with goals by [[Roland Sandberg]] (74') and [[Ralf Edström]] (46', 77'). Sweden finished 2nd in the group and advanced to the second group stage. In the second group stage, Sweden was defeated in the first game against Poland 0-1. The situation after the defeat against Poland was that if Sweden lost against West Germany with a single goal difference and Yugoslavia defeated Poland, Sweden would be second in the group and play for the bronze medal. But since Poland beat Yugoslavia 2-1, Sweden had to win the game against the host nation, [[West Germany]], in order to finish second in the group. The game against West Germany was played in [[Düsseldorf]] with an attendance of 66,500 people. The Swedish striker Ralf Edström gave the Scandinavian the lead with 1-0 after 29 minutes. But in the second half West Germany took control of the game, even after Roland Sandberg's equalizer after 52 minutes. Germany won 4-2. After the tournament, the German players commented that the game against Sweden was their best game in that tournament. The last game for Sweden was played in Düsseldorf against Yugoslavia. Sweden won that game 2-1. They finished the tournament as the 5th place team. ===1979-1990=== After the successful 70's, reaching all three World Cups. Sweden changed their coach from [[Georg Ericson|Georg "Åby" Ericson]] to [[Lars Arnesson|Lars "Laban" Arnesson]]. Arnesson had been a successful coach for [[Östers IF]] before becoming national coach. After the failed qualification for the [[FIFA World Cup 1986|'86 World Cup]], [[Olle Nordin]] took over the team. Sweden failed to qualify for every World Cup and European Championship during the 1980's, but won their qualification group for the 1990 World Cup ahead of England and went on to their first World Cup in 12 years. However the World Cup campaign ended with losses in all group stage games, 1-2 against Brazil, Scotland and Costa Rica. ===1992 European Championship=== As the host of the 1992 European Championship, Sweden played in their first European Championship tournament. They played in the same group as Denmark, France, and England. Sweden was the only team that defeated the champions of the tournament, Denmark. Sweden finished in the semi-final against Germany, which is the best result for Sweden in the European Championship. ===1994 World Cup=== Sweden qualified for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] at the top of their qualifying group ahead of Bulgaria. Sweden was placed in Group B with Brazil, Cameroon, and Russia. The first game against Cameroon was going to be yet another 1-2 loss, (after the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]] fiasco with losses of 1-2 in all three games), but in the 75th minute [[Martin Dahlin]] scored the equalizer from a rebound shot off of [[Henrik Larsson]]. In the next game against Russia, Russia scored early with a penalty. But Sweden managed to come back, with a penalty goal from [[Tomas Brolin]] and two goals from Martin Dahlin. In the last group stage match against Brazil, they tied 1-1. In the first knockout stage match, Sweden faced Saudi Arabia and won 3-1 after two goals from [[Kennet Andersson]] and one from Martin Dahlin. The quarter-final match against Romania has become a memorable match for Swedish football fans. After Sweden scored late in the second half, Romania managed to equalize in the last minutes of the match, sending it into extra time. Romania's [[Florin Raducioiu]] who scored the first goal for Romania, scored his second of the day to take Romania ahead at the 101st minute. But with five minutes left Kennet Andersson scored with a header to make the score even at 2-2. The penalty shoot out began with a miss from [[Håkan Mild]] of Sweden, but [[Thomas Ravelli]] managed two saves. That gave Sweden the win, making him a Swedish hero. Sweden went through to face Brazil in the semi-finals. They had managed to score in the group stage against Brazil but couldn't do it a second time. After Jonas Thern had been sent off with a red card [[Romário]] scored the only goal of the game in the 80th minute. In the third place match Sweden played against Bulgaria who had lost to Italy in their semi-final match. Sweden scored 4 goals in the first half, but the second half went goal-less. Sweden won the bronze medal, the best placing for the national team in a World Cup play-off since the 1958 silver medal. This led Sweden to the second place of the [[FIFA World Rankings]] for one month, in November 1994. They finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with 15 goals. ===2006 World Cup=== Sweden competed in [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group B|Group B]] at the 2006 World Cup. Their squad for the tournament features players who play club football in eleven different nations. Sweden started the World Cup slowly, recording a scoreless tie against unheralded [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]], despite playing with a one-man advantage for much of the game. The second game, against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]], threatened to produce the same result until [[Fredrik Ljungberg]] scored in the 89th minute to give Sweden a 1-0 victory. Sweden then rallied to tie [[England national football team|England]], 2-2, to finish group play with five points - enough to finish second in its' group and advance to the second round. There, the team's World Cup run came to an end with a 2-0 defeat to the host team, [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. ===2008 European Championship Qualifying=== Sweden finished second in [[2008 European Championship (qualifying)#Group F|Group F]] behind {{nft|Spain}}, thus qualifying for the [[Euro 2008|finals]]. The campaign included an [[2008 UEFA qualifier fan attack|abandoned match]] away to {{nft|Denmark}}, for which Sweden were awarded a 3-0 win by UEFA. ===2008 European Championship=== In their first match in [[Euro 2008]], they beat the reigning European champions, [[Greece national football team|Greece]], by a score of 2-0 with goals from [[Zlatan Ibrahimovic]] and [[Petter Hansson]]. Their next game was against Spain, who they played in qualifying. The game looked like a draw until a 92nd minute strike from [[David Villa]], which put the Spaniards ahead. In the final group match, the Swedes went on to lose 2-0 to the Russians, eliminating them from the tournament. Swedish supporters showed up first during the 1912 Summer Olympics, where they sang "Heja Sverige Friskt humör, det är det som susen gör" during the football games. The traveling supporters for Sweden's away games showed up for the first time in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, and since thens Sweden has always had supporters in large tournaments. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup Sweden had one of the largest group of supporters during a tournament, especially during the group stage match against Paraguay with around 50,000 Swedish supporters in attendance. ==Stadium== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Rasunda3.jpg|200px|Råsunda Stadium|right]] --> The Swedish national stadium is called the [[Råsunda Stadium|Råsunda Fotbollsstadion]], but it will be replaced in 2011 by the new national stadium [[Swedbank Arena, Solna|Swedbank Arena]]. According to FIFA, Råsunda Stadion is a classic stadium, one of only two stadiums in the world, the other one being the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl Stadium]] in [[Pasadena, California]], [[United States|USA]], which hosted both the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 FIFA World Cup final]] and the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. Råsunda stadium was opened 18 September 1910, and had a capacity of only 2.000, mostly standings. It was Råsunda stadium and valhalla stadium in Gothenburg that was the first football fields with grass for Swedish football. The stadium were expanded during 1937, to a capacity of 40.000 people. The stadium was used for the football tournament in 1912 Summer Olympics hield in Stockholm, and hosted 8 games during the FIFA World cup 1958. In the UEFA European Championship in 1992, the stadium hosted 4 games and in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup it hosted only the final game. But Råsunda stadium is still the only stadium in Scandinavia that have hosted 4 big tournaments. Ullevi in Gothenburg is used for some games Sweden plays, as the 100 years celebration game of Swedish football association, against England in 2004. Even other stadiums, as malmö stadion in Malmö, is used for the national team. ==Competitive record== ===World Cup=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Year !Round !Position !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA |- |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||Quarter-Finals||8||2||1||0||1||4||4 |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||Fourth place||4||3||1||0||2||11||9 |- |- bgcolor=CD7F32 |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||Third place<ref name="wc1950">There was no official World Cup final match or bronze match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). Sweden's 3-1 victory over Spain ensured that they finished third.</ref>||3||5||2||1||2||11||15 |- |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |- bgcolor=silver |style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||Runners-up||2||6||4||1||1||12||7 |- |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||Round 1||9||3||1||1||1||2||2 |- |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||Group Round 2||5||6||2||2||2||7||6 |- |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||Round 1||13||3||0||1||2||1||3 |- |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||Round 1||21||3||0||0||3||3||6 |- |- bgcolor=CD7F32 |{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||Third place||3||7||3||3||1||15||8 |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||Round 2||13||4||1||2||1||5||5 |- |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Round 2||14||4||1||2||1||3||4 |- |'''Total'''||11/18||-||46||16||13||17||74||69 |} ===European Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Year !Round !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1960 UEFA European Football Championship|1960]]||''Did not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|1964]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1968 UEFA European Football Championship|1968]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[1972 UEFA European Football Championship|1972]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[1976 UEFA European Football Championship|1976]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1980 UEFA European Football Championship|1980]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship|1992]]||Semi-finals||4||2||1||1||6||5 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|1996]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Belgium}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|2000]]||Round 1||3||0||1||2||2||4 |- |{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|2004]]||Quarter-final||4||1||3||0||8||3 |- |{{flagicon|Austria}}{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship|2008]]||Round 1||3||1||0||2||3||4 |- |{{flagicon|Poland}}{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]||||-||-||-||-||-||- |- ||'''Total'''||4/13||14||4||5||5||19||16 |} :''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|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 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]] - ''Did not compete'' *[[Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]] - ''Did not compete'' *[[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] - Lost the bronze medal match *[[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]] - First round *[[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] - Quarter final *[[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] - '''Bronze''' *[[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]] - ''Did not compete'' *[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] - First round *[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] - '''Gold''' *[[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] - '''Bronze''' *[[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]-[[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] - ''Did not compete'' *[[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] - Quarter final *[[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] - Quarter final *[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]-[[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] - ''Did not qualify'' ==Swedish national team 2008== ==Matches== {| class="wikitable" !Date !Venue !Opponents !Score !Comp !TV !Sweden scorers !Attendance |- |[[2008-01-13]] |{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa]] |{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] |style="text-align:center;"|1&ndash;0 |[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |[[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]] |[[Samuel Holmén|Holmén]] |8 000 |- |- |[[2008-01-19]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[The Home Depot Center]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]] |style="text-align:center;"|0&ndash;2 |Friendly |[[TV4 Sport]] | |14 878 |- |- |[[2008-02-06]] |{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[BJK İnönü Stadium]] |{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] |style="text-align:center;"|0&ndash;0 |Friendly |[[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3]] | |20 000 |- |- |[[2008-03-26]] |{{flagicon|England}} [[Emirates Stadium]] |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] |style="text-align:center;"|0&ndash;1 |Friendly |TV3 | |60 000 |- |- |[[2008-05-26]] |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ullevi]] |{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] |style="text-align:center;"|1&ndash;0 |Friendly |TV3 |[[Tobias Linderoth|Linderoth]] |21 118 |- |- |[[2008-06-01]] |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Råsunda Stadium|Råsunda]] |{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] |style="text-align:center;"|0&ndash;1 |Friendly |TV3 | |25 203 |- |- |[[2008-06-10]] |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Wals Siezenheim Stadium|Wals Siezenheim]] |{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece national football team|Greece]] |style="text-align:center;"|2&ndash;0 |[[Euro 2008]] |TV4 |[[Zlatan Ibrahimović|Ibrahimović]], [[Petter Hansson|Hansson]] |31,063 |- |- |[[2008-06-14]] |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Tivoli Neu]] |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain national football team|Spain]] |style="text-align:center;"|1&ndash;2 |Euro 2008 |TV4 |[[Zlatan Ibrahimović|Ibrahimović]] |30,772 |- |- |[[2008-06-18]] |{{flagicon|Austria}} Tivoli Neu |{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russia national football team|Russia]] |style="text-align:center;"|0&ndash;2 |Euro 2008 |TV4 | |30,772 |- |- |[[2008-08-20]] |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ullevi]] |{{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]] |style="text-align:center;"| |Friendly |TV3 | | |- |- |[[2008-09-06]] |{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Qemal Stafa (stadium)|Qemal Stafa]] |{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Albania national football team|Albania]] |style="text-align:center;"| |[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|FIFA World Cup qual.]] |TBD | | |- |- |[[2008-09-10]] |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Råsunda Stadium|Råsunda]] |{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] |style="text-align:center;"| |FIFA World Cup qual. |TV3 | | |- |- |[[2008-10-11]] |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Råsunda Stadium|Råsunda]] |{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] |style="text-align:center;"| |FIFA World Cup qual. |TV3 | | |- |- |[[2008-11-19]] |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Amsterdam Arena]] |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] |style="text-align:center;"| |Friendly |TBD | | |- {{end}} ==[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]== {{2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 1 | expanded = yes | fixtures = yes | tiebreakers = <!-- "yes", to display the tiebreaking notes --> }} ===Current squad=== The following players named for the 2008 European Championship in Switzerland/Austria <ref>http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1133320</ref>. {{nat fs g start}} {{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Andreas Isaksson]]|age=[[3 October]] [[1981]] (age 26)|caps=59|goals=0|club=[[PSV Eindhoven]]|clubnat=Netherlands}} {{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Rami Shaaban]]|age=[[30 June]] [[1975]] (age 32)|caps=16|goals=0|club=[[Hammarby IF]]|clubnat=Sweden}} {{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=GK|name=[[Johan Wiland]]|age=[[24 january]] [[1981]] (age 27)|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[IF Elfsborg]]|clubnat=Sweden}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | {{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Mikael Nilsson (footballer born 1978)|Mikael Nilsson]]|age=[[24 June]] [[1978]] (age 29)|caps=50|goals=3|club=[[Panathinaikos FC]]|clubnat=Greece}} {{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Fredrik Stoor]]|age=[[28 february]] [[1984]] (age 24)|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[Rosenborg BK]]|clubnat=Norway}} {{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Olof Mellberg]]|age=[[3 september]] [[1977]] (age 30)|caps=85|goals=4|club=[[Juventus_F.C.|Juventus FC]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Petter Hansson]]|age=[[14 december]] [[1976]] (age 32)|caps=35|goals=2|club=[[Stade_Rennais_F.C.|Stade Rennais]]|clubnat=France}} {{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name=[[Daniel Majstorović]]|age=[[5 april]] [[1977]] (age 31)|caps=15|goals=1|club=[[AEK Athens F.C.]]|clubnat=Greece}} {{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Andreas Granqvist]]|age=[[16 april]] [[1985]] (age 23)|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Wigan_Athletic_F.C.|Wigan Athletic FC]]|clubnat=England}} {{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=DF|name=[[Mikael Dorsin]]|age=[[6 october]] [[1981]] (age 26)|caps=51|goals=0|club=[[CFR Cluj]]|clubnat=Romania}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | {{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=[[Sebastian Larsson]]|age=[[6 june]] [[1985]] (age 23)|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Birmingham_City_F.C.|Birmingham City FC]]|clubnat=England}} {{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=MF|name=[[Christian Wilhelmsson]]|age=[[8 december]] [[1979]] (age 28)|caps=52|goals=4|club=[[Deportivo de La Coruña]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Tobias Linderoth]]|age=[[21 april]] [[1979]] (age 29)|caps=75|goals=2|club=[[Galatasaray_S.K.|Galatasaray]]|clubnat=Turkey}} {{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Andersson (footballer born 1977)|Daniel Andersson]]|age=[[28 august]] [[1977]] (age 30)|caps=65|goals=0|club=[[Malmö FF]]|clubnat=Sweden}} {{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name=[[Kim Källström]]|age=[[24 august]] [[1982]] (age 25)|caps=57|goals=8|club=[[Olympique Lyonnais]]|clubnat=France}} {{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Anders Svensson]]|age=[[17 july]] [[1976]] (age 31)|caps=93|goals=15|club=[[IF Elfsborg]]|clubnat=Sweden}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | {{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Zlatan Ibrahimović]]|age=[[3 october]] [[1981]] (age 26)|caps=53|goals=20|club=[[F.C._Internazionale_Milano|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Johan Elmander]]|age=[[27 may]] [[1981]] (age 27)|caps=38|goals=11|club=[[Bolton_Wanderers_FC|Bolton Wanderers FC]]|clubnat=England}} {{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=FW|name=[[Marcus Rosenberg]]|age=[[27 september]] [[1982]] (age 25)|caps=23|goals=6|club=[[SV_Werder_Bremen|Werder Bremen]]|clubnat=Germany}} {{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=FW|name=[[Henrik Larsson]]|age=[[20 september]] [[1971]] (age 36)|caps=98|goals=36|club=[[Helsingborgs IF]]|clubnat=Sweden}} {{nat fs g end}} ===Recent callups=== ;Goalkeepers {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most recent call up |} ;Defenders {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most recent call up |- | [[Matias Concha]] |align=right| [[March 31]], [[1981]] | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[VfL Bochum]] |align=center| 8 (0) | v. [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- | [[Behrang Safari]] |align=right| [[February 9]], [[1985]] | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[FC Basel]] |align=center| 3 (0) | v. [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- | [[Mikael Lustig]] |align=right| [[December 13]], [[1986]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[GIF Sundsvall]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]], [[19 January]], [[2008]] |- | [[Mattias Bjärsmyr]] |align=right| [[January 3]], [[1986]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[IFK Göteborg]] |align=center| 2 (0) | v. USA, [[19 January]], 2008 |- | [[Oskar Rönningberg]] |align=right| [[April 2]], [[1986]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Helsingborgs IF]] |align=center| 2 (0) | v. USA, [[19 January]], 2008 |- | [[Suleyman Sleyman]] |align=right| [[December 28]] [[1979]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Hammarby IF]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], [[13 January]], 2008 |} ;Midfielders {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most recent call up |- | [[Samuel Holmen]] |align=right| [[June 28]], [[1984]] | {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Brøndby IF]] |align=center| 7 (1) | v. [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- | [[Kennedy Bakircioglü]] |align=right| [[November 2]], [[1980]] | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax]] |align=center| 14 (0) | v. [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], [[26 May]], [[2008]] |- | [[Pontus Wernbloom]] |align=right| [[June 25]], [[1986]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[IFK Göteborg]] |align=center| 2 (0) | v. USA, [[19 January]], 2008 |- | [[Andreas Dahl (footballer)|Andreas Dahl]] |align=right| [[June 6]], [[1984]] | {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[FC Nordsjælland]] |align=center| 2 (0) | v. USA, [[19 January]], 2008 |- | [[Viktor Elm]] |align=right| [[November 13]] [[1985]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Kalmar FF]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. USA, [[19 January]], 2008 |- | [[Andreas Johansson (footballer born 1978)|Andreas Johansson]] |align=right| [[July 5]] [[1978]] | {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Aalborg_Boldspilklub|Aalborg BK]] |align=center| 16 (0) | v. USA, [[19 January]], 2008 |- | [[Stefan Ishizaki]] |align=right| [[May 15]] [[1982]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[IF Elfsborg]] |align=center| 11 (0) | v. [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], [[13 January]], 2008 |- | [[Louay Chanko]] |align=right| [[November 29]] [[1979]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Hammarby IF]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. Costa Rica, [[13 January]], 2008 |} ;Strikers {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most recent call up |- | [[Marcus Berg]] |align=right| [[August 17]], [[1986]] | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[FC Groningen]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- | [[Rade Prica]] |align=right| [[June 30]], [[1980]] | {{flagicon|England}} [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] |align=center| 14 (2) | v. [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]], [[19 January]], [[2008]] |- | [[Johan Oremo]] |align=right| [[October 24]] [[1986]] | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Gefle IF]] |align=center| 2 (0) | v. USA, [[19 January]], 2008 |} ===Coaching staff=== {| |- |'''Head Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Lars Lagerbäck]] |- |'''Assistant Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Roland Andersson]] |} ==Famous players== {{see also|List of Sweden international footballers}} {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} *[[Kennet Andersson]] *[[Patrik Andersson]] *[[Orvar Bergmark]] *[[Jesper Blomqvist]] *[[Tomas Brolin]] *[[Martin Dahlin]] *[[Ralf Edström]] *[[Gunnar Gren]] *[[Kurt Hamrin]] *[[Ronnie Hellström]] {{col-3}} *[[Glenn Hysén]] *[[Ove Kindvall]] *[[Bo Larsson]] *[[Henrik Larsson]] *[[Nils Liedholm]] *[[Anders Limpar]] *[[Roger Magnusson]] *[[Roland Nilsson]] *[[Torbjörn Nilsson]] *[[Gunnar Nordahl]] {{col-3}} *[[Björn Nordqvist]] *[[Thomas Ravelli]] *[[Sven Rydell]] *[[Stefan Schwarz]] *[[Agne Simonsson]] *[[Lennart Skoglund]] *[[Glenn Strömberg]] *[[Jonas Thern]] *[[Conny Torstensson]] *[[Pär Zetterberg]] {{col-end}} ==Sweden managers== {{seealso|List of Sweden national football team managers}} {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} *1908 [[Ludvig Kornerup]] *1909&ndash;11 [[Wilhelm Friberg]] *1912 [[John Ohlson]] *1912&ndash;13 [[Ruben Gelbord|Ruben 'Massa' Gelbord]] *1914&ndash;15 [[Hugo Levin]] *1916 [[Frey Svenson]] *1917&ndash;20 [[Anton Johanson]] *1921&ndash;36 [[John Pettersson|John 'Bill' Pettersson]] {{col-3}} *1937 [[Carl Linde|Carl 'Ceve' Linde]] *1938&ndash;42 [[Gustaf Carlson|Gustaf 'Gurra' Carlson]] *1942 Selection Committee *1943&ndash;56 [[Rudolf Kock|Rudolf 'Putte' Kock]] *1957&ndash;61 [[Eric Person (manager)|Eric Person]] *1962&ndash;65 [[Lennart Nyman]] *1966&ndash;70 [[Orvar Bergmark]] *1971&ndash;79 [[Georg Ericson|Georg 'Åby' Ericson]] {{col-3}} *1980&ndash;85 [[Lars Arnesson|Lars 'Laban' Arnesson]] *1986&ndash;90 [[Olle Nordin]] *1990 [[Nils Andersson]] *1991&ndash;97 [[Tommy Svensson]] *1998&ndash;99 [[Tommy Söderberg]] *2000&ndash;04 T. Söderberg & [[Lars Lagerbäck|L. Lagerbäck]] *2004&ndash; Lars Lagerbäck {{col-end}} ==See also== {{Commonscat|Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll|Sweden national football team}} *[[Football in Sweden]] *[[Sweden women's national football team]] *[[Sápmi national football team]] *[[Sweden national under-21 football team]] ==External links== *[http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm National team statistics] {{sv icon}} *[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zwed-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1908-] *[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/zwed-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers] *[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/zwed-coach-triv.html RSSSF archive of coaches] *[http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/swe.html World Cup history at Planet World Cup] ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{fb start}} {{Football in Sweden}} {{UEFA teams}} {{International Football}} {{2006 FIFA World Cup finalists}} {{fb end}} {{start box}} {{succession box | title=[[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]]| before=[[Torgny Mogren]]| after=[[Annika Sörenstam]]| years=1994}} {{end box}} [[Category:Sweden national football team| ]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1908]] [[Category:European national football teams]] [[Category:Football in Sweden|National team]] [[Category:National sports teams of Sweden|Football (soccer)]] [[ar:منتخب السويد لكرة القدم]] [[bg:Национален отбор по футбол на Швеция]] [[ca:Selecció de futbol de Suècia]] [[cs:Švédská fotbalová reprezentace]] [[da:Sveriges fodboldlandshold]] [[de:Schwedische Fußballnationalmannschaft]] [[et:Rootsi jalgpallikoondis]] [[es:Selección de fútbol de Suecia]] [[eo:Sveda nacia teamo de futbalo]] [[fr:Équipe de Suède de football]] [[ko:스웨덴 축구 국가대표팀]] [[hr:Švedska nogometna reprezentacija]] [[id:Tim nasional sepak bola Swedia]] [[it:Nazionale di calcio della Svezia]] [[he:נבחרת שבדיה בכדורגל]] [[ka:შვედეთის ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები]] [[lv:Zviedrijas futbola izlase]] [[lt:Švedijos vyrų futbolo rinktinė]] [[hu:Svéd labdarúgó-válogatott]] [[nl:Zweeds voetbalelftal]] [[ja:サッカースウェーデン代表]] [[jv:Tim nasional sépak bola Swedia]] [[no:Sveriges herrelandslag i fotball]] [[pl:Reprezentacja Szwecji w piłce nożnej]] [[pt:Seleção Sueca de Futebol]] [[ru:Сборная Швеции по футболу]] [[sk:Švédske národné futbalové mužstvo]] [[sr:Фудбалска репрезентација Шведске]] [[fi:Ruotsin jalkapallomaajoukkue]] [[sv:Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll]] [[vi:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Thụy Điển]] [[tr:İsveç Millî Futbol Takımı]] [[uk:Збірна Швеції з футболу]] [[zh:瑞典國家足球隊]] [[ro:Echipa naţională de fotbal a Suediei]] [[wuu:斯维顿国家足球队]]