Sweden men's national football team
The Sweden national football team (Swedish: [Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the national football team of Sweden. They made it to 2nd place in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and the semi-finals in the Euro 1992.
| Nickname(s) | Blågult (the Blue-Yellow) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Janne Andersson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Andreas Granqvist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Anders Svensson (148) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Zlatan Ibrahimović (62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Friends Arena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | SWE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:SportsRankings/data/FIFA World Rankings' not found. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 2 (November 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 45 (March 2015, October–November 2015, March 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Sweden 11–3 Norway  (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden 12–0 Latvia  (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1927) Sweden 12–0 Korea Republic  (London, England; 5 August 1948) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain 12–1 Sweden (London, England; 20 October 1908) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (1958) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Semi-finals (1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most appearances
| # | Player | Career | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anders Svensson | 1999–2013 | 130 | 21 |
| 2 | Thomas Ravelli | 1981–1997 | 143 | 0 |
| 3 | Andreas Isaksson | 2002–2016 | 133 | 0 |
| 4 | Kim Källström | 2001–2016 | 131 | 16 |
| 5 | Olof Mellberg | 2000–2012 | 117 | 8 |
| 6 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 2001–2016 | 116 | 62 |
| Roland Nilsson | 1986–2000 | 116 | 2 | |
| 8 | Björn Nordqvist | 1963–1978 | 115 | 0 |
| 9 | Niclas Alexandersson | 1993–2008 | 109 | 7 |
| 10 | Henrik Larsson | 1993–2009 | 106 | 37 |
Top scorers
| # | Player | Career | Goals | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 2001–2016 | 62 | 116 |
| 2 | Sven Rydell | 1921–1932 | 49 | 43 |
| 3 | Gunnar Nordahl | 1942–1948 | 43 | 33 |
| 4 | Henrik Larsson | 1993–2009 | 37 | 106 |
| 5 | Gunnar Gren | 1939–1958 | 32 | 57 |
| 6 | Kennet Andersson | 1990–2000 | 31 | 83 |
| 7 | Marcus Allbäck | 1999–2008 | 30 | 74 |
| 8 | Martin Dahlin | 1991–1997 | 29 | 60 |
| 9 | Agne Simonsson | 1956–1961 | 27 | 51 |
| 10 | Tomas Brolin | 1990–1995 | 26 | 47 |
Sweden Men's National Football Team Media
Sweden national football team in Helsinki 1911.
The 1948 team that won the Olympic gold medal
The 1950 Sweden national team
Sweden won the silver medal at the 1958 World Cup.
The Sweden national football team in 1961 with these players – rear row from left: Bengt Berndtsson, Torbjörn Jonsson, Åke Johansson, Agne Simonsson, Rune Börjesson and Lennart Backman; front row from left: Olle Hellström, Orvar Bergmark, Bengt Nyholm, Lennart Wing and Gösta Sandberg
Sweden's Henrik Larsson taking a free kick against the Netherlands in the UEFA Euro 2004 quarter-finals
Sweden national team of 2006
Sweden and Spain meet in UEFA Euro 2008 Group D
The Sweden national team before playing against Austria in 2013 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
.jpg)
.jpg)
Other websites
Media related to Sweden men's national association football team at Wikimedia Commons
