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Sweden

Sweden

Nickname	Blågult
Association	Swedish Football Association (Svenska Fotbollförbundet)
Coach	Lars Lagerbäck, 2000-
Most caps	Thomas Ravelli (143)
Top scorer	Sven Rydell (49)
First international Sweden 11 - 3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908)
Largest win Sweden 12 - 0 Latvia (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1927)
Worst defeat England Amateur 12 - 1 Sweden (London, England; 20 October 1908)
World Cup
Appearances	11 (First in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1958
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1992)
Best result	Semi-finals, 1992

The Sweden national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.

Achievements

After qualifying for World Cup 2006, Sweden have now reached four major championship finals in a row.

Sweden will compete in Group B at the 2006 World Cup. In Euro 2008 qualifying they are competing in Group F.

World Cup record

Sweden are traditionally one of the strongest teams in world football, with eleven World Cup appearances and three medals. They finished second when they hosted the tournament in 1958, and have finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994.

1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Quarter-finals
1938 - Fourth place
1950 - Third place
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Runners-up
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Round 1
1974 - Round 2
1978 - Round 1
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Round 1
1994 - Third place
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Round 2
2006 - Qualified

European Championship record

Sweden's best performance in the European Championships was reaching the semi-finals as hosts at Euro 92.

1960 - Did not enter
1964 to 1988 - Did not qualify
1992 - Semi-finals
1996 - Did not qualify
2000 - Round 1
2004 - Quarter-finals

Other achivements

They also won gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Famous past players

Famous coaches

Orvar Bergmark
Lars Lagerbäck
Olle Nordin
George Raynor
Tommy Svensson
Tommy Söderberg

Current squad

Goalkeepers:

Eddie Gustafsson
Andreas Isaksson

Defenders:

Christoffer Andersson
Mikael Dorsin
Erik Edman
Petter Hansson
Teddy Lucic
Olof Mellberg (captain)
Alexander Östlund

Midfielders:

Niclas Alexandersson
Daniel Andersson
Kim Källström
Tobias Linderoth
Fredrik Ljungberg
Mikael Nilsson
Anders Svensson
Christian Wilhelmsson

Forwards:

Marcus Allbäck
Johan Elmander
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Mattias Jonson
Henrik Larsson
Markus Rosenberg

Past squads and campaigns

World Cup 1978 squad
Euro 1992 squad
World Cup 1994 squad
Euro 2000 squad
World Cup 2002 squad
Euro 2004 squad and campaign

External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1908-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches
• World Cup history at Planet World Cup

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