Sweden national football team
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Template:National football team Template:MedalTop Template:MedalSport Template:MedalBronze Template:MedalGold Template:MedalBronze Template:MedalBottom The Sweden national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.
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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
Current squad
Goalkeepers:
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:
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
See also
- Football in Sweden
- Sweden national under-21 football team
- Sweden women's national football team
- Sápmi national football team
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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