Sweden national football team

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

History

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. Their squad for the tournament features players who play club football in eleven different nations. In Euro 2008 qualifying they are competing in Group F.

World Cup record

Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in world football, with eleven World Cup appearances and three medals. The Swedish team finished second in 1958, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5-2 in the final (Brazil's first finals success). Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994.

Year	Finish	Wins	Losses	Draws	Goals Scored	Goals Against
1930	Did not enter
1934	Quarterfinals	1	1	0	4	4
1938	Semifinals (Fourth place)	1	2	0	11	9
1950	Semifinals (Third place)	2	2	1	11	15
1954	Did not qualify
1958	Runners-up	4	1	1	12	7
1962	Did not qualify
1966	Did not qualify
1970	Round 1	1	1	1	2	2
1974	Round 2	2	2	2	7	6
1978	Round 1	0	2	1	1	3
1982	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1990	Round 1	0	3	0	3	6
1994	Semifinals (Third place)	4	1	2	15	8
1998	Did not qualify
2002	Round 2	1	1	2	5	5
2006	Round 2	1	1	2	3	4
Total		17	17	12	74	69

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 achievements

They also won gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Swedish national team 2006

Current Squad

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck

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2006 World Cup

Sweden started the World Cup slowly, recording a scoreless tie against unheralded Trinidad and Tobago, despite playing with a man advantage for much of the game. The second game, against 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, 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 2-0 defeat to the host team, Germany.

Famous past players

Coaches

Past squads and campaigns

External links

European national football teams | Football in Sweden | Swedish sports teams

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