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Sweden men's national football team

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Sweden
Nickname(s)Blågult
(the Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachJanne Andersson
CaptainAndreas Granqvist
Most capsAnders Svensson (148)
Top scorerZlatan Ibrahimović (62)
Home stadiumFriends Arena
FIFA codeSWE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 23 Increase 2 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest2 (November 1994)
Lowest45 (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 South Korea 
(London, England; 5 August 1948)
Biggest defeat
 Great Britain 12–1 Sweden 
(London, England; 20 October 1908)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1934)
Best resultRunners-up (1958)
European Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1992)
Best resultSemi-finals (1992)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1958 Sweden Team
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Brazil Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 United States Team
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Sweden Team
Sweden national football team in 2012

The Sweden national football team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll) 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.

Most appearances

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# 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

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# 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

Other websites

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Media related to Sweden men's national association football team at Wikimedia Commons

References

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  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.