Sweden national football team
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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
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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
- George Raynor
- Lennart Nyman
- Orvar Bergmark
- Georg Ericson
- Lars Arnesson
- Olle Nordin
- Tommy Svensson
- Tommy Söderberg
- Lars Lagerbäck
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
- World Cup 2006 squad
See also
External links
- [RSSSF archive of results 1908-]
- [RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
- [RSSSF archive of coaches]
- [World cup sweden]
- [World Cup history at Planet World Cup]
- [Reports on Sweden's Matches at the 2006 World Cup]
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- Asia: AFC – Asian Cup
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Runners-up: France
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Eliminated in knockout stage: Argentina | Australia | Brazil | Ecuador | England | Ghana | Mexico | Netherlands | Portugal | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Ukraine
Eliminated in group stage: Angola | Costa Rica | Côte d'Ivoire | Croatia | Czech Republic | Iran | Japan | Korea Republic | Paraguay | Poland | Saudi Arabia | Serbia and Montenegro | Togo | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | USA
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