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Sweden national football team records and statistics

The following is a list of the Sweden national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Honours edit

Competition       Total
World Cup 0 1 2 3
European Championship 0 0 1 1
Olympic Games 1 0 2 3
Nations League 0 0 0 0
Total 1 1 5 7

Major titles edit

Minor titles edit

Individual records edit

Player records edit

Main article: List of Sweden international footballers
As of 29 March 2022[1]
Players in bold are still active with Sweden.

Most capped players edit

 
Anders Svensson is Sweden's most capped player of all time, with 148 appearances for the national team.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Anders Svensson 148 21 1999–2013
2 Thomas Ravelli 143 0 1981–1997
3 Sebastian Larsson 133 10 2008–2021
Andreas Isaksson 133 0 2002–2016
5 Kim Källström 131 16 2001–2016
6 Zlatan Ibrahimović 121 62 2001–2023
7 Olof Mellberg 117 8 2000–2012
8 Roland Nilsson 116 1 1986–2000
9 Björn Nordqvist 115 0 1963–1978
10 Niclas Alexandersson 109 7 1993–2008

Top goalscorers edit

 
Zlatan Ibrahimović is Sweden's all-time top goalscorer, with 62 goals for the national team.
Rank Player Goals Caps Average Career
1 Zlatan Ibrahimović (list) 62 121 0.51 2001–present
2 Sven Rydell 49 43 1.14 1923–1932
3 Gunnar Nordahl 43 33 1.3 1942–1948
4 Henrik Larsson 37 106 0.35 1993–2009
5 Gunnar Gren 32 57 0.56 1940–1958
6 Kennet Andersson 31 83 0.37 1990–2000
7 Marcus Allbäck 30 74 0.41 1999–2008
8 Martin Dahlin 29 60 0.48 1991–1997
9 Tomas Brolin 27 47 0.57 1990–1995
Agne Simonsson 27 51 0.53 1957–1967

Age-related records edit

Age-related records of the Swedish national football team.[2]

Oldest player
40 years, 5 months and 26 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (0–2 against Poland on 29 March 2022)
Youngest debutante
17 years, 2 months and 11 days  – Gunnar Pleijel (5–2 against Finland on 22 October 1911)
Oldest debutante
34 years, 9 months and 1 day – Stendy Appeltoft (3–0 against Finland on 28 August 1955)
Longest national career
21 years, 1 month and 29 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (from 31 January 2001 until 29 March 2022)
Oldest goalscorer
37 years, 11 months and 26 days – Gunnar Gren (two goals in a 4–4 draw against Denmark on 26 October 1958)
Youngest goalscorer
17 years, 3 months and 22 days – Alexander Isak (one goal in a 6–0 win against Slovakia on 12 January 2017)

Manager records edit

Team records edit

Competition records edit

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

FIFA World Cup edit

Main article: Sweden at the FIFA World Cup
 
Sweden in the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final.
 
Sweden playing against Germany in the 2006 FIFA World Cup at Munich's Allianz Arena.
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1930 Did not enter No qualification
  1934 Quarter-finals 8th 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 8 2
  1938 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 11 9 3 2 0 1 11 7
  1950 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 11 15 2 2 0 0 6 2
  1954 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 9 8
  1958 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 12 7 Qualified as hosts
  1962 Did not qualify 5 3 0 2 11 5
  1966 4 2 1 1 10 3
  1970 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 12 5
  1974 Second round 5th 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 2 1 17 9
  1978 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 3 0 1 7 4
  1982 Did not qualify 8 3 2 3 7 8
  1986 8 4 1 3 14 9
  1990 Group stage 21st 3 0 0 3 3 6 6 4 2 0 9 3
  1994 Third place 3rd 7 3 3 1 15 8 10 6 3 1 19 8
  1998 Did not qualify 10 7 0 3 16 9
    2002 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 5 5 10 8 2 0 20 3
  2006 Round of 16 14th 4 1 2 1 3 4 10 8 0 2 30 4
  2010 Did not qualify 10 5 3 2 13 5
  2014 12 6 2 4 21 18
  2018 Quarter-finals 7th 5 3 0 2 6 4 12 7 2 3 27 9
  2022 Did not qualify 10 6 0 4 13 8
      2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Best: Runners-up 12/22 51 19 13 19 80 73 141 86 21 34 280 129

UEFA European Championship edit

Main article: Sweden at the UEFA European Championship
 
Swedish supporters during UEFA Euro 2008.
 
Sweden at the UEFA Euro 2012.
UEFA European Championship record UEFA European Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1960 Did not enter Did not enter
  1964 Did not qualify 6 2 3 1 8 7
  1968 6 2 1 3 9 12
  1972 6 2 2 2 3 5
  1976 6 3 0 3 8 9
  1980 6 1 2 3 9 13
  1984 8 5 1 2 14 5
  1988 8 4 2 2 12 5
  1992 Semi-finals 3rd 4 2 1 1 6 5 Qualified as hosts
  1996 Did not qualify 8 2 3 3 9 10
    2000 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 4 8 7 1 0 10 1
  2004 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 3 0 8 3 8 5 2 1 19 3
    2008 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 3 4 12 8 2 2 23 9
    2012 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 5 5 10 8 0 2 31 11
  2016 Group stage 20th 3 0 1 2 1 3 12 6 4 2 19 12
  2020 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 5 4 10 6 3 1 23 9
  2024 To be determined To be determined
Total Best: Semi-finals 7/16 24 7 7 10 30 28 114 61 26 27 197 111

UEFA Nations League edit

UEFA Nations League record
Year Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
  2018–19 B 2 4 2 1 1 5 3   16th
  2020–21 A 3 6 1 0 5 5 13   14th
  2022–23 B 4 6 1 1 4 7 11   30th
Total 16 4 2 10 17 27 14th

Olympic Games edit

 
Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 were only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. After the 1988 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for U23 teams with a maximum of three older players. See Sweden Olympic football team for competition record from 1984 until present day.

Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1908 Fourth place 4th 2 0 0 2 1 14 No qualification
  1912 Round of 16 9th 2 0 0 2 3 5 No qualification
  1920 Quarter-finals 6th 3 1 0 2 14 7
  1924 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 18 5 No qualification
  1928 Did not enter No qualification
  1936 Round of 16 9th 1 0 0 1 2 3
  1948 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 22 3 No qualification
  1952 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 9 8 No qualification
  1956 Did not enter Did not enter
  1960
  1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 6
  1968 Did not enter Did not enter
  1972
  1976
  1980
Total 1 title 7/15 21 11 1 9 69 45 2 0 1 1 2 6

Nordic Football Championship edit

Nordic Football Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1924–28 Runners-up 2nd 10 6 1 3 31 19
1929–32 Runners-up 2nd 12 6 1 5 35 31
1933–36 Champions 1st 12 7 2 3 31 22
1937–47 Champions 1st 12 9 0 3 41 16
1948–51 Champions 1st 12 7 2 3 36 22
1952–55 Champions 1st 12 8 4 0 44 14
1956–59 Champions 1st 12 9 2 1 45 17
1960–63 Champions 1st 12 7 3 2 24 10
1964–67 Champions 1st 12 5 4 3 22 14
1968–71 Champions 1st 12 10 2 0 32 10
1972–77 Champions 1st 12 8 2 2 24 9
1978–80 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 0 3 7 6
1981–85 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 7 4
2000–01 Fifth place 5th 5 1 2 2 3 4
Total 9 titles 14/14 147 89 26 32 382 198

Minor tournaments edit

Minor tournaments record
Tournament Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1939 DBU 50 years Semi-finals 3rd 1 0 0 1 0 1
    1947 FBF 40 years Winners 1st 2 2 0 0 11 2
  1952 NFF 50 years Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 3
  1954 SvFF 50 years Winners 1st 2 2 0 0 9 0
  1957 FBF 50 years Winners 1st 2 1 1 0 5 1
  1981 Lahti Cup Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 5 4
  1988 Maspalomas Winners 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1
  1988 West Berlin Winners 1st 2 1 1 0 3 1
  1989 DBU 100 years Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 2 7
  1991 Scania 100 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 6 3
  1994 Joe Robbie Cup Winners 1st 2 1 1 0 3 1
      1994 Nordic Cup Winners 1st 2 1 0 1 2 1
  1995 Umbro Cup Third place 3rd 3 0 2 1 5 6
  1996 Carlsberg Cup Winners 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
  1997 King's Cup Winners 1st 4 3 1 0 6 1
  2001 King's Cup Winners 1st 4 2 2 0 9 3
  2003 King's Cup Winners 1st 4 3 1 0 12 4
  2004 Carlsberg Cup Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 3 3
  2011 Cyprus Cup Runners-up 2nd 2 1 1 0 3 1
  2013 King's Cup Winners 1st 2 1 1 0 4 1
Total 12 titles 46 26 12 8 98 45

Head-to-head records edit

The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record.[3] The abandoned match against Denmark on 2 June 2007 here counts as a draw.

Statistics updated as of 25 March 2024.

Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Albania 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 66.67%
  Algeria 5 4 1 0 11 1 +10 80%
  Argentina 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 33.33%
  Armenia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
  Australia 5 1 2 2 2 2 0 20%
  Austria 39 13 6 20 56 62 −6 33.33%
  Azerbaijan 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 75%
  Bahrain 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%
  Barbados 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100%
  Belarus 5 5 0 0 16 2 +14 100%
  Belgium 17 5 3 9 31 27 +4 29.41%
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100%
  Botswana 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
  Brazil 15 2 3 10 17 35 −18 13.33%
  Bulgaria 16 11 2 3 31 11 +20 68.75%
  Cameroon 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0%
  Chile 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 0%
  China 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 66.67%
  Colombia 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0%
  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 50%
  Croatia 6 2 0 4 7 8 −1 33.33%
  Cuba 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8 100%
  Cyprus 6 5 1 0 19 3 +16 83.33%
  Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 50%
  Czechoslovakia 16 3 4 9 21 36 −15 18.75%
  Denmark 109 47 21 41 188 177 +11 43.12%
  East Germany 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 33.33%
  Ecuador 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 0%
  Egypt 4 2 0 2 10 3 +7 50%
  England 24 7 9 8 31 37 −6 29.17%
  England Amateurs 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0%
  Estonia 20 17 3 0 62 17 +45 85%
  Faroe Islands 5 4 1 0 11 1 +10 80%
  Finland 91 69 11 11 299 96 +203 75.82%
  France 23 6 5 12 23 34 −11 26.09%
  Georgia 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 50%
  Germany 38 13 9 16 63 72 −9 36%
  Great Britain 1 0 0 1 1 12 −11 0%
  Greece 9 3 3 3 20 10 +10 33.33%
  Hungary 46 17 11 18 79 91 −12 36.96%
  Iceland 17 12 3 2 39 18 +21 70.59%
  Iran 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
  Israel 12 7 4 1 26 9 +17 58.33%
  Italy 25 7 7 11 25 28 −3 28%
  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 33.33%
  Jamaica 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 50%
  Japan 5 1 3 1 7 7 0 20%
  Jordan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
  Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100%
  Kosovo 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 100%
  Latvia 17 11 4 2 54 12 +42 64.71%
  Liechtenstein 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 100%
  Lithuania 5 5 0 0 22 3 +19 100%
  Luxembourg 6 5 1 0 16 1 +15 83.33%
  Malaysia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
  Malta 13 13 0 0 49 2 +47 100%
  Mexico 11 6 3 2 13 6 +7 54.55%
  Moldova 9 9 0 0 24 4 +20 100%
  Montenegro 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 66.67%
  New Zealand 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100%
  Netherlands 25 8 6 11 48 47 +1 32%
  Nigeria 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 100%
  North Korea 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 33.33%
  North Macedonia 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 100%
  Northern Ireland 7 3 1 3 7 10 −3 42.86%
  Norway 111 60 25 26 284 155 +129 54.05%
  Oman 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
  Paraguay 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 33.33%
  Peru 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
  Poland 28 15 4 9 59 41 +18 55.56%
  Portugal 21 7 6 8 31 30 +1 33.33%
  Qatar 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 66.67%
  Republic of Ireland 11 5 3 3 17 14 +3 45.45%
  Romania 12 6 3 3 24 12 +12 50%
  Russia 29 10 10 9 37 47 -10 34.48%
  San Marino 4 4 0 0 22 0 +22 100%
  Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 66.67%
  Scotland 12 6 1 5 19 14 +5 50%
  Senegal 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0%
  Serbia 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 25%
  Singapore 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100%
  Slovakia 7 4 3 0 12 2 +10 57.14%
  Slovenia 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 50%
  South Africa 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 33.33%
  South Korea 5 3 2 0 18 3 +15 60%
  Spain 18 4 6 8 18 27 −9 23.53%
   Switzerland 29 11 7 11 47 42 +5 37.93%
  Syria 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
  Thailand 5 4 1 0 13 4 +9 80%
  Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 50%
  Tunisia 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 50%
  Turkey 12 3 4 5 14 15 −1 25%
  Ukraine 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 20%
  United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 50%
  United States 8 4 0 4 13 10 +3 50%
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 66.67%
  Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
  Venezuela 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0%
  Wales 7 6 1 0 16 3 +13 85.71%
  Yugoslavia 11 4 2 5 17 19 −2 36.36%
Total 1101 543 232 326 2187 1443 +744 49.32%

Matches not counted as international matches by FIFA edit

This is a list of matches that the Swedish FA counts as official international matches, but not FIFA.[4] All these matches are included in the table above.

References edit

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Sweden - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Henke blir äldste utespelaren" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Sveriges motståndare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Sweden: Fixtures and Results" (in Swedish). FIFA. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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