The following is a list of the Sweden men's national football team 's competitive records and statistics.
Honours
Major titles
Minor titles
Individual records
Player records
As of 19 November 2023 [ 1] Players in bold are still active with Sweden.
Most capped players
Anders Svensson is Sweden's most capped player of all time, with 148 appearances for the national team.
Top goalscorers
Zlatan Ibrahimović is Sweden's all-time top goalscorer, with 62 goals for the national team.
Age-related records of the Sweden men's national football team.[ 2]
Oldest player
41 years, 5 months and 21 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (0–3 against Belgium on 24 March 2023)
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
22 years, 1 month and 24 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (from 31 January 2001 until 24 March 2023)
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 Slovakia on 12 January 2017)
Manager records
Team records
Competition records
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place 0000
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
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
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
Swedish supporters during UEFA Euro 2008 . Sweden at the UEFA Euro 2012 .
UEFA European Championship record
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
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
Did not qualify
8
3
1
4
14
12
Total
Best: Semi-finals
7/17
24
7
7
10
30
28
122
64
27
31
211
123
UEFA Nations League
Olympic Games
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
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
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
Minor tournaments
Head-to-head records
The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record.[ 3] abandoned match against Denmark on 2 June 2007 here counts as a draw.
Statistics updated as of 19 November 2024.
Matches not counted as international matches by FIFA
This is a list of matches that the Swedish FA counts as official international matches, but not FIFA .[ 4]
Sweden 1–6 England Amateurs (Gothenburg , Sweden ; 8 September 1908)
England Amateurs 7–0 Sweden (Kingston upon Hull , England ; 6 November 1909)Sweden 1–5 England Amateurs (Solna , Sweden ; 10 June 1914)
Sweden 4–1 Norway (Tampere , Finland ; 21 July 1952)
Sweden 3–1 Austria (Helsinki , Finland ; 23 July 1952)
Hungary 6–0 Sweden (Helsinki , Finland ; 28 July 1952)Sweden 2–0 Germany (Helsinki , Finland ; 1 August 1952)
Hungary 4–0 Sweden (Budapest , Hungary ; 4 May 1963)Sweden 2–2 Hungary (Gothenburg , Sweden ; 27 October 1963)
Sweden 4–2 Norway (Lahti , Finland ; 28 February 1981)
Sweden 4–0 United States (Jönköping , Sweden ; 23 February 1984)
Romania 0–2 Sweden (Bangkok , Thailand ; 9 February 1997)Sweden 1–0 Denmark (La Manga , Spain ; 31 January 2000)
South Africa 1–1 Sweden (Nelspruit , South Africa ; 22 January 2011)Cyprus 0–2 Sweden (Nicosia , Cyprus ; 8 February 2011)Qatar 0–5 Sweden (Doha , Qatar ; 23 January 2012)Sweden 1–1 (4–1 p ) North Korea (Chiang Mai , Thailand ; 23 January 2013)
Sweden 3–0 Finland (Chiang Mai , Thailand ; 26 January 2013)
Sweden 0–1 Finland (Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ; 19 January 2015)
Sweden 1–1 Estonia (Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ; 6 January 2016)
Finland 0–3 Sweden (Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ; 10 January 2016)Sweden 1–2 Ivory Coast (Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ; 8 January 2017)
Sweden 6–0 Slovakia (Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ; 12 January 2017)
Sweden 1–1 Estonia (Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ; 7 January 2018)
Sweden 1–0 Denmark (Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ; 11 January 2018)-->
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