Sweden national under-21 football team

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Sweden Under-21
Nickname(s) Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Håkan Ericson
Captain Victor Lindelöf
Most caps Oscar Hiljemark (37)
Top scorer Ola Toivonen (13)
Home stadium Örjans Vall
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Finland 1–3 Sweden Sweden
(Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 1986)
Best result Champions: 2015

The Sweden national under-21 football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden's home ground is Swedbank Stadion in Malmö and the team is led by Håkan Ericson and his assistant Andreas Pettersson. The Swedish U21 team came into existence, following the realignment of UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which changed to be a Under-21 competition in 1978.

Sweden made their first European Under-21 Championship appearance in 1986. In 2015, Sweden became champions for the first time.[1] They finished second in 1992 and they also reached the semi-finals in 1990 and 2009.[2] Oscar Hiljemark is the most capped player for the Swedish U21 team, having played 37 caps between 2011 and 2015. Ola Toivonen is the best goalscorer for Sweden U21, having scored 13 goals between 2006 and 2009.

Competitive record

UEFA European U-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1978 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 6 8
1980 4 0 1 3 1 4
1982 4 1 1 2 3 6
1984 4 2 1 1 10 4
1986 Quarter-final 6th 2 0 1 1 2 3 6 4 1 1 7 3
1988 Did not qualify 6 1 4 1 6 6
1990 Semi-final 3rd 4 2 1 1 7 4 6 4 2 0 10 2
1992 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 4 4 6 4 2 0 17 3
France 1994 Did not qualify 10 4 4 2 21 8
Spain 1996 8 5 1 2 15 4
Romania 1998 Quarter-final 6th 3 1 0 2 3 3 10 9 0 1 30 6
Slovakia 2000 Did not qualify 8 2 0 6 7 15
Switzerland 2002 12 6 4 2 22 10
Germany 2004 Fourth place 4th 5 3 1 1 11 7 10 5 3 2 20 14
Portugal 2006 Did not qualify 10 6 0 4 16 12
Netherlands 2007 4 3 0 1 8 6
Sweden 2009 Semi-final 3rd 4 2 1 1 12 7 Qualified as hosts
Denmark 2011 Did not qualify 10 6 2 2 17 10
Israel 2013 12 7 1 4 20 14
Czech Republic 2015 Champions 1st 5 2 2 1 7 4 10 6 1 3 24 17
Poland 2017 To be determined 4 3 1 0 10 1
Total 1 title 7/20 29 13 7 9 46 32 148 79 30 39 270 153
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Sweden national under-21 football team celebrates in June 2015.

Qualification

Qualifying group stage
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 8 5 1 2 20 14 +6 16 Play-offs
2  Greece 8 5 0 3 20 10 +10 15
3  Poland 8 5 0 3 17 10 +7 15
4  Turkey 8 4 1 3 16 11 +5 13
5  Malta 8 0 0 8 2 30 −28 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Play-off

Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final tournament

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Portugal 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  England 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 21 June 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: tie-breaking
Knockout stage

Results and fixtures

2014

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See also: 2014 in Swedish football

2015

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See also: 2015 in Swedish football

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players have been called up for the 2017 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification match against Georgia on 3 June 2016.[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jesper Johansson (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 29) 3 0 Sweden GAIS
1GK Tim Erlandsson (1996-12-25) 25 December 1996 (age 27) 0 0 England Nottingham Forest
2DF Emil Krafth (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 29) 15 0 Italy Bologna
2DF Sebastian Starke Hedlund (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 29) 8 0 Sweden Kalmar FF
2DF Linus Wahlqvist (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27) 8 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping
2DF Pa Konate (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Sweden Malmö FF
2DF Adam Lundqvist (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
2DF Joakim Nilsson (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) 6 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
2DF Jesper Manns (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 28) 4 1 Sweden IF Elfsborg
2DF Noah Sonko Sundberg (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 27) 3 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall
3MF Kristoffer Olsson (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 28) 16 4 Denmark FC Midtjylland
3MF Melker Hallberg (1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 28) 13 2 Sweden Hammarby IF
3MF Alexander Fransson (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30) 12 1 Switzerland Basel
3MF Arber Zeneli (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29) 10 1 Netherlands Heerenveen
3MF Muamer Tanković (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29) 8 1 Netherlands AZ
3MF Samuel Gustafson (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) 5 2 Sweden BK Häcken
3MF Anton Salétros (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Sweden AIK
3MF Tesfaldet Tekie (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 26) 0 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping
4FW Gustav Engvall (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 27) 9 3 Sweden IFK Göteborg
4FW David Moberg Karlsson (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 2 3 Denmark FC Nordsjælland
4FW Paweł Cibicki[lower-alpha 1] (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Sweden Jönköpings Södra IF
4FW Jordan Larsson (1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 26) 0 0 Sweden Helsingborgs IF
  1. ↑ Won't be available against Georgia due to his Polish citizenship.

Recent call-ups

The following 24 players have also been called up to the Sweden U21 squad and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Anton Cajtoft (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30) 8 0 Sweden Jönköpings Södra IF v.  San Marino, 27 March 2016
GK Linus Müller (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 29) 1 0 Sweden Trelleborgs FF v.  Norway, 31 March 2015
DF Joel Andersson (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27) 0 0 Sweden BK Häcken v.  Georgia, 3 June 2016 WD
DF Isak Ssewankambo (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28) 9 0 Norway Molde FK v.  San Marino, 27 March 2016
DF Carl Johansson (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 29) 3 1 Sweden Helsingborgs IF v.  San Marino, 27 March 2016 WD
DF Ludwig Augustinsson (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30) 19 0 Denmark Copenhagen v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015 WD
DF Victor Lindelöf (captain) (1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 (age 29) 13 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015 WD
DF Simon Sandberg (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Sweden BK Häcken v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
DF Dennis Olsson (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
DF Oliver Silverholt (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 29) 4 0 Sweden Hammarby IF v.  Albania, 16 June 2015 WD
DF Jacob Une Larsson (1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  Albania, 16 June 2015
DF Pontus Nordenberg (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Iceland Víkingur Ólafsvík v.  Norway, 31 March 2015
MF Simon Tibbling (vice captain) (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 29) 22 2 Netherlands Groningen v.  Georgia, 3 June 2016 WD
MF Erdal Rakip (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Sweden Malmö FF v.  Georgia, 3 June 2016 WD
MF Jesper Karlström (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 28) 5 1 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  San Marino, 27 March 2016 WD
MF Amin Affane (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Sweden AIK v.  San Marino, 27 March 2016
MF Kerim Mrabti (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 29) 11 4 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
MF Simon Gustafson (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) 9 3 Netherlands Feyenoord v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015 WD
MF Ferhad Ayaz (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 29) 7 2 Unattached v.  Spain, 13 October 2015
MF Sam Lundholm (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 29) 3 3 Netherlands NEC v.  Albania, 16 June 2015
FW Carlos Strandberg SUS (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) 4 2 Sweden AIK v.  Georgia, 3 June 2016 WD
FW Gustaf Nilsson (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 26) 2 0 Sweden Falkenbergs FF v.  Georgia, 17 November 2015
FW Kristoffer Peterson (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29) 7 1 Netherlands Roda JC v.  Albania, 16 June 2015
FW Dino Islamović (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) 3 1 Netherlands Groningen v.  Norway, 31 March 2015

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Previous squads

Coaching staff

Older squad

Manager Håkan Ericson
Assistant manager Andreas Pettersson
Goalkeeping coach Leif Troedsson
Team doctor Fredrik Bergström

Players with most caps and goals

Updated as of 30 June 2015.

Top 10 most capped players

Players in bold text are still available to play for the Swedish U21 team.

# Player Career Caps Goals
1 Oscar Hiljemark 2011–2015 37 4
2 Alexander Farnerud 2002–2006 35 12
3 Jonny Rödlund 1990–1993 31 9
Mikael Dorsin 2000–2004 31 1
Mattias Bjärsmyr 2005–2009 31 0
6 Johan Elmander 2000–2004 30 12
Tommy Jönsson 1995–1998 30 2
Sven Andersson 1981–1986 30 0
9 Ola Toivonen 2006–2009 28 13
Jiloan Hamad 2009–2012 28 3
Magnus Hedman 1992–1995 28 0
Magnus Johansson 1990–1993 28 0

Top 10 goalscorers

Players in bold text are still available to play for the Swedish U21 team.

# Player Career Goals Caps
1 Ola Toivonen 2006–2009 13 28
2 John Guidetti 2010–2015 12 23
Johan Elmander 2000–2004 12 30
Alexander Farnerud 2002–2006 12 35
5 Niklas Skoog 1994–1995 10 14
Mikael Ishak 2012–2015 10 24
7 Lars Larsson 1982–1983 9 10
Jonny Rödlund 1990–1993 9 31
9 Marcus Berg 2006–2009 8 19
Hans Eklund 1987–1990 8 20
Joakim Persson 1994–1998 8 27

See also

References

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