This is a list of Sweden national football team 's all kinds of competitive records.
Honours [ ]
Major titles [ ]
Minor titles [ ]
Individual records [ ]
Player records [ ]
As of 18 June 2021 [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.
Rank
Player
Caps
Goals
Career
1
Anders Svensson
148
21
1999–2013
2
Thomas Ravelli
143
0
1981–1997
3
Andreas Isaksson
133
0
2002–2016
4
Kim Källström
131
16
2001–2016
Sebastian Larsson
131
10
2008–present
6
Zlatan Ibrahimović
118
62
2001–present
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 [ ]
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
118
0.53
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 [ ]
Age-related records of the Swedish national football team.[2]
Oldest player
39 years, 5 months and 25 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (3–0 against Kosovo on 28 March 2021)
Youngest debutante
17 years, 2 months and 11 days – (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
20 years, 1 month and 28 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (from 31 January 2001 until 28 March 2021)
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 [ ]
Team records [ ]
Competition records [ ]
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place 0000 Tournament held on home soil
FIFA World Cup [ ]
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
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
Qualification in progress
2
2
0
0
4
0
2026
To be determined
Total
Best: Runners-up
12/21
51
19
13
19
80
73
133
82
21
30
271
121
UEFA European Championship [ ]
UEFA European Championship record
UEFA European Championship 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
In progress
2
1
1
0
1
0
10
6
3
1
23
9
2024
To be determined
Total
Best: Semi-finals
7/16
22
6
7
9
26
24
114
61
26
27
197
111
UEFA Nations League [ ]
Olympic Games [ ]
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
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
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Minor tournaments [ ]
Minor tournaments record
Tournament
Round
Position
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 [ ]
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 18 June 2021.
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] All these matches are included in the table above.
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)-->
References [ ]
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