Sweden national futsal team

Sweden
Nickname(s) Blågult
(The Blue-Yellow)
Association Swedish Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Charbel Abraham
Captain Nicklas Asp
Home stadium Arena Skövde[1]
FIFA code SWE
FIFA ranking 59 [2]
Highest FIFA ranking 58 (December 2015)
Lowest FIFA ranking 76 (July 2013)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Sweden 2–3 France 
(Gothenburg, Sweden; 11 December 2012)
Biggest win
Sweden 13–0 Scotland 
(Skövde, Sweden; 15 January 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 13–0 Sweden
(Águilas, Spain; 28 March 2013)
World Cup
Appearances 0
European Championship
Appearances 0

The Sweden national futsal team represents Sweden in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team played their first official match in December 2012 against France in Gothenburg.[3] One month later, Sweden played their first competitive games and took three impressive victories in the qualification round for the 2014 European Championship.[4]

History

In 2005, an unofficial Swedish national team played a mini-tournament in Tehran against Iran and Japan.[5] The games were sanctioned by FIFA, but the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) has not recognized these games as official. The unofficial national team has also played matches against Catalonia, which were sanctioned by the rival of FIFA, Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón (AMF). In 2010, SvFF started a two-year-long process to boot a national team. Per Broberg was hired as coach, and on 11 December 2012, an official Swedish national team played their first game in front of their home crowd in the Lisebergshallen against France in Gothenburg which they lost 2–3.[6]

Tournament records

Sweden officially made their debut in an international competition at the UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 qualifying round in Andorra la Vella, Andorra on 23–26 January 2013.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1989Did not enterDid not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016 Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 21 23
Total0/8 app. 6 2 2 2 21 23

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1996Did not enterDid not enter
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2010
2012
2014Did not qualify 6 3 0 3 12 28
2016 3 2 0 1 20 4
2018To be determined 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total0/10 app. 9 5 0 4 32 32

Nordic Futsal Cup

Nordic Futsal Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2013 Winners 1st 3 2 0 1 12 8
2014 Third place 3rd 3 0 2 1 6 10
2016 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 11 6
Total3/3 app. 10 4 3 3 29 24

2016–17 fixtures

For a complete list, see Sweden national futsal team results

Date Opponent Result Competition Location
29 October 2016  Czech Republic 4–6 International friendly Umeå, Sweden
30 October 2016  Czech Republic 3–6 International friendly Skellefteå, Sweden
30 November 2016  Denmark 2–2 Nordic Cup Skövde, Sweden
2 December 2016  Finland 0–1 Nordic Cup Jönköping, Sweden
3 December 2016  Norway 4–1 Nordic Cup Skövde, Sweden
4 December 2016  Greenland 5–0 Nordic Cup Skövde, Sweden
January 2017  Gibraltar UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying Gibraltar
January 2017  Montenegro UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying Gibraltar

All-time team record

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Andorra 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2
 Armenia 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1
 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 2 8 −6
 Belarus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Croatia 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11
 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 7 12 −5
 Denmark 6 1 2 3 16 19 −3
 England 4 2 1 1 12 13 –1
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Finland 5 2 0 3 13 17 –4
 France 4 0 0 4 10 18 −8
 Greece 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3
 Greenland 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
 Israel 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
 Macedonia 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2
 Montenegro 1 0 1 0 3 3 0
 Norway 6 4 2 0 22 13 +9
 San Marino 1 1 0 0 9 4 +5
 Scotland 1 1 0 0 13 0 +13
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0 13 −13
 Turkey 4 1 1 2 11 12 –1
Total 47 18 8 21 149 161 −12

Players

Current squad

The following 14 players have been called up for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying preliminary round on 14–17 January 2015.[7]

Caps updated as of 2 April 2013.[8]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Robin Armandt (1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 Italy A.S.D. Calcio A5 Manfredonia
1GK Martin Herrlin (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 Sweden IFK Skövde
1GK Cristopher Solberg (1979-10-26) 26 October 1979 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
2DF Nicklas Asp (captain) (1986-01-10) 10 January 1986 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
2DF Johan Roxström (1985-04-15) 15 April 1985 Sweden Norrköpings Futsal Klubb
4FW Simon Chekroun (1986-11-08) 8 November 1986 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
4FW Dan Mönell (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 Sweden Göteborg Futsal Club
2DF Patrik Burda (1990-01-31) 31 January 1990 Sweden Malmö City FC
4FW Sargon Abraham (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 Sweden IFK Skövde
3MF Hannah Abraham (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 Sweden IFK Skövde
4FW Kristian Legiec (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 Italy A.S.D. Calcio A5 Manfredonia
2DF Fredrik Andersson (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 Sweden IFK Skövde
2DF Albert Hiseni (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 Sweden IFK Uddevalla
2DF Dida Rashidi (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 Sweden Nacka Juniors FF

Statistics

Managers

Manager Years GP W D L W%
Per Broberg 2012–141771941%
Charbel Abraham 2014–1264250%

Venues

City Venue
Gothenburg Lisebergshallen
Lindesberg Lindesberg Arena
Malmö Baltiska hallen
Skövde Arena Skövde
Uddevalla Agnebergshallen
Örebro Nya Idrottshuset
5 cities 5 venues

Attendances

Top five attendances in home matches.[9]

No. Att. Venue Versus (result) Date
1 2,373 Arena Skövde, Skövde  Denmark (3–4) 12 January 2013
2 1,711 Arena Skövde, Skövde  Israel (4–0) 17 January 2015
3 1,253 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg  France (2–3) 11 December 2012
4 1,140 Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg  France (3–5) 12 December 2012
5 1,121 Nya Idrottshuset, Örebro  England (3–2) 14 February 2014

References

  1. ↑ "EM-kval i futsal till Skövde" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 11 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Futsal World Ranking
  3. ↑ "Uddamålsförlust i premiärlandskampen" (in Swedish). SvFF. 11 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sweden first to reach main round". UEFA.com. 24 January 2013.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Landslaget" (in Swedish). Futsal.se.
  7. ↑ "Futsaltrupp till Turkiet-matcher och EM-kval" (in Swedish). SvFF. 19 December 2014.
  8. ↑ http://futsal.se/landslagsstatistik/
  9. ↑ http://fogis.se/om-svff/ar-for-ar/publikrekord/
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