Sweden national under-21 football team

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

(Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)

Biggest win

Sweden 6–0 Cyprus

(Helsingborg, Sweden; 1 May 1991)

Sweden 6–0 Bulgaria

(Halmstad, Sweden; 6 October 1992)

Sweden 6–0 Malta

(Halmstad, Sweden; 3 June 2005)

Norway 0–6 Sweden

(Cartagena, Spain; 31 March 2015)

Biggest defeat

Ukraine 6–0 Sweden

(Kiev, Ukraine; 31 May 2012)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

8 (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
1994	Did not qualify								10	4	4	2	21	8
1996	Did not qualify								8	5	1	2	15	4
1998	Quarter-final	6th	3	1	0	2	3	3	10	9	0	1	30	6
2000	Did not qualify								8	2	0	6	7	15
2002	Did not qualify								12	6	4	2	22	10
2004	Fourth place	4th	5	3	1	1	11	7	10	5	3	2	20	14
2006	Did not qualify								10	6	0	4	16	12
2007	Did not qualify								4	3	0	1	8	6
2009	Semi-final	3rd	4	2	1	1	12	7	Qualified as hosts
2011	Did not qualify								10	6	2	2	17	10
2013	Did not qualify								12	7	1	4	20	14
2015	Champions	1st	5	2	2	1	7	4	10	6	1	3	24	17
2017	Qualified								10	7	3	0	24	7
Total	1 title	8/21	29	13	7	9	46	32	154	83	32	39	284	159

*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

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

10 October 2014	France	2–0	Sweden	Le Mans, France
18:45 UTC+2	Thauvin 44' (pen.) Kondogbia 81'	Report		Stadium: MMArena Attendance: 8,896 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

14 October 2014	Sweden	4–1	France	Halmstad, Sweden
20:00 UTC+2	Kiese Thelin 3', 35' Lewicki 71', 88'	Report	Kurzawa 87'	Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 2,863 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

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	Advance to knockout stage and 2016 Summer Olympics
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

27 June 2015 Semi-finals	Denmark	1–4	Sweden	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 UTC+2	Bech 63'	Report	Guidetti 23' (pen.) Tibbling 26' Quaison 83' Hiljemark 90+5'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 9,834 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

30 June 2015 Final	Sweden	0–0 (4–3 p)	Portugal	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 18,867 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
		Penalties
	Guidetti Kiese Thelin Augustinsson Khalili Lindelöf		Paciência Tozé Esgaio João Mário Carvalho

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the 2017 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification matches against Estonia on 6 October 2016 and against Croatia on 10 October 2016.^[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 10 October 2016.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tim Erlandsson	(1996-12-25) 25 December 1996	5	0	Nottingham Forest
12	1GK	Jesper Johansson	(1994-05-30) 30 May 1994	3	0	GAIS

2	2DF	Linus Wahlqvist	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996	13	1	IFK Norrköping
3	2DF	Jacob Une Larsson	(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994	7	0	Djurgårdens IF
4	2DF	Filip Dagerstål	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997	4	1	IFK Norrköping
5	2DF	Pa Konate	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994	12	0	Malmö FF
13	2DF	Adam Lundqvist	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994	8	0	IF Elfsborg
14	2DF	Simon Sandberg	(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994	5	0	Levski Sofia
19	2DF	Joel Andersson	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996	0	0	BK Häcken

6	3MF	Simon Tibbling	(1994-09-07) 7 September 1994	24	2	Groningen
7	3MF	Melker Hallberg	(1995-10-20) 20 October 1995	17	3	Ascoli
8	3MF	Kristoffer Olsson (vice captain)	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995	21	6	FC Midtjylland
9	3MF	Muamer Tanković	(1995-02-22) 22 February 1995	13	2	AZ
15	3MF	David Moberg Karlsson	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994	5	3	IFK Norrköping
16	3MF	Erdal Rakip	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996	5	0	Malmö FF
17	3MF	Joel Asoro	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999	3	1	Sunderland

10	4FW	Carlos Strandberg	(1996-04-14) 14 April 1996	8	3	CSKA Moscow
11	4FW	Paweł Cibicki	(1994-01-09) 9 January 1994	4	1	Jönköpings Södra IF
18	4FW	Alexander Isak	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999	1	0	AIK
20	4FW	Gustav Engvall	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996	10	3	Bristol City

Recent call-ups

The following 29 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	8	0	Jönköpings Södra IF	v. San Marino, 27 March 2016
GK	Linus Müller	(1994-05-30) 30 May 1994	1	0	Trelleborgs FF	v. Norway, 31 March 2015

DF	Franz Brorsson	(1996-01-30) 30 January 1996	1	0	Malmö FF	v. Croatia, 10 October 2016 ^WD
DF	Joakim Nilsson	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994	7	0	IF Elfsborg	v. Spain, 5 September 2016
DF	Emil Krafth	(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994	16	1	Bologna	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
DF	Sebastian Starke Hedlund	(1995-04-05) 5 April 1995	8	0	Kalmar FF	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
DF	Jesper Manns	(1995-08-05) 5 August 1995	4	1	IF Elfsborg	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
DF	Noah Sonko Sundberg	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996	4	0	GIF Sundsvall	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
DF	Isak Ssewankambo	(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996	9	0	Molde FK	v. San Marino, 27 March 2016
DF	Carl Johansson	(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994	3	1	Helsingborgs IF	v. San Marino, 27 March 2016 ^WD
DF	Ludwig Augustinsson	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994	19	0	Copenhagen	v. Georgia, 17 November 2015 ^WD
DF	Victor Lindelöf (captain)	(1994-07-17) 17 July 1994	13	0	Benfica	v. Georgia, 17 November 2015 ^WD
DF	Dennis Olsson	(1994-10-03) 3 October 1994	0	0	GIF Sundsvall	v. Georgia, 17 November 2015
DF	Oliver Silverholt	(1994-06-22) 22 June 1994	4	0	Hammarby IF	v. Albania, 16 June 2015 ^WD
DF	Pontus Nordenberg	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995	1	0	Víkingur Ólafsvík	v. Norway, 31 March 2015

MF	Samuel Gustafson	(1995-01-11) 11 January 1995	7	2	Torino	v. Spain, 5 September 2016
MF	Alexander Fransson	(1994-04-02) 2 April 1994	13	1	Basel	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
MF	Anton Salétros	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996	1	0	AIK	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
MF	Tesfaldet Tekie	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997	0	0	IFK Norrköping	v. Georgia, 3 June 2016
MF	Jesper Karlström	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995	5	1	Djurgårdens IF	v. San Marino, 27 March 2016 ^WD
MF	Amin Affane	(1994-01-21) 21 January 1994	0	0	AIK	v. San Marino, 27 March 2016
MF	Kerim Mrabti	(1994-05-20) 20 May 1994	11	4	Djurgårdens IF	v. Georgia, 17 November 2015
MF	Simon Gustafson	(1995-01-11) 11 January 1995	9	3	Feyenoord	v. Georgia, 17 November 2015 ^WD
MF	Ferhad Ayaz	(1994-10-10) 10 October 1994	7	2	Örebro SK	v. Spain, 13 October 2015
MF	Sam Lundholm	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994	3	3	NEC	v. Albania, 16 June 2015

FW	Jordan Larsson	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997	2	1	Helsingborgs IF	v. Spain, 5 September 2016
FW	Gustaf Nilsson	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997	2	0	Brøndby IF	v. Georgia, 17 November 2015
FW	Kristoffer Peterson	(1994-11-28) 28 November 1994	7	1	Utrecht	v. Albania, 16 June 2015
FW	Dino Islamović	(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994	3	1	Unattached	v. Norway, 31 March 2015

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
5	Mikael Ishak	2012–2015	10	24
7	Lars Larsson	1982–1983	9	10
7	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

References

↑ "EM-guld efter straffdrama!" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
↑ "EM-sorti på straffar efter mirakelvändning" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
↑ "U21-trupp inför avgörandet i EM-kvalet" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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Sweden national under-21 football team

Competitive record

UEFA European U-21 Championship

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Qualifying group stage

Play-off

Final tournament

Group stage

Knockout stage

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

Coaching staff

Older squad

Players with most caps and goals

Top 10 most capped players

Top 10 goalscorers

See also

References

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