The Sweden Olympic football team (also informally known as Sweden national under-23 football team from 1992) is the football team representing Sweden in Olympics and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team has been active since 1984, when the IOC restricted UEFA countries to only include players without FIFA World Cup appearances.

The team qualified for the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals both times. In the 2016 Olympics, Sweden was eliminated in the group stage. Since 1992, the UEFA European Under-21 Championship acts as the qualification to the Olympics for the European teams. Therefore, the Swedish Olympic team is only active in the event of Sweden qualifying for the Olympics. The team has been coached by Benny Lennartsson (1986–1988), Nisse Andersson (1992) and Håkan Ericson (2016).

Olympic record

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. Since 1992 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for under-23 teams with a maximum of three overage players. See Sweden men's national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1980.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place   Tournament held on home soil  

Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1908–1980 See Sweden men's national football team
United States 1984 Did not enter Did not enter
South Korea 1988 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 7 5 8 6 1 1 13 6
Spain 1992 Quarter-finals 5th 4 1 2 1 6 3 12 7 3 2 21 7
United States 1996 Did not qualify 8 5 1 2 15 4
Australia 2000 8 2 0 6 7 15
Greece 2004 15 8 4 3 31 21
China 2008 4 3 0 1 8 6
United Kingdom 2012 10 6 2 2 17 10
Brazil 2016 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 2 4 15 8 3 4 31 21
Japan 2020 Did not qualify 10 6 2 2 19 8
France 2024 10 5 3 2 22 8
United States 2028 To be determined To be determined
Australia 2032
Total Best: Quarter-finals 3/11 11 3 4 4 15 12 100 56 19 25 184 106

Results

1992

26 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C Sweden  0–0  Paraguay Barcelona, Spain
21:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Estadi de Sarrià
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lube Spassov (Bulgaria)
28 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C Sweden  4–0  Morocco Sabadell, Spain
19:00 UTC+2 Brolin 13', 68'
Mild 19'
Rödlund 57'		 Report Stadium: Estadi Nova Creu Alta
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
30 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C Sweden  1–1  South Korea Barcelona, Spain
21:00 UTC+2 Rödlund 50' Report Seo Jung-Won 28' Stadium: Estadi de Sarrià
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
2 August 1992 1992 Olympics Quarter-finals Sweden  1–2  Australia Barcelona, Spain
21:30 UTC+2 P. Andersson 62' Report Markovski 30'
Murphy 55'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

2016

29 July 2016 Friendly South Korea  3–2  Sweden São Paulo, Brazil
20:00 UTC−2 Moon Chang-jin 38', 41'
Ryu Seung-woo 54'		 Report Sema 26'
Une Larsson 57'		 Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium
Attendance: 11,256
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
4 August 2016 2016 Olympics Group B Sweden  2–2  Colombia Manaus, Brazil
18:00 UTC−4 Ishak 43'
Ajdarević 62'		 Report Gutiérrez 17'
Pabón 75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Arena da Amazônia
Attendance: 29,996
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
7 August 2016 2016 Olympics Group B Sweden  0–1  Nigeria Manaus, Brazil
18:00 UTC−4 Report Sadiq 40' Stadium: Arena da Amazônia
Attendance: 23,892
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
10 August 2016 2016 Olympics Group B Japan  1–0  Sweden Salvador, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3 Yajima 65' Report Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova
Attendance: 17,821
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Players

2016 Summer Olympics squad

The following 18 players were called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 10 August 2016.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Andreas Linde (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 23) 4 0 Norway Molde FK
18 1GK Tim Erlandsson (1996-12-25)25 December 1996 (aged 19) 0 0 England Nottingham Forest
2 2DF Adam Lundkvist (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 22) 4 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
3 2DF Alexander Milošević[a] (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 24) 4 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
4 2DF Joakim Nilsson (1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 22) 3 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
5 2DF Pa Konate (1994-04-25)25 April 1994 (aged 22) 4 0 Sweden Malmö FF
13 2DF Jacob Une Larsson (1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 22) 3 1 Sweden Djurgårdens IF
14 2DF Sebastian Starke Hedlund (1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 21) 1 0 Sweden Kalmar FF
15 2DF Noah Sonko Sundberg (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20) 0 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall
6 3MF Abdul Khalili[a] (1992-06-07)7 June 1992 (aged 24) 4 0 Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu
7 3MF Simon Tibbling (1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 21) 4 0 Netherlands Groningen
8 3MF Alexander Fransson (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 22) 3 0 Switzerland Basel
9 3MF Robin Quaison (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 22) 4 0 Italy Palermo
10 3MF Muamer Tanković (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 21) 4 0 Netherlands AZ
11 3MF Astrit Ajdarević[a] (captain) (1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 26) 4 1 Sweden Örebro SK
17 3MF Ken Sema (1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 22) 4 1 Sweden Östersunds FK
12 4FW Mikael Ishak (1993-03-31)31 March 1993 (aged 23) 3 1 Denmark Randers FC
21 4FW Valmir Berisha (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20) 2 0 Unattached

Alternate players

The following 3 players were listed as alternate players.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
22 1GK Jesper Johansson (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 22) 0 0 Sweden GAIS
19 2DF Alexander Leksell (1997-02-14)14 February 1997 (aged 19) 0 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
20 3MF Adnan Marić (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 19) 1 0 Wales Swansea City

Provisional players

The following 16 players were in the provisional squad but weren't selected for the final squad.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jacob Rinne (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 23) Belgium Gent
2DF Ludwig Augustinsson (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 22) Denmark Copenhagen
2DF Emil Bergström (1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 23) Russia Rubin Kazan
2DF Filip Helander (1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 23) Italy Hellas Verona
2DF Victor Lindelöf (1994-07-17)17 July 1994 (aged 22) Portugal Benfica
2DF Ali Suljić (1997-09-18)18 September 1997 (aged 18) England Chelsea
2DF Isak Ssewankambo (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 20) Norway Molde FK
3MF Alexander Faltsetas[a] (1987-07-04)4 July 1987 (aged 29) Sweden Djurgårdens IF
3MF Melker Hallberg (1995-10-20)20 October 1995 (aged 20) Italy Ascoli
3MF Jiloan Hamad[a] (1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 25) Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
3MF David Moberg Karlsson (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 22) Sweden IFK Norrköping
4FW Ferhad Ayaz (1994-10-10)10 October 1994 (aged 21) Sweden Örebro SK
4FW Gustav Engvall (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 20) Sweden IFK Göteborg
4FW Zlatan Ibrahimović[a] (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 34) England Manchester United
4FW Isaac Kiese Thelin[a] (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 24) France Bordeaux
4FW Jordan Larsson (1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 19) Sweden Helsingborgs IF
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Overaged player. A maximum of three players born before 1 January 1993 could be selected in the final squad.

Previous squads

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
2016
 Alexander Milošević (DF) Astrit Ajdarević (MF) Abdul Khalili (MF)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Håkan Ericsons OS-trupp" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Ericsons bruttotrupp till OS" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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