Sweden Olympic football team

Sweden Olympic
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Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
FIFA code	SWE
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Sweden 1–3 Finland ; (Iisalmi, Finland; 5 August 1986)
Biggest win
	Sweden 4–0 Morocco ; (Sabadell, Spain; 28 July 1992)
Biggest defeat
	West Germany 3–0 Sweden ; (Essen, West Germany; 28 October 1986)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1988 )
Best result	Quarter-finals (1988, 1992)

Last updated February 16, 2025

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
1984	Did not enter								Did not enter
1988	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5	8	6	1	1	13	6
1992	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	6	3	12	7	3	2	21	7
1996	Did not qualify								8	5	1	2	15	4
2000									8	2	0	6	7	15
2004									15	8	4	3	31	21
2008									4	3	0	1	8	6
2012									10	6	2	2	17	10
2016	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	2	4	15	8	3	4	31	21
2020	Did not qualify								10	6	2	2	19	8
2024	Did not qualify								10	5	3	2	22	8
2028	To be determined								To be determined
2032	To be determined								To be determined
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 19921992 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 19921992 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 19921992 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 20162016 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 20162016 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	1 GK	Andreas Linde	(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 23)	4	0	Molde FK
18	1 GK	Tim Erlandsson	(1996-12-25)25 December 1996 (aged 19)	0	0	Nottingham Forest

2	2 DF	Adam Lundkvist	(1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 22)	4	0	IF Elfsborg
3	2 DF	Alexander Milošević ^[a]	(1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 24)	4	0	Beşiktaş
4	2 DF	Joakim Nilsson	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 22)	3	0	IF Elfsborg
5	2 DF	Pa Konate	(1994-04-25)25 April 1994 (aged 22)	4	0	Malmö FF
13	2 DF	Jacob Une Larsson	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 22)	3	1	Djurgårdens IF
14	2 DF	Sebastian Starke Hedlund	(1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 21)	1	0	Kalmar FF
15	2 DF	Noah Sonko Sundberg	(1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	GIF Sundsvall

6	3 MF	Abdul Khalili ^[a]	(1992-06-07)7 June 1992 (aged 24)	4	0	Mersin İdman Yurdu
7	3 MF	Simon Tibbling	(1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 21)	4	0	Groningen
8	3 MF	Alexander Fransson	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 22)	3	0	Basel
9	3 MF	Robin Quaison	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 22)	4	0	Palermo
10	3 MF	Muamer Tanković	(1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 21)	4	0	AZ
11	3 MF	Astrit Ajdarević ^[a](captain)	(1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 26)	4	1	Örebro SK
17	3 MF	Ken Sema	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 22)	4	1	Östersunds FK

12	4 FW	Mikael Ishak	(1993-03-31)31 March 1993 (aged 23)	3	1	Randers FC
21	4 FW	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	1 GK	Jesper Johansson	(1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	GAIS

19	2 DF	Alexander Leksell	(1997-02-14)14 February 1997 (aged 19)	0	0	IFK Göteborg

20	3 MF	Adnan Marić	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 19)	1	0	Swansea City

Provisional players

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Jacob Rinne	(1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 23)	Gent

2 DF	Ludwig Augustinsson	(1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 22)	Copenhagen
2 DF	Emil Bergström	(1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 23)	Rubin Kazan
2 DF	Filip Helander	(1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 23)	Hellas Verona
2 DF	Victor Lindelöf	(1994-07-17)17 July 1994 (aged 22)	Benfica
2 DF	Ali Suljić	(1997-09-18)18 September 1997 (aged 18)	Chelsea
2 DF	Isak Ssewankambo	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 20)	Molde FK

3 MF	Alexander Faltsetas ^[a]	(1987-07-04)4 July 1987 (aged 29)	Djurgårdens IF
3 MF	Melker Hallberg	(1995-10-20)20 October 1995 (aged 20)	Ascoli
3 MF	Jiloan Hamad ^[a]	(1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 25)	1899 Hoffenheim
3 MF	David Moberg Karlsson	(1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 22)	IFK Norrköping

4 FW	Ferhad Ayaz	(1994-10-10)10 October 1994 (aged 21)	Örebro SK
4 FW	Gustav Engvall	(1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 20)	IFK Göteborg
4 FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović ^[a]	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 34)	Manchester United
4 FW	Isaac Kiese Thelin ^[a]	(1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 24)	Bordeaux
4 FW	Jordan Larsson	(1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 19)	Helsingborgs IF

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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)

References

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

External links

Team results in 1992

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[overaged-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Overaged player. A maximum of three players born before 1 January 1993 could be selected in the final squad.

[2016squad-1] 1 2 "Håkan Ericsons OS-trupp" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[provisionalsquad-3] "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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