The UEFA European Championship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960, whose finals stage has been held every four years, with the sixteenth staging of the competition occurring in 2021 (postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe).
The Sweden men's national football team did not enter the competition until 1992, when it was the host nation of the tournament. After failing to qualify for Euro 1996, Sweden then qualified for six consecutive tournaments between the 2000 edition (played in Belgium and the Netherlands) and the 2020 edition (played across Europe), before missing out in 2024. The team's best performance has been reaching the semi-finals once — in 1992, losing to Germany 2–3 to finish with a bronze medal, Sweden's highest achievement up to date in the European Championship.
UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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 | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 11 | ||
2016 | 20th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | ||
2020 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | |
2024 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||
2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
2032 | |||||||||||||||
Total | Best: Semi-finals | 7/17 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 122 | 64 | 27 | 31 | 211 | 123 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Semi-finals
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Belgium (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Quarter-finals
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Sweden | 1–2 | Spain |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Ukraine (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] |
Ukraine | 2–1 | Sweden |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Sweden | 0–1 | Belgium |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Spain (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
Sweden | 3–2 | Poland |
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Round of 16
Player | Goals | 1992 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Zlatan Ibrahimović | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Emil Forsberg | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Henrik Larsson | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Tomas Brolin | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Jan Eriksson | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Marcus Allbäck | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Kennet Andersson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Viktor Claesson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Petter Hansson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Mattias Jonson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sebastian Larsson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Freddie Ljungberg | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Olof Mellberg | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Johan Mjällby | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Own goals | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 30 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Standings and results for Group F of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament.
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The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968.
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