Sweden at the UEFA European Championship

For the women's team, see Sweden at the UEFA Women's Championship.

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 first entered the UEFA European Championships during 1992 as host nation. In their first match they draw with France and then defeated Denmark and England. Sweden faced Germany in the semi-finals, losing 2-3. Sweden failed to qualify for Euro 1996, falling behind Switzerland and Turkey in points. Sweden qualified for Euro 2000 ahead of England during qualification. In the group stage, they lost to co-hosts Belgium, then drew with Turkey and lost to Italy. They qualified for Euro 2004, finishing ahead of Latvia. Sweden defeated Bulgaria 5-0 in their opening group stage match, followed by draws with Italy and Bulgaria. In the quarter final against the Netherlands, after 0-0, Sweden lost in penalties. During the qualifying phase for Euro 2008, Sweden finished behind Spain to qualify. They finished third in the group stage with a win over Greece, followed by losses to Spain and Russia. Sweden qualified for Euro 2012, having finished second behind the Netherlands. During the group stage they lost their first two matches, to co-hosts Ukraine and then England; despite a win over France, Sweden did not progress past the group stage. For Euro 2016, Sweden defeated Denmark during a playoff to qualify. During the group stage they drew with Ireland then lost to Italy and Belgium, and did not advance. For Euro 2020, after qualifying behind Spain, they again faced Spain in the group stage resulting in a draw; this was followed by wins over Slovakia and Poland. In the Round of 16, they lost to Ukraine in extra time 2-1. Sweden did not qualify for Euro 2024 following defeats by both Belgium and Austria.

Overall record

Swedish supporters during UEFA Euro 2008.

Sweden at the UEFA Euro 2012.

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
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

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Euro 1992

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 June 1992 (1992-06-10)

20:15

Sweden	1–1	France
J. Eriksson 24'	Report [1]	Papin 58'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 29,860

Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)

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14 June 1992 (1992-06-14)

20:15

Sweden	1–0	Denmark
Brolin 58'	Report [2]

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 29,902

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

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17 June 1992 (1992-06-17)

20:15

Sweden	2–1	England
J. Eriksson 51' Brolin 82'	Report [3]	Platt 4'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 30,126

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 knockout stage

Semi-finals

21 June 1992 (1992-06-21)

20:15

Sweden	2–3	Germany
Brolin 64' (pen.) K. Andersson 89'	Report	Häßler 11' Riedle 59', 88'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 28,827

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Euro 2000

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 June 2000 (2000-06-10)

20:45

Belgium	2–1	Sweden
Goor 43' É. Mpenza 46'	Report	Mjällby 53'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 46,700

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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15 June 2000 (2000-06-15)

20:45

Sweden	0–0	Turkey
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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19 June 2000 (2000-06-19)

20:45

Italy	2–1	Sweden
Di Biagio 39' Del Piero 88'	Report	Larsson 77'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Euro 2004

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5 [a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5 [a]
3	Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5 [a]
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1. ^[4]

14 June 2004 (2004-06-14)

19:45

Sweden	5–0	Bulgaria
Ljungberg 32' Larsson 57', 58' Ibrahimović 78' (pen.) Allbäck 90+1'	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 31,652

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

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18 June 2004 (2004-06-18)

19:45

Italy	1–1	Sweden
Cassano 37'	Report	Ibrahimović 85'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 44,926

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

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22 June 2004 (2004-06-22)

19:45

Denmark	2–2	Sweden
Tomasson 28', 66'	Report	Larsson 47' (pen.) Jonson 89'

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 26,115

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage

Quarter-finals

26 June 2004 (2004-06-26)

19:45

Sweden	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Källström Larsson Ibrahimović Ljungberg Wilhelmsson Mellberg	4–5	Van Nistelrooy Heitinga Reiziger Cocu Makaay Robben

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: 27,762

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Euro 2008

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

10 June 2008 (2008-06-10)

20:45

Greece	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Ibrahimović 67' Hansson 72'

Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg

Attendance: 31,063 ^[5]

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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14 June 2008 (2008-06-14)

18:00

Sweden	1–2	Spain
Ibrahimović 34'	Report	Torres 15' Villa 90+2'

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck

Attendance: 30,772 ^[6]

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

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18 June 2008 (2008-06-18)

20:45

Russia	2–0	Sweden
Pavlyuchenko 24' Arshavin 50'	Report

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck

Attendance: 30,772 ^[7]

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Euro 2012

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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 [a]
4	Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3 [a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.

11 June 2012 (2012-06-11)

21:45 EEST

Ukraine	2–1	Sweden
Shevchenko 55', 61'	Report	Ibrahimović 52'

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,290 ^[8]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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15 June 2012 (2012-06-15)

22:00 EEST ^{[note 1]}

Sweden	2–3	England
Johnson 49' (o.g.) Mellberg 59'	Report	Carroll 23' Walcott 64' Welbeck 78'

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,640 ^[10]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)

21:45 EEST

Sweden	2–0	France
Ibrahimović 54' Larsson 90+1'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 63,010 ^[11]

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6 [a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6 [a]
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Belgium 0–2 Italy.

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)

18:00

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden
Hoolahan 48'	Report	Clark 71' (o.g.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 73,419 ^[12]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

15:00

Italy	1–0	Sweden
Éder 88'	Report

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 29,600 ^[13]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)

21:00

Sweden	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Nainggolan 84'

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 34,011 ^[14]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Euro 2020

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

14 June 2021 (2021-06-14)

21:00

Spain	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 10,559 ^[15]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

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18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)

15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Sweden	1–0	Slovakia
Forsberg 77' (pen.)	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 11,525 ^[16]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

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23 June 2021 (2021-06-23)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Sweden	3–2	Poland
Forsberg 2', 59' Claesson 90+4'	Report	Lewandowski 61', 84'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 14,252 ^[17]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout stage

Round of 16

29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
Forsberg 43'	Report	Zinchenko 27' Dovbyk 120+1'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 9,221 ^[18]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1992	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
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

See also

• Sweden at the FIFA World Cup

Notes

1. The match, originally scheduled for 21:45 local time, was delayed 15 minutes to prevent overlap with the other Group D match between Ukraine and France, which had been delayed due to rain. ^[9]

References

1. "History: Sweden 1-1 France | UEFA EURO 1992".
2. "History: Sweden 1-0 Denmark | UEFA EURO 1992".
3. "History: Sweden 2-1 England | UEFA EURO 1992".
4. Burkert, Sturmius; Sivritepe, Erdinç (7 July 2004). "European Championship 2004". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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14. "Full Time Summary – Sweden v Belgium" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgium	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Denmark	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
England	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
France	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Germany	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Greece	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Italy	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	000.00
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Poland	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Russia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Spain	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Turkey	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
Total	24	7	7	10	30	28	+2	029.17