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Sweden

UEFA. Played 1109 since 12 Jul 1908: won 545, drawn 235, lost 329. Elo 1842, ranked 32 in the world; peak 1956 in 1994.

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Results and fixtures

Squad

The following 25 players were called up for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland on 14 and 17 November 2026.

Players
25
Average age
25.8
Caps between them
515
Most from one club
Strasbourg (2)

Where they play

0 at home · 25 abroad in 9 other countries

  • England 12
  • Germany 3
  • Italy 3
  • France 2
  • Belgium 1
  • Denmark 1
  • Poland 1
  • Portugal 1
  • Scotland 1

Average club rating 1749 (ClubElo; 22 of 25 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Arsenal, ranked 1 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
1Jacob Widell ZetterströmDerby County(England)2850
12Viktor JohanssonStoke City(England)28160
23Noel TörnqvistMonza(Italy)2400
Defenders
2Gustaf LagerbielkeBraga(Portugal)26152
3Victor LindelöfAston Villa(England)32843
4Eric SmithFC St. Pauli(Germany)2940
5Gabriel GudmundssonLeeds United(England)27320
6Felix BeijmoCopenhagen(Denmark)2810
8Daniel SvenssonBorussia Dortmund(Germany)24190
13Hjalmar EkdalBurnley(England)28140
15Genesis AntwiStrasbourg(France)1900
24Elliot StroudHull City(England)2460
Midfielders
7Alexander BernhardssonVfL Wolfsburg(Germany)28180
14Patrik WålemarkLech Poznań(Poland)2520
16Jesper KarlströmUdinese(Italy)31300
18Yasin AyariBrighton & Hove Albion(England)23276
19Sebastian NanasiStrasbourg(France)24143
20Hugo LarssonFulham(England)22150
21Dejan KulusevskiTottenham Hotspur(England)26455
22Besfort ZeneliUnion Saint-Gilloise(Belgium)23130
Forwards
9Alexander IsakLiverpool(England)276319
10Benjamin NygrenCeltic(Scotland)25174
11Anthony ElangaNewcastle United(England)24348
17Viktor GyökeresArsenal(England)284125
25Alieu NjieFiorentina(Italy)2100

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Sweden men's national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 5 October 2026; page last edited 4 Nov 2026. Read daily.

Nations League chances: Group B4

TeamPromotedPlay-off A/BStays in BPlay-off B/CPts
Sweden78%20%3%–13.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina22%71%7%–10.8
Poland–9%88%3%6.9
Romania––3%97%1.8

The rest of the league phase played out 10,000 times with FixtureShark’s model (IP1, built on Elo ratings). Ties split by goal difference and goals scored, not head-to-head.

Tournament history

Furthest round reached, finals tournaments and Nations League only (qualifiers are not shown).

Rating over time

140017002000190819672026Peak 1934 (2012)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Sweden v Norway: played 110, won 58, drawn 25, lost 27; goals 277–155. First met 12 Jul 1908, last 1 Jun 2026.

Latest 15 of 110 meetings.

Record by competition

Sweden by competition
Friendly555255122178
FIFA World Cup qualification149882338
Nordic Championship141832632
UEFA Euro qualification122642731
FIFA World Cup55201421
UEFA Nations League2612410
UEFA Euro247710
King's Cup13850
Olympic Games11416
Umbro Cup3021
Cyprus International Tournament2110
Four Nations Tournament2110
Joe Robbie Cup2110
Lunar New Year Cup2011
Scania 100 Tournament2101

Top scorers

  1. Zlatan Ibrahimović 44
  2. Henrik Larsson 27
  3. Marcus Allbäck 19
  4. Marcus Berg 18
  5. Emil Forsberg 18
  6. Viktor Gyökeres 18
  7. Kennet Andersson 16
  8. Martin Dahlin 16
  9. Alexander Isak 13
  10. Tomas Brolin 12

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.