Sweden Olympic football team

The Sweden Olympic football team (also 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 qualified for the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and reached the quarter-finals. The qualification to the Olympics for the European teams is the European Under-21 Championship, therefore the Swedish U23 team doesn't play any qualification matches. In 1992 the team was managed by Nisse Andersson and in 2016 the team was managed by Håkan Ericson.

Sweden Olympic
Nickname(s)Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
FIFA codeSWE
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
Appearances3 (first in 1988)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1988, 1992)

Olympic record

Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 was only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. After the 1988 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for U23 teams with a maximum of three older players. See Sweden national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1980.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  0000 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
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 7th 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
Total Best: Quarter-finals 3/10 11 3 4 4 15 12 90 51 16 23 162 98

Olympic matches

1992 fixtures

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 fixtures

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 Molde FK
18 1GK Tim Erlandsson (1996-12-25)25 December 1996 (aged 19) 0 0 Nottingham Forest
2 2DF Adam Lundqvist (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 22) 4 0 IF Elfsborg
3 2DF Alexander Milošević[lower-alpha 1] (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 24) 4 0 Beşiktaş
4 2DF Joakim Nilsson (1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 22) 3 0 IF Elfsborg
5 2DF Pa Konate (1994-04-25)25 April 1994 (aged 22) 4 0 Malmö FF
13 2DF Jacob Une Larsson (1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 22) 3 1 Djurgårdens IF
14 2DF Sebastian Starke Hedlund (1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 21) 1 0 Kalmar FF
15 2DF Noah Sonko Sundberg (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20) 0 0 GIF Sundsvall
6 3MF Abdul Khalili[lower-alpha 1] (1992-06-07)7 June 1992 (aged 24) 4 0 Mersin İdman Yurdu
7 3MF Simon Tibbling (1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 21) 4 0 Groningen
8 3MF Alexander Fransson (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 22) 3 0 Basel
9 3MF Robin Quaison (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 22) 4 0 Palermo
10 3MF Muamer Tanković (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 21) 4 0 AZ
11 3MF Astrit Ajdarević[lower-alpha 1] (captain) (1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 26) 4 1 Örebro SK
17 3MF Ken Sema (1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 22) 4 1 Östersunds FK
12 4FW Mikael Ishak (1993-03-31)31 March 1993 (aged 23) 3 1 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 GAIS
19 2DF Alexander Leksell (1997-02-14)14 February 1997 (aged 19) 0 0 IFK Göteborg
20 3MF 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]

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

Previous squads

See also

References
  1. "Håkan Ericsons OS-trupp" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. "Ericsons bruttotrupp till OS" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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