Sweden at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Sweden's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

For the women's team, see Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]

Sweden have been one of the more successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having reached 4 semi-finals, and becoming runners-up on home ground in 1958. They have been present at 12 out of 21 World Cups by 2018.

Throughout the World Cup history, Brazil became Sweden's historical rival. The two countries have met each other seven times but Sweden never won, with five victories for the Brazilian side and two draws.[2] Another historical opponent of Sweden in the finals is (West) Germany: four encounters, with three wins for Germany and one for Sweden.[3]

Records
Sweden in the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final
Team formations of Brazil (blue) and Sweden (yellow) at the start of the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did not enter No qualification
1934 Quarter-finals 8th 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 8 2
1938 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 11 9 3 2 0 1 11 7
1950 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 11 15 2 2 0 0 6 2
1954 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 9 8
1958 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 12 7 Qualified as hosts
1962 Did not qualify 5 3 0 2 11 5
1966 4 2 1 1 10 3
1970 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 12 5
1974 Second group stage 5th 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 2 1 17 9
1978 First group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 3 0 1 7 4
1982 Did not qualify 8 3 2 3 7 8
1986 8 4 1 3 14 9
1990 Group stage 21st 3 0 0 3 3 6 6 4 2 0 9 3
1994 Third place 3rd 7 3 3 1 15 8 10 6 3 1 19 8
1998 Did not qualify 10 7 0 3 16 9
2002 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 5 5 10 8 2 0 20 3
2006 Round of 16 14th 4 1 2 1 3 4 10 8 0 2 30 4
2010 Did not qualify 10 5 3 2 13 5
2014 12 6 2 4 21 18
2018 Quarter-finals 7th 5 3 0 2 6 4 12 7 2 3 27 9
2022 To be determined To be determined
2026
Total Best: Runners-up 12/21 51 19 13 19 80 73 130 79 21 30 263 121
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

By match
Sweden playing against Germany in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Year Round Against Score Scorers
1934Round 1 Argentina3–2Jonasson (2), Kroon
Quarter-final Germany1–2Dunker
1938Round 1 Austriaw/o
Quarter-final Cuba8–0H. Andersson (3), Wetterström (3), Keller, Nyberg
Semi-final Hungary1–5Nyberg
Bronze final Brazil2–4Jonasson, Nyberg
1950Group 3 Italy3–2Jeppson (2), S. Andersson
Group 3 Paraguay2–2Sundqvist, Palmér
Final round Brazil1–7S. Andersson
Final round Uruguay2–3Palmér, Sundqvist
Final round Spain3–1Sundqvist, B. Mellberg, Palmér
1958Group 3 Mexico3–0Simonsson (2), Liedholm
Group 3 Hungary2–1Hamrin (2)
Group 3 Wales0–0
Quarter-final Soviet Union2–0Hamrin, Simonsson
Semi-final West Germany3–1Skoglund, Gren, Hamrin
Final Brazil2–5Liedholm, Simonsson
1970Group 2 Italy0–1
Group 2 Israel1–1Turesson
Group 2 Uruguay1–0Grahn
1974Group 3 Bulgaria0–0
Group 3 Netherlands0–0
Group 3 Uruguay3–0Edström (2), Sandberg
Group B Round 2 Poland0–1
Group B Round 2 West Germany2–4Edström, Sandberg
Group B Round 2 Yugoslavia2–1Edström, Torstensson
1978Group 3 Brazil1–1Sjöberg
Group 3 Austria0–1
Group 3 Spain0–1
1990Group C Brazil1–2Brolin
Group C Scotland1–2Strömberg
Group C Costa Rica1–2Ekström
1994Group B Cameroon2–2Ljung, Dahlin
Group B Russia3–1Dahlin (2), Brolin
Group B Brazil1–1K. Andersson
Round of 16 Saudi Arabia3–1Dahlin, K. Andersson (2)
Quarter-final Romania2–2 (AET)Brolin, K. Andersson
Semi-final Brazil0–1
Bronze final Bulgaria4–0Brolin, Mild, Larsson, K. Andersson
2002Group F England1–1Alexandersson
Group F Nigeria2–1Larsson (2)
Group F Argentina1–1Svensson
Round of 16 Senegal1–2 (AET)Larsson
2006Group B Trinidad and Tobago0–0
Group B Paraguay1–0Ljungberg
Group B England2–2Allbäck, Larsson
Round of 16 Germany0–2
2018Group F South Korea1–0Granqvist
Group F Germany1–2Toivonen
Group F Mexico3–0Augustinsson, Granqvist, Álvarez (OG)
Round of 16  Switzerland1–0Forsberg
Quarter-Final England0–2

Record players
No. Name Matches World Cups
1 Henrik Larsson131994, 2002 and 2006
2 Kalle Svensson111950 and 1958
Bo Larsson111970, 1974 and 1978
4 Ronnie Hellström101970, 1974 and 1978
Björn Nordqvist101970, 1974 and 1978
Tomas Brolin101990 and 1994
Klas Ingesson101990 and 1994
Roland Nilsson101990 and 1994
Thomas Ravelli101990 and 1994
10 Lennart Skoglund91950 and 1958
Ralf Edström91974 and 1978
Stefan Schwarz91990 and 1994

Top goalscorers

With his 5 goals in 1994, Kennet Andersson won the shared Bronze Boot at that tournament.

Henrik Larsson, Sweden's joint all-time top scorer (alongside Kennet Andersson) at the World Cup
No. Name Goals World Cups
1Kennet Andersson51994
Henrik Larsson51994 (1), 2002 (3) and 2006 (1)
3 Agne Simonsson41958
Kurt Hamrin41958
Ralf Edström41974
Tomas Brolin41990 (1) and 1994 (3)
Martin Dahlin41994
8 Sven Jonasson31934 (2) and 1938 (1)
Harry Andersson31938
Gustav Wetterström31938
Arne Nyberg31938
Karl-Erik Palmér31950
Stig Sundqvist31950

References
  1. 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on 6 June 2007.
  2. "Head-to-Head: Sweden v Brazil". FIFA.com.
  3. "Head-to-Head: Sweden v Germany". FIFA.com.
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