Sweden national under-20 football team

The Sweden national under-20 football team is the football team representing Sweden in FIFA U-20 World Cup and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden made their first and so far only FIFA U-20 World Cup appearance in 1991 and was knocked out in the group stage.

Sweden Under-20
Nickname(s)Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Most capsNiclas Alexandersson
Andreas Bild
Jonny Hägerå
Magnus Johansson
Stefan Paldan
Rasmus Svensson (6)
Top scorerAndreas Bild (3)
First international
 Spain 2–1 Sweden 
(Las Palmas, Spain; 30 January 1991)
Biggest win
 Sweden 4–0 Denmark 
(Malmö, Sweden; 28 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 3–0 Sweden 
(Porto, Portugal; 15 June 1991)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 appearance (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage: 1991

The qualification to the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the European teams is the European Under-19 Championship. Therefore, the Swedish Under-20 team doesn't formally play any qualification matches. In 1991 the team was managed by Ulf Lyfors.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

FIFA U-20 World Cup record FIFA U-20 World Cup qualification record **
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1977Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1
1979 4 1 0 3 5 11
1981 2 0 1 1 2 5
1983 2 0 1 1 1 2
1985 2 0 0 2 2 5
1987 6 3 2 1 8 3
1989 6 2 3 1 10 10
1991 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 21 7
1993Did not qualify 6 0 4 2 10 14
1995 7 3 2 2 10 10
1997 2 1 0 1 5 7
1999 3 2 0 1 5 2
2001 3 1 1 1 7 5
2003 4 1 0 3 5 11
2005 3 1 2 0 13 6
2007 6 3 0 3 11 10
2009 6 2 0 4 7 10
2011 3 0 2 1 0 1
2013 3 0 2 1 1 2
2015 6 4 0 2 16 6
2017 6 2 0 4 5 11
2019 6 2 1 3 12 8
2021 3 1 1 1 7 4
Total Best: Group stage 1/23 3 1 0 2 4 6 99 33 26 40 164 151

1991 fixtures

30 January 1991 Friendly		 Spain  2–1  Sweden Las Palmas, Spain
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1 February 1991 Friendly		 Portugal  3–4  Sweden Las Palmas, Spain
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28 May 1991 Friendly		 Sweden  4–0  Denmark Malmö, Sweden
Paldan  ?'
Gudmundsson  ?', ?'
Manglind  ?'		 Report

15 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC
Group B		 Mexico  3–0  Sweden Porto, Portugal
19:00 UTC+1 Hernández  20'
Pineda  51'
Álvarez  64'		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

18 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC
Group B		 Ivory Coast  1–4  Sweden Porto, Portugal
19:00 UTC+1 Mambo  64' (pen.) Report Rödlund  13'
Bild  23', 46'
Andersson  87'		 Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: João Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal)

20 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC
Group B		 Brazil  2–0  Sweden Porto, Portugal
21:30 UTC+1 Nunes  29'
Élber  78'		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squad

The following 18 players were called up for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]

Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 30 June 1991.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Magnus Hedman (1973-03-19)19 March 1973 (aged 18) 3 0 AIK
12 1GK Mats Svensson (1971-11-22)22 November 1971 (aged 19) 3 0 Landskrona BoIS
2 2DF Filip Apelstav (1971-09-18)18 September 1971 (aged 19) 3 0 Västra Frölunda IF
3 2DF Magnus Johansson (1971-11-10)10 November 1971 (aged 19) 6 0 IFK Göteborg
4 2DF Henrik Nilsson (1972-07-25)25 July 1972 (aged 18) 4 0 Malmö FF
5 2DF Rasmus Svensson (1971-09-05)5 September 1971 (aged 19) 6 1 Malmö FF
6 2DF Glenn Ståhl (1971-08-25)25 August 1971 (aged 19) 4 0 IFK Värnamo
8 2DF Patrik Andersson (captain) (1971-08-18)18 August 1971 (aged 19) 3 1 Malmö FF
7 3MF Niclas Alexandersson (1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 19) 6 0 Halmstads BK
9 3MF Mikael Hellström (1972-03-11)11 March 1972 (aged 19) 2 0 Hammarby IF
10 3MF Jonny Hägerå (1971-09-10)10 September 1971 (aged 19) 6 0 Örgryte IS
11 3MF Patrick Luxenburg (1972-07-07)7 July 1972 (aged 18) 0 0 Djurgårdens IF
13 3MF Ulf Lilius (1972-01-27)27 January 1972 (aged 19) 3 0 Helsingborgs IF
14 3MF Jonny Rödlund (1971-12-22)22 December 1971 (aged 19) 5 1 IFK Norrköping
15 4FW Andreas Bild (1971-10-03)3 October 1971 (aged 19) 6 3 Östers IF
16 4FW Niklas Gudmundsson (1972-02-29)29 February 1972 (aged 19) 4 2 Halmstads BK
17 4FW Roger Nordstrand (1973-05-20)20 May 1973 (aged 18) 3 0 Örgryte IS
18 4FW Stefan Paldan (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 19) 6 1 Östers IF

Other call-ups in 1991

The following five players were also called up to the Sweden U20 squad during 1991.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
MF Anders Andersson (1974-03-15)15 March 1974 (aged 17) 1 0 Malmö FF v.  Denmark, 28 May 1991
MF Tommy Onodi (1971-08-31)31 August 1971 (aged 19) 1 0 IFK Eskilstuna v.  Portugal, 1 February 1991
MF Jens Svensson (1972-03-27)27 March 1972 (aged 19) 1 0 Mjällby AIF v.  Portugal, 1 February 1991
FW Issa Manglind (1971-09-22)22 September 1971 (aged 19) 1 1 Landskrona BoIS v.  Denmark, 28 May 1991
FW Jens Nilsson (1972-07-30)30 July 1972 (aged 18) 2 0 IFK Norrköping v.  Portugal, 1 February 1991

See also

References
  1. "Brazil – Sweden". FIFA. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

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