Sweden national football team
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| Nickname | - |
| Association | Swedish Football Association |
| Coach | Lars Lagerbäck, 2000- |
| Most caps | Thomas Ravelli (143) |
| Top scorer | Sven Rydell (49) |
| First International Sweden 11 - 3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July, 1908) | |
| Largest win Sweden 12 - 0 Latvia (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May, 1927) | |
| Worst defeat England Amateur 12 - 1 Sweden (London, England; 20 October, 1908) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1934) |
| Best result | Runners-up, 1958 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1992) |
| Best result | Semifinals, 1992 |
The Sweden national football team (Landslaget in Swedish) is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.
Sweden has seen some success at the World Cup, finishing second when they hosted the tournament in 1958, and third twice: in 1950 and 1994. Their best showing in the European Football Championship came when Sweden hosted as well: they reached the semifinals of Euro 92. The also won the 1948 Olympic tournament.
The current manager of the team, Lars Lagerbäck, originally joined the coaching staff in 1997 as an assistant to Tommy Söderberg, and was promoted to joint coach in 2000. After Euro 2004, Söderberg chose to leave his post with the senior national team to take over Sweden's under-21 national team, leaving Lagerbäck as sole coach.
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World Cup record
- 1930 - Did not enter
- 1934 - Quarterfinals
- 1938 - Fourth place
- 1950 - Third place
- 1954 - Did not qualify
- 1958 - Runners-up
- 1962 - Did not qualify
- 1966 - Did not qualify
- 1970 - Round 1
- 1974 - Round 2
- 1978 - Round 1
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Round 1
- 1994 - Third place
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Round 2
- 2006 - Qualified
European Championship record
- 1960 - Did not enter
- 1964 to 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1992 - Semifinals
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 2000 - Round 1
- 2004 - Quarterfinals
Famous players
- Kennet Andersson
- Patrik Andersson
- Tomas Brolin
- Martin Dahlin
- Ralf Edström
- Gunnar Gren
- Kurt Hamrin
- Glenn Hysén
- Zlatan Ibrahimović
- Andreas Isaksson
- Ove Kindvall
- Henrik Larsson
- Nils Liedholm
- Anders Limpar
- Fredrik Ljungberg
- Roland Nilsson
- Torbjörn Nilsson
- Gunnar Nordahl
- Thomas Ravelli
- Sven Rydell
- Lennart Skoglund
- Glenn Strömberg
- Jonas Thern
- Pär Zetterberg
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