Appearances 2 (first in 1992) Location Sweden | Best result Quarter-finals: 1992 Confederation UEFA (Europe) | |
Nickname(s) Blågult (The Blue-Yellow) Association Swedish Football Association (SvFF) | ||
The Sweden national under-23 football team (also known as Sweden Olympic football team from 1992) is the football team representing Sweden in Olympics and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Between 1952 and 1976, the Swedish U23 team was the main Swedish national youth team and represented Sweden in the UEFA European Under-23 Championship. Sweden made their first and only European Under-23 Championship appearance in 1972 and was knocked out in the quarter-finals. In 1976 the European Under-23 Championship was changed to be an Under-21 competition, so the Swedish U23 team became defunct and was replaced by the Sweden national under-21 football team.
Contents
- Olympic Games
- UEFA European U 23 Championship
- Challenge Cup U 23
- 2016 Summer Olympics squad
- Alternate players
- Provisional players
- Previous squads
- References
In 1992, when the Olympic football tournament changed to be an Under-23 competition the Swedish U23 team once again became active. Sweden made their first Olympic appearance in 1992 and was knocked out in the quarter-finals. The qualification to the Olympics for the European teams is the European Under-21 Championship so 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.
Olympic Games
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 1988.
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Includes both qualification phase and final tournament of UEFA European Under-21 Championship. ***Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. ****Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.UEFA European U-23 Championship
*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.Challenge Cup U-23
This was competed for on a basis similar to a boxing title belt. The holders played a randomly chosen opponent for the championship.
2016 Summer Olympics squad
The following 18 players were called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 10 August 2016.
Alternate players
The following 3 players are listed as alternate players.
Provisional players
The following 16 players were in the provisional squad but weren't selected for the final squad.