The following is a list of the Sweden men's national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Honours Competition TotalWorld Cup0 1 2 30 0 1 1Olympic Games1 0 2 3Nations League0 0 0 0 Total 1 1 5 7

Major titles FIFA World Cup Runners-up (1): 1958 Third place (2): 1950, 1994 Fourth place (1): 1938 UEFA European Championship Semi-finals (1): 1992 Olympic football tournament Gold Medal (1): 1948 Bronze Medal (2): 1924, 1952

Minor titles Nordic Football Championship Winners (9): 1933–36, 1937–47, 1948–51, 1952–55, 1956–59, 1960–63, 1964–67, 1968–71, 1972–77

Individual records Player records

Players in bold are still active with Sweden.

Most capped players

RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer1148211999–2013214301981–19973133102008–202113302002–20165131162001–2016612262711782000–2012811611986–2000911501963–19781010971993–2008

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsCapsAverageCareer1 (list)62122249431923–1932343331942–19484371061993–2009532571940–1958631831990–2000730741999–2008829601991–1997927471990–199527511957–1967

Age-related records Age-related records of the Sweden men's national football team.

Oldest player 41 years, 5 months and 21 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (0–3 against Belgium on 24 March 2023) Youngest debutante 17 years, 2 months and 11 days  – Gunnar Pleijel (5–2 against Finland on 22 October 1911) Oldest debutante 34 years, 9 months and 1 day – Stendy Appeltoft (3–0 against Finland on 28 August 1955) Longest national career 22 years, 1 month and 24 days – Zlatan Ibrahimović (from 31 January 2001 until 24 March 2023) Oldest goalscorer 37 years, 11 months and 26 days – Gunnar Gren (two goals in a 4–4 draw against Denmark on 26 October 1958) Youngest goalscorer 17 years, 3 months and 22 days – Alexander Isak (one goal in a 6–0 win against Slovakia on 12 January 2017)

Manager records

Team records

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

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1930Did not enterNo qualification 1934Quarter-finals8th210144220082 1938Fourth place4th31021193201117 1950Third place3rd52121115220062 1954Did not qualify411298 1958Runners-up2nd6411127Qualified as hosts 1962Did not qualify5302115 19664211103 1970Group stage9th3111224301125 1974Second round5th6222767421179 1978Group stage13th301213430174 1982Did not qualify832378 19868413149 1990Group stage21st300336642093 1994Third place3rd733115810631198 1998Did not qualify10703169 2002Round of 1613th41215510820203 2006Round of 1614th41213410802304 2010Did not qualify10532135 2014126242118 2018Quarter-finals7th53026412723279 2022Did not qualify10604138 2026Round of 3227th411271082241015TotalBest: Runners-up13/23552014218783149882338290144

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1960Did not enterDid not enter 1964Did not qualify623187 19686213912 1972622235 1976630389 19806123913 19848512145 19888422125 1992Semi-finals3rd421165Qualified as hosts 1996Did not qualify8233910 2000Group stage14th3012248710101 2004Quarter-finals7th4130838521193 2008Group stage10th31023412822239 2012Group stage11th310255108023111 2016Group stage20th301213126421912 2020Round of 1610th42115410631239 2024Did not qualify83141412TotalBest: Semi-finals7/172477103028122642731211123

UEFA Nations League UEFA Nations League recordSeasonDivisionGroup 2018–19B242115316th 2020–21A3610551314th 2022–23B4611471130thTotal164210172714th

Olympic Games

Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 were 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 Olympic football team for competition record from 1984 until present day. Olympic Games recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1908Fourth place4th2002114No qualification 1912Round of 169th200235No qualification 1920Quarter-finals6th3102147 1924Third place3rd5311185No qualification 1928Did not enterNo qualification 1936Round of 169th100123 1948Champions1st4400223No qualification 1952Third place3rd430198No qualification 1956Did not enterDid not enter 1960 1964Did not qualify201126 1968Did not enterDid not enter 1972 1976 1980Total1 title7/152111196945201126

Nordic Football Championship Nordic Football Championship recordYearRoundPosition1924–28Runners-up2nd1061331191929–32Runners-up2nd1261535311933–36Champions1st1272331221937–47Champions1st1290341161948–51Champions1st1272336221952–55Champions1st1284044141956–59Champions1st1292145171960–63Champions1st1273224101964–67Champions1st1254322141968–71Champions1st12102032101972–77Champions1st128222491978–80Runners-up2nd6303761981–85Runners-up2nd6312742000–01Fifth place5th512234Total9 titles14/14147892632382198

Minor tournaments Minor tournaments recordTournamentRoundPosition 1939 DBU 50 years Semi-finals 3rd100101 1947 FBF 40 years Winners 1st2200112 1952 NFF 50 years Runners-up 2nd210133 1954 SvFF 50 years Winners 1st220090 1957 FBF 50 years Winners 1st211051 1981 Lahti Cup Runners-up 2nd210154 1988 Maspalomas Winners 1st220051 1988 West Berlin Winners 1st211031 1989 DBU 100 years Runners-up 2nd210127 1991 Scania 100 Third place 3rd210163 1994 Joe Robbie Cup Winners 1st211031 1994 Nordic Cup Winners 1st210121 1995 Umbro Cup Third place 3rd302156 1996 Carlsberg Cup Winners 1st211021 1997 King's Cup Winners 1st431061 2001 King's Cup Winners 1st422093 2003 King's Cup Winners 1st4310124 2004 Carlsberg Cup Third place 3rd210133 2011 Cyprus Cup Runners-up 2nd211031 2013 King's Cup Winners 1st211041Total12 titles46261289845

Head-to-head records The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record. The abandoned match against Denmark on 2 June 2007 here counts as a draw.

Statistics updated as of 5 October 2026.

Against Win % 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 % 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 % 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 % 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 % 5 1 2 2 2 2 0 % 39 13 6 20 56 62 −6 % 6 5 0 1 18 4 +14 % 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 % 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 % 5 5 0 0 16 2 +14 % 17 5 3 9 31 27 +4 % 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 % 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 % 15 2 3 10 17 35 −18 % 16 11 2 3 31 11 +20 % 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 % 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 % 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 % 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 % 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 % 6 2 0 4 7 8 −1 % 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8 % 6 5 1 0 19 3 +16 % 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 % 16 3 4 9 21 36 −15 % 110 47 21 42 189 179 +10 % 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 % 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 % 4 2 0 2 10 3 +7 % 24 7 9 8 31 37 −6 % England Amateurs 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 % 22 19 3 0 68 17 +51 % 5 4 1 0 11 1 +10 % 91 69 11 11 299 96 +203 % 24 6 5 13 23 37 −14 % 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 % 38 13 9 16 63 72 −9 % 1 0 0 1 1 12 −11 % 9 3 3 3 20 10 +10 % 47 18 11 18 81 91 −10 % 17 12 3 2 39 18 +21 % 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 % 12 7 4 1 26 9 +17 % 25 7 7 11 25 28 −3 % 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 % 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 % 6 1 4 1 8 8 0 % 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 % 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 % 5 3 0 2 7 3 +4 % 17 11 4 2 54 12 +42 % 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 % 5 5 0 0 22 3 +19 % 6 5 1 0 16 1 +15 % 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 % 13 13 0 0 49 2 +47 % 11 6 3 2 13 6 +7 % 9 9 0 0 24 4 +20 % 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 % 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 % 26 8 6 12 49 52 –3 % 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 % 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 % 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 % 7 3 1 3 7 10 −3 % 112 60 25 27 285 158 +127 % 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 % 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 % 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 % 30 17 4 9 65 44 +21 % 21 7 6 8 31 30 +1 % 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 % 11 5 3 3 17 14 +3 % 14 8 3 3 27 13 +14 % 29 10 10 9 37 47 -10 % 4 4 0 0 22 0 +22 % 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 % 12 6 1 5 19 14 +5 % 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 % 5 1 0 4 3 11 −8 % 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 % 9 5 4 0 16 5 +11 % 6 2 4 0 7 4 +3 % 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 % 5 3 2 0 18 3 +15 % 18 4 6 8 18 27 −9 % 31 11 7 13 48 48 0 % 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 % 5 4 1 0 13 4 +9 % 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 % 5 3 1 1 8 3 +5 % 12 3 4 5 14 15 −1 % 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 % 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 % 8 4 0 4 13 10 +3 % 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 % 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 % 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 % 7 6 1 0 16 3 +13 % 11 4 2 5 17 19 −2 % Total 1128 556 237 335 2238 1486 +753 %

Matches not counted as international matches by FIFA This is a list of matches that the Swedish FA counts as official international matches, but not FIFA. All these matches are included in the table above.

Sweden 1–6 England Amateurs (Gothenburg, Sweden; 8 September 1908) England Amateurs 7–0 Sweden (Kingston upon Hull, England; 6 November 1909) Sweden 1–5 England Amateurs (Solna, Sweden; 10 June 1914) Sweden 4–1 Norway (Tampere, Finland; 21 July 1952) Sweden 3–1 Austria (Helsinki, Finland; 23 July 1952) Hungary 6–0 Sweden (Helsinki, Finland; 28 July 1952) Sweden 2–0 Germany (Helsinki, Finland; 1 August 1952) Hungary 4–0 Sweden (Budapest, Hungary; 4 May 1963) Sweden 2–2 Hungary (Gothenburg, Sweden; 27 October 1963) Sweden 4–2 Norway (Lahti, Finland; 28 February 1981) Sweden 4–0 United States (Jönköping, Sweden; 23 February 1984) Romania 0–2 Sweden (Bangkok, Thailand; 9 February 1997) Sweden 1–0 Denmark (La Manga, Spain; 31 January 2000) South Africa 1–1 Sweden (Nelspruit, South Africa; 22 January 2011) Cyprus 0–2 Sweden (Nicosia, Cyprus; 8 February 2011) Qatar 0–5 Sweden (Doha, Qatar; 23 January 2012) Sweden 1–1 (4–1 p) North Korea (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 23 January 2013) Sweden 3–0 Finland (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 26 January 2013) Sweden 0–1 Finland (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 19 January 2015) Sweden 1–1 Estonia (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 6 January 2016) Finland 0–3 Sweden (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 10 January 2016) Sweden 1–2 Ivory Coast (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 8 January 2017) Sweden 6–0 Slovakia (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 12 January 2017) Sweden 1–1 Estonia (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 7 January 2018) Sweden 1–0 Denmark (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 11 January 2018)-->

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