The is the national
Football team of
Sweden and is controlled by the
Swedish Football Association .
After qualifying for
World Cup 2006 , Sweden have now reached four major championship finals in a row.
Sweden will compete in
Group B at the 2006 World Cup. In
Euro 2008 Qualifying they are competing in
Group F .
Sweden are traditionally one of the strongest teams in world football, with eleven
World Cup appearances and three medals. They finished second when they hosted the tournament in
1958 , and have finished third twice, in
1950 and
1994 .
- 1930 - ''Did not enter''
- 1934 - Quarter-finals
- 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
Sweden's best performance in the
European Championships was reaching the semi-finals as hosts at
Euro 92 .
- 1960 - ''Did not enter''
- 1964 to 1988 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1992 - Semi-finals
- 1996 - ''Did not qualify''
- 2000 - Round 1
- 2004 - Quarter-finals
They also won gold at the
1948 Summer Olympics .
Goalkeepers:
