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The Sweden national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.
History
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. Their squad for the tournament features players who play club football in 11 different nations. In Euro 2008 qualifying they are competing in Group F.
World Cup record
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.
European Championship record
Sweden's best performance in the European Championships was reaching the semi-finals as hosts at Euro 92.
Other achievements
They also won gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
2006 World Cup Information
Sweden failed to gather 3 points in their opening game against the smallest nation to ever enter the world cup, Trinidad and Tobago. Even after Trinidad and Tobago had defender Avery John sent off 30 seconds into the 2nd half, Sweden failed to produce a goal, and so it ended 0–0. Sweden then scraped a win against Paraguay to put themselves second in group B. The final score was 1–0 after Fredrik Ljungberg scored in the 89th minute. Sweden played England on the 20th June in Cologne, gaining a 2-2 draw to go through to the last 16 at the expense of Trinidad and Tobago, who lost 2-0 to Paraguay to have their hopes of qualifying to the next round removed. In the Round of 16 Sweden lost 2-0 to the host team Germany and bowing out of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Famous past players
Coaches
Past squads and campaigns
Sweden's first national football team, 1908. Thor Eriksson, Gustaf Bergström, Karl Gustafsson, Nils Andersson, Ove Erickson, Thodde Malm, Erik Börjesson, Kalle Ansén, Sven Olsson, Erik Bergström and Hans Lindman.
See also
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