Sweden national under-21 football team

      Sweden Under-21
      Nickname(s) Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
      Association Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
      Confederation UEFA (Europe)
      Head coach Håkan Ericson
      Asst coach Andreas Pettersson
      Captain Oscar Hiljemark
      Most caps Alexander Farnerud (35)
      Top scorer Ola Toivonen (13)
      Home stadium Guldfågeln Arena
      First colours
      Second colours
      UEFA U-21 Championship
      Appearances 6 (First in 1986)
      Best result Runners-up: 1992

      The Sweden national under-21 football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden's home ground is Guldfågeln Arena in Kalmar and the team is led by Håkan Ericson and his assistant Andreas Pettersson. The Swedish U21 team came into existence, following the realignment of UEFA European Under-23 Football Championship, which changed to be a Under-21 competition in 1978.

      Sweden made their first European Under-21 Championship appearance in 1986 and they finished second in 1992. They also reached the semi-finals in 1990 and 2009. Alexander Farnerud is the most capped player for the Swedish U21 team, having played 35 caps between 2002 and 2006. Ola Toivonen is the best goalscorer for Sweden U21, having scored 13 goals between 2006 and 2009. The current captain of the team is Oscar Hiljemark with Alexander Milošević as vice captain.

      Competitive record

      UEFA European U-21 Championship

      UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification record
      Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
      1978 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 6 8
      1980 4 0 1 3 1 4
      1982 4 1 1 2 3 6
      1984 4 2 1 1 10 4
      1986 Quarter-final 6th 2 0 1 1 2 3 6 4 1 1 7 3
      1988 Did not qualify 6 1 4 1 6 6
      1990 Semi-final 3rd 4 2 1 1 7 4 6 4 2 0 10 2
      1992 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 4 4 6 4 2 0 17 3
      France 1994 Did not qualify 10 4 4 2 21 8
      Spain 1996 8 5 1 2 15 4
      Romania 1998 Quarter-final 6th 3 1 0 2 3 3 10 9 0 1 30 6
      Slovakia 2000 Did not qualify 8 2 0 6 7 15
      Switzerland 2002 12 6 4 2 22 10
      Germany 2004 Fourth place 4th 5 3 1 1 11 7 10 5 3 2 20 14
      Portugal 2006 Did not qualify 10 6 0 4 16 12
      Netherlands 2007 4 3 0 1 8 6
      Sweden 2009 Semi-final 3rd 4 2 1 1 12 7 Qualified as hosts
      Denmark 2011 Did not qualify 10 6 2 2 17 10
      Israel 2013 12 7 1 4 20 14
      Czech Republic 2015 To be determined 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Total Best: Runners-up 6/19 24 11 5 8 39 28 134 70 28 36 236 135
      *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.

      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 or U21 teams with a maximum of three older players. See Sweden national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1988.

      Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualification record **
      Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
      Spain 1992 Quarter-final 7th 4 1 2 1 6 3 12 7 3 2 21 7
      United States 1996 Did not qualify 8 5 1 2 15 4
      Australia 2000 8 2 0 6 7 15
      Greece 2004 15 8 4 3 31 21
      China 2008 4 3 0 1 8 6
      United Kingdom 2012 10 6 2 2 17 10
      Brazil 2016 To be determined 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Total Best: Quarter-final 1/6 4 1 2 1 6 3 57 31 10 16 99 63
      *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
      **Includes both qualification phase and final tournament of UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
      ***Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
      ****Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

      2015 UEFA Euro Under-21 Championship

      Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

      Qualifying group stage

      Team
      		Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
       Poland 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
       Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Malta 1 0 0 1 0 2 –2 0
        Greece Malta Poland Sweden Turkey
      Greece  — – – – –
      Malta  – — – – –
      Poland  – 2–0 — – –
      Sweden  – – – — –
      Turkey  – – – – —


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      2013 fixtures

      Results in 2013

      Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
      Ground A A A H A H H A A A H
      Result L W L W W            

      Last updated: 11 June 2013.
      Source: svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
      Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

      Fixtures

      5 February 2013
      19:30 UTC 0
      		 England  4 – 0  Sweden Bescot Stadium, Walsall
      Attendance: 9,758
      Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
      Ince Goal 9', 41'
      Shelvey Goal 31'
      Wickham Goal 77'      		 Report
      21 March 2013
      17:30 UTC 0
      		 Portugal  0 – 1  Sweden Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu
      Attendance: 6,800
      Referee: Renato Gonçalves (Portugal)
      Report Ishak Goal 18'
      24 March 2013
      18:00 UTC+1
      		 Croatia  3 – 0  Sweden Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, Varaždin
      Rebić Goal 2'
      Šitum Goal 15'
      Livaja Goal 70'      		 Report
      6 June 2013
      17:00 UTC+2
      		 Sweden  3 – 2  Switzerland Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö
      Attendance: 1,247
      Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
      Hiljemark Goal 78'
      Larsson Goal 79'
      Rexhepi Goal 86'      		 Report Ben Khalifa Goal 16'
      Buff Goal 33'
      11 June 2013
      19:00 UTC+2
      		 Cuba U20  1 – 3  Sweden Marbella Football Centre, Marbella
      Goal 89' Report Milošević Goal 10'
      Rexhepi Goal 23'
      Bärkroth Goal 85'
      14 August 2013
      18:00 UTC+2
      		 Sweden  v  Norway Påskbergsvallen, Varberg
      6 September 2013
      		 Sweden  v  Poland Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
      10 September 2013
      		 Turkey  v  Sweden
      11 October 2013
      		 Poland  v  Sweden
      15 November 2013
      		 Greece  v  Sweden
      19 November 2013
      		 Sweden  v  Malta Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

      Goalscorers

      Rank Player Club Goals
      1 Dardan Rexhepi Sweden Malmö FF 2
      2 Nicklas Bärkroth Sweden IF Brommapojkarna 1
      Oscar Hiljemark Netherlands PSV 1
      Mikael Ishak Switzerland St. Gallen 1
      Sam Larsson Sweden IFK Göteborg 1
      Alexander Milošević Sweden AIK 1
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      Players

      Current squad

      The following 20 players were called up for the friendly matches against Switzerland on 6 June 2013 and Cuba U20 on 11 June 2013.[1] Not players who withdrew from the squad due to injury.

      Caps and goals updated as of 11 June 2013.

      0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
      1 1GK Patrik Carlgren (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 21) 2 0 Sweden IK Brage
      12 1GK August Strömberg (1992-02-28) 28 February 1992 (age 21) 3 0 Sweden Degerfors IF
      2 2DF Mattias Johansson (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 21) 10 0 Netherlands AZ
      3 2DF Alexander Milošević (vice captain) (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 21) 12 2 Sweden AIK
      4 2DF Sebastian Holmén (1992-04-29) 29 April 1992 (age 21) 2 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
      5 2DF Alexander Michel (1992-11-14) 14 November 1992 (age 20) 4 0 Sweden Syrianska FC
      13 2DF Philip Andersson (1992-05-12) 12 May 1992 (age 21) 3 0 Sweden Landskrona BoIS
      14 2DF Jonathan Azulay (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 20) 3 0 Sweden Örgryte IS
      15 2DF Pa Konate (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 19) 1 0 Sweden Malmö FF
      6 3MF Viktor Claesson (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 21) 14 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
      7 3MF Andreas Blomqvist (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 21) 4 0 Sweden Mjällby AIF
      8 3MF Simon Thern (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 20) 4 0 Sweden Malmö FF
      9 3MF Sam Larsson (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 20) 5 1 Sweden IFK Göteborg
      16 3MF Simon Kroon (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 20) 2 0 Sweden Malmö FF
      17 3MF Oscar Lewicki (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 (age 20) 8 0 Sweden BK Häcken
      20 3MF Oscar Hiljemark (captain) (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 20) 24 2 Netherlands PSV
      10 4FW Måns Söderqvist (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 20) 3 0 Sweden Kalmar FF
      11 4FW Dardan Rexhepi (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 21) 5 2 Sweden Malmö FF
      18 4FW Nicklas Bärkroth (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 21) 4 1 Sweden IF Brommapojkarna
      19 4FW Robin Quaison (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 19) 6 0 Sweden AIK

      Recent call-ups

      The following 19 players have been selected by Sweden U21 in the past 12 months. Not players who's born before 1 January 1992.

      Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
      GK Andreas Linde (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 19) 1 0 Sweden IFK Värnamo v.  England, 5 February 2013
      GK Davor Blazević (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 20) 1 0 Sweden IF Brommapojkarna v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
      GK Jacob Rinne (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 19) 1 0 Sweden BK Forward v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
      DF Filip Helander (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 20) 4 0 Sweden Malmö FF v.  Cuba U20, 11 June 2013
      DF Ludwig Augustinsson (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 19) 2 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg v.  Croatia, 24 March 2013
      DF Emil Krafth (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 18) 4 0 Sweden Helsingborgs IF v.  Croatia, 24 March 2013
      DF Emil Bergström (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 20) 2 0 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  England, 5 February 2013
      DF Tobias Malm (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 21) 1 0 Sweden Landskrona BoIS v.  England, 5 February 2013
      DF Joseph Baffo (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 20) 6 0 Sweden Helsingborgs IF v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
      MF Joel Allansson (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 (age 20) 5 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg v.  Croatia, 24 March 2013
      MF Simon Hedlund (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 20) 2 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg v.  Croatia, 24 March 2013
      MF Simon Tibbling (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 18) 2 0 Sweden Djurgårdens IF v.  Croatia, 24 March 2013
      MF Mathias Andersson (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 20) 2 0 Sweden Landskrona BoIS v.  England, 5 February 2013
      MF Amin Nazari (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 20) 1 0 Sweden Assyriska FF v.  England, 5 February 2013
      FW Mikael Ishak (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 20) 10 7 Switzerland St. Gallen v.  Cuba U20, 11 June 2013
      FW Christoffer Nyman (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 20) 1 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping v.  Cuba U20, 11 June 2013
      FW Branimir Hrgota (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 20) 4 1 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach v.  Croatia, 24 March 2013
      FW Karl Holmberg (1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 (age 20) 1 0 Sweden Örebro SK v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
      FW John Guidetti (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 21) 10 4 England Manchester City v.  Malta, 15 November 2011

      Previous squads

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      Coaching staff

      Manager Håkan Ericson
      Assistant manager Andreas Pettersson
      Goalkeeping coach Mats Svensson
      Team doctor Fredrik Bergström
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      Records

      Top 10 most appearances (caps)

      Players in bold text are still active with Sweden U21.

      # Player Career Caps Goals
      1 Alexander Farnerud 2002–2006 35 12
      2 Mikael Dorsin 2000–2004 31 1
      3 Johan Elmander 2000–2004 30 12
      Tommy Jönsson 1995–1998 30 1
      5 Ola Toivonen 2006–2009 28 13
      Jiloan Hamad 2009–2012 28 3
      7 Joakim Persson 1994–1998 27 8
      Jon Jönsson 2002–2005 27 5
      9 Olof Mellberg 1996–1999 26 3
      Fredrik Stenman 2003–2005 26 1
      Andreas Granqvist 2004–2006 26 0

      Last updated: 25 March 2013.

      Top 10 most goals

      Players in bold text are still active with Sweden U21.

      # Player Career Goals Caps
      1 Ola Toivonen 2006–2009 13 28
      2 Johan Elmander 2000–2004 12 30
      Alexander Farnerud 2002–2006 12 35
      4 Marcus Berg 2006–2009 8 19
      5 Erton Fejzullahu 2009–2010 7 7
      Mikael Ishak 2012– 7 10
      Denni Avdić 2007–2010 7 23
      8 Zlatan Ibrahimović 2001 6 7
      Mervan Çelik 2011–2012 6 14
      Pontus Farnerud 2000–2001 6 14
      Mikael Dahlberg 2004–2006 6 21
      Pontus Wernbloom 2006–2009 6 24

      Last updated: 25 March 2013.

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      See also

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      References

      1. ^ "U21-trupp till junimatcher". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 22 May 2013.  (Swedish)
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