Sweden national under-21 football team

The Swedish U-21 national football team is the football team representing Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

in competitions for under-21 year old players. Sweden U21's current captain is Jiloan Hamad

Jiloan Hamad

Jiloan Hamad is a Swedish footballer of Kurdish descent, currently playing for Malmö FF.-Malmö FF:...

with Jakob Johansson

Jakob Johansson

Jakob Johansson is a Swedish football midfielder.He became the first player born in the 1990s to have played in the top league of Sweden, Allsvenskan, on 27 June 2007 when he debuted for his club IFK Göteborg....

as vice captain.

UEFA European U-21 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1978 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1978, which spanned two years had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.The 24 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided...	Did not qualify
1980 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1980, which spanned two years had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded to their opponents...
1982 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1982, which spanned two years , had 26 entrants. West Germany competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition....
1984 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1984, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. Albania, Iceland and Wales competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition for the second time running....
1986 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1986, which spanned two years , had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history....	Quarter Finals	2	0	1	1	2	3
1988 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1988, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. The Republic of Ireland competed for the first time. France U-21s won the competition....	Did not qualify
1990 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1990, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. San Marino competed for the first time. USSR U-21s won the competition....	Semi Finals	4	2	1	1	7	4
1992 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1992, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants.Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team.Italy U-21s won the competition....	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	4	4
1994 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1994, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, France were chosen as the first hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....	Did not qualify
1996 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1996, which spanned two years , had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....	Did not qualify
1998 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 1998, which spanned two years , had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....	Quarter Finals	3	1	0	2	3	3
2000 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.Italy U-21s won the...	Did not qualify
2002 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship UEFA U-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.-Qualification:...	Did not qualify
2004 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship UEFA U-21 Championship 2004 was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time...	Fourth place	5	3	1	1	11	7
2006 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Klaas Jan Huntelaar3 goals Thomas Kahlenberg Nicky Hofs2 goals Bryan Bergougnoux Ruslan Fomin Artem Milevskiy...	Did not qualify
2007 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It is the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship....	Did not qualify
2009 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006-07 competition, which allowed the change to...	Semi Finals	4	2	1	1	12	7
2011 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship UEFA U-21 Championship 2011 was the 18th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011....	Did not qualify
2013	To Be Determined
Total	6/18	24	11	5	8	39	28

Olympic Games

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Quarter Finals	4	1	2	1	6	3
1996 Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics The association football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia....	Did not qualify
2000 Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:Olympic Stadium, SydneySydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...
2004 Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...
2008 Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...
2012 Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in London and several other cities in the United Kingdom, from 25 July to 11 August. The finals will be played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23...
2016 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee...	To Be Determined
Total	1/6	4	1	2	1	6	3

Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

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- Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

2013 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Current squad

The following 21 players have been called up for the friendly match

Exhibition game

An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

against Netherlands

Netherlands national under-21 football team

The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years....

on 10 August 2011.

Not players who withdrew from the squad due to injury. Caps and goals updated as 10 August 2011.
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Recent call-ups

The following 19 players have been selected by Sweden U21 in the past 12 months. Not player who's born before 1st January 1990.

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Coaching staff

Head coaches	Sweden Håkan Ericson
Head coaches	Sweden Tommy Söderberg

Results by round

Fixtures

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Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Guidetti John Guidetti John Alberto Guidetti is a Swedish footballer, who currently plays for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie, on loan from Manchester City.-Brommapojkarna:...	Feyenoord	3
2	Mervan Celik Mervan Celik Mervan Celik is a professional footballer who plays for GAIS as a winger.-Club career:Born in Gothenburg, he played for IF Warta and BK Häcken at youth level before joining GAIS in 2007. "I started as a striker but now I play as an inner midfielder and winger...	GAIS GAIS Göteborgs Atlet- och Idrottssällskap is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg, currently playing in Allsvenskan. The club is commonly referred to simply as GAIS, while its fans also refers to the club as grönsvart or the mackerels because of the traditional shirt colours...	2
2	Johan Larsson Johan Larsson (footballer) Johan Larsson is a Swedish international football player currently playing for IF Elfsborg from Sweden.-Youth years:Larsson played for Kinna IF until 2005 when he left the club for IF Elfsborg...	Elfsborg IF Elfsborg IF Elfsborg is a Swedish football club located in Borås. The club has won five national championship titles, the latest in 2006, and two national cup titles. Currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Elfsborg is based at Borås Arena...	2
4	Philip Hellquist	Djurgården	1
	Pontus Jansson Pontus Jansson Pontus Jansson is a Swedish footballer. He is currently playing for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan.-Malmö FF:Jansson started his career at local club Arlövs BI. In 2006 at age 15 he transferred to Malmö FF. He played in youth teams until he made his first debut in 2009...	Malmö FF Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...	1
	Jakob Johansson Jakob Johansson Jakob Johansson is a Swedish football midfielder.He became the first player born in the 1990s to have played in the top league of Sweden, Allsvenskan, on 27 June 2007 when he debuted for his club IFK Göteborg....	IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....	1
	Rasmus Jönsson Rasmus Jönsson Rasmus Jönsson is a Swedish footballer currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg in Bundesliga.- Helsingborgs IF :He plays as a striker and got his breakthrough in 2008, scoring four goals in Allsvenskan alongside Henrik Larsson in Helsingborgs IF. Jönsson is commonly called "Sugröret" among his...	Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...	1
	Alexander Milošević Alexander Milošević Alexander Sjöström Milošević is a Swedish footballer who plays for AIK as a centre back He previously played for Swedish club Vasalunds IF. He is also part of the current Sweden U21 squad.-Early career:...	AIK AIK Fotboll AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...	1
	Jiloan Hamad Jiloan Hamad Jiloan Hamad is a Swedish footballer of Kurdish descent, currently playing for Malmö FF.-Malmö FF:...	Malmö FF Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...	1

External links

SvFF U21 page

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