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Sweden National Football Team

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck
Captain: Fredrik Ljungberg
Top scorer: Sven Rydell
FIFA ranking: 17

The Sweden national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.

After qualifying for World Cup 2006, Sweden has now reached four major championship finals in a row.

Sweden competed in Group B at the 2006 World Cup. Their squad for the tournament features players who play club football in eleven different nations. In Euro 2008 qualifying they are competing in Group F.

World Cup record

Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in world football, with eleven World Cup appearances and three medals. The Swedish team finished second in 1958, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5-2 in the final (Brazil's first finals success). Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994. In 1938, they finished fourth.

Sweden Team
No.	NAME	POS	Height	Weight	Age
1	Andreas Isaksson	G	6-6	194	25
12	Rami Shaaban	G	6-4	198	31
-	Fredrik Stenman	D	6-2	176	24
3	Olof Mellberg	D	6-2	183	29
4	Petter Hansson	D	6-1	181	30
13	Max Von Schlebrugge	D	6-2	183	30
14	Daniel Majstorovic	D	6-3	194	30
-	Samuel Holmen	M	5-10	150	23
2	Mikael Nilsson	M	5-11	165	28
5	Niclas Alexandersson	M	5-11	165	35
6	Tobias Linderoth	M	5-9	165	28
7	Christian Wilhelmsson	M	5-10	146	27
8	Anders Svensson	M	5-11	174	30
9	Fredrik Ljungberg	M	5-9	165	30
15	Daniel Andersson	M	5-10	172	29
16	Kennedy Bakircioglu	M	5-11	157	26
10	Marcus Allback	S	5-11	174	33
11	Johan Elmander	S	6-2	185	26
11	Markus Rosenberg	S	6-1	168	24
17	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	S	6-4	185	25
18	Rade Prica	S	6-1	176	26

Group F
	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P
Sweden	7	6	0	1	17	4	13	18
Spain	7	5	0	2	13	6	7	15
Northern Ireland	6	4	1	1	10	7	3	13
Denmark	6	3	1	2	9	5	4	10
Liechtenstein	7	1	1	5	4	18	-14	4
Iceland	7	1	1	5	5	15	-10	4
Latvia	6	1	0	5	4	7	-3	3