| Federation
founded: 1904 |
| FIFA
member since: 1904 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Second
round exit |
| 1938 - 4th
place |
| 1950 - 3rd
place |
| 1954 - Did not qualify |
| 1958 - Beaten
finalist |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - First
round exit |
| 1974 - Second
phase exit |
| 1978 - First
round exit |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - First
round exit |
| 1994 - 3rd
place |
| 1998 - Did not qualify |
| 2002 - Second round
exit |
| 2006 - Second round
exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
46
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| Won |
16
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| Drawn |
13
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| Lost |
17
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| Goals for |
74
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| Goals against |
69
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| Points |
61
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Sweden
are 8th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
8-0 vs Cuba
in 1938.
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Biggest
defeat:
1-7 vs Brazil
in 1950.
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Overall
topscorer:
Kennet Andersson and Henrik Larsson,
5 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Henrik Larsson, 13 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
1958
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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part, but SWEDEN
chose not to participate.
1934
(WCQ Group 1)
11.Jun 33 SWEDEN 6-2 Estonia
29.Jun 33 Lithuania 0-2 SWEDEN
SWEDEN qualified for Italy 1934.
1938
(WCQ Group 1)
16.Jun 37 SWEDEN 4-0 Finland
20.Jun 37 SWEDEN 7-2 Estonia
29.Aug 37 Germany 4-1 Estonia
21.Nov 37 Germany 5-0 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Germany 3 3 0 0 11- 1 6
2.SWEDEN 3 2 0 1 11- 7 4
3.Estonia 3 1 0 2 4-11 2
4.Finland 3 0 0 3 0- 7 0
SWEDEN qualified for France 1938.
1950
(WCQ Group 5)
02.Jun 49 SWEDEN 3-1 Rep. of Ireland
02.Oct 49 SWEDEN 8-1 Finland
13.Nov 49 Rep. of Ireland 1-3 SWEDEN
Finland withdrew.
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 3 3 0 0 14- 3 6
2.Rep. of Ireland 4 1 1 2 6- 7 3
3.Finland 3 0 1 2 2-12 1
SWEDEN qualified for Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ Group 2)
28.May 53 SWEDEN 2-3 Belgium
05.Aug 53 Finland 3-3 SWEDEN
16.Aug 53 SWEDEN 4-0 Finland
08.Oct 53 Belgium 2-0 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Belgium 4 3 1 0 11- 6 7
2.SWEDEN 4 1 1 2 9- 8 3
3.Finland 4 0 2 2 7-13 2
SWEDEN failed to qualify for Switzerland 1954.
1958
SWEDEN qualified automatically
as host nation.
1962
(UEFA Group 1)
19.Oct 60 SWEDEN 2-0 Belgium
28.May 61 SWEDEN 4-0 Switzerland
04.Oct 61 Belgium 0-2 SWEDEN
29.Oct 61 Switzerland 3-2 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 4 3 0 1 10- 3 6
Switzerland 4 3 0 1 9- 9 6
3.Belgium 4 0 0 4 3-10 0
Play-off [in Berlin (GER)]
12.Nov 61 Switzerland 2-1 SWEDEN
SWEDEN failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 2)
04.Nov 64 West Germany 1-1 SWEDEN
05.May 65 SWEDEN 3-0 Cyprus
26.Sep 65 SWEDEN 1-2 West Germany
07.Nov 65 Cyprus 0-5 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.West Germany 4 3 1 0 14- 2 7
2.SWEDEN 4 2 1 1 10- 3 5
3.Cyprus 4 0 0 4 0-19 0
SWEDEN failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 5)
09.Oct 68 SWEDEN 5-0 Norway
19.Jun 69 Norway 2-5 SWEDEN
15.Oct 69 SWEDEN 2-0 France
01.Nov 69 France 3-0 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 4 3 0 1 12- 5 6
2.France 4 2 0 2 6- 4 4
3.Norway 4 1 0 3 4-13 2
SWEDEN qualified for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 1)
25.May 72 SWEDEN 0-0 Hungary
10.Jun 72 Austria 2-0 SWEDEN
15.Oct 72 SWEDEN 7-0 Malta
23.May 73 SWEDEN 3-2 Austria
13.Jun 73 Hungary 3-3 SWEDEN
11.Nov 73 Malta 1-2 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 6 3 2 1 15- 8 8
Austria 6 3 2 1 14- 7 8
3.Hungary 6 2 4 0 12- 7 8
4.Malta 6 0 0 6 1-20 0
Play-off [in Gelsenkirchen (GER)]
27.Nov 73 SWEDEN 2-1 Austria
SWEDEN qualified for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 6)
16.Jun 76 SWEDEN 2-0 Norway
09.Oct 76 Switzerland 1-2 SWEDEN
08.Jun 77 SWEDEN 2-1 Switzerland
07.Sep 77 Norway 2-1 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 4 3 0 1 7- 4 6
2.Norway 4 2 0 2 3- 4 4
3.Switzerland 4 1 0 3 3- 5 2
SWEDEN qualified for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 6)
18.Jun 80 SWEDEN 1-1 Israel
10.Sep 80 SWEDEN 0-1 Scotland
15.Oct 80 Northern Ireland 3-0 SWEDEN
12.Nov 80 Israel 0-0 SWEDEN
03.Jun 81 SWEDEN 1-0 Northern Ireland
24.Jun 81 SWEDEN 3-0 Portugal
09.Sep 81 Scotland 2-0 SWEDEN
14.Oct 81 Portugal 1-2 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Scotland 8 4 3 1 9- 4 11
2.Northern Ireland 8 3 3 2 6- 3 9
3.SWEDEN 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8
4.Portugal 8 3 1 4 8-11 7
5.Israel 8 1 3 4 6-10 5
SWEDEN failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 2)
23.May 84 SWEDEN 4-0 Malta
12.Sep 84 SWEDEN 0-1 Portugal
17.Oct 84 West Germany 2-0 SWEDEN
14.Nov 84 Portugal 1-3 SWEDEN
05.Jun 85 SWEDEN 2-0 Czechoslovakia
25.Sep 85 SWEDEN 2-2 West Germany
16.Oct 85 Czechoslovakia 2-1 SWEDEN
17.Nov 85 Malta 1-2 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.West Germany 8 5 2 1 22- 9 12
2.Portugal 8 5 0 3 12-10 10
3.SWEDEN 8 4 1 3 14- 9 9
4.Czechoslovakia 8 3 2 3 11-12 8
5.Malta 8 0 1 7 6-25 1
SWEDEN failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 2)
19.Oct 88 England 0-0 SWEDEN
05.Nov 88 Albania 1-2 SWEDEN
07.May 89 SWEDEN 2-1 Poland
06.Sep 89 SWEDEN 0-0 England
08.Oct 89 SWEDEN 3-1 Albania
25.Oct 89 Poland 0-2 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 6 4 2 0 9- 3 10
2.England 6 3 3 0 10- 0 9
3.Poland 6 2 1 3 4- 8 5
4.Albania 6 0 0 6 3-15 0
SWEDEN qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 6)
09.Sep 92 Finland 0-1 SWEDEN
07.Oct 92 SWEDEN 2-0 Bulgaria
11.Nov 92 Israel 1-3 SWEDEN
28.Apr 93 France 2-1 SWEDEN
19.May 93 SWEDEN 1-0 Austria
02.Jun 93 SWEDEN 5-0 Israel
22.Aug 93 SWEDEN 1-1 France
08.Sep 93 Bulgaria 1-1 SWEDEN
13.Oct 93 SWEDEN 3-2 Finland
10.Nov 93 Austria 1-1 SWEDEN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 10 6 3 1 19- 8 15
2.Bulgaria 10 6 2 2 19-10 14
3.France 10 6 1 3 17-10 13
4.Austria 10 3 2 5 15-16 8
5.Finland 10 2 1 7 9-18 5
6.Israel 10 1 3 6 10-27 5
SWEDEN qualified for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 4)
01.Jun 96 SWEDEN 5-1 Belarus
01.Sep 96 Latvia 1-2 SWEDEN
09.Oct 96 SWEDEN 0-1 Austria
10.Nov 96 Scotland 1-0 SWEDEN
30.Apr 97 SWEDEN 2-1 Scotland
08.Jun 97 Estonia 2-3 SWEDEN
20.Aug 97 Belarus 1-2 SWEDEN
06.Sep 97 Austria 1-0 SWEDEN
10.Sep 97 SWEDEN 1-0 Latvia
11.Oct 97 SWEDEN 1-0 Estonia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Austria 10 8 1 1 17- 4 25
2.Scotland 10 7 2 1 15- 3 23
3.SWEDEN 10 7 0 3 16- 9 21
4.Latvia 10 3 1 6 10-14 10
5.Estonia 10 1 1 8 4-16 4
6.Belarus 10 1 1 8 5-21 4
SWEDEN failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 4)
02.Sep 00 Azerbaijan 0-1 SWEDEN
07.Oct 00 SWEDEN 1-1 Turkey
11.Oct 00 Slovakia 0-0 SWEDEN
24.Mar 01 SWEDEN 1-0 Macedonia
28.Mar 01 Moldova 0-2 SWEDEN
02.Jun 01 SWEDEN 2-0 Slovakia
06.Jun 01 SWEDEN 6-0 Moldova
01.Sep 01 Macedonia 1-2 SWEDEN
05.Sep 01 Turkey 1-2 SWEDEN
07.Oct 01 SWEDEN 3-0 Azerbaijan
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SWEDEN 10 8 2 0 20- 3 26
2.Turkey 10 6 3 1 18- 8 21
3.Slovakia 10 5 2 3 16- 9 17
4.Macedonia 10 1 4 5 11-18 7
5.Moldova 10 1 3 6 6-20 6
6.Azerbaijan 10 1 2 7 4-17 5
SWEDEN qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 8)
04.Sep 04 Malta 0-7 SWEDEN
08.Sep 04 SWEDEN 0-1 Croatia
09.Oct 04 SWEDEN 3-0 Hungary
13.Oct 04 Iceland 1-4 SWEDEN
26.Mar 05 Bulgaria 0-3 SWEDEN
04.Jun 05 SWEDEN 6-0 Malta
03.Sep 05 SWEDEN 3-0 Bulgaria
07.Sep 05 Hungary 0-1 SWEDEN
08.Oct 05 Croatia 1-0 SWEDEN
12.Oct 05 SWEDEN 3-1 Iceland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Croatia 10 7 3 0 21- 5 24
2.SWEDEN 10 8 0 2 30- 4 24
3.Bulgaria 10 4 3 3 17-17 15
4.Hungary 10 4 2 4 13-14 14
5.Iceland 10 1 1 8 14-27 4
6.Malta 10 0 3 7 4-32 3
SWEDEN qualified for Germany 2006.
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