Sweden national under-23 football team

Sweden Under-23

Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Håkan Ericson
First colours Second colours
First international
UEFA  Denmark 3–2 Sweden (Esbjerg, Denmark; 22 June 1952) Olympics Sweden 0–0 Paraguay  (Barcelona, Spain; 26 July 1992)
Biggest win
UEFA Sweden 9–2 Finland  (Växjö, Sweden; 10 June 1956)  Finland 0–7 Sweden (Oulu, Finland; 22 September 1957) Olympics Sweden 4–0 Morocco  (Sabadel, Spain; 28 July 1992)
Biggest defeat
UEFA  Poland 6–1 Sweden (Warsaw, Poland; 7 October 1964) Olympics Sweden 1–2 Australia  (Barcelona, Spain; 2 August 1992)
Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 1992)
Best result	Quarter-finals: 1992

The Sweden national under-23 football team (also known as Sweden Olympic football team from 1992) is the football team representing Sweden in Olympics and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Between 1952 and 1976, the Swedish U23 team was the main Swedish national youth team and represented Sweden in the UEFA European Under-23 Championship. Sweden made their first and only European Under-23 Championship appearance in 1972 and was knocked out in the quarter-finals. In 1976 the European Under-23 Championship was changed to be an Under-21 competition, so the Swedish U23 team became defunct and was replaced by the Sweden national under-21 football team.

In 1992, when the Olympic football tournament changed to be an Under-23 competition the Swedish U23 team came back to life. Sweden made their first Olympic appearance in 1992 and was knocked out in the quarter-finals. The qualification to the Olympics for the European teams is the European Under-21 Championship so the Swedish U23 team doesn't play any qualification matches. In 1992 the team was managed by Nisse Andersson and in 2016 the team will be managed by Håkan Ericson.

Competitive record

Challenge Cup U-23

This was competed for on a basis similar to a boxing title belt. The holders played a randomly chosen opponent for the championship.

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue
6 November 1969	Yugoslavia	2–0	Sweden	Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-23 Championship

UEFA European Under-23 Championship record										UEFA European Under-23 Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1972	Quarter-final	6th	2	1	0	1	2	3		4	3	0	1	8	2
1974	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	6	5
1976										4	2	1	1	6	6
Total	Best: Quarter-final	1/3	2	1	0	1	2	3		12	7	2	3	20	13

*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 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
1992	Quarter-final	7th	4	1	2	1	6	3		12	7	3	2	21	7
1996	Did not qualify									8	5	1	2	15	4
2000										8	2	0	6	7	15
2004										15	8	4	3	31	21
2008										4	3	0	1	8	6
2012										10	6	2	2	17	10
2016	Qualified									15	8	3	4	31	21
2020	To be determined
Total	Best: Quarter-final	2/7	4	1	2	1	6	3		72	39	13	20	130	84

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Includes both qualification phase and final tournament of UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

***Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

****Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

1992 Summer Olympics

Fixtures

Sweden  v  Paraguay

26 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C	Sweden	0–0	Paraguay	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Estadi de Sarrià Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lube Spassov (Bulgaria)

Sweden  v  Morocco

28 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C	Sweden	4–0	Morocco	Sabadell, Spain
19:00 UTC+2	Brolin  13', 68' Mild  19' Rödlund  57'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Nova Creu Alta Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

Sweden  v  South Korea

30 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C	Sweden	1–1	South Korea	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 UTC+2	Rödlund  50'	Report	Seo Jung-Won  28'	Stadium: Estadi de Sarrià Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Sweden  v  Australia

2 August 1992 1992 Olympics Quarter-finals	Sweden	1–2	Australia	Barcelona, Spain
21:30 UTC+2	P. Andersson  62'	Report	Markovski  30' Murphy  55'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

1992 Summer Olympics squad

The following 20 players were called up for the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 8 August 1992.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Jan Ekholm	3 December 1969 (aged 22)	4	0	IFK Sundsvall
12	GK	Håkan Svensson	20 January 1970 (aged 22)	0	0	Halmstads BK
2	DF	Magnus Johansson	10 November 1971 (aged 20)	4	0	IFK Göteborg
3	DF	Joachim Björklund	15 March 1971 (aged 21)	4	0	SK Brann
4	DF	Filip Apelstav	18 September 1971 (aged 20)	1	0	Västra Frölunda IF
7	DF	Patrik Andersson (captain)	18 August 1971 (aged 20)	4	1	Malmö FF
14	DF	Jörgen Moberg	2 June 1971 (aged 21)	0	0	Östers IF
15	DF	Björn Lilius	2 June 1970 (aged 22)	3	0	Helsingborgs IF
16	DF	Henrik Nilsson	25 July 1972 (aged 20)	0	0	Malmö FF
5	MF	Niclas Alexandersson	29 December 1971 (aged 20)	3	0	Halmstads BK
6	MF	Håkan Mild	14 June 1971 (aged 21)	4	1	IFK Göteborg
8	MF	Stefan Landberg	5 May 1970 (aged 22)	4	0	Östers IF
9	MF	Christer Fursth	6 July 1970 (aged 22)	4	0	Örebro SK
13	MF	Jesper Jansson	8 January 1971 (aged 21)	3	0	Östers IF
17	MF	Anders Andersson	15 March 1974 (aged 18)	0	0	Malmö FF
10	FW	Jonny Rödlund	22 December 1971 (aged 20)	4	2	IFK Norrköping
11	FW	Tomas Brolin	29 November 1969 (aged 22)	4	2	Parma
18	FW	Pascal Simpson	4 May 1971 (aged 21)	1	0	AIK
19	FW	Niklas Gudmundsson	29 February 1972 (aged 20)	3	0	Halmstads BK
20	FW	Jonas Axeldal	2 September 1970 (aged 21)	2	0	Malmö FF

See also

• Sweden national football team
• Sweden national under-21 football team
• Sweden national under-20 football team
• Sweden national under-19 football team
• Sweden national under-18 football team (defunct)
• Sweden national under-17 football team
• Sweden national under-16 football team (defunct)
• Sweden national football B team (defunct)
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• Football at the Summer Olympics

References

1. "Sweden Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

External links

• Team results in 1992