Sweden national futsal team

Sweden

Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association	Swedish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Charbel Abraham
Captain	Nicklas Asp
Home stadium	Arena Skövde[1]
FIFA code	SWE
FIFA ranking	60 [2]
Highest FIFA ranking	58 (14 December 2015)
Lowest FIFA ranking	76 (July 2013)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Sweden 2–3 France  (Gothenburg, Sweden; 11 December 2012)
Biggest win
Sweden 13–0 Scotland  (Skövde, Sweden; 15 January 2015)
Biggest defeat
Spain 13–0 Sweden (Águilas, Spain; 28 March 2013)
World Cup
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	0

The Sweden national futsal team represents Sweden in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team played their first official match in December 2012 against France in Gothenburg.^[3] One month later, Sweden played their first competitive games and took three impressive victories in the qualification round for the 2014 European Championship.^[4]

History

In 2005, an unofficial Swedish national team played a mini-tournament in Tehran against Iran and Japan.^[5] The games were sanctioned by FIFA, but the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) has not recognized these games as official. The unofficial national team has also played matches against Catalonia, which were sanctioned by the rival of FIFA, Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón (AMF). In 2010, SvFF started a two-year-long process to boot a national team. Per Broberg was hired as coach, and on 11 December 2012, an official Swedish national team played their first game in front of their home crowd in the Lisebergshallen against France in Gothenburg which they lost 2–3.^[6]

Tournament records

Sweden officially made their debut in an international competition at the UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 qualifying round in Andorra la Vella, Andorra on 23–26 January 2013.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter/qualify									Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016										6	2	2	2	21	23
Total	0/8									6	2	2	2	21	23

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not enter									Did not enter
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2010
2012
2014	Did not qualify									6	3	0	3	12	28
2016										3	2	0	1	20	4
2018	To be determined									0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/11									9	5	0	4	32	32

2015–16 fixtures

For a complete list, see Sweden national futsal team results

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition	Location
15 September 2015	Turkey	4–4	International friendly	Bursa, Turkey
16 September 2015	Turkey	3–5	International friendly	Bursa, Turkey
22 October 2015	Montenegro	3–3	World Cup qualification	Uddevalla, Sweden
23 October 2015	San Marino	9–4	World Cup qualification	Uddevalla, Sweden
25 October 2015	Greece	4–1	World Cup qualification	Uddevalla, Sweden
21 November 2015	Norway	2–2	International friendly	Oslo, Norway
22 November 2015	Norway	4–3	International friendly	Oslo, Norway
10 December 2015	Azerbaijan	2–8	World Cup qualification	Osijek, Croatia
11 December 2015	Croatia	1–5	World Cup qualification	Osijek, Croatia
13 December 2015	Belarus	2–2	World Cup qualification	Osijek, Croatia
23 January 2016	Denmark	5–2	International friendly	Helsingborg, Sweden
24 January 2016	Denmark	1–5	International friendly	Farum, Denmark
29 February 2016	Finland	3–6	International friendly	Skövde, Sweden
1 March 2016	Finland	5–2	International friendly	Skövde, Sweden

All-time team record

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Andorra	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Armenia	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1
Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	2	8	−6
Belarus	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Croatia	2	0	0	2	1	12	−11
Denmark	5	1	1	3	14	17	−3
England	4	2	1	1	12	13	–1
Estonia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Finland	4	2	0	2	13	16	–3
France	4	0	0	4	10	18	−8
Greece	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Israel	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Macedonia	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2
Montenegro	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
Norway	5	3	2	0	18	12	+6
San Marino	1	1	0	0	9	4	+5
Scotland	1	1	0	0	13	0	+13
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	13	−13
Turkey	4	1	1	2	11	12	–1
Total	41	16	7	18	131	143	−12

Players

Current squad

The following 14 players have been called up for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying preliminary round on 14–17 January 2015.^[7]

Caps updated as of 2 April 2013.^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	GK	Robin Armandt	5 November 1986		ASD Calcio A5 Manfredonia
	GK	Martin Herrlin	9 September 1994		IFK Skövde
	GK	Cristopher Solberg	26 October 1979		Göteborg Futsal Club
	DF	Nicklas Asp (captain)	10 January 1986		Göteborg Futsal Club
	DF	Johan Roxström	15 April 1985		Norrköpings Futsal Klubb
	FW	Simon Chekroun	8 November 1986		Göteborg Futsal Club
	FW	Dan Mönell	20 January 1992		Göteborg Futsal Club
	DF	Patrik Burda	31 January 1990		Malmö City FC
	FW	Sargon Abraham	7 February 1991		IFK Skövde
	MF	Hannah Abraham	10 December 1988		IFK Skövde
	FW	Kristian Legiec	9 December 1986		ASD Calcio A5 Manfredonia
	DF	Fredrik Andersson	8 March 1988		IFK Skövde
	DF	Albert Hiseni	20 December 1991		IFK Uddevalla
	DF	Dida Rashidi	11 June 1992		Nacka Juniors FF

Statistics

Managers

Manager	Years	GP	W	D	L	W%
Per Broberg	2012–14	17	7	1	9	41%
Charbel Abraham	2014–	12	6	4	2	50%

Venues

City	Venue	GP	Highest attendance
Gothenburg	Lisebergshallen	3	1,253
Lindesberg	Lindesberg Arena	1	664
Malmö	Baltiska hallen	2	1,457
Skövde	Arena Skövde	4	2,373
Uddevalla	Agnebergshallen	3	1,040
Örebro	Nya Idrottshuset	1	1,121
5	5	11

References

1. "EM-kval i futsal till Skövde" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 11 September 2014.
2. Futsal World Ranking
3. "Uddamålsförlust i premiärlandskampen" (in Swedish). SvFF. 11 December 2012.
4. "Sweden first to reach main round". UEFA.com. 24 January 2013.
6. "Landslaget" (in Swedish). Futsal.se.
7. "Futsaltrupp till Turkiet-matcher och EM-kval" (in Swedish). SvFF. 19 December 2014.
8. http://futsal.se/landslagsstatistik/

External links

• Official page
• Sweden's page at UEFA.com