Sweden national under-17 football team

Sweden Under-17
Nickname(s) Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association Svenska Fotbollförbundet
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Roland Nilsson (Team 1998)
Magnus Wikman (Team 1999)
Captain Dennis Hadžikadunić
(Team 1998)
Joseph Colley (Team 1999)
Most caps Mirza Halvadžić (31)
Top scorer Måns Sörensson (18)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Denmark 2–0 Sweden Sweden
(Vejle, Denmark; 1 August 2001)
Biggest win
Sweden Sweden 9–0 Faroe Islands 
(Korsholm, Finland; 4 August 2010)
Biggest defeat

Sweden Sweden 2–8 Spain 
(Rio Maior, Portugal; 28 February 2002)

 Czech Republic 6–0 Sweden Sweden
(Badnjevac, Serbia; 26 March 2008)
Sweden Sweden 1–7 France 
(Benidorm, Spain; 22 March 2015)
UEFA U-17 Championship
Appearances 2 appearances (First in 2013)
Best result Semi-finals: 2013
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances 1 appearance (First in 2013)
Best result Third place: 2013

The Sweden national under-17 football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-17-year-old players. The Swedish U17 team came into existence following the realignment of the UEFA European Under-16 Championship, which changed to be an under-17 competition in 2002.

Sweden U17's head coach for Team 1998 is Roland Nilsson and the team captain is Dennis Hadžikadunić. The head coach for Team 1999 is Magnus Wikman and the team captain is Joseph Colley. Until 2013, Sweden had never qualified for a FIFA U-17 World Cup or a European Under-17 Championship, but in 2013 they qualified for both tournaments. In the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship they got to the semi-finals where they were knocked out on penalties by Russia.[1] In the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup they finished in third place after beating Argentina with 4–1 in the third-place match. Valmir Berisha scored three goals in the match and thus became the top scorer of the tournament.[2]

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record FIFA U-17 World Cup qualification record **
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Italy 1991Did not qualify 5 3 1 1 7 2
Japan 1993 4 0 0 4 1 14
Ecuador 1995 6 3 1 2 7 6
Egypt 1997 2 1 0 1 2 1
New Zealand 1999 5 3 0 2 12 7
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 2 1 1 0 3 1
Finland 2003 3 1 0 2 10 4
Peru 2005 3 1 1 1 3 2
South Korea 2007 6 1 2 3 8 12
Nigeria 2009 3 1 0 2 4 4
Mexico 2011 3 0 1 2 0 4
United Arab Emirates 2013 Third place 3rd 7 4 1 2 15 11 10 5 5 0 19 5
Chile 2015Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 3 12
India 2017To be determined
TotalBest: Third place1/1374121511 58 21 14 23 79 74
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Includes both qualification phase and final tournament of UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
***Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
****Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European U-17 Championship

UEFA European Under-17 Championship record UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Denmark 2002Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 3
Portugal 2003 3 1 0 2 10 4
France 2004 3 0 1 2 1 5
Italy 2005 3 1 1 1 3 2
Luxembourg 2006 6 2 2 2 12 10
Belgium 2007 6 1 2 3 8 12
Turkey 2008 6 2 2 2 9 12
Germany 2009 3 1 0 2 4 4
Liechtenstein 2010 6 3 2 1 9 4
Serbia 2011 3 0 1 2 0 4
Slovenia 2012 6 3 2 1 8 3
Slovakia 2013 Semi-final 3rd 4 1 3 0 2 1 6 4 2 0 17 4
Malta 2014Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 3 9
Bulgaria 2015 6 1 2 3 3 12
Azerbaijan 2016Qualified 6 3 2 1 10 6
Croatia 2017To be determined
England 2018
TotalBest: Semi-final2/15413021 71 23 20 28 97 94
*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.

Records

All records updated as of 25 March 2015.

Top 10 most capped players

Players in bold text are still available to play for the Swedish U17 team.

# Player Career Caps Goals
1 Mirza Halvadžić 2011–2013 31 4
2 Elias Andersson 2011–2013 28 4
Anton Salétros 2011–2013 28 3
Linus Wahlqvist 2011–2013 28 1
5 Gustav Engvall 2011–2013 26 9
Sebastian Ramhorn 2012–2013 26 0
7 Zackarias Faour 2013–2015 25 8
8 Måns Söderqvist 2008–2010 24 4
9 Daniel Larsson 2002–2004 23 11
Joseph Colley 2014– 23 2
Oscar Krusnell 2014– 23 1

Top-10 goalscorers

Players in bold text are still available to play for the Swedish U17 team.

# Player Career Goals Caps
1 Måns Sörensson 2001–2003 18 19
2 Valmir Berisha 2012–2013 13 17
3 Joel Asoro 2014– 12 17
4 Teddy Bergqvist 2014– 11 22
Daniel Larsson 2002–2004 11 23
6 Marko Mitrović 2007–2009 10 11
7 Robin Söder 2006–2008 9 19
Muamer Tanković 2010–2012 9 19
Gustav Engvall 2011–2013 9 26

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sverige föll efter straffrysare mot Ryssland" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Svenskt VM-brons – hattrick av Berisha" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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