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General Information for Sweden

Svenska Fotbollförbundet
Founded
1904
FIFA entry
1904
Average height in 2008
1.84m
Average age in 2008
26.5
Confederation
UEFA
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Jersey in 2008
Jersey in 2008

Coaches in 2008

Lagerbäck, Lars (Coach)

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Lagerbäck, Lars (Coach)

Day of Birth
1948-07-16
Place of Birth
Katrineholm (Sweden)
Matches
14 (6 / 8)
Goto coach Lars Lagerbäck

Players of Sweden in 2008

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Isaksson, Andreas 1981-10-03 Goalkeeper Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 12 0 0 0 0 0
Shaaban, Rami 1975-06-30 Goalkeeper Sweden Hammarby IF 1 2 0 0 0 0
Wiland, Johan 1981-01-24 Goalkeeper Denmark FC København 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nilsson, Mikael 1978-06-24 Right Back Greece Panathinaikos AO 12 0 0 0 0 0
Hansson, Petter 1976-12-14 Centre Back France Stade Rennais 10 0 1 0 0 0
Mellberg, Olof 1977-09-03 Centre Back Italy Juventus Torino 9 0 0 0 0 0
Majstorović, Daniel 1977-04-05 Centre Back Greece AEK Athinon 8 0 0 0 0 0
Stoor, Fredrik 1984-02-28 Right Back England Fulham FC 6 5 0 0 0 0
Safari, Behrang 1985-02-09 Left Back Switzerland FC Basel 3 2 0 0 0 0
Bjärsmyr, Mattias 1986-01-03 Centre Back Sweden IFK Göteborg 2 0 0 0 0 0
Larsson, Peter 1984-04-30 Centre Back Denmark FC København 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rönningberg, Oskar 1986-04-02 Centre Back Sweden Helsingborgs IF 1 1 0 0 0 0
Wendt, Oscar 1985-10-24 Left Back Denmark FC København 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lindgren, Rasmus 1984-11-29 Centre Back Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lustig, Mikael 1986-12-13 Right Back Norway Rosenborg BK 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sleyman, Süleyman 1979-12-28 Centre Back Sweden Hammarby IF 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dorsin, Mikael 1981-10-06 Left Back Norway Rosenborg BK 0 2 0 0 0 0
Granqvist, Andreas 1985-04-16 Centre Back Netherlands FC Groningen 0 2 0 0 0 0
Concha, Matías 1981-03-31 Right Back Germany VfL Bochum 0 1 0 0 0 0
von Schlebrügge, Max 1977-02-01 Centre Back Denmark Brøndby IF 0 1 0 0 0 0
Andersson, Daniel 1977-08-28 Defensive Midfielder Sweden Malmö FF 10 2 0 0 0 0
Svensson, Anders 1976-07-17 Centre Midfielder Sweden IF Elfsborg 8 2 0 0 0 0
Källström, Kim 1982-08-24 Centre Midfielder France Olympique Lyonnais 7 3 3 0 0 0
Larsson, Sebastian 1985-06-06 Right Midfielder England Birmingham City 6 3 0 0 0 0
Wilhelmsson, Christian 1979-12-08 Right Midfielder Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ 5 1 0 0 0 0
Holmén, Samuel 1984-06-28 Attacking Midfielder Denmark Brøndby IF 4 4 2 0 0 0
Ljungberg, Fredrik 1977-04-16 Attacking Midfielder England West Ham United 4 1 0 0 0 0
Alexandersson, Niclas 1971-12-29 Right Midfielder Sweden IFK Göteborg 3 3 0 0 0 0
Linderoth, Tobias 1979-04-21 Defensive Midfielder Turkey Galatasaray SK 3 0 1 0 0 0
Bakircioglü, Kennedy 1980-11-02 Right Midfielder Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 2 0 0 0 0 0
Chanko, Louay 1979-11-29 Centre Midfielder Sweden Hammarby IF 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ishizaki, Stefan 1982-05-15 Right Midfielder Sweden IF Elfsborg 1 0 0 0 0 0
Johansson, Andreas 1978-07-05 Centre Midfielder Denmark Aalborg BK 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wernbloom, Pontus 1986-06-25 Defensive Midfielder Sweden IFK Göteborg 1 0 0 0 0 0
Đurić, Dušan 1984-09-16 Left Midfielder Switzerland FC Zürich 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dahl, Andreas 1984-06-06 Centre Midfielder Denmark FC Nordsjælland 0 2 0 0 0 0
Elm, Viktor 1985-11-13 Centre Midfielder Netherlands SC Heerenveen 0 2 0 0 0 0
Larsson, Henrik 1971-09-20 Centre Forward Sweden Helsingborgs IF 8 1 1 0 0 0
Ibrahimović, Zlatan 1981-10-03 Centre Forward Italy Inter Milano 7 0 2 0 0 0
Elmander, Johan 1981-05-27 Centre Forward England Bolton Wanderers 4 4 0 0 0 0
Rosenberg, Markus 1982-11-27 Centre Forward Germany Werder Bremen 3 4 0 0 0 0
Berg, Marcus 1986-08-17 Centre Forward Netherlands FC Groningen 2 1 0 0 0 0
Prica, Rade 1980-06-30 Centre Forward England Sunderland AFC 2 0 0 0 0 0
Allbäck, Marcus 1973-07-05 Centre Forward Sweden Örgryte IS 1 3 0 0 0 0
Oremo, Johan 1986-10-24 Centre Forward Sweden Djurgårdens IF 0 2 0 0 0 0

Matches of Sweden in 2008

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
2008-01-13
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Sweden
Sweden
0:1 c
Costa Rica vs. Sweden
Friendly
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
2008-01-19
USA
USA
Sweden
Sweden
2:0 c
USA vs. Sweden
Friendly
Dignity Health Sports Park
2008-02-06
Turkey
Turkey
Sweden
Sweden
0:0 c
Turkey vs. Sweden
Friendly
Beşiktaş Stadyumu
2008-03-26
Sweden
Sweden
Brazil
Brazil
0:1 c
Sweden vs. Brazil
Friendly
Emirates Stadium
2008-05-26
Sweden
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovenia
1:0 c
Sweden vs. Slovenia
Friendly
Ullevi
2008-06-01
Sweden
Sweden
Ukraine
Ukraine
0:1 c
Sweden vs. Ukraine
Friendly
Råsunda Stadium
2008-06-10
Greece
Greece
Sweden
Sweden
0:2 c
Greece vs. Sweden
Euro 2008 - Group D
Red Bull Arena Salzburg
2008-06-14
Sweden
Sweden
Spain
Spain
1:2 c
Sweden vs. Spain
Euro 2008 - Group D
Tivoli Stadion Tirol
2008-06-18
Russia
Russia
Sweden
Sweden
2:0 c
Russia vs. Sweden
Euro 2008 - Group D
Tivoli Stadion Tirol
2008-08-20
Sweden
Sweden
France
France
2:3 c
Sweden vs. France
Friendly
Ullevi
2008-09-06
Albania
Albania
Sweden
Sweden
0:0 c
Albania vs. Sweden
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Arena Kombëtare
2008-09-10
Sweden
Sweden
Hungary
Hungary
2:1 c
Sweden vs. Hungary
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Råsunda Stadium
2008-10-11
Sweden
Sweden
Portugal
Portugal
0:0 c
Sweden vs. Portugal
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Råsunda Stadium
2008-11-19
Netherlands
Netherlands
Sweden
Sweden
3:1 c
Netherlands vs. Sweden
Friendly
Johan Cruijff ArenA
14 Matches

Match Progress for Sweden in 2008

Favorite Opponents of Sweden

Opponent M W D L G
Norway
Norway
48 23 14 11 116
Denmark
Denmark
43 12 7 24 40
Finland
Finland
35 24 4 7 87
Hungary
Hungary
24 12 6 6 37
Austria
Austria
23 7 5 11 29
Germany
Germany
22 5 5 12 38
Switzerland
Switzerland
19 6 4 9 24
Portugal
Portugal
17 4 5 8 20
England
England
17 5 7 5 22
Poland
Poland
17 11 2 4 32
Netherlands
Netherlands
17 4 4 9 34
France
France
16 3 4 9 17
Italy
Italy
16 6 2 8 14
Estonia
Estonia
14 11 3 0 37
Spain
Spain
14 4 3 7 14
Malta
Malta
13 13 0 0 49
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
13 10 2 1 28
Belgium
Belgium
12 3 2 7 17
Iceland
Iceland
12 9 2 1 30
Brazil
Brazil
12 1 3 8 13
Russia
Russia
11 5 4 2 16
Turkey
Turkey
10 2 4 4 11
Greece
Greece
9 3 3 3 20
Slovakia
Slovakia
9 5 4 0 16
Moldova
Moldova
9 9 0 0 24
Mexico
Mexico
8 4 2 2 11
USA
USA
7 3 0 4 9
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
7 3 2 2 11
Romania
Romania
7 3 1 3 12
Israel
Israel
7 3 4 0 12
Wales
Wales
7 6 1 0 16
Scotland
Scotland
7 4 0 3 12
Ireland
Ireland
7 3 2 2 9
Croatia
Croatia
6 2 0 4 7
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
6 5 0 1 18
Cyprus
Cyprus
6 5 1 0 19
Algeria
Algeria
6 5 1 0 15
Latvia
Latvia
6 4 1 1 6
Albania
Albania
6 4 1 1 11
Slovenia
Slovenia
6 2 4 0 7
Ukraine
Ukraine
6 2 0 4 11
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
6 2 2 2 8
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
5 4 1 0 11
Serbia
Serbia
5 1 0 4 3
Kosovo
Kosovo
5 3 0 2 7
Belarus
Belarus
5 5 0 0 16
Australia
Australia
5 1 2 2 2
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
5 3 1 1 10
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
5 4 0 1 12
San Marino
San Marino
4 4 0 0 22
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
4 4 0 0 10
Egypt
Egypt
4 2 0 2 10
South Korea
South Korea
4 2 2 0 6
Thailand
Thailand
4 3 1 0 11
Czechia
Czechia
4 2 2 0 7
Japan
Japan
4 2 2 0 10
Tunisia
Tunisia
3 2 0 1 2
Argentina
Argentina
3 1 1 1 6
Montenegro
Montenegro
3 2 1 0 6
North Korea
North Korea
3 2 1 0 10
Uruguay
Uruguay
3 2 0 1 6
Paraguay
Paraguay
3 1 1 1 4
China
China
3 2 1 0 6
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
3 2 1 0 6
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
3 1 0 2 3
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
3 3 0 0 4
Lithuania
Lithuania
3 3 0 0 7
Qatar
Qatar
3 2 1 0 8
England
England (Amateur)
3 0 0 3 2
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
2 1 0 1 2
Colombia
Colombia
2 0 2 0 2
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
2 2 0 0 6
East Germany
East Germany
2 1 1 0 6
South Africa
South Africa
2 1 0 1 3
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
2 1 0 1 3
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
2 2 0 0 3
Chile
Chile
2 0 1 1 2
Jamaica
Jamaica
2 1 1 0 2
Nigeria
Nigeria
2 2 0 0 5
Georgia
Georgia
2 1 0 1 1
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
2 1 1 0 5
Ecuador
Ecuador
2 0 1 1 2
Iran
Iran
1 1 0 0 3
Armenia
Armenia
1 1 0 0 3
Norway
Norway (XI)
1 1 0 0 4
Syria
Syria
1 0 1 0 1
Peru
Peru
1 0 1 0 0
Jordan
Jordan
1 0 1 0 0
USA
USA (Amateur)
1 1 0 0 4
Senegal
Senegal
1 0 0 1 1
Cuba
Cuba
1 1 0 0 8
Barbados
Barbados
1 1 0 0 4
Bahrain
Bahrain
1 1 0 0 2
New Zealand
New Zealand
1 1 0 0 4
England
England (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 1
Venezuela
Venezuela
1 0 0 1 0
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
1 1 0 0 2
Oman
Oman
1 1 0 0 1
Cameroon
Cameroon
1 0 1 0 2
Botswana
Botswana
1 1 0 0 2
Denmark
Denmark (XI)
1 1 0 0 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
1 1 0 0 4
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