:List of Sweden international footballers

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The Sweden men's national football team has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with twelve World Cup appearances—collecting one silver and two bronze medals—and three medals in the Olympics, including one gold. Sweden played its first international game against Norway in 1908 and competed in an international tournament, the Summer Olympics, for the first time the same year. Since then, Sweden has regularly qualified for the World Cup and the Olympics as well as the European Championships. The best results in the World Cup are a second place (as hosts) in the 1958 and two third places in 1950 and 1994. In the Olympics, Sweden has won the gold medal in 1948 as well as two bronze medals in 1924 and 1952. The best result in the European Championship is a semi-final loss in 1992 as hosts of the tournament.

Ten Swedish players are in the FIFA Century Club, having earned 100 or more caps. Anders Svensson is the most capped Swedish player at 148 appearances, fifth most of all European internationals. Björn Nordqvist, with 115 caps for Sweden, was the World record holder for international caps when he ended his national team career in 1978. With 62 goals in 116 caps, Zlatan Ibrahimović is the top scorer for the national team, Sven Rydell in second place with 49 goals in only 43 caps and Gunnar Nordahl in third with 43 goals in only 33 caps. Henrik Larsson with 37 goals in fourth place shares a World Cup record for the longest period between a player's first and last goals, with 12 years as he scored in both the 1994 and 2006 tournaments.

Three Sweden internationals have been top scorers in a major international tournament, Herbert Carlsson (not included in this list at only 20 caps) at the 1920 Olympics, Gunnar Nordahl at the 1948 Olympics and Tomas Brolin at the Euro 1992. No Swedish player has been awarded the World Cup Golden Boot, but Kennet Andersson won the Silver Boot in 1994 with Martin Dahlin winning the Bronze Boot in the same tournament. The last award was also won by Ralf Edström in 1974. Three Swedish players have been chosen for the World Cup All-Star Team, Erik Nilsson in 1950, Gunnar Gren in 1958 and Tomas Brolin in 1994.

The following list of Sweden international footballers covers all football players with 30 or more official caps for the Sweden men's national football team. The players are listed here sorted first by the total number of caps, and then by last name. Substitute appearances are included.

Key

class="wikitable"
style="background-color:#faecc8"|Guldbollen winner, awarded since 1946.
style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|Still active for the national team.
CapsAppearances
WCAppearances at FIFA World Cups
ECAppearances at UEFA European Football Championships
OGAppearances at the Olympic GamesOnly tournaments where official Sweden 'A' matches were played are included. This excludes all tournaments since 1988.
{{gold1}}Tournament winners
{{silver2}}Tournament runners-up
{{bronze3}}Tournament third place
Posstyle="align: left"|Positions
GKGoalkeeper
DFDefender
MFMidfielder
FWForward

List of players

Image:Anders Svensson 2.jpg, Sweden's most capped player of all time.]]

Image:Zlatan Ibrahimović-2.jpg, Sweden's all-time top goalscorer.]]

Image:Henrik Larsson.jpg, one of the most prominent goalscorers in the Sweden men's national football team in the 1990s and 2000s.]]

File:Fredrik Ljungberg 2006.jpg was one of the most important players of the national team, and also one of the top scoring midfielders of the team.]]

{{Updated|25 March 2025}}.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
Player

!Pos

CapsGoalsFirstLast

!WC

ECOG
align="left"|{{sortname|Anders|Svensson}}

|MF

1482119992013

|2002, 2006

2004, 2008, 2012
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Thomas|Ravelli}}

|GK

143019811997

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Andreas|Isaksson}}

|GK

133020022016

|2006

2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
align="left"|{{sortname|Sebastian|Larsson}}

|MF

1331020082021

|2018

2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
align="left"|{{sortname|Kim|Källström}}

|MF

1311620012016

|2006

2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Zlatan|Ibrahimović}}

|FW

1226220012023

|2002, 2006

2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Olof|Mellberg}}

|DF

117820002012

|2002, 2006

2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Roland|Nilsson}}

|DF

116119862000

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992, 2000
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Björn|Nordqvist}}

|DF

115019631978

|1970, 1974, 1978

align="left"|{{sortname|Niclas|Alexandersson}}

|MF

109719932008

|2002, 2006

2000, 2008
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Henrik|Larsson}}

|FW

1063719932009

|1994 {{bronze3}}, 2002, 2006

2000, 2004, 2008
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Patrik|Andersson}}

|DF

96319922002

|1994 {{bronze3}}

1992, 2000
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Orvar|Bergmark}}National team manager from 1966 to 1970, also has 24 bandy caps

|DF

94019511965

|1958 {{silver2}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Mikael|Lustig}}

|DF

94620082021

| 2018

2012, 2016, 2020
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Emil|Forsberg}}

|MF

90212014style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|2024

| 2018

2016, 2020
align="left" |{{sortname|Marcus|Berg}}

|FW

902420082021

| 2018

2016, 2020
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Andreas|Granqvist}}

|DF

88920062019

| 2018

2012, 2016
align="left"|{{sortname|Teddy|Lučić}}

|DF

86019952006

|2002, 2006

2000, 2004
align="left"|{{sortname|Johan|Elmander}}

|FW

852020022015

|2006

2008, 2012
align="left"|{{sortname|Kennet|Andersson}}

|FW

833119902000

|1994 {{bronze3}}

1992, 2000
align="left"|{{sortname|Christian|Wilhelmsson}}

|MF

79920012012

|2006

2004, 2008, 2012
align="left"|{{sortname|Joachim|Björklund}}

|DF

78019922000

|1994 {{bronze3}}

1992, 2000
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Ronnie|Hellström}}

|GK

77019681980

|1970, 1974, 1978

align="left"|{{sortname|Tobias|Linderoth}}

|MF

76219992008

|2002, 2006

2004
align="left"|{{sortname|Robin|Olsen}}

|GK

7602015style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|2025

| 2018

2020
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Freddie|Ljungberg}}

|MF

751419982008

|2002, 2006

2000, 2004, 2008
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Jonas|Thern}}

|MF

75619871997

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Marcus|Allbäck}}

|FW

743019992008

|2002, 2006

2004, 2008
align="left"|{{sortname|Daniel|Andersson|Daniel Andersson (footballer, born 1977)}}

|MF

74019972009

|2006

2000, 2008
align="left"|{{sortname|Håkan|Mild}}

|MF

74819912001

|1994 {{bronze3}}

2000
align="left"|{{sortname|Viktor|Claesson}}

|MF

74152012style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|2023

|2018

2020
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Kalle|Svensson}}

|GK

73019491958

|1950 {{bronze3}}, 1958 {{silver2}}

1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Victor|Lindelöf}}

|DF

7132016style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|2025

| 2018

2016, 2020
align="left"|{{sortname|Albin|Ekdal}}

|MF

70020112023

| 2018

2016, 2020
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Bo|Larsson}}

|MF

701719641978

|1970, 1974, 1978

align="left"|{{sortname|Ingemar|Erlandsson}}

|DF

69219781985

|1978

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Stefan|Schwarz}}

|MF

69619902001

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Glenn|Hysén}}

|DF

68719811990

|1990

align="left"|{{sortname|Mikael|Nilsson|Mikael Nilsson (footballer, born 1978)}}

|DF

64320022009

|

2004, 2008
align="left"|{{sortname|Ola|Toivonen}}

|FW

641420072018

| 2018

2012
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Martin|Dahlin}}

|FW

602919911997

|1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Roger|Ljung}}

|MF

59319881995

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Stig|Fredriksson}}

|DF

58219791987

|

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Magnus|Hedman}}

|GK

58019972004

|2002

2000
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Anders|Limpar}}

|MF

58619871996

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Gunnar|Gren}}

|FW

573219401958

|1958 {{silver2}}

1948 {{gold1}}
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Bengt|Gustavsson}}

|DF

57019511963

|1958 {{silver2}}

1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Klas|Ingesson}}

|MF

571319891998

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Mattias|Jonson}}

|MF/FW

57919962006

|2002, 2006

2004
align="left"|{{sortname|Pontus|Kåmark}}

|DF

57019902002

|1994 {{bronze3}}

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Erik|Nilsson}}

|DF

57019381952

|1938, 1950 {{bronze3}}

1948 {{gold1}}, 1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Ludwig|Augustinsson}}

|DF

5622015style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|2024

|2018

2020
align="left"|{{sortname|Martin|Olsson}}

|DF

5652010style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|2023

|2018

2012, 2016
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Robert|Prytz}}

|MF

561319801989

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Erik|Edman}}

|DF

55120012009

|2006

2004
align="left"|{{sortname|Roland|Grip}}

|DF

55119681974

|1970, 1974

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Åke|Johansson}}

|MF

53119551965

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Alexander|Isak}}

|FW

52162017style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |2025

|

2020
align="left" |{{sortname|Robin|Quaison}}

|FW

52142013style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |2023

|

2020
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Gösta|Sandberg}}Also has 8 ice hockey caps and 3 bandy caps.

|FW

521019511961

|

1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Glenn|Strömberg}}

|MF

52719821990

|1990

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Agne|Simonsson}}

|FW

512719571967

|1958 {{silver2}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Pontus|Wernbloom}}

|MF

51220072016

|

2012
align="left"|{{sortname|Sigfrid|Lindberg}}

|GK

50Includes one unofficial match against Yugoslavia in 1921, which nevertheless is included in his official record.019211930

|

1924 {{bronze3}}
align="left" |{{sortname|Emil|Krafth}}

|DF

5002014style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |2024

| 2018

2020
align="left"|{{sortname|Daniel|Majstorović}}

|DF

50220032013

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Hasse|Borg}}

|DF

49419761985

|1978

align="left"|{{sortname|Jimmy|Durmaz}}

|MF

49320112019

|2018

2016
align="left"|{{sortname|Leif|Eriksson|Leif Eriksson (footballer)}}

|FW

491219621972

|1970

align="left"|{{sortname|Johan|Mjällby}}

|DF/MF

49419972004

|2002

2000
align="left"|{{sortname|Örjan|Persson}}

|MF

48719621974

|1970, 1974

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Tomas|Brolin}}

|FW

472719901995

|1990, 1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Johnny|Ekström}}

|FW

471319861995

|1990

1992
align="left"| {{sortname|Kristoffer|Olsson}}

|MF

4702017style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |2023

|

2020
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Peter|Larsson|Peter Larsson (footballer, born 1961)}}

|MF

47419831992

|1990

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Dejan|Kulusevski}}

|MF/FW

4552019style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|20242020
align="left"|

{{sortname|Ove|Grahn}}

|FW

451019621976

|1970, 1974

align="left"|{{sortname|Stefan|Rehn}}

|MF

45619881995

|1994 {{bronze3}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Thomas|Sjöberg}}

|MF

451419741981

|1978

align="left"|{{sortname|Petter|Hansson}}

|DF

43220012009

|2006

2008
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Ove|Kindvall}}

|FW

431619651974

|1970, 1974

align="left"|{{sortname|Sven|Rydell}}

|FW

434919231932

|

1924 {{bronze3}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Andreas|Andersson|Andreas Andersson (footballer, born 1974)}}

|FW

42819962003

|2002

align="left"|{{sortname|Sven|Jonasson}}

|FW

422019321940

|1934, 1938

1936
align="left"|{{sortname|Hans|Selander}}

|DF

42319661977

|1970

align="left" |{{sortname|Pierre|Bengtsson}}

|DF

42020112022

|

2020
align="left"|{{sortname|Sven|Friberg}}

|MF

41019151928

|

1924 {{bronze3}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Karl-Erik|Grahn}}

|MF

41419351946

|

1936
align="left"|{{sortname|Andreas|Ravelli}}

|DF

41219801989

|

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Ralf|Edström}}

|FW

401519721980

|1974, 1978

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Anders|Linderoth}}

|MF

40219721980

|1978

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Gösta|Löfgren}}

|FW

401219511961

|1958 {{silver2}}

1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Tommy|Svensson}}National team manager from 1991 to 1997.

|MF

40419671973

|1970

align="left"|{{sortname|Conny|Torstensson}}

|MF

40719721979

|1974, 1978

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Sven|Dahlkvist}}

|DF/FW

3941979

|1985

align="left" |{{sortname|Rasmus|Elm}}

|MF

39420092013

|

2012
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Kent|Karlsson}}

|DF

38019731977

|1974

align="left"|{{sortname|Krister|Kristensson}}

|DF

38019671972

|1970

align="left"|{{sortname|Magnus|Erlingmark}}

|DF/MF

37119901998

|1994 {{bronze3}}

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Putte|Kock}}National team manager from 1943 to 1956, also has 2 ice hockey caps.

|MF

371219191925

|

1924 {{bronze3}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Sigge|Parling}}

|MF

37019541960

|1958 {{silver2}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Roland|Sandberg}}

|FW

371519691976

|1974

align="left"|{{sortname|Andreas|Jakobsson}}

|DF

36219962004

|2002

2004
align="left"|{{sortname|Lennart|Samuelsson}}

|DF

36019501955

|1950 {{bronze3}}

1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Staffan|Tapper}}

|MF

36319711978

|1974, 1978

align="left"|{{sortname|Lennart|Wing}}

|DF

36019611965

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Sven|Bergqvist}}

|GK

35019351943

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Arvid|Emanuelsson}}

|DF

35119351946

|

1936
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Jan|Eriksson|dab=footballer, born 1967}}

|DF

35419901994

|

1992
align="left"|{{sortname|Mattias|Svanberg}}

|MF

3522019style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |2024

|

2020
align="left"|{{sortname|Knut|Kroon}}

|FW

351819251934

|1934

align="left"|{{sortname|Peter|Nilsson|Peter Nilsson (footballer, born 1958)}}

|MF

35019791984

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Ulf|Eriksson|Ulf Eriksson (footballer)}}

|MF

34319791988

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Tobias|Hysén}}

|FW

341020052014

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Harry|Nilsson|Harry Nilsson (footballer)}}

|DF

34019381947

|

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Olle|Åhlund}}

|MF

34219431952

|

1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Torbjörn|Jonsson}}

|MF

331119551968

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Per|Kaufeldt}}

|FW

332319211931

|

1924 {{bronze3}}
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Gunnar|Nordahl}}

|FW

334319421948

|

1948 {{gold1}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Isaac|Kiese Thelin}}

|FW

3352014style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |2024

|2018

align="left"|{{sortname|Markus|Rosenberg}}

|FW

33620052012

|

2008, 2012
align="left"|{{sortname|Ragnar|Wicksell}}

|MF

33319111921

|

1912, 1920
align="left"|{{sortname|Karl|Gustafsson}}

|FW

322219081924

|

1908, 1912, 1920
align="left"|{{sortname|Kurt|Hamrin}}

|FW

321719531965

|1958 {{silver2}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Erik|Persson|Erik Persson (footballer)}}Also has 7 ice hockey caps and 4 bandy caps.

|FW

322019301939

|1938

align="left" |{{sortname|Gustav|Svensson}}

|MF

32020092021

| 2018

2020
align="left"|{{sortname|Magnus|Svensson|Magnus Svensson (footballer)}}

|MF

32219962003

|2002

2000
align="left"|{{sortname|Axel|Alfredsson}}

|DF

31019241932

|

1924 {{bronze3}}
align="left"|{{sortname|Sven|Axbom}}

|DF

31019551960

|1958 {{silver2}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Lennart|Backman}}Also has 16 bandy caps.

|MF

31319581966

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Samuel|Holmén}}

|MF

31220062013

|

2012
align="left"|{{sortname|Gösta|Lindh}}

|DF/MF

31219501954

|

1952 {{bronze3}}
align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Hans|Mild}}Also has 63 ice hockey caps.

|DF/MF

31119601965

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Arne|Nyberg}}

|FW

311819351946

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Stefan|Pettersson|Stefan Pettersson (footballer)}}

|FW

31419831993

|1990

align="left"|{{sortname|Behrang|Safari}}

|DF

31020082013

|

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Sven-Ove|Svensson}}

|MF

31819511956

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Kurt|Axelsson}}

|DF

30019661971

|1970

align="left"|{{sortname|Jesper|Blomqvist}}

|MF

30019942002

|1994 {{bronze3}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Mats|Magnusson}}

|FW

30919841990

|1990

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Bengt|Nyholm}}

|GK

30019591964

|

align="left"|{{sortname|Gary|Sundgren}}

|DF

30119942000

|

2000
align="left"|{{sortname|Rune|Wenzel}}

|MF

30119191930

|

align="left" style="background-color:#faecc8"|{{sortname|Pär|Zetterberg}}

|MF

30619931999

|

Notes

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