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Sweden national under-21 football team

{{Short description|National under-21 association football team representing Sweden}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{European national under-21 football team

| Name = Sweden Under-21

| Badge =

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| Association = Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)

| Nickname = Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)

| Confederation = UEFA (Europe)

| Coach = Daniel Bäckström

| Captain = Lukas Björklund

| Most caps = Oscar Hiljemark (37)

| Top scorer = Carlos Strandberg
Ola Toivonen (13)

| Home Stadium =

| First game = {{fbu|21|Denmark}} 3–2 {{fbu-rt|21|Sweden}}
(Esbjerg, Denmark; 22 June 1952)

| Largest win = {{fbu|21|Sweden}} 10–0 {{fbu-rt|21|Armenia}}
(Lublin, Poland; 13 October 2020)

| Largest loss = {{fbu|21|Ukraine}} 6–0 {{fbu-rt|21|Sweden}}
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 31 May 2012)

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| Regional name = UEFA U-21 Championship

| Regional cup apps = 9

| Regional cup first = 1972

| Regional cup best = Champions (2015)

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The Sweden national under-21 football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Primarily, it competes to qualify for the biennial UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Sweden made their first European Under-21 Championship appearance in 1986. In 2015, Sweden became champions for the first time.{{cite web|title=EM-guld efter straffdrama!|url=https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/landslag/u21-herr/arkiv/landslag/2015/06/em-finalen/|publisher=Svenskfotboll|access-date=14 July 2014|language=sv|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701142820/http://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/u21-herr/arkiv/landslag/2015/06/em-finalen/|url-status=live}} They finished second in 1992 and they also reached the semi-finals in 1990 and 2009.{{cite web|title=EM-sorti på straffar efter mirakelvändning|url=https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/landslag/u21-herr/arkiv/landslag/2009/05-06/england-sverige/|publisher=Svenskfotboll|access-date=24 February 2014|language=sv|archive-date=29 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629202747/http://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/u21-herr/arkiv/landslag/2009/05-06/england-sverige/|url-status=live}} Oscar Hiljemark is the most capped player for the Swedish U21 team, having played 37 caps between 2011 and 2015. Ola Toivonen and Carlos Strandberg are the top goalscorers for the Swedish U21 team, having scored 13 goals each.

Competitive record

{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Champions  {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runners-up  {{Color box|#cc9966|border=darkgray}} Third place  {{Color box|#9acdff|border=darkgray}} Fourth place  {{border|{{0|0000}}|width=2px|lh=15px|color=red}} Tournament held on home soil  

File:Sweden national under-21 football team celebrates in June 2015-2.jpg.]]

=UEFA European U-21 Championship=

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

!colspan=9|UEFA European Under-21 Championship record

! style="width:1%;" rowspan="32"|

!colspan=6|UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record

Year

!Round

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn (including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks)}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

1972

|Quarter-finals

|6th

|2

|1

|0

|1

|2

|3

|4

|3

|0

|1

|8

|2

1974

|colspan=8 rowspan=6|Did not qualify

|4

|2

|1

|1

|6

|5

1976

|4

|2

|1

|1

|6

|6

1978

|4

|1

|1

|2

|6

|8

1980

|4

|0

|1

|3

|1

|4

1982

|4

|1

|1

|2

|3

|6

1984

|4

|2

|1

|1

|10

|4

1986

|Quarter-finals

|6th

|2

|0

|1

|1

|2

|3

|6

|4

|1

|1

|7

|3

1988

|colspan=8 rowspan=1|Did not qualify

|6

|1

|4

|1

|6

|6

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|1990

|Semi-finals

|3rd

|4

|2

|1

|1

|7

|4

|6

|4

|2

|0

|10

|2

bgcolor=silver

|1992

|Runners-up

|2nd

|6

|3

|1

|2

|4

|4

|6

|4

|2

|0

|17

|3

{{flagicon|France}} 1994

|colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify

|10

|4

|4

|2

|21

|8

{{flagicon|Spain}} 1996

|8

|5

|1

|2

|15

|4

{{flagicon|Romania}} 1998

|Quarter-finals

|6th

|3

|1

|0

|2

|3

|3

|10

|9

|0

|1

|30

|6

{{flagicon|Slovakia}} 2000

|colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify

|8

|2

|0

|6

|7

|15

{{flagicon|Switzerland}} 2002

|12

|6

|4

|2

|22

|10

style="background:#9acdff;"

|{{flagicon|Germany}} 2004

|Fourth place

|4th

|5

|3

|1

|1

|11

|7

|10

|5

|3

|2

|20

|14

{{flagicon|Portugal}} 2006

|colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify

|10

|6

|0

|4

|16

|12

{{flagicon|Netherlands}} 2007

|4

|3

|0

|1

|8

|6

bgcolor="#cc9966"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Sweden}} 2009

|Semi-finals

|3rd

|4

|2

|1

|1

|12

|7

|colspan=6|Qualified as hosts

{{flagicon|Denmark}} 2011

|colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify

|10

|6

|2

|2

|17

|10

{{flagicon|Israel}} 2013

|12

|7

|1

|4

|20

|14

bgcolor=gold

|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} 2015

|Champions

|1st

|5

|2

|2

|1

|7

|4

|10

|6

|1

|3

|24

|17

{{flagicon|Poland}} 2017

|Group stage

|9th

|3

|0

|2

|1

|2

|5

|10

|7

|3

|0

|24

|7

{{flagicon|Italy}}{{flagicon|San Marino}} 2019

|rowspan=4 colspan=8|Did not qualify

|10

|6

|2

|2

|19

|8

{{flagicon|Hungary}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} 2021

|9

|5

|0

|4

|28

|12

{{flagicon|Romania}}{{flagicon|Georgia}} 2023

|10

|5

|3

|2

|22

|8

{{flagicon|Slovakia}} 2025

|10

|5

|2

|3

|25

|10

{{flagicon|Albania}}{{flagicon|Serbia}} 2027

|colspan=8|To be determined

|colspan=6|To be determined

Total

!1 title

!9/28

!34

!14

!9

!11

!50

!40

!205

!111

!41

!53

!398

!210

Players

=Current squad=

The following 23 players were called up for the friendly matches against Qatar and Croatia on 6 and 10 June 2025, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2025/05/u21-junitrupp/|title=Daniel Bäckströms junitrupp|language=Swedish|publisher=Swedish Football Association|date=21 May 2025|access-date=24 May 2025}}

Caps and goals updated as of 10 June 2025.

{{nat fs g start}}

{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Elis Bishesari|age={{Birth date and age|2005|05|19|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=IFK Göteborg|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=André Picornell|age={{Birth date and age|2004|04|03|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Unattached|clubnat=}}

{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=Simon Eriksson|age={{Birth date and age|2006|04|24|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=IF Elfsborg|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=Hampus Skoglund|age={{Birth date and age|2004|03|01|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=1|club=Hammarby IF|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Bleon Kurtulus|age={{Birth date and age|2007|06|24|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Halmstads BK|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=Nils Zätterström|age={{Birth date and age|2005|03|29|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=Malmö FF|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=Jonas Rouhi|age={{Birth date and age|2004|01|07|df=y}}|caps=13|goals=1|club=Juventus|clubnat=ITA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Peter Amoran|age={{Birth date and age|2004|05|22|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=1|club=Parma|clubnat=ITA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name=Malcolm Jeng|age={{Birth date and age|2005|03|09|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=Reims|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=DF|name=Noah Tolf|age={{Birth date and age|2005|08|13|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=IFK Göteborg|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=DF|name=Moutaz Neffati|age={{Birth date and age|2004|09|04|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=IFK Norrköping|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=Markus Karlsson|age={{Birth date and age|2004|01|20|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=Hammarby IF|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=Lukas Björklund|other=captain|age={{Birth date and age|2004|02|16|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=2|club=Sønderjyske|clubnat=DEN}}

{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=Amin Boudri|age={{Birth date and age|2004|09|29|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=GAIS|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=MF|name=Wilmer Odefalk|age={{Birth date and age|2004|11|21|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=IF Brommapojkarna|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=Isak Alemayehu|age={{Birth date and age|2006|10|11|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Djurgårdens IF|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=Ludwig Małachowski Thorell|age={{Birth date and age|2005|02|25|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Mjällby AIF|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=FW|name=Pontus Dahbo|age={{Birth date and age|2005|10|11|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=BK Häcken|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Jonah Kusi-Asare|age={{Birth date and age|2007|07|04|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=Bayern Munich|clubnat=GER}}

{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Amar Fatah|age={{Birth date and age|2004|02|19|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=Troyes|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=FW|name=Jeremy Agbonifo|age={{Birth date and age|2005|10|24|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=1|club=Lens|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=Richie Omorowa|age={{Birth date and age|2004|03|30|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=3|club=Excelsior|clubnat=NED}}

{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=FW|name=Kenan Bilalović|age={{Birth date and age|2005|06|22|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=IFK Värnamo|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs end}}

=Recent call-ups=

The following 22 players are still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 2004 or later) and have previously been called up to the squad.

{{nat fs r start}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=Viktor Andersson|age={{Birth date and age|2004|03|30|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=IFK Värnamo|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|WAL}}, 23 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=Filip Sidklev|age={{Birth date and age|2005|03|12|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Aris|clubnat=GRE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|IRL}}, 17 November 2024}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Matteo Pérez Vinlöf|age={{Birth date and age|2005|12|18|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=2|club=Dinamo Zagreb|clubnat=CRO|latest = v. {{fbu|21|CRO}}, 10 June 2025 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=John Mellberg|age={{Birth date and age|2006|07|30|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Red Bull Salzburg|clubnat=AUT|latest = v. {{fbu|21|CRO}}, 10 June 2025 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Elison Makolli|age={{Birth date and age|2005|01|10|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=AaB|clubnat=DEN|latest = v. {{fbu|21|WAL}}, 23 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Felix Eriksson|age={{Birth date and age|2004|05|21|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=IFK Göteborg|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|WAL}}, 23 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Adrian Skogmar|age={{Birth date and age|2005|11|23|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Malmö FF|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|IRL}}, 17 November 2024}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Williot Swedberg|age={{Birth date and age|2004|02|01|df=y}}|caps=7|goals=2|club=Celta Vigo|clubnat=ESP|latest = v. {{fbu|21|CRO}}, 10 June 2025 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Marcus Rafferty|age={{Birth date and age|2004|10|01|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Degerfors IF|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|CRO}}, 10 June 2025 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Lukas Kjellnäs|age={{Birth date and age|2004|06|20|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Helsingborgs IF|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|WAL}}, 23 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Zakaria Loukili|age={{Birth date and age|2006|01|25|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Malmö FF|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|WAL}}, 23 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Demirel Hodžić|age={{Birth date and age|2005|03|08|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=AC Milan|clubnat=ITA|latest = v. {{fbu|21|IRL}}, 17 November 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Lucas Bergvall|age={{Birth date and age|2006|02|02|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=Tottenham Hotspur|clubnat=ENG|latest = v. {{fbu|21|CRO}}, 11 June 2024 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Hugo Larsson|age={{Birth date and age|2004|06|27|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=1|club=Eintracht Frankfurt|clubnat=GER|latest = v. {{fbu|21|MKD}}, 8 September 2023}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Momodou Sonko|age={{Birth date and age|2005|01|31|df=y}}|caps=7|goals=1|club=Gent|clubnat=BEL|latest = v. {{fbu|21|CRO}}, 10 June 2025 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Victor Andersson|age={{Birth date and age|2004|10|22|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=AIK|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|CRO}}, 10 June 2025 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Gottfrid Rapp|age={{Birth date and age|2005|08|18|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=IF Elfsborg|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|WAL}}, 23 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Elias Pihlström|age={{Birth date and age|2006|08|31|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Degerfors IF|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|WAL}}, 23 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=August Ljungberg|age={{Birth date and age|2005|05|13|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=IK Sirius|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|IRL}}, 17 November 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Alieu Njie|age={{Birth date and age|2005|05|14|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Torino|clubnat=ITA|latest = v. {{fbu|21|IRL}}, 17 November 2024 WD}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Roony Bardghji|age={{Birth date and age|2005|11|15|df=y}}|caps=10|goals=2|club=Barcelona|clubnat=ESP|latest = v. {{fbu|21|MKD}}, 26 March 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Taha Ayari|age={{Birth date and age|2005|05|10|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=AIK|clubnat=SWE|latest = v. {{fbu|21|MKD}}, 26 March 2024}}

{{nat fs break}}

;Notes

  • WD = Player withdrew from the squad

{{nat fs end}}

=Previous squads=

Players with most caps and goals

Updated as of 7 June 2018. Note that the matches played by Sweden Olympic football team in 1992 and 2016 are included here, as the Swedish Football Association recognizes them as Under-21 matches.

===Top 10 most capped players===

File:Oscar Hiljemark in 2015.jpg holds the record for most appearances made for the team, having 37 caps.]]

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#

!Player

!Career

!Caps

!Goals

1

|align="left"|Oscar Hiljemark

|2011–2015

|37

|4

2

|align="left"|Alexander Farnerud

|2002–2006

|36

|12

3

|align="left"|Jonny Rödlund

|1990–1993

|35

|11

4

|align="left"|Simon Tibbling

|2012–2017

|33

|2

5

|align="left"|Magnus Johansson

|1990–1993

|32

|0

rowspan="2"|6

|align="left"|Mikael Dorsin

|2000–2004

|31

|1

align="left"|Mattias Bjärsmyr

|2005–2009

|31

|0

rowspan="3"|8

|align="left"|Johan Elmander

|2000–2004

|30

|12

align="left"|Tommy Jönsson

|1995–1998

|30

|2

align="left"|Sven Andersson

|1981–1986

|30

|0

===Top 10 goalscorers===

File:SWE-SWI (17).jpg, with 13 goals is the team's joint top goalscorer with Carlos Strandberg, Toivonen being the first to reach the tally.]]

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#

!Player

!Career

!Goals

!Caps

rowspan="2"|1

|align="left"|Carlos Strandberg

|2015–2018

|13

|18

align="left"|Ola Toivonen

|2006–2009

|13

|28

rowspan="4"|3

|align="left"|Pär-Olof Ohlsson

|1972–1977

|12

|19

align="left"|John Guidetti

|2010–2015

|12

|23

align="left"|Johan Elmander

|2000–2004

|12

|30

align="left"|Alexander Farnerud

|2002–2006

|12

|36

rowspan="2"|7

|align="left"|Mikael Ishak

|2012–2016

|11

|27

align="left"|Jonny Rödlund

|1990–1993

|11

|35

9

|align="left"|Niklas Skoog

|1994–1995

|10

|14

rowspan="2"|10

|align="left"|Tord Grip

|1958–1961

|9

|10

align="left"|Lasse Larsson

|1982–1987

|9

|10

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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