List of Sweden international footballers

The Sweden national football team has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with eleven 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 managed to win 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 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

Pos	Positions
	Guldbollen winner, awarded since 1946.
	Still active for the national team.
Caps	Appearances
WC	Appearances at FIFA World Cups
EC	Appearances at UEFA European Football Championships
OG	Appearances at the Olympic Games^[1]
01 !	Tournament winners
02 !	Tournament runners-up
03 !	Tournament third place
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

List of players

Zlatan Ibrahimović, Probably the best player in Swedish football history and the current captain of the Sweden national football team.

Henrik Larsson, one of the most prominent goalscorers in the Sweden national football team in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Fredrik Ljungberg was one of the most important players of the national team, and also one of the top scoring midfielders of the team.

As of 10 October 2016.

Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	First	Last	WC	EC	OG
Svensson, AndersAnders Svensson	MF	148	21	1999	2013	2002, 2006	2004, 2008, 2012
Ravelli, ThomasThomas Ravelli	GK	143	0	1981	1997	1990, 1994 03 !	1992
Isaksson, AndreasAndreas Isaksson	GK	133	0	2002	2016	2006	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Källström, KimKim Källström	MF	131	16	2001	2016	2006	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Mellberg, OlofOlof Mellberg	DF	117	8	2000	2012	2002, 2006	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović	FW	116	62	2001	2016	2002, 2006	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Nilsson, RolandRoland Nilsson	DF	116	1	1986	2000	1990, 1994 03 !	1992, 2000
Nordqvist, BjörnBjörn Nordqvist	DF	115	0	1963	1978	1970, 1974, 1978
Alexandersson, NiclasNiclas Alexandersson	MF	109	7	1993	2008	2002, 2006	2000, 2008
Larsson, HenrikHenrik Larsson	FW	106	37	1993	2009	1994 03 !, 2002, 2006	2000, 2004, 2008
Andersson, PatrikPatrik Andersson	DF	96	3	1992	2002	1994 03 !	1992, 2000
Bergmark, OrvarOrvar Bergmark^[2]	DF	94	0	1951	1965	1958 02 !
Larsson, SebastianSebastian Larsson	DF/MF	87	6	2008	2016		2008, 2012, 2016
Lučić, TeddyTeddy Lučić	DF	86	0	1995	2006	2002, 2006	2000, 2004
Elmander, JohanJohan Elmander	MF/FW	85	20	2002	2015	2006	2008, 2012
Andersson, KennetKennet Andersson	FW	83	31	1990	2000	1994 03 !	1992, 2000
Wilhelmsson, ChristianChristian Wilhelmsson	MF	79	9	2001	2012	2006	2004, 2008, 2012
Björklund, JoachimJoachim Björklund	DF	78	0	1992	2000	1994 03 !	1992, 2000
Hellström, RonnieRonnie Hellström	GK	77	0	1968	1980	1970, 1974, 1978
Linderoth, TobiasTobias Linderoth	MF	76	2	1999	2008	2002, 2006	2004
Ljungberg, FredrikFredrik Ljungberg	MF	75	14	1998	2008	2002, 2006	2000, 2004, 2008
Thern, JonasJonas Thern	MF	75	6	1987	1997	1990, 1994 03 !	1992
Allbäck, MarcusMarcus Allbäck	FW	74	30	1999	2008	2002, 2006	2004, 2008
Andersson, DanielDaniel Andersson	MF	74	0	1997	2009	2006	2000, 2008
Mild, HåkanHåkan Mild	MF	74	8	1991	2001	1994 03 !	2000
Svensson, KalleKalle Svensson	GK	73	0	1949	1958	1950 03 !, 1958 02 !		1952 03 !
Larsson, BoBo Larsson	DF/MF/FW	70	17	1964	1978	1970, 1974, 1978
Erlandsson, IngemarIngemar Erlandsson	DF	69	2	1978	1985	1978
Schwarz, StefanStefan Schwarz	MF	69	6	1990	2001	1990, 1994 03 !	1992
Hysén, GlennGlenn Hysén	DF	68	7	1981	1990	1990
Nilsson, MikaelMikael Nilsson	DF/MF	64	3	2002	2009		2004, 2008
Dahlin, MartinMartin Dahlin	FW	60	29	1991	1997	1994 03 !	1992
Ljung, RogerRoger Ljung	MF	59	3	1988	1995	1990, 1994 03 !	1992
Fredriksson, StigStig Fredriksson	DF	58	2	1979	1987
Granqvist, AndreasAndreas Granqvist	DF	58	3	2006	2016		2012, 2016
Hedman, MagnusMagnus Hedman	GK	58	0	1997	2004	2002	2000
Limpar, AndersAnders Limpar	MF	58	6	1987	1996	1990, 1994 03 !	1992
Gren, GunnarGunnar Gren	FW	57	32	1940	1958	1958 02 !		1948 01 !
Gustavsson, BengtBengt Gustavsson	DF/MF	57	0	1951	1963	1958 02 !		1952 03 !
Ingesson, KlasKlas Ingesson	MF	57	13	1989	1998	1990, 1994 03 !	1992
Jonson, MattiasMattias Jonson	MF/FW	57	9	1996	2006	2002, 2006	2004
Kåmark, PontusPontus Kåmark	DF	57	0	1990	2002	1994 03 !
Nilsson, ErikErik Nilsson	DF	57	0	1938	1952	1938, 1950 03 !		1948 01 !, 1952 03 !
Prytz, RobertRobert Prytz	MF	56	13	1980	1989
Edman, ErikErik Edman	DF	55	1	2001	2007	2006	2004
Grip, RolandRoland Grip	DF	55	1	1968	1974	1970, 1974
Lustig, MikaelMikael Lustig	DF	55	4	2008	2016		2012, 2016
Johansson, ÅkeÅke Johansson	MF	53	1	1955	1965
Sandberg, GöstaGösta Sandberg^[3]	FW	52	10	1951	1961			1952 03 !
Strömberg, GlennGlenn Strömberg	MF	52	7	1982	1990	1990
Simonsson, AgneAgne Simonsson	FW	51	27	1957	1967	1958 02 !
Wernbloom, PontusPontus Wernbloom	MF	51	2	2007	2016		2012
Lindberg, SigfridSigfrid Lindberg	GK	50^[4]	0	1921	1930			1924 03 !
Majstorovic, DanielDaniel Majstorovic	DF	50	2	2003	2013		2008
Borg, HasseHasse Borg	DF	49	4	1976	1985	1978
Eriksson, LeifLeif Eriksson	FW	49	12	1962	1972	1970
Mjällby, JohanJohan Mjällby	DF/MF	49	4	1997	2004	2002	2000
Persson, ÖrjanÖrjan Persson	MF	48	7	1962	1974	1970, 1974
Brolin, TomasTomas Brolin	MF/FW	47	27	1990	1995	1990, 1994 03 !	1992
Ekström, JohnnyJohnny Ekström	FW	47	13	1986	1995	1990	1992
Larsson, PeterPeter Larsson	MF	47	4	1983	1992	1990
Toivonen, OlaOla Toivonen	MF/FW	47	10	2007	2016		2012
Grahn, OveOve Grahn	MF/FW	45	10	1962	1976	1970, 1974
Rehn, StefanStefan Rehn	MF	45	6	1988	1995	1994 03 !
Sjöberg, ThomasThomas Sjöberg	MF	45	14	1974	1981	1978
Berg, MarcusMarcus Berg	FW	44	11	2006	2016		2016
Hansson, PetterPetter Hansson	DF	43	2	2001	2009	2006	2008
Kindvall, OveOve Kindvall	FW	43	16	1965	1974	1970, 1974
Rydell, SvenSven Rydell	FW	43	49	1923	1932			1924 03 !
Andersson, AndreasAndreas Andersson	FW	42	8	1996	2003	2002
Jonasson, SvenSven Jonasson	FW	42	20	1932	1940	1934, 1938		1936
Selander, HansHans Selander	DF	42	3	1966	1977	1970
Friberg, SvenSven Friberg	MF	41	0	1915	1928			1924 03 !
Grahn, Karl-ErikKarl-Erik Grahn	MF	41	4	1935	1946			1936
Ravelli, AndreasAndreas Ravelli	DF	41	2	1980	1989
Edström, RalfRalf Edström	FW	40	15	1972	1980	1974, 1978
Linderoth, AndersAnders Linderoth	MF	40	2	1972	1980	1978
Löfgren, GöstaGösta Löfgren	FW	40	12	1951	1961	1958 02 !		1952 03 !
Olsson, MartinMartin Olsson	DF	40	5	2010	2016		2012, 2016
Svensson, TommyTommy Svensson^[5]	MF	40	4	1967	1973	1970
Torstensson, ConnyConny Torstensson	MF	40	7	1972	1979	1974, 1978
Dahlkvist, SvenSven Dahlkvist	DF/FW	39	4	1979	1985
Karlsson, KentKent Karlsson	DF	38	0	1973	1977	1974
Kristensson, KristerKrister Kristensson	DF	38	0	1967	1972	1970
Durmaz, JimmyJimmy Durmaz	MF	37	2	2011	2016		2016
Erlingmark, MagnusMagnus Erlingmark	DF/MF	37	1	1990	1998	1994 03 !	1992
Kock, PuttePutte Kock^[6]	MF	37	12	1919	1925			1924 03 !
Parling, SiggeSigge Parling	MF	37	0	1954	1960	1958 02 !
Sandberg, RolandRoland Sandberg	FW	37	15	1969	1976	1974
Jakobsson, AndreasAndreas Jakobsson	DF	36	2	1996	2004	2002	2004
Samuelsson, LennartLennart Samuelsson	DF	36	0	1950	1955	1950 03 !		1952 03 !
Tapper, StaffanStaffan Tapper	MF	36	3	1971	1978	1974, 1978
Wing, LennartLennart Wing	DF	36	0	1961	1965
Bergqvist, SvenSven Bergqvist	GK	35	0	1935	1943
Emanuelsson, ArvidArvid Emanuelsson	DF	35	1	1935	1946			1936
Eriksson, JanJan Eriksson	DF	35	4	1990	1994		1992
Kroon, KnutKnut Kroon	FW	35	18	1925	1934	1934
Nilsson, PeterPeter Nilsson	MF	35	0	1979	1984
Eriksson, UlfUlf Eriksson	MF	34	3	1979	1988
Hysén, TobiasTobias Hysén	MF/FW	34	10	2005	2014
Nilsson, HarryHarry Nilsson	DF	34	0	1938	1947
Åhlund, OlleOlle Åhlund	MF	34	2	1943	1952			1952 03 !
Elm, RasmusRasmus Elm	MF	33	3	2009	2013		2012
Jonsson, TorbjörnTorbjörn Jonsson	MF	33	11	1955	1968
Kaufeldt, PerPer Kaufeldt	FW	33	21	1921	1931			1924 03 !
Nordahl, GunnarGunnar Nordahl	FW	33	43	1942	1948			1948 01 !
Rosenberg, MarkusMarkus Rosenberg	FW	33	6	2005	2012		2008, 2012
Wicksell, RagnarRagnar Wicksell	MF	33	3	1911	1921			1912, 1920
Gustafsson, KarlKarl Gustafsson	FW	32	22	1908	1924			1908, 1912, 1920
Hamrin, KurtKurt Hamrin	FW	32	17	1953	1965	1958 02 !
Persson, ErikErik Persson^[7]	FW	32	20	1930	1939	1938
Svensson, MagnusMagnus Svensson	MF	32	2	1996	2003	2002	2000
Alfredsson, AxelAxel Alfredsson	DF	31	0	1924	1932			1924 03 !
Axbom, SvenSven Axbom	DF	31	0	1955	1960	1958 02 !
Backman, LennartLennart Backman^[8]	MF	31	3	1958	1966
Holmén, SamuelSamuel Holmén	MF	31	2	2006	2012		2012
Lindh, GöstaGösta Lindh	DF/MF	31	2	1950	1954			1952 03 !
Mild, HansHans Mild^[9]	DF/MF	31	1	1960	1965
Nyberg, ArneArne Nyberg	FW	31	18	1935	1946
Pettersson, StefanStefan Pettersson	FW	31	4	1983	1993	1990
Safari, BehrangBehrang Safari	DF	31	0	2008	2013		2012
Svensson, Sven-OveSven-Ove Svensson	MF	31	8	1951	1956
Axelsson, KurtKurt Axelsson	DF	30	0	1966	1971	1970
Blomqvist, JesperJesper Blomqvist	MF	30	0	1994	2002	1994 03 !
Magnusson, MatsMats Magnusson	FW	30	9	1984	1990	1990
Nyholm, BengtBengt Nyholm	GK	30	0	1959	1964
Sundgren, GaryGary Sundgren	DF	30	1	1994	2000		2000
Wenzel, RuneRune Wenzel	MF	30	1	1919	1930
Zetterberg, PärPär Zetterberg	MF	30	6	1993	1999

Notes

↑ Only tournaments where official Sweden 'A' matches were played are included. This excludes all tournaments since 1988.
↑ National team manager from 1966 to 1970, also has 24 bandy caps
↑ Also has 8 ice hockey caps and 3 bandy caps.
↑ Includes one unofficial match against Yugoslavia in 1921, which nevertheless is included in his official record.
↑ National team manager from 1991 to 1997.
↑ National team manager from 1943 to 1956, also has 2 ice hockey caps.
↑ Also has 7 ice hockey caps and 4 bandy caps.
↑ Also has 16 bandy caps.
↑ Also has 63 ice hockey caps.

References

Print

Blohm, Christer; Nordahl, Thomas (2008). Svenska fotbollslandslaget 100 år. Västerås: Idrottsförlaget. ISBN 978-91-977326-0-4.
Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; et al., eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.

Online

"Guldbollen". svenskfotboll.se. Svenska Fotbollförbundet. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
"Spelarporträtt". svenskfotboll.se. Svenska Fotbollförbundet. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
"Herrlandslagets spelare 2008". svenskfotboll.se. Svenska Fotbollförbundet. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
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"Herrlandslagets spelare 2012". svenskfotboll.se. Svenska Fotbollförbundet. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
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