Sweden Olympic football team


The Sweden Olympic football team is the football team representing Sweden in Olympics and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team qualified for the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and reached the quarter-finals. The qualification to the Olympics for the European teams is the European Under-21 Championship, therefore the Swedish U23 team doesn't play any qualification matches. In 1992 the team was managed by Nisse Andersson and in 2016 the team was managed by Håkan Ericson.

Olympic record

was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 was only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. After the 1988 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for U23 teams with a maximum of three older players. See Sweden national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1980.
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Tournament held on home soil

Olympic matches

1992 fixtures

2016 fixtures

Players

2016 Summer Olympics squad

The following 18 players were called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 10 August 2016.

Alternate players

The following 3 players were listed as alternate players.

Provisional players

The following 16 players were in the provisional squad but weren't selected for the final squad.

Previous squads