The Sweden Olympic football team (also informally known as Sweden national under-23 football team from 1992) is the football team representing Sweden in Olympics and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team has been active since 1984, when the IOC restricted UEFA countries to only include players without FIFA World Cup appearances.
The team qualified for the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals both times. In the 2016 Olympics, Sweden was eliminated in the group stage. Since 1992, the UEFA European Under-21 Championship acts as the qualification to the Olympics for the European teams. Therefore, the Swedish Olympic team is only active in the event of Sweden qualifying for the Olympics. The team has been coached by Benny Lennartsson (1986–1988), Nisse Andersson (1992) and Håkan Ericson (2016).
Olympic record Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 were only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. Since 1992 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for under-23 teams with a maximum of three overage players. See Sweden men's national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1980.
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Tournament held on home soil Olympic Games recordOlympic Games qualification recordYearRoundPosition1908–1980See Sweden men's national football team 1984Did not enterDid not enter 1988Quarter-finals6th4211758611136 1992Quarter-finals5th41216312732217 1996Did not qualify8512154 20008206715 2004158433121 2008430186 2012106221710 2016Group stage15th301224158343121 2020Did not qualify10622198 202410532228 202883141019 2032To be determinedTo be determinedTotalBest: Quarter-finals3/12113441512108592029194125
Results 1992
2016
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 1988 Olympics squad 1992 Olympics squad 2016 Olympics squad
Overage players in Olympic Games TournamentPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 Alexander Milošević (DF) Astrit Ajdarević (MF) Abdul Khalili (MF)
See also Sweden men's national football team Sweden national under-21 football team Sweden men's national under-19 football team Sweden men's national under-17 football team Sweden national football B team (defunct) Football at the Summer Olympics
References
External links Team results in 1992