Sweden national under-21 football team

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The Swedish U-21 national football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players.

Contents 1 UEFA U-21 Championship Record 2 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 3 Current Squad 3.1 "Older" 3.2 "Younger" 4 2009 matches 4.1 "Older" 4.2 "Younger" 4.2.1 Forthcoming fixtures 5 References 6 See also

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

• 1978: Did not qualify.
• 1980: Did not qualify.
• 1982: Did not qualify.
• 1984: Did not qualify.
• 1986: Quarter-finalists.
• 1988: Did not qualify.
• 1990: Semi-finalists.
• 1992: Runners-up
• 1994: Did not qualify.
• 1996: Did not qualify.
• 1998: Quarter-finalists.
• 2000: Did not qualify.
• 2002: Did not qualify.
• 2004: 4th place
• 2006: Did not qualify.
• 2008: Did not qualify.
• 2009: Host

[edit] 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Sweden	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
Serbia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Belarus	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

2009-06-15
Sweden	5 - 1	Belarus	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
2009-06-18
Sweden	1 - 2	Italy	Olympia, Helsingborg
2009-06-22
Serbia	1 - 3	Sweden	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

[edit] Current Squad

During the year 2009 Sweden will have two U21 squads active, Older and Younger, the older is made out of mostly players born 1986-87 and is the team that will play in 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, the younger is made out of players born 1988-89 and will play in the coming 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.^[1]

[edit] "Older"

Squad called for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Sweden^[2].

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 12 GK Pär Hansson June 22, 1986 (1986-06-22) (age 23) 8 0 Helsingborgs IF 1 GK Johan Dahlin September 8, 1986 (1986-09-08) (age 22) 19 0 Lyn Oslo 23 GK Kristoffer Nordfeldt June 23, 1989 (1989-06-23) (age 20) 3 0 Brommapojkarna 4 DF Rasmus Bengtsson June 26, 1986 (1986-06-26) (age 23) 8 0 Trelleborgs FF 3 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr June 3, 1986 (1986-06-03) (age 23) 25 0 IFK Göteborg 5 DF Emil Johansson August 11, 1986 (1986-08-11) (age 22) 10 0 Hammarby IF 6 DF Per Karlsson January 2, 1986 (1986-01-02) (age 23) 13 0 AIK 2 DF Mikael Lustig December 13, 1986 (1986-12-13) (age 22) 16 1 Rosenborg BK 17 DF Martin Olsson May 17, 1988 (1988-05-17) (age 21) 8 0 Blackburn Rovers 22 DF Joel Ekstrand February 4, 1989 (1989-02-04) (age 20) 1 0 Helsingborgs IF 10 MF Denni Avdić May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08) (age 21) 12 3 IF Elfsborg 20 MF Emir Bajrami March 7, 1988 (1988-03-07) (age 21) 13 3 IF Elfsborg 16 MF Pierre Bengtsson April 12, 1988 (1988-04-12) (age 21) 10 0 AIK 18 MF Rasmus Elm March 17, 1988 (1988-03-17) (age 21) 11 0 Kalmar FF 15 MF Labinot Harbuzi April 4, 1986 (1986-04-04) (age 23) 1 0 Malmö FF 16 MF Andreas Landgren March 17, 1989 (1989-03-17) (age 20) 6 0 Helsingborgs IF 14 MF Guillermo Molins September 26, 1988 (1988-09-26) (age 20) 10 1 Malmö FF 13 MF Gustav Svensson February 9, 1987 (1987-02-09) (age 22) 10 1 IFK Göteborg 21 MF Gabriel Özkan May 23, 1986 (1986-05-23) (age 23) 4 0 AIK 19 MF Pontus Wernbloom June 25, 1986 (1986-06-25) (age 23) 19 5 AZ Alkmaar 11 FW Robin Söder April 1, 1991 (1991-04-01) (age 18) 3 0 IFK Göteborg 9 FW Marcus Berg August 17, 1986 (1986-08-17) (age 22) 17 7 FC Groningen 7 FW Ola Toivonen July 3, 1986 (1986-07-03) (age 23) 22 9 PSV Eindhoven

[edit] "Younger"

Squad called for friendly matches against Slovakia and Finland^[3]. (Caps and goals as of time of call up)

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Zlatan Azinovic January 31, 1988 (1988-01-31) (age 21) 2 0 Kalmar FF GK Karl-Johan Johnsson January 28, 1990 (1990-01-28) (age 19) 0 0 Halmstads BK DF Michael Almebäck April 4, 1988 (1988-04-04) (age 21) 0 0 Örebro SK DF Niklas Backman November 13, 1988 (1988-11-13) (age 20) 0 0 Väsby United DF Jonathan Hellström August 9, 1988 (1988-08-09) (age 20) 1 0 Gefle IF DF Per Johansson April 6, 1989 (1989-04-06) (age 20) 0 0 Örebro SK DF Erik Lund November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06) (age 20) 2 0 IFK Göteborg DF Marcus Nilsson February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26) (age 21) 0 0 Helsingborgs IF MF Emil Salomonsson April 28, 1989 (1989-04-28) (age 20) 2 0 Halmstads BK MF Mauricio Albornoz March 10, 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 21) 0 0 IF Brommapojkarna MF Marcus Bergholtz December 15, 1989 (1989-12-15) (age 19) 2 0 Helsingborgs IF MF Jimmy Durmaz March 22, 1989 (1989-03-22) (age 20) 2 0 Malmö FF MF Johan Mårtensson February 16, 1989 (1989-02-16) (age 20) 2 0 GAIS MF Erik Nilsson July 30, 1989 (1989-07-30) (age 19) 0 0 Örebro SK MF Daniel Nordmark January 4, 1988 (1988-01-04) (age 21) 2 0 IF Elfsborg MF Sebastian Rajalakso September 23, 1988 (1988-09-23) (age 20) 6 2 Djurgårdens IF FW Pär Eriksson July 21, 1988 (1988-07-21) (age 20) 0 0 GAIS FW Erton Fejzullahu January 1, 1988 (1988-01-01) (age 21) 0 0 Mjällby AIF FW Emir Kujovic June 22, 1988 (1988-06-22) (age 21) 2 0 Halmstads BK FW Marcus Olsson May 17, 1988 (1988-05-17) (age 21) 2 0 Halmstads BK

[edit] 2009 matches

[edit] "Older"

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
February 11, 2009	Friendly	Trieste, Italy	Sweden	1 – 1	Italy	Wernbloom  64' (pen.)
March 27, 2009	Friendly	La Manga, Spain	Sweden	0 – 1	Finland
March 31, 2009	Friendly	Orihuela, Spain	Spain	0 – 0	Sweden
June 5, 2009	Friendly	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	2 – 1	Poland	Toivonen  25' Harbuzi  89'
June 9, 2009	Friendly	Falkenberg, Sweden	Sweden	2 – 1	Estonia	Wernbloom  67' Ekstrand  70'
June 16, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	5 – 1	Belarus	Martynovich  35' (og) Berg  38', 44', 81' Svensson  89'
June 19, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Helsingborg, Sweden	Sweden	1 – 2	Italy	Toivonen  89'
June 23, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Malmö, Sweden	Serbia	1 – 3	Sweden	Berg  7', 15' (pen.) Toivonen  29'
June 26, 2009	UEFA U21 Euro 2009	Göteborg, Sweden	England	3 – 3 (8-7 a.p.)	Sweden	Berg  61', 81' Toivonen  75'

[edit] "Younger"

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
March 27, 2009	Friendly	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium	Belgium	2 – 1	Sweden	Söder  5'
March 31, 2009	Friendly	Mechelen, Belgium	Belgium	1 – 2	Sweden	Rajalakso  31', 88'
June 5, 2009	Friendly	Moravany, Slovakia	Slovakia	1 – 0	Sweden
June 9, 2009	Friendly	Lahti, Finland	Finland	0 – 1	Sweden	Fejzullahu  86'

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
September 4, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	TBA, Montenegro	Montenegro	–	Sweden
September 9, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	TBA, Sweden	Sweden	–	Bulgaria
October 11, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	TBA, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	–	Sweden
November 15, 2009	2011 UEFA U-21 Qualifying	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	–	Kazakhstan

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Sweden national football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

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