The Sweden national futsal team represents

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in international

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competitions such as the

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and the

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and is controlled by the

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. The team played their first official match in December 2012 against

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. One month later, Sweden played their first competitive games and took three impressive victories in the

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round for the 2014 European Championship.

History

In 2005, an unofficial Swedish national team played a mini-tournament in

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against

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and

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. The games were sanctioned by

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, but the

(SvFF) has not recognized these games as official. The unofficial national team has also played matches against

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, which were sanctioned by the rival of FIFA, Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón (AMF). In 2010, SvFF started a two-year-long process to boot a national team. Per Broberg was hired as coach, and on 11 December 2012, an official Swedish national team played their first game in front of their home crowd in the

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against

which they lost 2–3.

Tournament records

Sweden officially made their debut in an international competition at the

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round in

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on 23–26 January 2013.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

UEFA European Futsal Championship

Nordic Futsal Cup

All-time team record

''As of 10 June 2022.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against

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on 23 and 24 January 2022, respectively. ''Caps and goals are correct as of 16 January 2022.''

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Portugal squad within the last 12 months. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Statistics

Attendances

Top five attendances in home matches.

References

External links

Official page

{{Football in Sweden European national futsal teams

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