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 Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women – and the men's and women's nat ...

. The team has been active since 1984, when the

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restricted UEFA countries to only include players without

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appearances. The team qualified for the

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and

1992 Olympics 1992 Olympics may refer to: *1992 Summer Olympics, which were held in Barcelona, Spain *1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 ...

, reaching the quarter-finals both times. In the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, Sweden was eliminated in the group stage. Since 1992, the

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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 Benny Lennartsson is a Swedish football coach, former football and bandy player. He has managed Örebro SK, Lyngby FC and Bristol City among others. Managerial career Viking In 1988, Lennartsson signed for Norwegian club Viking FK. He won promo ...

(1986–1988),

Nisse Andersson Nils "Nisse" Andersson (born 28 August 1941) is a Swedish former football manager. Nisse became the football manager of AIK Fotboll team in 1987. He too served as the manager of Sweden U21 team from 1987 to 1990. In 1990, he took charge as the ...

(1992) and Håkan Ericson (2016).

Olympic record

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was first played officially in

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. 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

. Since

, the football event was changed into a tournament for under-23 teams with a maximum of three overage 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

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

References

External links

Team results in 1992
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