Sweden Olympic football team
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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.
Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue-Yellow) | ||
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Association | Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
FIFA code | SWE | ||
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First international | |||
Sweden 1–3 Finland (Iisalmi, Finland; 5 August 1986) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Sweden 4–0 Morocco (Sabadell, Spain; 28 July 1992) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
West Germany 3–0 Sweden (Essen, West Germany; 28 October 1986) | |||
Olympics | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1988) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (1988, 1992) |
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).