Sweden men's national under-17 football team

The Sweden national under-17 football team (Swedish: svenska pojklandslaget i fotboll) is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-17-year-old players. The Swedish U17 team came into existence following the realignment of the UEFA European Under-16 Championship, which changed to be an under-17 competition in 2002.

Sweden Under-17
Nickname(s)Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAndreas Pettersson
(Team 2006)
Roger Franzén (Team 2007)
First colours
Second colours
First international
U16
 Denmark 3–1 Sweden 
(Tårnby, Denmark; 5 September 1964)
U17
 Denmark 2–0 Sweden 
(Vejle, Denmark; 1 August 2001)
UEFA U-17 Championship
Appearances13 appearances (first in 1985)
Best resultSemi-finals (2013)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances1 appearance (first in 2013)
Best resultThird place (2013)

In the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Sweden reached the semi-finals where they were knocked out on penalties by Russia.[1] In the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup they finished in third place after beating Argentina with 4–1 in the third-place match. Valmir Berisha scored three goals in the match and thus became the top scorer of the tournament.[2]

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

Under-16 era

FIFA U-16 World Championship record FIFA U-16 World Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1985Did not qualify 12 6 4 2 12 6
Canada 1987 2 0 1 1 3 4
Scotland 1989 2 0 1 1 2 4
Total Never qualified 0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 6 4 17 14

Under-17 era

FIFA U-17 World Cup record FIFA U-17 World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Italy 1991Did not qualify 5 3 1 1 7 2
Japan 1993 4 0 0 4 1 14
Ecuador 1995 6 3 1 2 7 6
Egypt 1997 2 1 0 1 2 1
New Zealand 1999 5 3 0 2 12 7
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 2 1 1 0 3 1
Finland 2003 3 1 0 2 10 4
Peru 2005 3 1 1 1 3 2
South Korea 2007 6 1 2 3 8 12
Nigeria 2009 3 1 0 2 4 4
Mexico 2011 3 0 1 2 0 4
United Arab Emirates 2013 Third place 3rd 7 4 1 2 15 11 10 5 5 0 19 5
Chile 2015Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 3 12
India 2017 6 3 0 3 14 8
Brazil 2019 9 3 1 5 16 18
Peru 2021Cancelled Cancelled
Indonesia 2023Did not qualify 3 0 2 1 6 8
Total Best: Third place 1/16 7 4 1 2 15 11 76 27 17 32 115 108

Under-16 era

UEFA European Under-16 Championship record UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Italy 1982Did not qualify 6 3 3 0 8 2
West Germany 1984 6 3 1 2 4 4
Hungary 1985 Group stage 6th 3 2 0 1 8 7 4 0 3 1 3 7
Greece 1986 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 4 2
France 1987Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 3 4
Spain 1988 Group stage 5th 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 8 3
Denmark 1989Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 4
East Germany 1990 Group stage 7th 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 7 3
Switzerland 1991 Group stage 8th 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 1
Cyprus 1992Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 3
Turkey 1993 4 0 0 4 1 14
Republic of Ireland 1994 4 1 0 3 4 5
Belgium 1995 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 2 0 0 4 0
Austria 1996Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 5
Germany 1997 2 1 0 1 2 1
Scotland 1998 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 2 1 0 8 5
Czech Republic 1999 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 9 2
Israel 2000Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 3 4
England 2001 2 1 1 0 3 1
Total Best: Quarter-finals 8/19 25 8 8 9 27 32 54 23 14 17 83 70

Under-17 era

UEFA European Under-17 Championship record UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Denmark 2002Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 3
Portugal 2003 3 1 0 2 10 4
France 2004 3 0 1 2 1 5
Italy 2005 3 1 1 1 3 2
Luxembourg 2006 6 2 2 2 12 10
Belgium 2007 6 1 2 3 8 12
Turkey 2008 6 2 2 2 9 12
Germany 2009 3 1 0 2 4 4
Liechtenstein 2010 6 3 2 1 9 4
Serbia 2011 3 0 1 2 0 4
Slovenia 2012 6 3 2 1 8 3
Slovakia 2013 Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 3 0 2 1 6 4 2 0 17 4
Malta 2014Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 3 9
Bulgaria 2015 6 1 2 3 3 12
Azerbaijan 2016 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 3 3 6 3 2 1 10 6
Croatia 2017Did not qualify 6 3 0 3 14 8
England 2018 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 0 2 4 3 6 2 4 0 12 2
Republic of Ireland 2019 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 3 9 6 3 1 2 13 9
Estonia 2020Cancelled 3 2 0 1 7 7
Cyprus 2021 Cancelled
Israel 2022 Group stage 9th 3 2 0 1 5 5 6 2 4 0 16 6
Hungary 2023Did not qualify 3 0 2 1 6 8
Total Best: Semi-finals 5/20 18 7 3 8 17 21 101 35 31 35 165 134

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Linus Dahlgren (2006-08-29) 29 August 2006 0 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
1GK Liam Selin (2006-03-13) 13 March 2006 1 0 Denmark Midtjylland

2DF Arvin Davoudi-Kia (2006-02-11) 11 February 2006 0 0 Sweden Malmö
2DF Jimi Dos Reis Nikko (2006-08-17) 17 August 2006 1 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
2DF Albin Gashi (2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 0 0 Sweden BK Häcken
2DF Simeon Jovanovski (2006-05-04) 4 May 2006 1 0 Sweden Malmö
2DF Carl Juhlin (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 0 0 Sweden GAIS
2DF John Mellberg (2006-07-30) 30 July 2006 1 0 Sweden IF Brommapojkarna
2DF William Rashidi (2006-06-04) 4 June 2006 1 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund

3MF Isak Alemayehu Mulugeta (2006-10-11) 11 October 2006 1 0 Sweden Djurgårdens
3MF Lucas Bergvall (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 4 2 Sweden IF Brommapojkarna
3MF Viggo Jeppsson (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 1 0 Sweden Malmö
3MF Zakaria Loukili (2006-01-25) 25 January 2006 1 0 Sweden Malmö
3MF Charlie Nildén (2006-12-30) 30 December 2006 0 0 Sweden IF Brommapojkarna
3MF Allen Smajic (2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 1 1 Sweden Landskrona BoIS
3MF Oscar Steinke Brånby (2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 0 0 Sweden Hammarby

4FW Alexandru Ghita (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 1 0 Sweden Malmö
4FW Nuurdin Ali Mohudin (2006-12-31) 31 December 2006 1 0 Sweden BK Häcken
4FW Santino Samuyiwa (2006-01-07) 7 January 2006 1 0 Spain Real Sociedad
4FW Simon Sjöholm (2006-04-10) 10 April 2006 0 0 Sweden GAIS
4FW Ebbe Wingemark (2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 1 0 Sweden Örebro

See also

References

  1. "Sverige föll efter straffrysare mot Ryssland" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. "Svenskt VM-brons – hattrick av Berisha" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. "P16/06-landslagets trupp i EM-kvalet" (in Swedish). Svenska Fotbollförbundet. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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