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The UEFA European Championship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960, whose finals stage has been held every four years, with the sixteenth staging of the competition occurring in 2021 (postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe).

The Sweden men's national football team first entered the UEFA European Championships during 1992 as host nation. In their first match they draw with France and then defeated Denmark and England. Sweden faced Germany in the semi-finals, losing 2-3. Sweden failed to qualify for Euro 1996, falling behind Switzerland and Turkey in points. Sweden qualified for Euro 2000 ahead of England during qualification. In the group stage, they lost to co-hosts Belgium, then drew with Turkey and lost to Italy. They qualified for Euro 2004, finishing ahead of Latvia. Sweden defeated Bulgaria 5-0 in their opening group stage match, followed by draws with Italy and Bulgaria. In the quarter final against the Netherlands, after 0-0, Sweden lost in penalties. During the qualifying phase for Euro 2008, Sweden finished behind Spain to qualify. They finished third in the group stage with a win over Greece, followed by losses to Spain and Russia. Sweden qualified for Euro 2012, having finished second behind the Netherlands. During the group stage they lost their first two matches, to co-hosts Ukraine and then England; despite a win over France, Sweden did not progress past the group stage. For Euro 2016, Sweden defeated Denmark during a playoff to qualify. During the group stage they drew with Ireland then lost to Italy and Belgium, and did not advance. For Euro 2020, after qualifying behind Spain, they again faced Spain in the group stage resulting in a draw; this was followed by wins over Slovakia and Poland. In the Round of 16, they lost to Ukraine in extra time 2-1. Sweden did not qualify for Euro 2024 following defeats by both Belgium and Austria.

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	8	7
1968										6	2	1	3	9	12
1972										6	2	2	2	3	5
1976										6	3	0	3	8	9
1980										6	1	2	3	9	13
1984										8	5	1	2	14	5
1988										8	4	2	2	12	5
1992	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	1	1	6	5		Qualified as hosts
1996	Did not qualify									8	2	3	3	9	10
2000	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	4		8	7	1	0	10	1
2004	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	3*	0	8	3		8	5	2	1	19	3
2008	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	4		12	8	2	2	23	9
2012		11th	3	1	0	2	5	5		10	8	0	2	31	11
2016		20th	3	0	1	2	1	3		12	6	4	2	19	12
2020	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	5	4		10	6	3	1	23	9
2024	Did not qualify									8	3	1	4	14	12
2028	To be determined									To be determined
2032
Total	Best: Semi-finals	7/17	24	7	7	10	30	28		122	64	27	31	211	123

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Euro 1992

v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 1992 semi-finalists
1 Ravelli 2 R. Nilsson 3 J. Eriksson 4 P. Andersson 5 Björklund 6 Schwarz 7 Ingesson 8 Rehn 9 Thern (c) 10 Limpar 11 Brolin 12 L. Eriksson 13 M. Nilsson 14 Erlingmark 15 Jansson 16 K. Andersson 17 Dahlin 18 Ljung 19 J. Nilsson 20 Ekström Coach: Svensson

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
3	France	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Sweden	1–1	France
J. Eriksson 24'	Report	Papin 58'

Sweden	1–0	Denmark
Brolin 58'	Report

Sweden	2–1	England
J. Eriksson 51' Brolin 82'	Report	Platt 4'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Sweden	2–3	Germany
Brolin 64' (pen.) K. Andersson 89'	Report	Häßler 11' Riedle 59', 88'

Euro 2000

v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2000
1 Hedman 2 Nilsson 3 P. Andersson (c) 4 Björklund 5 Lučić 6 Sundgren 7 Mild 8 Gustafsson 9 Ljungberg 10 Pettersson 11 Alexandersson 12 Kihlstedt 13 Svensson 14 Mellberg 15 D. Andersson 16 A. Andersson 17 Mjällby 18 Osmanovski 19 K. Andersson 20 Larsson 21 Allbäck 22 Asper Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Belgium (H)	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Belgium	2–1	Sweden
Goor 43' É. Mpenza 46'	Report	Mjällby 53'

Sweden	0–0	Turkey
	Report

Italy	2–1	Sweden
Di Biagio 39' Del Piero 88'	Report	Larsson 77'

Euro 2004

v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2004
1 Isaksson 2 Lučić 3 Mellberg 4 Mjällby (c) 5 Edman 6 Linderoth 7 Nilsson 8 Svensson 9 Ljungberg 10 Ibrahimović 11 Larsson 12 Hedman 13 Hansson 14 Östlund 15 Jakobsson 16 Källström 17 Andersson 18 Jonson 19 Farnerud 20 Allbäck 21 Wilhelmsson 22 Wahlstedt 23 Kihlstedt Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

1. ^ Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1.

Sweden	5–0	Bulgaria
Ljungberg 32' Larsson 57', 58' Ibrahimović 78' (pen.) Allbäck 90+1'	Report

Italy	1–1	Sweden
Cassano 37'	Report	Ibrahimović 85'

Denmark	2–2	Sweden
Tomasson 28', 66'	Report	Larsson 47' (pen.) Jonson 89'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Sweden	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Källström Larsson Ibrahimović Ljungberg Wilhelmsson Mellberg	4–5	Van Nistelrooy Heitinga Reiziger Cocu Makaay Robben

Euro 2008

v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2008
1 Isaksson 2 Nilsson 3 Mellberg 4 Hansson 5 Stoor 6 Linderoth 7 Alexandersson 8 Svensson 9 Ljungberg (c) 10 Ibrahimović 11 Elmander 12 Shaaban 13 Wiland 14 Majstorović 15 Granqvist 16 Källström 17 H. Larsson 18 S. Larsson 19 Andersson 20 Allbäck 21 Wilhelmsson 22 Rosenberg 23 Dorsin Coach: Lagerbäck

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Greece	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Ibrahimović 67' Hansson 72'

Sweden	1–2	Spain
Ibrahimović 34'	Report	Torres 15' Villa 90+2'

Russia	2–0	Sweden
Pavlyuchenko 24' Arshavin 50'	Report

Euro 2012

v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2012
1 Isaksson 2 Lustig 3 Mellberg 4 Granqvist 5 M. Olsson 6 Elm 7 Larsson 8 Svensson 9 Källström 10 Ibrahimović (c) 11 Elmander 12 Wiland 13 J. Olsson 14 Hysén 15 Antonsson 16 Wernbloom 17 Safari 18 Holmén 19 Bajrami 20 Toivonen 21 Wilhelmsson 22 Rosenberg 23 Hansson Coach: Hamrén

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Ukraine (H)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3

1. ^ Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.

Ukraine	2–1	Sweden
Shevchenko 55', 61'	Report	Ibrahimović 52'

Sweden	2–3	England
Johnson 49' (o.g.) Mellberg 59'	Report	Carroll 23' Walcott 64' Welbeck 78'

Sweden	2–0	France
Ibrahimović 54' Larsson 90+1'	Report

Euro 2016

v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2016
1 Isaksson 2 Lustig 3 Johansson 4 Granqvist 5 Olsson 6 Forsberg 7 Larsson 8 Ekdal 9 Källström 10 Ibrahimović (c) 11 Berg 12 Olsen 13 Jansson 14 Lindelöf 15 Hiljemark 16 Wernbloom 17 Augustinsson 18 Lewicki 19 Kujović 20 Guidetti 21 Durmaz 22 Zengin 23 Carlgren Coach: Hamrén

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

1. ^ Head-to-head result: Belgium 0–2 Italy.

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden
Hoolahan 48'	Report	Clark 71' (o.g.)

Italy	1–0	Sweden
Éder 88'	Report

Sweden	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Nainggolan 84'

Euro 2020

v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2020
1 Olsen 2 Lustig 3 Lindelöf 4 Granqvist (c) 5 Bengtsson 6 Augustinsson 7 S. Larsson 8 Ekdal 9 Berg 10 Forsberg 11 Isak 12 Johnsson 13 Svensson 14 Helander 15 Sema 16 Krafth 17 Claesson 18 Jansson 19 Svanberg 20 Olsson 21 Kulusevski 22 Quaison 23 Nordfeldt 24 Danielson 25 J. Larsson 26 Cajuste Coach: Andersson

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Spain	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Sweden	1–0	Slovakia
Forsberg 77' (pen.)	Report

Sweden	3–2	Poland
Forsberg 2', 59' Claesson 90+4'	Report	Lewandowski 61', 84'

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
Forsberg 43'	Report	Zinchenko 27' Dovbyk 120+1'

Goalscorers

See also

• Sweden at the FIFA World Cup

Notes

1. The match, originally scheduled for 21:45 local time, was delayed 15 minutes to prevent overlap with the other Group D match between Ukraine and France, which had been delayed due to rain.

References

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