The Sweden national under-20 football team is the football team representing Sweden in FIFA U-20 World Cup and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden made their first and so far only FIFA U-20 World Cup appearance in 1991 and was knocked out in the group stage.
Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue-Yellow) |
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Association | Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF) |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Most caps | Niclas Alexandersson Andreas Bild Jonny Hägerå Magnus Johansson Stefan Paldan Rasmus Svensson (6) |
Top scorer | Andreas Bild (3) |
First international | |
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Biggest win | |
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Biggest defeat | |
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FIFA U-20 World Cup | |
Appearances | 1 appearance (first in 1991) |
Best result | Group stage: 1991 |
The qualification to the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the European teams is the European Under-19 Championship. Therefore, the Swedish Under-20 team doesn't formally play any qualification matches. In 1991 the team was managed by Ulf Lyfors.
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place 0000 Tournament held on home soil
30 January 1991 Friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Las Palmas, Spain |
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Report | Svensson ![]() |
1 February 1991 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | Las Palmas, Spain |
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Report | Bild ![]() ![]() |
28 May 1991 Friendly | Sweden ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Malmö, Sweden |
Paldan ![]() Gudmundsson ![]() Manglind ![]() |
Report |
15 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC Group B | Mexico ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Porto, Portugal |
19:00 UTC+1 | Hernández ![]() Pineda ![]() Álvarez ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan) |
18 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC Group B | Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | Porto, Portugal |
19:00 UTC+1 | Mambo ![]() |
Report | Rödlund ![]() Bild ![]() Andersson ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 1,500 Referee: João Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal) |
20 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC Group B | Brazil ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Porto, Portugal |
21:30 UTC+1 | Nunes ![]() Élber ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) |
The following 18 players were called up for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]
Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 30 June 1991.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Magnus Hedman | (1973-03-19)19 March 1973 (aged 18) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | 1GK | Mats Svensson | (1971-11-22)22 November 1971 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Filip Apelstav | (1971-09-18)18 September 1971 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | 2DF | Magnus Johansson | (1971-11-10)10 November 1971 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | 2DF | Henrik Nilsson | (1972-07-25)25 July 1972 (aged 18) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | 2DF | Rasmus Svensson | (1971-09-05)5 September 1971 (aged 19) | 6 | 1 | ![]() |
6 | 2DF | Glenn Ståhl | (1971-08-25)25 August 1971 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | 2DF | Patrik Andersson (captain) | (1971-08-18)18 August 1971 (aged 19) | 3 | 1 | ![]() |
7 | 3MF | Niclas Alexandersson | (1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | 3MF | Mikael Hellström | (1972-03-11)11 March 1972 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | 3MF | Jonny Hägerå | (1971-09-10)10 September 1971 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | 3MF | Patrick Luxenburg | (1972-07-07)7 July 1972 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | 3MF | Ulf Lilius | (1972-01-27)27 January 1972 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | 3MF | Jonny Rödlund | (1971-12-22)22 December 1971 (aged 19) | 5 | 1 | ![]() |
15 | 4FW | Andreas Bild | (1971-10-03)3 October 1971 (aged 19) | 6 | 3 | ![]() |
16 | 4FW | Niklas Gudmundsson | (1972-02-29)29 February 1972 (aged 19) | 4 | 2 | ![]() |
17 | 4FW | Roger Nordstrand | (1973-05-20)20 May 1973 (aged 18) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | 4FW | Stefan Paldan | (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 19) | 6 | 1 | ![]() |
The following five players were also called up to the Sweden U20 squad during 1991.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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MF | Anders Andersson | (1974-03-15)15 March 1974 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Tommy Onodi | (1971-08-31)31 August 1971 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Jens Svensson | (1972-03-27)27 March 1972 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Issa Manglind | (1971-09-22)22 September 1971 (aged 19) | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Jens Nilsson | (1972-07-30)30 July 1972 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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