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The Sweden national football team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll) represents the nation of Sweden in international association football. It is fielded by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) (Swedish: Svenska Fotbollförbundet) and competes as a member of the UEFA. The team played its first official international match on 12 July 1908 against Norway, winning 11–3.[1] Since the match against Norway, 1,104 players have made at least one international appearance for the team.[2] Of them, 131 have served as captain of the national team.[3] This list contains footballers who have served as captain of the Sweden national team and is listed according to their number of matches captained.

The Sweden national team's record appearance-maker as captain is Björn Nordqvist, who led the team out 92 times during his 115-cap tenure. He is the only player to have captained Sweden at the three different major tournaments; 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup. During the tournament in 1974, Bo Larsson was the first-choice captain, but Nordqvist wore the armband in the last match against Yugoslavia. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the player with second most captaincies. Original a vice captain behind Henrik Larsson, he took over the armband in the summer of 2010 and wore it until his international retirement in 2016.[4] Midfielder Jonas Thern and defender Erik Nilsson are the most successful captains regarding medals. Thern led Sweden to a semi-final in UEFA Euro 1992 and a third place in 1994 FIFA World Cup. Nilsson led Sweden to third places in both 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1952 Summer Olympics. Birger Rosengren became the first and so far only Swedish captain to win a major international competition after leading the team in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Nils Rosén captained Sweden in their first World Cup in 1934 and Nils Liedholm led the team to their best performance in the World Cup, runners-up in 1958.

History[edit]

"Of course, it was an honor considering that the former captains had been great players. I took over the duty from Agne Simonsson. Orvar Bergmark [the manager] maybe thought you should have a defender as captain."

Björn Nordqvist on captaining the Sweden for a record of 92 times.[5]

"Bian [Birger Rosengren] was born with the armband on his arm. Despite only having one earlier cap, in 1945, he got to wear armband at the pre-Olympic game and the rest of his four-month long national team career. Then he returned the armband to its owner – Erik Nilsson"

SvFF describing Birger Rosengren who captained Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[6]

List of captains[edit]

Players are initially listed by amount of matches captained, followed by the chronological order of the first captaincy. Only players who started the match as captain are included here, not players that might have been given the armband due to the starting captain being injured, sent off or substituted off.

Statistics correct as of 22 June 2016.

Key
Still active for the national team[a]
Captained the team at a major international tournament[b]
Björn Nordqvist captained Sweden in 92 matches and was the captain during the World Cups in 1970 and 1978.
Gustaf Bergström captained Sweden in their first ever game against Norway on 12 July 1908.
Zlatan Ibrahimović captained Sweden for six years, including the European Championships in 2012 and 2016.
Erik Nilsson captained Sweden to third places at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1952 Olympic football tournament.
Birger Rosengren was the captain in all of his caps and he captained Sweden to victory at the 1948 Olympic football tournament.
Nils Liedholm captained Sweden to the final at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, played at home soil.
Tore Keller captained Sweden in four matches and led the team to a fourth place at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
Anders Svensson is Sweden's most capped player with 148 caps. He was in the captain in 21 of those.
Andreas Granqvist is the current captain of Sweden since 2016.
List of Sweden national team football players who have served as captain of the team
# Player Sweden career Caps as captain Total caps First to last captaincy
1 Björn Nordqvist 1963–1978 92 115 1967–1978
2 Zlatan Ibrahimović 2001–2016 58 116 2008–2016
3 Jonas Thern 1987–1997 55 75 1989–1997
4 Ingemar Erlandsson 1978–1985 47 69 1981–1985
5 Patrik Andersson 1992–2002 41 96 1995–2002
6 Orvar Bergmark 1951–1965 38 94 1959–1965
7 Erik Nilsson 1938–1952 37 57 1947–1952
8 Olof Mellberg 2000–2012 36 117 2002–2006
9 Sven Friberg 1915–1928 30 41 1920–1928
10 Bengt Gustavsson 1951–1963 29 57 1953–1962
11 Glenn Hysén 1981–1990 23 68 1987–1990
12 Åke Johansson 1955–1965 22 53 1956–1964
Roland Nilsson 1986–2000 22 116 1989–2000
14 Anders Svensson 1999–2013 21 148 2007–2013
15 Karl-Erik Grahn 1935–1946 17 41 1941–1946
Johan Mjällby 1997–2004 17 49 1998–2004
17 Stig Fredriksson 1979–1987 15 58 1985–1987
18 Agne Simonsson 1957–1967 14 51 1966–1967
19 Sven Jonasson 1932–1940 13 42 1935–1940
Fredrik Ljungberg 1998–2008 13[c] 75 2006–2008
21 Axel Alfredsson 1924–1932 11 31 1925–1931
22 Per Kaufeldt 1921–1931 10 33 1926–1931
Harry Lundahl 1928–1933 10 14 1929–1933
Bo Larsson 1964–1978 10 70 1973–1974
25 Ragnar Wicksell 1911–1921 9 33 1914–1921
Birger Rosengren 1945–1948 9 9 1945–1948
27 Thure Svensson 1926–1931 8 10 1926–1930
Harry Nilsson 1938–1947 8 34 1946–1947
Hasse Borg 1976–1985 8 49 1979–1980
Henrik Larsson 1993–2009 8 106 2008–2009
31 Knut Nilsson 1911–1915 7 9 1912–1915
Karl Gustafsson 1908–1924 7 32 1913–1924
Herbert Samuelsson 1929–1932 7 11 1931–1932
Sven Andersson 1930–1938 7 27 1935–1938
Gösta Lindh 1950–1954 7 31 1951–1954
Daniel Andersson 1997–2009 7 74 2006–2009
Andreas Isaksson 2002–2016 7 133 2010–2016
38 Hans Lindman 1908–1911 6 7 1908–1911
Herman Myhrberg 1909–1913 6 10 1911–1912
Bertil Nordenskjöld 1910–1920 6 8 1915–1920
Theodor Malm 1908–1920 6 26 1917–1920
Victor Carlund 1932–1936 6 12 1933–1936
Nils Rosén 1925–1934 6 25 1934
Stefan Rehn 1988–1995 6 45 1992–1994
Niclas Alexandersson 1993–2008 6 109 2005–2007
Tobias Linderoth 1999–2008 6 76 2005–2008
47 Erik Börjesson 1908–1922 5 17 1913–1919
Albert Andersson 1915–1921 5 11 1920–1921
Lennart Bunke 1933–1937 5 11 1937
Gunnar Gren 1940–1958 5 57 1957–1958
Nils Liedholm 1947–1958 5 23 1958
Roland Grip 1968–1974 5 55 1972–1973
Thomas Ravelli 1981–1997 5 143 1990–1995
54 Sven Rydell 1923–1932 4 43 1929–1932
Knut Kroon 1925–1934 4 35 1933
Tore Keller 1924–1938 4 25 1934–1938
Ronnie Hellström 1968–1980 4 77 1978–1979
Håkan Arvidsson 1976–1980 4 17 1979–1980
59 Götrik Frykman 1911–1916 3 6 1911–1916
Rune Wenzel 1919–1930 3 30 1925–1926
Ernst Andersson 1931–1937 3 29 1935–1937
Erik Persson 1930–1939 3 32 1939
Nils Johansson 1959–1966 3 7 1963
Anders Linderoth 1972–1980 3 40 1979
Eine Fredriksson 1974–1980 3 20 1979–1980
Andreas Ravelli 1980–1989 3 41 1987–1988
Håkan Mild 1991–2001 3 74 2001
68 Gustaf Bergström 1908–1909 2 6 1908–1909
Carl Ohlsson 1912–1919 2 4 1919
Helge Ekroth 1911–1922 2 18 1920–1922
Gösta Pettersson 1921–1923 2 2 1921–1923
Gustav Möller 1921–1923 2 6 1923
Gunnar Holmberg 1922–1927 2 12 1925–1927
Harry Johansson 1932–1935 2 9 1932
Einar Snitt 1926–1936 2 17 1935
Arvid Emanuelsson 1935–1946 2 35 1938–1945
Sven Jacobsson 1937–1947 2 7 1939–1947
Sture Mårtensson 1943–1948 2 3 1946–1948
Knut Nordahl 1945–1950 2 26 1949
Tommy Svensson 1967–1973 2 40 1970
Kent Karlsson 1973–1977 2 38 1974–1975
Leif Engqvist 1986–1990 2 18 1990
Peter Larsson 1983–1992 2 47 1991
Mats Gren 1984–1992 2 22 1992
Gary Sundgren 1994–2000 2 30 1997
Markus Johannesson 2001–2003 2 5 2001–2003
Andreas Jakobsson 1996–2004 2 36 2002–2004
Tommy Jönsson 2003 2 3 2003
Daniel Majstorović 2003–2013 2 50 2009
Johan Elmander 2002–2015 2 85 2015
Emil Bergström 2015–0000 2 3 2016
92 Sixten Öberg 1910–1911 1 2 1910
Josef Appelgren 1911–1918 1 8 1916
Torsten Husén 1916 1 1 1916
Georg Bengtsson 1913–1917 1 3 1917
Konrad Törnqvist 1909–1919 1 14 1918
Victor Horndahl 1921 1 1 1921
Gösta Wihlborg 1919–1923 1 7 1921
Valdus Lund 1915–1923 1 29 1922
Gustaf Carlson 1915–1924 1 14 1924
Putte Kock 1919–1925 1 37 1924
Arvid Persson 1921–1924 1 2 1924
Douglas Krook 1924–1929 1 21 1926
Knut Lensing 1927 1 1 1927
Bror Persson 1928 1 1 1928
Arthur Bengtsson 1925–1930 1 4 1930
Torsten Lindskog 1930 1 1 1930
Gunnar Olsson 1923–1932 1 1 1932
Sven Nilsson 1937 1 1 1937
Malte Mårtensson 1937–1949 1 16 1943
Helge Bengtsson 1949 1 1 1949
Börje Leander 1941–1950 1 23 1950
Sven-Ove Svensson 1951–1956 1 31 1951
Karl-Erik Andersson 1948–1954 1 11 1954
Arne Arvidsson 1954–1965 1 27 1963
Harry Bild 1957–1968 1 28 1967
Ove Kindvall 1965–1974 1 43 1974
Olle Nordin 1970–1979 1 19 1979
Bo Börjesson 1976–1981 1 23 1981
Christian Karlsson 1996–1997 1 8 1997
Magnus Erlingmark 1990–1998 1 37 1998
Petter Hansson 2001–2009 1 43 2001
Klebér Saarenpää 2000–2001 1 11 2011
Per Nilsson 2001–0000 1 16 2003
Mikael Nilsson 2002–2009 1 64 2004
Teddy Lučić 1995–2006 1 86 2005
Johan Wiland 2007–2013 1 9 2011
Sebastian Larsson 2008–0000 1 87 2013
Pär Hansson 2011–2014 1 6 2014
Jakob Johansson 2013–0000 1 3 2014
Andreas Granqvist 2006–0000 1 55 2016

Timeline[edit]

Tenure Incumbent Others used when incumbent unavailable
1938 Tore Keller
1938–1940 Sven Jonasson
1941–1946 Karl-Erik Grahn
1946–1947 Harry Nilsson
1948 Birger Rosengren
1949–1952 Erik Nilsson
1953–1956 Bengt Gustavsson
1956–1957 Åke Johansson
1958 Nils Liedholm
1958 Gunnar Gren
1959–1962 Orvar Bergmark
1963–1965 Various[d]
1966–1967 Agne Simonsson
1968–1974 Björn Nordqvist
1974 Bo Larsson
1974–1978 Björn Nordqvist
1979–1980 Various[e]
1981–1985 Ingemar Erlandsson
1986–1987 Stig Fredriksson
1988–1990 Glenn Hysén
1991–1997 Jonas Thern
1998–2002 Patrik Andersson
2002–2006 Olof Mellberg
2006–2008 Fredrik Ljungberg
2008–2009 Henrik Larsson
2009–2010 Anders Svensson
2010–2016 Zlatan Ibrahimović
2016– Andreas Granqvist

Captains in tournaments[edit]

FIFA World Cup[edit]

Year Phase Incumbent Others used when incumbent unavailable
1934 Qualification Knut Kroon Victor Carlund
Final tournament Nils Rosén
1938 Qualification Ernst Andersson Lennart Bunke, Sven Nilsson
Final tournament Tore Keller Sven Jonasson
1950 Qualification Erik Nilsson
Final tournament
1954 Qualification Bengt Gustavsson Gösta Lindh
1958 Final tournament Nils Liedholm Bengt Gustavsson
1962 Qualification Orvar Bergmark
1966 Qualification
1970 Qualification Björn Nordqvist
Final tournament Tommy Svensson
1974 Qualification Lennart Bunke, Sven Nilsson
Final tournament Bo Larsson Björn Nordqvist
1978 Qualification Björn Nordqvist
Final tournament
1982 Qualification Hasse Borg Håkan Arvidsson
Ingemar Erlandsson
1986 Qualification Ingemar Erlandsson Stig Fredriksson
1990 Qualification Glenn Hysén Jonas Thern
Final tournament
1994 Qualification Jonas Thern Roland Nilsson
Final tournament
1998 Qualification
2002 Qualification Patrik Andersson
Final tournament Johan Mjällby
2006 Qualification Olof Mellberg
Final tournament
2010 Qualification Henrik Larsson Zlatan Ibrahimović
2014 Qualification Zlatan Ibrahimović Sebastian Larsson
2018 Qualification Andreas Granqvist

UEFA European Championship[edit]

Year Phase Incumbent Others used when incumbent unavailable
1964 Qualification Åke Johansson Orvar Bergmark
1968 Qualification Agne Simonsson Harry Bild, Björn Nordqvist
1972 Qualification Björn Nordqvist
1976 Qualification Kent Karlsson
1980 Qualification Björn Nordqvist
Ronnie Hellström Anders Linderoth, Hasse Borg
1984 Qualification Ingemar Erlandsson
1988 Qualification Stig Fredriksson Glenn Hysén
1992 Final tournament Jonas Thern
1996 Qualification Roland Nilsson, Patrik Andersson
2000 Qualification Patrik Andersson
Final tournament Johan Mjällby
2004 Qualification Johan Mjällby Olof Mellberg
Final tournament Olof Mellberg
2008 Qualification Fredrik Ljungberg Tobias Linderoth, Niclas Alexandersson
Final tournament
2012 Qualification Zlatan Ibrahimović Anders Svensson
Final tournament
2016 Qualification Andreas Isaksson
Final tournament

Olympic Games[edit]

Year Phase Incumbent Others used when incumbent unavailable
1908 Final tournament Hans Lindman
1912 Final tournament Herman Myhrberg
1920 Final tournament Bertil Nordenskjöld Ragnar Wicksell
1924 Final tournament Sven Friberg Gustaf Carlson
1936 Final tournament Victor Carlund
1948 Final tournament Birger Rosengren
1952 Final tournament Erik Nilsson
1964 Qualification Nils Johansson

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Players who have not declared their retirement from international football and have been called up to the national team within the last 2 years.
  2. ^ Includes matches in FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and Olympic football tournament (1908–1952).
  3. ^ Includes the abandoned match against Denmark on 2 June 2007, for which caps and goals were awarded.
  4. ^ Their was not first-choice captain during these years. Orvar Bergmark and Åke Johansson shared the captaincy.
  5. ^ Their was not first-choice captain during these years. Hasse Borg and Ronnie Hellström wore the players with most captaincies during this time.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "90 år sedan första landskampen" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. April 1998. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Sveriges landslagsmän" (in Swedish). SvFF. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ^ Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004, del 2: statistiken (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
  4. ^ "Zlatan blir lagkapten" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Björn Nordqvist – guldbollsvinnaren som inte lämnat planen än" (in Swedish). Kungälvs-Posten. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Rosengren, Birger" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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