Sweden men's national under-20 football team

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.

Sweden Under-20
Nickname(s)Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Most capsNiclas Alexandersson
Andreas Bild
Jonny Hägerå
Magnus Johansson
Stefan Paldan
Rasmus Svensson (6)
Top scorerAndreas Bild (3)
First international
 Spain 2–1 Sweden 
(Las Palmas, Spain; 30 January 1991)
Biggest win
 Sweden 4–0 Denmark 
(Malmö, Sweden; 28 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 3–0 Sweden 
(Porto, Portugal; 15 June 1991)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 appearance (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup 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 does not formally play any qualification matches. In 1991 the team was managed by Ulf Lyfors.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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

FIFA U-20 World Cup record FIFA U-20 World Cup qualification record **
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1
Japan 1979 4 1 0 3 5 11
Australia 1981 2 0 1 1 2 5
Mexico 1983 2 0 1 1 1 2
Soviet Union 1985 2 0 0 2 2 5
Chile 1987 6 3 2 1 8 3
Saudi Arabia 1989 6 2 3 1 10 10
Portugal 1991 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 21 7
Australia 1993Did not qualify 6 0 4 2 10 14
Qatar 1995 7 3 2 2 10 10
Malaysia 1997 2 1 0 1 5 7
Nigeria 1999 3 2 0 1 5 2
Argentina 2001 3 1 1 1 7 5
United Arab Emirates 2003 4 1 0 3 5 11
Netherlands 2005 3 1 2 0 13 6
Canada 2007 6 3 0 3 11 10
Egypt 2009 6 2 0 4 7 10
Colombia 2011 3 0 2 1 0 1
Turkey 2013 3 0 2 1 1 2
New Zealand 2015 6 4 0 2 16 6
South Korea 2017 6 2 0 4 5 11
Poland 2019 6 2 1 3 12 8
Indonesia 2021Cancelled 3 1 1 1 7 4
Argentina 2023Did not qualify 6 2 0 4 7 14
Total Best: Group stage 1/23 3 1 0 2 4 6 105 35 26 44 171 165

1991 fixtures
30 January 1991 Friendly Spain  2–1  Sweden Las Palmas, Spain
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1 February 1991 Friendly Portugal  3–4  Sweden Las Palmas, Spain
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28 May 1991 Friendly Sweden  4–0  Denmark Arlöv, Sweden
Paldan ?'
Gudmundsson ?', ?'
Manglind ?'		 Report
15 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC Group B Mexico  3–0  Sweden Porto, Portugal
19:00 UTC+1 Hernández 20'
Pineda 51'
Álvarez 64'		 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  Sweden Porto, Portugal
19:00 UTC+1 Mambo 64' (pen.) Report Rödlund 13'
Bild 23', 46'
Andersson 87'		 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  Sweden Porto, Portugal
21:30 UTC+1 Nunes 29'
Élber 78'		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squad

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
1 1GK Magnus Hedman (1973-03-19)19 March 1973 (aged 18) 3 0 Sweden AIK
12 1GK Mats Svensson (1971-11-22)22 November 1971 (aged 19) 3 0 Sweden Landskrona BoIS
2 2DF Filip Apelstav (1971-09-18)18 September 1971 (aged 19) 3 0 Sweden Västra Frölunda IF
3 2DF Magnus Johansson (1971-11-10)10 November 1971 (aged 19) 6 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
4 2DF Henrik Nilsson (1972-07-25)25 July 1972 (aged 18) 4 0 Sweden Malmö FF
5 2DF Rasmus Svensson (1971-09-05)5 September 1971 (aged 19) 6 1 Sweden Malmö FF
6 2DF Glenn Ståhl (1971-08-25)25 August 1971 (aged 19) 4 0 Sweden IFK Värnamo
8 2DF Patrik Andersson (captain) (1971-08-18)18 August 1971 (aged 19) 3 1 Sweden Malmö FF
7 3MF Niclas Alexandersson (1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 19) 6 0 Sweden Halmstads BK
9 3MF Mikael Hellström (1972-03-11)11 March 1972 (aged 19) 2 0 Sweden Hammarby IF
10 3MF Jonny Hägerå (1971-09-10)10 September 1971 (aged 19) 6 0 Sweden Örgryte IS
11 3MF Patrick Luxenburg (1972-07-07)7 July 1972 (aged 18) 0 0 Sweden Djurgårdens IF
13 3MF Ulf Lilius (1972-01-27)27 January 1972 (aged 19) 3 0 Sweden Helsingborgs IF
14 3MF Jonny Rödlund (1971-12-22)22 December 1971 (aged 19) 5 1 Sweden IFK Norrköping
15 4FW Andreas Bild (1971-10-03)3 October 1971 (aged 19) 6 3 Sweden Östers IF
16 4FW Niklas Gudmundsson (1972-02-29)29 February 1972 (aged 19) 4 2 Sweden Halmstads BK
17 4FW Roger Nordstrand (1973-05-20)20 May 1973 (aged 18) 3 0 Sweden Örgryte IS
18 4FW Stefan Paldan (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 19) 6 1 Sweden Östers IF

Other call-ups in 1991

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
MF Anders Andersson (1974-03-15)15 March 1974 (aged 17) 1 0 Sweden Malmö FF v.  Denmark, 28 May 1991
MF Tommy Onodi (1971-08-31)31 August 1971 (aged 19) 1 0 Sweden IFK Eskilstuna v.  Portugal, 1 February 1991
MF Jens Svensson (1972-03-27)27 March 1972 (aged 19) 1 0 Sweden Mjällby AIF v.  Portugal, 1 February 1991
FW Issa Manglind (1971-09-22)22 September 1971 (aged 19) 1 1 Sweden Landskrona BoIS v.  Denmark, 28 May 1991
FW Jens Nilsson (1972-07-30)30 July 1972 (aged 18) 2 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping v.  Portugal, 1 February 1991

See also

References
  1. "Brazil – Sweden". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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