The Sweden national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Friends Arena in the Stockholm urban area and the team is led by Janne Andersson.
Sweden made their first World Cup appearance in 1934. Sweden has made eleven World Cup appearances and six appearances in the European Championships. They finished second in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and third in both 1950 and 1994. Sweden's accomplishments also include a gold medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals in 1924 and 1952. They reached the semi-finals in UEFA Euro 1992.<\/P>","E917916C02D12AF6D7EA48F7303A1362":"
CLUB First international:<\/STRONG> Sweden 11–3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908) FIFA World Cup Graham Stephen Potter is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a left back. He is the head coach of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
<\/U>Ostersund<\/STRONG>
Division 1 Norra: 2012
Division 2 Norrland: 2011
Svenska Cupen: 2016–17
Superettan runner-up: 2015
INDIVIDUAL
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<\/U>Swedish Football Awards Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2016, 2017
Swedish Sports Awards Coach of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2017<\/P>","A98A68DC04206563":"
Biggest win:<\/STRONG> Sweden 12–0 Latvia (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1927)
Sweden 12–0 South Korea (London, England; 5 August 1948)
Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG> Great Britain 12–1 Sweden (London, England; 20 October 1908)
World Cup: <\/STRONG>Appearances: 12 (first in 1934)
Best result: Runners-up (1958)
European Championship:<\/STRONG> Appearances: 7 (first in 1992)
Best result: Semi-finals (1992)
Most caps:<\/STRONG> Anders Svensson (148)
Top scorer:<\/STRONG> Zlatan Ibrahimovic (62)<\/P>","A20449E387E65FAD0B1A86B77F820411":"2025-10-20","473E4F49EDE372FCCD98814B96C64159":"Nationalarenan","02EB7DF46653B329":"Sweden","5F7B7520852B84068F743240139E0997":"
<\/STRONG>Runner-up: 1958
Third place: 1950, 1994
Fourth place: 1938
UEFA European Championship
<\/STRONG>Semi-final: 1992
Olympic football tournament
<\/STRONG>Gold Medal: 1948
Bronze Medal: 1924, 1952<\/P>","5B70C105C09228B419825F9D2D3BB765":"
In a 13-year playing career, he made 307 appearances in the Football League. He also played in the Premier League for Southampton and the Football Conference for Shrewsbury Town. At international level, he was capped once for England at under-21 level.
Potter started his managerial career in December 2010 with Swedish club Ostersund. He won three promotions and the Svenska Cupen with Ostersund, leading them to the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout stage. He was appointed manager of Championship club Swansea City in June 2018, and moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion a year later.<\/P>","784C7E93CE11DD2A5DB4877325546098":"1975-5-20","64A2290C09C50CF35B7DBD9C8F3A2F5E":"","39EE935EB0ECE6E5":"26.44","5BAF7C8A60756B540D834B0A0F0B7C9C":"0","94A63A88C13097EB":"Stockholm","D649C50F893C14D0":"svff@svenskfotboll.se","406113B88EA1E6CB":"1","989AD94B51E25F0B":"338974","76505AA7FEAE524629F3119E5AE1B881":"P.O. Box 1216 ,SOLNA - 17 123","C12329A43735BD683D9F19F4C632272A":"Sweden","0108B3B67855A673":"172","CC482DEE81E43A3D":"http:\/\/www.svenskfotboll.se","798114606EDBEE4E25243C6C8C1B5714":"West Ham United F.C.,Chelsea F.C.,Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.,Swansea City A.F.C.,Ostersunds FK","9B2CF1B8E224CFD097332B024E65EDED":"45","F3825434658EC407":"","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","AB7F89FECD1635E88F612521E9058068":"","64CC7FC06580777C":"Graham Stephen Potter","e_index":8};