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Men's U23 national association football team representing Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sweden Olympic football team (also informally known as Sweden national under-23 football team from 1992) is the football team representing Sweden in Olympics and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team has been active since 1984, when the IOC restricted UEFA countries to only include players without FIFA World Cup appearances.
The team qualified for the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals both times. In the 2016 Olympics, Sweden was eliminated in the group stage. Since 1992, the UEFA European Under-21 Championship acts as the qualification to the Olympics for the European teams. Therefore, the Swedish Olympic team is only active in the event of Sweden qualifying for the Olympics. The team has been coached by Benny Lennartsson (1986–1988), Nisse Andersson (1992) and Håkan Ericson (2016).
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Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 were only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. Since 1992 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for under-23 teams with a maximum of three overage players. See Sweden men's national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1980.
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Tournament held on home soil
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Results
1992
| 26 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C | Sweden  | 0–0 |  Paraguay | Barcelona, Spain |
| 21:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Estadi de Sarrià Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lube Spassov (Bulgaria) |
| 28 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C | Sweden | 4–0 |  Morocco | Sabadell, Spain |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Brolin  13', 68' Mild 19' Rödlund 57' |
Report | Stadium: Estadi Nova Creu Alta Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia) |
| 30 July 1992 1992 Olympics Group C | Sweden | 1–1 |  South Korea | Barcelona, Spain |
| 21:00 UTC+2 | Rödlund 50' |
Report | Seo Jung-Won 28' |
Stadium: Estadi de Sarrià Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) |
| 2 August 1992 1992 Olympics Quarter-finals | Sweden | 1–2 |  Australia | Barcelona, Spain |
| 21:30 UTC+2 | P. Andersson 62' |
Report | Markovski 30' Murphy 55' |
Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) |
2016
| 29 July 2016 Friendly | South Korea  | 3–2 | Sweden | São Paulo, Brazil |
| 20:00 UTC−2 | Moon Chang-jin 38', 41' Ryu Seung-woo 54' |
Report | Sema 26' Une Larsson 57' |
Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium Attendance: 11,256 Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil) |
| 4 August 2016 2016 Olympics Group B | Sweden | 2–2 |  Colombia | Manaus, Brazil |
| 18:00 UTC−4 | Ishak 43' Ajdarević 62' |
Report | Gutiérrez 17' Pabón 75' (pen.) |
Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Attendance: 29,996 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) |
| 7 August 2016 2016 Olympics Group B | Sweden | 0–1 |  Nigeria | Manaus, Brazil |
| 18:00 UTC−4 | Report | Sadiq 40' |
Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Attendance: 23,892 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand) |
| 10 August 2016 2016 Olympics Group B | Japan  | 1–0 | Sweden | Salvador, Brazil |
| 19:00 UTC−3 | Yajima 65' |
Report | Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 17,821 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) |
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Players
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2016 Summer Olympics squad
The following 18 players were called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 10 August 2016.
Alternate players
The following 3 players were listed as alternate players.[1]
Provisional players
The following 16 players were in the provisional squad but weren't selected for the final squad.[2]
Previous squads
Overage players in Olympic Games
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