Sweden at the UEFA European Championship

Sweden have appeared at six UEFA European Championships, between 1992 (when they hosted the event) and 2016. Their best result so far has been the fourth-place finish at home in 1992, where they lost 2–3 in their semi-final against Germany (2–3).

Euro 1992

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
France	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
England	3	0	2	1	1	2	–1	2

Sweden  v  France

10 June 1992 (Group Phase) 20:15

Sweden	1–1	France
Eriksson  24'	Report	Papin  58'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 29,860 Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)

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Sweden  v  Denmark

14 June 1992 (Group Phase) 20:15

Sweden	1–0	Denmark
Brolin  58'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 29,902 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

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Sweden  v  England

17 June 1992 (Group Phase) 20:15

Sweden	2–1	England
Eriksson  51' Brolin  82'	Report	Platt  4'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 30,126 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

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Sweden  v  Germany

21 June 1992 (Semi-Finals) 20:15

Sweden	2–3	Germany
Brolin  64' (pen.) K. Andersson  89'	Report	Häßler  11' Riedle  59', 88'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 28,827 Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Euro 2000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1

Belgium  v  Sweden

10 June 2000 (Group Phase) 20:45

Belgium	2–1	Sweden
Goor  43' É. Mpenza  46'	Report	Mjällby  53'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 46,700 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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Sweden  v  Turkey

15 June 2000 (Group Phase) 20:45

Sweden	0–0	Turkey
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 28,560 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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Italy  v  Sweden

19 June 2000 (Group Phase) 20:45

Italy	2–1	Sweden
Di Biagio  39' Del Piero  88'	Report	Larsson  77'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Euro 2004

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5
Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Tie-breaker

Only the matches between the teams finishing level on points are considered:

Denmark	0–0	Italy
Italy	1–1	Sweden
Denmark	2–2	Sweden

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
Denmark	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Italy	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Sweden  v  Bulgaria

14 June 2004 (Group Phase) 19:45

Sweden	5–0	Bulgaria
Ljungberg  32' Larsson  57', 58' Ibrahimović  78' (pen.) Allbäck  90+1'	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 31,652 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

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Italy  v  Sweden

18 June 2004 (Group Phase) 19:45

Italy	1–1	Sweden
Cassano  37'	Report	Ibrahimović  85'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 44,926 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

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Denmark  v  Sweden

22 June 2004 (Group Phase) 19:45

Denmark	2–2	Sweden
Tomasson  28', 66'	Report	Larsson  47' (pen.) Jonson  89'

Estádio do Bessa, Porto Attendance: 26,115 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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Sweden  v  Netherlands

26 June 2004 (Quarter-Finals) 19:45

Sweden	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
	Penalties
Källström Larsson Ibrahimović Ljungberg Wilhelmsson Mellberg	4–5	Van Nistelrooy Heitinga Reiziger Cocu Makaay Robben

Estádio do Algarve, Faro/Loulé Attendance: 27,286 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Euro 2008

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9
Russia	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Greece	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Greece  v  Sweden

10 June 2008 (Group Phase) 20:45

Greece	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Ibrahimović  67' Hansson  72'

Wals-Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg Attendance: 31,063[1] Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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Sweden  v  Spain

14 June 2008 (Group Phase) 18:00

Sweden	1–2	Spain
Ibrahimović  34'	Report	Torres  15' Villa  90+2'

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck Attendance: 30,772[2] Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

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Russia  v  Sweden

18 June 2008 (Group Phase) 20:45

Russia	2–0	Sweden
Pavlyuchenko  24' Arshavin  50'	Report

Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck Attendance: 30,772[3] Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Euro 2012

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
France	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3

Ukraine  v  Sweden

11 June 2012 (Group Phase) 21:45

Ukraine	2–1	Sweden
Shevchenko  55', 62'	Report	Ibrahimović  52'

Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 64,290[4] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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Sweden  v  England

15 June 2012 (Group Phase) 22:00

Sweden	2–3	England
Johnson  49' (o.g.) Mellberg  59'	Report	Carroll  23' Walcott  64' Welbeck  78'

Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 64,640[5] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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Sweden  v  France

19 June 2012 (Group Phase) 21:45

Sweden	2–0	France
Ibrahimović  54' Larsson  90+1'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 63,010[6] Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Euro 2016

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Republic of Ireland  v  Sweden

13 June 2016 18:00

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden
Hoolahan  48'	Report	Clark  71' (o.g.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 73,419[7] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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Italy  v  Sweden

17 June 2016 15:00

Italy	1–0	Sweden
Éder  88'	Report

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Attendance: 29,600[8] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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Sweden  v  Belgium

22 June 2016 21:00

Sweden	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Nainggolan  84'

Stade de Nice, Nice Attendance: 34,011[9] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Overview

Swedish supporters during UEFA Euro 2008.

Sweden at the UEFA Euro 2012.

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	8	7
1968										6	2	1	3	9	12
1972										6	2	2	2	3	5
1976										6	3	0	3	8	9
1980										6	1	2	3	9	13
1984										8	5	1	2	14	5
1988										8	4	2	2	12	5
1992	Semi-final	4th	4	2	1	1	6	5		Qualified as hosts
1996	Did not qualify									8	2	3	3	9	10
2000	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	4		8	7	1	0	10	1
2004	Quarter-final	7th	4	1	3 *	0	8	3		8	5	2	1	19	3
2008	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	4		12	8	2	2	23	9
2012	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	5	5		10	8	0	2	31	11
2016	Group stage		3	0	1	2	1	3		10	4	4	2	15	12
2020	To be determined
Total	Best: Semi-final	6/15	20	5	6	9	25	24		103	53	24	26	171	106

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

References

1. "Full-time Greece-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
2. "Full-time report Sweden-Spain" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
3. "Full-time report Russia-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
4. "Full-time report Ukraine-Sweden" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
5. "Full-time report Sweden-England" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
6. "Full-time report Sweden-France" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
7. "Full Time Summary – Republic of Ireland v Sweden" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
8. "Full Time Summary – Italy v Sweden" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
9. "Full Time Summary – Sweden v Belgium" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.