TheSweden men's national football team has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with twelveWorld Cup appearances—collecting one silver and two bronze medals—and three medals in theOlympics , including one gold. Sweden played its first international game againstNorway in 1908 and competed in an international tournament, theSummer Olympics , for the first time the same year. Since then, Sweden has regularly qualified for the World Cup and the Olympics as well as theEuropean Championships . The best results in the World Cup are a second place (as hosts) in the1958 and two third places in1950 and1994 . In the Olympics, Sweden has won the gold medal in1948 as well as two bronze medals in1924 and1952 . The best result in the European Championship is a semi-final loss in1992 as hosts of the tournament.
Ten Swedish players are in theFIFA Century Club , having earned 100 or more caps.Anders Svensson is the most capped Swedish player at 148 appearances, fifth most of all European internationals.Björn Nordqvist , with 115 caps for Sweden, was theWorld record holder for international caps when he ended his national team career in 1978. With 62 goals in 116 caps,Zlatan Ibrahimović is the top scorer for the national team,Sven Rydell in second place with 49 goals in only 43 caps andGunnar Nordahl in third with 43 goals in only 33 caps.Henrik Larsson with 37 goals in fourth place shares a World Cup record for the longest period between a player's first and last goals, with 12 years as he scored in both the 1994 and2006 tournaments.
Three Sweden internationals have been top scorers in a major international tournament,Herbert Carlsson (not included in this list at only 20 caps) at the1920 Olympics ,Gunnar Nordahl at the 1948 Olympics andTomas Brolin at the Euro 1992. No Swedish player has been awarded theWorld CupGolden Boot , butKennet Andersson won theSilver Boot in 1994 withMartin Dahlin winning theBronze Boot in the same tournament. The last award was also won byRalf Edström in1974 . Three Swedish players have been chosen for theWorld CupAll-Star Team ,Erik Nilsson in 1950,Gunnar Gren in 1958 and Tomas Brolin in 1994.
The followinglist of Sweden international footballers covers allfootball players with 30 or more officialcaps for theSweden men's national football team . The players are listed here sorted first by the total number of caps, and then by last name. Substitute appearances are included.
Anders Svensson , Sweden's most capped player of all time.Zlatan Ibrahimović , Sweden's all-time top goalscorer.Henrik Larsson , one of the most prominent goalscorers in theSweden men's national football team in the 1990s and 2000s.Freddie Ljungberg was one of the most important players of thenational team , and also one of the top scoringmidfielders of the team.As of 18 November 2025 .Player Pos Caps Goals First Last WC EC OG Anders Svensson MF 148 21 1999 2013 2002 ,2006 2004 ,2008 ,2012 Thomas Ravelli GK 143 0 1981 1997 1990 ,1994 1992 Andreas Isaksson GK 133 0 2002 2016 2006 2004 ,2008 ,2012 ,2016 Sebastian Larsson MF 133 10 2008 2021 2018 2008 ,2012 ,2016 ,2020 Kim Källström MF 131 16 2001 2016 2006 2004 ,2008 ,2012 ,2016 Zlatan Ibrahimović FW 122 62 2001 2023 2002 ,2006 2004 ,2008 ,2012 ,2016 Olof Mellberg DF 117 8 2000 2012 2002 ,2006 2000 ,2004 ,2008 ,2012 Roland Nilsson DF 116 1 1986 2000 1990 ,1994 1992 ,2000 Björn Nordqvist DF 115 0 1963 1978 1970 ,1974 ,1978 Niclas Alexandersson MF 109 7 1993 2008 2002 ,2006 2000 ,2008 Henrik Larsson FW 106 37 1993 2009 1994 2002 ,2006 2000 ,2004 ,2008 Patrik Andersson DF 96 3 1992 2002 1994 1992 ,2000 Orvar Bergmark [ 2] DF 94 0 1951 1965 1958 Mikael Lustig DF 94 6 2008 2021 2018 2012 ,2016 ,2020 Emil Forsberg MF 92 21 2014 2025 2018 2016 ,2020 Marcus Berg FW 90 24 2008 2021 2018 2016 ,2020 Andreas Granqvist DF 88 9 2006 2019 2018 2012 ,2016 Teddy Lučić DF 86 0 1995 2006 2002 ,2006 2000 ,2004 Johan Elmander FW 85 20 2002 2015 2006 2008 ,2012 Kennet Andersson FW 83 31 1990 2000 1994 1992 ,2000 Christian Wilhelmsson MF 79 9 2001 2012 2006 2004 ,2008 ,2012 Robin Olsen GK 79 0 2015 2025 2018 2020 Joachim Björklund DF 78 0 1992 2000 1994 1992 ,2000 Ronnie Hellström GK 77 0 1968 1980 1970 ,1974 ,1978 Tobias Linderoth MF 76 2 1999 2008 2002 ,2006 2004 Freddie Ljungberg MF 75 14 1998 2008 2002 ,2006 2000 ,2004 ,2008 Jonas Thern MF 75 6 1987 1997 1990 ,1994 1992 Marcus Allbäck FW 74 30 1999 2008 2002 ,2006 2004 ,2008 Daniel Andersson MF 74 0 1997 2009 2006 2000 ,2008 Håkan Mild MF 74 8 1991 2001 1994 2000 Viktor Claesson MF 74 15 2012 2023 2018 2020 Kalle Svensson GK 73 0 1949 1958 1950 1958 1952 Victor Lindelöf DF 73 3 2016 2025 2018 2016 ,2020 Albin Ekdal MF 70 0 2011 2023 2018 2016 ,2020 Bo Larsson MF 70 17 1964 1978 1970 ,1974 ,1978 Ingemar Erlandsson DF 69 2 1978 1985 1978 Stefan Schwarz MF 69 6 1990 2001 1990 ,1994 1992 Glenn Hysén DF 68 7 1981 1990 1990 Mikael Nilsson DF 64 3 2002 2009 2004 ,2008 Ola Toivonen FW 64 14 2007 2018 2018 2012 Martin Dahlin FW 60 29 1991 1997 1994 1992 Roger Ljung MF 59 3 1988 1995 1990 ,1994 1992 Stig Fredriksson DF 58 2 1979 1987 Magnus Hedman GK 58 0 1997 2004 2002 2000 Anders Limpar MF 58 6 1987 1996 1990 ,1994 1992 Gunnar Gren FW 57 32 1940 1958 1958 1948 Bengt Gustavsson DF 57 0 1951 1963 1958 1952 Klas Ingesson MF 57 13 1989 1998 1990 ,1994 1992 Mattias Jonson MF/FW 57 9 1996 2006 2002 ,2006 2004 Pontus Kåmark DF 57 0 1990 2002 1994 Erik Nilsson DF 57 0 1938 1952 1938 ,1950 1948 1952 Alexander Isak FW 56 16 2017 2025 2020 Ludwig Augustinsson DF 56 2 2015 2024 2018 2020 Martin Olsson DF 56 5 2010 2023 2018 2012 ,2016 Robert Prytz MF 56 13 1980 1989 Erik Edman DF 55 1 2001 2009 2006 2004 Roland Grip DF 55 1 1968 1974 1970 ,1974 Åke Johansson MF 53 1 1955 1965 Robin Quaison FW 52 14 2013 2023 2020 Gösta Sandberg [ 3] FW 52 10 1951 1961 1952 Glenn Strömberg MF 52 7 1982 1990 1990 Emil Krafth DF 52 0 2014 2025 2018 2020 Agne Simonsson FW 51 27 1957 1967 1958 Pontus Wernbloom MF 51 2 2007 2016 2012 Sigfrid Lindberg GK 50[ 4] 0 1921 1930 1924 Daniel Majstorović DF 50 2 2003 2013 Hasse Borg DF 49 4 1976 1985 1978 Jimmy Durmaz MF 49 3 2011 2019 2018 2016 Leif Eriksson FW 49 12 1962 1972 1970 Johan Mjällby DF/MF 49 4 1997 2004 2002 2000 Örjan Persson MF 48 7 1962 1974 1970 ,1974 Tomas Brolin FW 47 27 1990 1995 1990 ,1994 1992 Johnny Ekström FW 47 13 1986 1995 1990 1992 Kristoffer Olsson MF 47 0 2017 2023 2020 Peter Larsson MF 47 4 1983 1992 1990 Dejan Kulusevski MF/FW 45 5 2019 2024 2020 Ove Grahn
FW 45 10 1962 1976 1970 ,1974 Stefan Rehn MF 45 6 1988 1995 1994 Thomas Sjöberg MF 45 14 1974 1981 1978 Petter Hansson DF 43 2 2001 2009 2006 2008 Ove Kindvall FW 43 16 1965 1974 1970 ,1974 Sven Rydell FW 43 49 1923 1932 1924 Andreas Andersson FW 42 8 1996 2003 2002 Sven Jonasson FW 42 20 1932 1940 1934 ,1938 1936 Hans Selander DF 42 3 1966 1977 1970 Pierre Bengtsson DF 42 0 2011 2022 2020 Sven Friberg MF 41 0 1915 1928 1924 Karl-Erik Grahn MF 41 4 1935 1946 1936 Andreas Ravelli DF 41 2 1980 1989 Ralf Edström FW 40 15 1972 1980 1974 ,1978 Anders Linderoth MF 40 2 1972 1980 1978 Gösta Löfgren FW 40 12 1951 1961 1958 1952 Tommy Svensson [ 5] MF 40 4 1967 1973 1970 Conny Torstensson MF 40 7 1972 1979 1974 ,1978 Sven Dahlkvist DF/FW 39 4 1979 1985 Rasmus Elm MF 39 4 2009 2013 2012 Kent Karlsson DF 38 0 1973 1977 1974 Krister Kristensson DF 38 0 1967 1972 1970 Magnus Erlingmark DF/MF 37 1 1990 1998 1994 1992 Mattias Svanberg MF 37 2 2019 2025 2020 Putte Kock [ 6] MF 37 12 1919 1925 1924 Sigge Parling MF 37 0 1954 1960 1958 Roland Sandberg FW 37 15 1969 1976 1974 Andreas Jakobsson DF 36 2 1996 2004 2002 2004 Lennart Samuelsson DF 36 0 1950 1955 1950 1952 Staffan Tapper MF 36 3 1971 1978 1974 ,1978 Lennart Wing DF 36 0 1961 1965 Sven Bergqvist GK 35 0 1935 1943 Arvid Emanuelsson DF 35 1 1935 1946 1936 Jan Eriksson DF 35 4 1990 1994 1992 Knut Kroon FW 35 18 1925 1934 1934 Peter Nilsson MF 35 0 1979 1984 Ulf Eriksson MF 34 3 1979 1988 Tobias Hysén FW 34 10 2005 2014 Harry Nilsson DF 34 0 1938 1947 Olle Åhlund MF 34 2 1943 1952 1952 Torbjörn Jonsson MF 33 11 1955 1968 Per Kaufeldt FW 33 23 1921 1931 1924 Gunnar Nordahl FW 33 43 1942 1948 1948 Isaac Kiese Thelin FW 33 5 2014 2024 2018 Markus Rosenberg FW 33 6 2005 2012 2008 ,2012 Ragnar Wicksell MF 33 3 1911 1921 1912 ,1920 Karl Gustafsson FW 32 22 1908 1924 1908 ,1912 ,1920 Kurt Hamrin FW 32 17 1953 1965 1958 Erik Persson [ 7] FW 32 20 1930 1939 1938 Ken Sema DF/MF 32 5 2017 2025 2020 Gustav Svensson MF 32 0 2009 2021 2018 2020 Magnus Svensson MF 32 2 1996 2003 2002 2000 Axel Alfredsson DF 31 0 1924 1932 1924 Sven Axbom DF 31 0 1955 1960 1958 Lennart Backman [ 8] MF 31 3 1958 1966 Samuel Holmén MF 31 2 2006 2013 2012 Gösta Lindh DF/MF 31 2 1950 1954 1952 Hans Mild [ 9] DF/MF 31 1 1960 1965 Arne Nyberg FW 31 18 1935 1946 Stefan Pettersson FW 31 4 1983 1993 1990 Behrang Safari DF 31 0 2008 2013 Sven-Ove Svensson MF 31 8 1951 1956 Viktor Gyökeres FW 30 15 2019 2025 Kurt Axelsson DF 30 0 1966 1971 1970 Jesper Blomqvist MF 30 0 1994 2002 1994 Mats Magnusson FW 30 9 1984 1990 1990 Bengt Nyholm GK 30 0 1959 1964 Gary Sundgren DF 30 1 1994 2000 2000 Rune Wenzel MF 30 1 1919 1930 Pär Zetterberg MF 30 6 1993 1999
^ Only tournaments where official Sweden 'A' matches were played are included. This excludes all tournaments since 1988. ^ National team manager from 1966 to 1970, also has 24bandy caps ^ Also has 8ice hockey caps and 3bandy caps. ^ Includes one unofficial match againstYugoslavia in 1921, which nevertheless is included in his official record. ^ National team manager from 1991 to 1997. ^ National team manager from 1943 to 1956, also has 2ice hockey caps. ^ Also has 7ice hockey caps and 4bandy caps. ^ Also has 16bandy caps. ^ Also has 63ice hockey caps. Print Blohm, Christer; Nordahl, Thomas (2008).Svenska fotbollslandslaget 100 år . Västerås: Idrottsförlaget.ISBN 978-91-977326-0-4 Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; et al., eds. (2004).100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004, del 2: statistiken . Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group.ISBN 91-86184-59-8 Online
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