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Sweden (SWE)

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Founded	1904
Affiliated	1904
WC participations	10 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002)
WC honours	Runners-up (1958)
Continental Titles	None
Facts Sweden have reached the FIFA World Cup finals ten times and can look back on a strong history at the finals. The pinnacle of Swedish achievement came in 1958 when they reached the final on home soil, after dismissing the defending champions Germany in the semi-final. But their opponents in the final, proved superior as Brazil defeated the Scandinavian home side 5-2. Twenty years earlier the Swedes had claimed fourth place in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. After their success in 1958, Sweden failed to qualify for the next two tournaments. In 1970 their campaign ended in the first round, in 1974 they went one round further. In 1978 they returned home without a win. Swedish football re-ignited in the 1990s, culminating in third place in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Players:

1 ISAKSSON Andreas (GK)
2 NILSSON Mikael
3 MELLBERG Olof
4 LUCIC Teddy
5 EDMAN Erik
6 LINDEROTH Tobias
7 ALEXANDERSSON Niclas
8 SVENSSON Anders
9 LJUNGBERG Freddie
10 IBRAHIMOVIC Zlatan
11 LARSSON Henrik
12 ALVBAGE John (GK)
13 HANSSON Petter
14 STENMAN Fredrik
15 SVENSSON Karl
16 KALLSTROM Kim
17 ELMANDER Johan
18 JONSON Mattias
19 ANDERSSON Daniel
20 ALLBACK Marcus
21 WILHELMSSON Christian
22 ROSENBERG Markus
23 SHAABAN Rami (GK)

General Information

FIFA Trigramme: SWE
Country: Sweden
Country (official name): Konungariket Sverige
Continent: Europe
Capital: Stockholm
Major cities: Göteborg, Malmö, Uppsala, Orebro, Norrköping, Västerås, Linköping, Jönköping, Helsingborg, Borås, Sundsvall, Umeå, Gävle, Skellefteå
Currency: Swedish krona
Official languages: Swedish
Motto: For Sweden, with the times

Population (in millions): 8.88
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 25,400
Density (inhabitants per km2): 19.73
Average age (in years): 40.1
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 79.97

Internet code: .se
Number of internet users: 6.02 million (2002)



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