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- Despite beating France, Sweden were runners-up to Les Bleus in their qualifying group although they did finish above the Netherlands. They then beat four-time world champions Italy 1-0 over two legs in the play-offs to book their place at the World Cup.
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Sweden have been one of the more successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having reached the top four on four occasions, and becoming runners-up on home ground in 1958. They have been present at 12 out of 21 World Cups by 2018.
Four-time champions Italy did not qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, missing out on qualification for the first time since 1958 after losing in the playoffs to Sweden, while the three-time FIFA World Cup runners-up Netherlands did not qualify for the tournament for the first time since 2002 after finishing third in 2014, and second in 2010 ...
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This is Sweden's first World Cup since making it to the last 16 in Germany in 2006, a campaign which included a 90th-minute equaliser by Henrik Larsson in a 2-2 group draw with England. They got to Russia the hard way. Despite beating France, Sweden were runners-up to Les Bleus in their qualifying group although they did finish above the Netherland...
There was talk Ibrahimovic - one of the most decorated and iconic players of the modern game - could come out of international retirement for this tournament. "If I want I am there," said the 36-year-old- scorer of 62 goals in 116 games for his country - in March. Ibrahimovic, who announced his retirement after Sweden were knocked out of Euro 2016,...
Sweden have netted six times in four games at this tournament. However, only half of those have been scored in open play by a player in a Swedish shirt. An own goal helped seal their win against Mexico, while former Wigan Athletic player Granqvist is the first Swede to score two or more goals in a single World Cup tournament since Larsson in 2002 a...
Analysis from BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher, who watched Sweden beat Switzerland in St Petersburg It has not gone unnoticed that BBC Radio 5 live pundit Pat Nevin - a Scot, it should be noted - suggested the other day that 99 times out of 100 England should beat Sweden. Indeed, in the Swedish camp near Krasnodar they are absolutely delighted with this ...
Analysis by BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson Granqvist made more clearances than anyone else against Switzerland but he is their biggest voice as well as their stand-out defender. Granqvist is the man who organises everything for them at the back, and he does a very good job. That organisation is their obvious strength - they were really ...
England and Sweden have met each other 24 times, and things are very close with eight English wins, nine draws and seven Swedish successes. However, England won six of the first nine matches, and have only won two of the most recent 15 games - with both coming in the 2011-12 season. England won 1-0 in a Wembley friendlyin November 2011 with Gareth ...
Former England manager Sven Goran Erikssonexpects his home country to win the match. He told Swedish newspaper Expressen:external-link"England will struggle to score goals against Sweden. I think it will be a Swedish victory." In a later interview with Aftonbladet, Eriksson said he thought the tie would at least go to extra time. "You can't claim t...
Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen has kept three clean sheets at the 2018 World Cup, while England have conceded one goal in each of their four games. However, England have more goals, more shots and corners than the Scandinavians. Interestingly, England's ball possession at this World Cup is 53% compared to Sweden's 38% while the Three Lions have atte...
Swedish paper Svenska Dagblade (SvD),reports that Sweden fans are finding it difficult to find national replica football shirts at home thanks to the team's World Cup success. "Things have gone a bit too well for Sweden", a spokesman for Adidas told SvD. external-link "We have been told here at customer service to tell the customers that there is n...
Jun 8, 2018 · June 8, 2018 David Selini. FIFA World Cup 2018: Sweden. Sweden qualified for their first FIFA World Cup since 2006 by finishing second in a tough group behind France but ahead of the Netherlands. They then managed to knock Italy out of the play-offs with a 1-0 aggregate score.
Notable teams that failed to qualify included: four-time champions Italy (for the first time since 1958), who were knocked out in a qualification play-off by quarter-finalists Sweden and were the highest-ranked team to not qualify; and the Netherlands, who were three-time runners-up and had finished in third place in 2014, had qualified for the ...
Jun 27, 2018 · Germany knocked out after 2-0 defeat. Relive Sweden's victory over Mexico. See how the players rated. Sweden also had a first-half penalty claim for a handball by Javier Hernandez denied...
Mar 22, 2018 · From fixtures and fun facts to the key men, all you need to know about Sweden ahead of this summers World Cup.
