Sweden men's national under-19 football team

National association football team

Sweden Under-19
Nickname(s)Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachTomas Turesson (Team 2005)
Andreas Pettersson (Team 2006)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Sweden 3–0 Finland 
(Helsingborg, Sweden; 1 August 1959)
UEFA U-19 Championship
Appearances14 (first in 1963)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1964, 1990)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage (1991)

The Sweden national under-19 football team (Swedish: svenska juniorlandslaget i fotboll) is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-19 year old players. Primarily, it competes to qualify for the annual UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Sweden made their first and so far only FIFA U-20 World Cup appearance in 1991, being knocked out in the group stage.[1]

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record FIFA U-20 World Cup qualification record **
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1
Japan 1979 4 1 0 3 5 11
Australia 1981 2 0 1 1 2 5
Mexico 1983 2 0 1 1 1 2
Soviet Union 1985 2 0 0 2 2 5
Chile 1987 6 3 2 1 8 3
Saudi Arabia 1989 6 2 3 1 10 10
Portugal 1991 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 21 7
Australia 1993 Did not qualify 6 0 4 2 10 14
Qatar 1995 7 3 2 2 10 10
Malaysia 1997 2 1 0 1 5 7
Nigeria 1999 3 2 0 1 5 2
Argentina 2001 3 1 1 1 7 5
United Arab Emirates 2003 4 1 0 3 5 11
Netherlands 2005 3 1 2 0 13 6
Canada 2007 6 3 0 3 11 10
Egypt 2009 6 2 0 4 7 10
Colombia 2011 3 0 2 1 0 1
Turkey 2013 3 0 2 1 1 2
New Zealand 2015 6 4 0 2 16 6
South Korea 2017 6 2 0 4 5 11
Poland 2019 6 2 1 3 12 8
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled 3 1 1 1 7 4
Argentina 2023 Did not qualify 6 2 0 4 7 14
Chile 2025 3 0 2 1 3 4
Total Best: Group stage 1/24 3 1 0 2 4 6 108 35 28 45 174 169

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA European Under-19 Championship record UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
England 1948 Did not enter No qualification
Netherlands 1949
Austria 1950
France 1951
Spain 1952
Belgium 1953
West Germany 1954
Italy 1955
Hungary 1956
Spain 1957
Luxembourg 1958
Bulgaria 1959
Austria 1960
Portugal 1961
Romania 1962
England 1963 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 6 9 1 1 0 0 2 0
Netherlands 1964 Quarter-finals 8th 3 1 0 2 3 3 No qualification
West Germany 1965 Group stage 18th 2 0 1 1 3 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1966 Did not enter Did not enter
Turkey 1967 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 3 4 Automatically qualified
France 1968 Did not enter Did not enter
East Germany 1969 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 4
Scotland 1970 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 8 Automatically qualified
Czechoslovakia 1971 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 9 1
Spain 1972 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 3 7
Italy 1973 2 0 0 2 1 3
Sweden 1974 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 4 4 Qualified as hosts
Switzerland 1975 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 4
Hungary 1976 2 0 2 0 1 1
Belgium 1977 Group stage 7th 3 2 0 1 4 5 4 3 0 1 10 6
Poland 1978 Did not qualify 4 1 0 3 5 11
Austria 1979 2 0 1 1 1 4
East Germany 1980 2 0 1 1 2 5
West Germany 1981 Group stage 8th 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1
Finland 1982 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
England 1983 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1
Soviet Union 1984 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1986 6 3 2 1 8 3
Czechoslovakia 1988 6 2 3 1 10 10
Hungary 1990 Quarter-finals 5th 2 1 0 1 6 3 6 3 2 1 15 4
Germany 1992 Did not qualify 6 0 4 2 10 14
England 1993 2 1 0 1 3 3
Spain 1994 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 3 1 0 8 4
Greece 1995 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 3 1
France 1996 2 1 0 1 5 7
Iceland 1997 3 2 1 0 7 1
Cyprus 1998 3 2 0 1 5 2
Sweden 1999 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 2 4 Qualified as hosts
Germany 2000 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 7 5
Finland 2001 2 0 1 1 6 7
Norway 2002 Did not qualify 4 1 0 3 5 11
Liechtenstein 2003 6 1 2 3 6 11
Switzerland 2004 3 1 2 0 13 6
Northern Ireland 2005 6 5 0 1 17 5
Poland 2006 6 3 0 3 11 10
Austria 2007 6 2 1 3 10 14
Czech Republic 2008 6 2 0 4 7 10
Ukraine 2009 6 1 2 3 10 14
France 2010 3 0 2 1 0 1
Romania 2011 3 0 0 3 2 8
Estonia 2012 3 0 2 1 1 2
Lithuania 2013 6 2 1 3 8 13
Hungary 2014 6 4 0 2 16 6
Greece 2015 6 2 2 2 10 9
Germany 2016 6 2 0 4 5 11
Georgia (country) 2017 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 4 6 6 5 0 1 13 4
Finland 2018 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 12 8
Armenia 2019 3 1 1 1 5 5
Northern Ireland 2020 Cancelled 3 1 1 1 7 4
Romania 2021 Cancelled
Slovakia 2022 Did not qualify 6 2 0 4 7 14
Malta 2023 6 1 2 3 6 7
Northern Ireland 2024 3 0 2 1 3 4
Romania 2025 To be determined To be determined
Wales 2026
Israel 2027
Total Best: Quarter-finals 14/71 40 7 12 21 46 70 189 67 45 77 306 293

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Youth Cup (U-20) 1991 (Portugal, June 14-30)". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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