List of Sweden international footballers

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This is a list of Sweden international footballers, football players who have played for the Sweden national football team. All players with 50 or more official games played are listed here, as well as three players with below 50 caps who have scored 25 goals or more for the national team. Players are listed according to total number of caps (games played), and then by last name. Substitute appearances included.

Henrik Larsson, one of the most prominent goalscorers in the Sweden national football team in the 1990s and 2000s. He ended his career in 2006, scoring a total of 36 goals in 93 caps.

Håkan Mild has played for the national team in all three big tournaments, as he was part of the squad for the 1992 Olympics, the 1994 World Cup and the Euro 2000 tournaments.

Fredrik Ljungberg, the current captain, is one of the most important players of the national team, and also one of the top scoring midfielders of the team.

As of 3 April 2007:

Name	Position	National team career	Caps	Goals
Ravelli, ThomasThomas Ravelli	GK	1981–1997	143	0
Nilsson, RolandRoland Nilsson	DF	1986–2000	116	2
Nordqvist, BjörnBjörn Nordqvist	DF	1963–1978	115	0
Alexandersson, NiclasNiclas Alexandersson	MF	1993–0000	98	7
Andersson, PatrikPatrik Andersson	DF	1992–2002	96	3
Bergmark, OrvarOrvar Bergmark	DF	1951–1965	94	0
Larsson, HenrikHenrik Larsson	FW	1993–2006	93	36
Lucic, TeddyTeddy Lucic	DF	1995–2006	86	0
Andersson, KennetKennet Andersson	FW	1990–2000	83	31
Björklund, JoachimJoachim Björklund	DF	1992–2000	78	0
Hellström, RonnieRonnie Hellström	GK	1968–1980	77	0
Svensson, AndersAnders Svensson	MF	1999–0000	76	13
Thern, JonasJonas Thern	MF	1987–1997	75	6
Mild, HåkanHåkan Mild	MF	1991–2001	74	8
Svensson, KalleKalle Svensson	GK	1949–1958	73	0
Mellberg, OlofOlof Mellberg	DF	2000–0000	72	2
Larsson, BoBo Larsson	DF/MF/FW	1964–1978	70	17
Erlandsson, IngemarIngemar Erlandsson	DF	1978–1985	69	2
Schwarz, StefanStefan Schwarz	MF	1990–2001	69	6
Hysén, GlennGlenn Hysén	DF	1981–1990	68	7
Linderoth, TobiasTobias Linderoth	MF	1999–0000	67	1
Ljungberg, FredrikFredrik Ljungberg	MF	1998–0000	65	13
Allbäck, MarcusMarcus Allbäck	FW	1999–0000	64	27
Dahlin, MartinMartin Dahlin	FW	1991–1997	60	29
Ljung, RogerRoger Ljung	MF	1988–1995	59	3
Fredriksson, StigStig Fredriksson	DF	1979–1987	58	2
Hedman, MagnusMagnus Hedman	GK	1997–2004	58	0
Limpar, AndersAnders Limpar	MF	1987–1996	58	6
Gren, GunnarGunnar Gren	FW	1940–1958	57	32
Gustavsson, BengtBengt Gustavsson	DF/MF	1951–1963	57	0
Ingesson, KlasKlas Ingesson	MF	1989–1998	57	13
Jonson, MattiasMattias Jonson	MF/FW	1996–2006	57	9
Kåmark, PontusPontus Kåmark	DF	1990–2002	57	0
Nilsson, ErikErik Nilsson	DF	1938–1952	57	0
Prytz, RobertRobert Prytz	MF	1980–1989	56	13
Grip, RolandRoland Grip	DF	1968–1974	55	1
Johansson, ÅkeÅke Johansson	MF	1955–1965	53	1
Andersson, DanielDaniel Andersson	MF	1997–0000	52	0
Sandberg, GöstaGösta Sandberg	FW	1951–1961	52	10
Strömberg, GlennGlenn Strömberg	MF	1982–1990	52	7
Simonsson, AgneAgne Simonsson	FW	1957–1967	51	27
Brolin, TomasTomas Brolin	MF/FW	1990–1995	47	26
Rydell, SvenSven Rydell	FW	1923–1932	43	49
Nordahl, GunnarGunnar Nordahl	FW	1942–1948	33	43

Key

GK — Goalkeeper
DF — Defender
MF — Midfielder
FW — Forward

[edit] References

Alsiö, Martin (ed.); Frantz, Alf (ed.), Lindahl, Jimmy (ed.) & Persson, Gunnar (ed.) (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Landslaget. Swedish Football Association (2006). Retrieved on October 13, 2006.
Lindahl, Jimmy (2005). Spelare med flest A-landskamper genom tiderna. Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. Retrieved on October 13, 2006.