European Football Championship 2012 / Sweden

This article covers the Swedish national team at the 2012 European Football Championship . For Sweden it was the fifth participation and since 2000 Sweden has always been able to qualify, but was eliminated again in the preliminary round, as it was last in 2008.

qualification

course

The Swedish team was drawn to qualification group E when the qualification groups were drawn on February 7, 2010 in Warsaw . After victories against Hungary and San Marino on the opening match days in September of that year, the team conceded their third qualifying game against the Netherlands after conceding twice Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay in the consolation goal to make the final score 1: 4 by the Dutch legionnaire Andreas Granqvist the first defeat. The Swedes started 2011 with two wins against Moldova and a 5-0 home win against Finland . The subsequent defeat against Hungary made it exciting again in the duel for second place behind the Dutch who dominated the group without losing points. After repeated victories against San Marino and Finland, the team was finally confirmed as runners-up in the group ahead of the last matchday due to the better comparison with Hungary. In the final group game, the goalscorers Kim Källström , Sebastian Larsson with a penalty and Ola Toivonen - again Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Dirk Kuyt scored for the opponent - Sweden to victory over the Dutch. The success meant direct qualification, as the team was in the list of the best second-placed teams in the list of six qualifying wins two points ahead of Portugal and Croatia .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1.	Netherlands	37: 08	27
2.	Sweden	31:11	24
3.	Hungary	22:14	19th
4th	Finland	16:16	10
5.	Moldova	12:16	09
6th	San Marino	00:53	00

Sweden	-	Hungary	2-0
Sweden	-	San Marino	6-0
Netherlands	-	Sweden	4: 1
Sweden	-	Moldova	2: 1
Moldova	-	Sweden	1: 4
Sweden	-	Finland	5-0
Hungary	-	Sweden	2: 1
San Marino	-	Sweden	0: 5
Finland	-	Sweden	1: 2
Sweden	-	Netherlands	3: 2

Used players

After the unsuccessful qualification for the 2010 World Cup , Erik Hamrén , who had won national titles as a coach in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, succeeded Lars Lagerbäck as the Swedish national coach. In the ten games in the qualification he used 23 different players, Mikael Lustig , Johan Elmander and Kim Källström were the only ones to play all ten games. The top scorer in the Swedish selection was Zlatan Ibrahimović with five goals , who also led the team onto the field as team captain in seven games . Anders Svensson represented him in three games . The 31 goals scored in qualifying were split between 14 different players and two own goals from San Marino. At 6: 0 win against San Marino was Olof Mellberg of the referenced field .

Contingent

National coach Erik Hamrén announced his 23-player squad on May 14th. In addition to the mandatory nomination of three goalkeepers, he appointed seven defensive and eight midfielders and five strikers. While the previously injured Johan Elmander gave the all-clear shortly before the squad was nominated , John Guidetti had to pass due to an injury.

The squad comprised 20 players active abroad, only Pär Hansson , Tobias Hysén and Anders Svensson were under contract with clubs from their home country. Olof Mellberg played his fourth European championship final round, in his three previous tournaments he had been used in all final round matches of the Swedish national team. In total, there were nine players with him who have match practice at a final round. With a total of four goals in the European Championship finals, Zlatan Ibrahimović , who was in the squad for the third time, was the most successful fellow traveler. He led the list of the most successful goalscorers of the Swedish national team with Henrik Larsson in the European Championship finals ahead of Tomas Brolin , who was successful three times. With two goals in the final round, Ibrahimović is now alone the best Swedish European Championship goalscorer with 6 goals.

Jersey no.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	EM games	Sp.	Gates	red	G / R	yellow
goalkeeper
23	Par Hansson	Helsingborgs IF	June 22, 1986	2	0	Jan. 19, 2011
01	Andreas Isaksson	PSV Eindhoven	0Oct 3, 1981	96	0	27 Mar 2002	4 (2004), 3 (2008)	3
12	Johan Wiland	FC Copenhagen	Jan. 24, 1981	8th	0	Jan. 18, 2007
Defense
15th	Mikael Antonsson	Bologna FC	May 31, 1981	5	0	Jan. 22, 2007
04th	Andreas Granqvist	CFC genoa	Apr 16, 1985	21st	2	Jan. 23, 2006		3
02	Mikael Funny	Celtic Glasgow	Dec 13, 1986	26th	1	Jan. 19, 2008		2
03	Olof Mellberg	Olympiacos Piraeus	03rd Sep 1977	117	8th	Feb 23, 2000	3 (2000), 4 (2004), 3 (2008)	3	1			1
13	Jonas Olsson	West Bromwich Albion	10 Mar 1983	10	0	0June 2, 2010		2				1
05	Martin Olsson	Blackburn Rovers	May 17, 1988	12	4th	May 29, 2010		3
17th	Behrang Safari	RSC Anderlecht	0Feb 9, 1985	24	0	Jan. 13, 2008
midfield
19th	Emir Bajrami	FC Twente Enschede	07th Mar 1988	17th	2	Jan. 20, 2010		1
06th	Rasmus Elm	AZ Alkmaar	17th Mar 1988	26th	1	Jan. 24, 2009		2				1
18th	Samuel Holmén	Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor	June 28, 1984	28	2	Nov 15, 2006		1				1
09	Kim Källström	Olympique Lyon	Aug 24, 1982	95	16	Jan. 31, 2001	4 (2004), 2 (2008)	3				1
07th	Sebastian Larsson	Sunderland AFC	0June 6, 1985	44	6th	0Feb 6, 2008	1 (2008)	3	1
08th	Not so Svensson	IF Elfsborg	17th July 1976	130	18th	Nov 27, 1999	3 (2004), 3 (2008)	3				2
16	Pontus Wernbloom	CSKA Moscow	June 25, 1986	24	2	Jan. 18, 2007		1
21st	Christian Wilhelmsson	Al-Hilal	0Dec 8, 1979	77	9	Jan. 31, 2001	4 (2004), 1 (2008)	3
attack
11	Johan Elmander	Galatasaray Istanbul	May 27, 1981	65	16	Feb 13, 2002	2 (2008)	2
14th	Tobias Hysén	IFK Gothenburg	09 Mar 1982	23	7th	Jan. 22, 2005
10	Zlatan Ibrahimović	AC Milan	0Oct 3, 1981	80	33	Jan. 31, 2001	4 (2004), 3 (2008)	3	2
22nd	Markus Rosenberg	SV Werder Bremen	27 Sep 1982	33	6th	Jan. 22, 2005	2 (2008)	2
20th	Ola Toivonen	PSV Eindhoven	03rd July 1986	26th	6th	Jan. 14, 2007		2
Trainer
	Erik Hamrén		June 27, 1957			Nov 4, 2009		3

1. ↑ ^{a b} As of June 19 (after the game against France)
2. ↑ Status: Before the start of the European Championship finals
3. ↑ Also an own goal by the Englishman Glen Johnson

Preparation and lodging

Shortly after the draw for the group matches in the final round, the Swedish Association announced on December 3, 2011 that it had chosen the location for the European Championship finals. During the tournament, the selection team will reside in the Platinum Hotel in Kosyn in the Kiev Oblast , which is located just under 23 kilometers from the capital of Ukraine in the south.

The team met on May 24th, and on the same day there was the first public training session at the Gutavallen Stadium in Visby . Further preparation was for international matches against Iceland (3: 2) on May 30 at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg and on June 5 in Solna's Råsundastadion against Serbia (2: 1), before the selection left for Kosyn the following day.

Swedish team games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	France	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Sweden	3	1	0	2	005: 500	± 0	03
The direct comparison is decisive for placing 3 and 4 (see mode ).

Preliminary group D:

Mon., June 11, 2012, 8:45 p.m. in Kiev
Ukraine	-	Sweden	2: 1 (0: 0)
Friday, June 15, 2012, 8:45 p.m.
Sweden	-	England	2: 3 (0: 1)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 8:45 p.m. in Kiev
Sweden	-	France	2: 0 (0: 0)

Awards

As the only player from a team eliminated in the preliminary round, Zlatan Ibrahimović was elected to the UEFA All-Star Team of the 23 best players of the tournament.

Remarks

1. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Positivt besked för Elmander" ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 17, 2012) 
2. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "EM-drömmen spolierad för Guidetti" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 17, 2012) 
3. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Landslagets EM-bas söder om Kiev" (accessed on December 5, 2012)
4. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "EM-truppens öppna träningar" (accessed on May 25, 2012)
5. ↑ The kick-off times for Games 15 and 16 (Ukraine – France and Sweden – England) were swapped after the draw