Swedish national football team (U-18 juniors)

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Kingdom of Sweden
Konungariket Sverige
Logo Svenska Fotbollförbundet.svg
Association Svenska Fotbollförbundet
confederacy UEFA
FIFA code SWE
(Status: unknown)

The Swedish U-18 national soccer team is a Swedish junior national soccer team . Until 2001, she represented the Kingdom of Sweden as a selection team in the U-18 age group, particularly in UEFA competitions. After UEFA raised the age limit to 19, only friendly matches for the younger generation have been played in preparation for the U-19 national team .

history

The U-18 team first appeared in the UEFA youth tournament in 1963 , and since 1981 they have regularly participated in qualifying for the newly introduced U-18 European Championship . By the time the age limit was raised in 2001, the selection team had qualified for a final tournament five times. The greatest success was reaching the quarter-finals at the 1990 European Championship finals .

Tournament balance sheet at U-18 European Championships

1981 Group stage
1982 not qualified
1983 Group stage
1984 not qualified
1986 not qualified
1988 not qualified
1990 Quarter finals
1992 not qualified
1993 not qualified
1994 Group stage
1995 not qualified
1996 not qualified
1997 not qualified
1998 not qualified
1999 Group stage
2000 not qualified
2001 not qualified

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