Sweden men's national under-20 football team

The Sweden national under-20 football team is the football team representing Sweden in FIFA U-20 World Cup and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden made their first and so far only FIFA U-20 World Cup appearance in 1991 and was knocked out in the group stage.

Sweden Under-20

Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Niclas Alexandersson Andreas Bild Jonny Hägerå Magnus Johansson Stefan Paldan Rasmus Svensson (6)
Top scorer	Andreas Bild (3)
First international
Spain 2–1 Sweden (Las Palmas, Spain; 30 January 1991)
Biggest win
Sweden 4–0 Denmark (Malmö, Sweden; 28 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 3–0 Sweden (Porto, Portugal; 15 June 1991)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 appearance (first in 1991)
Best result	Group stage: 1991

The qualification to the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the European teams is the European Under-19 Championship. Therefore, the Swedish Under-20 team does not formally play any qualification matches. In 1991 the team was managed by Ulf Lyfors.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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

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
1977	Did not qualify									2	0	2	0	1	1
1979										4	1	0	3	5	11
1981										2	0	1	1	2	5
1983										2	0	1	1	1	2
1985										2	0	0	2	2	5
1987										6	3	2	1	8	3
1989										6	2	3	1	10	10
1991	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	6		8	4	2	2	21	7
1993	Did not qualify									6	0	4	2	10	14
1995										7	3	2	2	10	10
1997										2	1	0	1	5	7
1999										3	2	0	1	5	2
2001										3	1	1	1	7	5
2003										4	1	0	3	5	11
2005										3	1	2	0	13	6
2007										6	3	0	3	11	10
2009										6	2	0	4	7	10
2011										3	0	2	1	0	1
2013										3	0	2	1	1	2
2015										6	4	0	2	16	6
2017										6	2	0	4	5	11
2019										6	2	1	3	12	8
2021	Cancelled									3	1	1	1	7	4
2023	Did not qualify									6	2	0	4	7	14
2025	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Best: Group stage	1/24	3	1	0	2	4	6		105	35	26	44	171	165

1991 fixtures

Spain v Sweden

30 January 1991 Friendly	Spain	2–1	Sweden	Las Palmas, Spain
	?', ?'	Report	Svensson ?'

Portugal v Sweden

1 February 1991 Friendly	Portugal	3–4	Sweden	Las Palmas, Spain
	?', ?', ?'	Report	Bild ?' ?', ?', ?'

Sweden v Denmark

28 May 1991 Friendly	Sweden	4–0	Denmark	Arlöv, Sweden
	Paldan ?' Gudmundsson ?', ?' Manglind ?'	Report

Mexico v Sweden

15 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC Group B	Mexico	3–0	Sweden	Porto, Portugal
19:00 UTC+1	Hernández 20' Pineda 51' Álvarez 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

Ivory Coast v Sweden

18 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC Group B	Ivory Coast	1–4	Sweden	Porto, Portugal
19:00 UTC+1	Mambo 64' (pen.)	Report	Rödlund 13' Bild 23', 46' Andersson 87'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 1,500 Referee: João Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal)

Brazil v Sweden

20 June 1991 1991 FIFA U-20 WC Group B	Brazil	2–0	Sweden	Porto, Portugal
21:30 UTC+1	Nunes 29' Élber 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squad

The following 18 players were called up for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Caps, goals, ages and club information updated as of 30 June 1991.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Magnus Hedman	(1973-03-19)19 March 1973 (aged 18)	3	0	AIK
12	1GK	Mats Svensson	(1971-11-22)22 November 1971 (aged 19)	3	0	Landskrona BoIS
2	2DF	Filip Apelstav	(1971-09-18)18 September 1971 (aged 19)	3	0	Västra Frölunda IF
3	2DF	Magnus Johansson	(1971-11-10)10 November 1971 (aged 19)	6	0	IFK Göteborg
4	2DF	Henrik Nilsson	(1972-07-25)25 July 1972 (aged 18)	4	0	Malmö FF
5	2DF	Rasmus Svensson	(1971-09-05)5 September 1971 (aged 19)	6	1	Malmö FF
6	2DF	Glenn Ståhl	(1971-08-25)25 August 1971 (aged 19)	4	0	IFK Värnamo
8	2DF	Patrik Andersson (captain)	(1971-08-18)18 August 1971 (aged 19)	3	1	Malmö FF
7	3MF	Niclas Alexandersson	(1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 19)	6	0	Halmstads BK
9	3MF	Mikael Hellström	(1972-03-11)11 March 1972 (aged 19)	2	0	Hammarby IF
10	3MF	Jonny Hägerå	(1971-09-10)10 September 1971 (aged 19)	6	0	Örgryte IS
11	3MF	Patrick Luxenburg	(1972-07-07)7 July 1972 (aged 18)	0	0	Djurgårdens IF
13	3MF	Ulf Lilius	(1972-01-27)27 January 1972 (aged 19)	3	0	Helsingborgs IF
14	3MF	Jonny Rödlund	(1971-12-22)22 December 1971 (aged 19)	5	1	IFK Norrköping
15	4FW	Andreas Bild	(1971-10-03)3 October 1971 (aged 19)	6	3	Östers IF
16	4FW	Niklas Gudmundsson	(1972-02-29)29 February 1972 (aged 19)	4	2	Halmstads BK
17	4FW	Roger Nordstrand	(1973-05-20)20 May 1973 (aged 18)	3	0	Örgryte IS
18	4FW	Stefan Paldan	(1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 19)	6	1	Östers IF

Other call-ups in 1991

The following five players were also called up to the Sweden U20 squad during 1991.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
MF	Anders Andersson	(1974-03-15)15 March 1974 (aged 17)	1	0	Malmö FF	v. Denmark, 28 May 1991
MF	Tommy Onodi	(1971-08-31)31 August 1971 (aged 19)	1	0	IFK Eskilstuna	v. Portugal, 1 February 1991
MF	Jens Svensson	(1972-03-27)27 March 1972 (aged 19)	1	0	Mjällby AIF	v. Portugal, 1 February 1991
FW	Issa Manglind	(1971-09-22)22 September 1971 (aged 19)	1	1	Landskrona BoIS	v. Denmark, 28 May 1991
FW	Jens Nilsson	(1972-07-30)30 July 1972 (aged 18)	2	0	IFK Norrköping	v. Portugal, 1 February 1991

See also

• Sweden national football team
• Sweden Olympic football team
• Sweden national under-21 football team
• Sweden national under-19 football team
• Sweden national under-17 football team
• Sweden national football B team (defunct)
• FIFA U-20 World Cup

External links

• Team results in 1991