# List of Sweden international footballers

The Sweden men's national football team has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with twelve World Cup appearances—collecting one silver and two bronze medals—and three medals in the Olympics, including one gold. Sweden played its first international game against Norway in 1908 and competed in an international tournament, the Summer Olympics, for the first time the same year. Since then, Sweden has regularly qualified for the World Cup and the Olympics as well as the European Championships. The best results in the World Cup are a second place (as hosts) in the 1958 and two third places in 1950 and 1994. In the Olympics, Sweden has won the gold medal in 1948 as well as two bronze medals in 1924 and 1952. The best result in the European Championship is a semi-final loss in 1992 as hosts of the tournament.
Ten Swedish players are in the FIFA Century Club, having earned 100 or more caps. Anders Svensson is the most capped Swedish player at 148 appearances, fifth most of all European internationals. Björn Nordqvist, with 115 caps for Sweden, was the World record holder for international caps when he ended his national team career in 1978. With 62 goals in 116 caps, Zlatan Ibrahimović is the top scorer for the national team, Sven Rydell in second place with 49 goals in only 43 caps and Gunnar Nordahl in third with 43 goals in only 33 caps. Henrik Larsson with 37 goals in fourth place shares a World Cup record for the longest period between a player's first and last goals, with 12 years as he scored in both the 1994 and 2006 tournaments.
Three Sweden internationals have been top scorers in a major international tournament, Herbert Carlsson (not included in this list at only 20 caps) at the 1920 Olympics, Gunnar Nordahl at the 1948 Olympics and Tomas Brolin at the Euro 1992. No Swedish player has been awarded the World Cup Golden Boot, but Kennet Andersson won the Silver Boot in 1994 with Martin Dahlin winning the Bronze Boot in the same tournament. The last award was also won by Ralf Edström in 1974. Three Swedish players have been chosen for the World Cup All-Star Team, Erik Nilsson in 1950, Gunnar Gren in 1958 and Tomas Brolin in 1994.
The following list of Sweden international footballers covers all football players with 30 or more official caps for the Sweden men's national football team. The players are listed here sorted first by the total number of caps, and then by last name. Substitute appearances are included.

## Key

| | Guldbollen winner, awarded since 1946. |
| | Still active for the national team. |
| Caps | Appearances |
| WC | Appearances at FIFA World Cups |
| EC | Appearances at UEFA European Football Championships |
| OG | Appearances at the Olympic Games |
| | Tournament winners |
| | Tournament runners-up |
| | Tournament third place |
| Pos | Positions |
| GK | Goalkeeper |
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |

## List of players

    As of 19 November 2024.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | First | Last | WC | EC | OG |
| Anders Svensson | MF | 148 | 21 | 1999 | 2013 | 2002, 2006 | 2004, 2008, 2012 | |
| Thomas Ravelli | GK | 143 | 0 | 1981 | 1997 | 1990, 1994 | 1992 | |
| Andreas Isaksson | GK | 133 | 0 | 2002 | 2016 | 2006 | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| Sebastian Larsson | MF | 133 | 10 | 2008 | 2021 | 2018 | 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 | |
| Kim Källström | MF | 131 | 16 | 2001 | 2016 | 2006 | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | FW | 122 | 62 | 2001 | 2023 | 2002, 2006 | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| Olof Mellberg | DF | 117 | 8 | 2000 | 2012 | 2002, 2006 | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 | |
| Roland Nilsson | DF | 116 | 1 | 1986 | 2000 | 1990, 1994 | 1992, 2000 | |
| Björn Nordqvist | DF | 115 | 0 | 1963 | 1978 | 1970, 1974, 1978 | | |
| Niclas Alexandersson | MF | 109 | 7 | 1993 | 2008 | 2002, 2006 | 2000, 2008 | |
| Henrik Larsson | FW | 106 | 37 | 1993 | 2009 | 1994 , 2002, 2006 | 2000, 2004, 2008 | |
| Patrik Andersson | DF | 96 | 3 | 1992 | 2002 | 1994 | 1992, 2000 | |
| Orvar Bergmark | DF | 94 | 0 | 1951 | 1965 | 1958 | | |
| Mikael Lustig | DF | 94 | 6 | 2008 | 2021 | 2018 | 2012, 2016, 2020 | |
| Emil Forsberg | MF | 90 | 21 | 2014 | 2024 | 2018 | 2016, 2020 | |
| Marcus Berg | FW | 90 | 24 | 2008 | 2021 | 2018 | 2016, 2020 | |
| Andreas Granqvist | DF | 88 | 9 | 2006 | 2019 | 2018 | 2012, 2016 | |
| Teddy Lučić | DF | 86 | 0 | 1995 | 2006 | 2002, 2006 | 2000, 2004 | |
| Johan Elmander | FW | 85 | 20 | 2002 | 2015 | 2006 | 2008, 2012 | |
| Kennet Andersson | FW | 83 | 31 | 1990 | 2000 | 1994 | 1992, 2000 | |
| Christian Wilhelmsson | MF | 79 | 9 | 2001 | 2012 | 2006 | 2004, 2008, 2012 | |
| Joachim Björklund | DF | 78 | 0 | 1992 | 2000 | 1994 | 1992, 2000 | |
| Ronnie Hellström | GK | 77 | 0 | 1968 | 1980 | 1970, 1974, 1978 | | |
| Tobias Linderoth | MF | 76 | 2 | 1999 | 2008 | 2002, 2006 | 2004 | |
| Robin Olsen | GK | 75 | 0 | 2015 | 2024 | 2018 | 2020 | |
| Freddie Ljungberg | MF | 75 | 14 | 1998 | 2008 | 2002, 2006 | 2000, 2004, 2008 | |
| Jonas Thern | MF | 75 | 6 | 1987 | 1997 | 1990, 1994 | 1992 | |
| Marcus Allbäck | FW | 74 | 30 | 1999 | 2008 | 2002, 2006 | 2004, 2008 | |
| Daniel Andersson | MF | 74 | 0 | 1997 | 2009 | 2006 | 2000, 2008 | |
| Håkan Mild | MF | 74 | 8 | 1991 | 2001 | 1994 | 2000 | |
| Viktor Claesson | MF | 74 | 15 | 2012 | 2023 | 2018 | 2020 | |
| Kalle Svensson | GK | 73 | 0 | 1949 | 1958 | 1950 , 1958 | | 1952 |
| Albin Ekdal | MF | 70 | 0 | 2011 | 2023 | 2018 | 2016, 2020 | |
| Victor Lindelöf | DF | 70 | 3 | 2016 | 2024 | 2018 | 2016, 2020 | |
| Bo Larsson | MF | 70 | 17 | 1964 | 1978 | 1970, 1974, 1978 | | |
| Ingemar Erlandsson | DF | 69 | 2 | 1978 | 1985 | 1978 | | |
| Stefan Schwarz | MF | 69 | 6 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990, 1994 | 1992 | |
| Glenn Hysén | DF | 68 | 7 | 1981 | 1990 | 1990 | | |
| Mikael Nilsson | DF | 64 | 3 | 2002 | 2009 | | 2004, 2008 | |
| Ola Toivonen | FW | 64 | 14 | 2007 | 2018 | 2018 | 2012 | |
| Martin Dahlin | FW | 60 | 29 | 1991 | 1997 | 1994 | 1992 | |
| Roger Ljung | MF | 59 | 3 | 1988 | 1995 | 1990, 1994 | 1992 | |
| Stig Fredriksson | DF | 58 | 2 | 1979 | 1987 | | | |
| Magnus Hedman | GK | 58 | 0 | 1997 | 2004 | 2002 | 2000 | |
| Anders Limpar | MF | 58 | 6 | 1987 | 1996 | 1990, 1994 | 1992 | |
| Gunnar Gren | FW | 57 | 32 | 1940 | 1958 | 1958 | | 1948 |
| Bengt Gustavsson | DF | 57 | 0 | 1951 | 1963 | 1958 | | 1952 |
| Klas Ingesson | MF | 57 | 13 | 1989 | 1998 | 1990, 1994 | 1992 | |
| Mattias Jonson | MF/FW | 57 | 9 | 1996 | 2006 | 2002, 2006 | 2004 | |
| Pontus Kåmark | DF | 57 | 0 | 1990 | 2002 | 1994 | | |
| Erik Nilsson | DF | 57 | 0 | 1938 | 1952 | 1938, 1950 | | 1948 , 1952 |
| Ludwig Augustinsson | DF | 56 | 2 | 2015 | 2024 | 2018 | 2020 | |
| Martin Olsson | DF | 56 | 5 | 2010 | 2023 | 2018 | 2012, 2016 | |
| Robert Prytz | MF | 56 | 13 | 1980 | 1989 | | | |
| Erik Edman | DF | 55 | 1 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | 2004 | |
| Roland Grip | DF | 55 | 1 | 1968 | 1974 | 1970, 1974 | | |
| Åke Johansson | MF | 53 | 1 | 1955 | 1965 | | | |
| Robin Quaison | FW | 52 | 14 | 2013 | 2023 | | 2020 | |
| Gösta Sandberg | FW | 52 | 10 | 1951 | 1961 | | | 1952 |
| Glenn Strömberg | MF | 52 | 7 | 1982 | 1990 | 1990 | | |
| Agne Simonsson | FW | 51 | 27 | 1957 | 1967 | 1958 | | |
| Pontus Wernbloom | MF | 51 | 2 | 2007 | 2016 | | 2012 | |
| Sigfrid Lindberg | GK | 50 | 0 | 1921 | 1930 | | | 1924 |
| Alexander Isak | FW | 50 | 15 | 2017 | 2024 | | 2020 | |
| Emil Krafth | DF | 50 | 0 | 2014 | 2024 | 2018 | 2020 | |
| Daniel Majstorović | DF | 50 | 2 | 2003 | 2013 | | | |
| Hasse Borg | DF | 49 | 4 | 1976 | 1985 | 1978 | | |
| Jimmy Durmaz | MF | 49 | 3 | 2011 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | |
| Leif Eriksson | FW | 49 | 12 | 1962 | 1972 | 1970 | | |
| Johan Mjällby | DF/MF | 49 | 4 | 1997 | 2004 | 2002 | 2000 | |
| Örjan Persson | MF | 48 | 7 | 1962 | 1974 | 1970, 1974 | | |
| Tomas Brolin | FW | 47 | 27 | 1990 | 1995 | 1990, 1994 | 1992 | |
| Johnny Ekström | FW | 47 | 13 | 1986 | 1995 | 1990 | 1992 | |
| Kristoffer Olsson | MF | 47 | 0 | 2017 | 2023 | | 2020 | |
| Peter Larsson | MF | 47 | 4 | 1983 | 1992 | 1990 | | |
| Dejan Kulusevski | MF/FW | 45 | 5 | 2019 | 2024 | | 2020 | |
| Ove Grahn | FW | 45 | 10 | 1962 | 1976 | 1970, 1974 | | |
| Stefan Rehn | MF | 45 | 6 | 1988 | 1995 | 1994 | | |
| Thomas Sjöberg | MF | 45 | 14 | 1974 | 1981 | 1978 | | |
| Petter Hansson | DF | 43 | 2 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | 2008 | |
| Ove Kindvall | FW | 43 | 16 | 1965 | 1974 | 1970, 1974 | | |
| Sven Rydell | FW | 43 | 49 | 1923 | 1932 | | | 1924 |
| Andreas Andersson | FW | 42 | 8 | 1996 | 2003 | 2002 | | |
| Sven Jonasson | FW | 42 | 20 | 1932 | 1940 | 1934, 1938 | | 1936 |
| Hans Selander | DF | 42 | 3 | 1966 | 1977 | 1970 | | |
| Pierre Bengtsson | DF | 42 | 0 | 2011 | 2022 | | 2020 | |
| Sven Friberg | MF | 41 | 0 | 1915 | 1928 | | | 1924 |
| Karl-Erik Grahn | MF | 41 | 4 | 1935 | 1946 | | | 1936 |
| Andreas Ravelli | DF | 41 | 2 | 1980 | 1989 | | | |
| Ralf Edström | FW | 40 | 15 | 1972 | 1980 | 1974, 1978 | | |
| Anders Linderoth | MF | 40 | 2 | 1972 | 1980 | 1978 | | |
| Gösta Löfgren | FW | 40 | 12 | 1951 | 1961 | 1958 | | 1952 |
| Tommy Svensson | MF | 40 | 4 | 1967 | 1973 | 1970 | | |
| Conny Torstensson | MF | 40 | 7 | 1972 | 1979 | 1974, 1978 | | |
| Sven Dahlkvist | DF/FW | 39 | 4 | 1979 | 1985 | | | |
| Rasmus Elm | MF | 39 | 4 | 2009 | 2013 | | 2012 | |
| Kent Karlsson | DF | 38 | 0 | 1973 | 1977 | 1974 | | |
| Krister Kristensson | DF | 38 | 0 | 1967 | 1972 | 1970 | | |
| Magnus Erlingmark | DF/MF | 37 | 1 | 1990 | 1998 | 1994 | 1992 | |
| Putte Kock | MF | 37 | 12 | 1919 | 1925 | | | 1924 |
| Sigge Parling | MF | 37 | 0 | 1954 | 1960 | 1958 | | |
| Roland Sandberg | FW | 37 | 15 | 1969 | 1976 | 1974 | | |
| Andreas Jakobsson | DF | 36 | 2 | 1996 | 2004 | 2002 | 2004 | |
| Lennart Samuelsson | DF | 36 | 0 | 1950 | 1955 | 1950 | | 1952 |
| Staffan Tapper | MF | 36 | 3 | 1971 | 1978 | 1974, 1978 | | |
| Lennart Wing | DF | 36 | 0 | 1961 | 1965 | | | |
| Sven Bergqvist | GK | 35 | 0 | 1935 | 1943 | | | |
| Arvid Emanuelsson | DF | 35 | 1 | 1935 | 1946 | | | 1936 |
| Jan Eriksson | DF | 35 | 4 | 1990 | 1994 | | 1992 | |
| Mattias Svanberg | MF | 35 | 2 | 2019 | 2024 | | 2020 | |
| Knut Kroon | FW | 35 | 18 | 1925 | 1934 | 1934 | | |
| Peter Nilsson | MF | 35 | 0 | 1979 | 1984 | | | |
| Ulf Eriksson | MF | 34 | 3 | 1979 | 1988 | | | |
| Tobias Hysén | FW | 34 | 10 | 2005 | 2014 | | | |
| Harry Nilsson | DF | 34 | 0 | 1938 | 1947 | | | |
| Olle Åhlund | MF | 34 | 2 | 1943 | 1952 | | | 1952 |
| Torbjörn Jonsson | MF | 33 | 11 | 1955 | 1968 | | | |
| Per Kaufeldt | FW | 33 | 23 | 1921 | 1931 | | | 1924 |
| Gunnar Nordahl | FW | 33 | 43 | 1942 | 1948 | | | 1948 |
| Isaac Kiese Thelin | FW | 33 | 5 | 2014 | 2024 | 2018 | | |
| Markus Rosenberg | FW | 33 | 6 | 2005 | 2012 | | 2008, 2012 | |
| Ragnar Wicksell | MF | 33 | 3 | 1911 | 1921 | | | 1912, 1920 |
| Karl Gustafsson | FW | 32 | 22 | 1908 | 1924 | | | 1908, 1912, 1920 |
| Kurt Hamrin | FW | 32 | 17 | 1953 | 1965 | 1958 | | |
| Erik Persson | FW | 32 | 20 | 1930 | 1939 | 1938 | | |
| Gustav Svensson | MF | 32 | 0 | 2009 | 2021 | 2018 | 2020 | |
| Magnus Svensson | MF | 32 | 2 | 1996 | 2003 | 2002 | 2000 | |
| Axel Alfredsson | DF | 31 | 0 | 1924 | 1932 | | | 1924 |
| Sven Axbom | DF | 31 | 0 | 1955 | 1960 | 1958 | | |
| Lennart Backman | MF | 31 | 3 | 1958 | 1966 | | | |
| Samuel Holmén | MF | 31 | 2 | 2006 | 2013 | | 2012 | |
| Gösta Lindh | DF/MF | 31 | 2 | 1950 | 1954 | | | 1952 |
| Hans Mild | DF/MF | 31 | 1 | 1960 | 1965 | | | |
| Arne Nyberg | FW | 31 | 18 | 1935 | 1946 | | | |
| Stefan Pettersson | FW | 31 | 4 | 1983 | 1993 | 1990 | | |
| Behrang Safari | DF | 31 | 0 | 2008 | 2013 | | | |
| Sven-Ove Svensson | MF | 31 | 8 | 1951 | 1956 | | | |
| Kurt Axelsson | DF | 30 | 0 | 1966 | 1971 | 1970 | | |
| Jesper Blomqvist | MF | 30 | 0 | 1994 | 2002 | 1994 | | |
| Mats Magnusson | FW | 30 | 9 | 1984 | 1990 | 1990 | | |
| Bengt Nyholm | GK | 30 | 0 | 1959 | 1964 | | | |
| Gary Sundgren | DF | 30 | 1 | 1994 | 2000 | | 2000 | |
| Rune Wenzel | MF | 30 | 1 | 1919 | 1930 | | | |
| Pär Zetterberg | MF | 30 | 6 | 1993 | 1999 | | | |