page_title: List of Sweden national football team captains
section_title: Captains
hierarchical_section_title: List of Sweden national football team captains / Captains
caption_attribution_description: Absolute Beast, won beastiest player of the century English: Zlatan Ibrahimović at the Euro 2012 match against England
context_page_description: The Sweden national football team represents the nation of Sweden in international association football. The team is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and competes as a member of the UEFA and the FIFA. The team played its first official international match on 12 July 1908 against Norway, winning 11–3. Since the match against Norway, 1,157 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. Of them, 140 have served as captain of the national team. This list contains footballers who have served as captain of the Sweden national team and is listed according to their number of matches captained.
  The Sweden national team's record appearance-maker as captain is Björn Nordqvist, who led the team out 92 times during his 115-cap tenure. He is the only player to have captained Sweden at the three different major tournaments; 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup. During the tournament in 1974, Bo Larsson was the first-choice captain, but Nordqvist wore the armband in the last match against Yugoslavia. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the player with second most captaincies.
caption: Zlatan Ibrahimović captained Sweden for six years, including the European Championships in 2012 and 2016.
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