Sweden at the FIFA World Cup
12 appearances and counting.
UEFA · 12 appearances · first in 1934.
Best result
Runner-up — 1958.
All-time World Cup record
Played 51 · Won 19 · Drawn 13 · Lost 19 · Goals 80–73 · Shootouts won 1, lost 0.
Top World Cup scorers
- Henrik Larsson — 5 goals (1994–2006)
- Kennet Andersson — 5 goals (1994)
- Martin Dahlin — 4 goals (1994)
- Agne Simonsson — 4 goals (1958)
- Kurt Hamrin — 4 goals (1958)
Biggest rivalries
- Brazil — played 7 (W0 D2 L5)
- Uruguay — played 3 (W2 D0 L1)
- Germany — played 3 (W0 D0 L3)
- England — played 3 (W0 D2 L1)
Defining matches
- 1958 Semi-final: Sweden 3–1 West Germany — A semi-final victory that sent Sweden to the 1958 final.
- 1958 Final: Sweden 2–5 Brazil — Sweden finished as runners-up of the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Video highlights
- 1934 WC R1 Sweden - Argentina (Bologna, 27.5.1934) (1934)
- QWC 1938 Germany vs. Sweden 5-0 (21.11.1937) (1938)
- WC 1938 1/4 Sweden - Cuba (12.06.1938) (1938)
- WC 1938 Hungary vs. Sweden 5-1 (16.06.1938) (1938)
- 1950 (June 25) Sweden 3-Italy 2 (World Cup).mpg (1950)
- 1958 WORLD CUP FINAL: Brazil 5-2 Sweden (1958)
- World Cup 1958 GER vs. SWE (1958)
- Quarter final: Sweden 2–0 Soviet Union 19 June 1958 (1958)