World ranking of the Swedish male national football team 1992-2023

In December 2023, Sweden occupied the 26th position in the FIFA Men’s World Ranking, falling three spots versus the same month of the previous year. The Swedish national football team reached its best performance between 1992 and 1994, ranking among the top 10 teams worldwide. In that latter year, Sweden won the play-off for the third position at the FIFA World Cup. Meanwhile, the Swedish female soccer team has maintained its place among the world’s top 10 for more than 15 years.

Top Swedish footballers

Having defeated his opponent’s gate over 60 times, Zlatan Ibrahimović has become Sweden’s top goal scorer, outranking Sven Rydell, who held the record for more than eight decades. Ibrahimović is currently signed by AC Milan, while Rydell was part of the Örgryte IS for most of his career, which ended in the early 1930s. In terms of market value, Anthony Elanga sat at the top of the Swedish ranking of players as of November 2022.   

Sweden’s performance in the past UEFA European Championship

After being postponed by one year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 16th edition of the UEFA European Championships (EURO) — the top national soccer teams’ championship in Europe — took place in the summer of 2021. In the group rounds, the Swedish squad finished in the top position of its group with seven points in total. However, its participation in the tournament ended in the round of 16, losing one to two against Ukraine. In that edition of the UEFA EURO, Sweden only managed to score five goals, thus placing in the lower positions of the ranking by number of goals scored.