Sweden

[Bojan]

Marcus and Michael, how about getting us familiar with Swedish national team.

Ibrakadabra and the most beautiful female fans spring to my mind

[mmandela]

haha good idea I'll do it as soon as i can

Haha yes, and don't forget great Henrik Larsson
And another Swede that has played for Barca - Daniel Andersson... not very good in my oppinion though

[Bojan]

That was a flashback! Anderson, yes. He came from Bundesliga if I remember right...

[mmandela]

Oh Sorry i mean Patrick ofcourse! Daniel is his brother...
Yeah you're right... From Bayern Munich

[Barca_Ray_USA]

Erm....

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[mmandela]

Yum yum our girls are the best

[Evil]

I am officially a Sweden fan

[roll]

Damm these girls are hot!:biggrin:
Indeed, Sweden is one of the most beautiful countries.

[FCB-Michael]

Anyone still remembers Ibra?

[Bojan]

Still waiting for some more info! Any young talents we should keep eyes on?

[roll]

Barkroth, Soder ....:confused:
I only heard of these two, especially of Barkroth. He broke some records...

[mmandela]

I will post some information soon

[M.L. King]

Thanks mate. You've been a good acquisition for the forum.

[mmandela]

Sweden

Here is some information about Sweden, it's not to much but i hope it's good enough for a start.

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck
Assistent Coach: Roland Andersson
Captain: Henrik Larsson
Most Caps: Thomas Ravelli - 143
Top Scorer: Sven Rydell - 49 goals
Home Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
FIFA ranking: 25
Highest FIFA ranking: 2 (November 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking: 32 (December 2008)

Sweden is an experienced side in the international football. We have qualified to 11 of all 18 World Cups.
Our best results are 2 WC bronze medals (1950, 1994) and 1 WC silver medal (1958).

Right now our nationalteam is going through a transfer of property to the younger generations.
Some of our older experienced players are no longer playing so we are in a period trying to establsih a new team.
Players like Niklas Alexandersson, Marcus Allbäck and Fredrik Ljungberg which all have played big rolls in our team are no longer playing.
Henrik Larsson is still in the team but it is unsurely for how long he will be.

Besides calling up some untested players, Lagerbäck has also tried a new game system.
Last autumn & this winter we played 3-5-2 for in some matches with no further success.
Traditionally we always play 4-4-2 and it looks like it is going to stay that way.


Our Best squad looks like this:

Andreas Isaksson - PSV
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Olof Mellberg - Juventus
Daniel Majstorovic - AEK Athens
Mikael Nilsson - Panathinaikos
Petter Hansson - Stade Rennais
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Tobias Linderoth - Galatasaray
Sebastian Larsson - Birmingham City
Christian Wilhelmsson - Al-Hilal
Kim Källström - Lyon
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Henrik Larsson - Helsingborg
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Inter


Coming up:

World Cup Quallifying is what's next. I expect us to qualify together with Portugal but it will be tough.
Denmark is a big threat.

The Group:
Denmark
Hungary
Albania
Portugal
Sweden
Malta

The Under 21 European Championship will be held in Sweden this summer. Players like Balotelli, Giovinco, Bojan and Walcott will take part in a very important event
for swedish football. Last time we had a big football event in sweden was 1992 so it is about time. Hopefully our team will do good and you will hear about them if you follow the competition.
Some names to look for: Rasmus Elm , Albin Ekdal, Robin Söder, Niklas Barkroth... just to mention some.

Our young players look better than ever and the future years are bright. We have a lot of promising players going abroad to Eredvise and other European Leagues.

Swedish Players & Barca today:
Behrang Safari, FC Basel - Played against Barca when we met them in the CL group stage.
Kim Källström, Lyon - Will probably play against us when we face Lyon in CL.
Albin Ekdal & Olof Mellberg, Juventus - If Juventus beats Chelsea they might play against Barca in the CL.
Mikael Nilsson, Panathinaikos - Still in the CL and might face Barcelona further in the competition.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Inter - If Inter beats Man U he might face Barca further in the competition.
Henok Goitom, Valladolid - The only swedish player in La Liga, he will probably play next time we face Valladolid.

[Barca_Ray_USA]

Nice info, thanx dude