Sweden national beach soccer team

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Sweden
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue-Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMathias Granberg
FIFA codeSWE
BSWW ranking57


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Ukraine 8–2 Sweden 
(Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 6 August 2004)
Biggest win
 Kazakhstan 3–5 Sweden 
(Chișinău, Moldova; 29 July 2021)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 8–2 Sweden 
(Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 6 August 2004)
 Sweden 3–9 England 
(Malmö, Sweden; 14 July 2013)
 Estonia 7–1 Sweden 
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal; 10 September 2021)
World Cup
Appearances0
Best resultNone
Euro Beach Soccer League
Appearances2 (first in 2004)
Best result10th place, Division B (2021)

Sweden national beach soccer team represents Sweden in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF), the governing body for football in Sweden.

The current Swedish national beach soccer team is an unofficial national team. The team consists off players from the Swedish beach soccer team Bemmania FC who got the mandate to represent Sweden in international tournaments 2021. The unofficial national team has a mandate to represent Sweden during a trial period while the Swedish Football Association evaluates whether Sweden should have an official national team.

So far the trial period has consisted of 12 games played with 10 losses and only 2 victories for the Swedish team. In 2021, the team has scored 27 goals and conceded 42 goals with a total goal difference of minus 15.

Squad[edit]

Correct as of July 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Filip Malmstrom
2 DF Sweden SWE Eril Gustafsson
3 DF Sweden SWE Jesper Bolander
4 DF Sweden SWE Nils Lavah
5 DF Sweden SWE Marcus Kettler
6 FW Sweden SWE Jesper Sommensjo
7 FW Sweden SWE Martin Bruzelius
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW Sweden SWE Daniel Granberg
9 DF Sweden SWE Simon Turesson
10 FW Sweden SWE William Palmen
11 FW Sweden SWE Klas Robertsson
13 FW Sweden SWE Amo Cartwright
19 GK Sweden SWE Felix Borgqvist

Head coach: Mathias Granberg

Results[edit]

All-time record[edit]

as of 4 October 2021

Tournament App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
BSWW Tour events 1 3 0 0 0 3 12 25 –13 0
Euro Beach Soccer League 3 11 2 0 0 9 25 47 –22 6
FIFA World Cup qualifiers 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 10 –4 0
Totals 5 17 2 0 0 15 43 82 –39 6

Matches[edit]

6 August 2004 2004 EBSL, Division C, 1st round Ukraine  8–2  Sweden Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Report
  • Hansson
  • Hamici
7 August 2004 2004 EBSL, Division C, 6th place match Greece  7–2  Sweden Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Report
  • Maikkula
  • Hansson
12 July 2013 BSWW Tour: Sweden Cup Sweden  3–8  Netherlands Malmö, Sweden
  • Almir
  • Saikou
Report
  • Van Den Ouweland
  • Klijbroek
  • Ax
  • Ran
  • Van Gessel
  • Koswal
  • Van Der Geest
13 July 2013 BSWW Tour: Sweden Cup Sweden  6–8  Denmark Malmö, Sweden
  • Hussein
  • Chris
  • Saikou
  • Erik
Report
  • Raedkjaer
  • Dorph
  • Corfixen
  • Madsen
  • Stromberg
  • Jorgensen
14 July 2013 BSWW Tour: Sweden Cup Sweden  3–9  England Malmö, Sweden
  • Chris
  • Pavel
  • Erik
Report
  • Clarke
  • Evans
  • Corbett
  • Webb
  • Bowes
17 June 2021 (2021-06-17) 2021 World Cup qualifiers, group stage Sweden  0–2  England Nazaré, Portugal
15:30 Report Lawson Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro
18 June 2021 (2021-06-18) 2021 World Cup qualifiers, group stage Romania  5–4  Sweden Nazaré, Portugal
11:15
  • Bolat
  • Boata
  • Andrei Paul
Report
  • Bolander
  • Bruzelius
  • Malmstrom
  • Sommensjo
Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro
19 June 2021 (2021-06-19) 2021 World Cup qualifiers, group stage Estonia  3–2  Sweden Nazaré, Portugal
11:15
  • Lepik
  • Marmor
  • Remmelgas
Report
  • Bolander
Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro
28 July 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, regular season Sweden  1–4  Greece Chișinău, Moldova
17:15
  • Granberg 36'
Report
  • 6' Triantafyllidis
  • 18' Mikelatos
  • 33', 36' Katsoulis
Stadium: FMF Beach Soccer Arena
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova)
29 July 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, regular season Kazakhstan  3–5  Sweden Chișinău, Moldova
13:15
  • Demeshko 18'
  • Perevyortov 25'
  • Yershin 26'
Report
  • 2' Turesson
  • 19' Granberg
  • 22' Malmström
  • 29' Lavah
  • 36' Kettler
Stadium: FMF Beach Soccer Arena
Referee: Piotr Stoianov (Moldova)
30 July 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, regular season Lithuania  3–2  Sweden Chișinău, Moldova
13:15
  • Meškinis 28'
  • Smolkovas 31'
  • Levonauskas 33'
Report
  • 5' Gustafsson
  • 24' Palmen
Stadium: FMF Beach Soccer Arena
Referee: Roman Borisov (Russia)
31 July 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, regular season Sweden  3–2  Norway Chișinău, Moldova
11:00
  • Turesson 13', 23'
  • Granberg 35'
Report
  • 9' Jalland
  • 22' Elverum
Stadium: FMF Beach Soccer Arena
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)
1 August 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, regular season Sweden  0–1  Romania Chișinău, Moldova
13:15 Report
  • 26' Voica
Stadium: FMF Beach Soccer Arena
Referee: Ozcan Sultanoglu (Turkey)
9 September 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, Promotion final Group stage Sweden  3–5  Moldova Figueira da Foz, Portugal
09:15
  • 16-' Kettler
  • 26' Bruzelius
  • 26' Bolander
Report
  • 7' Podelsnov
  • 14' Ignat
  • 17' Graur
  • 32' Pusca
  • 33' Gurgurov
Stadium: Pitch 2
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)
10 September 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, Promotion final Group stage Estonia  7–1  Sweden Figueira da Foz, Portugal
10:30
  • 4', 8' Marmor
  • 6' Munskind
  • 13', 14' Lepik
  • 16' Märeorg
  • 34' Alaväli
Report
  • 10' Kettler
Stadium: Pitch 2
Referee: Malte Gerhardt(Germany)
11 September 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, Promotion final Group stage Czech Republic  3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
 Sweden Figueira da Foz, Portugal
10:30
  • Bruzelius 8' (o.g.)
  • Trampota 13'
  • Radosta 36'
Report
  • Gustafsson 15'
  • Kettler 17'
  • Palmén 36'
Stadium: Pitch 2
Referee: Matthieu Dor (France)
12 September 2021 2021 EBSL, Division B, Promotion final Seventh place face-off Lithuania  4–3  Sweden Figueira da Foz, Portugal
08:45
  • Navickas 8', 22'
  • Petrauskas 17'
  • Plytnikas 36'
Report
  • Bruzelius 5'
  • Malmström 9'
  • Turesson 12'
Stadium: Pitch 2
Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)

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