Sweden national under-21 football team
| Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue-Yellow) |
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| Association | Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Håkan Ericson |
| Captain | Victor Lindelöf |
| Most caps | Oscar Hiljemark (37) |
| Top scorer | Ola Toivonen (13) |
| Home stadium | Örjans Vall |
| First international | |
 Finland 1–3 Sweden  (Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976) |
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| Biggest win | |
Sweden 6–0 Cyprus  (Helsingborg, Sweden; 1 May 1991) Sweden 6–0 Bulgaria  (Halmstad, Sweden; 6 October 1992) Sweden 6–0 Malta  (Halmstad, Sweden; 3 June 2005)  Norway 0–6 Sweden (Cartagena, Spain; 31 March 2015) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Ukraine 6–0 Sweden (Kiev, Ukraine; 31 May 2012) |
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| UEFA U-21 Championship | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1986) |
| Best result | Champions: 2015 |
The Sweden national under-21 football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-21 year old players and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden's home ground is Swedbank Stadion in Malmö and the team is led by Håkan Ericson and his assistant Andreas Pettersson. The Swedish U21 team came into existence, following the realignment of UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which changed to be a Under-21 competition in 1978.
Sweden made their first European Under-21 Championship appearance in 1986. In 2015, Sweden became champions for the first time. They finished second in 1992 and they also reached the semi-finals in 1990 and 2009.Oscar Hiljemark is the most capped player for the Swedish U21 team, having played 37 caps between 2011 and 2015. Ola Toivonen is the best goalscorer for Sweden U21, having scored 13 goals between 2006 and 2009.
Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate.
The following 21 players were called up for the friendly matches against Serbia on 24 March 2017 and against Czech Republic on 27 March 2017.
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