Sweden Starting Eleven

Sweden head to Russia for their first World Cup outing in twelve years. Last time round in the 2006 World Cup, Sweden lost in the second round to the current holders, Germany. Sweden will face Germany again in Group F of this summer’s tournament, along with South Korea and Mexico.

Sweden certainly have a chance of progressing from this group. Whilst Germany and Mexico are favourites, Sweden showed in their play-off victory against Italy that they shouldn’t be taken lightly. In this mini guide we will take a look at Sweden’s 23-man squad and predict who will start for Sweden at the World Cup.

World Cup 2018 Squad Sweden

Here is the full 23-man squad manager Janne Andersson has selected:

Goalkeepers:

Kristoffer Nordfeld, Karl-Johan Johnsson, Robin Olsen

Defenders:

Victor Lindelof, Mikael Lustig, Martin Olsson, Andreas Granqvist, Ludwig Augustinsson, Pontus Jansson, Emil Krafth, Filip Helander

Midfielders:

Sebastian Larsson, Albin Ekdal, Oscar Hiljemark, Emil Forsberg, Viktor Claesson, Gustav Svensson, Marcus Rohden, Jimmy Durmaz

Forwards:

Ola Toivonen, John Guidetti, Marcus Berg, Isaac Kiese Thelin

Sweden Starting Eleven World Cup 2018

The starting line-up for Sweden remains to be seen, but this is our prediction for the Sweden starting eleven in Russia.

GK: Robin Olsen
DF: Andreas Granqvist
DF: Victor Lindelof
DF: Ludwig Augustinsson
DF: Mikael Lustig
MF: Albin Ekdal
MF: Sebastian Larsson
MF: Viktor Claesson
MF: Emil Forsberg
FW: Marcus Berg
FW: Ola Toivonen

Sweden’s first match is against group underdogs, South Korea. You would expect that Sweden will need three points from this match if they are to have any hope of qualifying for the knockout stages.