Sweden will feel they can progress from their group, which contains Italy, Denmark and Bulgaria. They have a habit of overachieving, only two years ago they finished above England and Argentina in their World-cup group. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a talented forward with a temper. His goals may be crucial for the efficient Swedes, who have no real hope of winning the tournament, but can cause an upset along the way.

Sweden's Warm Up Games
Date Team Venue Score
18 Nov 2003 Egypt Cairo 0-1
22 Jan 2004 Norway Hong-Kong 0-3
31 Mar 2004 England Gothenburg 1-0
28 Apr 2004 Portugal Coimbra 2-2
28 May 2004 Finland Tampere  
5 June 2004 Poland Stockholm  

Squad
Goalkeepers
Andreas Isaksson Djurgårdens IF
Magnus Hedman Ancona Calcio
Magnus Kihlstedt FC København
Defenders
Petter Hansson SCHeerenveen
Andreas Jakobsson Brøndby IF
Teddy Lucic Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Erik Edman SC Heerenveen
Olof Mellberg Aston Villa FC
Erik Wahlstedt Helsingborgs IF
Johan Mjällby Celtic FC
Michael Svensson Southampton FC
Midfielders
Pontus Farnerud RC Strasbourg
Fredrik Ljungberg Arsenal FC
Anders Svensson Southampton FC
Mikael Nilsson Halmstads BK
Kim Källström Stade Rennais FC
Anders Andersson SL Benfica
Tobias Linderoth Everton FC
Christian Wilhelmsson RSC Anderlecht
Strikers
Henrik Larsson Celtic FC
Zlatan Ibrahimovic AFC Ajax
Mattias Jonson Brøndby IF
Marcus Allbäck Aston Villa FC  
Coach's
Tommy Söderberg and Lars Lagerbäck's