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Sweden is in Group F alongside Germany, Mexico and South Korea.

Sweden’s head coach Janne Andersson has selected the following 23 players for the World Cup:

Player	Position	Age	Caps	Goals	Club
Robin Olsen	Keeper	28	16	0	FC Copenhagen 🇩🇰󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Karl-Johan Johnsson	Keeper	28	5	0	Guingamp 🇫🇷
Kristoffer Nordfeldt	Keeper	28	8	0	Swansea City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Mikael Lustig	Right back	31	64	6	Celtic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Emil Krafth	Right back	23	11	0	Bologna 🇮🇹
Filip Helander	Centre back	25	4	0	Bologna 🇮🇹
Pontus Jansson	Centre back	27	14	0	Leeds United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Andreas Granqvist (c)	Centre back	33	70	6	Krasnodar 🇷🇺
Victor Lindelof	Centre back	23	19	1	Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Ludwig Augustinsson	Left back	24	14	0	Werder Bremen 🇩🇪
Martin Olsson	Left back	30	42	5	Swansea City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Albin Ekdal	Midfielder	28	32	0	Hamburg󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇩🇪
Gustav Svensson	Midfielder	31	11	0	Seattle Sounders󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇸
Oscar Hiljemark	Midfielder	25	20	2	Genoa 🇮🇹󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Viktor Claesson	Midfielder	26	21	3	Krasnodar 🇷🇺󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Marcus Rohden	Midfielder	27	10	1	Crotone 🇮🇹
Sebastian Larsson	Midfielder	32	98	6	Hull City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Emil Forsberg	Midfielder	26	34	6	RB Leipzig 🇩🇪
Jimmy Durmaz	Midfielder	29	44	3	Toulouse 🇫🇷󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Ola Toivonen	Forward	31	57	13	Toulouse 🇫🇷
Marcus Berg	Forward	31	55	18	Al Ain 🇦🇪
Isaac Kiese Thelin	Forward	25	18	2	Waasland-Beveren 🇧🇪󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
John Guidetti	Forward	26	20	1	Alaves 🇪🇦

 
Potential Sweden starting XI (4-4-2):

Olsen – Lustig, Lindelof, Granqvist, Augustinsson – Claesson, Ekdal, Larsson, Forsberg – Toivonen, Berg

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