Sweden

Sweden

Sweden will reacquainted with their qualifying rivals Spain looking to emulate their early form which saw them defeat the Spaniards 2-0 at home, but looking to overcome their later problems which saw the Spanish get revenge with a 3-0 thumping in Spain. The Swedish will be pumped up following the recent announcement that a certain Henrik Larsson has been tempted out of international retirement to help bolster their attacking line.

The Euro 2008 championship marks Sweden's fifth successive qualification for a major tournament and with Larsson and Inter's Zlatan Ibrahimovic they have strikers that can put the ball in the back of the net in an instant. The rest of the squad contains many experienced international players, although the feeling might be that of all the teams in Group D the Swedes, ranked 23^rd in the FIFA world standings might struggle to impress.

Swedish Euro 2008 team:

Goalkeepers
Andreas Isaksson, 26 years, (Manchester City)
Rami Shaaban, 33 years, (Hammarby)
Johan Wiland, 26 years, (Elfsborg)

Defenders
Olof Mellberg, 31 years, (Aston Villa/Juventus)
Petter Hansson, 31 years, (Rennes)
Mikael Nilsson, 30 years, (Panathinaikos)
Daniel Majstorovic, 30 years, (Basel)
Andreas Granqvist, 23 years, (Helsingborg)
Fredrik Stoor, 24 years, (Rosenborg)
Mikael Dorsin, 26 years, (Cluj)

Midfielders
Tobias Linderoth, 29 years, (Galatasaray)
Fredrik Ljungberg, 31 years, (West Ham)
Anders Svensson, 32 years (Elfsborg)
Kim KΓ¤llstrΓ¶m, 26 years, (Lyon)
Niclas Alexandersson, 36 years, (IFK GΓ¶teborg)
Christian Wilhelmsson, 28 years, (Deportivo)
Daniel Andersson, 31 years, (MalmΓ¶)
Sebastian Larsson, 23 years, (Birmingham)

Strikers
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 26 years, (Inter)
Johan Elmander, 27 years, (Toulouse)
Marcus AllbΓ¤ck, 35 years, (FC KΓ¶penhamn)
Markus Rosenberg, 26 years, (Werder Bremen)
Henrik Larsson, 36 years, (Helsingborg)

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