Sweden at the 2023 Women's World Cup: Results, squad, scorers

Sweden's World Cup Group G results

23 July: Sweden 2-1 South Africa (Wellington)
29 July: Sweden 5-0 Italy (Wellington)
2 August: Argentina 0-2 Sweden (Hamilton)

Sweden's World Cup knockout stage results

Round of 16
6 August: Sweden 0-0 United States (aet, Sweden win 5-4 on pens) (Melbourne)

Quarter-finals
11 August: Japan 1-2 Sweden (Auckland)

Semi-finals
15 August: Spain 2-1 Sweden (Auckland)

Third-place play-off
19 August: Sweden 2-0 Australia (Brisbane)

Sweden's final 23-player squad

Goalkeepers: Tove Enblom (Örebro), Jennifer Falk (Häcken), Zećira Mušović (Chelsea)

Defenders: Jonna Andersson (Hammarby), Nathalie Björn (Everton), Magdalena Eriksson (Bayern), Amanda Ilestedt (Paris Saint-Germain), Hanna Lundkvist (Atlético), Anna Sandberg (Häcken), Linda Sembrant (Juventus)

Midfielders: Filippa Angeldahl (Manchester City), Kosovare Asllani (AC Milan), Hanna Bennison (Everton), Elin Rubensson (Häcken), Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea), Olivia Schough (Rosengård), Caroline Seger (Rosengård)

Forwards: Stina Blackstenius (Arsenal), Rebecka Blomqvist (Wolfsburg), Lina Hurtig (Arsenal), Sofia Jakobsson (San Diego Wave), Madelen Janogy (Hammarby), Fridolina Rolfö (Barcelona)

Source: SvFF

How Sweden qualified

Group A winners: W7 D1 L0 F32 A2

Slovakia 0-1 Sweden
Sweden 4-0 Georgia
Republic of Ireland 0-1 Sweden
Sweden 2-1 Finland
Sweden 3-0 Slovakia
Georgia 0-15 Sweden
Sweden 1-1 Republic of Ireland
Finland 0-5 Sweden

Top scorer: Lina Hurtig, Fridolina Rolfö (5)

Sweden coach: Peter Gerhardsson

Gerhardsson has been in charge since 2017 and guided Sweden to third place at the World Cup in 2019 and 2020 Olympic silver. In men's football, the 63-year-old has coached the likes of Häcken and the Sweden Under-17 side.

Sweden captain: Caroline Seger

Veteran midfielder Seger earned a European-record tally of caps for her country going into her fifth World Cup finals and 14th major tournament.

Sweden's World Cup history 

Best performance: Runners-up (2003)
2019 World Cup: Third place

Having missed out on penalties to Canada in the 2021 Olympic final (their second straight silver), and earned their fourth World Cup medal four years ago, Sweden have ambitions to gain their first global gold.

Sweden's other competition bests

Women's EURO: Winners (1984)
Olympics: Runners-up (2016, 2021)

Sweden's Women's Nations League fixtures (Group A4)

22/09/2023: Sweden vs Spain
26/09/2023: Italy vs Sweden
27/10/2023: Sweden vs Switzerland
31/10/2023: Sweden vs Italy
30/11/2023: Switzerland vs Sweden
05/12/2023: Spain vs Sweden