The Swedish FA - General Information
Facts & Figures
- Address: Box 1216, SE-171 23 Solna, Sweden
- Telephone: +46-8-735 09 00
- Telefax: +46-8-735 09 01
- E-mail: svff@svenskfotboll.se
- Founded: 1904 (co-founder of FIFA)
- Clubs: 3,090 with a total of more than 1 Million members [2019], football stands for 35 % of all sporting activities nationwide.
- Registered players: 362,282 (over 15 years of age), of which 94,669 are women [2019]
- Registered futsal players: 183,290 (over 15 years of age), of which 54,957 are women [2019]
- Percentage of 9 year old boys who play football: 48. Among 14 year old boys: 35, among 11 year old girls: 20, among 14 year old girls: 17.
- Inter-company football: 8,700 teams with 104,000 players
- Seniors referees: 4,211, of which 249 are women [2019]
- Full size pitches: 2,673 natural turf, 830 artificial [2019].
- 88 indoor arenas (twelve full-size) [2019].
- International Team Colours: Yellow-blue-yellow
- National Arena Men's Team: Friends Arena in Solna, capacity 50,000, inaugurated November 2012. (Prior to that: Råsunda Stadium in Solna, capacity 36,100, inaugurated 1937.) National Arena Women's Team: Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg, capacity 16,596, inaugurated April 2009.
- Attendance record: 52,943 (Sweden-West Germany 26.9 1965 at Råsunda) For women's nat. team: 25,882 (Sweden - Germany 6.4 2019 at Friends Arena)
- International honours Men: WC runners-up 1958, WC third 1950 & 1994, Olympic winners 1948, Olympic third 1924 & 1952, European Championship semifinalist 1992.
- International Honours women: WC runners-up 2003, WC third 1991, 2011 & 2019, Olympic runners-up 2016, European Championship winners 1984, EC runners-up 1987, 1995 & 2001, EC third 1989, EC semifinalist 2013.
- World Cup participation men: 1934, '38, '50, '58, '70, '74, '78, '90, '94, 2002, '06, '18.
- World Cup participation women: 1991, '95, '99, 2003, '07, '11, '15, '19.
- European Championships participation men: 1992, 2000, '04, '08, '12, '16, '21.
- European Championships participation women: 1984, '87, '89, '91, '93, '95, '97, 2001, '05, '09, '13, '17.
- Olympic participation men: 1908, '12, '20, '24, '36, '48, '52, '88, '92, 2016
- Olympic participation women: 1996, 2000, '04, '08, '12, '16, '21
- Most internationals: Anders Svensson 148 (1999-2013) & Therese Sjögran 214 (1997-2015)
- Most international goals: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 62 (2001-16) and Lotta Schelin 88 (2004-17).
Board
- President: Karl-Erik Nilsson (since March 23rd 2012)
- Vice presidents: Jörgen Eriksson and Lars Christer Olsson.
- Board Members: Bert Andersson, Rose-Marie Frebran, Annica Grälls, Anette Karhu.
- General Secretary: Håkan Sjöstrand.
