Groningen left defender Fredrik Stenman might get selected for Euro 2008 according to Swedish assistant manager Roland Andersson who reportedly called up Stenman to tell that he is one of the players they follow. Sweden recently got Erik Edman out for six months which puts the team in an unsual situation since Erik Edman has [...]

Fredrik Ljungberg got injured once again when West Ham played 2-2 against Newcastle. The left side midfielder will be out for about a month with an rib injury but his participation in Euro 2008 shouldn’t be a problem. However, Freddie won’t play the remaining two league games in the Premier League.
Of course Freddie is a [...]

Lars Lagerbäck began the game against Brazil with a pretty interesting starting lineup. Andreas Isaksson took the place in the goal, with Mikael Nilsson playing on left defense in Erik Edmans absence, Daniel Majstorovic and Olof Mellberg teaming up in the central defense and with Fredrik Stoor handling the right defense. At the midfield, Ljungberg [...]

Wigan defender Erik Edman has had a very rough season. Injured, playing badly, and now injured again. And this time it’s because of an ACL injury that will make him miss this summers big event. Fortunately, the experienced left flank defender is well backed up, with players like Fredrik Stenman (Groningen), Mikael Dorsin (CF Cluj) [...]

This is the squad that Lagerbäck chosed for the game against Brazil next week:
Goalkeepers
Andreas Isaksson, Manchester City
Rami Shaaban, Hammarby
Defenders
Daniel Majstorovic, Basel
Olof Mellberg, Aston Villa
Mikael Nilsson, Panathinaikos
Erik Edman, Wigan
Fredrik Risp, Ankarastor
Fredrik Stoor, Rosenborg
Midfielders
Niclas Alexandorsson, IFK Göteborg
Daniel Andersson, MFF
Kim Källström, Lyon
Christian Wilhelmsson, Deportivo
Anders Svensson, Elfsborg
Sebastian Larsson, Birmingham
Kennedy Bakircioglü, Ajax
Fredrik Ljungberg, West Ham
Attackers
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Inter
Johan Elmander, [...]

The Swedish national team is going to England at the 29th of March to play against Brazil in a friendly. Lars Lagerbäck’s squad won’t be out until Wednesday, but this is what the Brazilians got to offer:
Goalkeepers: Diego Alves, Almeria, Julio Cesar, Inter.
Defenders: Daniel Alves, Sevilla, Alex Costa, Chelsea, Juan, Roma, Lucio, Bayern München, Marcelo, [...]

Internazionale and Zlatan Ibrahimovic again lost against Liverpool in yesterday’s game at San Siro, Milano. The Swedish attacker did a good job in the first half but after Inter received a red card early into the second half, he and his team didn’t have much of a chance. Liverpool won 1-0.
Some transfer news; Helsingborg just [...]

Swedish football is kind of sleeping right now. The national team are preparing for Euro 2008 and the league won’t begin for another three weeks, and there’s no point discussing who will win, since the results in Allsvenskan seems to be totally random.
In Europe, Zlatan Ibrahimovic keeps scoring penaltys. He was back in Inter’s starting [...]

Yesterday’s Champions League games meant that Lyon got defeated by the football superpower Manchester United. It also meant that one of two Swede’s left in the Champions League got beat out of the tournament. Lyon midfielder Kim Källström didn’t have a very good day and lost the midfield battle against the more experienced United-players. Källström [...]

Not much happened in the weekend, which is pretty obvious since the Swedish league season begins at the 31th of March. However, some of our national team players continue to shine abroad, several players scored important goals. Among those where Christian “Chippen” Wilhelmsson who scored the important 1-1 goal on a penalty in the first [...]