Sweden's 2026 World Cup squad is officially confirmed, named by head coach Graham Potter on May 12, 2026. The 26-player roster brings together three goalkeepers, eight defenders, eleven midfielders and four forwards. Sweden is drawn into Group F, where it faces Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia. The most-played player in the last 12 months of national-team football is Yasin Abbas, with 994 minutes across 13 caps, the squad's most in-form option heading into the tournament. Close behind is Gabriel Gudmundsson on 980 minutes, another of the side's most-used players over the same period. Over the past twelve months the team has posted 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, scoring 20 goals and conceding 30. Our ranking orders the squad purely by national-team minutes, not club minutes, and every name links to a player profile with the full minutes and recent-form breakdown.
Matches & results
Group standings
Group F
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 |  Japan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 |  Sweden |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Tunisia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 0 |
26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasin Abbas | Midfielder | Brighton | 994 |
| 2 | Gabriel Gudmundsson | Midfielder | Leeds | 980 |
| 3 | Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | Arsenal | 969 |
| 4 | Gustaf Lagerbielke | Defender | SC Braga | 938 |
| 5 | Isak Hien | Defender | Atalanta | 813 |
| 6 | Daniel Svensson | Defender | Borussia Dortmund | 799 |
| 7 | Victor Nilsson | Midfielder | Aston Villa | 744 |
| 8 | Anthony Junior | Forward | Newcastle | 709 |
| 9 | Alexander Bernhardsson | Midfielder | Holstein Kiel | 676 |
| 10 | Alexander Isak | Forward | Liverpool | 675 |
| 11 | Erik Nygren | Midfielder | Celtic | 572 |
| 12 | Jesper Karlström | Midfielder | Udinese | 530 |
| 13 | Bo Nordfeldt | Goalkeeper | AIK Stockholm | 456 |
| 14 | Lucas Bergvall | Midfielder | Tottenham | 420 |
| 15 | Jacob Widell | Goalkeeper | Derby | 360 |
| 16 | Carl Starfelt | Defender | Celta Vigo | 275 |
| 17 | Viktor Johansson | Goalkeeper | Stoke City | 270 |
| 18 | Besfort Zeneli | Midfielder | Union St. Gilloise | 267 |
| 19 | Mattias Svanberg | Midfielder | VfL Wolfsburg | 262 |
| 20 | Kenneth Sema | Midfielder | Pafos | 224 |
| 21 | Hjalmar Ekdal | Defender | Burnley | 211 |
| 22 | Elliot Stroud | Defender | Mjallby AIF | 193 |
| 23 | Håkan Nilsson | Forward | Club Brugge KV | 89 |
| 24 | Eric Smith | Defender | FC St. Pauli | 71 |
| 25 | Emil Holm | Defender | Juventus | 68 |
| 26 | Taha Ali | Midfielder | Malmo FF | 61 |
Methodology
Players are ranked by minutes played for the national team over the last 365 days. Ties are broken by appearances. The top 16 are labeled Locked, ranks 17–22 Likely, ranks 23–30 Bubble — a starting frame, not a verdict.
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