England U21s tonight

Sweden will be aiming for a place in Monday's final by beating favourites England tonight. Stuart Pearce's side are clear favourites but Sweden have been playing well.

Kalmar get Debrecen

Kalmar have been drawn against Hungarian champions Debrecen in the Champrions League qualifiers that take place in July. Kalmar champions of Sweden in 2008 are seriously weakened this year with key players leaving.

Sweden 3-1 Serbia

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Sweden 1-2 Italy

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Sweden 5-1 Belarus

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U-21 side ready for kick-off

The U21s are ready for Tuesday's clash with Belarus. The Swedes have a good squad and are capable of advancing to the semi-finals. The final squad features a host of Allsvenskan players as well as some players of foreign teams. 

The game with Belarus on paper should be a win but nothing can be taken for granted at these finals. Belarus themselves may be up for a few shocks. One player Sweden will be keeping an eye on is BATE Borisov's Sergei Kryvets. Kryvets was part of the BATE Borisov side that competed in the Champions League last Autumn and he scored against Juventus as BATE got an unlikely 2-2 draw. 

Italy are next up after Belarus. A star-studded side with players such as Robert Acquafresca, Mario Balotelli and Sebastien Giovinco. The Swedes will have a big job to do on Friday. Mario Balotelli is the stand-out dangerman for the Italians. The Inter Milan star knows where the goal is and will be a treat for the defence. 

Sweden end the Group stage with a match against Serbia on June 23rd in Malmö. Serbia were finalists 2 years ago in Holland and will prove a good test for this Swedish side. Zoran Tošić will lead the midfield and will be one to watch. The Man United man hasn't played much this season but has quality. Gojko Kačar of Hertha Berlin is a mean defender and helped Hertha Berlin to a Europa league place last season. 

Sweden 4-0 Malta 10th June 2009

Sweden bounced back from Saturday's defeat in style as they completed a 4-0 win over Malta. Kim Källström, who missed a penalty on Saturday opened the scoring with a header into an open goal. Sweden had to wait until 7 minutes into the 2nd-half for a 2nd. Daniel Majstorovic with a powerful header from a corner. Sweden made it 3-0 just 4 minutes later when Zlatan Ibrahimovic wiggled past a couple of defenders before Rasmus Elm's back heel found Ibrahimovic who cipped Andrew Hogg. Sweden completed a victory just 2 minutes later when Marcus Berg tapped in. 

Sweden: Andreas Isaksson (g.k): Adam Johansson, Olof Mellberg, Daniel Majstorovic, Behrang Safari, Rasmus Elm, Anders Svensson, Kim Källström, Viktor Elm, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (C), Marcus Berg Subs: Eddie Gustafsson (g.k), Petter Hansson, Daniel Andersson, Sebastien Larsson, Samuel Holmén, Christian Wilhelmsson

Malta: Andrew Hogg (g.k): Andrei Agius, Luke Dimech, Jonathan Caruana, Shaun Bajada, Alexander Muscat, John Hutchinson, Jamie Pace, Roderick Briffa, Andre Schembri, Daniel Bogdanovic subs: Justin Haber (g.k), Emmanuel Muscat, Kevin Sammut, Andrew Cohen, Jean-Pierre Mifsud, Kenneth Scicluna, Ryan Fenech

Henrik Larsson out of Malta game

Helsingborg's Henrik Larsson has pulled out of the Swedish squad for tomorrow night's game against Malta due to Family reasons. The former Celtic hitman played in the 1-0 defeat to Denmark on Saturday but will now miss Wednesday's crucial game at home to Malta. 

Allsvenskan top scorer Tobias Hycén has been called up as a replacement. The IFK Göteborg star could start on Wednesday. 

Sweden U21 2-1 Poland U21

The Swedish U21s recorded a fine 2-1 win over their Polish conterparts on Friday. Ola Toivonen and Labinot Harbuzi both scored for Sweden. Next up is Estonia U21s tonight. 

Sweden 0-1 Denmark 6th June 2009

Sweden are now in real danger of missing out on the World Cup next year after going down 0-1 to rivals Denmark in Stockholm. Sweden came into the game with 2 games in hand and knew that victory in both games would take them into a good position. The goal was a sloppy one to concede with a clearence straight at Thomas Kahlenberg who made no mistake from close range on 22 minutes. 

Sweden: Andres Isaksson (g.k): Mikeal Nilsson, Olof Mellberg, Daniel Majstorovic, Adam Johnansson, Rasmus Elm, Daniel Andersson, Kim Källström, Christian Wilhelmsson, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrik Larsson (C) subs: Eddie Gustafsson (g.k), Oscar Wendt, Behrang Safari, Sebastien Larsson, Andres Grandqvist, Petter Hansson, Samuel Holmén, Anders Svensson, Viktor Elm, Marcus Berg, Johan Elmander

Denmark: Thomas Sørensen (g.k): William Kvist, Simon Kjær, Daniel Agger, Lars Jacobsen, Jakob Poulsen, Martin Jørgensen (C), Dennis Rommedahl, Nicklas Bendtner, Thomas Kahlenberg subs: Anders Møller-Christensen (g.k), Stephan Andersen, Michel Gravgaard, Michael Silberbauer, Thomas Augustinussen, Jesper Grønkjær, Martin Bernburg

Venue: Råsunda

Sweden U-21 face Poland tomorrow

The Swedish U-21 side will warm up for the championship with a game against Poland U-21 tomorrow. The game will be used to see were the players are at in preparations and what formations could be used during the tournament. Malmö will be the host of what should be a good run-out for the sqaud. 

John Alvbåge called up

John Alvbåge has been called up to the Sweden squad to face Denmark and Saturday and Malta next Wednesday. But the Örebro stopper has been consistant this season between the posts as Örebro continue a fine season. 

Sweden U-21 News

The squad will be playing 2 warm-up games before their Finals begin on June 16th. The squad is divided into Older and Younger groups with the younger group playing Slovakia on June 5th. The Older squad will be playing Poland on June 5th before both join together and play Estonia on June 9th. 

Sweden have a group that contains Italy and Serbia along with Belarus. Sweden face Belarus on June 16th knowing a win will make the other games that bit easier. June 19th Sweden face Italy in what should be a good game for both sides. Sweden then face 2007 finalists Serbia. 

Sweden U-21 squad

Sweden will be hosting the UEFA U-21 championship later this month and this time we might well see Sweden do well. Sweden have some good players this time round with the likes of Ola Toivonen, making strides at PSV, Emir Bajrami, one of Elfsborg best players and of course Pontus Wernbloom, AZ Alkmaar's new recruit. Albin Ekdal also makes the squad along with Sebastian Rajalasko. 

Goalkeepers: Zlatan Azinovic (Kalmar), Johan Dahlin (Lyn Oslo), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Brommapojkarna)

Defenders: Rasmus Bengtsson (Trelleborgs), Mattias Bjärsmyr (IFK Göteborg), Emil Johansson (Hammarby), Per Karlsson (AIK), Mikael Lustig (Rosenborg), Martin Olsson (Blackburn), Joel Ekstrand (Helsingborg)

Midfielders: Denni Avdić (Elfsborg), Emir Bajrami (Elfsborg), Pierre Bengtsson (AIK), Rasmus Elm (Kalmar), Labinot Harbuzi (Malmö), Andreas Lindgren (Helsingborgs), Guillermo Mollins (Malmö), Gustav Svensson (IFK Göteborg), Gabriel Özkan (AIK)

Forwards: Pontus Wernbloom (AZ Alkmaar), Robin Söder (IFK Göteborg), Marcus Berg (FC Groningen), Ola Toivonen (PSV)

Denmark low-down

Sweden take on Scandinavian rivals Denmark in a game tht is vital for both in the World Cup Qualifiers. Denmark are currently top with 13 points while Sweden are currently in 4th with 6 points but have 2 games in hand. 

Denmark will be tough opposition for Sweden especially after such a long hard season. But Denmark will be confident of getting a result on Saturday in the Råsunda stadion. Thomas Sørensen has been in good form with Stoke City helping them stay in the Premier league and he will need something special to beat him on his day. Daniel Agger is a tough defender who if invited can hit a shot from distance as we have seen for Liverpool in the past 2 years. Simon Kjær is an unknown that has been playing well for Palermo in Serie A. 

But Sweden will have to watch out in the midfield. Denmark have some decent players in the area of the pitch such as Christian Poulsen in the centre and the pace of Dennis Rommedahl on thw wing. Jesper Grønkjær is experienced aswell and will be a treat. 

But up-front Denmark are maybe not as strong. Nicklas Bendtner hasn't had a fantastic season but is still a danger to the Swedish defense. Morten Nordstrand will be another to watch out for. 

Round 12 Preditions results

AIK v Hammarby: I said a draw but AIK won

BK Häcken v Elfsborg: I said Elfsborg to win but they drew which was a surprise

Trelleborgs v Gefle: I said Gefle were going to win but Trelleborg did instead

IFK Göteborg v IF Brommapojkarna: I said IFK Göteborg were going to win

Örgryte v Djurgården: Got to scorline wrong but did say a draw 

Kalmar v Helsingborgs: I said a draw but Kalmar had other ideas

Halmstads v Örebro: Said Örebro were going to win but it was a draw

Malmö v GAIS: Said Malmö were going to be victorious but it was 2-2 draw

Very poor week for preditions but better still to come. 

Kalmar 2-0 Helsingborgs 31st May 2009

Kalmar are now up to 7th after beating title challenging Helsingborgs 2-0. It continues Kalmar's remarkable revival after a poor start to the season. Daniel Sobralense gave the champions the lead on 33 minutes before Rasmus Elm made it 2-0 on 49 minutes. Helsingborgs are now 5 points off top spot. 

Kalmar: Petter Wastå (g.k): Tobias Carlsson, Marcus Lindberg, Joachim Lantz, Stefan Larsson, Tobias Eriksson, Henrik Rydström (C), Rasmus Elm, Daniel Sobralense, David Elm, Abiola Dauda subs: Zlatan Azinovic (g.k), Daryl Smylie, Daniel Mendes, Lasse Johansson, Emin Nouri

Helsingborgs: Pär Hansson (g.k): Markus Holgersson, Marcus Nilsson, Joel Ekstrand, Adama Tambura, Christoffer Andersson, Marcus Bergholtz, Marcus Lantz, René Makondele, Rasmus Jönsson, Henrik Larsson (C) subs: Daniel Andersson (g.k), Andreas Landgren, Hannu Patronen, Erik Sundin, Mathias Unkuri

Venue: Fredriksskans

Time: 17:00 CET

Halmstads 1-1 Örebro 31st May 2009

This was a game that could've gone either way but a draw may be a fair result. Örebro continue their fine season while Halmstads continue their poor run of form of late. Tommy Wirtanen gave the visitors the led 2 minute before half-time. Örebro had chances before that to take the lead as did Halmstads. It wasn't until 70 minutes that Halmstads levelled with German Michael Görlitz finding a spot beyond John Alvbåge.

Halmstads: Magnus Bahne (g.k): Mikael Rosén, Tomas Zvirgzdauskas, Tommy Jönsson (C), Christian Järdler, Andreas Johansson, Tim Sparv, Emil Salomonsson, Anel Raskaj, Michael Görlitz, Marcus Olsson subs: Karl-Johan Johnsson (g.k), Per Johansson, Emir Kujovic, Anselmo Nascimento, Sebastian Johansson

Örebro: John Alvbåge (g.k): Patrik Anttonen, Michael Almebäck, Magnus Wikström, Samuel Wowoah, Nordin Gerzic, Magnus Kihlberg, Fredrik Nordback (C), Tommy Wirtanen, Kim Olsen, Roni Porokara subs: Peter Westman (g.k), Alejandro Bedoya, Erik Nilsson, Markus Astvald, Emra Tahirovic

Venue: Örjans Vall

Time: 17:00 CET

Malmö 2-2 GAIS 31st May 2009

The ambitions of Europa league chasing Malmö took another blow here as the were held to a 2-2 draw by GAIS. This leaves Malmö 9th with just 16 points. It was GAIS who took the lead though thanks to Brazilian Wanderson on 21 minutes. But Malmö levelled up 2 minutes before half-time with Guillermo Molins finding the net. Jiloan Hamad put Malmö in front on 46 minutes and it looked as if they would go and secure the win. But GAIS and Wanderson had other ideas as it was the Brazilian who hit his 2nd of the game 4 minute before time. 

Malmö: Jonas Sandqvist (g.k): Ulrich Vinzents, Jimmy Dixon, Jasmin Sudic, Ricardo Ferreira da Silva, Robert Åhman Persson, Daniel Andersson (C), Guillermo Molins, Jiloan Hamad, Daniel Larsson, Agon Mehmeti subs: Dusan Melichárek (g.k), Markus Halsti, Edward Ofere, Jimmy Durmaz, Pontus Jansson

GAIS: Dime Jankulovski (g.k): Mikael Dahlgren, Andreas Tobiasson, Fredrik Lundgren (C), Kenneth Gustafsson, Eyjólfur Hédinsson, Reuben Ayarna, Johan Mårtensson, Mattias Lindström, Pär Ericsson, Wanderson do Carmo subs: Magnus Jonsson (g.k), Hallgrímur Jónasson, Daniel Nicklasson, Björn Andersson, Mervan Celik

Venue: Swedbank Arena

Time: 17:00 CET

Örgryte 0-0 Djurgården 31st May 2009

Neither side will be happy with the point but Örgryte may just be happy to go into the break with this result. The result leaves both sides in the relegation zone but Örgryte could've won had they taken some of their glorious chances. 

Örgryte: Bengt Andersson (g.k): Danny Ervik, Dennis Jonsson, David Leinar, Tommy von Brömsen, Martin Dohlsten, Alexander Mellqvist (C), Magnus Källander, Pavel Zavadil, Björn Anklev, Patrik Elmander subs: David Stenman (g.k), Christofer Bengtsson, Markus Gustafsson, Markus Anderberg, Nicolas Sandberg

Djurgården: Pa Dembo Touray (g.k): Kebba Ceesay, Toni Kuivasto, Peter Magnusson, Petter Gustafsson, Markus Johannesson (C), Mikael Dahlberg, Daniel Sjölund, Sebastian Rajalakso, Johan Oremo, Boyd Mwila subs: Oskar Wahlström (g.k), Patrik Haginge, Prince Ikpe Ekong, Christer Youssef, Hrvoje Milic

Venue: Gamla Ullevi

Time: 13:00 CET