Group F

Sweden Sweden

A workmanlike side with genuine physical presence, set-piece danger, and defensive organization. Gyökeres has arrived as a genuinely world-class striker, giving Sweden an attacking focal point they have not had since Ibrahimović decided he was the only one allowed to be famous. Isak offers a different dimension off the bench. The shadow is finally lifting.

This profile summarizes Sweden's World Cup 2026 simulation path from the latest current-state snapshot: group outlook, finish distribution, possible knockout routes, opponent pools, squad context, and title chances.

Champion 0%
Group qualification 100%
Squad market €428.2m
Avg age 27.6
Avg height 1.863m
Manager Graham Potter
Current-state snapshot

This profile is based on 10k current-state simulations using the WC26 simulator engine. The numbers are a model snapshot, not a guarantee. Team ratings, squads and injury updates may change over time.

10k current-state simulations

Latest result included: France 0-2 Spain

Guide

How to read this team profile

Group finish and stage reach values are model outputs from the latest current-state team profile snapshot. Path sections show how Sweden's route changes by group finish, while opponent pools summarize the teams most often appearing in each round.

This page uses Knockout-phase current-state snapshot using latest committed Match Updates, official locked results, current ratings, and fixed knockout bracket state as of 15 Jul 2026 1:47 PM UTC+3. Other public forecast pages may still use root compatibility datasets until they are updated separately, and custom Team Strength settings can change future tournament paths in the live simulator.

Group

Finish probabilities

1st 0%
2nd 0%
3rd place 100.0% Qualified from 3rd 100.0% Eliminated in 3rd 0%
4th 0%

Tournament

Stage reach probabilities

R32 100%
R16 0%
QF 0%
SF 0%
Final 0%
Champion 0%

Conditional path

Path by group finish

Finish Sample R32R16QFSFFinalChampion
1st No longer possible
2nd No longer possible
3rd 100.0% 100%0%0%0%0%0%

Overall opponent pool

Most common opponents by round

If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the latest current-state snapshot.

R32

France France If reached: 100.0% All sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 0%

R16

No opponent samples.

QF

No opponent samples.

SF

No opponent samples.

Final

No opponent samples.

Finish 1st

Sweden opponent pool if finishing 1st

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 2nd

Sweden opponent pool if finishing 2nd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 3rd

Sweden opponent pool if finishing 3rd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

France France If reached: 100.0% Path sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 0%

R16

Not enough samples.

QF

Not enough samples.

SF

Not enough samples.

Final

Not enough samples.

Squad

Current squad

26 players
Pos Player Age Height Club Market
GK Viktor Johansson 27 1,86m Stoke City €12.0m
GK Jacob Widell Zetterström 27 1,97m Derby County €2.5m
GK Kristoffer Nordfeldt 36 1,90m AIK €175k
CB Isak Hien 27 1,91m Atalanta BC €22.0m
CB Gustaf Lagerbielke 26 1,93m SC Braga €10.0m
CB Victor Lindelöf 31 1,87m Aston Villa €6.0m
CB Hjalmar Ekdal 27 1,87m Burnley FC €6.0m
CB Carl Starfelt 31 1,87m Celta de Vigo €5.0m
CB Eric Smith 29 1,92m FC St. Pauli €5.0m
LB Daniel Svensson 24 1,83m Borussia Dortmund €22.0m
LB Gabriel Gudmundsson 27 1,80m Leeds United €20.0m
LB Ken Sema 32 1,80m Pafos FC €1.0m
DM Jesper Karlström 30 1,85m Udinese Calcio €4.0m
CM Lucas Bergvall 20 1,87m Tottenham Hotspur €40.0m
CM Yasin Ayari 22 1,72m Brighton & Hove Albion €30.0m
CM Mattias Svanberg 27 1,85m VfL Wolfsburg €8.0m
CM Besfort Zeneli 23 1,87m Union Saint-Gilloise €4.5m
LM Elliot Stroud 23 1,85m Mjällby AIF €3.0m
RM Herman Johansson 28 1,90m FC Dallas €1.8m
AM Benjamin Nygren 24 1,88m Celtic FC €14.0m
LW Taha Ali 27 1,74m Malmö FF €1.2m
RW Anthony Elanga 24 1,78m Newcastle United €40.0m
RW Alexander Bernhardsson 27 1,84m Holstein Kiel €3.0m
CF Alexander Isak 26 1,92m Liverpool FC €100.0m
CF Viktor Gyökeres 28 1,89m Arsenal FC €65.0m
CF Gustaf Nilsson 29 1,96m Club Brugge KV €2.0m

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