Sweden Euro 2012 Roster: Analyzing the Starting 11 and More

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Published: May 16, 2012

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Much like a number of teams heading to Poland and the Ukraine in a few weeks' time for the 2012 European championships, Sweden will be without its full compliment of players.  Erik Hamrén named his 23-man roster on Monday and will have to make due without veteran defender Daniel Majstorović and promising striker John Guidetti.  Also of concern was Johan Elmander but he is expected to fully heal from a right foot fracture suffered in his club's final league game this past weekend.

With just over three weeks before Sweden opens their Euro 2012 campaign against host Ukraine in Kiev's Olympic Stadium, what will the starting 11 look like? And how will Sweden fare in Group D, which also includes England and France?

During Sweden's qualifying run, Hamrén experimented with a couple of different formations and a multitude of lineups to a great degree of success.

The Swedes, in fact, qualified automatically to the tournament by virtue of being the best runner-up in the qualifying phase, winning eight of their ten matches. In the process they scored 31 goals, only their qualifying group winner, Holland, and Germany had more.

Hamrén deployed a 4-5-1 and a 4-3-3, catering his attack around the prodigious offensive capabilities of Zlatan Ibrahimović. Ibra was usually partnered with Elmander up front while Kim Källström, Anders Svensson and Rasmus Elm were the tempo-setters in Sweden's midfield.

The likely dilemma for squad selection comes at the back-line positions.  With Majstorović and his 48 caps out due to knee injury there's a noticeable lack of international experience at the defensive positions outside of 34-year-old Olof Mellberg.

 

 

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