The Swedish football team, which is at the bottom of its qualifying group for the World Cup 2026, was taken over by former West Ham coach Graham Potter (50).
The Swedish Football Association announced on Monday that it was with Potter signed contract until the end of the qualifications and for potential additional qualifications for the WC. If Sweden manages to qualify for the WC, his contract will be automatically extended.
After four rounds of qualifying group B Sweden is in last place with one point. Switzerland is the leader with 10 points, Kosovo has 7, and Slovenia 3 points. In the last qualifying match, Sweden lost to Kosovo 0-1 at home in mid-October and after that the Danish expert Jon Dahl Tomasson was fired.
The first-placed teams from the European qualifiers go directly to SPand the second-placed national teams and four other teams that were the best in their groups of the last edition of the League of Nations go to the additional qualifications. Sweden has two more games to play until the end of the qualifiers, on November 15 they visit Switzerland, and three days later they welcome Slovenia and theoretically they can still reach second place. However, it is a much more realistic option to enter the additional qualifications as the winner of its League of Nations group.
I am honored and inspired by this invitation. Sweden has fantastic players who provide excellent matches in the best leagues every week. My job is to create the conditions for the national team to play at the highest level and qualify for the World CupPotter stated.
The English coach led the Swedish Ostersund for seven years (2011-2018), and then was at the helm of Swansea City (2018/19) and Brighton (2019-2022). However, he stayed on the last two coaching jobs for a very short time due to poor results. He stayed at Chelsea for seven months, and from January to the end of September this year he managed West Ham.
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