Football (soccer)
As a result of a nationwide interest in football, and all the korp teams, leagues and divisions it has, Sweden has produced numbers of top players over the years.
IFK- Göteborg is the most internationally successful team over the last 15 years, with two wins in one of the major European Cups, the UEFA Cup.
The National Football Team has had a few international victories with a gold medal in the Olympic Games in 1948, with the most renowned players being Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm. A silver medal was again awarded in 1958 in the World Championships, and a third place, i.e., Bronze medal, in the World Championship in 1994, with only Italy and Brazil ahead of the Swedish team. Added to this, the Swedish player Thomas Brolin was voted into the world-team. He is today a professional player in the Italian team Parma. The goalkeeper from IFK Göteborg, Thomas Ravelli, was voted the second best goalkeeper in the world. He is, in addition, the player in a Swedish team who has played the most international matches. They were 117 including the World Championship in 1994.
As far as the ladies teams are concerned, there are the divisions I and II, and then there are the III, and IV, in turn divided into A as well as B groups, and, lastly, there is only one division V.