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Larsson gets Euro 2000 squad place for Sweden

First Published: May 30, 2000

Sweden have named their squad of 22 players for Euro 2000 next month.

As expected Glasgow Celtic striker Henrik Larsson has been included in the squad after playing only 25 minutes of league football for Celtic since a serious leg break last October.

The squad in full -

Goalkeepers -

Mattias Asper (AIK), Magnus Hedman (Coventry City) and Magnus Kihlstedt (SK Brann).

Defenders -

Patrick Andersson (Bayern Munich), Joachim Bjorklund (Valencia), Tomas Gustafsson (Coventry City), Teddy Lucic (AIK), Olof Mellberg (Racing Santander), Roland Nilsson (Helsingborgs) and Gary Sundgren (Real Zaragoza)

Midfielders -

Niclas Alexandersson (Sheffield Wednesday), Anders Andersson (Aalborg BK), Daniel Andersson (Bari), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal), Hakan Mild (Goeteborg), Johan Mjallby (Celtic) and Magnus Svensson (Brondby).

Strikers -

Jorgen Pettersson (Kaiserslauten), Kennet Andersson (Bologna), Yskel Osmanovski (Bari), Henrik Larsson (Celtic) and Marcus Allback (Orgryte).