Two and a half months after the World Cup exit against France, the footballers are set to regroup for this autumn's Nations League matches.
On Wednesday at noon, Graham Potter will present the squad for the upcoming campaign.
There is no shortage of question marks and challenges.
+ Kulusevski back?
A knee injury has kept Dejan Kulusevski out of action for almost 500 days. But now a comeback seems close.
At the end of August, the midfielder wrote on Instagram that he was back in full training with Tottenham, and last week Potter discussed including the 26-year-old in the Nations League squad.
– He is very close, Potter told SVT.
+ Hien recently operated on
Isak Hien injured his thigh in the World Cup match against Japan. The centre-back underwent surgery and will likely miss the upcoming matches.
New worries also arose over the weekend when both Newcastle striker Anthony Elanga, who scored two goals for Sweden in the World Cup, and Leeds left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson came off during their teams' Premier League match. For Elanga, it is an injury, while some media reports indicate that Gudmundsson may only have suffered a cramp.
+ Gyökeres stuck on the bench
While Alexander Isak has started to pick up his scoring pace at Liverpool, Sweden's other major striker - Viktor Gyökeres - has had a tough start to the season. Gyökeres has only started one match for Arsenal. In this weekend's league meeting with Sunderland, he was not even brought on as a substitute. Gyökeres' situation is likely to worry Potter - who has hardly forgotten who it was that pushed Sweden to the World Cup.
+ Will the talents get a chance after the World Cup?
The national team coach surprised many when he left Hugo Larsson, Williot Swedberg and Roony Bardghji out of the World Cup squad. Bardghji is out with a knee injury, but will Potter leave Larsson and Swedberg out? Larsson has left German side Frankfurt for Fulham in the Premier League, while Swedberg continues to play for Spanish side Celta Vigo.
+ Tight schedule
It is a new arrangement when two national team windows are combined, September and October. It also means that Sweden plays four matches in 11 days, which places demands on squad size and rotation. The blue and yellow team begin the group stage against Romania at home on September 25 before facing Poland three days later.
Sweden plays in the B division together with Romania, Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The winner is promoted to the A division and the team in fourth place is relegated to the C division.
For second and third place, promotion/relegation play-offs await in March 2027.
Sweden's matches:
September 25: Sweden–Romania 8:45 p.m. at Strawberry Arena in Solna.
September 28: Sweden–Poland 8:45 p.m. at Strawberry Arena in Solna.
October 2: Bosnia-Herzegovina-Sweden 20.45 at the Bilino Polje stadium in Zenica.
October 5: Romania–Sweden 8:45 p.m. at The National Arena in Bucharest.
November 14: Sweden–Bosnia-Herzegovina 8:45 p.m. at Strawberry Arena in Solna.
17 November: Poland-Sweden 20.45 at Tarczyński Arena in Wroclaw.
Source: Swedish Football Association.
