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Graham Potter is the new Sweden manager. Photo credit: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.
Graham Potter is the new Sweden manager. Photo credit: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.
Alex Young
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Graham Potter has been appointed as the new head coach of the Sweden national team.
"I am very honoured by the task, but also incredibly inspired,” Potter said in a statement.
“Sweden has fantastic players who deliver in the world's best leagues week after week. My task will be to create the right conditions so that we as a team can perform at the highest level and lead Sweden to the World Cup next summer.”
Sweden had been seeking a new head coach since the dismissal of Jon Dahl Tomasson following their 1-0 loss to Kosovo on 13 October, a result that made automatic qualification from their group impossible.
However, they could still reach the play-offs even without finishing in the top two of Group B as a result of their success in the 2024-25 Nations League, where they topped their group.
Potter was sacked by West Ham at the end of September after a disappointing start to the season.
Five losses in six games in the 2025-26 campaign had left the Hammers in the Premier League bottom three. Overall, he won just six of 23 matches since joining the east London club in January.
However, Potter retains a positive image in Sweden, having delivered three promotions in four seasons at Ostersund, taking them from the fourth division to the top flight, while also winning a domestic cup in 2017.
Potter also had successful spells managing Brighton and Swansea City before joining Chelsea in 2022 but was dismissed from his role at Stamford Bridge after seven months.
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