Team Sweden announces roster for IFAF European Championship qualification round
Team Sweden head coach Billy BD Kennedy has selected his roster for this fall’s European Championship Group A qualification games.
The Swedish national team will travel to Moscow to face Team Russia on October 5 and then will host Great Britain on November 2 in Kristianstad.
Sweden plays in D Division of Group A along with Great Britain and Russia.
Group A: 2019 – 2020
Group A is the top group of teams in the European Championships and is made up of 12 teams. In the first year, the teams have been split into four divisions of three teams each. The Divisions for 2019 are: A (France, Serbia,, Czech Republic), B ( Austria, Italy, Switzerland), C (Finland, Denmark, Netherlands) and D (Russia, Sweden, Great Britain).
The winners of the divisions will meet in 2020 to decide the European champion.
The Carlstad Crusaders have the largest group of players on the team with 13 while the Stockholm Mean Machines have seven, Orebro Black Knights five, Wasa Royals (Finland) three, Kristianstad Predators and Allgau Comets (Germany) two apiece and the Thonon Black Panthers (France), Frankfurt Universe (Germany), Kuopio Steelers (Finland), Helsinki Wolverines (Finland) Uppsala 86ers, Kristiansand Gladiators and STU Northside Bulls all have one player each on the team.
Team Sweden will hold a training camp September 21-22 in preparation for the first game of the two-game series.
Team Sweden roster
| Position | First name | Last name | Club |
| QB | Philip | Juhlin | Carlstad Crusaders |
| QB | Dennis | Isberg | Kristiansand Gladiators |
| RB | Emil | Knutsson | Carlstad Crusaders |
| RB | Joshua | Akena | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| RB | Kasper | Wedberg | Thonon Black Panthers |
| WR | Marcus | Johnsson | Carlstad Crusaders |
| WR | Kevin | Börzsei | Carlstad Crusaders |
| WR | Pär | Lindelöf | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| WR | Robin | Juhlin | Allgäu Comets |
| WR | Jonathan | Gihl | Kristianstad Predators |
| WR | Jacob | Bergwall | Carlstad Crusaders |
| WR | Filip | Wetterberg | Örebro Black Knights |
| OL | Anton | Hyvönen | Carlstad Crusaders |
| OL | Niklas | Johansson | Carlstad Crusaders |
| OL | Marco | Gudding | Carlstad Crusaders |
| OL | Martin | Thor | Carlstad Crusaders |
| OL | John | Lindgren | Carlstad Crusaders |
| OL | Eric | Blomgren | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| OL | Rasmus | Karlsson | Uppsala 86ers |
| DL | Malcolm | Engström | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| DL | Martin | Jäppinen | Örebro Black Knights |
| DL | Jackob | Gorecki | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| DL | Sebastian | Nilsson | Örebro Black Knights |
| DL | Benjamin | Egbudiwe | Helsinki Wolverines |
| DL | Gogi | Vasic | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| LB | Robin | Prevolnic | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| LB | Mattias | Eriksson | Kuopio Steelers |
| LB | Filip | Jönsson | Örebro Black Knights |
| LB | Hugo | Dyrendahl | STU Northside Bulls |
| LB | Josh | Murphy | Allgäu Comets |
| DB | Eric | Murphy | Örebro Black Knights |
| DB | Josef | Nguzo | Carlstad Crusaders |
| DB | Nicholas | Petersson | Wasa Royals |
| DB | Markus | Persson | Wasa Royals |
| DB | Elias | Rosenqvist | Carlstad Crusaders |
| DB | Victor | Jonsson | Wasa Royals |
| DB | Sebastian | Gauthier | Frankfurt Universe |
| K | David | Nyhlén | Carlstad Crusaders |
| Coaching staff | |||
| HC | BD | Kennedy | Carlstad Crusaders |
| OC | Daniel | Holmgren | Carlstad Crusaders |
| Ass O | Johan | Stål | Örebro Black Knights |
| Ass O | Sebastian | Nilsson | Örebro Black Knights |
| DC | Kari | Turpeinen | Carlstad Crusaders |
| Ass D | Carl | Haglind | Stockholm Mean Machines |
| Ass D | Nogor | Jemidhe | Stockholm Mean Machines |
