FILE: Graham Potter takes over as Sweden head coach

VIDEO SHOWS: FILE AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF GRAHAM POTTER/ FILE OF GRAHAM POTTER'S INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE AT WEST HAM UNITED / STILLS OF POTTER AT HIS FINAL GAME IN CHARGE OF WEST HAM SHOWS: STOKE D'ABERNON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – MARCH 6, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF THEN-CHELSEA MANAGER, GRAHAM POTTER, TALKING TO ASSISTANT LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – MARCH 7, 2023) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 2. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF POTTER CELEBRATING AFTER SECOND LEG OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 TIE AGAINST BORUSSIA DORTMUND AT STAMFORD BRIDGE LEICESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – MARCH 11, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 3. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF POTTER AFTER CHELSEA'S PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST LEICESTER CITY AT THE KING POWER STADIUM LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – APRIL 1, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 4. STILL PHOTOGRAPH ARRIVING AHEAD OF CHELSEA'S PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST ASTON VILLA 5. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF POTTER GESTURING DURING CHELSEA'S PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH ASTON VILLA AT STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – APRIL 1, 2023) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 6. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF POTTER GESTURING DURING CHELSEA'S PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH ASTON VILLA AT STAMFORD BRIDGE LANCING, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 7. VARIOUS OF POTTER AT BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION TRAINING SESSION (THREE SHOTS) LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JANUARY 9, 2025) (REUTERS – Access All) 8. POTTER ARRIVING AT WEST HAM PRESS CONFERENCE LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT – SEPTEMBER 20, 2025) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 9. VARIOUS STILLS OF POTTER ON THE SIDELINES OF HIS FINAL GAME IN CHARGE OF WEST HAM UNITED – A 2-1 HOME LOSS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TO CRYSTAL PALACE. STORY: Sweden's football association (SvFF) said on Monday (October 20) it has appointed Graham Potter as head coach, tasking the former West Ham United manager with salvaging their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign. The 50-year-old has been given a contract covering the rest of the World Cup qualification period, plus any potential playoff and the finals themselves, should the Swedes, who are bottom of Group B with one point after four games, qualify. "I am very humble about the assignment, but also inspired," Potter said in an SvFF statement. "Sweden has fantastic players who deliver in the best leagues every week. My job will be to create the conditions so that we as a team deliver at the highest level to take Sweden to the World Cup next summer." Potter made a name for himself during a seven-year spell at Swedish club Ostersunds FK before going on to manage Swansea City in England's Championship as well as Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea and West Ham in the Premier League. Potter, who replaces the sacked Jon Dahl Tomasson, lasted less than seven months at Chelsea before joining fellow London club West Ham, which ended up as another short-term appointment. (Production: Lucy Thomson, Philip O'Connor)

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