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Published 17:14 23 May 2016 BST
Updated 18:01 23 May 2016 BST
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It's the poorest return of any squad in our group, and is well behind Belgium whose 23-man squad can boast a grand total of 96 international goals.
Three players here share a total of 12 goals each, with Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, and Romelu Lukaku all hitting the back of the net a dozen times each.
Marouane Fellaini is surprisingly their top scorer with 15 international goals, while Jan Vertongen is their most dangerous defender, with six international strikes to his name.
The Swedes bring a 114-goal threat to the Euros, but half of that is from the boot, or head, or ego, of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
He has scored 62 goals so far in his international career, so let's hope he doesn't notch number 63 against Ireland on June 13th.
If you take him out of the Sweden squad, Kim Kallstrom is the next most deadly finisher, with 16 goals in over 120 international appearances.
However, that all that means Ireland are in pole position to set the nets ablaze in France next month, as we head for the group stages with a squad that has managed 123 goals.
We're basing our Irish squad on the 30-odd men Martin O'Neill is picking from for the Netherlands game, so that includes Kevin Doyle and Robbie Keane, naturally.
In fact, Keane, Doyle and Shane Long have scored more goals combined than the entire Italy squad.
Midfield also carries a decent threat with Johnny Walters on 10 goals, and James McClean and Aiden McGeady with five each.
So, unless O'Neill drops Keane (not likely), Doyle (possible), Long (nah) or Walters (unimaginable) we can travel to France safe in the knowledge, historically, we have scored more goals than the other squads.
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