OISTERWIJK, Netherlands, June 16 (Reuters) - Sweden, with virtually no chance of making the quarter-finals, are blaming bad luck and poor refereeing for their Euro 2000 nightmare.

The Swedes sailed through the qualifiers with seven wins and one draw, but they have taken just one point at the finals and are likely to be homeward bound after playing group B winners Italy on Monday.

Thursday's 0-0 draw with Turkey was deemed the most boring of an otherwise vibrant tournament, but the Swedes suggested on Friday they could be sitting pretty had luck been on their side.

'We had a clear penalty which the referee does not see (on Thursday),' Arsenal midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg claimed after training.

'We had the handball against Belgium where they went 2-0 up on a handball. The teams are very equal in this tournament so you can't have these errors.

'You see in almost all the games, the team wins by one goal and we haven't had any luck with that.'

Co-coach Lars Lagerbeck thought his side, who have scored only one goal, were denied a legitimate penalty in the first half against Turkey when Ljungberg had a run on goal.

'That is my opinion too. Not when I sat on the bench because I couldn't see it there.

'But when I saw the replays on television, it's clear that the Turkish player hits his (Ljungberg's) foot...he was on his way to put the ball in the net when he hit his foot.

'It's a part of the game but I think we have been a little bit unlucky this time because we also have got a totally wrong offside on Niclas Alexandersson who otherwise would have been one on one with the goalkeeper,' he said. 'So I think we were a bit unlucky with this kind of refereeing judgment.'

Lagerbeck said the players were very down after Thursday's match but were optimistic about beating Italy.

'Countries like Italy suit Sweden and we can give them a good game,' he said.

'It's not over until it's over. I don't think it's unbelievable that Turkey can beat Belgium and, if we can score at least as many goals as them against Italy, then we can still go through.'

Sweden rang the changes in defence for the Turkey match, with Roland Nilsson out injured and captain Patrik Andersson suspended, and Lagerbeck said the switches had been interesting with 'a lot of positive answers'.

Lagerbeck also defended his team from accusations of being boring.

'Everything is relative...of course with a match that has no goals I think it's easy to say after the game that it was boring. And perhaps it wasn't one of the best.

But I think that both teams tried and I think there was a little bit of tension at the beginning.'