A North African football team have been thrown out of a youth tournament in Sweden after their players allegedly molested three 16-year-old girls at the event's opening ceremony.

The players from the team were accused of surrounding the teenage girls before groping them at the Gothia Youth Cup event at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg.

Police have now arrested the team's 35-year-old manager on suspicion on sexual assault.

A North African football team have been thrown out of a youth tournament in Sweden after their players allegedly molested three 16-year-old girls outside the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, pictured

According to Swedish media outlet SVT, a group of 30 to 40 men from the North African team had initially approached the teenagers asking if they could take photographs with them.

However, some of the men began to grope the girls and tried to put their hands under their clothes.

The mother of one of the victims told the media channel: 'The men kissed the girls and a grown man shoved his tongue in my daughter's mouth.'

Police then arrived after hearing the girls cry for help and arrested the club's 35-year-old manager.

None of the players were detained but the tournament's organisers decided to dismiss the team from the competition.

None of the players were arrested but the tournament's organisers decided to dismiss the team from the competition in Gothenburg, pictured

According to thelocal.se, a prosecutor has requested that the manager is remanded in custody pending an investigation. A preliminary court hearing is expected to be held in Gothenburg on Friday.

The Gothia Cup is the world's biggest international youth football tournament and attracts 1,600 teams from 80 countries to the event in Gothenburg.