Sweden women's national football team
Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blueyellow) | ||
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Association | Swedish Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Pia Sundhage | ||
Captain |
Caroline Seger Lotta Schelin | ||
Most caps | Therese Sjögran (213) | ||
Top scorer | Lotta Schelin (80) | ||
Home stadium | Gamla Ullevi | ||
FIFA code | SWE | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 6 2 (25 March 2016) | ||
Highest | 3 (June 2007) | ||
Lowest | 8 (September–December 2015) | ||
First international | |||
Sweden 0–0 Finland (Mariehamn, Finland; 25 August 1973) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan (Göteborg, Sweden; 23 June 2010) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Norway 4–0 Sweden (Hamar, Norway; 21 January 1996) Norway 4–0 Sweden (Quarteira, Portugal; 17 March 1996) China PR 4–0 Sweden (Guangzhou, China; 14 January 1998) Sweden 0–4 Norway (Uddevalla, Sweden; 24 July 2004) Sweden 0–4 Germany (Parchal, Portugal; 5 March 2012) United States 4–0 Sweden (Parchal, Portugal; 7 March 2012) England 4–0 Sweden (Hartlepool, England; 3 August 2014) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1991) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2003) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 10 (First in 1984) | ||
Best result | Champions (1984) |
Sweden women's national football team (Swedish: Damlandslaget) officially represents Sweden in women's association football (soccer). Sweden won the European Competition for Women's Football in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver (2003) as well as three European Championship-silvers (1987, 1995, 2001). The team has participated in three Olympic Games, four World Cups, as well as seven European Championships. Sweden won the bronze medal at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The 2003 World Cup-final was the second most watched event in Sweden that year. Lotta Schelin is the top goalscorer in the history of Sweden with 80 goals. Schelin surpassed Hanna Ljungberg's 72-goal record against Germany on 29 October 2014.[1] The player with the most caps is Therese Sjögran, with 209. The team was coached by Thomas Dennerby from 2005 to 2012, and the current trainer is Pia Sundhage, who joined in September '12 after most recently winning the Olympic gold medal in London with the United States. Sundhage's contract goes into effect in December 2012.
After winning the two qualifying matches against Denmark for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the Swedish Olympic Committee approved of record increases in investments for the women's team. The new budget granted over a million SEK (about US$150,000) for the team and 150,000 SEK (about US$25,000) per player for developing physical fitness. The new grants are almost a 100% increase of the 2005 and 2006 season funds.[2]
The developments and conditions of the Sweden women's national football team can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
Competitive record
World Cup
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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1991 | Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 |
1995 | Quarter-Finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
1999 | Quarter-Finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
2003 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
2007 | Group Stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2011 | Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
2015 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Total | 7/7 | - | 32 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 58 | 39 |
European Championship
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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1984 | Champion | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
1987 | Runners-up | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
1989 | Third Place | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
1991 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1993 | Quarter finals | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1995 | Runners-up | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
1997 | Semifinals | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
2001 | Runners-up | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
2005 | Semifinals | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
2009 | Quarterfinals | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
2013 | Semifinals | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Total | 10/11 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 41 |
Olympic Games
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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1996 | First round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
2000 | First round | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
2004 | Fourth place | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
2008 | Quarter finals | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
2012 | Quarter finals | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
2016 | Qualified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 6/6 | - | 19 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Titles
- UEFA Women's Euro
- Champion: 1984
- Olympic Games
- Algarve Cup
- Nordic Championship[3]
- Champion: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
- Cyprus Tournament[4]
- Champion: 1990, 1992
- North America Cup[5]
- Champion: 1987
- Australia Cup[6]
- Champion: 2003
All-time team record
The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record, from 1973–2013.[7] Updated after World Cup qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina October 26, 2013.
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Australia | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 |
Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
Belarus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
Belgium | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Brazil | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 |
Canada | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 20 | +18 |
China PR | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 |
Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Denmark | 50 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 82 | 46 | +36 |
England | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 16 | +28 |
Finland | 36 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 115 | 16 | +99 |
France | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 22 | +17 |
Germany | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 37 | −13 |
Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
Hungary | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 |
Iceland | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 8 | +43 |
Italy | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 11 | +29 |
Japan | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | +9 |
Latvia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 |
Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Netherlands | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 12 | +17 |
Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
North Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
Norway | 49 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 79 | 83 | −4 |
Poland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 |
Portugal | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 6 | +21 |
Republic of Ireland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 |
Romania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 |
Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
Spain | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | +26 |
Switzerland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | +35 |
Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
United States | 35 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 65 | −29 |
Wales | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 |
2015 fixtures
Results
Sweden | 3–3 | Nigeria |
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Oparanozie 21' (o.g.) Fischer 31' Sembrant 60' |
Report | Okobi 50' Oshoala 53' Ordega 87' |
Goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Lotta Schelin | Lyon | 7 |
2 | Sofia Jakobsson | Montpellier | 6 |
3 | Kosovare Asllani | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 |
4 | Caroline Seger | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 |
5 | Nilla Fischer | Wolfsburg | 2 |
Linda Sembrant | Montpellier |
2016 fixtures
Fixtures
Squad
Current squad
Squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9]
- Caps and goals as of 21 June 2015.
Head coach: Pia Sundhage
Coaches
- 1973 : Christer Molander
- 1974–76 : Hasse Karlsson
- 1977–78 : Tord Grip
- 1979 : Ulf Bergquist
- 1980–87 : Ulf Lyfors
- 1988–91 : Gunilla Paijkull
- 1992–96 : Bengt Simonsson
- 1996–2005 : Marika Domanski-Lyfors
- 2005–2012 : Thomas Dennerby
- 2012– : Pia Sundhage
References
- ↑ "Förlust i Örebro mot Tyskland". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ Mats Bråstedt. "'SOK lovar damerna en storsatsning'". Expressen.se. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ↑ Nordic Women's Championships 1974–1982 rsssf.com/ Retrieved 09–03–13.
- ↑ Cyprus Tournament (Women) 1990–1993 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12–10–2013.
- ↑ North America Cup 1987 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12–10–2013.
- ↑ 1999–2004 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12–10–2013.
- ↑ "Sveriges motståndare 1937–2011" (in Swedish). SvFF.
- ↑ "Sverige – Norge" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ 2015 World cup roster
External links
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Preceded by Inaugural Champions |
European Champions 1984 (First title) |
Succeeded by 1987 Norway |
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