European Women's Football Championship 2017 / Sweden

This article covers the Swedish national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . Sweden took part in the finals for the eighth time and failed for the second time in the quarter-finals.

qualification

Sweden was drawn for the qualification in group 4 and met permanent opponents Denmark , Poland , Slovakia and for the first time Moldova , which had qualified for the main qualification via the first qualifying round. The Swedes began qualifying against Moldova, with Lisa Dahlkvist making her 100th international match and the Swedes winning 3-0. The following five games were also won without conceding a goal. In the penultimate game on September 15, 2016, they conceded their first goal in a 2-1 win against Slovakia, but qualified early as group winners and were then able to cope with the 2-0 defeat against Denmark in the last game. With 22 goals, the Swedes scored the fewest goals of all group winners. A total of 13 Swedes scored qualifying goals, only the German team had more goalscorers. The best Swedish goalscorers were Kosovare Asllani and Fridolina Rolfö with three goals each in 50th place on the list of goalscorers.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	8th	7th	0	1	022: 300	+19	21st
2.	Denmark	8th	6th	1	1	022: 100	+21	19th
3.	Poland	8th	3	1	4th	010:160	−6	10
4th	Slovakia	8th	3	0	5	011:130	−2	09
5.	Moldova	8th	0	0	8th	001:330	−32	00

09/17/2015	Orhei	Moldova	-	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 2)
09/22/2015	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Poland	3: 0 (1: 0)
10/27/2015	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Denmark	1: 0 (0: 0)
04/08/2016	Poprad	Slovakia	-	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 1)
06/02/2016	Łódź	Poland	-	Sweden	0: 4 (0: 1)
06/06/2016	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Moldova	6: 0 (2: 0)
09/15/2016	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Slovakia	2: 1 (1: 0)
09/20/2016	Viborg	Denmark	-	Sweden	2: 0 (1: 0)

Squad

The preliminary roster was announced on May 22nd. Julia Spetsmark was nominated for Lina Hurtig on June 3rd. On June 20, the final squad was named. Were canceled Tove Almqvist , Fanny Andersson , Petra Andersson and Nathalie Björn .

No.	Player	Date of birth	society	debut	Calls	Gates	Last use	Games	Gates
goal
12	Hilda Carlén *	08/13/1991	Piteå IF	2015	007th	00	06/08/2017
1	Hedvig Lindahl *	04/29/1983	Chelsea LFC	2002	138	00	07/08/2017	4th
21st	Emelie Lundberg	03/10/1993	Eskilstuna United		000	00
Defense
2	Jonna Andersson *	01/02/1993	Linköpings FC	2015	018th	00	07/08/2017	3
4th	Emma Berglund *	December 19, 1988	FC Rosengård	2011	054	01	07/08/2017
6th	Magdalena Eriksson *	09/08/1993	Linköpings FC	2013	026th	04th	07/08/2017	3		1
5	Nilla Fischer *	08/02/1984	VfL Wolfsburg	2001	160	22nd	07/08/2017	3
16	Hanna Glas	04/16/1993	Eskilstuna United DFF	2017	006th	00	06/13/2017
15th	Jessica Samuelsson *	01/30/1992	Linköpings FC	2011	050	00	07/08/2017	3		1
3	Linda Sembrant *	05/15/1987	HSC Montpellier	2008	085	08th	07/08/2017	4th
midfield
9	Kosovars Asllani	07/29/1989	Manchester City	2008	102	27	07/08/2017	4th		1
7th	Lisa Dahlkvist *	02/06/1987	KIF Örebro	2008	130	11	07/08/2017	4th
14th	Hanna Folkesson	06/15/1988	FC Rosengård	2013	034	00	07/08/2017	3
13	Josefin Johansson	03/17/1988	Piteå IF	2015	009	00	07/08/2017
23	Elin Rubensson *	05/11/1993	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	2012	043	00	07/08/2017	2
22nd	Olivia Schough *	03/11/1991	Eskilstuna United	2014	055	08th	07/08/2017	3
17th	Caroline Seger *	March 19, 1985	Olympique Lyon	2005	171	24	07/08/2017	4th
10	Julia Spetsmark	06/30/1989	KIF Örebro	2016	002	00	06/08/2017	1
attack
11	Stina Blackstenius *	02/05/1996	HSC Montpellier	2015	022nd	03	07/08/2017	4th	2
19th	Pauline Hammarlund	05/07/1994	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	2015	017th	04th	06/13/2017	1
20th	Mimmi Larsson	04/09/1994	Eskilstuna United	2016	005	01	06/08/2017	1
18th	Fridolina Rolfö *	11/24/1993	Bayern Munich	2014	021st	05	07/08/2017	4th
8th	Lotta Schelin *	02/27/1984	FC Rosengård	2004	181	86	07/08/2017	4th	2
Coaching staff
Head coach	Pia Sundhage	02/13/1960		2012	146	71
Co-trainer	Lily Persson	04/23/1966		2005
Remarks: ↑ Numbers at the final round ( Sweden squad ). Positions according to information from the Swedish association, UEFA sometimes mentions other positions. ↑ Players marked with "*" were also nominated for the Olympic Games. ↑ a b Status: July 8, 2017

preparation

In October, the Swedes played for the first time against Iran , whose women were playing for the first time in Europe, and won 7-0, with all goals coming in the first half. Magdalena Eriksson and Olivia Schough scored three goals each and were substituted off in the second half. Three days later they only came to a goalless draw with neighboring Norway . Norway was then also the first of two test match opponents during a training camp in January 2017 on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, where the Scandinavian teams traditionally prepare. The Swedes started the European Championship year with a 1: 2. With a 0-0 win against England , another European Championship participant on January 24, the training camp was concluded. In March, the participation in the Algarve Cup was on the program again, where EM hosts Netherlands (0: 1) as well as Australia (1: 0) and China (0: 0) were the opponents in the group stage. As third in the group, the Swedes only had to play for 7th place, which meant the worst result in the history of the Algarve Cup. The placement game was then won 4-0 against the European Championship finals opponents Russia . On April 6, the Swedes lost in Trelleborg against Olympic third Canada with 0: 1, who three days later also played against the European Championship group opponent Germany and lost with 1: 2. One month before the European Championship finals, the Swedes played in Gothenburg on June 8th against world champions USA and lost 1-0, with Kosovare Asllani making their 100th international match. On June 13, they then won 1-0 against EM newcomer Scotland in Växjö . On July 8th, the dress rehearsal for the EM against Mexico followed , which also ended with a 1-0 victory.

The Van der Valk Hotel Duiven bij Arnhem A12 was based in the Netherlands .

European Championship finals

Group stage

Doetinchem (VR + VF) Breda Deventer Arnhem

Venues and district (blue)

In the draw on November 8, 2016, Sweden was assigned to Pot 2. Sweden was drawn into group B and will face defending champions and Olympic champions Germany in the first game of the only group without a newcomer to the European Championship , then Italy and Russia . So far, there have been four wins against Russia in four games, three of them in the European Championship preliminary rounds in 1997, 2001 and 2009, the last encounter so far. The record against Italy is also positive: in 21 games there were 15 wins, four draws and only two defeats. The last time they met was on July 16, 2013 in the last European Championship preliminary round and Sweden won 3-1. The last defeat against Italy was on June 26, 2004 in qualifying for the EM 2005 when the Swedes were already qualified. Against Germany, however, the balance is negative: in 26 games there were seven wins and 19 defeats. The last game between the two was the final at the 2016 Olympics , which Sweden lost 2-1. The last win against Germany was on March 4, 2015 in the first group game of the Algarve Cup 2015 , when the Swedes were able to convert a 0-2 deficit into a 4-2 win. A week later they lost the game for third place with 1: 2 and three months later they also lost the World Cup round of 16 against Germany (1: 4).

The first final match in Group A ended against Germany in a 0-0 draw, which meant the first draw between these two teams after 27 games.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Italy	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
Note: The direct comparison is decisive for places 3 and 4 (see mode ).

Monday, July 17, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Breda
Germany	-	Sweden	0-0
Friday, July 21, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Deventer
Sweden	-	Russia	2: 0 (1: 0)	22 ′ Schelin , 51 ′ Blackstenius
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Doetinchem
Sweden	-	Italy	2: 3 (1: 2)	4, 37 ′ Sabatino , 14 ′ Schelin ( FE ), 47 ′ Blackstenius , 85 ′ Girelli

Knockout round

Quarter finals

Sweden and the Netherlands met 20 times before, of which the Swedes won ten games and lost five games and played a draw. The last time they met was in March at the Algarve Cup 2017 and the Dutch women won 1-0. They have never met at a European Championship finals. The Swedes celebrated their last win against the Dutch on May 30, 2015 in Toronto, Canada, in preparation for the 2015 World Cup, when Lotta Schelin put on the blue and yellow dress for the 150th time. As the winners of this game, the Dutch met England in the semi-finals, the winner of the quarter-final game against France. As previously announced, Pia Sundhage's term of office as Swedish national coach ended with the end of the European Championship . He was succeeded by Peter Gerhardsson .

Saturday, July 29, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Doetinchem
Netherlands	-	Sweden	2: 0 (1: 0)	33 ′ Martens , 64 ′ Miedema

Individual evidence

1. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Debutant med i damlandslagets trupp"
2. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Hurtig ersätts av Spetsmark"
3. ^ Troops till EM i Holland
4. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Schmidt med mot Norge och England"
5. ↑ fpf.pt: "As equipas da Algarve Cup 2017"
6. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Kosovare Asllani firar 100 mot USA"
7. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "EM-genrep mot USA och Skottland"
8. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "EM-genrep mot Mexico i Falkenberg"
9. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
10. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"