2017 European Women's Football Championship / Norway

This article covers the Norwegian national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . With the exception of the first edition in 1984, Norway took part in all the finals and won the title twice (1987 and 1993) and is the second most successful team after Germany. In 2017, the Norwegians could not score a goal or win a point at a European Championship finals for the first time and were eliminated as the bottom of the group.

qualification

Ada Hegerberg, best scorer in qualification

After being eliminated in the round of 16 at the 2015 World Cup, national coach Even Pellerud resigned and Roger Finjord took over the post. Norway was drawn for qualification in Group 8 and met Kazakhstan for the first time, against which both games were won. Another opponent were the Austrians, who conceded goals in the 2-2 home game for the first time and did not win. But these were the only loss of points and the only goals conceded, because like Kazakhstan, Israel and Wales were defeated in both games. The Norwegians qualified for the finals on June 7, 2016. The best Norwegian scorer in the qualification was Ada Hegerberg , who with 10 goals was the best scorer in the qualification together with two other players, but needed more playing minutes. Ingrid Hjelmseth made her 100th international match in the home game against Wales . Isabell Herlovsen scored her 50th international goal in the last group game against Israel . After the successful qualification, Roger Finjord resigned as national coach.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	8th	7th	1	0	029: 200	+27	22nd
2.	Austria	8th	5	2	1	018: 400	+14	17th
3.	Wales	8th	3	2	3	013:110	+2	11
4th	Kazakhstan	8th	1	1	6th	002:300	−28	04th
5.	Israel	8th	0	2	6th	002:170	−15	02

09/22/2015	Astana	Kazakhstan	-	Norway	00: 4 (0: 2)
23/10/2015	Ålesund	Norway	-	Wales	04: 0 (2: 0)
04/06/2016	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Norway	00: 1 (0: 1)
04/10/2016	Steyr	Austria	-	Norway	00: 1 (0: 1)
06/02/2016	Oslo	Norway	-	Austria	02: 2 (1: 1)
06/07/2016	Newport	Wales	-	Norway	00: 2 (0: 0)
09/15/2016	Molde	Norway	-	Kazakhstan	10: 0 (7: 0)
09/19/2016	Ulsteinvik	Norway	-	Israel	05: 0 (1: 0)

Squad

On May 30th, the preliminary roster was presented, from which the players for the friendly against the USA on June 11th will come. Players marked with "*" were also nominated for the 2017 Algarve Cup . A third goalkeeper was wanted for the European Championship finals. The final roster was unveiled on June 28th. Synne Sofie Kinden Jensen and Karina Sævik were removed from the provisional squad and replaced by Frida Leonhardsen Maanum and Stine Pettersen Reinås . In addition, Oda Maria Hove Bogstad , who had not previously been nominated for the senior national team, was the third goalkeeper .

No.	Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	Games	Gates
goal
23	Oda Maria Hove Bogstad	04/24/1996	Klepp IL	000	00
12	Cecilie Fiskerstrand *	03/20/1996	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	013	00	03/08/2017
01	Ingrid Hjelmseth *	04/10/1980	Stabæk FK	112	00	07/11/2017	3
Defense
11	Nora Holstad Mountains	03/26/1987	FC Bayern Munich	066	02	07/11/2017	3
05	Tuva Hansen *	08/04/1997	Klepp IL	002	00	03/08/2017
21st	Kristine Bjørdal leash	08/06/1996	Røa IL	000	00
18th	Frida Leonhardsen Maanum	07/16/1999	Kolbotn IL	001	00	07/11/2017	2
06th	Maren Mjelde *	11/06/1989	Chelsea ladies	116	17th	07/11/2017	3
13	Stine Pettersen Reinås *	07/15/1994	Stabæk FK	005	01	03/06/2017
16	Anja Sønstevold *	06/21/1992	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	012	00	07/11/2017	1		1
03	Maria Thorisdottir *	06/05/1993	Klepp IL	014th	00	07/11/2017	2
09	Elise Thorsnes *	08/14/1988	Avaldsnes IL	105	16	07/11/2017	2
02	Ingrid Moe Wold *	01/29/1990	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	038	03	07/11/2017	3
midfield
08th	Andrine Hegerberg *	06/06/1993	Birmingham City LFC	023	01	07/11/2017	1
19th	Ingvild Landvik Isaksen *	02/10/1989	Stabæk FK	059	03	06/11/2017	1
04th	Guro riding *	07/26/1994	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	014th	01	07/11/2017	2
07th	Ingrid Schjelderup *	December 21, 1987	Eskilstuna United	016	00	07/11/2017	3
22nd	Ingrid Marie Spord *	07/26/1994	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	007th	00	07/11/2017	2
attack
20th	Emilie Haavi	06/16/1992	Boston Breakers	061	15th	07/11/2017	2
10	Caroline Graham Hansen *	02/18/1995	VfL Wolfsburg	048	15th	07/11/2017	3
14th	Ada Hegerberg *	07/10/1995	Olympique Lyon	063	38	07/11/2017	3		1
17th	Kristine Minde *	08/08/1992	Linköpings FC	076	09	07/11/2017	3
15th	Lisa-Marie Utland *	09/19/1992	Røa IL	020th	02	06/11/2017	2
Coaching staff
Head coach	Martin Sjogren	04/27/1977

Remarks:

1. ↑ Numbers at the final round ( squad Norway ). The positions correspond to the information provided by the Norwegian association, UEFA sometimes names others.
2. ↑ As of June 28, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status: July 11, 2017 after the game against France

preparation

After the successful qualification, Leif Gunnar Smerud, the coach of the men's U-21 team, took over the coaching position and looked after the team in the last two games of the year. In this, the Norwegians played against their neighbor Sweden on October 24th and parted without a goal. On November 29th, another friendly match against defending champions and Olympic champions Germany resulted in a 1-1 draw. In December, Martin Sjogren became the new national coach. Under him, the Norwegians started the European Championship year with two friendly matches against England (1-0) and Sweden (2-1) in January 2017 on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Participation in the Algarve Cup in March was less successful, where the EM participants Iceland (1: 1) and Spain (0: 3) as well as vice world champions Japan (0: 2) were the opponents in the group games. After that, it was only enough to play for 11th place against hosts Portugal , which was won 2-0, but 11th place is the worst placement of the Norwegians at this tournament so far. On April 10th in Skien they won 2-1 against the newcomer Switzerland , who won the Cyprus Cup 2017 , which was held parallel to the Algarve Cup . On June 11, world champions USA visited Norway and won 1-0 against the Norwegians. On July 11th, the Norwegians drew 1-1 with France in Sedan .

Accommodation during the final round will be the Bilderberg Hotel De Keizerskroon in Apeldoorn .

European Championship finals

Deventer Utrecht Breda Apeldoorn

Venues and district (blue)

In the draw on November 8, 2016, Norway was assigned to Pot 2. Norway met hosts Netherlands in the opening game in preliminary group A , then Belgium and then Denmark . Against Belgium there were nine wins, one draw and one defeat in eleven games, this in the last game so far on May 23, 2015 in preparation for the 2015 World Cup. The results against the Netherlands are also positive: in twice as many games there were 13 wins, five draws and four defeats. The last game - in the Olympic qualification in March 2016, which was ultimately unsuccessful for both of them - the Norwegians won 4-1. Denmark is the third most popular opponent of the Norwegians (after Sweden and the USA) and in 43 games they have 19 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses. Most recently the game for 5th place at the Algarve Cup 2015 was won 5: 2. The last loss to Denmark was on March 5, 2012 in an Algarve Cup group game .

The first final game in Group A was lost in the opening game against hosts Netherlands by a goal by van de Sanden with 0-1. The Norwegians also failed to score against Belgium and Denmark, but their opponents and so the Norwegians were eliminated as the bottom of the group.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	004: 100	+3	09
2.	Denmark	3	2	0	1	002: 100	+1	06th
3.	Belgium	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	000: 400	−4	00

Sunday, July 16, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Utrecht
Netherlands	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)	66 ′ van de Sanden
Thursday, July 20, 2017, 6 p.m. in Breda
Norway	-	Belgium	0: 2 (0: 0)	59 ′ Van Gorp , 67 ′ Caymann
Monday, July 24, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Deventer
Norway	-	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 1)	5 ′ Veje

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fotball.no: "Norges tropp mot USA"
2. ↑ fotball.no: "Norges tropp til Algarve"
3. ↑ fotball.no: "Norges EM-tropp he clear"
4. ^ Martin Sjögren ny landslagssjef
5. ↑ fpf.pt: "As equipas da Algarve Cup 2017"
6. ↑ fotball.no: Norge Kvinner Senior A - list of dates
7. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
8. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"