Football Women's World Cup 1995 / squad

This article is an overview of the teams participating in the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden. The teams are arranged according to the preliminary round groups and sorted alphabetically within the groups.

Group A

Brazil

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Meg	January 1, 1956	CR Vasco da Gama
12	Elaine	September 14, 1977	Saad EC
Defense
03	Elane	4th June 1968	Euro exports (SP)
04th	As long as	3rd October 1981	Euro export (BA)
13	Nene	March 31, 1976	Saad EC
17th	Yara	February 13, 1964	EC GAMA
18th	Katia	18th February 1977	CR Vasco da Gama
19th	Suzy	February 7, 1967	CR Vasco da Gama
midfield
02	Valeria	March 9, 1968	Saad EC
05	Leda Maria	April 16, 1966	CR Vasco da Gama
06th	Fanta	September 14, 1966	CR Vasco da Gama
08th	Cenira	February 12, 1965	CR Vasco da Gama
10	Sissi	June 2nd, 1967	Euro exports (SP)
14th	Marcia Taffarel	March 15, 1968	UNASA EC
16	Formiga	March 3, 1978	Euro export (BA)
attack
07th	Pretinha	May 19, 1975	CR Vasco da Gama
09	"Michael Jackson"	November 19, 1963	Saad EC
11	Roseli	7th September 1969	Euro exports (SP)
15th	Nalvinha	July 14, 1965	Saad EC
20th	Tania	3rd October 1974	Euro export (BA)
Trainer
	Ademar Fonseca Júnior

Germany

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Manuela Goller	5th January 1971	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
12	Katja Kraus	November 23, 1970	FSV Frankfurt
20th	Christine Francke	June 12, 1974	TuS Ahrbach
Defense
02	Anouschka Bernhard	5th October 1970	FSV Frankfurt
03	Birgitt Austermühl	October 8, 1965	FSV Frankfurt
05	Ursula Lohn	November 7, 1966	TuS Ahrbach
14th	Sandra Minnert	April 7, 1973	FSV Frankfurt
15th	Claudia Klein	September 24, 1971	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
17th	Tina Wunderlich	October 10, 1977	SG Praunheim
midfield
04th	Dagmar Pohlmann	7th February 1972	FSV Frankfurt
06th	Maren Meinert	5th August 1973	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
07th	Martina Voss	22nd December 1967	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
08th	Bettina Wiegmann	7th October 1971	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
10	Silvia Neid	May 2, 1964	TSV victories
13	Melanie Hoffmann	November 29, 1974	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
18th	Pia Wunderlich	January 26, 1975	SG Praunheim
19th	Sandra Smisek	3rd July 1977	FSV Frankfurt
attack
09	Heidi Mohr	May 29, 1967	TuS Ahrbach
11	Patricia Brocker	April 7, 1966	TuS Niederkirchen
16	Birgit Prinz	October 25, 1977	FSV Frankfurt
Trainer
	Gero Bisanz	November 3, 1935

Japan

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Junko Ozawa	7th December 1973	Tokyo Shidax LSC
19th	Shiho Onodera	November 18, 1973	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza
20th	Megumi Sakata	18th October 1971	Great FC Kunoichi
Defense
03	Yamaki Rie	2nd October 1975	Nikko Sec. Ladies FC
04th	Maki Haneta	September 30, 1972	Panasonic Bambina
05	Ryōko Uno	November 9, 1975	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza
06th	Kae Nishina	7th December 1972	Great FC Kunoichi
12	Yumi Ōbe	15th February 1975	Nikko Sec. Ladies FC
14th	Kaoru Kadohara	May 25, 1970	Panasonic Bambina
midfield
07th	Sawa Homare	September 6, 1978	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza
08th	Asako Takakura	April 19, 1968	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza
09	Futaba Kioka	November 22, 1965	Suzuyo Shimizu FC
11	Etsuko Handa	May 10, 1965	Suzuyo Shimizu FC
13	Kaori Nagamine	3rd June 1968	Suzuyo Shimizu FC
16	Nami Ōtake	July 30, 1974	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza
attack
10	Akemi Noda	October 13, 1969	Takarazuka Bunnies
15th	Tsuru Morimoto	September 11, 1970	Nikko Sec. Ladies FC
17th	Tamaki Uchiyama	December 13, 1972	Great FC Kunoichi
Trainer
	Tamotsu Suzuki	April 29, 1947

Sweden

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Elisabeth Leidinge	March 6, 1957	Malmö FF
12	Annelie Nilsson	June 14, 1971	Sunnanå SK
Defense
02	Malin Lundgren	3rd September 1967	Malmö FF
03	Asa Jakobsson	June 2, 1966	Gideonsbergs IF
04th	Pia Sundhage	February 13, 1960	Hammarby IF
05	Kristin Bengtsson	January 12, 1970	Hammarby IF
13	Annika Nessvold	February 24, 1971	Malmö FF
midfield
06th	Anna Pohjanen	January 25, 1974	Sunnanå SK
07th	Lena Videkull	December 9, 1962	Malmö FF
08th	Susanne Hedberg	June 26, 1972	Gideonsbergs IF
09	Malin Andersson	May 4th 1973	Älvsjö AIK
13	Annika Nessvold	February 24, 1971	Malmö FF
14th	Åsa Lönnqvist	April 14, 1970	Tyresö FF
15th	Anneli Olsson	February 7, 1967	Hammarby IF
17th	Malin Flink	4th September 1974	Gideonsbergs IF
20th	Sofia Johansson	May 9, 1969	Malmö FF
attack
10	Anneli Andelén	June 21, 1968	Öxabäck / Mark IF
11	Ulrika Kalte	May 19, 1970	Älvsjö AIK
18th	Helen Nilsson	November 24, 1970	Gideonsbergs IF
19th	Anika Bozicevic	November 8, 1972	Malmö FF
Trainer
	Bengt Simonson

Group B

England

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Pauline Cope	16th February 1969	Arsenal LFC
13	Lesley Higgs	October 25, 1965	Wembley
Defense
03	Tina Mapes	January 21, 1971	Croydon LFC
04th	Samantha Britton	8th December 1973	Arsenal LFC
05	Clare Taylor	May 22, 1965	Liverpool FC
11	Brenda Sempare	November 9, 1961	Croydon LFC
16	Donna Smith	17th January 1967	Croydon LFC
17th	Louise Waller	July 30, 1969	Millwall Lionesses
18th	Mary Rose Philipp	March 14, 1977	Millwall Lionesses
19th	Julie Fletcher	September 28, 1974	Millwall Lionesses
midfield
02	Hope Powell	December 8, 1966	Croydon LFC
06th	Gillian Coultard	July 22, 1963	Doncaster Belles
07th	Marie Anne Spacey	February 13, 1966	Arsenal LFC
08th	Deborah Bampton	October 7, 1961	Croydon LFC
10	Karen Burke	June 14, 1971	Liverpool FC
12	Kerry Davis	2nd August 1962	Croydon LFC
15th	Sian Williams	2nd February 1968	Arsenal LFC
20th	Rebecca Easton	April 16, 1974	Liverpool FC
attack
09	Karen Farley	2nd September 1970	Hammarby IF
14th	Karen Walker	July 29, 1969	Doncaster Belles
Trainer
	Ted Copeland	February 22, 1940

Canada

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Wendy Hawthorne	June 7, 1960	Surrey Marlins
18th	Carla Chin	May 10, 1966	Colombus Ziggx
20th	Tanya Singfield	2nd September 1970	omega
Defense
04th	Michelle Ring	November 28, 1967	Surrey Marlins
05	Andrea Neil	October 26, 1971	Coquitlam Strikers
08th	Nicole Sedgwick	19th January 1974	Surrey Marlins
09	Janine Wood	April 24, 1970	Angels SC
14th	Cathy Ross	November 19, 1967	Coquitlam Strikers
15th	Suzanne Muir	July 6, 1970	Coquitlam Strikers
midfield
06th	Geri Donnelly	November 30, 1965	Coquitlam Strikers
10	Veronica O'Brien	January 29, 1971	Sea Coast
11	Annie Caron	May 6, 1964	Lakeshore United
12	Joan McEachern	April 12, 1963	Coquitlam Strikers
13	Angela Kelly	3rd October 1971	North Carolina State University
19th	Suzanne Gerrior	April 4, 1973	North Carolina State University
attack
02	Helen Stoumbos	October 18, 1970	Kitchener Spirit
03	Charmaine Hooper	15th January 1968	Great FC
07th	Isabelle Morneau	April 18, 1976	Brossard
17th	Silvana Burtini	May 10, 1969	Surrey Marlins
Trainer
	Sylvie Béliveau	December 8, 1963

Nigeria

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Anna Chiejine	2nd February 1974	Princess Jegede
17th	Louisa Akpagu	22nd December 1974	Princess Jegede
19th	Diana Esther Nwaiwu	October 10, 1973	Rivers Angels
Defense
02	Florence Omagbemi	2nd February 1975	Princess Jegede
03	Ngozi Ezeocha	December 10, 1973	Princess Jegede
05	Omo-Love Branch	1st October 1974	Rivers Angels
10	Mavis Ogun	August 24, 1973	Ufuoma babes
11	Prisca Emeafu	March 30, 1972	Rivers Angels
14th	Phoebe Ebimiekumo	17th January 1974	Ufuoma babes
16	Ugochi Opara	May 27, 1976	Dynamite Queens
midfield
06th	Yinka Kudaisi	August 25, 1975	Simbiat Abiola
07th	Nkechi Mbilitam	May 4th 1974	Pelican stars
08th	Rita Nwadike	3rd November 1974	Rivers Angels
12	Akide Mercy	26th August 1975	Ufuoma babes
13	Nkiru Okosieme	March 1, 1972	Rivers Angels
18th	Patience Avre	June 10, 1976	Princess Jegede
20th	Ann Mukoro	May 27, 1975	Rivers Angels
attack
04th	Adaku Okoroafor	November 18, 1974	Princess Jegede
09	Ngozi Uche	June 18, 1973	Ufuoma babes
15th	Maureen Mmadu	May 7th 1975	Princess Jegede
Trainer
	Paul Hamilton	July 31, 1941

Norway

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Bente Nordby	23rd July 1974	Sprint / Jeløy SK
12	Reidun Seth	June 9, 1966	Öxabäck IF ( SWE )
20th	Ingrid Sternhoff	February 25, 1977	SK Hauger
Defense
02	Tina Svensson	November 16, 1966	Asker FK
03	Gro Espeseth	October 30, 1972	Sandviken IL
05	Nina Nymark Andersen	September 28, 1972	Sandviken IL
13	Merete Mykleust	May 16, 1973	Trondheims-Ørn SK
17th	Anita Libra	July 31, 1971	Trondheims-Ørn SK
19th	Agnete Carlsen	15th January 1971	Kolbotn IL
midfield
04th	Anne Nymark Andersen	September 28, 1972	Sandviken IL
06th	Maintain Riise	18th July 1969	Setskog / Høland FK
07th	Tone Haugen	February 6, 1964	Nikko Sec. Ladies FC ( JPN )
08th	Heidi Støre	4th July 1963	Kolbotn IL
11	Ann Kristin Aarønes	19th January 1973	Trondheims-Ørn SK
14th	Hege Gunnerød	November 22, 1973	Asker FK
18th	Tone Gunn Frustøl	June 21, 1975	FK Thursday
attack
09	Kristin Sandberg	March 23, 1972	Asker FK
10	Linda medals	June 17, 1965	Nikko Sec. Ladies FC ( JPN )
15th	Randi Leinan	April 9, 1968	Trondheims-Ørn SK
16	Marianne Pettersen	April 12, 1975	Gjellerasen
Trainer
	Even Pellerud	July 15, 1953

Group C

Australia

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Tracey Wheeler	September 26, 1967	Forrestfield United
20th	Claire Nichols	July 8, 1975	Liverpool FC ( ENG )
Defense
02	Sarah Cooper	October 8, 1969	Mindil Aces
03	Jane Oakley	June 25, 1966	Berwick City
06th	Anissa Tann	October 10, 1967	Marconi Stallions
07th	Alison Forman	17th March 1969	Fortuna Hjørring ( DEN )
08th	Sonia Gegenhuber	September 28, 1970	Eastern suburbs
13	Traci Bartlett	17th May 1972	Marconi Stallions
17th	Sacha Wainwright	February 6, 1972	Weston Creek
18th	Louise McMurtriel	April 26, 1976	Queensland Academy of Sport
midfield
04th	Julie Murray	April 28, 1970	Sydney Olympic
05	Cheryl Salisbury	March 8, 1974	Stirling Macedonia
11	Kaylene Janssen	18th August 1968	Eastern suburbs
14th	Denie Pentecost	April 23, 1970	Sydney Olympic
15th	Kim Lembryk	19th February 1966	Marconi Stallions
attack
09	Angela Iannotta	March 22, 1971	ACF Agliana ( ITA )
10	Sunni Hughes	June 9, 1968	Panasonic Bambina ( JPN )
12	Michelle Watson	17th June 1976	Marconi Stallions
16	Lisa Casagrande	May 29, 1978	Goonella Bah
19th	Lizzy Claydon	November 11, 1972	Stirling Vasto
Trainer
	Tom Sermanni	July 1, 1954

China

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Honglian Zhong	October 27, 1967	Dalian
20th	Gao Hong	November 27, 1967	Guangdong
Defense
03	Yunjie fan	April 29, 1972	Henan
04th	Honggi Yu	2nd February 1973	Dalian
12	Lirong Wen	2nd October 1969	Beijing
13	Lijie Niu	April 12, 1969	Changchun
18th	Yanling Man	November 9, 1972	Beijing
midfield
02	Liping Wang	November 12, 1973	Hebei
05	Yang Zhou	1st February 1971	Dalian
06th	Hua Zhou	3rd October 1969	Dalian
08th	Qingxia Shui	18th December 1966	Shanghai
10	Ailing Liu	May 2, 1967	Beijing
11	Qingmei Sun	June 19, 1966	Hebei
14th	Huilin Xie	17th January 1975	Shanghai
16	Yufeng Chen	17th January 1970	Shangdong
17th	Lihong Zhao	December 25, 1972	Guangdong
19th	Ying Li	October 21, 1973	Beijing
attack
07th	Haiying Wei	5th January 1971	Guangdong
09	Sun Wen	April 6, 1973	Shanghai
15th	Guihong Shi	February 13, 1968	Guangdong
Trainer
	Yuanan Ma	April 9, 1945

Denmark

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Dorthe Larsen	August 8, 1969	Fortuna Hjørring
16	Helle Bjerregaard	June 21, 1968	Rødovre BK
Defense
03	Kamma Flæng	March 30, 1976	HEI Århus
04th	Lene Terp	April 15, 1973	Vejle BK
05	Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen	April 13, 1977	HEI Århus
06th	Rikke Holm	March 22, 1972	Odense BK
18th	Bettina Allentoft	November 16, 1973	HEI Århus
midfield
02	Louise Hansen	May 4th 1975	Rødovre BK
07th	Annette Laursen	February 6, 1975	HEI Århus
08th	Lisbet Kolding	April 6, 1965	HEI Århus
09	Bright Jensen	March 23, 1969	Fortuna Hjørring
10	Birgit Christensen	May 31, 1976	Fortuna Hjørring
12	Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen	November 6, 1975	HEI Århus
15th	Christine Bonde	September 28, 1973	Rødovre BK
17th	Karina Christensen	July 1, 1973	Fortuna Hjørring
19th	Jeanne Axelsen	3rd January 1968	Hillerød
20th	Christina Petersen	17th September 1974	Fortuna Hjørring
attack
11	Gitte Krogh	May 13, 1977	HEI Århus
13	Christina Hansen	May 6, 1970	Hillerød
14th	Lene Madsen	March 11, 1973	Fortuna Hjørring
Trainer
	Keld Gantzhorn

United States

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Briana Scurry	7th September 1971
18th	Saskia Webber	June 13, 1971
Defense
02	Thori Staples Bryan	April 17, 1974	North Carolina State University
04th	Carla Werden Overbeck	May 9, 1968
08th	Linda Hamilton	4th June 1969
14th	Joy Fawcett-Biefield	February 8, 1968
midfield
03	Holly Manthei	February 8, 1976	Notre Dame
05	Tiffany Roberts	May 5th 1977	North Carolina State University
11	Julie Foudy	January 23, 1971
13	Kristine Lilly	July 22, 1971
15th	Tisha Venturini	March 3, 1973
17th	Jennifer Lalor	5th September 1974	Santa Clara Univ.
19th	Amanda Cromwell	June 15, 1970
attack
06th	Debbie Keller	March 24, 1975	North Carolina State University
07th	Sarah Rafanelli	June 7, 1972
09	Mia Hamm	March 17, 1972
10	Michelle Akers-Stahl	1st February 1966
12	Carin Jennings-Gabarra	January 9, 1965
16	Tiffeny Milbrett	October 23, 1972
Trainer
	Tony DiCicco	August 5, 1948

See also

• Soccer World Cup 1995
• Soccer World Cup for women / goal scorers