Soccer World Cup 2015 / Norway

This article is about the Norwegian national women's soccer team at the 2015 Women's Soccer World Cup in Canada . Norway took part in the World Cup finals for the seventh time, but were eliminated in the first knockout round. The World Cup also serves as qualification for the football tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games for the European teams . Since only the three best European teams qualify for the Olympics at the World Cup, direct Olympic qualification was missed. You now have to determine the third European Olympic participant in playoff games with the teams from the Netherlands , Switzerland and Sweden that were also eliminated in the round of 16 .

qualification

The reigning European runner-up met in the European qualification group 5 on Albania , which took part in the qualification for the first time, Belgium , Greece , the Netherlands and Portugal . The Norwegian team won nine out of ten games and only lost the last game against their direct rivals Netherlands, when they were already qualified for the World Cup. With the 11: 0 on September 13, 2014 in Albania on the penultimate matchday against Albania, the team qualified early. The best goalscorers were Caroline Graham Hansen (8 goals), Isabell Herlovsen (6), Ada Hegerberg and Maren Mjelde (5 each). Coach Even Pellerud , under whom Norway became second world champion in 1995, used a total of 29 players in qualifying. Of these, Ingvild Isaksen , Maren Mjelde and Nora Holstad Berge were used in all ten games.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	10	9	0	1	041: 500	+36	27
2.	Netherlands	10	8th	1	1	043: 600	+37	25th
3.	Belgium	10	6th	1	3	034:110	+23	19th
4th	Portugal	10	4th	0	6th	019:210	−2	12
5.	Greece	10	1	0	9	003:540	−51	03
6th	Albania	10	1	0	9	006:490	−43	03

Norway - Belgium on September 25, 2013 in Oslo	4: 1 (2: 0)
1: 0 Caroline Graham Hansen (5th), 2: 0, 3: 0, 4: 1 Kristine Minde (34th, 53rd, 66th), 3: 1 Cecile De Gernier (62nd)
Norway - Albania on October 26, 2013 in Tonsberg	7: 0 (3: 0)
1-0 Marit Helene Fiane Grødum (11th), 2-0 Elise Thorsnes (30th), 3-0 Maren Mjelde (45th), 4-0, 6-0, 7-0 Caroline Graham Hansen (51st, 70. 73.), Solveig Gulbrandsen (62.)
Netherlands - Norway on October 30, 2013 in Volendam	1: 2 (1: 2)
0: 1 Caroline Graham Hansen (17th), 1: 1 Vivianne Miedema (23,), 1: 2 Ingvild Stensland (36th)
Greece - Norway on February 13, 2014 in Komotini	0: 5 (0: 1)
0: 1 Kristine Minde (45th), 2: 0, 4: 0 Elise Thorsnes (60th, 75th), 3: 0 Ada Hegerberg (65th), Melissa Bjånesøy (88th)
Belgium - Norway on April 10, 2014 in Leuven	1: 2 (0: 1)
0: 1 Ingvild Stensland (45th), 0: 2 Ada Hegerberg (51st), 1: 2 Aline Zeler (85th)
Norway - Portugal on May 7, 2014 in Tonsberg	2: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 Elise Thorsnes (47th), 2-0 Isabell Herlovsen (89th)
Norway - Greece on June 14, 2014 in Bergen	6: 0 (5: 0)
1-0 Ada Hegerberg (3rd), 2-0 Caroline Graham Hansen (25th), 3-0 Maren Mjelde (27th), 4-0 Nora Holstad Berge (32nd), 5-0 Isabell Herlovsen (43rd) ), 6-0 Emilie Bosshard Haavi (56.)
Portugal - Norway on June 18, 2014 in Santa Maria da Feira	0: 2 (0: 2)
0: 1 Isabell Herlovsen (25th), 0: 2 Maren Mjelde (33.)
Albania - Norway on September 13, 2014 in Durrës	0:11 (0: 4)
0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 8 Isabell Herlovsen (18th, 45th, 82nd), 0: 2, 0: 7 Maren Mjelde (34th, 66th), 0: 3, 0:10 Caroline Graham Hansen (40th, 89th), 0: 5, 0: 6 Ada Hegerberg (60th, 63rd), 0: 9 Emilie Bosshard Haavi (85th), 0:11 Ida Elise Enget (90th)
Norway - Netherlands on September 17, 2014 in Nadderud	0: 2 (0: 0)
0: 1 Anouk Dekker (68.), 0: 2 Daniëlle van de Donk (76.)

The team

Contingent

The squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers) must be communicated to the FIFA general secretariat at least ten working days before the opening match.

On April 23, 2015, a preliminary roster of 35 players was named. The squad planned for the World Cup was named on May 14th. On May 19, Caroline Graham Hansen had to cancel, she was replaced by Anja Sønstevold .

No.	Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	World Cup games	Last use	World Cup 2015
								Sp.	Gates
goal
23	Cecilie Fiskerstrand	03/20/1996	Stabæk FK	003	00		03/06/2015	0	0	0	0	0
1	Ingrid Hjelmseth	04/10/1980	Stabæk FK	097	00	03 (2011)	06/22/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
12	Silje Vesterbekkmo	06/22/1983	Røa IL	009	00		06/15/2015	1	0	0	0	0
Defense
11	Nora Holstad Mountains	03/26/1987	FC Bayern Munich M	048	01	02 (2011)	06/07/2015	1	0	0	0	0
6th	Maren Mjelde	11/06/1989	Avaldsnes IL	092	11	03 (2011)	06/22/2015	4th	1	0	0	0
7th	Trine Rønning	06/14/1982	Stabæk FK	155	22nd	11 (2003, 2007 and 2011)	06/22/2015	2	1	0	0	0
15th	Marit Sandvei	05/21/1987	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	008th	00		05/29/2015	0	0	0	0	0
3	Marita Skammelsrud Lund	01/29/1989	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	067	02	02 (2011)	06/22/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
2	Maria Thorisdottir	06/05/1993	Klepp IL	008th	00		06/22/2015	3	0	0	0	0
13	Ingrid Moe Wold	01/29/1990	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	015th	01		06/22/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
midfield
8th	Solveig Gulbrandsen	01/12/1981	Kolbotn IL	184	55	15 (1999, 2003 and 2007)	06/22/2015	4th	2	0	0	0
4th	Gry Tofte Ims	03/02/1986	Klepp IL	046	04th	02 (2011)	06/22/2015	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Lene Mykjåland	02/20/1987	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	083	13	05 (2007 and 2011)	06/22/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
14th	Ingrid Schjelderup	December 21, 1987	Stabæk FK	012	00		06/15/2015	2	0	0	0	0
10	Anja Sønstevold	06/21/1992	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	003	00		03/06/2015	0	0	0	0	0
attack
18th	Melissa Bjånesøy	04/18/1992	Stabæk FK	021st	04th		05/29/2015	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Emilie Haavi	06/16/1992	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	044	11	03 (2011)	06/15/2015	3	0	1	0	0
22nd	Hege Hansen	October 24, 1990	Klepp IL	010	04th		11/27/2014	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Ada Hegerberg	07/10/1995	Olympique Lyon M	039	19th		06/22/2015	4th	3	0	0	0
9	Isabell Herlovsen	06/23/1988	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	104	43	07 (2007 and 2011)	06/22/2015	3	2	0	0	0
19th	Kristine Minde	08/08/1992	Linköpings FC	053	06th	01 (2011)	06/22/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
16	Elise Thorsnes	08/14/1988	Avaldsnes IL	085	16	03 (2011)	06/08/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
5	Lisa-Marie Utland	09/19/1992	Trondheims-Ørn SK	003	00		06/15/2015	2	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Landslagstrenere	Even Pellerud	07/15/1953	Norges Fotballforbund			21st		4th		0	0	0

1. ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list
2. ↑ Status: April 23, 2015 (M = champions, P = cup winners of the 2014/15 season. In the Scandinavian leagues, the season runs from spring to autumn and is interrupted for the World Cup.)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 22, 2015 after the round of 16 at the World Cup
4. ↑ Status before the World Cup
5. ↑ as Kristine Wigdahl Hegland
6. ↑ 12 with Norway and 9 with Canada (1991, 1995, 2003, 2007)

Players who were only in the preliminary roster

Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	World Cup games	Last use
goal
Nora Neset Gjøen	02/20/1992	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	003	00		01/14/2014
Guro Petersen	08/22/1991	Vålerenga Oslo	000	00		-
Defense
Inger Ane Hole	02/06/1987	Trondheims-Ørn SK	007th	00		04/08/2015
Hedda Strand Gardsjord	06/28/1982	Røa IL	033	00	02 (2011)	03/11/2015
midfield
Cathrine Høegh Dekkerhus	09/17/1992	Stabæk FK	023	00		03/11/2015
Andrine Hegerberg	06/06/1993	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	008th	00		03/11/2015
Guro riding	07/26/1994	Trondheims-Ørn SK	009	00		11/25/2014
Ingvild Stensland	08/03/1981	Stabæk FK	137	10	09 (2007 and 2011)	06/18/2014
Maria Brochmann	03/25/1993	Arna-Bjørnar	000	00		-
attack
Ida Elise Enget	06/14/1989	Stabæk FK	012	01		03/11/2015
Camilla Christensen	05/20/1991	Vålerenga Oslo	000	00		-
Caroline Graham Hansen	02/18/1995	VfL Wolfsburg P.	033	12		11/25/2014

1. ↑ Status: April 23, 2015 (M = champions, P = cup winners of the 2014/15 season. In the Scandinavian leagues, the season runs from spring to autumn and is interrupted for the World Cup.)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Status: April 8, 2015
3. ↑ Status before the World Cup

preparation

Norway began preparing for the World Cup immediately after successfully qualifying with two games against the also qualified New Zealanders. Both games were played on artificial turf in the Randaberg Arena , as the World Cup will also be played on artificial turf. On November 25, 2014 it was only enough to score 1: 1, two days later they won 2-0. On January 13, 2015, a game in La Manga against neighboring Sweden was lost 3-2 after a 2-0 half-time lead. A game against Ireland is scheduled for January 15th . In spring, the team will also take part in the traditional Algarve Cup in Portugal and meet Iceland (1-0 on March 6th), Switzerland (2-2 on March 9th), which will take part for the first time, and record winners in the group stage USA (1-2 on March 4th). As the second-best runners-up in the group, the Norwegians met third-best runners-up Denmark on March 11th and won 5-2, with Solveig Gulbrandsen doing a "flawless" hat trick in the first half . On April 8, they lost 3-2 to the Netherlands in Strømmen . On May 23, the Norwegians lost to Belgium for the first time in Heverlee (2: 3). In the last friendly on May 29, they beat Finland 2-0 . In addition, three players (goalkeeper Cecilie Hauståker Fiskerstrand , Maria Thorisdottir and Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland ) were used together with some players who were not considered for the World Cup in the 3-0 win of the U-23 team against England on May 27th.

Games at the World Cup

Ottawa (VR / AF) Moncton (VR)

Venues

When the groups were drawn, Norway was not seeded and was drawn into group B with European champions Germany.

In addition, the team met the World Cup newcomers Ivory Coast and Thailand . Germany is the Norwegian team's third most popular opponent after Sweden and the USA (both 48 games). Previously there had been 38 games between the two of them, of which 14 were won, five ended in a draw and 19 were lost. The goal difference was also negative at 48:66. Both of them met twice at world championships: in 1995 in the final, which the Norwegians won 2-0 and thus their only world title to date, and in 2007 in the semifinals, which Germany won 3-0 on the way to their second world title . The last victory against Germany came on July 17, 2013 in the European Championship group game. After that, however, the European Championship final and a group game at the Algarve Cup 2014 were lost against the German team. There was only one game against Thailand before the World Cup that was won 4-0 at the 1988 Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament. Norway had never played against Ivory Coast before.

Former world champions Norway (11th in the FIFA world rankings) met in this group, in which two ex-world champions meet in the group stage for the first time at a women's World Cup, on the one hand on the world number one Germany and on the other hand on the FIFA world rankings Before the World Cup, the worst placed World Cup participant Ivory Coast (67th place). The third group opponent Thailand was in 29. The group average was 27, making this the second weakest and most unbalanced group.

Norway started with a 4-0 win against the physically inferior Thais before being dominated by European champions Germany in the second game in the first half. The Norwegians fell behind in the sixth minute and were lucky that after 45 minutes it was only 0: 1. In the second half, coach Even Pellerud replaced the oldest player Solveig Gulbrandsen and Norway played more aggressively from then on. After an hour of play, Norway received a direct free kick shortly before the German penalty area border, which Maren Mjelde used to equalize with an artificial shot in the corner. The goal was then nominated for the most beautiful tournament goal. After that, both teams largely neutralized each other, because the German team could no longer build on the performance of the first half and so both parted with a 1: 1, which was ultimately satisfactory for both. In the last group game against the already hopeless Ivory Coast, Ada Hegerberg gave the Scandinavians an early lead and increased them to 2-0 in the second half. Gulbrandsen then increased to 3-0 with their 54th international goal, before the Ivorians scored the consolation goal with a long-range shot from Ange N'Guessan , the smallest player in the World Cup.

Norway finished second in the group due to fewer goals scored and met England , second in Group F , in the round of 16 on June 22, 2015 in Ottawa. England had previously won 11, drawn two and lost three times in 16 games against England. However, there have been three defeats and a draw in the last four games. Norway has not won a game against England since 2002 and has not been able to stop this series in Canada either. Although they dominated the game at first and took a 1-0 lead, which was once again ensured by the oldest player in the squad. But England equalized shortly afterwards and turned the game around. The game also had a special meaning for the Norwegians, as the defeat missed the direct qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games. However, since three other European teams were eliminated in the round of 16 and only two European teams eligible to start at the Olympic Games reached the quarter-finals, they still have the chance to play the third European team in playoff games with the teams from the Netherlands , Switzerland and Sweden , who were also eliminated in the last 16 To get an Olympic ticket. They go into the Olympic qualification without Even Pellerud , who resigned from his position as national coach in August.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	015: 100	+14	07th
2.	Norway	3	2	1	0	008: 200	+6	07th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	2	003:100	−7	03
4th	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	003:160	−13	00

Sun June 7, 2015 in Ottawa
Norway	-	Thailand	4: 0 (3: 0)
Thursday June 11, 2015 in Ottawa
Germany	-	Norway	1: 1 (1: 0)
Moncton June 15, 2015
Ivory Coast	-	Norway	1: 3 (0: 1)

Knockout round

Round of 16, Mon., June 22, 2015, in Ottawa
Norway	-	England	1: 2 (0: 0)

Awards

Ada Hegerberg was nominated for the award as the best young player.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ dfb.de: "Olympia in the jungle: Manaus will be a soccer location near Rio 2016"
2. ^ Norge Kvinner Senior A - Norges Fotballforbund
3. ↑ fifa.com: "Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™"
4. ↑ fotball.no: "Norges bruttotropp til VM clear"
5. ↑ fotball.no: "Her er Norges VM-tropp"
6. ↑ fotball.no: "Graham Hansen-skade hindrer VM-tur"
7. ↑ dfb.de: "DFB women at the Algarve Cup against Brazil, China and Sweden"
8. ↑ Norge - England 3-0
9. ↑ framba.de: "Women's World Cup 2015: group draw degenerates into a farce" ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988
11. ↑ fifa.com: "Goal of the tournament"
12. ↑ HIGHLIGHTS: Côte d'Ivoire v. Norway - FIFA Women's World Cup 2015
13. ↑ fifa.com: "Norway's national coach Pellerud resigns" ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ fifa.com: "Three finalists, one great future"

Web links

• NFF media guide for the 2015 World Cup