Norwegian women's national soccer team

Kingdom of Norway
Kongeriket Norge

Nickname (s)	Gresshoppene
Association	Norges Fotballforbund
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Martin Sjogren
Assistant coach	Maintain Riise
captain	Maren Mjelde
Record scorer	Isabell Herlovsen (67)
Record player	Hege Riise (188)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	NOR
FIFA rank	12. (1930 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
527 games 306 wins 80 draws 141 defeats
statistics
First international match Sweden 2-1 Norway ( Kolding , Denmark ; 7 July 1978)
Biggest win Norway 17-0 Slovakia ( Ulefoss , Norway ; September 19, 1995)
Biggest defeats Sweden 5-0 Norway ( Sundsvall , Sweden ; August 22, 1985) China 5-0 Norway ( Foxborough , USA ; July 4, 1999)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	8 ( first : 1991 )
Best results	World Champion, 1995
European Championship
Participation in the finals	10 ( first : 1984 )
Best results	European Champion 1987, 1993
Olympic games bronze 1996 gold 2000
(As of March 10, 2020 )

The Norwegian national women's football team represents the Kingdom of Norway in international women's football . It is a selection from the Norwegian Football Association .

The Norwegian women's national soccer team is one of the most successful women's national soccer teams in the world. It is the first team to become European and world champions as well as Olympic champions. She reached at least the quarterfinals in six of eight soccer world championships and became world champion in 1995. In a European comparison, she was able to reach at least the semi-finals of every European football championship from 1987 up to 1997 and 2017, in 1987 and 1993 European champions and four times runner-up.

After the Olympic gold medal in 2000, the team could not win any more titles. The 2004 Athens Games were missed and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing ended up in the quarter-finals. At the Algarve Cup 2009 all group matches were lost, so that she slipped in the FIFA world rankings to ninth place at the end of March 2009. In June Norway even fell to 10th place. That was the worst placement so far. At the European Championships in Finland, only 3rd place was achieved in the group stage behind Germany and France, so that you went into the quarter-final against Sweden as an outsider. But here the team was able to improve and surprisingly won 3-1. The semi-final against Germany was lost 3-1 despite a good performance, especially in the first half. After that, Norway rose to 7th place in the FIFA world rankings.

Norway was also unable to convince at the 2011 World Cup. In an unofficial test match before the World Cup, they were able to beat the USA , number one in the world, 3-1, but at the World Cup it was only enough to beat the World Cup newcomer Equatorial Guinea 1-0 . Due to the elimination in the preliminary round, participation in the 2012 Olympic Games was also missed.

The poor performance at the World Cup and the defeat in the first European Championship qualifier against Iceland resulted in Norway taking 12th place in the FIFA world rankings on September 23, 2011, the worst place to date . In March 2012, the team fell another place in the ranking after there was no increase in performance at the Algarve Cup 2012 and only ranked 7th. For the EM 2013, Norway could only qualify directly on the last matchday of the qualification . Despite ultimately successful qualification, coach Eli Landsem was dismissed and signed again with Even Pellerud , the coach under whom Norway became world champion in 1995. Under Pellerud, the team was initially unable to show any increase in performance. Four preparation games for the European Championship were lost, including against Switzerland for the first time. At the European Championship , however, defending champions Germany could be defeated in a European Championship game for the first time in 20 years and the final against Germany was reached. There the Norwegians lost 0-1, not being able to convert two penalties. By reaching the European Championship final, the team was able to improve to 10th place in the FIFA world rankings in August and to 8th place through wins in the following World Cup qualifiers in December, but then fell back to 12th place in December 2014.

At the 2017 European Championship finals, the Norwegians were eliminated in the preliminary round and for the first time remained without a point win or scoring. They then fell back to 14th place in the FIFA world rankings, their worst placement to date.

history

The Norwegians played their first international match in the fifth edition of the Nordic women's football championship , but lost all three games against their Scandinavian neighbors, who have played international matches since 1973 and 1974 respectively. In 1979 it wasn't enough to win either. It was not until the unofficial European Championship in 1979 that the first victory was achieved against Northern Ireland. Since the second game against Italy was lost, the Norwegians were eliminated after the preliminary round. At least three draws in six games were made in the two following Nordic championships. In 1981 BUL Oslo took part in the “Women's World Invitation Tournament” in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and took fourth place. Some of the matches, some of which were played against other club teams, are counted as official Norwegian internationals by FIFA , but are not taken into account by the NFF. Norway was unable to qualify for the first European football championship , but was able to win the title at the second edition in 1987 . In 1988 the Norwegians won the “Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament” in China and thus established themselves among the top teams in women's football.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

→ Main article : Norwegian Women's National Football Team / World Cups

Norway is one of the three European teams that have participated in all World Cup tournaments. In 1995 they became the first European team to become world champions in neighboring Sweden after they had failed in the final at the USA four years earlier . After that, the semi-finals were reached twice. In 2011 Norway was eliminated for the first time in the preliminary round of a World Cup after losing to Brazil and Australia . Only against World Cup newcomers Equatorial Guinea managed to win, but they couldn't score more than one goal. This early elimination brought Norway back to 10th place in the FIFA world rankings .

year	Result	Trainer	Most games	Most goals
1991	Second place	Even Pellerud	09 players with 6 games	Linda Medals (6)
1995	World Champion	Even Pellerud	09 players with 6 games	Ann Kristin Aarønes (6), top scorer
1999	fourth place	Per-Mathias Høgmo	07 players with 6 games	Ann Kristin Aarønes (4)
2003	Quarter finals	Åge Steen	11 players with 6 games	Dagny Mellgren (3)
2007	fourth place	Bjarne Berntsen	07 players with 6 games	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (6)
2011	Preliminary round	Eli Landsem	08 players with 3 games	Emilie Bosshard Haavi and Elise Thorsnes (1 each)
2015	Round of 16	Even Pellerud	08 players with 4 games	Ada Hegerberg (3)
2019	Quarter finals	Martin Sjogren	11 players with 5 games	Isabell Herlovsen (2)
All			Bente Nordby and Hege Riise (22 each)	Ann Kristin Aarønes (10)

Norway in the game against Germany at the EM 2009

European Championship

→ Main article : Norwegian Women's National Football Team / European Championships

1984  : not qualified 1987  : European champion 1989  : Second place 1991  : Second place 1993  : European Champion 1995  : semi-finals

1997  : preliminary round 2001  : semi-finals 2005  : Second place 2009  : semi-finals 2013  : Second place 2017  : preliminary round

Olympic games

→ Main article : Norwegian Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

1996  : bronze 2000  : gold 2004  : not qualified 2008  : quarter-finals

2012  : not qualified 2016  : not qualified 2020  : not qualified

Nordic championship

• 1978  : fourth
• 1979  : fourth
• 1980  : third
• 1981  : fourth
• 1982  : second

Algarve Cup

The national team took part in all the Algarve Cups until 2015, in which almost all of the best women’s national teams take part every year until 2015. It won the first edition and four others, making it the second most successful team at this tournament after the USA . 10th place in 2014 after four defeats, with Norway being the only team unable to win a game, was the worst placement until 2017. In 2017 it was only enough to play for 11th place. In 2019, after 21 years without a title, the fifth success was achieved. In 2020, third place was achieved with the 100th game.

1994 : 1st place 1995 : 3rd place 1996 : 1st place 1997 : 1st place 1998 : 1st place 1999 : 3rd place 2000 : 2nd place

2001 : 5th place 2002 : 2nd place 2003 : 3rd place 2004 : 2nd place 2005 : 5th place 2006 : 5th place 2007 : 5th place

2008 : 3rd place 2009 : 9th place 2010 : 6th place 2011 : 5th place 2012 : 07th place 2013 : 03rd place 2014 : 10th place

2015 : 05th place 2016 : not reported as qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games took place at the same time 2017 : 11th place 2018 : 7./8. Place (placement game was canceled because the place was unplayable) 2019 : 1st place 2020 : 3rd place

Current squad

On February 14th, 2020 the squad for the Algarve Cup 2020 was named. Due to injury, Stine Hovland and Synne Hansen had to pass and were replaced by Stine Reinås and Therese Sessy Åsland.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use
goal
12	Oda Maria Hove Bogstad *	04/24/1996		Sandviken IL	000	00
1	Cecilie Fiskerstrand *	03/20/1996	2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	029	00	03/10/2020
23	Aurora Watten Mikalsen	03/21/1996		Manchester United	000	00
Defense
13	Tuva Hansen	08/04/1997	2016	Klepp IL	003	00	07.03.2020
17th	Kristine Minde *	08/08/1992	2011	VfL Wolfsburg	107	09	03/10/2020
06th	Maren Mjelde *	11/06/1989	2007	Chelsea ladies	148	19th	03/10/2020
04th	Stine Pettersen Reinås	07/15/1994	2016	Vålerenga IF	008th	01	02.03.2018
09	Anja Sønstevold	06/21/1992	2014	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	017th	00	07.03.2020
03	Maria Thorisdottir *	06/05/1993	2015	Chelsea ladies	044	02	03/10/2020
02	Ingrid Moe Wold *	01/29/1990	2012	Madrid CFF	073	03	03/10/2020
20th	Emilie Marie Aanes Woldvik	01/08/1999	2020	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	001	00	07.03.2020
midfield
14th	Ingrid Syrstad Engen *	04/29/1998	2018	VfL Wolfsburg	029	05	03/10/2020
10	Caroline Graham Hansen *	02/18/1995	2011	FC Barcelona	084	38	03/10/2020
18th	Frida Maanum *	07/16/1999	2017	Linköpings FC	032	02	03/10/2020
22nd	Rikke Bogetveit Nygard	05/22/2000	2019	Arna-Bjørnar	002	00	March 4th, 2020
16	Guro riding *	07/26/1994	2014	Chelsea ladies	050	09	03/10/2020
08th	Vilde Bøe Risa *	07/13/1995	2016	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	031	02	03/10/2020
21st	Karina Sævik *	03/24/1996	2019	Paris Saint-Germain	016	02	03/10/2020
05	Therese Sessy Åsland *	08/26/1995	2018	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	006th	01	06/02/2019
attack
15th	Amalie Vevle Eikeland *	08/26/1995	2016	Reading FC Women	014th	03	07.03.2020
19th	Synne Sofie Kinden Jensen	02/15/1996	2014	Vålerenga Oslo	024	04th	03/10/2020
07th	Elise Thorsnes *	08/14/1988	2006	Canberra United FC	124	21st	03/10/2020
11	Lisa-Marie Utland *	09/19/1992	2015	Reading FC Women	053	19th	03/10/2020
Landslagstrenere
	Martin Sjogren	04/27/1977	2016	NFF
Remarks: ↑ Numbers at the Algarve Cup 2020 ↑ Players marked with "*" were also in the World Cup squad ↑ As of February 2020 ↑ a b As of March 10, 2020 (after the game against New Zealand) ↑ a b c d e f The game against South Korea , in which it was used, which was canceled in the 45th minute on March 7, 2018 , is no longer taken into account by the Norwegian Association.

In addition, in the last 12 months, the following were deployed or appointed:

Player	Date of birth	society	Country games	Länderspiel- gates	Last use
goal
Nora Neset Gjøen	02/20/1993	IL Sandviken	003	00	01/14/2014
Ingrid Hjelmseth *	04/10/1980	Stabæk FK	138	00	09/03/2019
Defense
Ina Gausdal	03/21/1991	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	008th	02	01.03.2019
Stine Hovland *	01/31/1991	AC Milan	007th	00	06/02/2019
Cecilie Redisch Kvamme *	11/09/1995	IL Sandviken	003	00	01.03.2019
Kristine Bjørdal leash	08/06/1996	Reading FC Women	010	00	01.03.2019
Marit Bratberg Lund	07/11/1997	Kolbotn IL	000	00
Ingrid Ryland	01/29/1990	IL Sandviken	025th	00	05.03.2018
midfield
Heidi Elisabeth Ellingsen	07/28/1998	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	003	00	03/06/2019
Emilie Haavi *	06/16/1992	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	083	16	06/08/2019
Synne Skinnes Hansen *	08/12/1995	Linköping FC	020th	00	11/08/2019
Vilde Hasund	06/27/1997	Lyn Oslo	000	00
Nora Eide Lie	04/22/1997	Kolbotn IL	000	00
Lisa Fjeldstad Naalsund	06/11/1995	IL Sandviken	000	00
Emilie Nautnes *	01/13/1999	Arna-Bjørnar	006th	01	06/02/2019
attack
Melissa Bjånesøy	04/18/1992	Stabæk FK	021st	04th	05/29/2015
Sophie Roman Haug	06/04/1999	Lillestrøm SK Kvinner	000	00
Isabell Herlovsen *	06/23/1988	Kolbotn IL	133	67	08/10/2019
Elisabeth Terland	06/28/2001	Klepp IL	000	00
Remarks: ↑ Players marked with "*" were also in the World Cup squad ↑ a b September 3, 2019 ↑ End of career ( fotball.no: Avgjorde foran 10 000 i Bergen: - Det har vært en spesiell dag ) ↑ a b c d The game against South Korea , which was canceled in the 45th minute on March 7, 2018 and in which it was used, is no longer taken into account by the Norwegian Association. ↑ Nominated for the game against Japan on November 11, 2018

Previous trainers

Period	Surname	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference	Quota
1978-1982	Per Pettersen	024	06th	07th	11	031: 033	1.04
1983-1989	Erling Hokstad	012	06th	04th	02	020: 015	1.83
1987-1989	Erling Hokstad / Dag Steinar Vestlund	029	19th	03	07th	067: 029	2.07
1989-1996	Even Pellerud	104	75	12	17th	300: 102	2.28
1997-2000	Per-Mathias Høgmo	064	44	11	09	151: 050	2.23
2000-2004	Åge Steen	059	35	11	13	140: 066	1.97
2005-2009	Bjarne Berntsen	076	36	11	29	119: 099	1.57
2009–2012	Eli Landsem	049	22nd	06th	15th	102: 046	1.47
2013-2015	Even Pellerud	046	22nd	09	15th	090: 047	1.63
2015-2016	Roger Finjord	014th	10	01	03	044: 007	2.21
2016	Leif Gunnar Smerud (interim)	002	00	02	00	001: 001	1.00
2017–	Martin Sjogren	048	28	03	17th	108: 056	1.81

As of March 10, 2020

Record players

Most games

Gunn Nyborg played in all games from the Norwegians' first game to their 110th game and was the first player in the world known to have played 100 caps.

Games	Surname	Period	Record player
188	Maintain Riise	1990-2004	since September 8, 2001
184	Solveig Gulbrandsen	1998-2015
172	Bente Nordby	1991-2007
162	Trine Rønning	1999-2016
152	Linda medals	1987-1999	October 23, 1999 to September 8, 2001
151	Heidi Støre	1980-1997	March 18, 1994 to October 23, 1999
148	Maren Mjelde	since 2007
144	Ingvild Stensland	2003-2016
138	Ingrid Hjelmseth	2003-2019
134	Unni Lehn	1996-2007
133	Isabell Herlovsen	since 2005
124	Elise Thorsnes	since 2006
120	Brit sandaune	1995-2003
111	Ann Kristin Aarønes	1990-1999
110	Gunn Nyborg	1978-1992	until March 1, 1988 with fewer other players, then alone until March 18, 1994
107	Ane Stangeland Horpestad	1999-2008
107	Kristine Minde	since 2011
105	Gro Espeseth	1991-2000

As of March 10, 2020 Source: fotball.no: Norge Kvinner Senior A - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort

Most goals

On October 8th, Isabell Herlovsen replaced Marianne Pettersen with her 67th international goal .

Gates	Surname	Period
67	Isabell Herlovsen	since 2005
66	Marianne Pettersen	1994-2003
64	Linda medals	1987-1999
60	Ann Kristin Aarønes	1990-1999
58	Maintain Riise	1990-2004
55	Solveig Gulbrandsen	1998-2015
49	Dagny Mellgren	1999-2005
38	Ada Hegerberg	2011-2017
38	Caroline Graham Hansen	since 2011
30th	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen	1997-2007
24	Unni Lehn	1996-2007
23	Birthe Hegstad	1987-1995
22nd	Trine Rønning	1999-2016
22nd	Heidi Støre	1980-1997
21st	Elise Thorsnes	since 2006
20th	Gunn Nyborg	1978-1992

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

→ Main article : List of international matches for the Norwegian national women's football team

All results from a Norwegian perspective.

Germany

Norway is the opponent against whom the German women's national soccer team has played the most international matches. Until the European Championship in 2009, the balance was balanced, then Norway initially lost the first group game with 0: 4, with three goals only falling in stoppage time and then also the semifinals with 1: 3, in which the Norwegians already after 10 minutes with 1 : 0 were able to take the lead, but then had to accept two goals against in the 59th and 61st minute and when they pushed for the equalizer in the final minute they conceded the 1: 3. In the last group game at the EM 2013, Norway was able to win again against Germany for the first time, which means that the German team lost another game at an EM finals after 20 years. In the final, which Germany won like the three previous European Championship finals, both met again. After losing the group game against Norway, the German team managed 10 games without conceding a goal. On March 10, 2014 Norway ended this series with a penalty goal in the second minute of the last group game at the Algarve Cup 2014 , but then lost the game with 1: 3.

date	place	Result	occasion
May 2, 1984	Helmstedt	4: 1
September 7, 1985	Luneburg	3: 2	European Championship qualification
May 19, 1986	Oslo	0-0	European Championship qualification
July 2nd 1989	Osnabrück	1: 4	EM final
July 14, 1991	Aalborg	1: 3 a.d.	EM final
September 25, 1993	Rhade	1: 3
2nd August 1994	Oakford	3: 6	Tournament in the USA
June 18, 1995	Stockholm	2-0	World Cup final
May 2, 1996	Jena	3: 1	European Championship qualification
June 6, 1996	Trondheim	0-0	European Championship qualification
July 23, 1996	Washington, DC	3: 2	Qlympia preliminary round
May 28, 1997	Copenhagen	3-0	Tournament in Denmark
3rd July 1997	Moss	0-0	EM preliminary round
November 6, 1997	Bayreuth	0: 1	World Cup qualification
June 17, 1998	Ulefoss	3: 2	World Cup qualification
July 19, 2000	Goettingen	4: 1	DFB anniversary tournament
September 24, 2000	Sydney	1-0	Olympic semifinals
4th July 2001	Ulm	0: 1	EM semifinals
June 27, 2002	Guangzhou	1: 3	Tournament in china
September 14, 2002	Grimstad	1: 3
January 26, 2003	Wuhan	2: 2	Tournament in china
July 21, 2004	Hoffenheim	1-0
March 11, 2005	Silves	0: 4	Algarve Cup
June 6, 2005	Warrington	0: 1	EM preliminary round
June 19, 2005	Blackburn	1: 3	EM final
March 13, 2006	Faro	0: 1	Algarve Cup
March 7, 2007	Faro	2: 1	Algarve Cup
August 30, 2007	Mainz	2: 2
September 26, 2007	Tianjin	0: 3	World Cup semi-finals
March 12, 2008	Vila Real de Santo Antonio	2-0	Algarve Cup (3rd place match)
July 23, 2008	Sandefjord	2-0
August 24, 2009	Tampere	0: 4	EM preliminary round
September 7, 2009	Helsinki	1: 3	EM semifinals
June 16, 2011	Mainz	0: 3
March 11, 2013	Lagos	0: 2	Algarve Cup 2013
17th July 2013	Squid	1-0	EM preliminary round
July 28, 2013	Solna	0: 1	EM final
March 10, 2014	Albufeira	1: 3	Algarve Cup 2014
June 11, 2015	Ottawa	1: 1	World Cup preliminary round
29th November 2016	Chemnitz	1: 1
March 7, 2020	Lagos	0: 4	Algarve Cup 2020

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
May 3, 1981	Moss	3-0
October 1, 1984	Delémont	2-0
5th August 1986	Daenikon	8-0
September 1, 1991	Suhr	10-0	European Championship qualification
May 1, 1992	Geithus	6-0	European Championship qualification
September 11, 1999	Mountains	4-0	European Championship qualification
June 24, 2000	Interlaken	1-0	European Championship qualification
April 6, 2013	Nyon	1: 3
March 9, 2015	Albufeira	2: 2	Algarve Cup 2015
March 9, 2016	Rotterdam	1: 2	Olympic qualification

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
June 21, 2007	Lilleström	3-0	European Championship qualification
June 21, 2008	Amstetten	4-0	European Championship qualification
March 11, 2009	Loulé	2-0	Algarve Cup
April 10, 2016	Steyr	1-0	European Championship qualification
2nd June 2016	Oslo	2: 2	European Championship qualification

See also

• Norwegian national football team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ In addition, a game that was aborted after 45 minutes because the pitch was unplayable
3. ↑ Won seven games on penalties and lost two
4. ↑ FIFA.com: Korea DPR back in the top 10
5. ↑ inofficial European Women Championship 1979
6. ↑ Women's World Invitation Tournament 1981
7. ↑ Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988
8. ↑ fotball.no: Norges tropp til Algarve Cup
9. ↑ fotball.no: Forfall i Norges tropp
10. ↑ Won two games on penalties
11. ↑ Norge Kvinner Senior A - top scorer, gule og røde kort ( Norwegian ) fotball.no. Retrieved September 15, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Norwegian National Women's Football Team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage
• Norway on the FIFA homepage