Norwegian Women's National Football Team / European Championships

Kingdom of Norway
Kongeriket Norge

European Championship record scorer:	Solveig Gulbrandsen (5)
European Championship record player:	Solveig Gulbrandsen (20)
Rank:	2
Organizer:	1987, 1997 (co-host)
Balance sheet
34 European Championship games 14 wins 7 draws 13 defeats 42:41 goals
statistics
First European Championship game Norway 2-0 Italy Oslo ( NOR ); June 11, 1987
Biggest European Championship victory Norway 5: 0 Denmark Lillestrøm ( NOR ); June 30, 1997
Biggest European Championship defeat Norway 0: 4 Germany Tampere ( FIN ); August 24, 2009
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	10 ( first : 1987 )
Best results	European Champion ( 1987 , 1993 )
Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held
(As of July 24, 2017)

The article contains a detailed description of the Norwegian national football team for women in European championships and the qualifications for them. Norway always participated in the qualification and was able to qualify for all finals. In addition, the final round was reached in the first edition, which was played in 1984 and 1995 with home and away games. Norway won the title twice. There are also four second places. As early as 1979 Norway took part in the unofficial European Championship, but dropped out there in the group stage.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1984	no finals	not qualified		-		In the qualification to eventual winners Sweden failed.
1987	Norway	final	Sweden	European champion	Erling Hokstad
1989	Germany	final	Germany	Vice European champion	Erling Hokstad and Dag Steinar Vestlund
1991	Denmark	final	Germany	Vice European champion	Even Pellerud
1993	Italy	final	Italy	European champion	Even Pellerud
1995	no finals	Semifinals	Sweden	-	Even Pellerud	No game for 3rd place
1997	Norway / Sweden	Preliminary round	Denmark , Germany , Italy	-	Per-Mathias Høgmo
2001	Germany	Semifinals	Germany	-	Åge Steen	No game for 3rd place
2005	England	final	Germany	Vice European champion	Bjarne Berntsen
2009	Finland	Semifinals	Germany	-	Bjarne Berntsen	No game for 3rd place
2013	Sweden	final	Germany	Vice European champion	Even Pellerud	Failed with two penalties to Nadine Angerer .
2017	Netherlands	Preliminary round	Netherlands , Belgium , Denmark		Martin Sjogren	For the first time eliminated without a point or goal as bottom of the group

The tournaments

EM 1984

Only 16 teams had registered for the first European Championship. Since the division of the qualification groups was based on geographical considerations, the Norwegian team had to compete against Sweden , Finland and Iceland in the qualification . Norway started on August 28, 1982 with a 2-2 win against Iceland in the qualification, in which the future national coach Eli Landsem scored the first goal. This was followed by two wins against Finland and one win in Iceland, but both games were lost against Sweden. As runners-up in the group, Norway was eliminated. Sweden then reached the finals and became the first European champions. The best Norwegian goalscorers were Gunn Lisbeth Nyborg , Kari Nielsen and Trude Margaret Stendal with two goals each.

EM 1987 in Norway

In the same year, the qualification for the next European championship began, for which again only 16 teams had registered. This time, with one exception, there was no geographical classification. Nevertheless, Norway met Finland again. Other opponents were Denmark and Germany . Norway won once against each opponent and played once against each of them. With that, Norway took first place unbeaten. Trude Margaret Stendal was the best Norwegian goalscorer this time alone with four goals. Norway was then allowed to host the final round of the best four teams and used the home advantage. First they won 2-0 in the semi-finals against the Italians and then the final against defending champions Sweden 2-1. With three goals, Trude Margaret Stendal was also the tournament's top scorer.

EM 1989 in Germany

Qualification for the next finals began just three months after the final. Again Norway met Denmark and Finland, as well as England . Norway started the qualifying badly. After a 3: 3 in Finland the home games against Denmark and Finland were lost. The first victory against England was achieved, but the next game in Denmark was lost again. With a 3-1 win in England, however, second place could still be achieved. The quarter-finals, which were held for the first time, were thus reached. Here the Dutch were the opponents and the final round was reached with two wins. The best of eleven goalscorers for Norway was Sissel Grude with three goals.

At the finals, the Norwegians met Sweden in the semi-finals and won 2-1. This was the second time in a row that they were in the final and met host Germany. In front of 22,000 spectators they then lost the title 1: 4. Sissel Grude was also the best Norwegian scorer in the finals with two goals and shared the top scorer's crown with German Ursula Lohn .

EM 1991 in Denmark

In qualifying for the following European Championship finals, the Norwegians met England and Finland as well as Belgium . Norway did not concede a goal and only gave up one point in the 0-0 win in England. As group winners, Norway met Hungary in the quarterfinals and won both games. Again eleven Norwegians were able to be entered on the list of goalscorers, with Tone Haugen and Heidi Støre being the most accurate with three goals each.

At the finals in Denmark they met host Denmark in the semi-finals and since neither team scored in regular time nor in extra time, the penalty shoot-out had to decide, which Norway won 8-7. This meant that the final was repeated against defending champion Germany. Since it was 1: 1 after 80 minutes, the Norwegians had to go into extra time again, in which the Germans were able to defend the title for the first time with two goals. The only goal scorer for Norway in the finals was Birthe Hegstad .

EM 1993 in Italy

23 teams have already participated in the qualification for the following European Championship. To qualify for the quarter-finals, Norway had to play against Belgium and Switzerland in the group stage , against which the qualification began with a 10-0 win. In the other group games too, Norway did not concede a goal and again only gave up one point in a goalless draw - in Belgium. As group winners, the Norwegians met the Dutch in the quarter-finals and won both games 3-0. This time only ten Norwegians were involved in the total of 30 goals, most often Linda Medalen and Hege Riise with five goals each.

At the finals in Italy Norway met Denmark and reached the final for the fourth time in a row with a goal from Anne Nymark Rylandsholm . Here host Italy was the opponent and with a goal from Birthe Hegstad Norway became European champions for the second time.

EM 1995

Just two months after the final, the qualification for the next European Championship began with 29 teams, which was held again and for the last time without a final. Norway met Finland, Hungary and the Czech Republic . With five wins and one draw with a total of 33-3 goals, Norway was again group winners. In the quarter-finals, Italy was defeated 4: 2 and 3: 1 in two games. In the semifinals, however, Norway failed due to the more goals conceded by Sweden (4: 3 and 1: 4). With a total of ten goals, Ann Kristin Aarønes was the best Norwegian goalscorer this time. Linda Medalen and Kristin Sandberg also scored seven goals each. A total of 14 players had scored goals for Norway, which had also qualified for the second World Cup in Sweden by reaching the semi-finals , where Norway became the first European team to win women's football.

European Championship 1997 in Norway and Sweden

Six months after the semi-finals, Norway began qualifying for the next European Championship finals for which 34 teams had already registered and which was the first to be played with eight teams. Due to the different strengths of the teams entered, the qualification was divided into two categories. The 16 strongest teams, including Norway, played for the direct qualification, the 18 weaker teams for the opportunity to play in the next qualification in the higher category. In the first game, the world champion met Slovakia for the first time and scored 17-0, the highest victory in international history and one of the highest victories for a European team. In the second game there was a World Cup final against defending champion Germany, but it was won 3-1. In the following four games the Norwegians did not concede a goal and only gave up one point in the 0-0 second leg against Germany. As a result, Norway qualified directly for the finals as group winners. Nine Norwegians contributed with goals. Marianne Pettersen made the largest contribution with nine and Linda Medalen with seven goals.

In the finals, which were held for the first time with a group stage, in Norway and Sweden, Norway played exclusively at home and met Denmark in the first game. The Norwegians got off to a promising 5-0 start, but only managed a goalless draw against defending champions Germany, who only qualified through the playoffs against Iceland. After a 2-0 defeat against Italy, the European Championship ended prematurely for the Norwegians. Italy and Germany, who had separated 1: 1 in the first group game, then met again in the final - with the better end for the German women. With her four goals from the game against Denmark, Marianne Pettersen was together with the Italian Carolina Morace and the French Angélique Roujas top scorer of the tournament.

EM 2001 in Germany

In qualifying for the EM 2001, the Norwegians played again in the higher category and met England, Portugal and Switzerland. Norway won all six games, scoring 25-0 goals. Again Marianne Pettersen was Norway's top scorer, this time with six goals. In September 2000, Norway was able to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games , which no European team has succeeded in after that.

At the finals in Germany they beat France 3-0 in the first group game . In the second game against Italy it was only enough to make it 1-1. In the last game they lost 1-0 to Denmark, as France, which had no chance of reaching the knockout round after two defeats, won 2-0 in a parallel game against Italy, were Italy and Norway equal on points. The Norwegians, however, had the better goal difference and qualified for the semi-finals as second in the group, while Italy were eliminated as third. In the semifinals, the Norwegians met Germany again and lost 1-0. With two goals, Dagny Mellgren was the best Norwegian shooter in the finals. Germany was then able to defend the title again in the final against Sweden.

EM 2005 in England

For the EM 2005 the host was determined in advance for the first time and England was awarded the contract for the event. In category A, 20 teams played in four groups of five this time. Norway met Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and, for the first time, Spain . The Norwegians started with home wins against Belgium and the Netherlands, then gave up the first point at the home game against Denmark, then won three games again, but lost the second leg in Denmark, so this time only the second place remained. Record goalscorer Marianne Pettersen ended her career with a 2-0 win in Spain, who was able to enter the list of goalscorers again in a 1-1 draw against Denmark. As group runner-up, the Norwegians had to compete in the playoffs against a group third. The opponent was Iceland. The first step towards the European Championship was taken with a 7-2 win for the Icelanders. The second leg was won 2-1. A total of 15 players took part with goals, the best with five goals each Dagny Mellgren and Solveig Gulbrandsen .

At the finals, Norway met defending champions and world champions Germany in their first game and lost 1-0 with a goal from Conny Pohlers . In the second game against France Isabell Herlovsen was able to equalize to make it 1-1. In the last game against the already eliminated Italians it got turbulent. Lise Klaveness gave the Norwegians a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute , but the equalizer had to be accepted a minute later. Then the Norwegians gradually increased to 4: 1, but conceded another goal. Even after Klaveness had increased to 5: 2 with their second goal, the Italians were not yet defeated and came up again to 3: 5. But it stayed that way. Since France lost 3-0 in the parallel game against Germany, France and Norway were tied, but the Norwegians had the better goal difference and made it to the semi-finals. Against Sweden it got dramatic again, because the Swedes were able to equalize a Norwegian lead twice, most recently one minute before the end of the game. This resulted in an extension, in which Solveig Gulbrandsen secured the final with her second goal. Germany was then the opponent in the final and was able to defend its title 3-1.

EM 2009 in Finland

Scene from the group game against Germany

The EM 2009 took place in Finland . For the first time, twelve teams took part in the tournament. The qualification mode has also been changed. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. Norway only had to intervene in the second round and met Russia in a group of five, and for the first time Israel , Austria and Poland . The Norwegians did not concede a goal and only gave up one point against Russia in the last game when only a draw was needed for direct qualification, which then qualified for the finals in the playoffs against Scotland due to the more away goals scored. The Norwegians' top scorers were Solveig Gulbrandsen with eight, Melissa Wiik with six, Lene Mykjåland and five goals. Seven other players were able to participate with a goal.

In the final round, Norway lost the opening game against defending champions and world champions Germany 4-0. The last three goals of the Germans fell in the 90th minute of play and added time. Against EM newcomer Iceland, Cecilie Pedersen was able to score the 1-0 winning goal with the half-time whistle. In the last game against France, Norway then needed one point to reach the quarter-finals as at least one of the two best thirds in the group. With a 1: 1, which was satisfactory for both, the Norwegians were third in the group and thus had one point more than Denmark, which was eliminated as the worst third in the group. In the quarter-finals they then met the favored Swedes who had won their group. Norway was able to improve compared to the preliminary round and won 3-1. This led to another meeting with Germany in the semifinals. After just 10 minutes, Isabell Herlovsen scored the opening goal after a corner and the Germans had a hard time against the northerners, who were always dangerous at corners. In the second half, the first in the injury time of the first half for the injured then succeeded Linda Bresonik substitute Simone Laudehr of compensation and substitute only for the second half Célia Okoyino da Mbabi two minutes later the lead. In stoppage time, when the Norwegians pressed for the equalizer, the third goal was conceded. In the final, Germany then won the highest-scoring final in European Championship history against England.

EM 2013 in Sweden

The EM 2013 took place for the second time in Sweden . Again the qualification was started by the weaker teams, but this time only by the eight weakest teams. Norway did not have to intervene again until the second round and lost the first group game with 1: 3 against Iceland. This was followed by a 6-0 win against Hungary and a 1-0 win in Belgium, but then a game against Northern Ireland was lost 3-1 for the first time. All other games were then won - u. a. 11: 0 against Bulgaria - and with a 2: 1 against Iceland in the last game the first place in the group occupied, but with the last game the term of office of Eli Landsem ended and Even Pellerud took over the scepter again. Isabell Herlovsen was the best of a total of 13 goalscorers with nine goals, five of which she scored in an 11-0 win against Bulgaria. The Icelanders were then able to qualify for the finals in the playoffs of the group runners-up with two 3-2 wins against Ukraine.

At the finals, Norway and Iceland met again in the first game and parted 1: 1. After a 1-0 win against the Netherlands, the team won 1-0 against Germany, which made Norway group winners. In the quarter-finals, the team met Spain, which was back for the first time since 1997, and won 3-1. The opponent in the semi-finals was Denmark, which had previously prevailed against France on penalties and also forced the Norwegians to take penalties. Here Ingrid Hjelmseth was the match winner, because she was able to save the first two penalties of the Danes. Since all other shooters met, Norway moved into the final, where Germany was again waiting. Here the German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer decided the game. First she saved a penalty from Trine Rønning when the score was 0-0 and then a penalty from Solveig Gulbrandsen when the score was 0-1 . It remained 1-0 for Germany, which won the title for the eighth time.

EM 2017 in the Netherlands

The 2017 European Championship took place in the Netherlands and for the first time with 16 teams. Norway met in the qualifiers under new coach Roger Finjord on Israel , Kazakhstan , Austria and Wales . Norway was able to qualify as group winners for the European Championship, only conceded goals in the 2-2 home game against Austria and only gave up a point in this game. Ingrid Hjelmseth made her 100th international match in the second qualifying game and Isabell Herlovsen scored her 50th international goal in the final group game with the 5-0 final score against Israel . With 10 goals Ada Hegerberg was one of the top three goalscorers, but she needed the most minutes of play. After the successful qualification, however, coach Roger Finjord resigned from his post. He was succeeded by the Swede Martin Sjögren .

For the draw for the final groups on November 8, 2016, the Norwegians were assigned to Pot 2 and assigned to group A with hosts Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium, which participated for the first time. The Norwegians lost the opening game against the hosts 1-0 and were also without a goal in the other two group games, but were unable to prevent goals. The Norwegians were eliminated for the first time in a final (European Championship, World Cup and Olympics) without a goal with three defeats. In the eternal European Championship finals table, they lost second place to their Swedish neighbors, who did not make it through the quarter-finals in the finals and only won one game.

statistics

All statistics only include the European championships where a final round actually took place. The European Championships in 1984 and 1995 are therefore not taken into account.

Players with the most appearances at European Championships

Solveig Gulbrandsen , with 20 appearances Norwegian European Championship record player and five goals best Norwegian European Championship goalscorer

Games	player	Year (games)
20th	Solveig Gulbrandsen	2001 (4), 2005 (5), 2009 (5), 2013 (6)
16	Ingvild Stensland	2005 (5), 2009 (5), 2013 (6)
14th	Trine Rønning	2001 (0), 2005 (5), 2009 (4), 2013 (5)
	Ingrid Hjelmseth	2005 (0), 2009 (5), 2013 (6), 2017 (3)
	Maren Mjelde	2009 (5), 2013 (6), 2017 (3)
12	Bente Nordby	1991 (0), 1997 (3), 2001 (4), 2005 (5)
11	Marit Christensen	2005 (5), 2013 (6)
	Toril Hetland Akerhaugen	2009 (5), 2013 (6)
	Unni Lehn	1997 (3), 2001 (4), 2005 (4)
	Maintain Riise	1991 (2), 1993 (2), 1997 (3), 2001 (4)
	Heidi Støre	1987 (2), 1989 (2), 1991 (2) 1993 (2), 1997 (3)
10	Isabell Herlovsen	2005 (5), 2009 (5)
9	Agnete Carlsen	1989 (2), 1991 (2), 1993 (2), 1997 (3)
	Linda medals	1989 (2), 1991 (2), 1993 (2), 1997 (3)
	Dagny Mellgren	2001 (4), 2005 (5)

As of July 24, 2017

Players with the most goals at European Championships

Gates	player	Year (goals)
5	Solveig Gulbrandsen	2001 (0), 2005 (3), 2009 (0) 2013 (2)
4th	Marianne Pettersen	1997 (4)
3	Isabell Herlovsen	2005 (2), 2009 (1)
	Dagny Mellgren	2001 (1), 2005 (2)
	Trude Stendal	1987 (3)
2	6 players
1	8 players

As of July 24, 2017

Finals games

Oslo (2) Ludenscheid Osnabrück Hjørring Aalborg Santa Sofia Cesena Lillestrøm (2) Moss Bask Reutlingen Ulm (2) Warrington (3) Blackburn Preston Lahti Helsinki (3) Tampere Norrkoping Solna Squid (4) Utrecht Breda Deventer

Venues (green = positive balance, yellow = balanced balance, red = negative balance, bold = final venue, number in brackets = number of games if> 1)

The Norwegians have played 34 finals so far, of which 14 have been won, seven have ended in a draw and 13 have been lost. Three games had to be extended, one of which was won by a goal and two by a penalty shoot -out. Five finals were played on home soil. The Norwegians played four times against the hosts and ten times against the defending champions and four times against the reigning world champion. The most frequent opponents were Germany (10 games), Denmark (6), Italy (5) and Sweden (4).

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	06/11/1987	2-0	Italy	Oslo	Semifinals
2	06/14/1987	2: 1	Sweden	Oslo	final	1st European title
3	06/28/1989	2: 1	Sweden	Lüdenscheid ( DEU )	Semifinals
4th	07/02/1989	1: 4	Germany	Osnabrück ( DEU )	final	Last game under Erling Hokstad and Dag Steinar Vestlund
5	07/10/1991	0: 0 n.V .; 8: 7 i. E.	Denmark	Hjørring ( DNK )	Semifinals
6th	07/14/1991	1: 3	Germany	Aalborg ( DNK )	final
7th	06/29/1993	1-0	Denmark	Santa Sofia ( ITA )	Semifinals
8th	07/04/1993	1-0	Italy	Cesena ( ITA )	final	2nd European title
9	06/30/1997	5-0	Denmark	Lillestrøm	Group game
10	07/03/1997	0-0	Germany	Moss	Group game
11	07/06/1997	0: 2	Italy	Lillestrøm	Group game	151st and last international match for Heidi Støre
12	06/25/2001	3-0	France	Ulm ( DEU )	Group game	100th international match for Bente Nordby
13	06/28/2001	1: 1	Italy	Reutlingen ( DEU )	Group game
14th	07/01/2001	0: 1	Denmark	Aalen ( DEU )	Group game
15th	07/04/2001	0: 1	Germany	Ulm ( DEU )	Semifinals
16	06/06/2005	0: 1	Germany *	Warrington ( ENG )	EM group game
17th	06/09/2005	1: 1	France	Warrington ( ENG )	Group game
18th	06/12/2005	5: 3	Italy	Preston ( ENG )	Group game
19th	06/16/2005	3: 2 a.d.	Sweden	Warrington ( ENG )	Semifinals
20th	06/19/2005	1: 3	Germany *	Blackburn ( ENG )	final
21st	08/24/2009	0: 4	Germany *	Tampere ( FIN )	Group game
22nd	08/27/2009	1-0	Iceland	Lahti ( FIN )	Group game
23	08/30/2009	1: 1	France	Helsinki ( FIN )	Group game
24	09/04/2009	3: 1	Sweden	Helsinki ( FIN )	Quarter finals	100th international match by Trine Rønning
25th	07.09.2009	1: 3	Germany *	Helsinki ( FIN )	Semifinals	Last game under Bjarne Berntsen
26th	07/11/2013	1: 1	Iceland	Squid ( SWE )	Group game
27	07/14/2013	1-0	Netherlands	Squid ( SWE )	Group game	250th victory
28	07/17/2013	1-0	Germany	Squid ( SWE )	Group game	First victory against Germany in a European Championship finals
29	07/22/2013	3: 1	Spain	Squid ( SWE )	Quarter finals
30th	07/25/2013	1: 1 n.V .; 4: 2 i. E.	Denmark	Norrkoping ( SWE )	Semifinals
31	07/28/2013	0: 1	Germany	Solna ( SWE )	final
32	07/16/2017	0: 1	Netherlands	Utrecht ( NLD )	Opening game
33	07/20/2017	0: 2	Belgium	Breda ( NLD )	Group game	First competitive game defeat against Belgium
34	07/24/2017	0: 1	Denmark	Deventer ( NLD )	Group game

Notes: Teams in bold entered the tournament as defending champions, teams marked with "*" were world champions.

Final round games

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	02/26/1995	4: 3	Sweden	Kristiansand	EM semifinals
2	05.03.1995	1: 4	Sweden	Jonkoping ( SWE )	EM semifinals

Records

• Most games against the defending champion and eventual winner: 10 each
• Most common final pairing: Norway versus Germany - 10
• The most common final pairing: Norway against Germany - 4th
• Most frequent semi-finals: Norway and Germany - 8 each (also 1995)
• The most common semi-final pairings: Norway against Denmark and Germany against Italy (3 each)
• Norway provided the top scorer three times:
  • Trude Strendal (3 goals 1989)
  • Sissel Grude (2 goals in 1991 with another player)
  • Marianne Pettersen (4 goals 1997 together with 2 other players)
• Most of the finals: Solveig Gulbrandsen (20, together with Birgit Prinz , Germany)
• Biggest victories in qualification: Norway against Slovakia on September 19, 1995, Germany against Kazakhstan on November 19, 2011 and Spain against Slovenia on March 20, 1994 - all 17-0
• Most qualifying match wins: 70

Negative records

• Most final defeats: 4 (all against Germany)

See also

• Norwegian Women's National Football Team / World Championships
• Norwegian national football team / European championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Won two games on penalties.
2. ↑ inofficial European Women Championship 1979
3. ↑ Women EM 2009 semi-finals Germany vs Norway highlights