Swedish women's national soccer team

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Sweden
Sverige
Logo of the SFB
Association Svenska Fotbollförbundet
confederacy UEFA
Technical sponsor Adidas
Head coach Peter Gerhardsson
Assistant coach Lily Persson
captain Caroline Seger
Record scorer Lotta Schelin (88)
Record player Therese Sjögran (214)
Home stadium Changing stages
FIFA code SWE
FIFA rank 5th (2007 points)
(as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
548 games
323 wins
95 draws
130 losses
statistics
First international match Finland 0-1 Sweden ( Mariehamn , Finland ; July 26, 1974)
FinlandFinland SwedenSweden
Biggest win Sweden 17-0 Azerbaijan ( Gothenburg , Sweden ; June 23, 2010)
SwedenSweden AzerbaijanAzerbaijan
Biggest defeats
seven times 0: 4
(against Norway (3), Denmark (1), Germany (1), England (1) and the USA (1)) Brazil 5: 1 Sweden ( Rio de Janeiro , BRA ; August 6, 2016 )
BrazilBrazil SwedenSweden
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 8 ( first : 1991 )
Best results Second ( 2003 )
European Championship
Participation in the finals 8 (10) ( first : 1984 )
Best results Winner ( 1984 )
Olympic games
silver 2016
(As of March 10, 2020 )

The Swedish national soccer team for women (Swedish: "Damlandslaget") is a representative selection of Swedish soccer players for an international match made by the responsible coach ("Förbundskapten") .

The Swedish national women's soccer team is one of the most successful national women's soccer teams in the world. She participated in all world and European championships as well as all Olympic football tournaments for women. However, so far they have only been able to win one title there: in 1984 they became the first European champions. At the following European championships they won silver three times. In 2003 they lost in the final of the World Cup against the German team only through a golden goal . Most of the time, you fluctuated between positions three and seven in the official FIFA world rankings ; In September 2017 they finished 11th after the quarter-finals at the 2017 European Championships, their worst placement so far.

The Swedish national players mainly play in the local Damallsvenskan , which was long considered the strongest league in Europe alongside the German women's Bundesliga. Swedish national players also play regularly in the German women's Bundesliga , the US professional leagues and, for several years, in the French division 1 Féminine , which has overtaken the Swedish league in recent years, and the English FA Women's Super League .

history

The Swedish women's team's first official international match took place on July 26, 1974 against Finland . Already in 1971 there was a first unofficial match in the qualification of the first unofficial World Cup, which was lost 5-0 to Denmark. In the following years the majority of the games were played against the Scandinavian neighbors and between 1977 and 1981 the Nordic championship was won five times . In 1984 Sweden became the first European women's champion. The final was played in two finals at that time. Initially, Sweden had won 1-0 in their home game against England . In England they won the penalty shootout 4-3 after a 0-1 after extra time. In 1987 Sweden was runner-up in the final against Norway . In 1989 it was enough to finish third after a 2-1 win over Italy .

At the first World Cup in China in 1991 , Sweden finished third with a 4-0 win over Germany . At the 1995 European Championship, Sweden lost the final 3-2 to Germany and at the 1995 World Cup in their own country, Sweden was eliminated in the quarter-finals on penalties against China . The 1999 World Cup was also in the quarter-finals, this time against Norway.

In 2001 the EM final was reached again, which was lost to Germany. But it was only in extra time that the Swedes had to admit defeat 0: 1 by Claudia Müller's golden goal . At the 2003 World Cup in the USA , the team reached a World Cup final for the first time and lost again to Germany with a golden goal, this time by Nia Künzer , 1: 2 after extra time.

Sweden took part in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic football tournaments in Atlanta and Sydney, but were eliminated in the preliminary round as third in the group. At the 2004 Olympic football tournament in Athens , Sweden lost the game for third place against Germany with 0: 1. At the 2007 World Cup , the Swedish team was eliminated for the first time in the preliminary round of a World Cup. In 2008 Sweden lost 2-0 to Germany in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games.

Sweden won the Algarve Cup three times (1995, 2001 and 2009) and finished second once (1996). After reaching third place again in 2010, the team was always fourth in the following years. At the four-nation tournament in China , fourth place was achieved once (1998) and third place twice (2004 and 2011).

After Sweden's national team prevailed over Denmark's in the play-off games , they took part in the 2011 World Cup in Germany , and after three victorious group games , u. a. against the world number one USA , and the 3-1 victory in the quarterfinals over Australia in the semifinals . After the 1: 3 defeat against eventual world champions Japan , they won the game for third place with 2: 1 against France . As the best European team, Sweden qualified for the 2012 Olympic football tournament. In the group stage of the 2012 Olympic Games , the team met world champions Japan (0-0), Canada (2-2) and, for the first time, South Africa (4-1) and qualified as group winners for the quarter-finals. There the team lost 1: 2 to the French.

After the Olympic Games, the former Swedish national team Pia Sundhage , who had previously won the Olympic gold medal for the second time with the USA, took over the Swedish team.

In 2013 Sweden hosted the European Championship finals for the second time , which automatically qualified the team. The team that started as a favorite was eliminated in the semifinals against defending champions Germany. At the 2015 World Cup, the tournament for the Swedes was over against Germany, this time in the round of 16, which they lost 4-1.

At the 2016 Olympic Games , the team reached the final for the first time after beating defending champions USA and hosts Brazil on penalties in the quarter and semi-finals , but lost the final to Germany with 1: 2.

After the quarter-finals at the 2017 European Championships against eventual European champions Netherlands , in which the Swedes only won one game during the entire tournament, they fell out of the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings for the first time when they were only released on September 1, 2017 were still in 11th place. After the tournament, Sundhage resigned and Peter Gerhardsson took over as the new national coach. Under his leadership, not least due to the successful qualification for the 2019 World Cup as the winner of their qualifying group with seven wins in eight games and the victory shared with the Netherlands at the Algarve Cup 2018 , the selection team once again moved up among the top ten teams.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

Preparation for the game for 3rd place against France (2011)
Sofia Jakobsson , Josefine Öqvist and Madelaine Edlund celebrate winning 3rd place at the World Cup in Germany
year Result Trainer Most games Most goals
1991 3rd place Gunilla Paijkull 04 players with 6 games Lena Videkull (5)
1995 Quarter finals Bengt Simonsson 09 players with 4 games Malin Andersson (2)
1999 Quarter finals Marika Domanski Lyfors 11 players with 4 games Victoria Svensson and Hanna Ljungberg (2 each)
2003 2nd place Marika Domanski Lyfors 07 players with 6 games Victoria Svensson (3)
2007 Preliminary round Thomas Dennerby 09 players with 3 games Lotta Schelin (2)
2011 3rd place Thomas Dennerby 09 players with 6 games Lisa Dahlkvist (3)
2015 Round of 16 Pia Sundhage 09 players with 4 games Linda Sembrant (2)
2019 3rd place Peter Gerhardsson 06 players with 7 games Kosovars Asllani (3)
All Hedvig Lindahl (20) Lena Videkull and Victoria Svensson (6 each)

European Championship

The Swedish team before the European Championship semi-final against Germany on July 24, 2013
  • 1984 : European Champion
  • 1987 : Second place
  • 1989 : Third place
  • 1991 : quarter-finals (qualification)
  • 1993 : quarter-finals (qualification)
  • 1995 : Second place

Olympic games

Sweden was the only European team to take part in all events, but was able to win a medal for the first time in 2016.

  • 1996 : preliminary round
  • 2000 : preliminary round
  • 2004 : fourth place
  • 2008 : quarter-finals
  • 2012 : quarter-finals
  • 2016 : silver medal
  • 2020 : qualified

Nordic championship

Sweden is the record winner with five titles at the Nordic championship, which was held annually between 1974 and 1982 and was also attended by Denmark, Finland and Norway.

Algarve Cup

The Swedish line-up for the 2015 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. As the only team that competed more than three times, Sweden was never worse than sixth up to and including 2015. Then the team suspended for the first time because of the Olympic qualification that took place at the same time and in 2017 only seventh place was taken. In the following year, however, the Swedes were awarded their fourth tournament victory, which means they caught up with neighboring Norway in terms of the number of tournament victories and are only surpassed by record winner USA, who has not participated since 2016. In 2020, the team finished the tournament with their 100th Algarve Cup game and 50th victory in seventh place.

Squad

The players listed in the table are in the roster for the Algarve Cup 2020 . Due to injury, Elin Rubensson had to be replaced by Julia Karlernäs, Julia Zigiotti Olme by Filippa Angeldal and Linda Sembrant, who plays in northern Italy, due to the frequent COVID-19 diseases there, by debutante Lotta Ökvist.


No. Player Date of birth society debut Calls Gates Last use
goal
12 Jennifer Falk 04/26/1993 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2020 001 00 07.03.2020
0 Hedvig Lindahl 04/29/1983 GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 2002 170 00 03/10/2020
21st Zecira Musovic 05/26/1996 SwedenSweden FC Rosengård 2018 003 00 March 4th, 2020
Defense
02 Jonna Andersson 01/02/1993 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 2015 048 00 03/10/2020
14th Nathalie Bjorn 05/04/1997 SwedenSweden FC Rosengård 2016 019th 03 03/10/2020
06th Magdalena Eriksson 09/08/1993 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 2013 062 06th 03/10/2020
04th Hanna Glas 04/16/1993 FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain 2017 036 00 03/10/2020
13 Amanda Ilestedt 01/17/1993 GermanyGermany Bayern Munich 2013 033 03 03/10/2020
05 Emma Kullberg 09/25/1991 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2019 002 00 07.03.2020
15th Jessica Samuelsson 01/30/1992 SwedenSweden FC Rosengård 2011 059 00 07.03.2020
03 Lotta Ökvist 02/02/1997 EnglandEngland Manchester United 2020 001 00 07.03.2020
Midfield and attack
16 Filippa Angeldal 07/14/1997 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2018 004th 01 03/10/2020
09 Kosovars Asllani 07/29/1989 SpainSpain CD Tacón 2008 140 37 03/10/2020
24 Hanna Bennison 10/16/2002 SwedenSweden FC Rosengård 2019 003 00 03/10/2020
11 Stina Blackstenius 02/05/1996 SwedenSweden Linköpings FC 2015 056 14th 03/10/2020
22nd Rebecka Blomqvist 07/24/1997 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2019 003 00 03/10/2020
0 Lina Hurtig 05.09.1995 SwedenSweden Linköpings FC 2014 031 06th 03/10/2020
10 Sofia Jakobsson 04/23/1990 SpainSpain CD Tacón 2011 113 21st 03/10/2020
7th Madelen Janogy 11/12/1995 GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 2019 014th 04th 03/10/2020
23 Julia Karlernäs 10/06/1993 SwedenSweden Piteå IF 2018 005 00 07.03.2020
19th Loreta Kullashi May 20, 1990 SwedenSweden Eskilstuna United 2018 007th 03 07.03.2020
20th Mimmi Larsson 04/09/1994 SwedenSweden Linköpings FC 2016 024 06th 07.03.2020
18th Fridolina Rolfö 11/24/1993 GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 2014 046 11 03/10/2020
17th Caroline Seger (C)Captain of the crew March 19, 1985 SwedenSweden FC Rosengård 2005 204 28 03/10/2020
Remarks:
  1. Numbers at the Algarve Cup
  2. a b As of March 10, 2020 after the game against Portugal

In the last 12 months, the following players were also used or nominated:

Player ! Date of birth society debut International matches International goals Last use
goal
Cajsa Andersson 01/19/1993 SwedenSweden Piteå IF 2019 002 00 01/22/2019
Emma Holmgren 05/13/1997 SwedenSweden Linköpings FC 000 00
Defense
Sandra Adolfsson 06/13/1987 SwedenSweden Vittsjö GIK 2018 005 00 01.03.2019
Ronja Aronsson 12/20/1997 SwedenSweden Piteå IF 000 00
Mia Carlsson 03/12/1990 SwedenSweden Kristianstads DFF 2014 011 00 04/09/2019
Nilla Fischer 08/02/1984 SwedenSweden Linköpings FC 2001 182 23 07/06/2019
Anna Oskarsson 06/23/1996 SwedenSweden Linköpings FC 2018 005 00 09.10.2018
Linda Sembrant 05/15/1987 ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 2008 120 11 08/10/2019
Midfield and attack
Anna Anvegård 05/10/1997 SwedenSweden FC Rosengård 2018 014th 03 07/11/2019
Marija Banušić 09/17/1995 FranceFrance HSC Montpellier 2014 007th 00 04/05/2018
Michelle De Jongh 05/19/1997 SwedenSweden Vittsjö GIK 000 00
Pauline Hammarlund 05/07/1994 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2015 018th 04th 07/21/2017
Nina Jakobsson 11/10/1994 SwedenSweden Piteå IF 2018 001 00 09.10.2018
Hanna Folkesson 06/15/1988 SwedenSweden Djurgården Damfotboll 2013 048 01 04/09/2019
Julia Roddar 02/16/1992 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2017 006th 00 01/22/2019
Olivia Schough 03/11/1991 SwedenSweden Djurgården Damfotboll 2014 074 09 06/20/2019
Elin Rubensson 05/11/1993 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2012 069 03 09/03/2019
Julia Zigiotti Olme 12/24/1997 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC 2018 013 00 07/11/2019

Record players

22 players have played at least 100 international matches. This puts Sweden behind the USA (38 players) and Germany (26) together with China in third place among the nations with the most players in the "Hunderterclub". With 214 games, Therese Sjögran is together with the German Birgit Prinz also a European record national player . Since July 6, 2019, Sweden is the only European team with two players who have played at least 200 international matches.

rank Surname Calls Gates position Period
01. Therese Sjögran 214 21st midfield 1997-2015
02. Caroline Seger 204 28 midfield since 2005
03. Lotta Schelin 185 88 attack 2004-2017
04th Nilla Fischer 182 23 Defense since 2001
05. Hedvig Lindahl 170 00 goal since 2002
06th Victoria Sandell Svensson 166 68 attack 1996-2009
07th Kristin Bengtsson 157 14th Defense 1991-2005
08th. Malin Andersson 151 38 midfield 1994-2005
09. Pia Sundhage 146 71 attack 1975-1996
10. Kosovars Asllani 140 37 attack since 2008
11. Lisa Dahlkvist 134 11 midfield 2008-2017
12. Sara Thunebro 132 05 Defense 2004-2015
13. Hanna Ljungberg 130 72 attack 1996-2008
14th Karolina Westberg 126 02 Defense 1997-2009
15th Linda Sembrant 120 11 Defense since 2008
16. Hanna Marklund 118 06th Defense 1997-2007
17th Sofia Jakobsson 113 21st Defense since 2011
Malin Moström 113 21st midfield 1996-2006
19th Sara Larsson 112 08th Defense 2000-2012
Elisabeth Leidinge 112 00 goal 1974-1996
21st Lena Videkull 111 71 attack 1984-1996
22nd Jane Törnqvist 109 11 Defense 1995-2005

As of March 10, 2020

Record goal scorers

16 players have scored at least 20 international goals and five players have scored more than 50 international goals. Sofia Jakobsson last scored her 20th international goal on October 4, 2019.

rank Surname Gates Calls Quota Period
01. Lotta Schelin 88 185 0.48 2004-2017
02. Hanna Ljungberg 72 130 0.55 1996-2008
03. Pia Sundhage 71 146 0.49 1975-1996
Lena Videkull 71 111 0.64 1984-1996
05. Victoria Sandell Svensson 68 166 0.41 1996-2009
06th Malin Andersson 38 151 0.25 1994-2005
07th Anneli Andelén 37 88 0.42 1985-1995
08th. Kosovars Asllani 37 140 0.26 since 2008
09. Caroline Seger 28 204 0.14 since 2005
10. Nilla Fischer 23 182 0.13 since 2001
Helen Johansson 23 88 0.26 1981-1995
12. Sofia Jakobsson 21st 113 0.19 since 2011
Malin Moström 21st 113 0.19 1996-2006
Therese Sjögran 21st 214 0.10 1997-2015
15th Ulrika Kalte 20th 56 0.36 1989-1996
Josefine Öqvist 20th 79 0.25 2002-2013

Previous trainers

  • 1973: Christer Molander
  • 1974–1976: Hasse Karlsson
  • 1977-1978: Tord Grip
  • 1979: Ulf Bergquist
  • 1980–1987: Ulf Lyfors (European Champion 1984, Vice European Champion 1987)
  • 1988–1991: Gunilla Paijkull (third place in the 1991 World Cup)
  • 1992–1996: Bengt Simonsson (Vice European Champion 1995)
  • 1996–2005: Marika Domanski-Lyfors (Vice World Champion 2003, Vice European Champion 2001)
  • 2005–2012: Thomas Dennerby (third place in the 2011 World Cup)
  • 2012–2017: Pia Sundhage (OS silver medal 2016)

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a Swedish point of view

Germany

Germany is the fifth most popular opponent of the Swedes after the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland and Norway as well as the USA. On July 17, 2017 there was the only draw so far between the two teams. The Swedes have won eight times and the German team 21 times, making Sweden the opponent next to England against which the German women have won the most. Both have met in all important finals (EM, World Cup and Olympics), with the German team always winning by one goal difference - twice (EM final in 2001 and World Cup final in 2003 thanks to Golden Goal ).

date place Result occasion
November 29, 1991 Guangzhou 4-0 World Cup game for third place
March 11, 1993 Agia Napa 3: 1 Tournament in Cyprus
September 22, 1993 Borås 3: 2 Friendly match
September 7, 1994 Wolfenbüttel 1: 3 Friendly match
March 26, 1995 Kaiserslautern 2: 3 EM final
June 7, 1995 Helsingborg 3: 2 World Cup preliminary round
July 9, 1997 Karlstad 0: 1 EM semifinals
September 19, 2000 Melbourne 0: 1 Olympic preliminary round
June 23, 2001 Erfurt 1: 3 EM preliminary round
July 7, 2001 Ulm 0: 1 a.d. EM final
March 7, 2002 Faro 2: 1 Algarve Cup
October 12, 2003 Carson 1: 2 a.d. World Cup final
August 26, 2004 Athens 0: 1 Olympic game for bronze
March 9, 2005 Lagos 1: 2 Algarve Cup
March 11, 2006 Loulé 0: 3 Algarve Cup
March 10, 2008 Vila Real de Santo Antonio 0: 2 Algarve Cup
August 15, 2008 Shenyang 0: 2 a.d. Olympic quarter-finals
March 9, 2009 Faro 3: 2 Algarve Cup
October 26, 2011 Hamburg 0: 1 Friendly match
March 5, 2012 Portugal 0: 4 Algarve Cup
July 24, 2013 Gothenburg 0: 1 EM semifinals
October 29, 2014 Örebro 1: 2 Friendly match
4th March 2015 Vila Real de Santo Antonio 4: 2 Algarve Cup 2015
March 11, 2015 Parchal 1: 2 Algarve Cup 2015 3rd place match
20th June 2015 Ottawa 1: 4 World Cup round of 16
19th August 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1: 2 Olympic final
17th July 2017 Breda 0-0 EM group game
April 6, 2019 Solna 1: 2 Friendly match
June 29, 2019 Rennes 2: 1 World Cup quarter-finals
4th March 2020 Faro / Loulé 0: 1 Algarve Cup 2020

Switzerland

date place Result occasion
June 1, 1977 Gothenburg 2: 1 Friendly match
October 1, 1978 Gossau 7: 1 Friendly match
April 27, 1988 3-0 Friendly match
November 3, 2001 Brugg 5-0 World Cup qualification
May 8, 2002 Stockholm 4-0 World Cup qualification
April 18, 2003 Squid 6-0 European Championship qualification
April 24, 2004 Solothurn 2-0 European Championship qualification
October 23, 2012 Vaxjo 3-0 Friendly match
April 5, 2015 Eskilstuna 1: 3 Friendly match
5th March 2016 Rotterdam 1-0 Olympic qualification
February 27, 2019 Faro / Loulé 4: 1 Algarve Cup 2019

Austria

date place Result occasion
April 9, 2019 Maria Enzersdorf 2-0 Friendly match

See also

Individual evidence

  1. svenskfotboll.se:Seger och Schelin nya lagkaptener
  2. 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).
  3. According to FIFA, DBU and SvFF, the game counts as a 3-0 defeat
  4. Incl. participation in the final rounds in 1984 and 1995
  5. FIFA World Ranking Sweden
  6. Women Unofficial Football World Cup 1971 in the database of RSSSF (English)
  7. fpf.pt: Troféu atribuído a Holanda e Suécia
  8. svenskfotboll.se: Troops till Algarve Cup
  9. svenskfotboll.se: Rubensson med återbud till Algarve Cup
  10. svenskfotboll.se: Zigiotti Olme ersätts av Angeldal
  11. svenskfotboll.se: Sembrant ställs över från Algarve Cup
  12. European record , together with Birgit Prinz

Web links

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