Swedish Women's National Football Team / European Championships

Sweden
Sverige

European Championship record scorer:	Lotta Schelin (8)
European Championship record player:	Victoria Sandell Svensson (17)
Rank:	2
Organizer:	1997 (co-host), 2013
Balance sheet
30 European Championship games 15 wins 5 draws 10 defeats 48:29 goals
statistics
First European Championship game Sweden 3-2 nV Italy Moss ( NOR ); June 11, 1987
Biggest European Championship victory Sweden 5: 0 Finland Gothenburg ( SWE ); July 13, 2013
Highest European Championship defeats 1: 3 Germany Erfurt ( DEU ); June 23, 2001 1: 3 Norway Helsinki ( FIN ); 4th September 2009 0-2 Netherlands Doetinchem ( NLD ); 29th July 2017
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	8 ( first : 1987 )
Best results	European Champion ( 1984 )
Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held
(As of July 29, 2017)

The article contains a detailed description of the Swedish national football team for women in European championships and the qualifications for them. Sweden always participated in the qualification and was able to qualify for seven finals. In addition, the final round was reached in 1984 and 1995, which was played in 1984 and partly in 1995 with home and away games. Sweden won the title at the first edition. There are also three second places. Sweden took part in the unofficial European Championship as early as 1979 and came third there.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1984	no finals	final	England	European champion	Ulf Lyfors	Winner by penalty shoot-out
1987	Norway	final	Norway	Vice European champion	Ulf Lyfors
1989	Germany	3rd place match	Italy	Third	Gunilla Paijkull
1991	Denmark	not qualified		-		Failed in the quarter-finals by Italy.
1993	Italy	not qualified		-		Failed in the quarterfinals by Denmark.
1995	no finals	final	Germany	Vice European champion	Bengt Simonson	Final lost in a game in Germany
1997	Norway / Sweden	Semifinals	Germany	-	Marika Domanski-Lyfors	No game for 3rd place
2001	Germany	final	Germany	Vice European champion	Marika Domanski-Lyfors	Golden Goal defeat
2005	England	Semifinals	Norway	-	Marika Domanski-Lyfors	No game for 3rd place
2009	Finland	Quarter finals	Norway	-	Thomas Dennerby
2013	Sweden	Semifinals	Germany	-	Pia Sundhage	No game for 3rd place
2017	Netherlands	Quarter finals	Netherlands	-	Pia Sundhage	Opponents in the group stage were Germany, Italy and Russia.

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 aspects, the Swedish team had to compete against Norway , Finland and Iceland in the qualification . Sweden started qualifying 6-0 in Finland on August 18, 1982 and won all other games. The Swedes only conceded a goal in their last game, a 2-1 win in Norway. Sweden was in the semi-finals and met Italy in two games. First they won 3-2 in Rome and then the second leg with 2-1. Sweden had thus reached the finals in which England were the opponents. As they both won their home games 1-0, the second game saw penalties, which the Swedes won 4-3 and became the first European champions. With three goals Pia Sundhage was the top scorer in the finals.

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. Sweden now faced the Netherlands , Belgium and France . Sweden won five games and only lost in the Netherlands, which also lost to Belgium. In the end, the Swedes had won the group by two points.

The final round of the best four teams was then allowed to host Norway, which used the home advantage. In the semifinals there was the final revision of 1984 against England and after another tough fight the Swedes had the better end for themselves again. In the final, however, they lost the title to Norway. The best Swedish goalscorer in the finals this time was Gunilla Axén with two goals.

EM 1989 in Germany

Qualification for the next finals began just three months after the final. Sweden met the Netherlands again, as well as Ireland and Scotland , but they withdrew after two games. Sweden could only win the home game against Ireland, also played twice and lost the last decisive game for group victory in the Netherlands. As group runner-up, they met Denmark in the first quarter-finals and won in Odense 5-1. A 1: 1 in the second leg was enough to reach the final. In contrast, group winners Netherlands failed to Norway, to which the Swedes then lost in the semi-finals. In the small final, Sweden secured third place with a 2-1 win after extra time against Italy.

EM 1991 in Denmark

In qualifying for the following European Championship finals, the Swedes met France and Poland . Sweden won the four games and only conceded goals in the two 4-1 home wins. In the quarter-finals, Italy was the opponent and after a 1-1 draw in Malmö it was only enough for a goalless draw in Castellammare . Sweden was eliminated on the away goals rule . As the best quarter-final loser, the Swedes qualified for the first women's soccer world championship in China in 1991 .

EM 1993 in Italy

23 teams have already participated in the qualification for the following European Championship. To qualify for the quarter-finals, Sweden had to play again in the group stage against Ireland and for the first time Spain , against which the qualification began with a 4-0 win. After a 1-1 draw in the second leg and a 1-0 win in Ireland, qualifying ended with a 10-0 win against Ireland, which was only exceeded 18 years later. In the quarter-finals, the Danes were the opponents. First they lost 2-1 at home in Borås and then only reached 1-1 in the second leg. So Sweden was again not qualified for the top four.

EM 1995

Only nine months after the quarter-finals, the qualification for the next European Championship began with 29 teams, which was held again and for the last time without a final. Sweden first met Latvia and Slovakia , who participated for the first time. With four wins without conceding a goal, Sweden were again group winners. In the quarter-finals there was revenge against the Danes, who this time had to play at home first and won 2-0. By a 3-0 in the second leg Sweden could qualify for the semi-finals, which was played like 1984 with a return leg. Opponents were Norway, who won 4-3 at home. With a 4-1 win in the second leg, the Swedes were able to make up for this defeat and move into the final. This took place in a game in Germany. Sweden took the lead in Kaiserslautern in front of 8,500 spectators in the sixth minute through Malin Andersson , which also lasted for 26 minutes. Then Maren Meinert managed to equalize. In the second half, the Germans were able to add two more goals before Anneli Andelén was able to add again in the 88th minute. For Germany this was the third title win and since then no other team has won the title.

European Championship 1997 in Norway and Sweden

Six months after the final, Sweden 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 Sweden, 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 Sweden met Denmark again and won there 2-1. Then Sweden met Romania for the first time and won 8-0. Against the third opponent Spain there was the only point loss at 1-1 in the home game, but the three other games were won, u. a. 8-0 in Spain, which is the biggest defeat for the Spanish women to date. Sweden was thus qualified as group winners for the finals. Denmark in second and Spain in third then prevailed in the playoffs against Portugal and England and were also allowed to go to the finals.

Sweden and Norway then hosted the finals together for the first time, which also included a group stage for the first time. Sweden played all games on home soil and met three newcomers to the European Championship in the group stage. In the first game Russia was initially the opponent and was defeated 2-1. After that, qualifying opponents Spain waited, which had obviously learned from the 0: 8 and this time only lost 0: 1. Sweden then closed the group stage with a 3-0 win against France and met defending champions Germany in the semi-finals. In a long open game, Bettina Wiegmann was only able to score the only goal of the game in the 84th minute. In the final against Italy, Germany was able to defend the title.

EM 2001 in Germany

In qualifying for the EM 2001, the Swedes played in the higher category again and met three old friends: France, Spain and the Netherlands. Sweden had a hard time at first, because of the first three games only the game in Spain was won 5-2, the other two ended in a draw. After a 3-0 win against the Dutch, they lost 2-0 in France, but then won 7-0 in Spain. But this was only enough for second place behind France, which had not lost a game. So Sweden had to go to the playoffs against Finland and won both games (5: 2 and 5: 1). Spain, on the other hand, failed in the playoffs to Denmark.

At the finals in Germany they lost 3-1 to the hosts in the first group game. Here was Hanna Ljungberg put their team already in the 14th-minute lead, but lasted only 30 minutes. Shortly before the half-time whistle, the equalizer had to be conceded and then two more goals in the second half. The second game against England was won 4-0. With a 1-0 win in the last game against Russia, the team secured second place. In the semi-finals the Swedes met Denmark again and Tina Nordlund secured the final with her goal in the 9th minute. Here again Germany was the opponent. Since neither of them managed to score in 90 minutes this time, it was extended with the golden goal rule, through which the Germans then defended the title. Two years later they both faced each other again in the World Cup final and the Germans won again with a golden goal.

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 and Sweden met Italy, Finland, Switzerland and, for the first time, Serbia and Montenegro . The Swedes started with six wins and were thus qualified early for the finals, but then lost in Italy and also gave up one point in the last game in Finland. Italy in second and Finland in third were also able to qualify in the playoffs.

In the finals, Sweden met Denmark in the first game and the two separated 1-1. Against qualifying opponents Finland it was only enough to draw, this time without goals. This meant that Sweden was only in third place before the last game against hosts England and needed a win to advance. Anna Sjöström secured this with the only goal of the game in the third minute and since the Finns surprisingly won against Denmark in the parallel game, Sweden was even group winners. In the semifinals against Norway it got dramatic, because Hanna Ljungberg was able to equalize a Norwegian lead twice , the last one a minute before the end of the game. This resulted in an extension in which Solveig Gulbrandsen secured the final for Norway with her second goal. There the Norwegians lost again to Germany. With three goals, Hanna Ljungberg and three other players were the second best goalscorer of the tournament.

EM 2009 in Finland

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. Sweden did not have to intervene until the second round and met Italy, Ireland, Romania and Hungary in a group of five . The Swedes did not concede a goal and won all eight games. With that they were qualified as group winners for the finals. The second-placed Italians also secured the final round ticket in the play-offs against the Czech Republic, while the third-placed Irish failed to Iceland. With eight goals, Victoria Sandell Svensson was the best Swedish and sixth best goalscorer in the qualification.

In the finals, the Swedes met Russia in their first game and won 3-0. The second game was followed by a 2-0 win against Italy. So the Swedes only needed one point from the last game against England to be group winners and England only needed one point to reach the knockout round as the best third party in the group. And so both parted 1: 1. In the quarterfinals, the Swedes were favored against Norway, but lost 3-1.

EM 2013 in Sweden

The Swedes before the semi-finals against Germany

Sweden and the Netherlands had applied to host the EM 2013 and Sweden was awarded the contract, which means that it was held in Sweden for the second time and Sweden did not have to qualify.

In the final round, Sweden and Denmark parted 1: 1 in the opening game like eight years earlier. Against Finland they achieved the highest final win with 5-0 and a 3-1 win against Italy made the group win perfect. In the quarter-finals there was then a 4-0 win against Finland, so that the Swedes were slightly favored in the semi-finals against Germany, but lost 1-0. With five goals Lotta Schelin was the best and Nilla Fischer with three goals second best scorer in the final round.

EM 2017 in the Netherlands

The 2017 European Championship took place in the Netherlands and for the first time with 16 teams. Sweden met Denmark, Slovakia, Poland and, for the first time, Moldova in qualifying . Sweden was able to qualify as group winners for the EM. The Swedes conceded their first goal in the penultimate group game against Slovakia in a 2-1 draw and only lost the last group game against Denmark, but they already won the group. In the first qualifying game Lisa Dahlkvist played her 100th and Caroline Seger her 150th international game in the fourth game.

For the drawing of the final groups on November 8, 2016, the Swedes were assigned to Pot 2 and assigned to group B with defending champions Germany, Italy and Russia, making this the only group without a newcomer and without a neighborhood duel. The Swedes started with a goalless draw against the defending champions, the first ever draw between the two teams. After beating the Russians, they were able to afford a 3-2 defeat against the already eliminated Italians, as Germany won against Russia in a parallel game. In the quarter-finals they then lost to the hosts 2-0 and were eliminated from the tournament, which also ended Pia Sundhage's term of office , who had already announced this. Nevertheless, the Swedes improved by one place in the all-time ranking, as the Norwegians who had previously placed before them lost all three group games. With two goals in the Netherlands, Lotta Schelin is now the sole Swedish championship scorer with a total of eight goals in the final.

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

Victoria Sandell Svensson (2015), Swedish European Championship record player with 17 appearances

Games	player	Year (games)
17th	Victoria Sandell Svensson	1997 (4), 2001 (5), 2005 (4), 2009 (4)
16	Lotta Schelin	2005 (3), 2009 (4), 2013 (5), 2017 (4)
	Caroline Seger	2005 (3), 2009 (4), 2013 (5), 2017 (4)
14th	Therese Sjögran	2001 (4), 2005 (4), 2009 (4), 2013 (2)
13	Kosovars Asllani	2009 (4), 2013 (5), 2017 (4)
12	Kristin Bengtsson	1997 (4), 2001 (4), 2005 (4)
	Lisa Dahlkvist	2009 (3), 2013 (5), 2017 (4)
	Hedvig Lindahl	2005 (4), 2009 (4), 2013 (0), 2017 (4)
	Hanna Ljungberg	1997 (3), 2001 (5), 2005 (4)
11	Nilla Fischer	2009 (3), 2013 (5), 2017 (3)
	Jane Törnqvist	1997 (4), 2001 (3), 2005 (4)
10	Malin Andersson	1997 (4), 2001 (5, 2005 (1)
	Karolina Westberg	1997 (4), 2001 (5), 2005 (1)
9	Sara Larsson	2001 (4), 2005 (4), 2009 (1)
	Hanna Marklund	2001 (5), 2005 (4)
	Malin Moström	2001 (5), 2005 (4)
	Charlotte Rohlin	2009 (4), 2013 (5)
	Sara Thunebro	2009 (4), 2013 (5)
8th	Josefine Öqvist	2009 (3), 2013 (5)

As of July 29, 2017

Lotta Schelin , Swedish European Championship record scorer

Players with the most goals at European Championships

Gates	player	Year (goals)
8th	Lotta Schelin	2005 (0), 2009 (1), 2013 (5), 2017 (2)
6th	Hanna Ljungberg	1997 (1), 2001 (2), 2005 (3)
	Gunilla Axén	1987 (2)
	Lena Videkull	1987 (1), 1989 (2)
3	Nilla Fischer	2009 (0), 2013 (3), 2017 (0)
	Victoria Sandell Svensson	1997 (0), 2001 (0), 2005 (0), 2009 (3)
2	Kosovars Asllani	2009 (1), 2013 (1), 2017 (0)
	Stina Blackstenius	2017 (2)
	Josefine Öqvist	2013 (2)
1	14 players

As of July 29, 2017

Finals games

Moss Oslo Ludenscheid Osnabrück Karlskoga Karlstad (3) Jena Erfurt (2) Ulm (2) Warrington Blackburn Blackpool (2) Turku (3) Helsinki Gothenburg (3) Halmstad (2) Doetinchem (2) Breda Deventer

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

The Swedes have played 30 final games so far, 15 of which have been won, five have ended in a draw and ten have been lost. Four games had to be extended, two of which were won and lost by goals and one by golden goal . Nine final round matches took place on home soil. The Swedes played five times against the hosts and six times against the defending champions, although they never won against the defending champions. The most frequent opponents were Germany (5 games), England, Italy, Norway and Russia (4 each).

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	06/11/1987	3: 2 a.d.	England	Moss ( NOR )	Semifinals
2	06/14/1987	1: 2	Norway	Oslo ( NOR )	final
3	06/28/1989	1: 2	Norway	Lüdenscheid ( DEU )	Semifinals
4th	06/30/1989	2: 1 a.d.	Italy	Osnabrück ( DEU )	3rd place match
5	06/29/1997	2: 1	Russia	Karlstad	Group game
6th	07/02/1997	1-0	Spain	Karlskoga	Group game
7th	07/05/1997	3-0	France	Karlstad	Group game
8th	07/09/1997	0: 1	Germany	Karlstad	Semifinals
9	06/23/2001	1: 3	Germany	Erfurt ( DEU )	Group game	250th international match according to the SvFF count
10	06/27/2001	4-0	England	Jena ( DEU )	Group game
11	06/30/2001	1-0	Russia	Erfurt ( DEU )	Group game
12	07/04/2001	1-0	Denmark	Ulm ( DEU )	Semifinals
13	07/07/2001	0: 1 a.d.	Germany	Ulm ( DEU )	final	Golden Goal defeat
14th	06/05/2005	1: 1	Denmark	Blackpool ( ENG )	Group game
15th	06/08/2005	0-0	Finland	Blackpool ( ENG )	Group game	300th international match according to FIFA counts
16	06/11/2005	1-0	England	Blackburn ( ENG )	Group game
17th	06/16/2005	2: 3 a.d.	Norway	Warrington ( ENG )	Semifinals
18th	08/25/2009	3-0	Russia	Turku ( FIN )	Group game
19th	08/28/2009	2-0	Italy	Turku ( FIN )	Group game
20th	08/31/2009	1: 1	England	Turku ( FIN )	Group game
21st	09/04/2009	1: 3	Norway	Helsinki ( FIN )	Quarter finals
22nd	07/10/2013	1: 1	Denmark	Gothenburg	Group game (opening game)	50th game against Denmark
23	07/13/2013	5-0	Finland	Gothenburg	Group game
24	07/16/2013	3: 1	Italy	Halmstad	Group game
25th	07/21/2013	4-0	Iceland	Halmstad	Quarter finals
26th	07/24/2013	0: 1	Germany	Gothenburg	Semifinals
27	07/17/2017	0-0	Germany	Breda ( NLD )	Preliminary round	First draw against Germany
28	07/21/2017	2-0	Russia	Deventer ( NLD )	Preliminary round
29	July 25, 2017	2: 3	Italy	Doetinchem ( NLD )	Preliminary round
30th	07/29/2017	0: 2	Netherlands	Doetinchem ( NLD )	Quarter finals	Last game under Pia Sundhage

Notes: Teams in bold entered the tournament as defending champions.

Final round games

Sweden played the most final rounds (7).

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	04/08/1984	3: 2	Italy	Rome ( ITA )	Semifinals
2	04/28/1984	2: 1	Italy	Linkoping	Semifinals
3	05/12/1984	1-0	England	Gothenburg	final
4th	05/27/1984	0: 1	England	Luton ( ENG )	final	Winning the 1st European Championship title by a 4: 3 i. E.
5	02/26/1995	3: 4	Norway	Kristiansand ( NOR )	Semifinals
6th	05.03.1995	4: 1	Norway	Jonkoping	Semifinals
7th	03/26/1995	2: 3	Germany	Kaiserslautern ( DEU )	final

Records

• Most home games: 9 finals and 3 finals.
• Sweden once provided the top scorer: Lotta Schelin (5 goals, 2013)

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ inofficial European Women Championship 1979

Web links

• Group matches of the European Championship 1997