Norway women's national football team
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| Nickname | Gresshoppene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Norwegian Football Association (Norges Fotballforbund) |
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| Coach | Bjarne Berntsen, 2005- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Heidi Støre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Linda Medalen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA rank | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First International Sweden 2 - 1 Norway Kolding, Denmark; July 7, 1978 |
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| Largest win Norway 17 - 0 Slovakia Ulefoss, Norway; September 19, 1995 |
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| Worst defeat Sweden 5 - 0 Norway Norrköping, Sweden; 22 August 1985 China 5 - 0 Norway Foxboro, MA, United States; 4 July 1999 |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | {{{2}}} (First in [[FIFA Women's World Cup {{{1999}}}|1991]]) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UEFA Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Team | |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Team | |
The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Norwegian Football Association, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. New players are recruited from around the globe, and heavily from Toppserien, the top women's football league in Norway.
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Performance in the World Cup
[edit] Performance in European Championship
- 1979 : 1st round (non-official competition)
- 1984 : preliminary round
- 1987 : Champions
- 1989 : Runners up
- 1991 : Runners up
- 1993 : Champions
- 1995 : Semi-finals
- 1997 : Quarter finals
- 2001 : Semi-finals
- 2005 : Runners up
[edit] Notable players (past and present)
- Solveig Gulbrandsen
- Isabell Herlovsen
- Linda Medalen
- Dagny Mellgren
- Bente Nordby
- Gunn Nyborg
- Marianne Pettersen
- Hege Riise
- Brit Sandaune
- Heidi Støre
- Ann-Kristin Aarønes
[edit] Coaches
- 1978-1982: Per Pettersen
- 1987-1989: Erling Hokstad/Dag Steinar Vestlund
- 1983-1989: Erling Hokstad
- 1989-1996: Even Pellerud
- 1996-2000: Per-Mathias Høgmo
- 2000-2004: Åge Steen
- 2005 to present: Bjarne Berntsen
[edit] External links
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International women's football
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