Sweden women's national football team
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Nickname | Blågult ("The Blueyellow") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Association | Swedish Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Thomas Dennerby, 2005- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Kristin Bengtsson (157) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Hanna Ljungberg (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA rank | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First International Sweden 0-0 Finland (Mariehamn, Finland; 1973) |
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Largest win Sweden 10 - 0 Ireland (Sweden; 1991-1992) |
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Worst defeat Sweden 0 - 4 Norway (Uddevalla, Sweden; 24 July 2004) |
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World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 6 (First in 1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Finalist, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 3 (First in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 4rd place Olympic Games 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UEFA Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 10 (First in 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Winner, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sweden women's national football team won the unofficial European Championships in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver (2003) as well as three European Cup-silvers (1987, 1995, 2001). The team has participated in three Olympic Games, four World Cups, as well as seven European Cups.
The 2003 World Cup-final was the second most watched event in Sweden that year.
The top goal scorer in team history is Hanna Ljungberg with 72 goals. The player with the most caps is Kristin Bengtsson, with 157. Since 2005, the team has been coached by Thomas Dennerby.
After winning the 2 qualifying matches against Denmark for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the Swedish Olympic Committee approved of record increases in investments for the women's team. The new budget granted over a million SEK (about 150,000 USD) for the team and 150,000 SEK (about 25,000 USD) per player for developing physical fitness. The new grants are almost a 100% increase of the 2005 and 2006 season funds.[1]
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Performance in World Cup
- 1971 : preliminary round (non-official competition)
- 1978 : 1st round (non-official competition)
- 1991 : 3rd round
- 1995 : Quarter finals
- 1999 : Quarter finals
- 2003 : Finalist
- 2007 : Group stage
[edit] Performance in European Championship
- 1979 : 3rd round (non-official competition)
- 1984 : Winner
- 1987 : Finalist
- 1989 : Quarter finals
- 1991 : Quarter finals
- 1993 : Quarter finals
- 1995 : Finalist
- 1997 : Semi-finals
- 2001 : Finalist
- 2005 : Semi-finals
[edit] Performance in Olympic Games
[edit] Current Squad
Squad called up for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China
[edit] Coaches
- 1973 : Christer Molander
- 1974-76 : Hasse Karlsson
- 1977-78 : Tord Grip
- 1979 : Ulf Bergquist
- 1980-87 : Ulf Lyfors
- 1988-91 : Gunilla Paijkull
- 1992-96 : Bengt Simonsson
- 1996-2005 : Marika Domanski-Lyfors
- 2005- : Thomas Dennerby
[edit] References
- ^ Mats Bråstedt. 'SOK lovar damerna en storsatsning'. Expressen.se. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
[edit] External Links
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International women's football
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