Sweden women's national football team

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Sweden
Shirt badge/Association crest
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
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
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Home kit
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Away kit
First International
Flag of Sweden Sweden 0-0 Finland Flag of Finland
(Mariehamn, Finland; 1973)
Largest win
Flag of Sweden Sweden 10 - 0 Ireland Flag of Ireland
(Sweden; 1991-1992)
Worst defeat
Flag of Sweden Sweden 0 - 4 Norway Flag of Norway
(Uddevalla, Sweden; 24 July 2004)
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

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Hedvig Lindahl April 29, 1983 (1983-04-29) (age 25) 27 0 Flag of Sweden Linköping FC
2 DF Karolina Westberg May 16, 1978 (1978-05-16) (age 30) 122 0 Flag of Sweden Umeå IK
3 DF Stina Segerström June 17, 1983 (1983-06-17) (age 24) 21 2 Flag of Sweden KIF Örebro DFF
4 DF Hanna Marklund November 26, 1977 (1977-11-26) (age 30) 115 6 Flag of Sweden Sunnanå SK
5 MF Caroline Seger March 19, 1985 (1985-03-19) (age 23) 37 4 Flag of Sweden Linköping FC
6 DF Sara Thunebro April 26, 1979 (1979-04-26) (age 29) 24 2 Flag of Sweden Djurgårdens IF
7 DF Sara Larsson May 13, 1979 (1979-05-13) (age 29) 71 6 Flag of Sweden Linköping FC
8 MF Charlotta Schelin February 27, 1984 (1984-02-27) (age 24) 49 17 Flag of Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
9 FW Therese Lundin March 3, 1979 (1979-03-03) (age 29) 53 9 Flag of Sweden Malmö FF
10 FW Hanna Ljungberg January 8, 1979 (1979-01-08) (age 29) 126 72 Flag of Sweden Umeå IK
11 FW Victoria Svensson Captain May 18, 1977 (1977-05-18) (age 31) 143 61 Flag of Sweden Djurgårdens IF
12 GK Sofia Lundgren September 20, 1982 (1982-09-20) (age 25) 20 0 Flag of Sweden AIK
13 DF Frida Östberg December 10, 1977 (1977-12-10) (age 30) 65 2 Flag of Sweden Linköping FC
14 FW Sara Johansson January 23, 1980 (1980-01-23) (age 28) 25 7 Flag of Sweden Hammarby IF DFF
15 MF Therese Sjögran April 8, 1977 (1977-04-08) (age 31) 119 12 Flag of Sweden Malmö FF
16 DF Anna Paulson February 29, 1984 (1984-02-29) (age 24) 18 0 Flag of Sweden Umeå IK
17 FW Madelaine Edlund September 15, 1985 (1985-09-15) (age 22) 3 0 Flag of Sweden Umeå IK
18 MF Nilla Fischer August 2, 1984 (1984-08-02) (age 23) 27 3 Flag of Sweden Malmö FF
19 DF Charlotte Rohlin December 2, 1980 (1980-12-02) (age 27) 6 1 Flag of Sweden Linköping FC
20 MF Linda Forsberg June 19, 1985 (1985-06-19) (age 22) 3 0 Flag of Sweden Djurgårdens IF
21 GK Kristin Hammarström March 29, 1982 (1982-03-29) (age 26) 2 0 Flag of Sweden KIF Örebro DFF


[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

  1. ^ Mats Bråstedt. 'SOK lovar damerna en storsatsning'. Expressen.se. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.

[edit] External Links