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Sweden women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Sweden national football team.
Sweden
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachPeter Gerhardsson
CaptainCaroline Seger
Most capsTherese Sjögran (214)[1]
Top scorerLotta Schelin (88)[2]
Home stadiumGamla Ullevi
FIFA codeSWE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 5 Steady (18 December 2020)[3]
Highest3 (June 2007)
Lowest11 (June 2018)
First international
Sweden 0–0 Finland
(Mariehamn, Finland; 25 August 1973)
Biggest win
Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan
(Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 5–1 Sweden
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 August 2016)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1991)
Best resultRunners-up (2003)
European Championship
Appearances10 (first in 1984)
Best resultChampions (1984)

The Sweden women's national football team (Swedish: svenska damfotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden in international women's football competition and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The national team has been traditionally recognized as one of the world's best women's teams and has won the European Competition for Women's Football in 1984. Like the equally successful men's counterpart, the female one also gained a World Cup-silver (2003), as well as three European Championship-silvers (1987, 1995, 2001). The team has participated in six Olympic Games, eight World Cups, as well as ten European Championships. Sweden won bronze medals at the World Cups in 1991, 2011 and 2019.

The 2003 World Cup-final was the only second time Sweden ever reached the final of a FIFA World Cup after the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final, and was the second most watched event in Sweden that year. Lotta Schelin is the top goalscorer in the history of Sweden with 85 goals. Schelin surpassed Hanna Ljungberg's 72-goal record against Germany on 29 October 2014.[4] The player with the most caps is Therese Sjögran, with 214. The team was coached by Thomas Dennerby from 2005 to 2012, and Pia Sundhage from 2012 to 2017. The head coach is Peter Gerhardsson.

After winning the two 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 US$150,000) for the team and 150,000 SEK (about US$25,000) per player for developing physical fitness. The new grants are almost a 100% increase of the 2005 and 2006 season funds.[5]

The developments and conditions of the Sweden women's national football team can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

History

Main article: History of the Sweden women's national football team

Home stadium

The Sweden women's national football team plays their home matches on the Gamla Ullevi.

Coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Peter Gerhardsson

Team

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers against Latvia and Iceland on 22 and 27 October 2020, respectively.[6]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Zećira Mušović 26 May 1996 3 0 England Chelsea
GK Jennifer Falk 26 April 1993 1 0 Sweden Göteborg
GK Emma Holmgren 0 0 Sweden Uppsala
DF Nilla Fischer 2 August 1984 182 23 Sweden Linköping
DF Linda Sembrant 15 May 1987 120 11 Italy Juventus
DF Magdalena Eriksson 8 September 1993 62 6 England Chelsea
DF Jessica Samuelsson 30 January 1992 59 0 Sweden Rosengård
DF Jonna Andersson 2 January 1993 48 0 England Chelsea
DF Hanna Glas 16 April 1993 36 0 Germany Bayern Munich
DF Amanda Ilestedt 17 January 1993 33 3 Germany Bayern Munich
DF Nathalie Björn 4 May 1997 19 3 Sweden Rosengård
MF Caroline Seger (captain) 19 March 1985 204 28 Sweden Rosengård
MF Kosovare Asllani 29 July 1989 140 37 Spain Real Madrid
MF Olivia Schough 11 March 1991 74 9 Sweden Djurgårdens IF
MF Julia Roddar 16 February 1992 6 0 Sweden Göteborg
MF Filippa Curmark 2 August 1995 0 0 Sweden Göteborg
FW Sofia Jakobsson 23 April 1990 113 21 Spain Real Madrid
FW Stina Blackstenius 5 February 1996 56 14 Sweden Göteborg
FW Lina Hurtig 5 September 1995 31 6 Italy Juventus
FW Mimmi Larsson 9 April 1994 24 6 Sweden Rosengård
FW Pauline Hammarlund 7 May 1994 18 4 Sweden Göteborg
FW Anna Anvegård 10 May 1997 14 3 Sweden Rosengård
FW Julia Zigiotti Olme 24 December 1997 13 0 Sweden Göteborg
FW Loreta Kullashi 20 May 1999 7 3 Sweden Eskilstuna United
FW Rebecka Blomqvist 24 July 1997 3 0 Sweden Göteborg

Recent call-ups

The following players have been named to the Sweden squad in the last 12 months.

This list may be incomplete, and caps and goals may be incorrect.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Hedvig Lindahl 29 April 1983 170 0 Spain Atlético Madrid v. Iceland, 22 September 2020
DF Emma Kullberg 25 September 1991 2 0 Sweden Göteborg v. Iceland, 22 September 2020
DF Lotta Ökvist 17 February 1997 0 0 England Manchester United 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Filippa Angeldal 14 July 1997 2 1 Sweden Göteborg 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Hanna Bennison 16 October 2002 0 0 Sweden Rosengård 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Julia Karlernäs 6 October 1993 4 0 Spain Sevilla 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Elin Rubensson 11 May 1993 69 3 Sweden Göteborg 2020 Algarve Cup INJ
FW Fridolina Rolfö 24 November 1993 46 11 Germany VfL Wolfsburg v. Iceland, 22 September 2020
FW Madelen Janogy 12 November 1995 10 4 Sweden Hammarby IF 2020 Algarve Cup

Notes:

  • PRE: Preliminary squad
  • RET: Retired from the national team

Previous squads

Player records

Managers

Name P W D L GF GA Debut Last match
Christer Molander 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 August 1973 25 August 1973
Hasse Karlsson 12 7 1 4 19 10 26 July 1974 2 October 1976
Tord Grip 7 6 1 0 17 3 18 June 1977 21 October 1978
Ulf Bergquist 7 3 3 1 10 4 5 July 1979 27 July 1979
Ulf Lyfors 51 34 11 6 135 39 28 June 1980 30 September 1987
Gunilla Paijkull 43 30 6 7 100 30 27 April 1988 29 November 1991
Bengt Simonsson 60 37 6 17 153 69 8 March 1992 31 August 1996
Marika Domanski-Lyfors 135 71 26 38 277 142 9 October 1996 16 June 2005
Thomas Dennerby 113 68 18 27 240 112 28 August 2005 15 September 2012
Pia Sundhage 81 43 18 20 156 72 23 October 2012 29 July 2017
Peter Gerhardsson 15 11 2 2 34 6 19 September 2017 -
Total 525 310 93 122 1,141 487 - -
*Statistics as of 24 October 2018.[10]

Results and fixtures

Main article: Sweden women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

 Win  Draw  Lose  Fixtures

2020

4 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup Sweden 0–1 Germany Algarve, Portugal
16:30 Report Huth Goal 34' Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
7 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup Denmark 2–1 Sweden Lagos, Portugal
14:30
  • Larsen Goal 56'
  • Christiansen Goal 90+3'
 Report
  • Hurtig Goal 11'
 Stadium: Lagos Municipal Stadium
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
10 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup Sweden 2–0 Portugal Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00
  • Jakobsson Goal 45+2'
  • Rolfö Goal 51'
 Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
27 October 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying Sweden 2–0 Iceland Gothenburg
18:30
  • Jakobsson Goal 25'
  • Schough Goal 57'
 Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
1 December 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying Slovakia 0–6 Sweden Trnava, Slovakia
18:00 Report
  • Angeldal Goal 22', 73'
  • Sembrant Goal 34'
  • Rolfö Goal 44'
  • Andersson Goal 49'
  • Blomqvist Goal 54'
 Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium
Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)

2021

TBD Olympics GS Sweden v TBD Japan
Stadium: TBD
TBD Olympics GS Sweden v TBD Japan
Stadium: TBD
TBD Olympics GS Sweden v TBD Japan
Stadium: TBD

Head-to-head records against other teams

The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record, from 1973 to 2018.[11]

  • As of 2020
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
Argentina 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
Australia 11 7 3 1 22 8 +14
Azerbaijan 2 2 0 0 20 0 +20
Belarus 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12
Belgium 4 4 0 0 13 3 +10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
Brazil 10 3 2 5 9 14 −5
Canada 21 13 3 5 42 24 +18
China PR 26 10 9 7 32 24 +8
Colombia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
Croatia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 8 2 +6
Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
Denmark 54 30 12 12 88 51 +37
England 24 13 8 3 44 20 +24
Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10
Finland 37 30 6 1 118 16 +102
France 20 11 3 6 39 25 +14
Germany 27 7 1 19 32 49 −17
Ghana 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Great Britain 1 0 1 0 0 0 ±0
Hungary 5 5 0 0 27 1 +21
Iceland 15 12 1 2 52 10 +42
Iran 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7
Italy 22 15 4 3 42 14 +28
Japan 12 5 3 5 25 13 +12
Latvia 2 2 0 0 14 0 +14
Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3
Moldova 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9
Netherlands 21 10 5 6 32 16 +16
Nigeria 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4
North Korea 4 4 0 0 5 1 +4
Northern Ireland 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
Norway 53 19 12 22 84 87 −3
Poland 7 7 0 0 27 1 +26
Portugal 8 7 0 1 27 6 +21
Republic of Ireland 6 5 1 0 22 1 +21
Romania 4 4 0 0 22 0 +22
Russia 6 6 0 0 14 1 +13
Scotland 6 6 0 0 17 2 +15
Serbia and Montenegro 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8
Slovakia 4 4 0 0 13 1 +12
South Africa 3 3 0 0 8 1 +9
South Korea 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8
Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6
Spain 10 7 3 0 32 6 +26
Switzerland 12 11 0 1 40 6 +34
Ukraine 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
United States 39 7 11 21 38 67 −29
Wales 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Honours

Runner-up: 2003
Third place: 1991, 2011, 2019

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

Main article: Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup
Sweden playing against Germany in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.
FIFA Women's World Cup Finals FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Third place 3rd 6 4 0 2 18 7 6 4 2 0 13 3
Sweden 1995 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 4 Qualified as hosts
United States 1999 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 7 6 6 6 0 0 18 5
United States 2003 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 10 7 6 5 0 1 27 4
China 2007 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 3 4 8 7 1 0 32 6
Germany 2011 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 10 6 10 8 2 0 40 6
Canada 2015 Round of 16 16th 4 0 3 1 5 8 10 10 0 0 32 1
France 2019 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 12 6 8 7 0 1 22 2
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total Best: Runners-up 8/9 40 23 5 12 71 48 54 47 5 2 184 27

Olympic Games record

Sweden celebrate after the semi final victory against Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Olympic Games football tournament Olympic Games qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
United States 1996 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 6 4
Australia 2000 Group stage 6th 3 0 1 2 1 4 10 8 2 0 25 11
Greece 2004 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 4 5 12 9 0 3 37 11
China 2008 Quarter-final 6th 4 2 0 2 4 5 13 10 2 1 42 13
United Kingdom 2012 Quarter-final 7th 4 1 2 1 7 5 16 13 2 1 50 12
Brazil 2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 1 3 2 4 8 17 12 4 1 40 10
Japan 2020 Qualified 5 4 0 1 10 4
France 2024 To be determined
United States 2028
Total Best: Runners-up 6/6 25 7 6 12 24 32 77 58 11 8 210 65

UEFA Women's Euro record

Main article: Sweden at the UEFA Women's Championship
Sweden in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.
UEFA Women's Euro Finals UEFA Women's Euro qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1984 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 6 0 0 26 1
Norway 1987 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 4 6 5 0 1 14 3
West Germany 1989 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 3 3 6 2 3 1 11 4
Denmark 1991 Did not qualify 6 4 2 0 13 3
Italy 1993 Did not qualify 6 3 2 1 18 4
Germany 1995 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 0 2 9 8 6 5 0 1 25 2
NorwaySweden 1997 Semi-finals 3rd 4 3 0 1 6 2 6 5 1 0 26 2
Germany 2001 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 7 4 8 5 2 1 28 10
England 2005 Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 2 1 4 4 8 6 1 1 26 5
Finland 2009 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 7 4 8 8 0 0 31 0
Sweden 2013 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 1 1 13 3 Qualified as hosts
Netherlands 2017 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 4 5 8 7 0 1 22 3
England 2022 Qualified
Total Best: Champions 11/13 37 19 5 13 63 41 74 56 11 7 240 37
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Algarve Cup record

The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Year Result
Portugal 1994 Third place
Portugal 1995 Champions
Portugal 1996 Runners-up
Portugal 1997 Third place
Portugal 1998 Fourth place
Portugal 1999 Sixth place
Portugal 2000 Fourth place
Portugal 2001 Champions
Portugal 2002 Third place
Portugal 2003 Fifth place
Portugal 2004 Fifth place
Portugal 2005 Fourth place
Portugal 2006 Third place
Portugal 2007 Third place
Portugal 2008 Fifth place
Portugal 2009 Champions
Portugal 2010 Third place
Portugal 2011 Fourth place
Portugal 2012 Fourth place
Portugal 2013 Fourth place
Portugal 2014 Fourth place
Portugal 2015 Fourth place
Portugal 2016 Did not enter
Portugal 2017 Seventh place
Portugal 2018 Champions
Portugal 2019 Fourth place
Portugal 2020 Seventh place

See also

  • List of Sweden women's international footballers
  • Sweden women's national football team
  • Sweden women's national football team results
  • Sweden women's national under-20 football team
  • Sweden women's national under-19 football team
  • Sweden women's national under-17 football team
  • Sweden women's national futsal team

References

  1. ^ Sjögran Caps and goals
  2. ^ Schelin Caps and goals
  3. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Förlust i Örebro mot Tyskland". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ^ Mats Bråstedt. "'SOK lovar damerna en storsatsning'". Expressen.se. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  6. ^ https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2020/10/truppen-till-em-kval-oktober/
  7. ^ "Fischer missar EM-kvalet mot Lettland". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Stjärnorna saknas – missar EM-kvalet mot Lettland". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. ^ Sweden – Caps and Goals
  10. ^ Sweden – Förbundskapten
  11. ^ "Sveriges motståndare 1973–2016" (in Swedish). SvFF.
  12. ^ Algarve Cup
  13. ^ Nordic Women's Championships 1974–1982 rsssf.com/ Retrieved 09–03–13.
  14. ^ Cyprus Tournament (Women) 1990–1993 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  15. ^ North America Cup 1987 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  16. ^ Australia Cup 1999–2004 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions 		European Champions
1984 (First title) 		Succeeded by
1987 Norway
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