Sweden women's national football team

Sweden

Nickname(s)	Blågult ("The Blueyellow")
Association	Swedish Football Association
Head coach	Thomas Dennerby, 2005–
Most caps	Therese Sjögran (167)
Top scorer	Hanna Ljungberg (72)
FIFA ranking	5
Highest FIFA ranking	3 (June 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	6 (March 2005)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Sweden 0 – 0 Finland (Mariehamn, Finland; 1973)
Biggest win
Sweden 17 – 0 Azerbaijan (Göteborg, Sweden; 23 June 2010
Biggest defeat
Norway 4 – 0 Sweden (Uddevalla, Sweden; 24 July 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1991)
Best result	Second Place, 2003
UEFA Women's Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1984)
Best result	Winner, 1984

Sweden women's national football team are a football team officially representing Sweden in women's football. They 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. Sweden won the bronze medal at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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 Therese Sjögran, with 167. 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.

Competitive record

In 1971 and 1978 an unofficial world championship for women was held, Sweden also ended 3rd in the unofficial UEFA Women's Championship held in 1979.^{[citation needed]}

World Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Third Place	3	6	4	0	2	18	7
1995	Quarter finals	5	4	2	0	2	6	4
1999	Quarter finals	6	4	2	0	2	7	6
2003	Runners-up	2	5	4	0	2	10	7
2007	Group Stage	11	3	1	1	1	3	4
2011	Third Place	3	6	5	0	1	10	5
Total	6/6	-	28	18	1	10	53	31

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1984	Champion	1	4	3	0	1	6	4
1987	Runners-up	2	2	1	0	1	4	4
1989	Third Place	3	2	1	0	1	3	3
1991	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Quarter finals	-	1	0	0	1	2	3
1995	Runners-up	2	3	2	0	1	12	10
1997	Semifinals	3	4	3	0	1	6	2
2001	Runners-up	2	5	3	0	2	7	4
2005	Semifinals	3	4	1	2	1	4	4
2009	Quarter finals	5	4	2	1	1	7	4
2013	Qualified		0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10/11	29	16	3	10	51	38

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	First round	6	3	1	0	2	4	5
2000	First round	6	3	0	1	2	1	4
2004	Fourth place	4	5	2	0	3	4	5
2008	Quarter finals	6	4	2	0	2	4	5
2012	Qualified
Total	5/5	-	15	5	1	9	13	19

*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.

Squad

Current squad

On 30 May 2011, Dennerby announced the 21-player squad for the 2011 World Cup.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Hedvig Lindahl 29 April 1983 (aged 28) 70 0 Kristianstads DFF 2 DF Charlotte Rohlin 2 December 1980 (aged 30) 47 6 Linköpings FC 3 DF Linda Sembrant 15 May 1987 (aged 24) 22 1 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 4 DF Annica Svensson 3 March 1983 (aged 28) 12 0 Tyresö FF 5 MF Caroline Seger 19 March 1985 (aged 26) 81 12 LdB FC Malmö 6 DF Sara Thunebro 26 April 1979 (aged 32) 75 3 1. FFC Frankfurt 7 DF Sara Larsson 13 May 1979 (aged 32) 101 6 KIF Örebro DFF 8 FW Lotta Schelin 27 February 1984 (aged 27) 91 39 Olympique Lyonnais 9 FW Jessica Landström 12 December 1984 (aged 26) 50 16 1. FFC Frankfurt 10 MF Sofia Jakobsson 23 April 1990 (aged 21) 1 0 Umeå IK 11 MF Antonia Göransson 16 September 1990 (aged 20) 9 0 Hamburger SV 12 GK Kristin Hammarström 29 March 1982 (aged 29) 0 0 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 13 DF Lina Nilsson 17 June 1987 (aged 24) 26 0 LdB FC Malmö 14 FW Josefine Öqvist 23 July 1983 (aged 27) 64 17 Tyresö FF 15 MF Therese Sjögran 8 April 1977 (aged 34) 160 11 Sky Blue FC 16 MF Linda Forsberg 19 June 1985 (aged 26) 4 0 LdB FC Malmö 17 MF Lisa Dahlkvist 6 February 1987 (aged 24) 35 5 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 18 MF Nilla Fischer 2 August 1984 (aged 26) 22 2 LdB FC Malmö 19 FW Madelaine Edlund 15 September 1985 (aged 25) 1 0 Tyresö FF 20 MF Marie Hammarström 29 March 1982 (aged 29) 9 0 KIF Örebro DFF 21 GK Sofia Lundgren 20 September 1982 (aged 28) 19 0 Linköpings FC

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

External links

• National Team Homepage (Swedish)
• National Team Homepage

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