Sweden women's national football team

Sweden

Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blueyellow)
Association	Swedish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Pia Sundhage
Asst coach	Birger Jacobsson, Lilie Persson
Captain	Caroline Seger, Lotta Schelin
Most caps	Therese Sjögran (167)
Top scorer	Hanna Ljungberg (72)
Home stadium	Gamla Ullevi
FIFA code	SWE
FIFA ranking	6
Highest FIFA ranking	3 (June 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	6 (March 2005)
First colours Second colours
First international
Sweden 0 – 0 Finland (Mariehamn, Finland; 25 August 1973)
Biggest win
Sweden 17 – 0 Azerbaijan (Göteborg, Sweden; 23 June 2010)
Biggest defeat
Norway 4 – 0 Sweden (Hamar, Norway; 21 January 1996) Norway 4 – 0 Sweden (Quarteira, Portugal; 17 March 1996) China PR 4 – 0 Sweden (Guangzhou, China; 14 January 1998) Sweden 0 – 4 Norway (Uddevalla, Sweden; 24 July 2004) Sweden 0 – 4 Germany (Parchal, Portugal; 5 March 2012) United States 4 – 0 Sweden (Parchal, Portugal; 7 March 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up (2003)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1984)
Best result	Champions (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. The team was coached by Thomas Dennerby from 2005 to 2012, and the current trainer is Pia Sundhage, who joined in September '12 after most recently winning the Olympic gold medal in London with the United States. Sundhage's contract goes into effect in December 2012.

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
2015	To be determined		0	0	0	0	0	0
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	Quarter finals	7	4	1	2	1	7	5
2016	To be determined		0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5/5	-	19	6	3	11	20	24

*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.

Titles

• FIFA Women's World Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2003
  • Third place (2): 1991, 2011
• UEFA Women's Euro
  • Champion (1): 1984
  • Runner-up (3): 1987, 1995, 2001
  • Third place (1): 1989
  • Semi-finals (2): 1997, 2005
• Olympic Games
  • Fourth place (1): 2004
• Algarve Cup
  • Champion (3): 1995, 2001, 2009
  • Runner-up (1): 1996
  • Third place (6): 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010
  • Fourth place (5): 1998, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012
• Nordic Championships
  • Champion (5): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
  • Runner-up (4): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982
• Four Nations Tournament
  • Third Place (2): 2004, 2011
  • Fourth Place (1): 1998
• Cyprus Tournament
  • Champion (2): 1990, 1992
  • Runner-up (1): 1993
• North America Cup
  • Champion (1): 1987
• Australia Cup
  • Champion (1): 2003
  • Runner-up (1): 2000

All-time team record

The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record, from 1973-2011. Updated after the friendly against Netherlands September 15, 2012.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Australia	9	6	2	1	20	7	+13
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	20	0	+20
Belarus	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12
Belgium	4	4	0	0	13	3	+10
Brazil	6	3	0	3	7	6	+1
Canada	17	12	2	3	38	20	+18
China PR	22	9	6	7	28	23	+5
Colombia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Czech Republic	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6
Czechoslovakia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Denmark	49	28	10	11	81	45	+36
England	21	12	7	2	40	15	+25
Finland	35	28	6	1	110	16	+94
France	18	11	2	5	39	22	+17
Germany	20	6	0	14	24	36	−12
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Great Britain	1	0	1	0	0	0	±0
Hungary	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21
Iceland	11	9	1	1	39	7	+32
Italy	20	14	4	2	37	10	+27
Japan	11	4	3	4	21	11	+10
Latvia	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14
Mexico	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Netherlands	17	9	4	4	29	12	+17
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
North Korea	4	4	0	0	5	1	+4
Norway	47	16	10	21	75	80	−5
Poland	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13
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	4	4	0	0	8	1	+7
Scotland	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Serbia and Montenegro	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
South Africa	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
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	9	9	0	0	35	3	+32
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
United States	34	6	8	20	35	64	−29
Wales	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11

2013 fixtures

6 March 2013 Algarve Cup Group B	Sweden	1–1	China	Estádio Municipal Bela Vista, Parchal Attendance: 150 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
	Thunebro  59'	Report	Ren Guixin  32'

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8 March 2013 Algarve Cup Group B	Iceland	1–6	Sweden	Municipal Stadium, Albufeira Attendance: 200 Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)
	Magnúsdóttir  86'	Report	Asllani  11', 47' Thunebro  14' Schelin  43' Hammarström  45+1' Moberg  64'

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11 March 2013 Algarve Cup Group B	Sweden	1–1	United States	Municipal Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 750 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
	Dahlkvist  4'	Report	Morgan  56'

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13 March 2013 2013 Algarve Cup Third place game	Norway	2–2	Sweden	Municipal Stadium, Lagos Attendance: 200 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
	Hegland  39' Hegerberg  90+1'	Report	Asllani  15' Göransson  46'
		Penalties
	Christensen Bjanesøy Isaksen Stensland Gulbrandsen Kaurin	5–4	Hammarström Thunebro Holmberg Göransson Berglund Moberg

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6 April International Friendly	Sweden	2–0	Iceland	Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö Attendance: 2,412 Referee: Monica Larsen (Norway)
	Schelin  55', 90+2'	Report

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1 June International Friendly	Sweden	v	Norway	Arena Linköping, Linköping

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19 June International Friendly	Sweden	v	Brazil	Söderstadion, Stockholm

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4 July International Friendly	Sweden	v	England	Markbygg Arena, Ljungskile

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10 July UEFA Women's Euro 2013	Sweden	v	Denmark	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

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13 July UEFA Women's Euro 2013	Finland	v	Sweden	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

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16 July UEFA Women's Euro 2013	Sweden	v	Italy	Örjans Vall, Halmstad

Squad

Current squad

The following is the Sweden squad in the 2013 Algarve Cup.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 22 1GK Hammarstrom, KristinKristin Hammarström (1982-03-29)29 March 1982 (aged 30) 15 0 Göteborg 18 1GK Lundgren, SofiaSofia Lundgren (1982-09-20)20 September 1982 (aged 29) 26 0 Linköping 1GK Söberg, CarolaCarola Söberg (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 29) 86 0 Tyresö 3 2DF Berglund, EmmaEmma Berglund (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23) 11 0 Umeå 5 2DF Fischer, NillaNilla Fischer (c) (1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 27) 90 12 Linköping 17 2DF Levenstad, MalinMalin Levenstad (1988-09-13)13 September 1988 (aged 23) 6 0 Malmö 13 2DF Nilsson, LinaLina Nilsson (1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 25) 34 0 Malmö 2DF Samuelsson, JessicaJessica Samuelsson (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 20) 0 0 Linköpings FC 4 2DF Svensson, AnnicaAnnica Svensson (1983-03-03)3 March 1983 (aged 29) 28 0 Tyresö 6 2DF Thunebro, SaraSara Thunebro (1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 33) 93 3 FFC Frankfurt 14 3MF Almgren, JohannaJohanna Almgren (1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 28) 40 0 Göteborg 9 3MF Asllani, KosovareKosovare Asllani (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 22) 36 6 Paris 7 3MF Dahlkvist, LisaLisa Dahlkvist (1987-02-06)6 February 1987 (aged 25) 56 7 Tyresö 3MF Folkesson, HannaHanna Folkesson (1988-06-15)15 June 1988 (aged 24) 56 7 Umeå 11 3MF Goransson, AntoniaAntonia Göransson (1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 21) 24 4 FFC Turbine Potsdam 12 3MF Hammarstrom, MarieMarie Hammarström (1982-03-29)29 March 1982 (aged 30) 23 1 Örebro 3MF Holmberg, CarinaCarina Holmberg (1983-10-04)4 October 1983 (aged 28) 23 1 Sunnanå SK 10 3MF Jakobsson, SofiaSofia Jakobsson (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 22) 17 3 Chelsea 3MF Konradsson, EmmelieEmmelie Konradsson (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 22) Umeå 15 3MF Seger, CarolineCaroline Seger (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 27) 93 13 Tyresö 3MF Schough, OliviaOlivia Schough (1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 21) 0 0 Göteborg FC 19 4FW Moberg, SusanneSusanne Moberg (1986-02-13)13 February 1986 (aged 26) 8 0 Kristianstad 8 4FW Schelin, LottaLotta Schelin (1984-02-27)27 February 1984 (aged 28) 107 45 Lyon

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
• 2005–2012 : Thomas Dennerby
• 2012– : Pia Sundhage

External links

• National Team Homepage (Swedish)
• National Team Homepage

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