Sweden women's national football team

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.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Sweden national football team.

Sweden
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 (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 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.

Home stadium

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

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
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
1GK Zećira Mušović (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 3 0 Chelsea
1GK Jennifer Falk (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 1 0 Göteborg
1GK Emma Holmgren 0 0 Uppsala
2DF Nilla Fischer (1984-08-02) 2 August 1984 182 23 Linköping
2DF Linda Sembrant (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 120 11 Juventus
2DF Magdalena Eriksson (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 62 6 Chelsea
2DF Jessica Samuelsson (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 59 0 Rosengård
2DF Jonna Andersson (1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 48 0 Chelsea
2DF Hanna Glas (1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 36 0 Bayern Munich
2DF Amanda Ilestedt (1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 33 3 Bayern Munich
2DF Nathalie Björn (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 19 3 Rosengård
3MF Caroline Seger (captain) (1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 204 28 Rosengård
3MF Kosovare Asllani (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 140 37 Real Madrid
3MF Olivia Schough (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 74 9 Djurgårdens IF
3MF Julia Roddar (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 6 0 Göteborg
3MF Filippa Curmark (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 0 0 Göteborg
4FW Sofia Jakobsson (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 113 21 Real Madrid
4FW Stina Blackstenius (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 56 14 Göteborg
4FW Lina Hurtig (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 31 6 Juventus
4FW Mimmi Larsson (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 24 6 Rosengård
4FW Pauline Hammarlund (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 18 4 Göteborg
4FW Anna Anvegård (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 14 3 Rosengård
4FW Julia Zigiotti Olme (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 13 0 Göteborg
4FW Loreta Kullashi (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 7 3 Eskilstuna United
4FW Rebecka Blomqvist (1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 3 0 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 (1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 170 0 Atlético Madrid v.  Iceland, 22 September 2020
DF Emma Kullberg (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 2 0 Göteborg v.  Iceland, 22 September 2020
DF Lotta Ökvist (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 0 0 Manchester United 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Filippa Angeldal (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 2 1 Göteborg 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Hanna Bennison (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 0 0 Rosengård 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Julia Karlernäs (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 4 0 Sevilla 2020 Algarve Cup
MF Elin Rubensson (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 69 3 Göteborg 2020 Algarve Cup INJ
FW Fridolina Rolfö (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 46 11 VfL Wolfsburg v.  Iceland, 22 September 2020
FW Madelen Janogy (1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 10 4 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

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  34' Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
7 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup Denmark  2–1  Sweden Lagos, Portugal
14:30
Report
Stadium: Lagos Municipal Stadium
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
10 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup Sweden  2–0  Portugal Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00
Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Euro 2021 qualifying Sweden  2–0  Iceland Gothenburg
18:30
Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) Euro 2021 qualifying Slovakia  0–6  Sweden Trnava, Slovakia
18:00 Report
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
 Argentina110010+1
 Australia11731228+14
 Azerbaijan2200200+20
 Belarus2200120+12
 Belgium4400133+10
 Bosnia and Herzegovina220040+4
 Brazil10325914−5
 Canada2113354224+18
 China PR2610973224+8
 Colombia110010+1
 Croatia110020+2
 Czech Republic541082+6
 Czechoslovakia110010+1
 Denmark543012128851+37
 England2413834420+24
 Faroe Islands2200100+10
 Finland37306111816+102
 France2011363925+14
 Germany2771193249−17
 Ghana110020+2
 Great Britain101000±0
 Hungary5500271+21
 Iceland1512125210+42
 Iran110070+7
 Italy2215434214+28
 Japan125352513+12
 Latvia2200140+14
 Mexico321041+3
 Moldova220090+9
 Netherlands2110563216+16
 Nigeria422095+4
 North Korea440051+4
 Northern Ireland220070+7
 Norway531912228487−3
 Poland7700271+26
 Portugal8701276+21
 Republic of Ireland6510221+21
 Romania4400220+22
 Russia6600141+13
 Scotland6600172+15
 Serbia and Montenegro220091+8
 Slovakia4400131+12
 South Africa330081+9
 South Korea110080+8
 Soviet Union220060+6
 Spain10730326+26
  Switzerland121101406+34
 Ukraine220082+6
 United States39711213867−29
 Wales3300121+11
Total 0000000

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
1991 Third place3rd64021876420133
1995 Quarter-finals5th421164Qualified as hosts
1999 Quarter-finals6th4202766600185
2003 Runners-up2nd64021076501274
2007 Group stage10th3111348710326
2011 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 10 6 10 8 2 0 40 6
2015 Round of 16 16th 4 0 3 1 5 8 10 10 0 0 32 1
2019 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 12 6 8 7 0 1 22 2
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
1996 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 6 4
2000 Group stage 6th 3 0 1 2 1 4 10 8 2 0 25 11
2004 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 4 5 12 9 0 3 37 11
2008 Quarter-final 6th 4 2 0 2 4 5 13 10 2 1 42 13
2012 Quarter-final 7th 4 1 2 1 7 5 16 13 2 1 50 12
2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 1 3 2 4 8 17 12 4 1 40 10
2020 Qualified 5 4 0 1 10 4
2024 To be determined
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
1987 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 4 6 5 0 1 14 3
1989 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 3 3 6 2 3 1 11 4
1991 Did not qualify 6 4 2 0 13 3
1993 Did not qualify 6 3 2 1 18 4
1995 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 0 2 9 8 6 5 0 1 25 2
1997 Semi-finals 3rd 4 3 0 1 6 2 6 5 1 0 26 2
2001 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 7 4 8 5 2 1 28 10
2005 Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 2 1 4 4 8 6 1 1 26 5
2009 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 7 4 8 8 0 0 31 0
2013 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 1 1 13 3 Qualified as hosts
2017 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 4 5 8 7 0 1 22 3
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
1994Third place
1995Champions
1996Runners-up
1997Third place
1998Fourth place
1999Sixth place
2000Fourth place
2001Champions
2002Third place
2003Fifth place
2004Fifth place
2005Fourth place
2006Third place
2007Third place
2008Fifth place
2009Champions
2010Third place
2011Fourth place
2012Fourth place
2013Fourth place
2014Fourth place
2015Fourth place
2016Did not enter
2017Seventh place
2018Champions
2019Fourth place
2020Seventh place

See also

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