Sweden women's national football team

Sweden
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
AssociationSvenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachPeter Gerhardsson
CaptainCaroline Seger
Most capsCaroline Seger (223)
Top scorerLotta Schelin (88)[1]
Home stadiumGamla Ullevi
FIFA codeSWE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 2 (10 December 2021)[2]
Highest2 (August 2021)
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)
Olympic Games
Appearances7 (first in 1996)
Best result Silver: (2016, 2020)

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.

History

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.[3] 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.[4]

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

Team image

Home stadium

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

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. All times are local.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Postponed or void   Fixture

2021

19 February 2021 (2021-02-19) FIFA International Friendly Austria  1–6  Sweden Paola, Malta
15:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Hibernians Stadium
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) FIFA International Friendly Malta  0–3  Sweden Paola, Malta
14:30 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Hibernians Stadium
Referee: Maria Ferrieri (Italy)
10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) FIFA International Friendly Sweden  1–1  United States Stockholm
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Friends Arena
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) FIFA International Friendly Poland  2–4  Sweden Łódź, Poland
17:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Widzewa
Referee: Reka Molnar (Hungary)
10 June 2021 (2021-06-10) FIFA International Friendly Sweden  1–0  Norway Kalmar
18:30 UTC+2 Report (SvFF)
Report (Soccerway)
Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Maika Vanderstichel (France)
15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) FIFA International Friendly Sweden  0–0  Australia Kalmar
18:45 UTC+2 Report (SvFF)
Report (Soccerway)
Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) 2020 Olympics group stage Sweden  3–0  United States Tokyo, Japan
17:30 UTC+9
Report (FIFA) Stadium: Tokyo Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 2020 Olympics group stage Sweden  4–2  Australia Saitama, Japan
17:30 UTC+9
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 2020 Olympics group stage New Zealand  0–2  Sweden Rifu, Japan
17:00 UTC+9 Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Miyagi Stadium
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 2020 Olympics quarterfinal Sweden  3–1  Japan Saitama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)
2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 2020 Olympics semifinal Australia  0–1  Sweden Yokohama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9 Report (FIFA)
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier Slovakia  0–1  Sweden Senec, Slovakia
17:30 UTC+2 UEFA
SvFF
Stadium: NTC Senec
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier Sweden  4–0  Georgia Gothenburg
18:30 UTC+2
UEFA
SvFF
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)
21 October 2021 (2021-10-21) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier Republic of Ireland  0–1  Sweden Dublin, Ireland
19:00 UTC+1 UEFA
SvFF
Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 4017
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) FIFA international friendly Scotland  0–2  Sweden Glasgow, Scotland
19:05 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: St Mirren Park
25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier Sweden  2–1  Finland Gothenburg
18:30 UTC+1
UEFA
SvFF
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier Sweden  3–0  Slovakia Malmö
19:00 UTC+1
UEFA
SvFF
Stadium: Eleda Stadion
Referee: Angelika Söder (Germany)

2022

February 2022 (2022-02) FIFA international friendly Sweden  v TBD
February 2022 (2022-02) FIFA international friendly TBD v  Sweden
7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier Georgia  v  Sweden
UEFA
SvFF
9 July 2022 (2022-07-09) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage Netherlands  v  Sweden Sheffield, England
Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
13 July 2022 (2022-07-13) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage Sweden  v   Switzerland Sheffield, England
Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
17 July 2022 (2022-07-17) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage Sweden  v  Russia Leigh, England
Report Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
1 September 2022 (2022-09-01) FIFA international friendly Sweden  v TBD
6 September 2022 (2022-09-06) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier Finland  v  Sweden
UEFA
SvFF

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 6 June 2021.[5]
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Peter Gerhardsson
Assistant coach Magnus Wikman
Goalkeeping coach Leif Troedsson
Physical coach Pontus Ekblom

Technical staff

Position Name Ref
General manager Marika Domanski-Lyfors
Doctor Mats Börjesson[6]

Manager history

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.[7]

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against  Republic of Ireland on 21 October and the friendly against  Scotland on 26 October 2021.[8]

Caps and goals are current as of 26 October 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hedvig Lindahl (1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 179 0 Atlético Madrid
12 1GK Jennifer Falk (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 11 0 BK Häcken
21 1GK Zećira Mušović (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 5 0 Chelsea

2DF Jonna Andersson (1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 64 1 Chelsea
14 2DF Nathalie Björn (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 34 4 Everton
6 2DF Magdalena Eriksson (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 79 10 Chelsea
5 2DF Nilla Fischer (1984-08-02) 2 August 1984 189 23 Linköping
4 2DF Hanna Glas (1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 49 0 Bayern Munich
13 2DF Amanda Ilestedt (1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 49 4 Paris Saint-Germain
3 2DF Emma Kullberg (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 9 0 BK Häcken

17 3MF Caroline Seger (captain) (1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 223 31 Rosengård
23 3MF Elin Rubensson (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 70 3 BK Häcken
16 3MF Filippa Angeldahl (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 21 5 Manchester City
22 3MF Olivia Schough (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 92 11 Rosengård
20 3MF Hanna Bennison (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 18 0 Everton
3MF Filippa Curmark (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 5 1 BK Häcken
3MF Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 6 0 BK Häcken

19 4FW Anna Anvegård (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 23 9 Everton
8 4FW Lina Hurtig (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 48 14 Juventus
10 4FW Sofia Jakobsson (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 132 23 Bayern Munich
11 4FW Stina Blackstenius (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 72 22 BK Häcken
18 4FW Fridolina Rolfö (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 59 19 Barcelona
7 4FW Madelen Janogy (1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 24 5 Hammarby
2 4FW Rebecka Blomqvist (1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 11 1 VfL Wolfsburg
4FW Julia Zigiotti Olme (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 17 0 BK Häcken

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Emma HolmgrenPRE (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 0 0 Eskilstuna United v.  Poland, 13 April 2021

DF Emma Berglund (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 56 1 Rosengård v.  Australia, 15 June 2021
DF Linda Sembrant INJ (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 126 14 Juventus v.  Poland, 13 April 2021
DF Jessica Samuelsson WIT (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 61 0 Rosengård v.  Poland, 13 April 2021
DF Josefine Rybrink (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 3 0 Kristianstad v.  Poland, 13 April 2021

MF Julia Roddar (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 11 0 Washington Spirit v.  Georgia, 21 September 2021
MF Amanda Nildén (1998-08-07) 7 August 1998 1 0 Eskilstuna United v.  Malta, 23 February 2021

FW Kosovare AsllaniINJ (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 156 39 Real Madrid v.  Georgia, 21 September 2021
FW Mimmi Larsson (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 28 6 Rosengård v.  Australia, 15 June 2021

Notes:

  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to injury
  • POS Match was postponed
  • PRE Preliminary squad
  • RET Retired from the national team
  • WIT Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue

Previous squads

Player records

Active players in bold, statistics as of 21 September 2021.[9]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Sweden playing against Germany in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
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

Sweden celebrate after the semi final victory against Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Summer Olympics record Qualification record
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 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 0 14 4 5 4 0 1 10 4
2024 To be determined
2028
Total Best: Runners-up 7/7 31 12 7 12 38 36 77 58 11 8 210 65

UEFA Women's Championship

Sweden in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.
UEFA Women's Championship record Qualification record
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 8 7 1 0 40 2
Total Best: Champions 11/13 37 19 5 13 63 41 80 63 12 7 280 39
*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

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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record from 1973.

[10][11]

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Argentina110010+1
 Australia149412710+17
 Austria220081+7
 Azerbaijan2200200+20
 Belarus2200120+12
 Belgium4400133+10
 Bosnia and Herzegovina220040+4
 Brazil10325914−5
 Canada2314454323+20
 Chile110020+2
 China PR2610973224+8
 Colombia110010+1
 Croatia220060+6
 Czech Republic541082+6
 Czechoslovakia110010+1
 Denmark563112139053+37
 England2615834821+27
 Faroe Islands2200100+10
 Finland37306111816+102
 France2011363925+14
 Germany3081213553−18
 Ghana110020+2
 Great Britain101000±0
 Hungary8800442+42
 Iceland1713225511+44
 Iran110070+7
 Italy2315444215+27
 Japan157353115+16
 Latvia4400251+24
 Malta110030+3
 Mexico321041+3
 Moldova220090+9
 Netherlands2210573217+15
 New Zealand110020+2
 Nigeria422095+4
 North Korea440051+4
 Northern Ireland220070+7
 Norway552112228788−1
 Poland8800313+28
 Portugal10802308+22
 Republic of Ireland6510221+21
 Romania4400220+22
 Russia7700171+16
 Scotland6600172+15
 Serbia and Montenegro220091+8
 Slovakia6600261+25
 South Africa321071+6
 South Korea4310111+10
 Soviet Union220060+6
 Spain10730326+26
  Switzerland131201447+37
 Thailand110051+4
 Ukraine4301113+8
 United States43812234473−29
 Wales3300121+11
Total 562335981291234510724

FIFA world rankings

As of 21 April 2021[12]

  Worst Ranking    Best Ranking    Worst Mover    Best Mover  

Sweden's FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Games
Played
Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
520214301 5 05 0

Honours

Intercontinental

Silver medalist: 2016, 2020
Runner-up: 2003
Third place: 1991, 2011, 2019

Continental

Champion: 1984
Runner-up: 1987, 1995, 2001
Third place: 1989 (not determined after 1993)

Regional

Champion: 1995, 2001, 2009, 2018
Runner-up: 1996
Third place: 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010
Champion: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Runner-up: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982
  • Cyprus Tournament[15]
Champion: 1990, 1992
  • North America Cup[16]
Champion: 1987
Champion: 2003

See also

References

  1. "Landslagsdatabas — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se.
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. "Förlust i Örebro mot Tyskland". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. Mats Bråstedt. "'SOK lovar damerna en storsatsning'". Expressen.se. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  5. "Ledare, damlandslaget - Svensk fotboll".
  6. "GUJ3-2016English". Issuu.
  7. "Damlandslaget - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se.
  8. "Truppen till oktobermatcherna". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). SvFF. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  9. "Sweden – Caps and Goals".
  10. "Sveriges motståndare 1973–2016" (in Swedish). SvFF.
  11. "Sveriges motståndare 1973-2020" (PDF). Svensk fotboll (in Swedish). SvFF. Retrieved 15 June 2021. This document is updated annually in December/January.
  12. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Sweden - Women's". FIFA. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  13. "Algarve Cup (Women)". www.rsssf.com.
  14. Nordic Women's Championships 1974–1982 rsssf.com/ Retrieved 09–03–13.
  15. Cyprus Tournament (Women) 1990–1993 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  16. North America Cup 1987 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  17. Australia Cup 1999–2004 rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  • Official website (in Swedish)
  • FIFA profile
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  • [[https://d01.fogis.se/svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_1048/scope_0/ImageVaultHandler.aspx171128110313-uq] Sweden international matches (1973–2017)]
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