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Sweden

Nickname(s)	Blågult (The Blue and Yellow)
Association	Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Peter Gerhardsson
Captain	Caroline Seger
Most caps	Caroline Seger (229)
Top scorer	Lotta Schelin (88)[1]
Home stadium	Gamla Ullevi
FIFA code	SWE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	2 1 (13 October 2022)[2]
Highest	2 (August 2021)
Lowest	11 (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
Norway 4–0 Sweden  (Hamar, Norway; 21 January 1996)[N 1]
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up (2003)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1984)
Best result	Champions (1984)
Olympic Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1996)
Best result	Silver: (2016, 2020)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio Team 2020 Tokyo Team

The Sweden women's national football team (Swedish: Svenska damfotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden at international women's association football competitions and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.

History

The Swedish team has been traditionally recognized as one of the world's best women's teams and won the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. Like the equally successful men's counterpart, the women's team also became runners-up at a World Cup (2003) and three European Championships (1987, 1995 and 2001), as well as participating at six Olympic Games, eight World Cups and ten European Championships. Sweden also finished third at the 1991, 2011 and 2019 World Cups.

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 Caroline Seger, with 229. The team was coached by Thomas Dennerby from 2005 to 2012, and Pia Sundhage from 2012 to 2017. The current 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 play their home matches at 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

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 6 June 2021.[5]

Position	Name	Ref.
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	71	50	11	10	176	43	19 September 2017	-
Total	581	349	102	131	1,283	524

Statistics as of 26 July 2022.[7]

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Australia  on 12 November 2022.[8]

Caps and goals are correct as of 12 November 2022, after the match against Australia .

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Zećira Mušović	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 26)	8	0	Chelsea
21	1GK	Emma Lind	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Roma
21	1GK	Cajsa Andersson	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 29)	2	0	Linköpings FC
2	2DF	Jonna Andersson	(1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 (age 29)	77	3	Hammarby IF
3	2DF	Linda Sembrant	(1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 (age 35)	134	17	Juventus
4	2DF	Hanna Lundkvist	(2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Atlético Madrid
6	2DF	Magdalena Eriksson (third captain)	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 29)	92	10	Chelsea
13	2DF	Amanda Ilestedt	(1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 29)	63	8	Paris Saint-Germain
14	2DF	Nathalie Björn	(1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 25)	46	4	Everton
17	2DF	Emma Kullberg	(1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 31)	12	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
9	3MF	Matilda Vinberg	(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Hammarby IF
16	3MF	Filippa Angeldahl	(1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 25)	36	11	Manchester City
20	3MF	Hanna Bennison	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 20)	30	1	Everton
22	3MF	Olivia Schough	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 31)	102	12	Rosengård
23	3MF	Elin Rubensson	(1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 (age 29)	75	3	BK Häcken
7	4FW	Madelen Janogy	(1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 (age 27)	29	6	Hammarby IF
10	4FW	Sofia Jakobsson	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 32)	141	23	San Diego Wave
11	4FW	Stina Blackstenius	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 26)	86	28	Arsenal
15	4FW	Rebecka Blomqvist	(1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 (age 25)	18	4	VfL Wolfsburg
18	4FW	Julia Zigiotti Olme	(1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 24)	20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
19	4FW	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 25)	21	1	Chelsea

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	Hedvig Lindahl	(1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 39)	193	0	Atlético Madrid	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 June 2022
GK	Jennifer Falk	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 29)	14	0	BK Häcken	v.  Finland, 6 September 2022
GK	Emma Holmgren	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Lyon	v.  France, 11 October 2022
DF	Emma Berglund	(1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 33)	58	1	Rosengård	v.  Republic of Ireland, 12 April 2022
DF	Julia Roddar	(1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 30)	13	0	Washington Spirit	v.  Portugal, 20 February 2022
DF	Josefine Rybrink	(1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 24)	3	0	BK Häcken	v.  Portugal, 20 February 2022
DF	Amanda Nildén	(1998-08-07) 7 August 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Juventus	v.  Australia, 12 November 2022 WD
DF	Hanna Glas	(1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 (age 29)	58	1	Bayern Munich	v.  Finland, 6 September 2022 WD
DF	Nilla FischerRET	(1984-08-02) 2 August 1984 (age 38)	190	23	Linköping	v.  Slovakia, 30 November 2021
DF	Stina Lennartsson	(1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Juventus	v.  France, 11 October 2022
DF	Hanna Wijk	(2003-12-15) 15 December 2003 (age 18)	0	0	BK Häcken	v.  Finland, 6 September 2022 WD
MF	Caroline Seger (captain)	(1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 37)	233	32	Rosengård	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 June 2022
MF	Kosovare Asllani (vice-captain)	(1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 33)	169	44	AC Milan	v.  Australia, 12 November 2022 WD
MF	Filippa Curmark	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 27)	11	1	BK Häcken	v.  France, 11 October 2022 WD
FW	Lina Hurtig	(1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 (age 27)	62	20	Arsenal	v.  Australia, 12 November 2022 WD
FW	Fridolina Rolfö	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 28)	73	24	Barcelona	v.  France, 11 October 2022
FW	Anna Anvegård	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 25)	25	9	Everton	v.  Portugal, 20 February 2022

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 6 September 2022.[9]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

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

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Host	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	China PR	Group stage	17 November	United States	L 2–3	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
			19 November	Japan	W 8–0	New Plaza Stadium, Foshan
			21 November	Brazil	W 2–0	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
		Quarter-finals	24 November	China	W 1–0	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
		Semi-finals	27 November	Norway	L 1–4	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
		Third place play-off	29 November	Germany	W 4–0	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
1995	Sweden	Group stage	5 June	Brazil	L 0–1	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
			7 June	Germany	W 3–2
			9 June	Japan	W 2–0	Arosvallen, Västerås
		Quarter-finals	13 June	China	D 1–1 (4–3 p)	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
1999	United States	Group stage	19 June	China	L 1–2	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
			23 June	Australia	W 3–1	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
			26 June	Ghana	W 2–0	Soldier Field, Chicago
		Quarter-finals	30 June	Norway	L 1–3	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
2003	United States	Group stage	21 September	United States	L 1–3	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
			25 September	North Korea	W 1–0	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
			28 September	Nigeria	W 3–0	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		Quarter-finals	1 October	Brazil	W 2–1	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
		Semi-finals	5 October	Canada	W 2–1	PGE Park, Portland
		Final	12 October	Germany	L 1–2 (aet)	The Home Depot Center, Carson
2007	China PR	Group stage	11 September	Nigeria	D 1–1	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
			14 September	United States	L 0–2
			18 September	North Korea	W 2–1	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
2011	Germany	Group stage	28 June	Colombia	W 1–0	BayArena, Leverkusen
			2 July	North Korea	W 1–0	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
			6 July	United States	W 2–1	Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg
		Quarter-finals	10 July	Australia	W 3–1	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
		Semi-finals	13 July	Japan	L 1–3	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
		Third place play-off	16 July	France	W 2–1	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
2015	Canada	Group stage	8 June	Nigeria	D 3–3	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
			12 June	United States	D 0–0
			16 June	Australia	D 1–1	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
		Round of 16	20 June	Germany	L 1–4	TD Place, Ottawa
2019	France	Group stage	11 June	Chile	W 2–0	Roazhon Park, Rennes
			16 June	Thailand	W 5–1	Allianz Riviera, Nice
			20 June	United States	L 0–2	Stade Océane, Le Havre
		Round of 16	24 June	Canada	W 1–0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		Quarter-finals	29 June	Germany	W 2–1	Roazhon Park, Rennes
		Semi-finals	3 July	Netherlands	L 0–1 (aet)	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
		Third place play-off	6 July	England	W 2–1	Allianz Riviera, Nice

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record											Qualification record
Year	Host	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	United States	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	4	5		4	2	1	1	6	4
2000	Australia	Group stage	6th	3	0	1	2	1	4		10	8	2	0	25	11
2004	Greece	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	4	5		12	9	0	3	37	11
2008	China PR	Quarter-final	6th	4	2	0	2	4	5		13	10	2	1	42	13
2012	Great Britain	Quarter-final	7th	4	1	2	1	7	5		16	13	2	1	50	12
2016	Brazil	Runners-up	2nd	6	1	3	2	4	8		17	12	4	1	40	10
2020	Japan	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	1	0	14	4		5	4	0	1	10	4
2024	France	To be determined									To be determined
2028	United States
Total		Best: Runners-up	7/7	31	12	7	12	38	36		77	58	11	8	210	65

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Host	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Multiple	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	6	4		6	6	0	0	26	1
1987	Norway	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	4	4		6	5	0	1	14	3
1989	West Germany	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	3	3		6	2	3	1	11	4
1991	Denmark	Did not qualify									6	4	2	0	13	3
1993	Italy										6	3	2	1	18	4
1995	Germany	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	0	2	9	8		6	5	0	1	25	2
1997	Norway  Sweden	Semi-finals	3rd	4	3	0	1	6	2		6	5	1	0	26	2
2001	Germany	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	7	4		8	5	2	1	28	10
2005	England	Semi-finals	3rd	4	1	2	1	4	4		8	6	1	1	26	5
2009	Finland	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	4		8	8	0	0	31	0
2013	Sweden	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	1	1	13	3		Qualified as hosts
2017	Netherlands	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	4	5		8	7	0	1	22	3
2022	England	Semi-finals	4th	5	3	1	1	9	6		8	7	1	0	40	2
Total		Best: Champions	11/13	42	22	6	14	72	47		82	63	12	7	280	39

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
1994	Third place
1995	Champions
1996	Runners-up
1997	Third place
1998	Fourth place
1999	Sixth place
2000	Fourth place
2001	Champions
2002	Third place
2003	Fifth place
2004	Fifth place
2005	Fourth place
2006	Third place
2007	Third place
2008	Fifth place
2009	Champions
2010	Third place
2011	Fourth place
2012	Fourth place
2013	Fourth place
2014	Fourth place
2015	Fourth place
2016	Did not enter
2017	Seventh place
2018	Champions
2019	Fourth place
2020	Seventh place
2022	Champions

Head-to-head record

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

^{[needs update]}[10][11]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Australia	14	9	4	1	27	10	+17
Austria	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	20	0	+20
Belarus	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12
Belgium	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Brazil	11	4	2	5	12	15	−3
Canada	23	14	4	5	43	23	+20
Chile	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
China	26	10	9	7	32	24	+8
Colombia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Croatia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Czech Republic	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6
Czechoslovakia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Denmark	57	32	12	13	93	53	+40
England	26	15	8	3	48	21	+27
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10
Finland	38	31	6	1	120	17	+103
France	20	11	3	6	39	25	+14
Germany	30	8	1	21	35	53	−18
Georgia	2	2	0	0	19	0	+19
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Great Britain	1	0	1	0	0	0	±0
Hungary	8	8	0	0	44	2	+42
Iceland	17	13	2	2	55	11	+44
Iran	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Italy	24	15	5	4	43	16	+27
Japan	15	7	3	5	31	15	+16
Latvia	4	4	0	0	25	1	+24
Malta	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
Moldova	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9
Netherlands	23	10	6	7	33	18	+15
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
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	55	21	12	22	87	88	−1
Poland	8	8	0	0	31	3	+28
Portugal	12	10	0	2	39	8	+31
Republic of Ireland	8	6	2	0	24	2	+22
Romania	4	4	0	0	22	0	+22
Russia	7	7	0	0	17	1	+16
Scotland	7	7	0	0	19	2	+17
Serbia and Montenegro	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Slovakia	8	8	0	0	30	1	+29
South Africa	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6
South Korea	4	3	1	0	11	1	+10
Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Spain	10	7	3	0	32	6	+26
Switzerland	14	13	0	1	46	8	+38
Thailand	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Ukraine	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8
United States	43	8	12	23	44	73	−29
Wales	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
Total	565	338	98	129	1246	511	735

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
	5	2021	4	3	0	1	5	0	5	0

Honours

Intercontinental

• Olympic Games

Silver medalist: 2016, 2020

• FIFA Women's World Cup

Runner-up: 2003

Third place: 1991, 2011, 2019

Continental

• UEFA Women's Euro

Champion: 1984

Runner-up: 1987, 1995, 2001

Third place: 1989 (not determined after 1993)

Regional

• Algarve Cup[13]

Champion: 1995, 2001, 2009, 2018

Runner-up: 1996

Third place: 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010

• Nordic Championship[14]

Champion: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981

Runner-up: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982

• Cyprus Tournament[15]

Champion: 1990, 1992

• North America Cup[16]

Champion: 1987

• Australia Cup[17]

Champion: 2003

See also

• Sport in Sweden
  • Football in Sweden
    • Women's football in Sweden
• Sweden women's national football team
  • Sweden women's national football team results
  • List of Sweden women's international footballers
• Sweden women's national under-19 football team
• Sweden women's national under-17 football team
• Sweden women's national futsal team

Notes

References

External links

• Official website (in Swedish)
• FIFA profile
• [[https://d01.fogis.se/svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx171212105537-uq] Sweden international footballers (1973–2017)]
• [[https://d01.fogis.se/svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_1048/scope_0/ImageVaultHandler.aspx171128110313-uq] Sweden international matches (1973–2017)]

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

На других языках

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