Sweden women's national football team

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 Caroline Seger, with 225. 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.

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

Sweden  v  Norway

10 June 2021 (2021-06-10) FIFA International Friendly	Sweden	1–0	Norway	Kalmar
18:30 UTC+2	Blackstenius 66'	Report (SvFF) Report (Soccerway)		Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Maika Vanderstichel (France)

Sweden  v  Australia

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)

Sweden  v  United States

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) 2020 Olympics group stage	Sweden	3–0	United States	Tokyo, Japan
17:30 UTC+9	Blackstenius 25', 54' Hurtig 72'	Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Sweden  v  Australia

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 2020 Olympics group stage	Sweden	4–2	Australia	Saitama, Japan
17:30 UTC+9	Rolfö 20', 63' Hurtig 52' Blackstenius 82'	Report (FIFA)	Kerr 36', 48'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

New Zealand  v  Sweden

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 2020 Olympics group stage	New Zealand	0–2	Sweden	Rifu, Japan
17:00 UTC+9		Report (FIFA)	Anvegård 17' Janogy 29'	Stadium: Miyagi Stadium Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Sweden  v  Japan

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 2020 Olympics quarterfinal	Sweden	3–1	Japan	Saitama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Eriksson 7' Blackstenius 53' Asllani 68' (pen.)	Report (FIFA)	Tanaka 23'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Australia  v  Sweden

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 2020 Olympics semifinal	Australia	0–1	Sweden	Yokohama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9		Report (FIFA)	Rolfö 46'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Sweden  v  Canada

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 2020 Olympics final	Sweden	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Canada	Yokohama, Japan
21:00 UTC+9	Blackstenius 34'	Report (FIFA)	Fleming 68' (pen.)	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
	Penalties
	Asllani Björn Schough Anvegård Seger Andersson		Fleming Lawrence Gilles Leon Rose Grosso

Slovakia  v  Sweden

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Slovakia	0–1	Sweden	Senec, Slovakia
17:30 UTC+2		UEFA SvFF	Rolfö 10'	Stadium: NTC Senec Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

Sweden  v  Georgia

21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Sweden	4–0	Georgia	Gothenburg
18:30 UTC+2	Angeldal 40' Eriksson 45+4' Seger 84' (pen.), 90+3'	UEFA SvFF		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)

Republic of Ireland  v  Sweden

21 October 2021 (2021-10-21) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Sweden	Dublin, Ireland
19:00 UTC+1		UEFA SvFF	Lo. Quinn 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 4017 Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

Scotland  v  Sweden

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) FIFA international friendly	Scotland	0–2	Sweden	Glasgow, Scotland
19:05 UTC+1		Report	Rolfö 72' Howard 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: St Mirren Park

Sweden  v  Finland

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Sweden	2–1	Finland	Gothenburg
18:30 UTC+1	Rolfö 11' Hurtig 80'	UEFA SvFF	Sällström 29'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Sweden  v  Slovakia

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Sweden	3–0	Slovakia	Malmö
19:00 UTC+1	Hurtig 19' Rolfö 59' Ilestedt 69'	UEFA SvFF		Stadium: Eleda Stadion Referee: Angelika Söder (Germany)

2022

Sweden  v  Denmark

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) 2022 Algarve Cup	Sweden	3–0 awarded	Denmark	Algarve, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Portugal  v  Sweden

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20) 2022 Algarve Cup	Portugal	0–4	Sweden	Algarve, Portugal
			Glas 56' Ilestedt 60' Asllani 74' Blackstenius 76'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Sweden  v  Italy

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 2022 Algarve Cup	Sweden	1–1 (6–5 p)	Italy	Lagos, Portugal
	Seger 72' (pen.)		Giacinti 18'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Lagos
	Penalties
	Seger Asllani Blackstenius Berglund Angeldal Lindahl		Giugliano Gama Girelli Cernoia Caruso Serturini

Georgia  v  Sweden

7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Georgia	0–15	Sweden	Gori
		UEFA SvFF	Rolfö 3' Angeldahl 8', 32', 39' Blacktenius 15', 21' Sembrant 18' Ilestedt 26' Andersson 29' Hurtig 35', 42' Blomqvist 67' Asllani 76', 81' (pen.) Schough 90+3'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)

Sweden  v  Republic of Ireland

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Sweden	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Gothenburg
		UEFA SvFF		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Netherlands  v  Sweden

9 July 2022 (2022-07-09) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage	Netherlands	v	Sweden	Sheffield, England
		Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane

Sweden  v   Switzerland

13 July 2022 (2022-07-13) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage	Sweden	v	Switzerland	Sheffield, England
		Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane

Sweden  v  Russia

17 July 2022 (2022-07-17) UEFA Euro 2022 group stage	Sweden	v	Russia	Leigh, England
		Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

Sweden  v TBD

1 September 2022 (2022-09-01) FIFA international friendly

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TBD

Finland  v  Sweden

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06) 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier	Finland	v	Sweden
		UEFA SvFF

Active players in bold, statistics as of 12 April 2022.[9]

Most capped players # Name Sweden career Caps 1 Caroline Seger 2005– 228 2 Therese Sjögran 1997–2015 214 3 Nilla Fischer 2001– 190 4 Lotta Schelin 2004–2017 185 5 Hedvig Lindahl 2002– 186 6 Victoria Sandell Svensson 1996–2009 166 7 Kristin Bengtsson 1991–2005 157 8 Kosovare Asllani 2008– 160 9 Malin Andersson 1994–2005 151 10 Pia Sundhage 1975–1996 146

Top goalscorers # Player Sweden career Goals Caps Goals/game 1 Lotta Schelin 2004–2017 88 185 0.48 2 Hanna Ljungberg 1996–2008 72 130 0.55 3 Lena Videkull 1984–1996 71 111 0.64 Pia Sundhage 1975–1996 71 146 0.49 5 Victoria Sandell Svensson 1996–2009 68 166 0.41 6 Kosovare Asllani 2008– 43 160 0.25 7 Malin Andersson 1994–2005 38 151 0.25 8 Anneli Andelén 1985–1995 37 88 0.42 9 Caroline Seger 2005– 32 228 0.14 10 Stina Blackstenius 2015- 25 75 0.12 Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup 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 record Qualification record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA 1991 Third place 3rd 6 4 0 2 18 7 6 4 2 0 13 3 1995 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 4 Qualified as hosts 1999 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 7 6 6 6 0 0 18 5 2003 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 10 7 6 5 0 1 27 4 2007 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 3 4 8 7 1 0 32 6 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 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 Round Date Opponent Result Stadium 1991 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 PR 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 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 PR D 1–1 (4–3 p) Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg 1999 Group stage 19 June  China PR 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Main article: Sweden at the 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 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.[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 4 4 0 0 13 3 +10  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4  Brazil 10 3 2 5 9 14 −5  Canada 23 14 4 5 43 23 +20  Chile 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2  China PR 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 56 31 12 13 90 53 +37  England 26 15 8 3 48 21 +27  Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10  Finland 37 30 6 1 118 16 +102  France 20 11 3 6 39 25 +14  Germany 30 8 1 21 35 53 −18  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 23 15 4 4 42 15 +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 22 10 5 7 32 17 +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 10 8 0 2 30 8 +22  Republic of Ireland 6 5 1 0 22 1 +21  Romania 4 4 0 0 22 0 +22  Russia 7 7 0 0 17 1 +16  Scotland 6 6 0 0 17 2 +15  Serbia and Montenegro 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8  Slovakia 6 6 0 0 26 1 +25  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 13 12 0 1 44 7 +37  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 562 335 98 129 1234 510 724 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 References "Landslagsdatabas — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. 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