The Sweden women's national football team ( sv, Svenska damfotbollslandslaget) represents

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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

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, 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

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on 29 October 2014. The player with the most caps is Caroline Seger, with 229. The team was coached by

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from 2005 to 2012, and

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from 2012 to 2017. The current head coach is Peter Gerhardsson. After winning the two qualifying matches against

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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. 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 ''

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''.

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

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Technical staff

Manager history

:''Statistics as of 26 July 2022.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against on 12 November 2022. '' Caps and goals are correct as of 12 November 2022, after the match against .''

Recent call-ups

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

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;Olympic Games *

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* 2004 Summer Olympics * 2008 Summer Olympics * 2012 Summer Olympics * 2016 Summer Olympics *

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;UEFA Women's Championship * 1984 UEFA Women's Championship * 1987 UEFA Women's Championship * 1989 UEFA Women's Championship * UEFA Women's Euro 1995 * UEFA Women's Euro 1997 * UEFA Women's Euro 2001 *

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* UEFA Women's Euro 2009 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 * UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Player records

:''Active players in bold, statistics as of 6 September 2022.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

UEFA Women's Championship

Algarve Cup

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hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the

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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.

Head-to-head record

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

FIFA world rankings

Worst Ranking Best Ranking Worst Mover Best Mover

Honours

Intercontinental

: ''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:''

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(not determined after 1993)

Regional

* Algarve Cup : ''Champion:'' 1995, 2001, 2009,

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: ''Runner-up:'' 1996 : ''Third place:''

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, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010 * Nordic Championship : ''Champion:'' 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 : ''Runner-up:'' 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982 *Cyprus Tournament : ''Champion:'' 1990, 1992 *North America Cup : ''Champion:'' 1987 *Australia CupAustralia Cup 1999–2004
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Notes

References

External links

Official website

FIFA profile

Sweden international footballers (1973–2017)] * !--https://web.archive.org/web/20190918014705/-

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