Sweden women's national football team are a football team officially representing Sweden in women's football. They won the unofficial European Championships in
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, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver (
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) as well as three
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-silvers (
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,
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,
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). The team has participated in three
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, four World Cups, as well as seven European Cups. Sweden won the bronze medal at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The 2003 World Cup-final was the second most watched event in Sweden that year. The top goal scorer in team history is
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with 72 goals. The player with the most caps is
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, with 167. Since 2005, the team has been coached by
Thomas DennerbyThomas Dennerby, born on August 13, 1959 in Enskede, is a Swedish football coach, currently heading Sweden women's national football team.Dennerby was previously a player in Hammarby IF and Spårvägens IF, as well as the national U21 team. He has also worked as a police officer...
.
After winning the 2 qualifying matches against
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for the
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, the Swedish Olympic Committee approved of record increases in investments for the women's team. The new budget granted over a million
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(about 150,000 USD) for the team and 150,000 SEK (about 25,000 USD) per player for developing physical fitness. The new grants are almost a 100% increase of the 2005 and 2006 season funds.
Competitive record
In 1971 and 1978 an unofficial world championship for women was held, Sweden also ended 3rd in the unofficial UEFA Women's Championship held in 1979.
World Cup
| Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
D* |
L |
GS |
GA |
 1991 |
Third Place |
3 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
18 |
7 |
 1995 |
Quarter finals |
| 4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
 1999 |
Quarter finals |
| 4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
| 2003 |
Runners-up |
2 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
| 2007 |
Group Stage |
| 3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
 2011 |
Third Place |
3 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
| Total |
6/6 |
| 28 |
18 |
1 |
10 |
53 |
31 |
European Championship
Olympic Games
- 1996 – 1st round
- 2000 – Quarter finals
- 2004
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– 4th place
- 2008 – Quarter finals
- 2012
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– Qualified
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
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.
- **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Current squad
On 30 May 2011, Dennerby announced the 21-player squad for the 2011 World Cup.
Coaches
- 1973 : Christer Molander
- 1974–76 : Hasse Karlsson
- 1977–78 : Tord Grip
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- 1979 : Ulf Bergquist
- 1980–87 : Ulf Lyfors
- 1988–91 : Gunilla Paijkull
- 1992–96 : Bengt Simonsson
- 1996–2005 : Marika Domanski-Lyfors
- 2005– : Thomas Dennerby
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