Norway women's national football team
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The Norway women's national football team represents Norway
in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway
, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. New players are recruited from around the globe, and heavily from Toppserien, the top women's football league in Norway.
, beating only Iceland
. Having little culture for official clubs and a series system, Norway had a lot to do to catch up to especially Sweden
and Denmark
. Their early history therefore consisted of losing to their neighbours and eventually beating Northern Ireland
for their first ever win.
, if inferior to their Nordic neighbours. They beat England
, France
and Switzerland
. In the first qualification
for the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams
(later renamed UEFA Women's Championship), Norway played opposite Sweden, Finland
and Iceland. Norway lost both matches against Sweden, but beat Finland over both matches. A surprising home draw against Iceland mattered little, Norway took the second spot in a qualification where only the best teams qualified. Sweden later won the Euros.
in the qualification
for the 1987 Euros
. The Euros, consisting as the men's Euros
had been until 1980
of two semi finals and a final played in one of the countries qualified for it. In this case, Norway was the host for the four matches. Norway beat Italy
in the semifinals and met Sweden in the finals. The finals was the first time Norway beat Sweden in a match, as Norway won 2–1. This made the national football team the first Norwegian sports team ever to have won anything, eleven years ahead of the Norway women's national handball team
.
Norway continued to win the next year as they beat Sweden again in a final in an invitational and unofficial world cup in China
. In the 1989 Euros
Norway made the finals against West Germany, but this time lost 1–4. After that loss the coaches resigned, leaving the helm to Even Pellerud
. Pellerud saw Norway progress to the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. Before the first official world cup, Norway made it to the fourth (and Norway's third in a row) final of the Euros, where Norway again met Germany. Germany won in extra time. In the World cup Norway made it to the semifinals, where they lost to the USA.
Following that, Pellerud led the team to the 1993 Euros
. Norway beat Denmark in the semifinals and Italy in the finals, winning their second Euros. Norway followed up with winning the 1994 Algarve Cup
, the first ever to be arranged. The focus the next year was the World Cup and its antecedent Euros, which also functioned as a qualifier for the World Cup. Norway met Italy already in the quarter finals, and won it. Sweden managed to come back and thrash Norway in the second semifinal in Sweden, winning 5–7 after two matches. Norway was still qualified for the World Cup.
From the first women's football in the Olympic Games
, it was considered equal with the world cup in rank. Norway qualified as a matter of course because of their win in the World Cup. Norway drew with Brazil
, and beat Germany and Japan, proceeding to the semi finals. There they lost to the USA after extra time, but won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil.
The 1997 Euros turned out to be a big disappointment for the ruling world champions at home, and Norway only made it to the semi finals. This was the last time the two-year gap was used, making it easier to focus on the two competitions separately. Norway eased through to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they beat all their opposition in the group stage. They met Sweden in the quarter finals, proving that now Norway had the upper hand by beating them 3–1. Surprisingly, Norway lost heavily to China
, who won 5–0, thus equaling the embarrassment Sweden defeated Norway some 13 years earlier. In the bronze final, Norway lost to Brazil on penalties in front of a record 90,185 spectators.
Norway was not among the biggest favourites to win the Sydney Olympics
. They started off losing to the USA, but picked up nicely by beating Nigeria and China, the latter by one goal. In the semi finals Norway beat Germany with a lucky own goal by Tina Wunderlich
after Germany pressed the Norwegians for the better part of the match. The final saw Norway against heavy favourites USA in an even match. Tiffeny Milbrett took the lead for the USA, but Norway equaled the score by Gro Espeseth
and kept USA in the game with a good keeper in Bente Nordby
. Norway took the lead in the match via a header by Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
, but Milbrett scored in stoppage time to prolong the match to extra time with golden goal
. Norway scored the winner in what seemed like a handball. The coach Per-Mathias Høgmo
quit after achieving this feat.
Norway's play was lackluster, and while making it to the semi finals thanks to the French national team, Norway lost clearly to Germany. In the 2003 World Cup Norway disappointed with a fumbling 1–4 to Brazil in the group stage before losing to USA in the quarter finals. As Greece was arranging the 2004 Summer Olympics
, there were only two additional spots for European teams, and Sweden and Germany, who both proceeded to the finals, took them. Steen continued for another year, as stipulated by his contract, but was replaced in late 2004.
The new coach was Bjarne Berntsen
, and he took things up a notch by succeeding in making it to the final in the 2005 Euros
, where again Germany defeated Norway. He continued to produce reasonable results, but it seemed as if he cared little for the Algarve Cup, in which Norway slipped in results. Berntsen saw Norway through to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, but the performance there was acceptable at best. Norway drew with Australia and barely beat Canada. Norway progressed to the semi-finals at the expense of China, but lost, again, to Germany with 0–3. In the bronze final Norway lost with another disappointing 1–4.
From there things started to unravel for Bjarne Berntsen. First he was criticized for telling Lise Klaveness
that she had no future in the national team under him on the airport after hours of flight. During the Beijing Olympics
, where Norway first impressively beat USA, then disappointingly lost to Japan with an embarrassing 1–5 and went out in the quarter finals against Brazil, he came off as blaming everyone and taking little responsibility for the losses. In October 2008, five players refused to play at the National Team, making convoluted comments that playing under Berntsen was too much of a burden. This led to a media outcry unparalleled in any women's football news coverage to date, including the gold in the World cup and the Olympics. With a reduced team, also due to less controversial resignations from the national team. Norway produced a relatively good result at the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship
, even with an embarrassing 0–4 against Germany and a modest 1–0 against Iceland and 1–1 against France. After that championship, Berntsen resigned.
Eli Landsem, the first woman coach and the first coach with experience from coaching women's football, took over. Under her the players who were ousted by or boycotted Berntsen have returned. Landsem has in a short time produced acceptable results with the national team, all but qualifying them to the 2011 FIFA World Cup playoff after winning all but one of the matches in their qualification group.
and Lene Storløkken
won't be able to play at the 2011 World Cup due to injuries, Landsem announced her squad on 11 June. Lisa Marie Woods was replaced by Kristine Wigdahl Hegland due to an hip injury.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway
Football Association of Norway
The Football Association of Norway is the governing body of football in Norway. Current FIFA World Champions It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the Norwegian Premier League.The team are enjoying their best ever spell thanks to World Player of the...
, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. New players are recruited from around the globe, and heavily from Toppserien, the top women's football league in Norway.
History
Norway women's national football team emerged in 1978, which was relatively early for Western Europe, but late for the Nordic countriesNordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
, beating only Iceland
Iceland women's national football team
The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football. It is currently ranked as the 15th best national team in the world by FIFA...
. Having little culture for official clubs and a series system, Norway had a lot to do to catch up to especially Sweden
Sweden women's national football team
Sweden women's national football team are a football team officially representing Sweden in women's football. They won the unofficial European Championships in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver as well as three European Cup-silvers...
and Denmark
Denmark women's national football team
The Denmark women's national football team represents Denmark in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association .-World Cup:*1970 : Winner *1971 : Winner...
. Their early history therefore consisted of losing to their neighbours and eventually beating Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland women's national football team
The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents Northern Ireland in international women's football.-World Cup record:-Current squad:Northern Ireland squad for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers versus France on 27 and 31 March 2010...
for their first ever win.
A power to be reckoned with
Eventually, Norway marked themselves as one of the better countries in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, if inferior to their Nordic neighbours. They beat England
England women's national football team
The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...
, France
France women's national football team
The French women's national football team represents France in international women's football. The team is directed by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer...
and Switzerland
Switzerland women's national football team
The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international women's football.The team played its first match in 1972...
. In the first qualification
1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualification
The qualification for the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football was held between August 18, 1982 & October 28, 1983.The first-placed teams qualified.Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4-Group 1:--------------------...
for the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams
UEFA Women's Championship
The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro and unofficially the "European Cup", held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA Confederation...
(later renamed UEFA Women's Championship), Norway played opposite Sweden, Finland
Finland women's national football team
The Finland women's national football team represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland , reached the semi-finals of the 2005 European Championship, surprising the female football world having drawn with Sweden and beaten Denmark...
and Iceland. Norway lost both matches against Sweden, but beat Finland over both matches. A surprising home draw against Iceland mattered little, Norway took the second spot in a qualification where only the best teams qualified. Sweden later won the Euros.
The start of the golden years
Norway seemed to have problems with Sweden, and they lost 0–5, their biggest loss to date (if repeated later) shortly afterwards. Compared to other teams, however, Norway improved, and they beat Denmark and West GermanyGermany women's national football team
The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...
in the qualification
1987 European Competition for Women's Football qualification
The qualification for the 1987 European Competition for Women's Football was held between September 26, 1984 & October 12, 1986. The first-placed teams qualified.Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4-Group 1:----------------...
for the 1987 Euros
1987 European Competition for Women's Football
The 1987 European Competition for Women's Football took place in Norway. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Sweden. Once again, the competition began with four qualifying groups, but this time a host nation was selected for the semi-final stage onwards after the four...
. The Euros, consisting as the men's Euros
UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
had been until 1980
1980 UEFA European Football Championship
The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. With eight teams competing, the final tournament took place between 11 and 22 June 1980...
of two semi finals and a final played in one of the countries qualified for it. In this case, Norway was the host for the four matches. Norway beat Italy
Italy women's national football team
The Italy women's national football team represents Italy in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation .- Performances in the World Cup :...
in the semifinals and met Sweden in the finals. The finals was the first time Norway beat Sweden in a match, as Norway won 2–1. This made the national football team the first Norwegian sports team ever to have won anything, eleven years ahead of the Norway women's national handball team
Norway women's national handball team
The Norway women's national handball team is the national team of Norway. It is governed by the Norwegian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions....
.
Norway continued to win the next year as they beat Sweden again in a final in an invitational and unofficial world cup in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. In the 1989 Euros
1989 European Competition for Women's Football
The 1989 European Competition for Women's Football took place in West Germany. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Norway...
Norway made the finals against West Germany, but this time lost 1–4. After that loss the coaches resigned, leaving the helm to Even Pellerud
Even Pellerud
Even Jostein Pellerud is a Norwegian football coach and former player.Pellerud played for several clubs, including Vålerenga from 1974 to 1979 and Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1986...
. Pellerud saw Norway progress to the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. Before the first official world cup, Norway made it to the fourth (and Norway's third in a row) final of the Euros, where Norway again met Germany. Germany won in extra time. In the World cup Norway made it to the semifinals, where they lost to the USA.
Following that, Pellerud led the team to the 1993 Euros
1993 UEFA Women's Championship
The 1993 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 1993 was a football tournament that happened between 1991 and 1993 . The final games was held in Italy. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the...
. Norway beat Denmark in the semifinals and Italy in the finals, winning their second Euros. Norway followed up with winning the 1994 Algarve Cup
1994 Algarve Cup
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup winners; the United States, finished in the top position of Group A with maximum points after winning both of their games including defeating the host's Portugal 5–0.-Group B:--------...
, the first ever to be arranged. The focus the next year was the World Cup and its antecedent Euros, which also functioned as a qualifier for the World Cup. Norway met Italy already in the quarter finals, and won it. Sweden managed to come back and thrash Norway in the second semifinal in Sweden, winning 5–7 after two matches. Norway was still qualified for the World Cup.
World Champions and beyond
The 1995 World cup in Sweden is part of Norwegian sports heritage. Norway won all their matches in the group stage, and continued to meet an unconvincing Denmark in the quarter finals. Norway was up 3–0 with five minutes to go, and while conceding a goal a minute later, Norway was never threatened. The next encounter for Norway was the USA, and in a close match, USA could never respond to an early goal by Ann Kristin Aarønes, and the USA lost their first official international tournament. Norway met Germany in the finals. Having lost two Euro finals, Norway were not among the favourites, but they defeated Germany by two goals scored within the space of four minutes, becoming world champions. Pellerud resigned shortly afterwards.From the first women's football in the Olympic Games
Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The association football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia....
, it was considered equal with the world cup in rank. Norway qualified as a matter of course because of their win in the World Cup. Norway drew with Brazil
Brazil women's national football team
The Brazil women's national football team represents Brazil in international women's association football. Brazil played their first game on July 22, 1986 against the United States....
, and beat Germany and Japan, proceeding to the semi finals. There they lost to the USA after extra time, but won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil.
The 1997 Euros turned out to be a big disappointment for the ruling world champions at home, and Norway only made it to the semi finals. This was the last time the two-year gap was used, making it easier to focus on the two competitions separately. Norway eased through to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they beat all their opposition in the group stage. They met Sweden in the quarter finals, proving that now Norway had the upper hand by beating them 3–1. Surprisingly, Norway lost heavily to China
China women's national football team
The China women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football.- Records :China had held the record of going for 442 minutes without conceding a World Cup goal, until it was broken by Germany on September 26, 2007, when Germany beat Norway 3-0...
, who won 5–0, thus equaling the embarrassment Sweden defeated Norway some 13 years earlier. In the bronze final, Norway lost to Brazil on penalties in front of a record 90,185 spectators.
Norway was not among the biggest favourites to win the Sydney Olympics
Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:*Olympic Stadium, Sydney*Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...
. They started off losing to the USA, but picked up nicely by beating Nigeria and China, the latter by one goal. In the semi finals Norway beat Germany with a lucky own goal by Tina Wunderlich
Tina Wunderlich
Tina Wunderlich is a German former football defender. She played for 1. FFC Frankfurt, and was capped for the Germany women's national football team.-Club career:...
after Germany pressed the Norwegians for the better part of the match. The final saw Norway against heavy favourites USA in an even match. Tiffeny Milbrett took the lead for the USA, but Norway equaled the score by Gro Espeseth
Gro Espeseth
Gro Espeseth is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic champion.She played for the clubs Sandviken and Trondheims-Ørn, debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1991, and played 105 matches for the national team.She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in...
and kept USA in the game with a good keeper in Bente Nordby
Bente Nordby
Bente Nordby is a former Norwegian football goalkeeper, who last played for Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France. She played with the Norwegian Women's National Football Team from 1991 to 2007.- Career :...
. Norway took the lead in the match via a header by Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian football striker from the city of Trondheim who retired from football at the end of 2007...
, but Milbrett scored in stoppage time to prolong the match to extra time with golden goal
Golden goal
The golden goal is a method used in association football, field hockey, ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of games in elimination matches which end in a draw after the end of regulation time. It is a type of sudden death. Golden goal rules allow the team that scores the first goal during...
. Norway scored the winner in what seemed like a handball. The coach Per-Mathias Høgmo
Per-Mathias Høgmo
Per-Mathias Høgmo is a football manager from Norway and former player. He is currently the manager at Norwegian Premier League team Tromsø IL, and is the only person in the world with a PhD in football.- Biography :...
quit after achieving this feat.
Decline
Åge Steen took over as coach, but under his tutelage, things went from top to mediocre. In the 2001 Euros2001 UEFA Women's Championship
2001 UEFA Women's Championship took place in Germany between June 23 and July 7 . It was won by Germany in the final against Sweden thanks to a golden goal....
Norway's play was lackluster, and while making it to the semi finals thanks to the French national team, Norway lost clearly to Germany. In the 2003 World Cup Norway disappointed with a fumbling 1–4 to Brazil in the group stage before losing to USA in the quarter finals. As Greece was arranging the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, there were only two additional spots for European teams, and Sweden and Germany, who both proceeded to the finals, took them. Steen continued for another year, as stipulated by his contract, but was replaced in late 2004.
The new coach was Bjarne Berntsen
Bjarne Berntsen
Bjarne Berntsen is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently employed as the Director of Viking FK, where he has served as both player and manager in the past.-Playing career:...
, and he took things up a notch by succeeding in making it to the final in the 2005 Euros
2005 UEFA Women's Championship
The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 , was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the...
, where again Germany defeated Norway. He continued to produce reasonable results, but it seemed as if he cared little for the Algarve Cup, in which Norway slipped in results. Berntsen saw Norway through to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, but the performance there was acceptable at best. Norway drew with Australia and barely beat Canada. Norway progressed to the semi-finals at the expense of China, but lost, again, to Germany with 0–3. In the bronze final Norway lost with another disappointing 1–4.
From there things started to unravel for Bjarne Berntsen. First he was criticized for telling Lise Klaveness
Lise Klaveness
Lise Klaveness is a Norwegian football player who has played more than fifty matches for the Norway women's national football team....
that she had no future in the national team under him on the airport after hours of flight. During the Beijing Olympics
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...
, where Norway first impressively beat USA, then disappointingly lost to Japan with an embarrassing 1–5 and went out in the quarter finals against Brazil, he came off as blaming everyone and taking little responsibility for the losses. In October 2008, five players refused to play at the National Team, making convoluted comments that playing under Berntsen was too much of a burden. This led to a media outcry unparalleled in any women's football news coverage to date, including the gold in the World cup and the Olympics. With a reduced team, also due to less controversial resignations from the national team. Norway produced a relatively good result at the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship
2009 UEFA Women's Championship
The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between August 23 and September 10, 2009. The host was appointed on July 11, 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over the Dutch proposal.The UEFA Women's Championship...
, even with an embarrassing 0–4 against Germany and a modest 1–0 against Iceland and 1–1 against France. After that championship, Berntsen resigned.
Eli Landsem, the first woman coach and the first coach with experience from coaching women's football, took over. Under her the players who were ousted by or boycotted Berntsen have returned. Landsem has in a short time produced acceptable results with the national team, all but qualifying them to the 2011 FIFA World Cup playoff after winning all but one of the matches in their qualification group.
Performance in the World Cup
- 1991 : Runners up
- 1995 : Champions
- 1999 : 4th place
- 2003 : Quarter-finals
- 2007 : 4th place
- 2011 : Group stage
Performance in the Olympic Games
- 1996Football at the 1996 Summer OlympicsThe association football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia....
– 3rd place - 2000Football at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:*Olympic Stadium, Sydney*Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...
– Champions - 2004Football at the 2004 Summer OlympicsThe football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...
– Did not qualify - 2008Football at the 2008 Summer OlympicsFootball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...
– Quarter-finals - 2012Football at the 2012 Summer OlympicsFootball at the 2012 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in London and several other cities in the United Kingdom, from 25 July to 11 August. The finals will be played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23...
– Did not qualify
Performance in European Championship
- 19841984 European Competition for Women's FootballThe 1984 European Competition for Women's Football was won by Sweden on penalties against England. It comprised four qualifying groups, and the winner of each went through to the semi-finals which were played over two legs, home and away...
: preliminary round - 19871987 European Competition for Women's FootballThe 1987 European Competition for Women's Football took place in Norway. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Sweden. Once again, the competition began with four qualifying groups, but this time a host nation was selected for the semi-final stage onwards after the four...
: Champions - 19891989 European Competition for Women's FootballThe 1989 European Competition for Women's Football took place in West Germany. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Norway...
: Runners up - 1991 : Runners up
- 1993 : Champions
- 1995 : Semi-finals
- 1997 : Quarter-finals
- 2001 : Semi-finals
- 2005 : Runners up
- 2009 : 3rd place
Coaches
- 1978–1982: Per Pettersen
- 1987–1989: Erling Hokstad/Dag Steinar Vestlund
- 1983–1989: Erling Hokstad
- 1989–1996: Even PellerudEven PellerudEven Jostein Pellerud is a Norwegian football coach and former player.Pellerud played for several clubs, including Vålerenga from 1974 to 1979 and Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1986...
- 1996–2000: Per-Mathias HøgmoPer-Mathias HøgmoPer-Mathias Høgmo is a football manager from Norway and former player. He is currently the manager at Norwegian Premier League team Tromsø IL, and is the only person in the world with a PhD in football.- Biography :...
- 2000–2004: Åge Steen
- 2005–2009: Bjarne BerntsenBjarne BerntsenBjarne Berntsen is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently employed as the Director of Viking FK, where he has served as both player and manager in the past.-Playing career:...
- 2009–: Eli Landsem
Current squad
The Norwegian team was announced on 27 May 2011. 19 places were named with two spots left open. After Lise KlavenessLise Klaveness
Lise Klaveness is a Norwegian football player who has played more than fifty matches for the Norway women's national football team....
and Lene Storløkken
Lene Storløkken
Lene Glesåsen Storløkken is a Norwegian football player who played for the LSK Kvinner FK.-Career:Storløkken is a midfielder and her former clubs are Athene Moss, Setskog/Høland FK and Kurland FK.-International career:...
won't be able to play at the 2011 World Cup due to injuries, Landsem announced her squad on 11 June. Lisa Marie Woods was replaced by Kristine Wigdahl Hegland due to an hip injury.
External links
- Official site
- Kvinnefotball
- Year-by-year results, from RSSSFRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics FoundationThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...