Norway women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Gresshoppene (The Grasshoppers) | ||||||||||
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| Association | Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund) | ||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Martin Sjögren | ||||||||||
| Captain | Maren Mjelde | ||||||||||
| Most caps | Hege Riise (188)[1] | ||||||||||
| Top scorer | Marianne Pettersen (66)[1] | ||||||||||
| FIFA code | NOR | ||||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||
| Current | 13  (7 December 2018)[2] | ||||||||||
| Highest | 2 (July 2003) | ||||||||||
| Lowest | 14 (June 2018) | ||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||
 Sweden 2–1 Norway  (Kolding, Denmark; 7 July 1978) | |||||||||||
| Biggest win | |||||||||||
Norway 17–0 Slovakia  (Ulefoss, Norway; 19 September 1995) | |||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||
| Sweden 5–0 Norway (Norrköping, Sweden; 22 August 1985)  China PR 5–0 Norway (Foxboro, United States; 4 July 1999) | |||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1991) | ||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1995) | ||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1987) | ||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1987, 1993) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Contents
1 History
1.1 A power to be reckoned with
1.2 The start of the golden years
1.3 World Champions and beyond
1.4 Decline
1.5 Brief recovery
1.6 Recent years
1.7 Struggle
1.8 2016–present
2 Records
2.1 Performance in the FIFA Women's World Cup
2.2 Olympic Games
2.3 UEFA Women's Championship
2.4 Algarve Cup
2.5 Invitational trophies
3 Recent schedule and results
3.1 2018
3.2 2019
4 Team
4.1 Current squad
4.2 Recent call-ups
4.3 Most capped players
4.4 Top goalscorers
5 Coaches
6 Overall official record
7 References
8 External links
History
Norway women's national football team emerged in 1978 for the Nordic Championship tournament, which was relatively early for Western Europe, but late for the Nordic countries, 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.
A power to be reckoned with
Eventually, Norway marked themselves as one of the better countries in Europe, if inferior to their Nordic neighbours.[3] 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.
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 Germany 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.
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.[4]
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.[5] The coach Per-Mathias Høgmo 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 Euros 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.
Brief recovery
Under the new coach, Bjarne Berntsen, Norway took things up a notch by reaching the final of the 2005 Euros with a classic 3–2 win over Sweden in extra time in the semifinal. Again Germany defeated Norway to win the championship. Norway continued to achieve reasonable results except in the Algarve Cup where the results started to slip.
Despite this Norway qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. They drew with Australia and narrowly beat Canada, and then a 7–2 win over Ghana took them to the top of their group. Norway then progressed further by beating China 1–0, but lost 0–3 to Germany in the semifinal. In the bronze final Norway lost 1–4 to the USA to finish in fourth place in the World Cup, which qualified them to enter the Beijing Olympics. Norway's top scorer Ragnhild Gulbrandsen was awarded the Bronze Boot behind Marta of Brazil and Abby Wambach of the United States.
From there Berntsen's fortunes began to wane. First he was criticized for telling Lise Klaveness that she had no future in the national team under him, at 01.00 at Oslo airport as they were arriving back from China, a gross error that he later admitted. Then in the 2008 Olympics Norway first impressively beat USA, then lost to Japan 1–5 and went out in the quarter finals against Brazil. In October 2008, five players refused to play in the National Team, making comments that implied that playing under Berntsen was too much of a burden, which led to a media outcry. With a reduced team, and also after some less controversial resignations, Norway produced a relatively good result at the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship by beating Sweden 3–1 in the quarter-finals, even with an embarrassing 0–4 against Germany and a modest 1–0 against Iceland and 1–1 against France. After the championship, Berntsen's contract ended.
Recent years
Eli Landsem, the first woman coach and the first coach with experience of coaching women's football, took over at the end of 2009. Under her some of the players who had previously elected not to play returned. Landsem produced acceptable results and the team qualified to play in the 2011 FIFA World Cup after winning all but one of the matches in their qualification group. However Norway failed to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in its history after losing to Brazil (0–3) and Australia (1–2).[6] As a result, they also failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The next task was qualification to the 2013 European Cup competition, with Norway in Group 3 with Iceland, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Hungary and Bulgaria. The campaign began badly with 3–1 losses to Iceland and 64th-ranked Northern Ireland, but in 2012 the position was recovered with wins in the last six matches, and Norway finished top of Group 3 with eight wins from ten matches.[7] They later went on to finish as runners-up in the finals in Sweden.
Struggle
At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Norway was drawn into a group with Germany, Thailand and the Ivory Coast. Norway performed well in the group stage, as the team beat Thailand 4–0 and the Ivory Coast 3–1. They drew 1–1 draw against former Champions Germany. Norway would lose 2–1 in the round of sixteen to England. England went on to win the bronze medal.
2016–present
On December 16, 2016 Martin Sjögren was introduced as the new coach of Norway. He had previous coaching experience in the Damallsvenskan with Linköpings and LdB FC Malmö.[8]
Norway qualified for Euro 2017 without losing a game. They were drawn into Group A alongside the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. Norway was the highest ranked team in Group A, and were predicted by many to win the group. They ended up being one of the biggest disappointments of the tournament as they lost all 3 group games without scoring a goal.[9]
On September 9, 2017 Norway striker and 2016 UEFA Women's Player of the Year Ada Hegerberg announced she was taking a break from international duty, and was unsure when or if she would return.[10]
On October 7, 2017 the Norway Football Association announced that Norway's male and female players would receive equal financial compensation, with the men making a contribution to the women's team. This equalled nearly a fifty percent increase in compensation for the women.[11]
On September 4, 2018 Norway defeated the Netherlands 2–1 in their final group game of UEFA World Cup Qualifying. As a result Norway won qualifying Group 3 and secured an automatic berth in the 2019 World Cup, while the Netherlands who won Euro 2017 were forced to go to the play-off.[12]
Records
Performance in the FIFA Women's World Cup
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 |
| 1995 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
 1999 | Fourth Place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 |
| 2003 | Quarterfinal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 2007 | Fourth Place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 |
 2011 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 2015 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
 2019 | Qualified | ||||||
| Total | 8/8 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 86 | 45 |
Olympic Games
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Third Place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
 2000 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
 2004 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||
| 2008 | Quarterfinal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
 2012 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||
 2016 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||
| Total | 3/6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 19 |
UEFA Women's Championship
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1987 | Champions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1989 | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
 1991 | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 1993 | Champions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 1995 | Semifinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 1997 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2001 | Semifinals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
 2009 | Semifinals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 11/12 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 48 |
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 | Champions | ||||||
| 1995 | Third Place | ||||||
| 1996 | Champions | ||||||
| 1997 | Champions | ||||||
| 1998 | Champions | ||||||
| 1999 | Third Place | ||||||
| 2000 | Runner-Up | ||||||
| 2001 | Fifth Place | ||||||
| 2002 | Runner-Up | ||||||
| 2003 | Third Place | ||||||
| 2004 | Runner-Up | ||||||
| 2005 | Fifth Place | ||||||
| 2006 | Fifth Place | ||||||
| 2007 | Fifth Place | ||||||
| 2008 | Third Place | ||||||
| 2009 | Ninth Place | ||||||
| 2010 | Sixth Place | ||||||
| 2011 | Fifth Place | ||||||
| 2012 | Seventh Place | ||||||
| 2013 | Third Place | ||||||
| 2014 | Tenth Place | ||||||
| 2015 | Fifth Place | ||||||
| 2016 | did not enter | ||||||
| 2017 | Eleventh Place | ||||||
| 2018 | Seventh Place | ||||||
Invitational trophies
Algarve Cup: Winner 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998[13]
Albena Cup: Winner 1988, 1989[14]
Four Nations Tournament: Winner 2002, 2013[15]- Cyprus Tournament: Winner 1993[16]
Recent schedule and results
2018
Norway
v 
Scotland18 January 2018 (2018-01-18) Friendly | Norway | 3–0 | Scotland | Cartagena, Spain |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium: La Manga Stadium |
12Norway
v 
Iceland23 January 2018 (2018-01-23) Friendly | Norway | 2–1 | Iceland | Cartagena, Spain |
| 19:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: La Manga Stadium |
Australia
v Norway28 February 2018 (2018-02-28) 2018 Algarve Cup GS | Australia | 4–3 | Norway | Albufeira, Portugal |
| 18:30 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Albufeira Municipal Stadium Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland) |
China PR
v Norway2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 2018 Algarve Cup GS | China PR | 0–2 | Norway | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal |
| 15:00 | Report |
| Stadium: VRS António Sports Complex Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States) |
Portugal
v Norway5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) 2018 Algarve Cup GS | Portugal | 2–0 | Norway | Algarve, Portugal |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland) |
South Korea
v Norway7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) 2018 Algarve Cup 7P | South Korea | Abandoned | Norway | Albufeira, Portugal |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Albufeira Municipal Stadium Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal) | ||
| Note: The seventh place game was suspended during the second half with a score of 0–0, due to heavy rain and adverse weather conditions.[17] | ||||
Northern Ireland
v Norway10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 2019 World Cup Q GS | Northern Ireland | 0–3 | Norway | Portadown, Northern Ireland |
| 20:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Shamrock Park Attendance: 504 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland) |
Republic of Ireland
v Norway8 June 2018 (2018-06-08) 2019 World Cup Q GS | Republic of Ireland | 0–2 | Norway | Dublin, Ireland |
| 18:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 3,172 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) |
Norway
v Republic of Ireland12 June 2018 (2018-06-12) 2019 World Cup Q GS | Norway | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland | Stavanger, Norway |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 3,609 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland) |
Slovakia
v Norway31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) 2019 World Cup Q GS | Slovakia | 0–4 | Norway | Senec, Slovakia |
| 20:00 | Report |
| Stadium: NTC Senec Attendance: 373 Referee: Valentina Finzi (Italy) |
Norway
v Netherlands5 September 2018 (2018-09-05) 2019 World Cup Q GS | Norway | 2–1 | Netherlands | Oslo, Norway |
| 17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 5,134 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany) |
Sweden
v Norway4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) Friendly | Sweden | 2–1 | Norway | Staré Město, Czech Republic |
| 19:45 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Širůch Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary) |
Japan
v Norway11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) Friendly | Japan | 4–1 | Norway | Tottori, Japan |
| 07:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Tottori Bank Bird Stadium Referee: Yu Hong (Japan) |
2019
Scotland
v Norway17 January 2019 (2019-01-17) Friendly | Scotland | 1–3 | Norway | Cartagena, Spain |
| 19:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: La Manga Stadium Referee: Marta Frías (Spain) |
Canada
v Norway22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) Friendly | Canada | 1–0 | Norway | Cartagena, Spain |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium: La Manga Stadium |
Norway
v 
Nigeria8 June 2019 2019 Women's World Cup – GS | Norway | v | Nigeria | Reims, France |
| Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune |
France
v Norway12 June 2019 2019 Women's World Cup – GS | France | v | Norway | Nice, France |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera |
South Korea
v Norway17 June 2019 2019 Women's World Cup – GS | South Korea | v | Norway | Reims, France |
| Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune |
Team
Current squad
The following players were named to the roster for friendly games against Sweden .[18]
- Caps and goals as of 13 October 2018.
Head coach: Martin Sjögren
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No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Ingrid Hjelmseth | (1980-04-10) 10 April 1980 | 127 | 0 | Stabæk |
| 12 | 1GK | Cecilie Fiskerstrand | (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 | 18 | 0 | Lillestrøm |
| 23 | 1GK | Aurora Mikalsen | (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 | 0 | 0 | Kolbotn |
| 2 | 2DF | Ingrid Moe Wold | (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 | 55 | 3 | Lillestrøm |
| 3 | 2DF | Maria Thorisdottir | (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 | 31 | 1 | Chelsea |
| 6 | 2DF | Maren Mjelde (Captain) | (1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 | 132 | 19 | Chelsea |
| 15 | 2DF | Kristine Bjørdal Leine | (1996-08-06) 6 August 1996 | 5 | 0 | Røa |
| 19 | 2DF | Marit Lund | (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 | 0 | 0 | Kolbotn |
| 5 | 3MF | Synne Skinnes Hansen | (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 | 8 | 0 | Lillestrøm |
| 8 | 3MF | Vilde Risa | (1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 | 11 | 1 | Arna-Bjørnar |
| 10 | 3MF | Caroline Graham Hansen | (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 | 65 | 22 | Wolfsburg |
| 14 | 3MF | Ingrid Syrstad Engen | (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 | 8 | 2 | Lillestrøm |
| 16 | 3MF | Guro Reiten | (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 | 30 | 5 | Lillestrøm |
| 17 | 3MF | Kristine Minde | (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 | 92 | 9 | Linköping |
| 18 | 3MF | Frida Leonhardsen Maanum | (1999-07-16) 16 July 1999 | 16 | 0 | Linköping |
| 21 | 3MF | Emilie Nautnes | (1999-01-13) 13 January 1999 | 0 | 0 | Arna-Bjørnar |
| 9 | 4FW | Isabell Herlovsen | (1988-06-23) 23 June 1988 | 121 | 55 | Vålerenga |
| 11 | 4FW | Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland | (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 | 35 | 10 | FC Rosengård |
| 13 | 4FW | Therese Sessy Åsland | (1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 | 0 | 0 | Røa |
| 20 | 4FW | Emilie Haavi | (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992 | 74 | 15 | Lillestrøm |
| 22 | 4FW | Sophie Haug | (1999-06-04) 4 June 1999 | 0 | 0 | Lillestrøm |
Recent call-ups
The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.
This list may be incomplete.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Oda Maria Hove Bogstad | (1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 | 0 | 0 | Klepp | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
DF | Nora Holstad Berge RET | (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 | 69 | 2 | North Carolina Courage | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
DF | Stine Pettersen Reinås | (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 | 8 | 1 | Stabæk | 2018 Algarve Cup |
DF | Ina Gausdal | (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 | 4 | 1 | Kolbotn IL | 2018 Algarve Cup |
MF | Tuva Hansen | (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 | 2 | 0 | Klepp | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
MF | Andrine Hegerberg | (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 | 25 | 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
MF | Ingvild Isaksen | (1989-02-10) 10 February 1989 | 60 | 3 | Juventus Women | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
FW | Ada Hegerberg | (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 | 66 | 38 | Lyon | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
FW | Elise Thorsnes | (1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 | 115 | 19 | Utah Royals | v. Slovakia, August 2018PRE |
FW | Synne Jensen | (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 | 22 | 2 | Stabæk | 2018 Algarve Cup |
Notes:
RET = Retired from international duty
|
| # | Name | Norway career | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hege Riise | 1990–2004 | 188 |
| 2 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | 1998–2015 | 183 |
| 3 | Bente Nordby | 1991–2007 | 172 |
| 4 | Trine Rønning | 1999–2016 | 162 |
| 5 | Linda Medalen | 1987–1999 | 152 |
| 6 | Heidi Støre | 1980–1997 | 151 |
| 7 | Ingvild Stensland | 2003–2016 | 144 |
| 8 | Unni Lehn | 1996–2007 | 133 |
| 9 | Maren Mjelde | 2007–Present | 132 |
| 10 | Ingrid Hjelmseth | 2003–Present | 127 |
- *Active players in bold, statistics as of 7 September 2018.[19]
Top goalscorers
| # | Player | Norway career | Goals | Caps | Goals per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marianne Pettersen | 1994–2003 | 66 | 98 | 0.67 |
| 2 | Linda Medalen | 1987–1999 | 64 | 152 | 0.42 |
| 3 | Ann Kristin Aarønes | 1990–1999 | 60 | 111 | 0.54 |
| 4 | Hege Riise | 1990–2004 | 58 | 188 | 0.31 |
| 5 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | 1998–2015 | 55 | 184 | 0.30 |
| 6 | Isabell Herlovsen | 2005–Present | 55 | 121 | 0.45 |
| 7 | Dagny Mellgren | 1999–2005 | 49 | 95 | 0.52 |
| 8 | Ada Hegerberg | 2011–2017 | 38 | 66 | 0.63 |
| 9 | Ragnhild Gulbrandsen | 1997–2007 | 30 | 80 | 0.38 |
| 10 | Unni Lehn | 1996–2007 | 24 | 134 | 0.18 |
Coaches
- 1978–1982: Per Pettersen
- 1987–1989: Erling Hokstad/Dag Steinar Vestlund
- 1983–1989: Erling Hokstad
- 1989–1996: Even Pellerud
- 1996–2000: Per-Mathias Høgmo
- 2000–2004: Åge Steen
- 2005–2009: Bjarne Berntsen
- 2009–2012: Eli Landsem
- 2012–2015: Even Pellerud
- 2015–2016: Roger Finjord
- 2016: Leif Gunnar Smerud (caretaker)
- 2016–: Martin Sjögren
Overall official record
[20]
| Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent | Position / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 EC QS | GS: Gr.1 | 2–2 1–0 | Iceland | |
| 3–0 3–0 | Finland | |||
| 0–2 1–2 | Sweden | 2 / 4 | ||
| 1987 EC QS | GS: Gr.1 | 0–0 2–0 | Finland | |
| 3–2 0–0 | West Germany | |||
| 2–2 5–2 | Denmark | 1 / 4 | ||
| 1987 EC | SF | 2–0 | Italy | |
| F | 2–1 | Sweden | ||
| 1989 EC QS | GS: Gr.3 | 3–3 0–2 | Finland | |
| 0–1 1–2 | Denmark | |||
| 2–0 3–1 | England | 2 / 4 | ||
| QF | 2–1 3–0 | Netherlands | ||
| 1989 EC | SF | 2–1 | Sweden | |
| F | 1–4 | West Germany | ||
| 1991 EC QS | GS: Gr.3 | 1–0 4–0 | Finland | |
| 4–0 1–0 |  Belgium | |||
| 2–0 0–0 | England | 1 / 4 | ||
| QF | 2–1 2–0 |  Hungary | ||
| 1991 EC | SF | 0–0 (8–7 p) | Denmark | |
| F | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Germany | ||
| 1991 WC | GS: Gr.1 | 0–4 | China | |
| 4–0 |  New Zealand | |||
| 2–1 | Denmark | 2 / 4 | ||
| QF | 3–2 | Italy | ||
| SF | 4–1 | Sweden | ||
| F | 1–2 | United States | ||
| 1993 EC QS | GS: Gr.1 | 10–0 6–0 |  Switzerland | |
| 0–0 8–0 | Belgium | 1 / 3 | ||
| QF | 3–0 3–0 | Netherlands | ||
| 1993 EC | SF | 1–0 | Denmark | |
| F | 1–0 | Italy | ||
| 1995 EC QS | GS: Gr.1 | 6–1 9–0 |  Czech Republic | |
| 8–0 4–0 | Hungary | |||
| 2–2 4–0 | Finland | 1 / 4 | ||
| QF | 3–1 4–2 | Italy | ||
| SF | 4–3 1–4 | Sweden | ||
| 1995 WC | GS: Gr.2 | 8–0 | Nigeria | |
| 2–0 | England | |||
| 7–0 | Canada | 1 / 4 | ||
| QF | 3–1 | Denmark | ||
| SF | 1–0 | United States | ||
| F | 2–0 | Germany | ||
| 1996 SO | GS: Gr.1 | 2–2 | Brazil | |
| 3–2 | Germany | |||
| 4–0 | Japan | 1 / 4 | ||
| SF | 1–2 | United States | ||
| BM | 2–0 | Brazil | ||
| 1997 EC QS | GS: Gr.1 (Class A) | 17–0 4–0 | Slovakia | |
| 3–1 0–0 | Germany | |||
| 2–0 7–0 | Finland | 1 / 4 | ||
| 1997 EC | GS: Gr.2 | 5–0 | Denmark | |
| 0–0 | Germany | ||
| 0–2 | Italy | 3 / 4 | ||
| 1999 WC QS | GS: Gr.3 (Class A) | 6–1 0–0 | Netherlands | |
| 0–1 3–2 | Germany | |||
| 2–1 2–0 | England | 1 / 4 | ||
| 1999 WC | GS: Gr.3 | 2–1 |  Russia | |
| 7–1 | Canada | |||
| 4–0 | Japan | 1 / 4 | ||
| QF | 3–1 | Sweden | ||
| SF | 0–5 | China | ||
| 3P | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Brazil | ||
| 2000 SO | GS: Gr.2 | 0–2 | United States | |
| 3–1 | Nigeria | |||
| 2–1 | China | 2 / 4 | ||
| SF | 1–0 | Germany | ||
| F | 3–2 | United States | ||
| 2001 EC QS | GS: Gr.2 (Class A) | 4–0 1–0 | Switzerland | |
| 4–0 5–0 | Portugal | |||
| 3–0 8–0 | England | 1 / 4 | ||
| 2001 EC | Gr.2 | 3–0 | France | |
| 1–1 | Italy | |||
| 0–1 | Denmark | 2 / 4 | ||
| SF | 0–1 | Germany | ||
| 2003 WC QS | GS: Gr.1 (Class A) | 4–0 1–1 |  Ukraine | |
| 5–0 5–1 | Czech Republic | |||
| 3–0 3–1 | France | 1 / 4 | ||
| 2003 WC | Gr.B | 2–0 | France | |
| 1–4 | Brazil | |||
| 7–1 | South Korea | 2 / 4 | ||
| QF | 0–1 | USA | ||
| 2005 EC QS | GS: Gr.2 (Class A) | 6–0 6–1 | Belgium | |
| 2–0 2–0 | Netherlands | |||
| 1–1 1–2 | Denmark | |||
| 2–0 2–0 |  Spain | 2 / 5 | ||
| Play-offs | 7–2 2–1 | Iceland | ||
| 2005 EC | GS: Gr.2 | 0–1 | Germany | |
| 1–1 | France | |||
| 5–3 |  Italy | 2 / 4 | ||
| SF | 3–2 | Sweden | ||
| F | 1–3 | Germany | ||
| 2007 WC QS | GS: Gr.1 (Class A) | 4–1 1–1 | Ukraine | |
| 4–0 3–0 |  Serbia | |||
| 1–0 2–1 | Italy | |||
| 3–0 4–0 | Greece | 1 / 5 | ||
| 2007 WC | Gr.C | 2–1 | Canada | |
| 1–1 | Australia | |||
| 7–2 |  Ghana | 1 / 4 | ||
| QF | 1–0 | China | ||
| SF | 0–3 | Germany | ||
| 3P | 1–4 | United States | ||
| 2008 SO | Gr.3 | 2–0 | United States | |
| 1–0 | New Zealand | |||
| 1–5 | Japan | 2 / 4 | ||
| QF | 1–2 | Brazil | ||
| 2009 EC QS | GS: Gr.6 | 3–0 7–0 |  Israel | |
| 3–0 4–0 |  Austria | |||
| 3–0 0–0 | Russia | |||
| 3–0 3–0 |  Poland | 1 / 5 | ||
| 2009 EC | GS: Gr.2 | 0–4 | Germany | |
| 1–0 | Iceland | |||
| 1–1 | France | 3 / 4 | ||
| QF | 3–1 | Sweden | ||
| SF | 1–3 | Germany | ||
| 2011 WC QS | GS: Gr.2 | 3–0 2–2 | Netherlands | |
| 1–0 4–0 | Slovakia | |||
| 14–0 7–0 |  Macedonia | |||
| 5–0 3–0 |  Belarus | 1 / 5 | ||
| Play-offs | 1–0 2–0 | Ukraine | ||
| 2011 WC | GS: Gr.D | 1–0 |  Equatorial Guinea | |
| 0–3 | Brazil | |||
| 1–2 | Australia | 3 / 4 | ||
| 2013 EC QS | GS: Gr.3 | 1–3 2–1 | Iceland | |
| 6–0 5–0 | Hungary | |||
| 1–0 3–0 | Belgium | |||
| 1–3 2–0 | Northern Ireland | |||
| 3–0 11–0 |  Bulgaria | 1 / 6 | ||
| 2013 EC | GS: Gr.B | 1–1 | Iceland | |
| 1–0 | Netherlands | |||
| 1–0 | Germany | 1 / 4 | ||
| QF | 3–1 | Spain | ||
| SF | 1–1 | Denmark | ||
| F | 0–1 | Germany | ||
| 2015 WC QS | GS: Gr.5 | 4–1 2–1 | Belgium | |
| 7–0 11–0 |  Albania | |||
| 2–1 0–2 | Netherlands | |||
| 5–0 6–0 | Greece | |||
| 2–0 2–0 | Portugal | 1 / 6 | ||
| 2015 WC | GS: Gr.B | 4–0 |  Thailand | |
| 1–1 | Germany | |||
| 3–1 |  Ivory Coast | 2 / 4 | ||
| Round of 16 | 1–2 | England | ||
| 2017 EC QS | GS: Gr.8 | 1–0 2–2 | Austria | |
| 1–0 5–0 | Israel | |||
| 4–0 10–0 |  Kazakhstan | |||
| 4–0 2–0 |  Wales | 1 / 5 | ||
| 2017 EC | GS: Gr.A | 0–1 | Netherlands | |
| 0–2 | Belgium | |||
| 0–1 | Denmark | 4 / 4 |
References
^ ab Caps and goals
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^ Algarve Cup
^ Albena Cup
^ Four Nations Tournament
^ Cyprus Tournament
^ "Sør-Korea-kampen avlyst: – Vi ble enige om å stoppe kampen" [South Korea match cancelled: – We agreed to stop the match] (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 7 March 2018.
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^ Norway – Caps and Goals
^ Year-by-year results, from RSSSF
External links
- Official website
- FIFA profile
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| Preceded by 1991 United States | World Champions 1995 (first title) | Succeeded by 1999 United States |
| Preceded by 1996 United States | Olympic Champions 2000 (first title) | Succeeded by 2004 United States |
| Preceded by 1984 Sweden | European Champions 1987 (first title) | Succeeded by 1989 West Germany |
| Preceded by 1991 Germany | European Champions 1993 (second title) | Succeeded by 1995 Germany |
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