Sweden women's national football team won the unofficial European Championships in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver (2003) as well as three European Cup-silvers (1987, 1995, 2001). The team has participated in three Olympic Games, four World Cups, as well as seven European Cups.

The 2003 World Cup-final was the second most watched event in Sweden that year.

The top goal scorer in team history is Hanna Ljungberg with 72 goals. The player with the most caps is Victoria Svensson, with 158. Since 2005, the team has been coached by Thomas Dennerby.

After winning the 2 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 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 a unoffical world championship for women where held, Sweden also ended 3rd in the unoffical 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
Total	5/5	-	22	13	1	9	44	28

European Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1984	Champion	4	3	0	1	6	4
1987	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	4	4
1989	Third Place	2	1	0	1	3	3
1991	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Quarter finals	1	0	0	1	2	3
1995	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	12	10
1997	Semifinals	4	3	0	1	6	2
2001	Runners-up	5	3	0	2	7	4
2005	Semifinals	4	1	2	1	4	4
2009	Quarter finals	4	2	1	1	7	4
Total	9/10	29	16	3	10	51	38

Olympic Games

• 1996 - 1st round
• 2000 - Quarter finals
• 2004 - 4th place
• 2008 - Quarter finals

*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.

Squad

Current squad

Squad called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland

Recent callups

Coaches

• 1973 : Christer Molander
• 1974-76 : Hasse Karlsson
• 1977-78 : Tord Grip
• 1979 : Ulf Bergquist
• 1980-87 : Ulf Lyfors
• 1988-91 : Gunilla Paijkull
• 1992-96 : Bengt Simonsson
• 1996-2005 : Marika Domanski-Lyfors
• 2005- : Thomas Dennerby

References

External links

• National Team Homepage