Norway women's national football team

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Norway
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Association Football Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Gemma Grainger
Captain Maren Mjelde
Most caps Hege Riise (188) [1]
Top scorer Isabell Herlovsen (67)
FIFA code NOR
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FIFA ranking
Current 16 Decrease2.svg 3 (15 December 2023) [2]
Highest2 (July – August 2003)
Lowest16 (December 2023)
First international
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–1 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
(Kolding, Denmark; 7 July 1978)
Biggest win
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 17–0 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg
(Ulefoss, Norway; 19 September 1995)
Biggest defeat
Flag of England.svg  England 8–0 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
(Falmer, England; 11 July 2022)
World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1991 )
Best resultChampions (1995)
European Championship
Appearances12 (first in 1987 )
Best resultChampions (1987, 1993)

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.

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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 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 at the time (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 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, 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 US, 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 US 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 US, 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 US, but Norway equaled the score by Gro Espeseth and stayed 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 had 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 US 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 she had no future in the national team under him, at 1 a.m. 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 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.

Landsem

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 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 16 December 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 three group games without scoring a goal. [9]

On 9 September 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 7 October 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 4 September 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]

Euro 2022

In their Euro 2022 group stage match against England, the host country of the competition and eventual champions, on 11 July 2022, the team suffered their biggest defeat, losing 8–0. [13] Norway was eliminated after the first round, as in 2017, after losing the final Group A match against Austria (0–1), [14] having won only one match, in the opening match against Northern Ireland (4–1).

All-time record

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Void or Postponed  Fixture

2023

6 April Friendly Spain  Flag of Spain.svg4–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Ibiza
18:00
Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Can Misses
Attendance: 2,336
Referee: Ivana Projkovsk (North Macedonia)
11 April Friendly Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Gothenburg, Sweden
Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
16 AprilUnofficial Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Māngere, New Zealand
Stadium: Centre Park
20 July FIFA WC Group New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Auckland, New Zealand
19:00  UTC+12 Wilkinson Soccerball shade.svg49' Report Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 42,137
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
25 July FIFA WC Group Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Hamilton, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Waikato Stadium
Attendance: 10,769
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
30 July FIFA WC Group Norway  Flag of Norway.svg6–0Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Auckland, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 34,697
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
5 August FIFA WC R16 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Wellington, New Zealand
Report Reiten Soccerball shade.svg20'Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium
Attendance: 33,042
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
22 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Oslo
19:00
Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion*
Attendance: 7,011
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
27 October 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–2Flag of France.svg  France Oslo
18:00 (19:00 WEST)
Report
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 9,062
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
1 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Norway  Flag of Norway.svg4–0Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Oslo
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 2,383
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Sankt Pölten
Stadium: NV Arena
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

2024

27 February 2023–24 UEFA Nations League play-offs Norway  Flag of Norway.svg5–0
(8–0 agg.)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Stavanger
Stadium: Viking Stadion
Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)
Note: Norway won 8–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

PositionNameRef.
Head coach Gemma Grainger
Assistant coach Ingvild Stensland
Lee Skyrme
Goalkeeping coach Jon Knudsen

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-off matches against Croatia on 23 and 27 February 2024 respectively. [16]

Caps and goals are correct as of 23 February 2024, after the match against Croatia.

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Cecilie Fiskerstrand (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 27)450 Flag of Norway.svg LSK Kvinner
121 GK Guro Pettersen (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 32)70 Flag of Germany.svg Werder Bremen
231 GK Aurora Mikalsen (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 (age 27)200 Flag of Norway.svg Brann

22 DF Marit Bratberg Lund (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 26)131 Flag of Norway.svg Brann
32 DF Maria Thorisdottir (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 30)683 Flag of England.svg Brighton & Hove Albion
42 DF Tuva Hansen (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 26)381 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
52 DF Guro Bergsvand (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 29)274 Flag of England.svg Brighton & Hove Albion
62 DF Maren Mjelde (captain) (1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 34)17620 Flag of England.svg Chelsea
132 DF Thea Bjelde (2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 23)180 Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga
162 DF Mathilde Harviken (2001-12-29) 29 December 2001 (age 22)190 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg

73 MF Ingrid Syrstad Engen (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 25)716 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
83 MF Vilde Bøe Risa (1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 28)712 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid
113 MF Guro Reiten (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 (age 29)8819 Flag of England.svg Chelsea
153 MF Justine Kielland (2002-11-22) 22 November 2002 (age 21)10 Flag of Norway.svg Brann
183 MF Frida Maanum (1999-07-16) 16 July 1999 (age 24)7714 Flag of England.svg Arsenal
193 MF Elisabeth Terland (2001-06-28) 28 June 2001 (age 22)298 Flag of England.svg Brighton & Hove Albion
203 MF Signe Gaupset (2005-06-18) 18 June 2005 (age 18)10 Flag of Norway.svg Brann
213 MF Lisa Naalsund (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 28)160 Flag of England.svg Manchester United

94 FW Karina Sævik (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 27)488 Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga
104 FW Caroline Graham Hansen (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 29)10646 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
144 FW Ada Hegerberg (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 28)8147 Flag of France.svg Lyon
174 FW Celin Bizet Ildhusøy (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 22)176 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
224 FW Sophie Román Haug (1999-06-04) 4 June 1999 (age 24)1811 Flag of England.svg Liverpool

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up
GK Sunniva Skoglund (2002-05-22) 22 May 2002 (age 21)20 Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk v. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden, 11 April 2023

DF Marthine Østenstad (2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 (age 22)10 Flag of Norway.svg Brann v. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, 5 December 2023
DF Anja Sønstevold (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 31)311 Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan v. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal, 26 September 2023
DF Sara Hørte (2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 (age 23)51 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

MF Cesilie Andreassen (1996-10-13) 13 October 1996 (age 27)31 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg v. Flag of France.svg  France, 31 October 2023

FW Cathinka Tandberg (2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 19)10 Flag of Sweden.svg Linköping v. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, 5 December 2023
FW Mimmi Löfwenius (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30)20 Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga v. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal, 1 December 2023 INJ
FW Amalie Eikeland (1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 28)473 Flag of Norway.svg Brann v. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal, 26 September 2023
FW Julie Blakstad (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 22)303 Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby v. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal, 26 September 2023
FW Emilie Nautnes (1999-01-13) 13 January 1999 (age 25)91 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg v. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal, 26 September 2023
FW Emilie Haavi (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992 (age 31)10116 Flag of Italy.svg Roma 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
FW Anna Jøsendal (2001-04-29) 29 April 2001 (age 22)90 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

WIT Withdrew from the squad
INJ Injured
ST Named to the standby list

Previous squads

Records

As of 27 February 2024, after the match against Croatia. [1]
Players in bold are still active with Norway.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification record
YearResultMatchWinDraw*LossGFGAMatchWinDraw*LossGFGA
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1991 Runners-up 64021410 UEFA Women's Euro 1991
Flag of Sweden.svg 1995 Champions 6600231 UEFA Women's Euro 1995
Flag of the United States.svg 1999 Fourth place64111686411135
Flag of the United States.svg 2003 Quarter-finals42021066510213
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2007 Fourth place631212118710223
Flag of Germany.svg 2011 Group stage31022510910422
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015 Round of 1642119410901415
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 2019 Quarter-finals5212778701224
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 2023 Round of 1641127410910472
2027 To be determinedTo be determined
Total9/1044255141005658505320824
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Match history

FIFA Women's World Cup history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1991 Group stage16 NovemberFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China L 0–4 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
19 NovemberFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand W 4–0 Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
21 NovemberFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark W 2–1 Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
Quarter-finals24 NovemberFlag of Italy.svg  Italy W 3–2 Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
Semi-finals27 NovemberFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden W 4–1 Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
Final 30 NovemberFlag of the United States.svg  United States L 1–2 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Flag of Sweden.svg 1995 Group stage6 JuneFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria W 8–0 Tingvallen, Karlstad
8 JuneFlag of England.svg  England W 2–0
10 JuneFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada W 7–0 Strömvallen, Gävle
Quarter-finals13 JuneFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark W 3–1 Tingvallen, Karlstad
Semi-finals15 JuneFlag of the United States.svg  United States W 1–0 Arosvallen, Västerås
Final 18 JuneFlag of Germany.svg  Germany W 2–0 Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Flag of the United States.svg 1999 Group stage20 JuneFlag of Russia.svg  Russia W 2–1 Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
23 JuneFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada W 7–1 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
26 JuneFlag of Japan.svg  Japan W 4–0 Soldier Field, Chicago
Quarter-finals30 JuneFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden W 3–1 Spartan Stadium, San Jose
Semi-finals4 JulyFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China L 0–5 Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Third place play-off10 JulyFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil D 0–0 (4–5 pen) Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Flag of the United States.svg 2003 Group stage20 SeptemberFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France W 2–0 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
24 SeptemberFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil L 1–4 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
27 SeptemberFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea W 7–1 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
Quarter-finals1 OctoberFlag of the United States.svg  United States L 0–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2007 Group stage12 SeptemberFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada W 2–1 Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou
15 SeptemberFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia D 1–1
20 SeptemberFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana W 7–2
Quarter-finals23 SeptemberFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China W 1–0 Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
Semi-finals26 SeptemberFlag of Germany.svg  Germany L 0–3 Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
Third place play-off30 SeptemberFlag of the United States.svg  United States L 1–4 Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Flag of Germany.svg 2011 Group stage29 JuneFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea W 1–0 Impuls Arena, Augsburg
3 JulyFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil L 0–3 Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg
6 JulyFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia L 1–2 BayArena, Leverkusen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015 Group stage7 JuneFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand W 4–0 TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
11 JuneFlag of Germany.svg  Germany D 1–1
15 JuneFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast W 3–1 Moncton Stadium, Moncton
Round of 1622 JuneFlag of England.svg  England L 1–2 TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 2019 Group stage8 JuneFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria W 3–0 Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
12 JuneFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France L 1–2 Allianz Riviera, Nice
17 JuneFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea W 2–1 Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
Round of 1622 JuneFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia D 1–1 (4–1 pen) Allianz Riviera, Nice
Quarter-finals27 JuneFlag of England.svg  England L 0–3 Stade Océane, Le Havre
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 2023 Group stage20 JulyFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand L 0–1 Eden Park, Auckland
25 JulyFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland D 0–0 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
30 JulyFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines W 6–0 Eden Park, Auckland
Round of 165 AugustFlag of Japan.svg  Japan L 1–3 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
YearResultMatchWinDraw*LossGFGA
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Third place5311126
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Champions540196
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Did not qualify
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Quarterfinal420257
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 Did not qualify
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016
Flag of Japan.svg 2020
Flag of France.svg 2024
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 To be determined
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032
Total3/7149142619
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship recordQualifying record
YearResultPldWD*LGFGAPldWD*LGFGA
1984 Did not qualify6312106
Flag of Norway.svg 1987 Champions2200416330126
Flag of Germany.svg 1989 Runners-up21013584131511
Flag of Denmark.svg 1991 Runners-up2011138710161
Flag of Italy.svg 1993 Champions2200206510300
Flag of England.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Sweden.svg 1995 Semifinals2101578710406
Flag of Norway.svg 1997 Group stage3111526510331
Flag of Germany.svg 2001 Semifinals4112436600250
Flag of England.svg 2005 Runners-up5212101010811317
Flag of Finland.svg 2009 Semifinals5212698710260
Flag of Sweden.svg 2013 Runners-up63217410802359
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2017 Group stage3003048710292
Flag of England.svg 2022 Group stage31024106600341
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2025 To be determinedTo be determined
Total12/1439167165158967612833650
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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.

Algarve Cup record
YearResult
Flag of Portugal.svg 1994Champions
Flag of Portugal.svg 1995Third place
Flag of Portugal.svg 1996Champions
Flag of Portugal.svg 1997Champions
Flag of Portugal.svg 1998Champions
Flag of Portugal.svg 1999Third place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2000Runner-up
Flag of Portugal.svg 2001Fifth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2002Runner-up
Flag of Portugal.svg 2003Third place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2004Runner-up
Flag of Portugal.svg 2005Fifth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2006Fifth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2007Fifth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2008Third place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2009Ninth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2010Sixth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2011Fifth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2012Seventh place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2013Third place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2014Tenth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2015Fifth place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2016
Flag of Portugal.svg 2017Eleventh place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2018Seventh place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2019Champions
Flag of Portugal.svg 2020Third place
Flag of Portugal.svg 2022Third place

Invitational trophies

See also

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Notes

    Sporting positions
    Preceded by World Champions
    1995 (first title)
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Olympic Champions
    2000 (first title)
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by European Champions
    1987 (first title)
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by European Champions
    1993 (second title)
    Succeeded by