Women's football in Sweden explained

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Women's football in Sweden
Union:SvFF
Country:Sweden
Sport:associataion football
Nationalteam:Sweden women's national team
National List:Damallsvenskan
Elitettan
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4
Division 5
Division 6
Club List:Svenska Cupen Damer
Intl List:Champions League
FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team)
European Championship (National Team)
Olympics (National Team)

Women's football in Sweden is one of the traditional powers of women's football.[1] [2] [3]

History

The earliest recorded occurrence of women's football in Sweden was in 1919.[4]

National competition

Damallsvenskan is the national competition for women footballers in Sweden, a division consisting of 12 teams, who assigns the national champion of Sweden. Damallsvenskan is the first ever professional league for women's football in the world.[5] [6] From Damallsvenskan the lower division is Elitettan the teams ranked at the last two places in the final standings. The second division is represented by the Ellitettan division, created in 2013 and consisting of 14 teams. The first two classifieds of the Elettettan are promoted to Damallsvenskan, while the last three are relegated to Division 1. The third division is represented by Division 1, consisting of teams of 12 teams each, for a total of 72 teams on a geographic basis. The winning teams of the six groups are facing to define the three teams promoted in Eloitan, according to the following scheme: 1st ranked Norra Svealand vs. 1st ranked Norrland; 1st place Norra Götaland vs. 1st place classified Södra Svealand; 1st place Södra Götaland against 1st place classified Mellersta Götaland.

See main article: Swedish football league system.

LevelLeague(s)/Division(s)
1Damallsvenskan
12 clubs
2Elitettan
12 clubs
3 - 8Swedish Women's Football Division 1-6
several divisions

National team

See main article: Sweden women's national football team.

See main article: Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The best performance is winning the European Championship in 1984.[7] [8] They won silver in the 2016 Olympics and the 2003 World Cup.[9] [10] [11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomsen . Ian . Women's Soccer - For Swedish Star, the Joy Might Soon Be Gone . NYTimes.com . 1996-12-14 . 2012-08-05.
  2. Web site: Why women's football is big in Sweden - Radio Sweden. Sveriges. Radio. 13 July 2017.
  3. The bad female football player: women's football in Sweden. Jonny. Hjelm. 1 March 2011. Soccer & Society. 12. 2. 143–158. 10.1080/14660970.2011.548352.
  4. Web site: Damfotbollen står stark – men mycket finns att göra - Stockholm. www.stff.se.
  5. News: At the top of women's soccer. Sweden. https://web.archive.org/web/20090403165801/https://sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Sport-leisure/Reading/Swedish-soccer-magnet-for-women . 2009-04-03 . 2012-08-05.
  6. Web site: Swedish league soccer stars work overtime. ESPN. 13 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Tony Leighton . Seven deadly sins of football: England's shoot-out jinx begins - England, 1984 | Football . 2013-02-21 . The Guardian.
  8. Web site: Åberg . Joel . Sundberg . Andréas . 7 June 2019 . Women's World Cup 2019 team guide No 24: Sweden . 7 June 2019 . Theguardian.com.
  9. Web site: Germany Defeats Sweden to Win First Soccer Gold. Jay. Schreiber. August 19, 2016. NYTimes.com.
  10. Web site: Canada win Olympic title after Julia Grosso sinks Sweden in shootout. August 6, 2021. the Guardian.
  11. Web site: Germany win by a head. October 13, 2003. UEFA.com.

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