Women's football in Sweden

For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in Sweden.


Women's football in Sweden
Country Sweden
Governing body SvFF
National team(s) Sweden women's national team
National competitions
International competitions
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][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. [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

National team

The best performance is silver medalist in the Olympics and the world cup. They also won a European Championship in 1984.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Swedish league soccer stars work overtime". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  2. ↑ Thomsen, Ian (1996-12-14). "Women's Soccer - For Swedish Star, the Joy Might Soon Be Gone". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  3. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Why women's football is big in Sweden - Radio Sweden". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Hjelm, Jonny (1 March 2011). "The bad female football player: women's football in Sweden". Soccer & Society. 12 (2): 143–158. doi:10.1080/14660970.2011.548352. Retrieved 13 July 2017 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
  5. ↑ "At the top of women's soccer". Sweden. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  6. ↑ "Swedish league soccer stars work overtime". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Tony Leighton. "Seven deadly sins of football: England's shoot-out jinx begins - England, 1984 | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
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