Norway women's national football team
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The Norway women's national football team represents Norway on the women's side in association football. Norway won the 1987 and 1993 UEFA Women's Championships.[1][2] They won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1995.[3] They won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
Player records[change | change source]
- As of 10 March 2020[6]
Most caps[change | change source]
# | 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 | Maren Mjelde | 2007– | 149 |
8 | Ingvild Stensland | 2003–2016 | 144 |
9 | Ingrid Hjelmseth | 2003–2019 | 138 |
10 | Unni Lehn | 1996–2007 | 133 |
Isabell Herlovsen | 2005– | 133 |
Most goals[change | change source]
# | Player | Norway career | Goals | Caps | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Isabell Herlovsen | 2005– | 67 | 133 | 0.5 |
2 | Marianne Pettersen | 1994–2003 | 66 | 98 | 0.67 |
3 | Linda Medalen | 1987–1999 | 64 | 152 | 0.42 |
4 | Ann Kristin Aarønes | 1990–1999 | 60 | 111 | 0.54 |
5 | Hege Riise | 1990–2004 | 58 | 188 | 0.31 |
6 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | 1998–2015 | 55 | 184 | 0.3 |
7 | Dagny Mellgren | 1999–2005 | 49 | 95 | 0.52 |
8 | Ada Hegerberg | 2011–2017 | 38 | 66 | 0.58 |
Caroline Graham Hansen | 2011– | 38 | 84 | 0.45 | |
10 | Ragnhild Gulbrandsen | 1997–2007 | 30 | 80 | 0.38 |
Competitive record[change | change source]
The Norwegian team has been one of the most successful women's football teams in the world. They have won 1 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2 UEFA Women's Championships.
FIFA World Cup[change | change source]
UEFA European Championship[change | change source]
- Champions : 2 (1987, 1993)
- Runners-Up : 4 (1989, 1991, 2005, 2013)
- Semi-finals : 3 (1995, 2001, 2009)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "1987: Norway victorious in Oslo". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ↑ "1993: Azzurre left feeling blue". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup - Sweden 1995". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 - Women". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ↑ "Norwegian Gold". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ↑ Norway – Caps and Goals
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Norway women's national association football team at Wikimedia Commons
- Norway women's national team Archived 2009-06-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- Norway women's national team (in Norwegian)