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]

References[change | change source]

  1. "1987: Norway victorious in Oslo". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  2. "1993: Azzurre left feeling blue". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  3. "FIFA Women's World Cup - Sweden 1995". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  4. "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 - Women". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  5. "Norwegian Gold". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  6. Norway – Caps and Goals

Other websites[change | change source]

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