Norway women's national football team

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Norway

Nickname

Gresshoppene (1995)

Association

Norwegian Football Association
(Norges Fotballforbund)

Coach

Bjarne Berntsen, 2005-

Most caps

Hege Riise (188)

Top scorer

Marianne Pettersen (66)

FIFA rank





Home kit





Away kit

First International
Sweden 2 - 1 Norway
Kolding, Denmark; July 7, 1978

Largest win
Norway 17 - 0 Slovakia
Ulefoss, Norway; September 19, 1995

Worst defeat
Sweden 5 - 0 Norway
Norrköping, Sweden; 22 August 1985
China 5 - 0 Norway
Foxboro, MA, United States; 4 July 1999

World Cup

Appearances

5 (First in 1991)

Best result

Champions, 1995

Olympic Games

Appearances

2 (First in 1996)

Best result

Champions, 2000

UEFA Women's Championship

Appearances

9 (First in 1979)

Best result

Champions 1993

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Women's Football
Olympic medal record
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Team

The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Norwegian Football Association, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. New players are recruited from around the globe, and heavily from Toppserien, the top women's football league in Norway.

1 Honours
- 1.1 Performance in the World Cup
- 1.2 Performance in European Championship
2 Coaches
3 Current Squad
4 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] Performance in the World Cup

1991 : Runners up
1995 : Champions
1999 : 4th place
2003 : Quarter finals
2007 : 4th place

[edit] Performance in European Championship

1979 : 1st round (non-official competition)
1984 : preliminary round
1987 : Champions
1989 : Runners up
1991 : Runners up
1993 : Champions
1995 : Semi-finals
1997 : Quarter finals
2001 : Semi-finals
2005 : Runners up

[edit] Coaches

1978-1982: Per Pettersen
1987-1989: Erling Hokstad/Dag Steinar Vestlund
1983-1989: Erling Hokstad
1989-1996: Even Pellerud
1996-2000: Per-Mathias Høgmo
2000-2004: Åge Steen
2005 to present: Bjarne Berntsen

[edit] Current Squad

(as of 2007)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Bente Nordby	July 23, 1974 (1974-07-23) (age 33)	171	0	Djurgårdens IF Dam
2	DF	Ane Stangeland Horpestad	June 2, 1980 (1980-06-02) (age 28)	80	2	Klepp
3	DF	Gunhild Følstad	November 3, 1981 (1981-11-03) (age 26)	50	1	Trondheims-Ørn SK
4	MF	Ingvild Stensland	August 3, 1981 (1981-08-03) (age 26)	49	1	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
5	DF	Siri Nordby	August 4, 1978 (1978-08-04) (age 29)	24	0	Røa IL
6	DF	Camilla Huse	August 31, 1979 (1979-08-31) (age 28)	18	0	Kolbotn IL
7	DF	Trine Rønning	June 14, 1982 (1982-06-14) (age 25)	75	15	Kolbotn IL
8	MF	Solveig Gulbrandsen	January 12, 1981 (1981-01-12) (age 27)	104	33	Kolbotn IL
9	FW	Isabell Herlovsen	June 23, 1988 (1988-06-23) (age 19)	24	2	Kolbotn IL
10	FW	Melissa Wiik	February 7, 1985 (1985-02-07) (age 23)	17	6	Asker SK
11	FW	Leni Larsen Kaurin	March 21, 1981 (1981-03-21) (age 27)	26	0	Asker SK
12	GK	Erika Skarbø	June 12, 1987 (1987-06-12) (age 20)	0	0	Arna-Bjørnar
13	GK	Christine Colombo Nilsen	April 30, 1982 (1982-04-30) (age 26)	2	0	Kolbotn IL
14	FW	Guro Knutsen	January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) (age 23)	2	1	Røa IL
15	MF	Madeleine Giske	September 14, 1987 (1987-09-14) (age 20)	6	1	Arna-Bjørnar
16	FW	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen	February 22, 1977 (1977-02-22) (age 31)	73	23	Asker SK
17	FW	Lene Mykjåland	February 20, 1987 (1987-02-20) (age 21)	7	0	Røa IL
18	MF	Marie Knutsen	August 31, 1982 (1982-08-31) (age 25)	29	4	Røa IL
19	DF	Marit Fiane Christensen	December 11, 1980 (1980-12-11) (age 27)	46	6	Røa IL
20	FW	Lise Klaveness	April 19, 1981 (1981-04-19) (age 27)	47	5	Umeå IK
21	MF	Lene Storløkken	June 20, 1981 (1981-06-20) (age 26)	14	1	Team Strømmen FK