Women's football in Sweden

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

Women's football in Sweden
The Swedes before the semi-final against Germany at Euro 2013
Country	Sweden
Governing body	SvFF
National team(s)	Sweden women's national team
National competitions
Damallsvenskan Elitettan Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6
Club competitions
Svenska Cupen Damer
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]

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.

Main article: Swedish football league system

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

National team

Main article: Sweden women's national football team

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

• Football in Sweden

References

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2. Radio, Sveriges. "Why women's football is big in Sweden - Radio Sweden". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
3. 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.
4. "Damfotbollen står stark – men mycket finns att göra - Stockholm". www.stff.se.
5. "At the top of women's soccer". Sweden. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
6. "Swedish league soccer stars work overtime". ESPN. 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.
8. Åberg, Joel; Sundberg, Andréas (7 June 2019). "Women's World Cup 2019 team guide No 24: Sweden". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
9. Schreiber, Jay (August 19, 2016). "Germany Defeats Sweden to Win First Soccer Gold" – via NYTimes.com.
10. "Canada win Olympic title after Julia Grosso sinks Sweden in shootout". the Guardian. August 6, 2021.
11. "Germany win by a head". UEFA.com. October 13, 2003.