Norway women's national football team
women's national association football team representing Norway
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- As of 10 March 2020[6]
Most caps
change# | 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# | 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
changeThe 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
changeUEFA European Championship
changeReferences
change- ↑ "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
changeMedia 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 Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)