Sweden women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blueyellow) |
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| Association | Swedish Football Association |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Pia Sundhage |
| Captain |
Caroline Seger Lotta Schelin |
| Most caps | Therese Sjögran (214) |
| Top scorer | Lotta Schelin (85) |
| Home stadium | Gamla Ullevi |
| FIFA code | SWE |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 6  2 (24 March 2017)
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| Highest | 3 (June 2007) |
| Lowest | 8 (September–December 2015, December 2016) |
| First international | |
 Sweden 0–0 Finland  (Mariehamn, Finland; 25 August 1973) |
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| Biggest win | |
Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan  (Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Norway 4–0 Sweden (Hamar, Norway; 21 January 1996) Norway 4–0 Sweden (Quarteira, Portugal; 17 March 1996)  China PR 4–0 Sweden (Guangzhou, China; 14 January 1998) Sweden 0–4 Norway (Uddevalla, Sweden; 24 July 2004) Sweden 0–4 Germany  (Parchal, Portugal; 5 March 2012)  United States 4–0 Sweden (Parchal, Portugal; 7 March 2012)  England 4–0 Sweden (Hartlepool, England; 3 August 2014)  Brazil 5–1 Sweden (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 06 August 2016) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1991) |
| Best result | Runners-up (2003) |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1984) |
| Best result | Champions (1984) |
Sweden women's national football team (Swedish: Damlandslaget) officially represents Sweden in women's association football (soccer). Sweden won the European Competition for Women's Football in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver (2003) as well as three European Championship-silvers (1987, 1995, 2001). The team has participated in six Olympic Games, seven World Cups, as well as nine European Championships. Sweden won the bronze medal at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The 2003 World Cup-final was the second most watched event in Sweden that year. Lotta Schelin is the top goalscorer in the history of Sweden with 85 goals. Schelin surpassed Hanna Ljungberg's 72-goal record against Germany on 29 October 2014. The player with the most caps is Therese Sjögran, with 214. The team was coached by Thomas Dennerby from 2005 to 2012, and the current trainer is Pia Sundhage, who joined in September '12 after most recently winning the Olympic gold medal in London with the United States. Sundhage's contract goes into effect in December 2012.
After winning the two qualifying matches against Denmark for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the Swedish Olympic Committee approved of record increases in investments for the women's team. The new budget granted over a million SEK (about US$150,000) for the team and 150,000 SEK (about US$25,000) per player for developing physical fitness. The new grants are almost a 100% increase of the 2005 and 2006 season funds.
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