Norway women's national football team

The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Norway
Nickname(s)Gresshoppene (The Grasshoppers)
AssociationFootball Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMartin Sjögren
CaptainMaren Mjelde
Most capsHege Riise (188)[1]
Top scorerIsabell Herlovsen (67)
FIFA codeNOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 12 (26 June 2020)[2]
Highest2 (July 2003)
Lowest14 (June 2018)
First international
 Sweden 2–1 Norway 
(Kolding, Denmark; 7 July 1978)
Biggest win
 Norway 17–0 Slovakia 
(Ulefoss, Norway; 19 September 1995)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 5–0 Norway 
(Norrköping, Sweden; 22 August 1985)
 China PR 5–0 Norway 
(Foxboro, United States; 4 July 1999)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1991)
Best resultChampions (1995)
European Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1987)
Best resultChampions (1987, 1993)

History

Norway women's national football team emerged in 1978 for the Nordic Championship tournament, which was relatively early for Western Europe, but late for the Nordic countries, beating only Iceland. Having little culture for official clubs and a series system, Norway had a lot to do to catch up to especially Sweden and Denmark. Their early history therefore consisted of losing to their neighbours and eventually beating Northern Ireland for their first ever win.

A power to be reckoned with

Eventually, Norway marked themselves as one of the better countries in Europe, if inferior to their Nordic neighbours.[3] They beat England, France and Switzerland. In the first qualification for the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams (later renamed UEFA Women's Championship), Norway played opposite Sweden, Finland and Iceland. Norway lost both matches against Sweden, but beat Finland over both matches. A surprising home draw against Iceland mattered little, Norway took the second spot in a qualification where only the best teams qualified. Sweden later won the Euros.

The start of the golden years

Norway seemed to have problems with Sweden, and they lost 0–5, their biggest loss to date (if repeated later) shortly afterwards. Compared to other teams, however, Norway improved, and they beat Denmark and West Germany in the qualification for the 1987 Euros. The Euros, consisting as the men's Euros had been until 1980 of two semi finals and a final played in one of the countries qualified for it. In this case, Norway was the host for the four matches. Norway beat Italy in the semifinals and met Sweden in the finals. The finals was the first time Norway beat Sweden in a match, as Norway won 2–1. This made the national football team the first Norwegian sports team ever to have won anything, eleven years ahead of the Norway women's national handball team.

Norway continued to win the next year as they beat Sweden again in a final in an invitational and unofficial world cup in China. In the 1989 Euros Norway made the finals against West Germany, but this time lost 1–4. After that loss the coaches resigned, leaving the helm to Even Pellerud. Pellerud saw Norway progress to the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. Before the first official world cup, Norway made it to the fourth (and Norway's third in a row) final of the Euros, where Norway again met Germany. Germany won in extra time. In the World cup Norway made it to the semifinals, where they lost to the USA.

Following that, Pellerud led the team to the 1993 Euros. Norway beat Denmark in the semifinals and Italy in the finals, winning their second Euros. Norway followed up with winning the 1994 Algarve Cup, the first ever to be arranged. The focus the next year was the World Cup and its antecedent Euros, which also functioned as a qualifier for the World Cup. Norway met Italy already in the quarter finals, and won it. Sweden managed to come back and thrash Norway in the second semifinal in Sweden, winning 5–7 after two matches. Norway was still qualified for the World Cup.

World Champions and beyond

The 1995 World cup in Sweden is part of Norwegian sports heritage. Norway won all their matches in the group stage, and continued to meet an unconvincing Denmark in the quarter finals. Norway was up 3–0 with five minutes to go, and while conceding a goal a minute later, Norway was never threatened. The next encounter for Norway was the US, and in a close match, USA could never respond to an early goal by Ann Kristin Aarønes, and the USA lost their first official international tournament. Norway met Germany in the finals. Having lost two Euro finals, Norway were not among the favourites, but they defeated Germany by two goals scored within the space of four minutes, becoming world champions. Pellerud resigned shortly afterwards.[4]

From the first women's football in the Olympic Games, it was considered equal with the world cup in rank. Norway qualified as a matter of course because of their win in the World Cup. Norway drew with Brazil, and beat Germany and Japan, proceeding to the semi finals. There they lost to the US after extra time, but won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil.

The 1997 Euros turned out to be a big disappointment for the ruling world champions at home, and Norway only made it to the semi finals. This was the last time the two-year gap was used, making it easier to focus on the two competitions separately. Norway eased through to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they beat all their opposition in the group stage. They met Sweden in the quarter finals, proving that now Norway had the upper hand by beating them 3–1. Surprisingly, Norway lost heavily to China, who won 5–0, thus equaling the embarrassment Sweden defeated Norway some 13 years earlier. In the bronze final, Norway lost to Brazil on penalties in front of a record 90,185 spectators.

Norway was not among the biggest favourites to win the Sydney Olympics. They started off losing to the US, but picked up nicely by beating Nigeria and China, the latter by one goal. In the semi finals Norway beat Germany with a lucky own goal by Tina Wunderlich after Germany pressed the Norwegians for the better part of the match. The final saw Norway against heavy favourites USA in an even match. Tiffeny Milbrett took the lead for the US, but Norway equaled the score by Gro Espeseth and stayed in the game with a good keeper in Bente Nordby. Norway took the lead in the match via a header by Ragnhild Gulbrandsen, but Milbrett scored in stoppage time to prolong the match to extra time with golden goal. Norway scored the winner in what seemed like a handball.[5] The coach Per-Mathias Høgmo quit after achieving this feat.

Decline

Åge Steen took over as coach, but under his tutelage, things went from top to mediocre. In the 2001 Euros Norway's play was lackluster, and while making it to the semi finals thanks to the French national team, Norway lost clearly to Germany. In the 2003 World Cup Norway disappointed with a fumbling 1–4 to Brazil in the group stage before losing to USA in the quarter finals. As Greece was arranging the 2004 Summer Olympics, there were only two additional spots for European teams, and Sweden and Germany, who had both proceeded to the finals, took them. Steen continued for another year, as stipulated by his contract, but was replaced in late 2004.

Brief recovery

Under the new coach, Bjarne Berntsen, Norway took things up a notch by reaching the final of the 2005 Euros with a classic 3–2 win over Sweden in extra time in the semifinal. Again Germany defeated Norway to win the championship. Norway continued to achieve reasonable results except in the Algarve Cup where the results started to slip.

Despite this Norway qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. They drew with Australia and narrowly beat Canada, and then a 7–2 win over Ghana took them to the top of their group. Norway then progressed further by beating China 1–0, but lost 0–3 to Germany in the semifinal. In the bronze final Norway lost 1–4 to the US to finish in fourth place in the World Cup, which qualified them to enter the Beijing Olympics. Norway's top scorer Ragnhild Gulbrandsen was awarded the Bronze Boot behind Marta of Brazil and Abby Wambach of the United States.

From there Berntsen's fortunes began to wane. First he was criticized for telling Lise Klaveness she had no future in the national team under him, at 1 a.m. at Oslo airport as they were arriving back from China, a gross error that he later admitted. Then in the 2008 Olympics Norway first impressively beat USA, then lost to Japan 1–5 and went out in the quarter finals against Brazil. In October 2008, five players refused to play in the National Team, making comments that implied playing under Berntsen was too much of a burden, which led to a media outcry. With a reduced team, and also after some less controversial resignations, Norway produced a relatively good result at the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship by beating Sweden 3–1 in the quarter-finals, even with an embarrassing 0–4 against Germany and a modest 1–0 against Iceland and 1–1 against France. After the championship, Berntsen's contract ended.

Recent years

Eli Landsem, the first woman coach and the first coach with experience of coaching women's football, took over at the end of 2009. Under her some of the players who had previously elected not to play returned. Landsem produced acceptable results and the team qualified to play in the 2011 FIFA World Cup after winning all but one of the matches in their qualification group. However Norway failed to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in its history after losing to Brazil (0–3) and Australia (1–2).[6] As a result, they also failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The next task was qualification to the 2013 European Cup competition, with Norway in Group 3 with Iceland, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Hungary and Bulgaria. The campaign began badly with 3–1 losses to Iceland and 64th-ranked Northern Ireland, but in 2012 the position was recovered with wins in the last six matches, and Norway finished top of Group 3 with eight wins from ten matches.[7] They later went on to finish as runners-up in the finals in Sweden.

Struggle

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Norway was drawn into a group with Germany, Thailand and the Ivory Coast. Norway performed well in the group stage, as the team beat Thailand 4–0 and the Ivory Coast 3–1. They drew 1–1 against former champions Germany. Norway would lose 2–1 in the round of sixteen to England. England went on to win the bronze medal.

2016–present

On 16 December 2016 Martin Sjögren was introduced as the new coach of Norway. He had previous coaching experience in the Damallsvenskan with Linköpings and LdB FC Malmö.[8]

Norway qualified for Euro 2017 without losing a game. They were drawn into Group A alongside the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. Norway was the highest ranked team in Group A, and were predicted by many to win the group. They ended up being one of the biggest disappointments of the tournament as they lost all three group games without scoring a goal.[9]

On 9 September 2017 Norway striker and 2016 UEFA Women's Player of the Year Ada Hegerberg announced she was taking a break from international duty, and was unsure when or if she would return.[10]

On 7 October 2017 the Norway Football Association announced that Norway's male and female players would receive equal financial compensation, with the men making a contribution to the women's team. This equalled nearly a fifty percent increase in compensation for the women.[11]

On 4 September 2018 Norway defeated the Netherlands 2–1 in their final group game of UEFA World Cup Qualifying. As a result, Norway won qualifying Group 3 and secured an automatic berth in the 2019 World Cup, while the Netherlands who won Euro 2017 were forced to go to the play-off.[12]

Coaches

Team

Current squad

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2020 Algarve Cup.[13][14]

Caps and goals as of 9 November 2019 after match against  Northern Ireland.

Head coach: Martin Sjögren

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Cecilie Fiskerstrand (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 29 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
12 1GK Oda Bogstad (1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 0 0 Arna-Bjørnar
23 1GK Aurora Mikalsen (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 0 0 Manchester United
2 2DF Ingrid Moe Wold (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 73 3 Everton
3 2DF Maria Thorisdottir (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 44 2 Chelsea
4 2DF Stine Reinås (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 8 1 Stabæk
6 2DF Maren Mjelde(captain) (1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 148 19 Chelsea
9 2DF Anja Sønstevold (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 17 0 LSK Kvinner
20 2DF Emilie Woldvik (1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 1 0 LSK Kvinner
8 3MF Vilde Bøe Risa (1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 31 2 Göteborg
13 3MF Tuva Hansen (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 3 0 Klepp
14 3MF Ingrid Syrstad Engen (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 29 5 VfL Wolfsburg
16 3MF Guro Reiten (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 50 9 Chelsea
17 3MF Kristine Minde (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 107 9 VfL Wolfsburg
18 3MF Frida Maanum (1999-07-16) 16 July 1999 32 2 Linköping
21 3MF Karina Sævik (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 16 2 Paris Saint-Germain
22 3MF Rikke Bogetveit Nygard (2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 2 0 Arna-Bjørnar
5 4FW Therese Åsland (1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 6 1 Kristianstad
7 4FW Elise Thorsnes (1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 124 21 Avaldsnes
10 4FW Caroline Graham Hansen (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 84 38 Barcelona
11 4FW Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 53 19 Rosenborg
15 4FW Amalie Eikeland (1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 14 3 Reading
19 4FW Synne Jensen (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 24 4 Vålerenga

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months:

This list may be incomplete, and caps and goals may be incorrect.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Ingrid Hjelmseth RET (1980-04-10) 10 April 1980 138 0 Stabæk v.  England, 3 September 2019
DF Stine Hovland (1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 7 0 Milan 2020 Algarve Cup INJ
DF Cecilie Redisch Kvamme (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 3 0 West Ham United v.  Northern Ireland, 8 November 2019
DF Kristine Bjørdal Leine (1996-08-06) 6 August 1996 10 0 Reading v.  Northern Ireland, 8 November 2019
DF Ina Gausdal (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 8 2 LSK Kvinner v.  Faroe Islands, 8 October 2019
DF Cecilie Kvamme (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 3 0 West Ham United v.  Faroe Islands, 8 October 2019
MF Synne Skinnes Hansen (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 20 0 Linköping 2020 Algarve Cup INJ
MF Vilde Hasund (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 0 0 Lyn Fotball v.  Northern Ireland, 8 November 2019
MF Lisa Naalsund (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 0 0 Sandviken v.  Faroe Islands, 8 October 2019
FW Elisabeth Terland (2001-06-28) 28 June 2001 0 0 Klepp v.  Northern Ireland, 8 November 2019
FW Isabell Herlovsen (1988-06-23) 23 June 1988 133 67 Kolbotn v.  Northern Ireland, 8 November 2019 PRE
FW Emilie Nautnes (1999-01-13) 13 January 1999 6 1 LSK Kvinner v.  England, 3 September 2019

Notes:

  • PRE = Preliminary squad
  • RET = Retired from international duty

Player records

Most capped players
Main article: List of Norway women's international footballers
# 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–present 148
8 Ingvild Stensland 2003–2016 144
9 Ingrid Hjelmseth 2003–2019 138
10 Unni Lehn 1996–2007 133
Isabell Herlovsen 2005–present 133
* Active players in bold, statistics as of 10 March 2020[15]

Top goalscorers
# Player Norway career Goals Caps Average
1 Isabell Herlovsen 2005 – present 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–present 38 84 0.45
10 Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 1997–2007 30 80 0.38

Recent results and schedules

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2019
30 August 2019 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifyingNorthern Ireland 0–6 NorwayBelfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 Report
Stadium: Seaview
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)
3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) FriendlyNorway 2–1 EnglandBergen, Norway
18:00
Report
Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 10,830
4 October 2019 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifyingBelarus 1–7 NorwayBarysaw, Belarus
17:45
Report
Stadium: Borisov Arena
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
8 October 2019 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifyingFaroe Islands 0–13 NorwayTórshavn, Faroe Islands
18:00 Report
Stadium: Tórsvøllur
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
8 November 2019 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifyingNorway 6–0 Northern IrelandStavanger, Norway
18:00
Report Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 6, 709
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

2020
4 March 2020 2020 Algarve CupNorway 2–1 DenmarkParchal, Portugal
14:00
Report Harder  7' Stadium: Vista Municipal Stadium
7 March 2020 2020 Algarve CupGermany 4–0 NorwayLagos, Portugal
14:30
Report Stadium: Lagos Municipal Stadium
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
10 March 2020 2020 Algarve CupNorway 2–1 New ZealandFaro, Portugal
 Report Wilkinson  11' Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Overall official record

[16]

CompetitionStageResultOpponentPosition / Notes
1984 EC QSGS: Gr.12–2 1–0 Iceland
3–0 3–0 Finland
0–2 1–2 Sweden2 / 4
1987 EC QSGS: Gr.10–0 2–0 Finland
3–2 0–0 West Germany
2–2 5–2 Denmark1 / 4
1987 ECSF2–0 Italy
F2–1 Sweden
1989 EC QSGS: Gr.33–3 0–2 Finland
0–1 1–2 Denmark
2–0 3–1 England2 / 4
QF2–1 3–0 Netherlands
1989 ECSF2–1 Sweden
F1–4 West Germany
1991 EC QSGS: Gr.31–0 4–0 Finland
4–0 1–0 Belgium
2–0 0–0 England1 / 4
QF2–1 2–0 Hungary
1991 ECSF0–0 (8–7 p) Denmark
F1–3 (a.e.t.) Germany
1991 WCGS: Gr.10–4 China
4–0 New Zealand
2–1 Denmark2 / 4
QF3–2 Italy
SF4–1 Sweden
F1–2 United States
1993 EC QSGS: Gr.110–0 6–0 Switzerland
0–0 8–0 Belgium1 / 3
QF3–0 3–0 Netherlands
1993 ECSF1–0 Denmark
F1–0 Italy
1995 EC QSGS: Gr.16–1 9–0 Czech Republic
8–0 4–0 Hungary
2–2 4–0 Finland1 / 4
QF3–1 4–2 Italy
SF4–3 1–4 Sweden
1995 WCGS: Gr.28–0 Nigeria
2–0 England
7–0 Canada1 / 4
QF3–1 Denmark
SF1–0 United States
F2–0 Germany
1996 SOGS: Gr.12–2 Brazil
3–2 Germany
4–0 Japan1 / 4
SF1–2 United States
BM2–0 Brazil
1997 EC QSGS: Gr.1 (Class A)17–0 4–0 Slovakia
3–1 0–0 Germany
2–0 7–0 Finland1 / 4
1997 ECGS: Gr.25–0 Denmark
0–0 Germany
0–2 Italy3 / 4
1999 WC QSGS: Gr.3 (Class A)6–1 0–0 Netherlands
0–1 3–2 Germany
2–1 2–0 England1 / 4
1999 WCGS: Gr.32–1 Russia
7–1 Canada
4–0 Japan1 / 4
QF3–1 Sweden
SF0–5 China
3P0–0 (4–5 p) Brazil
2000 SOGS: Gr.20–2 United States
3–1 Nigeria
2–1 China2 / 4
SF1–0 Germany
F3–2 United States
2001 EC QSGS: Gr.2 (Class A)4–0 1–0 Switzerland
4–0 5–0 Portugal
3–0 8–0 England1 / 4
2001 ECGr.23–0 France
1–1 Italy
0–1 Denmark2 / 4
SF0–1 Germany
2003 WC QSGS: Gr.1 (Class A)4–0 1–1 Ukraine
5–0 5–1 Czech Republic
3–0 3–1 France1 / 4
2003 WCGr.B2–0 France
1–4 Brazil
7–1 South Korea2 / 4
QF0–1 USA
2005 EC QSGS: Gr.2 (Class A)6–0 6–1 Belgium
2–0 2–0 Netherlands
1–1 1–2 Denmark
2–0 2–0 Spain2 / 5
Play-offs7–2 2–1 Iceland
2005 ECGS: Gr.20–1 Germany
1–1 France
5–3 Italy2 / 4
SF3–2 Sweden
F1–3 Germany
2007 WC QSGS: Gr.1 (Class A)4–1 1–1 Ukraine
4–0 3–0 Serbia
1–0 2–1 Italy
3–0 4–0 Greece1 / 5
2007 WCGr.C2–1 Canada
1–1 Australia
7–2 Ghana1 / 4
QF1–0 China
SF0–3 Germany
3P1–4 United States
2008 SOGr.32–0 United States
1–0 New Zealand
1–5 Japan2 / 4
QF1–2 Brazil
2009 EC QSGS: Gr.63–0 7–0 Israel
3–0 4–0 Austria
3–0 0–0 Russia
3–0 3–0 Poland1 / 5
2009 ECGS: Gr.20–4 Germany
1–0 Iceland
1–1 France3 / 4
QF3–1 Sweden
SF1–3 Germany
2011 WC QSGS: Gr.23–0 2–2 Netherlands
1–0 4–0 Slovakia
14–0 7–0 Macedonia
5–0 3–0 Belarus1 / 5
Play-offs1–0 2–0 Ukraine
2011 WCGS: Gr.D1–0 Equatorial Guinea
0–3 Brazil
1–2 Australia3 / 4
2013 EC QSGS: Gr.31–3 2–1 Iceland
6–0 5–0 Hungary
1–0 3–0 Belgium
1–3 2–0 Northern Ireland
3–0 11–0 Bulgaria1 / 6
2013 ECGS: Gr.B1–1 Iceland
1–0 Netherlands
1–0 Germany1 / 4
QF3–1 Spain
SF1–1 Denmark
F0–1 Germany
2015 WC QSGS: Gr.54–1 2–1 Belgium
7–0 11–0 Albania
2–1 0–2 Netherlands
5–0 6–0 Greece
2–0 2–0 Portugal1 / 6
2015 WCGS: Gr.B4–0 Thailand
1–1 Germany
3–1 Ivory Coast2 / 4
Round of 161–2 England
2017 EC QSGS: Gr.81–0 2–2 Austria
1–0 5–0 Israel
4–0 10–0 Kazakhstan
4–0 2–0 Wales1 / 5
2017 ECGS: Gr.A0–1 Netherlands
0–2 Belgium
0–1 Denmark4 / 4
2019 WCGS: Gr.A3–0 Nigeria
1–2 France
2–1 South Korea2 / 4
Round of 161–1 (4–1 p) Australia
QF0–3 England

Competitive records

FIFA Women's World Cup
Main article: Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup
Year Result Matches Wins Draws * Losses GF GA
1991Runners-up64021410
1995Champions6600231
1999Fourth Place6411168
2003Quarter-finals4202106
2007Fourth Place63121211
2011Group stage310225
2015Round of 16421194
2019Quarter-finals521277
2023 To be determined
Total8/940244129352

Olympic Games
Year Result Matches Wins Draws * Losses GF GA
1996Third Place5311126
2000Champions540196
2004Did not qualify
2008Quarterfinal420257
2012Did not qualify
2016
2020
Total3/6149142619

UEFA Women's Championship
Year Result Matches Wins Draws * Losses GF GA
1984Did not qualify
1987Champions220041
1989Runners-up210135
1991Runners-up201113
1993Champions220020
1995Semifinals210157
1997Group stage311152
2001Semifinals411243
2005Runners-up52121010
2009Semifinals521269
2013Runners-up632174
2017Group stage300304
Total11/1236157144748

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Year Result
1994Champions
1995Third Place
1996Champions
1997Champions
1998Champions
1999Third Place
2000Runner-Up
2001Fifth Place
2002Runner-Up
2003Third Place
2004Runner-Up
2005Fifth Place
2006Fifth Place
2007Fifth Place
2008Third Place
2009Ninth Place
2010Sixth Place
2011Fifth Place
2012Seventh Place
2013Third Place
2014Tenth Place
2015Fifth Place
2016did not enter
2017Eleventh Place
2018Seventh Place
2019Champions
2020Third Place

Invitational trophies
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  16. Year-by-year results, from RSSSF
  17. Algarve Cup
  18. Albena Cup
  19. Four Nations Tournament
  20. Cyprus Tournament
Sporting positions
Preceded by
1991 United States 		 World Champions
1995 (first title)		 Succeeded by
1999 United States 
Preceded by
1996 United States 		 Olympic Champions
2000 (first title)		 Succeeded by
2004 United States 
Preceded by
1984 Sweden 		 European Champions
1987 (first title)		 Succeeded by
1989 West Germany 
Preceded by
1991 Germany 		 European Champions
1993 (second title)		 Succeeded by
1995 Germany 
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