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| Nickname(s) | Gresshoppene (1995) | ||
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| Association | Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund) |
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| Head coach | Eli Landsem | ||
| Captain | Ane Stangeland Horpestad | ||
| Most caps | Hege Riise (188) | ||
| Top scorer | Marianne Pettersen (66) | ||
| FIFA ranking | 7 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 2 (July 2003) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 10 (June 2009) | ||
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| First international | |||
| Sweden 2 - 1 Norway Kolding, Denmark; July 7, 1978 |
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| Biggest win | |||
| Norway 17 - 0 Slovakia Ulefoss, Norway; September 19, 1995 |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Sweden 5 - 0 Norway Norrköping, Sweden; 22 August 1985 China 5 - 0 Norway Foxboro, MA, United States; 4 July 1999 |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1991) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 1995 | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 2000 | ||
| UEFA Women's Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1984) | ||
| Best result | Champions 1993 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Women's Football | ||
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| 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 Football Association of Norway, 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.
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Honours
Performance in the World Cup
Performance in European Championship
- 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
- 2009 : 3rd place
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
- 2005-2009: Bjarne Berntsen
- 2009-: Eli Landsem
Current Squad
(as of 2008)
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External links
| Preceded by 1991 United States  |
World Champions 1995 (First title) |
Succeeded by 1999 United States |
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