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Scotland At The FIFA Women's World Cup
The Scotland women's national football team has represented Scotland at the FIFA Women's World Cup on one occasion, in 2019. Scotland is set to co-host the 2035 tournament along with the three other countries in the United Kingdom, earning the team automatic qualification as co-host. FIFA Women's World Cup record 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Scotland, 20th in the March 2019 FIFA World Rankings, qualified for their first World Cup after finishing top of UEFA Group 2 ahead of Switzerland and Poland. At the draw for the finals held in France, they were placed in Group D alongside rivals England (ranked 3rd in the world, who had beaten an under-strength Scottish team 6–0 at the 2017 European Championship), BBC Sport, 19 July 2017 |
Scotland Women's National Football Team
The Scotland women's national football team represents Scotland in international women's football competitions. Since 1998, the team has been governed by the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Scotland qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, and for their first UEFA Women's Championship in 2017. As of June 2023, the team was placed 23rd in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, Scotland is permitted by FIFA statutes to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. History Church documents recorded women playing football in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, in 1628. Scotland first played a women's international match in May 1881. Women's football struggled for recognition during this early period and was banned by the football authorities in 1921. Club sides who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennes
Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of France, region and Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France, department. In 2021, its Urban unit, urban area had a population of 371,464 inhabitants, while the larger Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 771,320.Comparateur de territoire Unité urbaine 2020 de Rennes (35701), Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Rennes (013) INSEE. The inhabitants of Rennes are called ''Rennais'' (masculine) and ''Rennaises'' (feminine) in French language, French. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Women's National Football Team
The , commonly known as Yamato nadeshiko, Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), represents Japan in women's association football and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA). One of the two countries to win every FIFA competition and the most successful women's national team in the Asian Football Confederation, its highest ranking in the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 3rd, achieved in December 2011. Nadeshiko Japan defeated the United States women's national soccer team, United States in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, thus claiming their first FIFA Women's World Cup title, becoming the first Asian team to do so and only the fourth women's world champions. It won silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, making it the only Asian team to have three combined medals from international championships. It also won gold medals at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, 2014 and 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cups, the Football at the 2010 Asian G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group D
Group D of UEFA Women's Euro 2017 contained England women's national football team, England, Portugal women's national football team, Portugal, Scotland women's national football team, Scotland and Spain women's national football team, Spain. The matches were played from 19 to 27 July 2017. Teams Standings In the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 knockout stage#Quarter-finals, quarter-finals: *The winners of Group D, England women's national football team, England, advance to play the runners-up of UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group C, Group C, France women's national football team, France. *The runners-up of Group D, Spain women's national football team, Spain, advance to play the winners of UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group C, Group C, Austria women's national football team, Austria. Matches ''All times are local (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2)''. Spain vs Portugal England vs Scotland Scotland vs Portugal England vs Spain Portugal vs England Scotlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Women's National Football Team
The England women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, has been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA). England played its first international match in November 1972 against Scotland women's national football team, Scotland. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, England is permitted by FIFA statutes, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, to maintain a national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Football at the Summer Olympics, Women's Olympic Football Tournament. England have qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup six times, reaching the quarter-finals in 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1995, 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2007 and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2011, finishing fourth in 2019 Women's World Cup, 2019, third in 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015 and as runners-up in 2023 FIFA Women's Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England–Scotland Football Rivalry
The England–Scotland football rivalry, between the England and Scotland national football teams, is the oldest international fixture in the world, first played in 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow. Scottish nationalism has been a factor in the Scots' desire to defeat England above all other rivals, with Scottish sports journalists traditionally referring to the English as the "Auld Enemy". BBC Online commented that the games "have represented all that is good and all that is bad about football since the fixture began," while ''The Guardian'' newspaper once reported that "for millions across both sides of the border the encounter represents a chance for the ultimate victory over the enemy." As of 2023, the teams have played 116 matches; England have won 49, Scotland 41, and there have been 26 draws. Background and early years The rules of association football had been formalised and set down by The Football Association in England in 1863.Barrett, p. 8. By 1870 C. W. Alc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland Women's National Football Team
The Poland women's national football team () represents Poland in international Women's association football, women's football, and is governed by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland. Having played their inaugural game in 1981, the team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from UEFA Women's Euro 1991 onwards. They have clinched their first successful qualification for a major tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, after two wins over Austria women's national football team, Austria in the second round of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs#Second round, qualifying play-offs. History Poland was one of the earliest nations in Europe to begin developing women's football, having fielded its female team for the first time in 1981, for a friendly against Italy women's national football team, Italy away. Poland's debut ended with a 0–3 defeat in Catania. Since its inception, Poland has little success at the internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland Women's National Football Team
The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international Women's association football, women's football. Playing their first match in 1972, Switzerland did not enter their first major tournament until 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015, playing the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, World Cup, and then managed to qualify for UEFA Women's Euro 2017, Euro 2017, UEFA Women's Euro 2022, Euro 2022 and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. History Switzerland qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada by winning their 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, qualifying group. It was the first time that Switzerland participated in a women's World Cup, and the first time both the Switzerland national football team, men's team and women's team qualified for a World Cup simultaneously. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Switzerland was drawn into Group C with Japan women's national football team, Japan, Came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 2
UEFA Group 2 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Belarus, and Albania (which advanced from the preliminary round). The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 15 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all seven groups (not counting results against the fifth-placed team). Standings Matches Times are CET/ CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers Notes References External linksFIFA Women's World Cup Standings: 2017–19 qualifying UEFA.c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
