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Ulrika Karlsson (footballer)
Anna Ulrika Olsson (née Karlsson; born 14 October 1970) is a Swedes, Swedish former Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. She played for Bälinge IF and Umeå IK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan and spent time with San Diego Spirit and Carolina Courage while contracted to Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) in 2001. Nicknamed "Ucka", Karlsson represented Sweden women's national football team, Sweden at senior international level, winning 45 Cap (sports), caps between 1995 and 2001. Club career Karlsson joined Bälinge IF in 1995. She would train with her local Swedish Football Division 5 male team and commute to Bälinge, more than a hundred miles away, for matches. The owners of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), a new professional league in the United States, signed Karlsson and compatriot Kristin Bengtsson to a contract in 2001. Both players were drafted to San Diego Spirit in the 2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation. Karlsso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Österfärnebo
Österfärnebo () is a locality situated in Sandviken Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 483 inhabitants in 2010. Sports The following sports clubs are located in Österfärnebo: * Österfärnebo IF Österfärnebo IF is a Swedish football club located in Österfärnebo. Background Österfärnebo IF currently plays in Division 4 Gestrikland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Solliden in Österfà ... References Populated places in Sandviken Municipality Gästrikland {{Gävleborg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation
The 2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation took place on October 30, 2000. It was the first international draft held by Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) to assign the rights of international players to the eight American-based teams. The 16 players were paired and each team selected one pair. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Draft notes Each team had already been allocated three national team players ("founders") on May 24, 2000. The teams then arranged the order for the foreign player allocation between themselves, using a voting system which took account of the previous allocation. The 16 players to be allocated included some of the top players from around the world. Eight of them, including all four Brazilians, had signed for the league the day before the draft. The players were packaged into pairs as part of an effort to help them adapt to life in America. A 15-round main draft, which also included foreign players, followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åråsen Stadion
The Åråsen Stadion, officially written Åråsen stadion, is an all-seater stadium, all-seater association football, football stadium located in Lillestrøm, a city east of Oslo in Skedsmo, Norway. With a capacity of 11,500 spectators, the venue is the home of the Eliteserien side Lillestrøm SK (LSK). The stadium has four stands, of which the West Stand has luxury boxes and club seating for 700. Because of the stadium's proximity to Kjeller Airport, it has retractable floodlights (sport), floodlights. The record attendance of 13,652 dates from 2002. In addition to league, Norwegian Football Cup, cup and UEFA Cup matches for LSK, the venue has been used for one Strømmen IF top-league match in 1986, the UEFA Women's Euro 1997, eight other Norway women's national football team matches, the 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, and seven Norway national under-21 football team matches. LSK started purchasing land for their own stadium in 1947, having previously played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Women's National Under-17 Football Team
Sweden women's national under-17 football team is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-17 year old players and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Competitive record FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The team has never qualified UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship The team has qualified in 2013. Current squad The following 24 players were named to the 2022 season squad. Head coach: Lovisa Delby Head coaches history *Marie Bengtsson (2001–2010) *Yvonne Ekroth (2010–2015) *Katarina Olsson (2011–2017) *Ulf Kristiansson (2016–2017) *Pia Sundhage (2018–2019) *Pär Lagerström (2018–2020) *Lotta Hellenberg (2019–present) *Lovisa Delby (2021–present) *Anders Bengtsson (2022–present) See also * Sweden women's national football team * Sweden women's national under-19 football team * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup * UEFA Women's Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the Eurasian transcontinental countries of Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as one Asian country Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, and UEFA Super Cup, and also controls the prize money, regulations, as well as media rights to those competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Women's Cup
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The competition was first played in 2001–02 under the name ''UEFA Women's Cup'', and renamed the Champions League for the 2009–10 edition. The most significant changes in 2009 were the inclusion of runners-up from the top eight ranked nations, a one-off final as opposed to the two-legged finals in previous years, and – until 2018 – playing the final in the same city as the men's UEFA Champions League final. From the 2021–22 season, the competition proper will include a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era. Lyon is the most successful club in the competition's history, winning the title eight times, including five consecutive titles from 2016 to 2020. They are currently the European champions, having bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 UEFA Women's Cup Final
The 2002 UEFA Women's Cup Final was a football match that took place on 23 May 2002 at the Waldstadion, Frankfurt between Umeå IK of Sweden and 1. FFC Frankfurt of Germany. The match was the final of the 2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup, the first edition of the UEFA Women's Cup/Women's Champions League. Frankfurt won the single leg final 2–0. It was the only final of the Women's Cup to not be contested over two legs. The attendance of over 12,000 was claimed by UEFA as a European record for women's club football, ignoring the existence of earlier reported women's club match attendances of up to 53,000. Match Details External links 2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup seasonat UEFA.com References {{UEFA Women's Champions League seasons Women's Cup Uefa Women's Cup Final 2002 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Lundgren
Sofia Lundgren (born September 20, 1982) is a Swedish football goalkeeper for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Swedish national team. She has formerly played for leading Swedish teams such as Umeå IK and AIK before signing a two-year contract with Linköpings FC in the autumn of 2008. Since making her national team debut in a 6–3 win over England in March 2002, Lundgren competed with Caroline Jönsson, Hedvig Lindahl and latterly Kristin Hammarström for the goalkeeper position. When Lundgren was injured before the tournament, Maja Åström was drafted into Sweden's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2005 as the third choice goalkeeper. A back injury kept a frustrated Lundgren out of Sweden's 2013 Algarve Cup squad. The injury eventually kept Lundgren out of all football for one-and-a-half seasons. She signed for Damallsvenskan newcomers Hammarby IF DFF in January 2015. At the beginning of the 2016 season Lundgren signed a short-term contract with Swedish champions FC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB (, "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is decided by the Swedish Riksdag. As of 1 January 2019, the funds stem from standard taxation. No advertising is permitted. Its legal status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. History The company – which was founded as AB Radiotjänst ("Radio Service Ltd") by a consortium of newspaper companies, the TT news agency, and radio manufacturing interests on 21 March 1924 – made its first broadcast on 1 January 1925: a relay of High Mass from St James's Church in Stockholm. It was officially renamed Sveriges Radio in 1957. Sveriges Radio was originally responsible for all broadcasting in Sweden, both radio and television, and hosted the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. A reorganization in 1979 saw i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Luckenbill
Kristin Stewart Luckenbill (born May 28, 1979) is an American professional soccer goalkeeper and Olympic gold medalist. She previously played for the Boston Breakers and Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer as well as the Carolina Courage of the WUSA. She is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team. Early life Born in Paoli, Pennsylvania and attended Conestoga High School and Stratton Mountain School in Vermont. During her final year of high school she was named All-Conference, All-County, All-Region, All-State, Regional All-American and High School All-American. She was also named Pennsylvania High School Player of the Year. Dartmouth College Luckenbill attended Dartmouth College from 1997 to 2000, where she was a three-time NCAA All-American, four-time First Team All-Ivy League, Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Ivy League Player of the year. She helped lead Dartmouth to two Ivy League Championships and four straight NCAA Tournaments includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer America
''Soccer America'', the oldest soccer-specific media publisher in the US, was founded in 1971 by Clay Berling in Albany, California. The magazine is headquartered in Oakland, California. History and profile The magazine was founded by Clay Berling in 1971 under the name Soccer West. In 1972 the name changed to Soccer America because the magazine had begun fulfilling subscriptions nationwide. A weekly print magazine throughout most of its history, Soccer America was included in the Chicago Tribune's selection of "The 50 Best Magazines" in 2003. Soccer America launched its Web site in 1995, its e-letters in 2001,and discontinued its print magazine in 2017. Soccer America's e-letters include: SoccerAmericaDaily, SA Confidential, GameReport, Soccer on TV, the YouthSoccerInsider and Paul Gardner's SoccerTalk. Gardner won the National Soccer Hall of Fame Colin Jose Media Award in 2010. Editor in Chief Paul Kennedy won Colin Jose Media Award in 2017. In 2021, Soccer America cele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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