Sweden is one of the traditional powers of
women's football.
History
The earliest recorded occurrence of women's football in Sweden was in 1919.
National competition
Damallsvenskan
The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988.
The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...
is the national competition for women footballers in Sweden, a division consisting of 12 teams, who assigns the national champion of Sweden. Damallsvenskan is the first ever professional league for women's football in the world. From Damallsvenskan the lower division is
Elitettan the teams ranked at the last two places in the final standings. The second division is represented by the
Ellitettan division, created in 2013 and consisting of 14 teams. The first two classifieds of the Elettettan are promoted to Damallsvenskan, while the last three are relegated to Division 1. The third division is represented by Division 1, consisting of teams of 12 teams each, for a total of 72 teams on a geographic basis. The winning teams of the six groups are facing to define the three teams promoted in Eloitan, according to the following scheme: 1st ranked Norra Svealand vs. 1st ranked Norrland; 1st place Norra Götaland vs. 1st place classified Södra Svealand; 1st place Södra Götaland against 1st place classified Mellersta Götaland.
National team
The best performance is winning the
European Championship in
1984
Events
January
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. They won silver in the
2016 Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
and the
2003 World Cup.
See also
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Football in Sweden
Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, whic ...
References
{{Women's football in Europe
Football in Sweden