Norway women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Norway national football team.

Norway

Association	Norwegian Football Federation (Norges Fotballforbund)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gemma Grainger
Captain	Maren Mjelde
Most caps	Hege Riise (188)
Top scorer	Isabell Herlovsen (67)
FIFA code	NOR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	16 (16 August 2024)
Highest	2 (July – August 2003)
Lowest	16 (December 2023 – August 2024)
First international
Sweden 2–1 Norway (Kolding, Denmark; 7 July 1978)
Biggest win
Norway 17–0 Slovakia (Ulefoss, Norway; 19 September 1995)
Biggest defeat
England 8–0 Norway (Falmer, England; 11 July 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1991)
Best result	Champions (1995)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1996)
Best result	Gold medalists (2000)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (first in 1987)
Best result	Champions (1987, 1993)
Medal record Summer Olympics 2000 Sydney Team 1996 Atlanta Team

The Norway women's national football team (Norwegian: Norges kvinnelandslag i fotball) represents Norway in international football, and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. However, the team has endured less success since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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 with neighboring Sweden and Denmark. Their early history therefore consisted of losing to their neighbors and eventually beating Northern Ireland for their first win.

A power to be reckoned with

Eventually, Norway's Women's National Football Team rose in success through Europe, albeit not besting their Nordic neighbors. 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 at the time (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 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, 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.

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. 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 France national team, Norway clearly lost 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.

Landsem

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). 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Euro 2022

In their Euro 2022 group stage match against England, the host country of the competition and eventual champions, on 11 July 2022, the team suffered their biggest defeat, losing 8–0. Norway was eliminated after the first round, as in 2017, after losing the final Group A match against Austria (0–1), having won only one match, in the opening match against Northern Ireland (4–1).

All-time record

• Source:

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position / Notes
1984 EC QS	GS: Gr.1	2–2 / 1–0	Iceland	2 / 4
		3–0 / 3–0	Finland
		0–2 / 1–2	Sweden
1987 EC QS	GS: Gr.1	0–0 / 2–0	Finland	1 / 4
		3–2 / 0–0	West Germany
		2–2 / 5–2	Denmark
1987 EC	SF	2–0	Italy	Advanced
	F	2–1	Sweden	Champions
1989 EC QS	GS: Gr.3	3–3 / 0–2	Finland	2 / 4
		0–1 / 1–2	Denmark
		2–0 / 3–1	England
	QF	2–1 / 3–0	Netherlands	Qualified
1989 EC	SF	2–1	Sweden	Advanced
	F	1–4	West Germany	Runners-up
1991 EC QS	GS: Gr.3	1–0 / 4–0	Finland	1 / 4
		4–0 / 1–0	Belgium
		2–0 / 0–0	England
	QF	2–1 / 2–0	Hungary	Qualified
1991 EC	SF	0–0 (8–7 p)	Denmark	Advanced
	F	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Germany	Runners-up
1991 WC	GS: Gr.1	0–4	China	2 / 4
		4–0	New Zealand
		2–1	Denmark
	QF	3–2	Italy	Advanced
	SF	4–1	Sweden
	F	1–2	United States	Runners-up
1993 EC QS	GS: Gr.1	10–0 / 6–0	Switzerland	1 / 3
		0–0 / 8–0	Belgium
	QF	3–0 / 3–0	Netherlands	Qualified
1993 EC	SF	1–0	Denmark	Champions
	F	1–0	Italy
1995 EC QS	GS: Gr.1	6–1 / 9–0	Czech Republic	1 / 4
		8–0 / 4–0	Hungary
		2–2 / 4–0	Finland
	QF	3–1 / 4–2	Italy	Qualified
1995 EC	SF	4–3 / 1–4	Sweden	Eliminated
1995 WC	GS: Gr.2	8–0	Nigeria	1 / 4
		2–0	England
		7–0	Canada
	QF	3–1	Denmark	Advanced
	SF	1–0	United States
	F	2–0	Germany	Champions
1996 SO	GS: Gr.1	2–2	Brazil	1 / 4
		3–2	Germany
		4–0	Japan
	SF	1–2	United States	Eliminated
	BM	2–0	Brazil	Third place
1997 EC QS	GS: Gr.1 (Class A)	17–0 / 4–0	Slovakia	1 / 4
		3–1 / 0–0	Germany
		2–0 / 7–0	Finland
1997 EC	GS: Gr.2	5–0	Denmark	3 / 4
		0–0	Germany
		0–2	Italy
1999 WC QS	GS: Gr.3 (Class A)	6–1 / 0–0	Netherlands	1 / 4
		0–1 / 3–2	Germany
		2–1 / 2–0	England
1999 WC	GS: Gr.3	2–1	Russia	1 / 4
		7–1	Canada
		4–0	Japan
	QF	3–1	Sweden	Advanced
	SF	0–5	China	Eliminated
	3P	0–0 (4–5 p)	Brazil	Fourth place
2000 SO	GS: Gr.2	0–2	United States	2 / 4
		3–1	Nigeria
		2–1	China
	SF	1–0	Germany	Advanced
	F	3–2	United States	Champions
2001 EC QS	GS: Gr.2 (Class A)	4–0 / 1–0	Switzerland	1 / 4
		4–0 / 5–0	Portugal
		3–0 / 8–0	England
2001 EC	Gr.2	3–0	France	2 / 4
		1–1	Italy
		0–1	Denmark
	SF	0–1	Germany	Eliminated
2003 WC QS	GS: Gr.1 (Class A)	4–0 / 1–1	Ukraine	1 / 4
		5–0 / 5–1	Czech Republic
		3–0 / 3–1	France
2003 WC	Gr.B	2–0	France	2/4
		1–4	Brazil
		7–1	South Korea
	QF	0–1	USA	Eliminated
2005 EC QS	GS: Gr.2 (Class A)	6–0 6–1	Belgium	2 / 5
		2–0 2–0	Netherlands
		1–1 1–2	Denmark
		2–0 2–0	Spain
	Play-offs	7–2 2–1	Iceland
2005 EC	GS: Gr.2	0–1	Germany	2 / 4
		1–1	France
		5–3	Italy
	SF	3–2	Sweden
	F	1–3	Germany
2007 WC QS	GS: Gr.1 (Class A)	4–1 1–1	Ukraine	1 / 5
		4–0 3–0	Serbia
		1–0 2–1	Italy
		3–0 4–0	Greece
2007 WC	Gr.C	2–1	Canada	1 / 4
		1–1	Australia
		7–2	Ghana
	QF	1–0	China
	SF	0–3	Germany
	3P	1–4	United States
2008 SO	Gr.3	2–0	United States	2 / 4
		1–0	New Zealand
		1–5	Japan
	QF	1–2	Brazil
2009 EC QS	GS: Gr.6	3–0 7–0	Israel	1 / 5
		3–0 4–0	Austria
		3–0 0–0	Russia
		3–0 3–0	Poland
2009 EC	GS: Gr.2	0–4	Germany	3 / 4
		1–0	Iceland
		1–1	France
	QF	3–1	Sweden
	SF	1–3	Germany
2011 WC QS	GS: Gr.2	3–0 2–2	Netherlands	1 / 5
		1–0 4–0	Slovakia
		14–0 7–0	Macedonia
		5–0 3–0	Belarus
	Play-offs	1–0 2–0	Ukraine
2011 WC	GS: Gr.D	1–0	Equatorial Guinea	3 / 4
		0–3	Brazil
		1–2	Australia
2013 EC QS	GS: Gr.3	1–3 2–1	Iceland	1 / 6
		6–0 5–0	Hungary
		1–0 3–0	Belgium
		1–3 2–0	Northern Ireland
		3–0 11–0	Bulgaria
2013 EC	GS: Gr.B	1–1	Iceland	1 / 4
		1–0	Netherlands
		1–0	Germany
	QF	3–1	Spain
	SF	1–1	Denmark
	F	0–1	Germany
2015 WC QS	GS: Gr.5	4–1 2–1	Belgium	1 / 6
		7–0 11–0	Albania
		2–1 0–2	Netherlands
		5–0 6–0	Greece
		2–0 2–0	Portugal
2015 WC	GS: Gr.B	4–0	Thailand	2 / 4
		1–1	Germany
		3–1	Ivory Coast
	Round of 16	1–2	England
2017 EC QS	GS: Gr.8	1–0 2–2	Austria	1 / 5
		1–0 5–0	Israel
		4–0 10–0	Kazakhstan
		4–0 2–0	Wales
2017 EC	GS: Gr.A	0–1	Netherlands	4 / 4
		0–2	Belgium
		0–1	Denmark
2019 WC	GS: Gr.A	3–0	Nigeria	2 / 4
		1–2	France
		2–1	South Korea
	Round of 16	1–1 (4–1 p)	Australia
	QF	0–3	England
2023 WC	GS: Gr.A	0–1	New Zealand	2 / 4
		0–0	Switzerland
		6–0	Philippines
	Round of 16	1–3	Japan

Results and fixtures

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponed   Fixture

2023

Norway v Portugal

1 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Norway	4–0	Portugal	Oslo
			Hegerberg 3', 8' (pen.), 49' Román Haug 90+4'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 2,383 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Austria v Norway

5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Austria	2–1	Norway	Sankt Pölten
	Campbell 9' Schiechtl 89'		Sævik 90+4'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

2024

Croatia v Norway

23 February 2023–24 UEFA Nations League play-offs	Croatia	0–3	Norway	Osijek, Croatia
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Hegerberg 16' Graham Hansen 49' Ildhusøy 62'	Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 3,132 Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)

Norway v Croatia

27 February 2023–24 UEFA Nations League play-offs	Norway	5–0 (8–0 agg.)	Croatia	Stavanger, Norway
18:00 UTC+1	Terland 9' Haug 32', 40' Maanum 66', 78'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 5,315 Referee: Veronika Kovářová (Czech Republic)
Note: Norway won 8–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Norway v Finland

5 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Norway	4–0	Finland	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+2	Bizet 24' Haug 41' Bjelde 78' Terland 81'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 3,106 Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Netherlands v Norway

9 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Netherlands	1–0	Norway	Breda, Netherlands
20:45 UTC+2	Beerensteyn 6'	Report		Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 9,486 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Norway v Italy

31 May Euro 2025 qualifying	Norway	0–0	Italy	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 9,307 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Italy v Norway

4 June Euro 2025 qualifying	Italy	1–1	Norway	Ferrara, Italy
18:15 UTC+2	Giugliano 6'	Report	Maanum 81'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 2,198 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Finland v Norway

12 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Finland	1–1	Norway	Turku, Finland
19:00 UTC+3	Koivisto 90+8'	Report	Reiten 7'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 7,345 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Norway v Netherlands

16 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Norway	1–1	Netherlands	Bergen, Norway
19:00 UTC+2	Graham Hansen 61'	Report	Miedema 80'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 8,574 Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

Albania v Norway

25 October Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Albania	0–5	Norway	Shkodër, Albania
16:00 UTC+2		Report	Maanum 9' Bergsvand 23', 44' Hegerberg 62' Hoxhaj 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 2,185 Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)

Norway v Albania

29 October Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Norway	9–0 (14–0 agg.)	Albania	Oslo, Norway
19:00 UTC+2	Maanum 18', 52', 62', 65' Naalsund 29' Hegerberg 44' Gaupset 75' Reiten 81' (pen.) Bøe Risa 90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 7,682 Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)

Northern Ireland v Norway

29 November Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Northern Ireland	v	Norway	Larne, Northern Ireland
19:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Inver Park

Norway v Northern Ireland

3 December Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Norway	v	Northern Ireland	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

2025

France v Norway

21 February 2025 UEFA Nations League	France	v	Norway	France
--:-- UTC+1

Norway v Switzerland

25 February 2025 UEFA Nations League	Norway	v	Switzerland	Norway
--:-- UTC+1

Iceland v Norway

4 April 2025 UEFA Nations League	Iceland	v	Norway	Iceland
--:-- UTC+1

Norway v France

8 April 2025 UEFA Nations League	Norway	v	France	Norway
--:-- UTC+2

Norway v Iceland

30 May 2025 UEFA Nations League	Norway	v	Iceland	Norway
--:-- UTC+2

Switzerland v Norway

3 June 2025 UEFA Nations League	Switzerland	v	Norway	Switzerland
--:-- UTC+2

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Gemma Grainger
Assistant coach	Ingvild Stensland Lee Skyrme
Goalkeeping coach	Jon Knudsen

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-off matches against Northern Ireland on 29 November and 3 December 2024.

Caps and goals are correct as 29 October 2024, after the match against Albania.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Cecilie Fiskerstrand	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996	52	0	LSK Kvinner
	1GK	Aurora Mikalsen	(1996-03-21) 21 March 1996	21	0	Brann
	1GK	Selma Panengstuen	(2002-11-22) 22 November 2002	0	0	Kolbotn
	2DF	Maren Mjelde	(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989	177	20	Arna-Bjørnar
	2DF	Tuva Hansen	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	46	1	Bayern Munich
	2DF	Guro Bergsvand	(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994	34	6	Brighton & Hove Albion
	2DF	Mathilde Harviken	(2001-12-29) 29 December 2001	26	1	Rosenborg
	2DF	Marit Bratberg Lund	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997	14	1	Brann
	2DF	Emilie Woldvik	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999	6	0	LSK Kvinner
	2DF	Marthine Østenstad	(2001-03-18) 18 March 2001	2	0	Brann
	3MF	Guro Reiten	(1994-07-26) 26 July 1994	96	21	Chelsea
	3MF	Frida Maanum	(1999-07-16) 16 July 1999	82	20	Arsenal
	3MF	Vilde Bøe Risa	(1995-07-13) 13 July 1995	78	3	Atlético Madrid
	3MF	Ingrid Syrstad Engen	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998	78	6	Barcelona
	3MF	Emilie Joramo	(2002-01-13) 13 January 2002	3	0	Hammarby
	3MF	Justine Kielland	(2002-11-22) 22 November 2002	2	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	3MF	Olaug Tvedten	(2000-07-20) 20 July 2000	0	0	Vålerenga
	4FW	Caroline Graham Hansen (captain)	(1995-02-18) 18 February 1995	110	47	Barcelona
	4FW	Ada Hegerberg	(1995-07-10) 10 July 1995	84	49	Lyon
	4FW	Karina Sævik	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	55	8	Vålerenga
	4FW	Synne Jensen	(1996-02-15) 15 February 1996	25	4	Atlético Madrid
	4FW	Celin Bizet Ildhusøy	(2001-10-24) 24 October 2001	23	7	Manchester United
	4FW	Cathinka Tandberg	(2004-06-18) 18 June 2004	4	0	Linköping

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Guro Pettersen	(1991-08-22) 22 August 1991	7	0	Werder Bremen	v. Netherlands, 16 July 2024
DF	Thea Bjelde	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000	24	1	Vålerenga	v. Albania, 29 October 2024
DF	Maria Thorisdottir	(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993	71	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Netherlands, 16 July 2024
DF	Anja Sønstevold	(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992	31	1	Inter Milan	v. Netherlands, 9 April 2024
MF	Elisabeth Terland	(2001-06-28) 28 June 2001	35	9	Manchester United	v. Albania, 29 October 2024
MF	Lisa Naalsund	(1995-06-11) 11 June 1995	23	1	Manchester United	v. Albania, 29 October 2024
MF	Signe Gaupset	(2005-06-18) 18 June 2005	4	1	Brann	v. Albania, 29 October 2024
FW	Sophie Román Haug	(1999-06-04) 4 June 1999	23	12	Liverpool	v. Albania, 25 October 2024
FW	Emilie Haavi	(1992-06-16) 16 June 1992	103	16	Roma	v. Netherlands, 9 April 2024
FW	Julie Blakstad	(2001-08-27) 27 August 2001	30	3	Hammarby	v. Netherlands, 9 April 2024
FW	Mimmi Löfwenius	(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994	2	0	Vålerenga	v. Portugal, 1 December 2023 INJ
WIT Withdrew from the squad INJ Injured MED Withdrew on medical grounds ST Named to the standby list

Records

Main article: List of Norway women's international footballers

As of 25 October 2024, after the match against Albania.

Players in bold are still active with Norway.

Most caps

Hege Riise currently holds the record for the most appearances for the Norway women's national football team.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Hege Riise	1990–2004	188	58
2	Solveig Gulbrandsen	1998–2015	183	55
3	Maren Mjelde	2007–	176	20
4	Bente Nordby	1991–2007	172	0
5	Trine Rønning	1999–2016	162	22
6	Linda Medalen	1987–1999	152	64
7	Heidi Støre	1980–1997	151	22
8	Ingvild Stensland	2003–2016	144	10
9	Ingrid Hjelmseth	2003–2019	138	0
10	Unni Lehn	1996–2007	134	24

Most goals

Isabell Herlovsen currently holds the record for the most goals scored for the Norway women's national football team.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Isabell Herlovsen	2005–2019	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	183	0.3
7	Dagny Mellgren	1999–2005	49	95	0.52
8	Ada Hegerberg	2011–	48	83	0.58
9	Caroline Graham Hansen	2011–	47	110	0.43
10	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen	1997–2007	30	80	0.38

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	14	10	Squad		UEFA Women's Euro 1991
1995	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	23	1	Squad		UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999	Fourth place	4th	6	4	1	1	16	8	Squad		6	4	1	1	13	5
2003	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	10	6	Squad		6	5	1	0	21	3
2007	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	12	11	Squad		8	7	1	0	22	3
2011	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	2	5	Squad		10	9	1	0	42	2
2015	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	9	4	Squad		10	9	0	1	41	5
2019	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	7	7	Squad		8	7	0	1	22	4
2023	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	7	4	Squad		10	9	1	0	47	2
2027	To be determined										To be determined
Total	1 Title	9/9	44	25	5	14	100	56			58	50	5	3	208	24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	Group stage	16 November	China	L 0–4	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
		19 November	New Zealand	W 4–0	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
		21 November	Denmark	W 2–1	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
	Quarter-finals	24 November	Italy	W 3–2	Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
	Semi-finals	27 November	Sweden	W 4–1	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
	Final	30 November	United States	L 1–2	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
1995	Group stage	6 June	Nigeria	W 8–0	Tingvallen, Karlstad
		8 June	England	W 2–0
		10 June	Canada	W 7–0	Strömvallen, Gävle
	Quarter-finals	13 June	Denmark	W 3–1	Tingvallen, Karlstad
	Semi-finals	15 June	United States	W 1–0	Arosvallen, Västerås
	Final	18 June	Germany	W 2–0	Råsunda Stadium, Solna
1999	Group stage	20 June	Russia	W 2–1	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
		23 June	Canada	W 7–1	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
		26 June	Japan	W 4–0	Soldier Field, Chicago
	Quarter-finals	30 June	Sweden	W 3–1	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
	Semi-finals	4 July	China	L 0–5	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
	Third place play-off	10 July	Brazil	D 0–0 (4–5 pen)	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
2003	Group stage	20 September	France	W 2–0	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		24 September	Brazil	L 1–4	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
		27 September	South Korea	W 7–1	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
	Quarter-finals	1 October	United States	L 0–1
2007	Group stage	12 September	Canada	W 2–1	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou
		15 September	Australia	D 1–1
		20 September	Ghana	W 7–2
	Quarter-finals	23 September	China	W 1–0	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
	Semi-finals	26 September	Germany	L 0–3	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
	Third place play-off	30 September	United States	L 1–4	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
2011	Group stage	29 June	Equatorial Guinea	W 1–0	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
		3 July	Brazil	L 0–3	Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg
		6 July	Australia	L 1–2	BayArena, Leverkusen
2015	Group stage	7 June	Thailand	W 4–0	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
		11 June	Germany	D 1–1
		15 June	Ivory Coast	W 3–1	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
	Round of 16	22 June	England	L 1–2	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
2019	Group stage	8 June	Nigeria	W 3–0	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
		12 June	France	L 1–2	Allianz Riviera, Nice
		17 June	South Korea	W 2–1	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
	Round of 16	22 June	Australia	D 1–1 (4–1 pen)	Allianz Riviera, Nice
	Quarter-finals	27 June	England	L 0–3	Stade Océane, Le Havre
2023	Group stage	20 July	New Zealand	L 0–1	Eden Park, Auckland
		25 July	Switzerland	D 0–0	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		30 July	Philippines	W 6–0	Eden Park, Auckland
	Round of 16	5 August	Japan	L 1–3	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1996	Bronze medalists	3rd	5	3	1	1	12	6	Squad
2000	Gold medalists	1st	5	4	0	1	9	6	Squad
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	5	7	Squad
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
2024
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	1 Gold medal	3/8	14	9	1	4	26	19

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

Main article: Norway at the UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	10	6
1987	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	1	Squad		6	3	3	0	12	6
1989	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	5	Squad		8	4	1	3	15	11
1991	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	1	1	1	3	Squad		8	7	1	0	16	1
1993	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	2	0	Squad		6	5	1	0	30	0
1995	Semi-finals	3rd	2	1	0	1	5	7	Squad		8	7	1	0	40	6
1997	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	5	2	Squad		6	5	1	0	33	1
2001	Semi-finals	3rd	4	1	1	2	4	3	Squad		6	6	0	0	25	0
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	10	10	Squad		10	8	1	1	31	7
2009	Semi-finals	3rd	5	2	1	2	6	9	Squad		8	7	1	0	26	0
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	7	4	Squad		10	8	0	2	35	9
2017	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	0	4	Squad		8	7	1	0	29	2
2022		10th	3	1	0	2	4	10	Squad		6	6	0	0	34	1
2025	To be determined										To be determined
Total	2 Titles	12/13	39	16	7	16	51	58			96	76	12	8	336	50

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase													Finals
Season	LG	Grp	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK		Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2023–24	A	2	3rd	6	1	2	3	9	8		12nd		2024	Did not qualify
2025–26	A	To be determined											2026	To be determined
Total				6	1	2	3	9	8				Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.

Algarve Cup record
Year	Result
1994	Champions
1995	Third place
1996	Champions
1997	Champions
1998	Champions
1999	Third place
2000	Runner-up
2001	Fifth place
2002	Runner-up
2003	Third place
2004	Runner-up
2005	Fifth place
2006	Fifth place
2007	Fifth place
2008	Third place
2009	Ninth place
2010	Sixth place
2011	Fifth place
2012	Seventh place
2013	Third place
2014	Tenth place
2015	Fifth place
2016	Did not enter
2017	Eleventh place
2018	Seventh place
2019	Champions
2020	Third place
2022	Third place

Invitational trophies

• FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament: Winner 1988
• Algarve Cup: Winner 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2019
• Albena Cup: Winner 1988, 1989
• Four Nations Tournament: Winner 2002, 2013
• Cyprus Tournament: Winner 1993

See also

• Sport in Norway
• Football in Norway
• Women's football in Norway
• List of Norway women's international footballers
• Norway women's national under-17 football team

External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)
• FIFA profile