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	Olympic medal record
Women's Football

Norway
Nickname(s)	Gresshoppene (1995)
Association	Football Association of Norway; (Norges Fotballforbund)
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)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Sweden 2 - 1 Norway; Kolding, Denmark; July 7, 1978
Biggest win
	Norway 17 - 0 Slovakia; Ulefoss, Norway; September 19, 1995
Biggest defeat
	Sweden 5 - 0 Norway; Norrköping, Sweden; 22 August 1985; China 5 - 0 Norway; Foxboro, MA, United States; 4 July 1999
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

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.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Performance in the World Cup

1991 : Runners up
1995 : Champions
1999 : 4th place
2003 : Quarter-finals
2007 : 4th place

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Current squad

(as of 2008)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Erika Skarbø	12 June 1987 (1987-06-12) (age 22)	8	0	Arna-Bjørnar
2	DF	Ane Stangeland Horpestad (captain)	2 June 1980 (1980-06-02) (age 29)	106	5	Klepp
3	DF	Gunhild Følstad	3 November 1981 (1981-11-03) (age 28)	75	1	Trondheims-Ørn
4	MF	Ingvild Stensland	3 August 1981 (1981-08-03) (age 28)	74	2	Lyon
5	DF	Siri Nordby	4 August 1978 (1978-08-04) (age 31)	42	2	Røa
6	MF	Marie Knutsen	31 August 1982 (1982-08-31) (age 27)	53	6	Røa
7	DF	Trine Bjerke Rønning	14 June 1982 (1982-06-14) (age 27)	88	15	Kolbotn
8	MF	Solveig Gulbrandsen	12 January 1981 (1981-01-12) (age 28)	127	39	Kolbotn
9	FW	Isabell Herlovsen	23 June 1988 (1988-06-23) (age 21)	38	5	Kolbotn
10	FW	Melissa Wiik	7 February 1985 (1985-02-07) (age 24)	36	14	Asker
11	FW	Leni Larsen Kaurin	21 March 1981 (1981-03-21) (age 28)	50	5	Turbine Potsdam
12	DF	Marit Fiane Christensen	11 December 1980 (1980-12-11) (age 29)	62	7	Røa
13	MF	Lene Storløkken	20 June 1981 (1981-06-20) (age 28)	40	5	Team Strømmen
14	FW	Guro Knutsen	10 January 1985 (1985-01-10) (age 24)	14	3	Røa
15	DF	Marita Skammelsrud Lund	29 January 1989 (1989-01-29) (age 20)	3	0	Team Strømmen
16	FW	Elise Thorsnes	14 August 1988 (1988-08-14) (age 21)	22	1	Arna-Bjørnar
17	FW	Lene Mykjåland	20 February 1987 (1987-02-20) (age 22)	21	5	Røa
18	GK	Christine Colombo Nilsen	30 April 1982 (1982-04-30) (age 27)	6	0	Kolbotn
19	DF	Runa Vikestad	13 August 1984 (1984-08-13) (age 25)	6	0	Kolbotn
20	MF	Anneli Giske	25 July 1985 (1985-07-25) (age 24)	0	0	IF Fløya
21	FW	Kristin Lie	13 December 1978 (1978-12-13) (age 31)	1	0	Trondheims-Ørn
22	GK	Ingrid Hjelmseth	10 April 1980 (1980-04-10) (age 29)	17	0	Asker
23	MF	Madeleine Giske	14 September 1987 (1987-09-14) (age 22)	11	1	Arna-Bjørnar