Press Kit Finland Sweden

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2013 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIPMATCH PRESS KIT

SwedenFinland

Group A - Matchday 2

Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

Saturday 13 July 2013

20.30CET (20.30 local time)

Contents

Match background.............................................................................................................2Team facts.........................................................................................................................4Squad list...........................................................................................................................6Match-by-match lineups....................................................................................................8Tournament schedule........................................................................................................9Head coach.....................................................................................................................11Match officials..................................................................................................................12Competition facts.............................................................................................................13Tournament information...................................................................................................15

Legend............................................................................................................................16


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Match background

Sweden will defend one of the best head-to-head records in international football when they face Finland, coachedby a Swede, in Gothenburg, both having drawn their Group A openers.

Head-to-head record Sweden are unbeaten in 31 games against Finland, winning 26 and drawing five with a goal tally of 105-14. In ninecompetitive matches Sweden have seven wins and two draws.

They each played their first match against each other, Sweden winning 1-0 in Maarianhamin on 26 July 1974.

On 18 August 1982 Sweden won 6-0 in Vammala in their first official competitive women's international fixture.Sweden won the return 5-0 and topped their group on their way to winning the 1984 UEFA European tournament thatwas the forerunner to the modern Women's EURO.

The sides played in the 2001 play-offs (Sweden winning 5-1 at home and 5-2 away) and 2005 qualifying; in the lastof those four fixtures Finland managed a 1-1 home draw. They then met in the UEFA Women's EURO 2005 finals inBlackpool and drew 0-0; both progressed ahead of Denmark in their group but lost in the last four.

Their most recent match was a friendly in Pori in July 2009, Sweden winning 3-1.

Selected previous meeting

8 June 2005: Sweden 0-0 Finland - Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, UEFA Women's EURO group stage

Sweden: Lindahl, Trnqvist, Marklund, Bengtsson, Mostrm, S Larsson, M Andersson, Ljungberg, V Svensson,Schelin (qvist 56), Sjgran (Sjstrm 72).Finland: Kunnas, Vaelma, Julin, Valkonen, Salmn, Sarap, Mkinen, Mustonen (Talonen 72), Kalmari, Rantanen(Malaska 89), Kackur (Thorn 46).

In the 2002/03 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round, Sweden beat Finland1-0 in Vevey, Switzerland. Nilla Fischer started for Sweden with Caroline Seger coming on; Finland included MinnaMeriluoto, Tiina Salmn, Annica Sjlund and Leena Puranen plus substitute Sanna Talonen.

Five years later at the same stage it was a 1-1 draw in St Polten, Austria, as Sweden qualified. Kosovare Asllanistarted and Sofia Jakobsson came on; Annika Kukkonen started for Finland with Anna Westerlund playing the last

37 minutes.

Form guide

Sweden qualified automatically as hosts and have played at both major final tournaments since UEFA Women'sEURO 2009. They finished third at the 2011 World Cup, earning a place at the 2012 Olympics.

That proved less of a success, as after coming through the group stage Sweden lost 2-1 in the quarter-finals toFrance, who they had beaten to World Cup bronze.

Pia Sundhage led the United States to gold in London and in September 2012 replaced Thomas Dennerby as coachof her native Sweden.

Sundhage was part of the Sweden team that won the inaugural 1984 UEFA competition, still their only major honour.In the final against England she scored the only goal of the home leg in Gothenburg and, although Sweden lost 1-0

six days later, Sundhage converted the winning penalty in the shoot-out. Finland qualified from Group 5 with a game to spare, winning six, drawing one and losing one of their eight games.They drew 2-2 in Belarus and lost their last match 1-0 at home to Ukraine having already clinched first place.

Team ties

Finland coach Andre Jeglertz suffered a 4-0 defeat against compatriot Sundhage's United States team on 7 March2011 in the Algarve Cup.

Jeglertz coached Ume IK from 2004 to 2008 and among his players were Lisa Dahlqvist and Jakobsson.

All three UEFA Women's Champions League/UEFA Women's Cup meetings between clubs from these nations havegone the way of the Swedish side. In the inaugural 2001/02 semi-finals Ume IK won 2-1 at home and 1-0 awayagainst HJK Helsinki.

In the 2003/04 second qualifying round, FC Malm overcame FC United Jakobstad Pietarsaa 3-0 in Chernigov,Ukraine. Malm included Fischer and Therese Sjgran with Hedvig Lindahl on the bench; Sjlund was among theUnited players.

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Many of Finland's squad play in Sweden and will be facing past and current club-mates. Finland's Tuija Hyyrynenplays alongside Emmelie Konradsson for Ume.

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Team facts

FINLAND

Finland have a long history in women's football and played their first international in 1973 but it is only in the last

decade they have stepped up from minnow status.The appointment of Michael Kld as coach in 2001 proved the catalyst along with the run of HJK Helsinki to the UEFAWomen's Cup semi-finals the following year. With players like Anne Mkinen, Laura Kalmari, Sanna Valkonen andJessica Julin, Finland beat Russia in a play-off to reach UEFA Women's EURO 2005 and on their debut made thesemi-finals. They were appointed 2009 hosts and topped their group, only to lose 3-2 to England in an epic quarter-final.

At the end of 2009, Kld opted to retire along with a number of key players. Swedish coach Andre Jeglertz took over,and has gradually built a new squad, which gelled in 2013 qualifying where their only defeat, at home to Ukraine,came when first place was already certain. Linda Sllstrm has emerged as the key forward but she missed much of2012 through injury, Sanna Talonen stepping up to replace her. Sllstrm will now miss the finals and they have alsolost captain Maja Saari.

Tournament record

2009: quarter-finals2005: semi-finals2001: qualifying play-offs1997: qualifying play-offs1995: did not qualify1993: did not qualify1991: did not qualify1989: did not qualify1987: did not qualify1984: did not qualify

2013 qualifying

Group 5 winners, P8 W6 D1 L1 F22 A4 Pts19

Top scorer: Sanna Talonen 6Most appearances: Maija Saari, Katri Nokso-Koivisto, Pernilla Nordlund, Annika Kukkonen, Marianna Tolvanen 8

Friendly results since qualifying

14 February: W5-0 v Russia (h, Eerikkila)6 March: D1-1 v Netherlands (Cyprus Cup group, Larnaca)8 March: L1-2 v Canada (Cyprus Cup group, Nicosia)11 March: L2-3 v Switzerland (Cyprus Cup group, Larnaca)13 March: W1-0 v Republic of Ireland (Cyprus Cup 7th place, Paralimni)4 April: D0-0 v Slovakia (a, Senec)7 April: L1-3 v Slovakia (a, Senec)1 June: L0-3 v France (a, Valenciennes)19 June: D2-2 Switzerland (h, Helsinki)

Competition record win

6-0 v Estonia (h), 22/10/2011, 2013 qualifying

Competition record defeat

0-7 v Norway (a), 06/07/96, 1997 qualifying

SWEDEN

Sweden won the inaugural European Competition for Women's Football in 1984 and hope to finally take another majortitle on home soil 29 years on.

Following their 1984 triumph, in which they overcame England on penalties in Luton after a 1-1 aggregate draw,Sweden reached further finals in 1987, 1995 and 2001, losing the last two to Germany, who also beat them to the2003 FIFA Women's World Cup with a golden goal. The last few years, though, have been a period of rebuilding after

the retirement of that generation, which included Hanna Ljungberg and Victoria Svensson. However, with the likes ofLotta Schelin and Caroline Seger in the side, they won World Cup bronze in 2011 the best European performance and with the appointment of Pia Sundhage as coach, they have every right to be optimistic.

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Tournament record

2009: quarter-finals2005: semi-finals2001: runners-up1997: semi-finals1995: runners-up

1993: quarter-finals1991: quarter-finals1989: third place1987: runners-up1984: winners

Other honours

1999, 2012 UEFA European Women's Under-18/U19 Championship

2013 qualifying

Automatic as hosts

Friendly results since qualifying

23 October: W3-0 v Switzerland (h, Vaxjo)

6 March: D1-1 v China (Algarve Cup group, Parchal)8 March: W6-1 v Iceland (Algarve Cup group, Albufeira)11 March: D1-1 v United States (Algarve Cup group, Lagos)13 March: D2-2 (L4-5p) v Norway (Algarve Cup 3rd place, Lagos)6 April: W2-0 v Iceland (h, Vaxjo)1 June: W2-1 v Norway (h, Linkoping)19 June: D1-1 Brazil (h, Stockholm)4 July: W4-1 v England (h, Ljungskile)

Competition record win

10-0 v Republic of Ireland (h), 20/09/92, 1993 qualifying

Competition record defeat

0-2 v France (a), 01/06/00, 2001 qualifying0-2 v Denmark (a), 15/10/94, 1995 two-legged quarter-finals (won 3-2 on aggregate)1-3 v Germany (a), 23/06/01, 2001 final tournament group stage

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Match-by-match lineups

Final tournament Group A

Standings

PtsGAGFLDWPld

1110101Denmark

1110101Sweden

1000101Finland

1000101Italy

Matchday 1 (10/07/13)Italy 0-0 Finland

Finland: Korpela, Hyyrynen, Lehtinen, Kivist, Kukkonen, Tolvanen (Kuikka 73), Alanen, Heroum, Talonen, Westerlund, Sjlund (Lyytikinen 61)

Sweden 1-1 Denmark

Goals: 0-1 Knudsen 26, 1-1 Fischer 35Sweden: K. Hammarstrm, Rohlin, Fischer, Thunebro, Schelin, Asllani, Gransson (Dahlkvist 63), qvist (Jakobsson 79), Seger, Samuelsson,M. Hammarstrm

Matchday 2 (13/07/13)Finland v Sweden

Matchday 3 (16/07/13)Sweden v Italy

Denmark v Finland

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VenueAwayRes.HomeDate

SolnaWinner SF216.00CET (16.00 local time)Winner SF128/07/13

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Head coach

Finland: Andre JeglertzDate of birth: 14 February 1972

Playing career: Malm FF, IFK Trelleborg, Ume FC, IFK Hasselholm, Gimons CKCoaching career: Gimons CK, Ume IK (women), Djurgrdens IF (men), Finland (women)

Malmo-born Jeglertz will be back in his home country for the finals. Having played in the Allsvenskan for his local sideas well as three Sweden Under-21 games, he then spent a long spell at Ume, a city he was to return to as a coach.Moving into management as Gimons player-coach, on ending his playing career, he was appointed by UEFA Women'sCup holders Ume in 2004.

He immediately helped them retain that trophy, and reached further finals in 2007 and 2008, as well as winning leaguetitles every year from 2005 to 2008. At the end of that season, Jeglertz was appointed by men's club Djurgrdens,initially as joint-coach with Zoran Luki and then in sole control. He soon stepped down, however, and at the start of2010, succeeded the long-serving Kld as Finland women's coach, having shown a preference for players from thatnation at Ume. They narrowly missed out on the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup play-offs but comfortably qualified

for UEFA Women's EURO 2013.Sweden: Pia SundhageDate of birth: 13 Feburary 1960

Playing career:

Falkpings KIK, Jitex BK, sters IF. S.S. Lazio, Stattena IF, Hammarby IF DFF

Coaching career: Hammarby IF DFF, Boston Breakers, Kolbotn IL, KIF rebro DFF, United States, Sweden

Having been in the Sweden team that won the first official European title in 1984, Sundhage returned home in October2012 to try and repeat the feat on home soil as coach. A prolific scorer as a player, winning four Swedish titles withJitex in an 18-year career, she made her international debut aged 15 in 1975 and won 146 caps, scoring 71 goals.Among those was the first goal scored by a woman at Wembley in a 2-0 win in England in 1989.

Becoming player-coach of Hammarby in 1992, she had assistant roles at Vallentuna BK, AIK Fotball and PhiladelphiaCharge before Boston gave her a head position, leading them to the 2003 title in the last season of the professionalWUSA league. Returning to Europe for spells in Sweden and Norway, she assisted Marika Domanski Lyfors withChina at the 2007 World Cup before taking charge of the US, who she led to two Olympic gold medals and the 2011World Cup final, which they lost on penalties to Japan. After the 2012 Olympic success, she opted to become Swedencoach on a four-year deal, having won 91 of her 107 games in charge of the US.

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Competition facts

The UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams was introduced in 1982, with the first finaltwo years later, and further competitions were played in 1987 and 1989 before becoming the current UEFA EuropeanWomen's Championship.

The 1991 and 1993 editions ended, like the 1987 and 1989 events, in four-team knockout final tournament. The1995 edition was two-leg knockout from the quarter-finals onwards, with a one-off final. For 1997, 2001 and 2005 aneight-team final tournament was played, expanding to 12 for 2009.

The full rundown of finals is (hosts in brackets):UEFA European Women's Championship

2009: Germany 6-2 England (Helsinki, Finland)2005: Germany 3-1 Norway (Blackburn, England)2001: Germany 1-0 Sweden, aet golden goal; (Ulm, Germany)1997: Germany 2-0 Italy (Oslo, Norway)1995: Germany 3-2 Sweden (Kaiserslautern, Germany)1993: Norway 1-0 Italy (Cesena, Italy)

1991: Germany 3-1 Norway aet (Aalborg, Denmark)UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams1989: West Germany 4-1 Norway (Osnabruck, West Germany)1987: Norway 2-1 Sweden (Oslo, Norway)1984: Sweden 1-1 England, 4-3 pens (two legs, Gothenburg and Luton)

Birgit Prinz played in Germany's victories in 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009.

Germany coach Silvia Neid played in the victories of 1989, 1991 and 1995 and was assistant to Tina Theune-Meyerin 1997, 2001 and 2005 before leading the victory in 2009.

The first final went to penalties after two home 1-0 wins between Sweden and England, with no extra time. Swedenprevailed 4-3 in the Luton shoot-out.

There have been four other penalty competitions. Three were in semi-finals; hosts West Germany beat Italy 4-3 in

1989, Norway defeated hosts Denmark 8-7 in 1991 and hosts Italy overcame Germany 4-3 in 1993. Only WestGermany in 1989 went on to win the final. The next was in the 2009 quarter-finals when the Netherlands beat France5-4.

Biggest wins

Qualifying: Spain 17-0 Slovenia (1995); Norway 17-0 Slovakia (1997); Germany 17-0 Kazakhstan (2013)Two-legged knockout: Commonwealth of Independent States 0-7 Germany (1993)Final tournament: Denmark 0-5 Norway (1997); Germany 5-0 Russia (2001)

Individual match goalscoring

Qualifying: 7 Mara Paz (Spain) v Kazakhstan (2013)Final tournament: 4 Marianne Pettersen (Norway) v Denmark, 1997

Overall competition top scorers

2009: Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir (Iceland) 122005: Birgit Prinz (Germany) 172005: Birgit Prinz (Germany) 172001: Gitte Krogh (Denmark) 141997: Gabriela Chlumeck (Czech Republic), Marianne Pettersen (Norway) 131995: Patricia Brocker (Germany) 181993: Carolina Morace (Italy) 131991: Heidi Mohr (Germany) 10

Finals top scorers

2009: Inka Grings (Germany) 62005: Inka Grings (Germany) 42001: Claudia Mller (Germany), Sandra Smisek (Germany) 31997: Carolina Morace (Italy), Marianne Pettersen (Norway), Anglique Rouhas (France) 41995: Lena Videkull (Sweden) 31993: Susan Mackensie (Denmark) 2

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1991: Heidi Mohr (Germany) 4

All time (final tournaments)

Heidi Mohr (Germany) 10Inka Grings (Germany) 10Birgit Prinz (Germany) 10

All time (including qualifying)Birgit Prinz (Germany) 40Carolina Morace (Italy) 30Heidi Mohr (Germany) 30

2013 qualifying top scorers

Preliminary round: Nataa Andonova (FYROM), Rosangela Settanni (Luxembourg) 3Qualifying round: Clia Okoyino da Mbabi (Germany) 17Play-offs: Adriana (Spain), Kim Little (Scotland) 2Overall: Clia Okoyino da Mbabi (Germany) 17

Highest attendances

Qualifying: Germany v Belgium, Lubeck 2009, 17,000Final tournament: England v Finland, Manchester 2005, 29,092

(Final tournament only)

Oldest player: Olena Mazurenko (Ukraine) v Finland, 29/08/2009, 39 years 309 daysOldest goalscorer: Heidi Stre (Norway) v Denmark, 30/06/1997, 33 years 361 daysYoungest player: Oksana Yakovyshyn (Ukraine) v Netherlands, 23/08/2009, 16 years 156 daysYoungest goalscorer: Isabell Herlovsen (Norway) v France, 09/06/2005, 16 years 351 days

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Tournament preview

Knockout phase: The top two from each group go through, plus the two best third-placed teams. Quarter-finals:21 July: QF1, 1A v 3B/C, Halmstad, 15.00 local time; QF4, 2A v 2B, Vaxjo, 18.00

22 July: QF2, 1B v 2C, Kalmar, 18.00; QF3 1C v 3A/B, Linkoping, 20.45

Semi-finals:24 July: QF1 v QF4, Gothenburg, 20.3025 July: QF2 v QF3, Norrkoping, 20.30

Final:28 July: Solna, 16.00

Medals: 35 gold medals are presented to the winning team, 35 silver medals to the runners-up and 35 bronze medalsto each of the two losing semi-finalists.

adidas Golden Boot award: Will be presented to the leading scorer at the UEFA European Women's Championshipafter the final.

Official ball: The official match ball, manufactured by adidas, features a futuristic design incorporating the traditionalblue and yellow of the tournament's Swedish host nation, and was given its first public airing at the draw in Gothenburglast November. Just like the adidas Tango 12, match ball of UEFA EURO 2012, the UEFA Women's EURO 2013official match ball comprises a series of thermally bonded triangular panels with each panel covered with a griptexture that supports boot-to-ball contact and enhances ball control. Beneath the outer surface lies a woven carcassand a new bladder for increased air retention and reduced water uptake.

Official song: 'Winning Ground' has long been the slogan for UEFA Women's EURO 2013 it is now also the nameof the official tournament anthem. Swedish pop star Eric Saade premiered the tune on 27 May at Solna's FriendsArena, which will stage the 28 July final. "I love football so I'm honoured to be doing this," said Saade, who hasco-written the song with, among others, Stefan rn, the nephew of Sweden coach Pia Sundhage, herself noted forher singing.

Qualifying: The eight-team preliminary round ran from 18 to 23 March 2011 with two group winners joining 36top-ranked nations in the qualifying group stage from 17 September 2011 to 19 September 2012. The group winnersDenmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Norway plus best runners-up the Netherlands (countingresults against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their section) progressed to the final tournament, and the othersix runners-up went into the two-legged play-offs on 20/21 and 24/25 October 2012. Iceland, Russia and Spainrespectively defeated Ukraine, Austria and Scotland.

Disciplinary information:A player is automatically suspended for the next match after two cautions in two differentmatches. Single yellow cards that have not resulted in a suspension expire after the quarter-finals and are not carriedforward to the semi-finals.

Ambassadors: Former German women's international Steffi Jones and ex-Sweden player Patrik Andersson arethe international ambassadors for UEFA Women's EURO 2013.

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Legend

:: Squad list

No: numberDoB: date of birthQual: qualifyingFT: final tournamentPld: playedGls: goalsWChamp: UEFA European Women's Championship

:: Match officials

Nat: nationalityDoB: date of birth

WChamp: Total matches officiated in the UEFA European Women's Championship including all qualifying round matches. Matches as the fourthofficial are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in all UEFA competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourthofficial are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: Group statistics/Tournament schedule

Pos: positionPld: playedW: wonD: drawnL: lostGF: goals forGA: goals againstPts: points

:: NOTE: All-time statistics

Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goalsscored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out.

National team competitions

EURO: UEFA European Football ChampionshipWC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals

U21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16ChampionshipU19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18ChampionshipWWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women'sChampionship

:: Competitions

Club competitions

UCL: UEFA Champions LeagueECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League

UEL: UEFA Europa LeagueUCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa LeagueUCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto CupICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

:: Other abbreviations:: Competition stages

No.: Number(aet): Match decided after extra time3QR: Third qualifying roundF: Finalo.g.: Own goalaetps: Match decided after extra time

and penalty shoot-outR1: First roundGS: Group stageR2: Second roundGS1: First group stage

(P): Penaltyag: Match decided on away goalsR3: Third roundGS2: Second group stagePld: Matches playedagg: AggregateR4: Fourth roundKO1: First knockout roundPos.: PositionAP: AppearancesSF: Semi-finalsPR: Preliminary roundPts: PointsComp.: CompetitionR16: round of 16QF: Quarter-finals

R: Sent off (straight red card)D: DrawnR32: Round of 32QR: Qualifying roundRes.: ResultDoB: Date of birth1st: first legQR1: First qualifying roundsg: Match decided by silver goalET: Extra Time2nd: second legQR2: Second qualifying roundt: Match decided by toss of a coinGA: Goals againstPO: Play-offFT: Final tournamentW: WonGF: Goals for(Rep) : ReplayELITE: Elite round

Y: Bookedgg: Match decided by golden goalPO - FT: Play-off for FinalTournament

3rdPO: Third-place play-offY/R: Sent off (two yellow cards)L: Lost

Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegationplay-off

GS-FT: Group stage finaltournament

Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards)Nat.: NationalityN/A: Not applicable

:: Statistics

(+) : Denotes player introduced(-) : Denotes player substituted(+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted(*) : Denotes player sent off

:: Squad list

*: Misses next match if bookedD: Disciplinary

#: Suspended for at least one matchS: Suspended

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:: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication,no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness.Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competitionregulations available on www.uefa.com.


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