2013 Uefa European Women's Championship Match Press Kit
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2013 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT Finland Sweden Group A - Matchday 2 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg Saturday 13 July 2013 20.30CET (20.30 local time) Contents Match background.............................................................................................................2 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Match-by-match lineups....................................................................................................8 Tournament schedule........................................................................................................9 Head coach.....................................................................................................................11 Match officials..................................................................................................................12 Competition facts.............................................................................................................13 Tournament information...................................................................................................15 Legend............................................................................................................................16 Finland v Sweden Saturday 13 July 2013 - 20.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg Match background Sweden will defend one of the best head-to-head records in international football when they face Finland, coached by a Swede, in Gothenburg, both having drawn their Group A openers. Head-to-head record • Sweden have lost just once in 35 games against Finland, winning 28 and drawing six with a goal tally of 110-16. In nine competitive matches Sweden have seven wins and two draws. • They each played their first match against each other, a 0-0 draw in Maarianhamin on 25 August 1973. Finland's only win came on 12 July 1976, a 2-1 success in Kallhall. Sweden are unbeaten in 29 fixtures since. • 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 that was 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 last of those four fixtures Finland managed a 1-1 home draw. They then met in the UEFA Women's EURO 2005 finals in Blackpool 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, Törnqvist, Marklund, Bengtsson, Moström, S Larsson, M Andersson, Ljungberg, V Svensson, Schelin (Öqvist 56), Sjögran (Sjöström 72). Finland: Kunnas, Vaelma, Julin, Valkonen, Salmén, Sarapää, Mäkinen, 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 Finland 1-0 in Vevey, Switzerland. Nilla Fischer started for Sweden with Caroline Seger coming on; Finland included Minna Meriluoto, Tiina Salmén, Annica Sjölund 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 Asllani started 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's EURO 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 to France, 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 coach of 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 Andrée Jeglertz suffered a 4-0 defeat against compatriot Sundhage's United States team on 7 March 2011 in the Algarve Cup. • Jeglertz coached Umeå 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 have gone the way of the Swedish side. In the inaugural 2001/02 semi-finals Umeå IK won 2-1 at home and 1-0 away against HJK Helsinki. • In the 2003/04 second qualifying round, FC Malmö overcame FC United Jakobstad Pietarsaa 3-0 in Chernigov, Ukraine. Malmö included Fischer and Therese Sjögran with Hedvig Lindahl on the bench; Sjölund was among the United players. Last updated 13/07/13 2:12:41CET 2 Match background Finland v Sweden Saturday 13 July 2013 - 20.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg • Many of Finland's squad play in Sweden and will be facing past and current club-mates. Finland's Tuija Hyyrynen plays alongside Emmelie Konradsson for Umeå. Last updated 13/07/13 2:12:41CET 3 Match background Finland v Sweden Saturday 13 July 2013 - 20.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg 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 Käld as coach in 2001 proved the catalyst along with the run of HJK Helsinki to the UEFA Women's Cup semi-finals the following year. With players like Anne Mäkinen, Laura Kalmari, Sanna Valkonen and Jessica Julin, Finland beat Russia in a play-off to reach UEFA Women's EURO 2005 and on their debut made the semi-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, Käld opted to retire along with a number of key players. Swedish coach Andrée 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 Sällström has emerged as the key forward but she missed much of 2012 through injury, Sanna Talonen stepping up to replace her. Sällström will now miss the finals and they have also lost captain Maja Saari. Tournament record 2009: quarter-finals 2005: semi-finals 2001: qualifying play-offs 1997: qualifying play-offs 1995: did not qualify 1993: did not qualify 1991: did not qualify 1989: did not qualify 1987: did not qualify 1984: did not qualify 2013 qualifying Group 5 winners, P8 W6 D1 L1 F22 A4 Pts19 Top scorer: Sanna Talonen 6 Most 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 major title 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 the 2003 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 of Lotta 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. Last updated 13/07/13 2:12:41CET 4 Team facts Finland v Sweden Saturday 13 July 2013 - 20.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg Tournament record 2009: quarter-finals 2005: semi-finals 2001: runners-up 1997: semi-finals 1995: runners-up 1993: quarter-finals 1991: quarter-finals 1989: third place 1987: runners-up 1984: 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: