She called it an honour but the team went out in the quarter-finals to Australia. She was appointed interim coach for England and team GB in January 2021 and led the team at the Olympics later that year. She started out as a coach at Team Strømmen before making LSK Kvinner an attacking force, winning four league titles and three cups on the way.
They won the 1993 Euros, the World Cup two years later and added Olympic Gold in 2000. (What a wonderful welcome to today’s training) Norway coachĬrowned World Player of the Year in 1995, Hege Riise was one of the major contributors to Norway’s golden years in women’s football. Riise has clearly got them playing the way she wants, as the midfielder Guro Reiten told TV 2 Norway after the 0-0 draw against France in February: “We’re difficult and annoying to play against - just like we want to be.” It will be fascinating to see how they get on this summer, merely a year after their implosion in England.įor en herlig velkomst på dagens åpne trening 😍 /E8adlODoUc- Fotballandslaget July 2, 2023
By that time they had already secured qualification for the World Cup, topping Group F thanks to a 1-0 win against Belgium in September last year. The captain Maren Mjelde and Barça’s Ingrid Syrstad Engen have also been out for spells, but all four are back in time for the World Cup.Īnd despite their absence, Riise’s “new Norway” produced some good performances in friendlies against strong teams such as Netherlands, France, England and Sweden. Just weeks later another of the team’s super stars, Ada Hegerberg, got injured and was out for seven months. The day after her first squad selection, Barcelona’s Caroline Graham Hansen announced she would take a break from international duty due to fatigue. She did not have the best of starts, it is fair to say. “We have to acknowledge where we stand at the moment and work from that,” Riise said upon being appointed in August. Out went the coach, Martin Sjögren, and his aim to dominate play with a 4-4-2 formation and in came Hege Riise and a more cynical approach where defensive stability is the key to success in a 4-3-3 or 5-4-1 set-up. The Norwegian side has gone through a big transitional phase from last year’s Euros, where they crashed out of the group stage and suffered a humiliating 8-0 defeat against England. You can also check out the player profiles of every member of the Norway National Team roster.
This guide was written by Christina Paulos Syversen for TV2 Norge. This article is part of a collaboration with the Guardian along with leading newspapers from each of the participating countries at the tournament. Here’s your guide to the Norway side at the Women’s World Cup 2023.
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