On Wednesday, Sweden released its roster for the women’s soccer tournament for this year’s Summer Olympics in Great Britain (SvFF). Four players were not on the 2011 Women’s World Cup roster: Defenders Emma Berglund and Malin Levenstad, who have just 16 caps total between them; midfielder Johanna Almgren, a 2008 Olympics veteran; and forward Kosovare Asllani. A few key veterans are not available due to injuries. For more on Sweden’s injury woes, see the earlier post about their Volvo Winners Cup roster.
See Also: SvFF write-up on the roster (in Swedish).
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SWEDEN’S SEMI-OFFICIAL OLYMPIC ROSTER
Goalkeepers:
Lindahl, Hedvig (Kristianstads DFF)
Lundgren, Sofia (Linköpings FC)
Defenders:
Berglund, Emma (Umeå IK FF)
Levenstad, Malin (LdB FC Malmö)
Nilsson, Lina (LdB FC Malmö)
Sembrant, Linda (Tyresö FF)
Svensson, Annica (Tyresö FF)
Thunebro, Sara (1. FFC Frankfurt)
Midfielders:
Almgren, Johanna (K/Göteborg FC)
Dahlkvist, Lisa (Tyresö FF)
Fischer, Nilla (Linköpings FC)
Göransson, Antonia (1. FFC Turbine Potsdam)
Hammarström, Marie (KIF Örebro DFF)
Jakobsson, Sofia (FC Rossijanka)
Seger, Caroline (Tyresö FF)
Forwards:
Asllani, Kosovare (Kristianstads DFF)
Edlund, Madelaine (Tyresö FF)
Schelin, Lotta (Olympique Lyonnais)
Alternates:
Moberg, Susanne (Forward;Kristianstads DFF)
Segerström, Stina (Defender; K/Göteborg FC)
Landström, Jessica (Forward/Midfielder; Djurgårdens IF DFF)
Hammarström, Kristin (Goalkeeper; K/Göteborg FC)
TABLE: Sweden’s Semi-Official Olympic Roster, By Position
PLAYER S# P. D.O.B. HT Caps G Lindahl, Hedvig 1 GK 04/29/1983 179 85 0 Lundgren, Sofia 18 GK 09/20/1982 172 27 0 Berglund, Emma 3 DF 12/19/1988 173 10 0 Levenstad, Malin 17 DF 09/13/1988 165 6 0 Nilsson, Lina 13 DF 06/17/1987 168 33 0 Sembrant, Linda 2 DF 05/15/1987 174 34 1 Svensson, Annica 4 DF 03/03/1983 166 27 0 Thunebro, Sara 6 DF 04/26/1979 165 92 3 Almgren, Johanna 14 MF 03/22/1984 170 40 0 Dahlkvist, Lisa 7 MF 02/06/1987 173 55 7 Fischer, Nilla 5 MF 08/02/1984 175 89 12 Göransson, Antonia 11 MF 09/16/1990 169 23 4 Hammarström, Marie 12 MF 03/29/1982 170 22 1 Jakobsson, Sofia 10 MF 04/23/1990 175 16 3 Seger, Caroline 15 MF 03/19/1985 176 92 13 Asllani, Kosovare 9 FW 07/29/1989 165 35 6 Edlund, Madelaine 16 FW 09/15/1985 171 32 1 Schelin, Lotta 8 FW 02/27/1984 179 106 45 --- ALTERNATES ---------------------------------------------- Hammarström, Kristin 22 GK 03/29/1982 172 15 0 Landström, Jessica 21 FW 12/12/1984 180 63 19 Moberg, Susanne 19 FW 02/13/1986 170 7 0 Segerström, Stina 20 DF 06/17/1982 177 56 3
“S#” is the player’s shirt number as listed on SvFF’s Olympic roster announcement.
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