We’re excited to once again bring you details of Aussies playing in Nordic football leagues (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland) in 2024. Read on to see how they fared over the last week in our Nordic Wrap!
AGF were successful in last weekend’s Kvindeliga action, defeating Kolding 3-0 at home. Matilda McNamara and Ally Green made late cameos – McNamara got on the field in the 90th minute, while Green entered play 10 minutes earlier.
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FC Nordsjælland moved up to second place with a 1-0 home triumph over HB Køge. Winonah Heatley was on the field from start to finish, and Malia Steinmetz played for an hour before being substituted. For Køge, Claudia Bunge played a complete game, while Daisy Cleverley entered play for the final half hour.
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Heatley received brilliant news during the week – she’s been called up to the Matildas squad for the upcoming friendly against Mexico!
📰 SQUAD UPDATE: Katrina Gorry, Clare Hunt & Courtney Nevin have been ruled out of Australia’s upcoming training camp and international friendly against Mexico.
Forward @EGielnik, defender Winonah Heatley & winger Sharn Freier have been called up to the final squad.#Matildas
— CommBank Matildas (@TheMatildas) March 28, 2024
Unfortunately, Larissa Crummer‘s Brann Kvinner have been eliminated from the UEFA Champions League after losing 3-1 in the 2nd leg of their quarter final against Barcelona (5-2 defeat on aggregate). Crummer played the full 90 minutes.
Click below for highlights from the 2nd leg:
Brann did not have Toppserien commitments last weekend – their Round 2 clash with Vålerenga has been deferred until July.
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While the 2024 Damallsvenskan does not commence until April 13th, we look forward to bringing you the exploits of Aivi Luik (BK Häcken), Angie Beard (Linköping FC), plus Clare Polkinghorne and Amy Sayer (Kristianstads DFF).
All three teams are participating in the Svenska Cup group stage. Matchday three last week saw a big 7-2 home win for Häcken (sans Luik) over Kristianstads, with starts for Polkinghorne and Sayer (in action below). Highlights can be found here.
Beard was an unused substitute for Linköping’s scoreless draw with Vittsjö.
Luik then played a full game for Häcken as they exited the UEFA Champions League at the quarter final stage – losing the 2nd leg 3-0 to PSG (5-1 defeat on aggregate).
As yet no Aussies have signed up to compete in the 2024 Besta Deild Kvenna competition which kicks off April 22nd. If the situation changes, the Aussies in Nordic Football wrap will be sure to cover it!
Follow all our coverage of Aussies and Ferns Abroad here, and read more of our Nordic coverage here.
