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Despite Sweden’s rich women’s footballing heritage, another club is grappling with the prospect of folding. Here Rich Laverty takes a deep dive into the country’s history of football and the future of the women’s game there. Women’s football clubs abruptly pulling the plug is sadly nothing new to the women’s game. But there was still some degree of shock when Swedish champions Kopparbergs/Göteborg announced they would not be re-entering the Damallsvenskan or UEFA Champions League next year.Embed from Getty Images The club won the Swedish league title for the first time earlier th...

Swedish Damallsvenskan champions Kopparbergs/Goteborg fold - but what happened? Kopparbergs/Goteborg are ceasing first-team operations | James Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images Swedish women’s champions Kopparbergs/Goteborg will be ceasing first-team operations in 2021, barely a couple of months after winning the Damallsvenskan for the first time ever. Goteborg will retain junior teams up to Under-19 level, but the first team will be no more and the Kopparbergs brewery, known internationally for its cider, is no longer investing. Investment from Kopparbergs first came in 2003, leading to a re-b...

2021 UEFA Women's Champions League final ambassador: Lotta Schelin Wednesday 16 December 2020 Article summary Sweden's all-time top scorer and winner of three UEFA Women's Champions League titles with Lyon, Lotta Schelin will be the ambassador for the 2021 final in Gothenburg. Article top media content Lotta Schelin ended her time at Lyon in 2016 with her third UEFA Women's Champions League title SPORTSFILE Article body Sweden's all-time top scorer Lotta Schelin has been announced as the ambassador for the 2021 UEFA Women's Champions League fi...