Rosengard have been one in all solely three groups to not decide up a single level within the Girls’s Champions League group levels, which is important given the historical past of this membership, which was generally known as Malmo till 2013.
The Swedish champions have been quarter-finalists on this competitors seven instances – and as lately as 2021. As soon as house to Marta, the best participant the ladies’s sport has ever seen, they reached the final 4 within the 2003-04 season.
For a very long time, golf equipment from Sweden’s Damallsvenskan have been among the many strongest within the ladies’s sport. Umea reached 4 finals in 5 seasons initially of the century – successful two. In 2014, Tyreso have been a part of one of many UWCL’s most memorable showpieces, ending as runners-up after an exhilarating sport ended 4-3 to Wolfsburg.
However instances have modified. With the cash that massive golf equipment are investing into their ladies’s groups now, these in Sweden are unable to compete financially. “We’re struggling slightly bit with our personal identification,” Therese Sjogran, sporting director of Rosengard, informed GOAL final 12 months.
These challenges have been evident all through the group levels because the membership misplaced twice to Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Benfica. The latter are a staff severely on the rise and they’re serving to Portugal search out Sweden within the UEFA coefficient rankings.
The Scandinavian nation don’t want to fret an excessive amount of about dropping their third UWCL spot simply but, however this marketing campaign has been a reminder of the difficulties that Damallsvenskan golf equipment are dealing with as the sport grows.