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Scandinavian clubs once seemed an unstoppable force in the women's game – but a huge gap between the Nordic leagues and Europe's elite has emerged in the past twenty years

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Tags: scandinavia, football.womens, leagues, coaches, teams.national, uefa, womens champions league, womens super league, funding, investment, infrastructure, business, profits, professionalisation, governing bodies, history, 2000s, athletes, stina blackstenius, anna sandberg, johanna rytting kaneryd, commercialization, moving the goalposts, united kingdom, author.elizabeth payne, source.the guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/06/how-scandinavian-clubs-fell-behind-wsl

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Title
How Scandinavian clubs fell behind the WSL - can they regain lost ground?
Published
Jan 6 2026
Word count
1271 words