Marika Domanski Lyfors

Marika Domanski Lyfors ( born May 17, 1960 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish former football player and trainer. Since 2008 she is chairwoman of the football department of the Swedish Football Association and is responsible for the training of players and coaches.

Club career

As a child she played the Nödinge SK north of Gothenburg located Nödinge - Nol, as teenagers at Surte IS in the neighboring municipality Surte. At 19, she moved to Jitex BK, in which she played for five years. 1981 and 1984, she was with Jitex Swedish double winners, this was another Cup victory in 1982., She worked for three years at GAIS Gothenburg active.

Coaching career

Since 1989 she is a trainer and was initially for five years with the team Tyresö FF in the Stockholm suburb of Tyresö active. At the same time she worked from 1991 to 1993, the U -20 Women of the Swedish Football Association ( SvFF ) and was still during this time Kotrainerin the Swedish national team. In 1996, she took over from Bengt Simonsson the office as a trainer, which she held until 2005. With it, the Swedes, in 1997 the semi-finals of the European Championships at home, but lost 0-1 against Germany. In 1999 they advanced to the finals of the European Championship, which they again lost a golden goal against Germany. 2003 reached the Swedish women with it the final of the World Cup in the USA, where they again played in Carson against Germany and were also subject after an extension with 1:2. Also at the 2004 Olympics failed Marika Domanski Lyfors and her team at the opponent Germany; they lost in the bronze medal match again with 0:1. At the European Championships 2005, the blow came in the semis against Norway.

From 2005 Marika Domanski Lyfors took over the Swedish U-21 women. In March 2007, she signed a contract with the Chinese Association after the German Eckhard Krautzun had resigned for health reasons. However, with the representative of the hosting in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in their own country they could not meet the high expectations of the Chinese. In October 2007, she performed " for health and family reasons " back. Back home, she took over the presidency of the football department of the SvFF.

Achievements

Association

  • Swedish Champion: 1981 and 1984
  • Swedish Cup winners: 1981, 1982 and 1984

National

  • Vice World Champion 2003
  • Vice European Champion 2001
  • Fourth place at the 2004 Olympic Games
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