Helen Johansson
# Helen Johansson

Helen Björk (born 9 July 1965, as Helen Johansson) is a Swedish former association football forward who won 88 caps and scored 23 goals for the Sweden women's national football team. She helped Sweden win the 1984 European Championship and played at the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

## International career

Johansson made her senior Sweden debut on 26 September 1981; a 7–0 win over the Netherlands at Ryavallen in Borås. She won the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in 1984. Sweden beat England in the final, in a penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road after a 1–1 aggregate draw. She missed the first leg with myocarditis. Restored to the team for the second leg, Johansson had her shot saved by Theresa Wiseman in the shootout, but Elisabeth Leidinge stopped two English penalties.

In 1991 Johannson helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in Guangdong, China. Playing as a winger behind strikers Lena Videkull and Anneli Andelén, she featured in four of the team's six matches.

### Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”) :

| Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred |
| - | - |
| Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
| penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. |
| Result | The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match |
| aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| | Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament |
| | Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament |
| Goal | Match | Date | Location | Opponent | Lineup | Result | Competition |
| China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup ||||||||||
| | 1 | 1991-11-17 | Panyu | United States | Start | 2–3 L | Group match |
| | 2 | 1991-11-19 | Foshan | Japan | 35. off 35' (on Svensson-Gustafsson) | 8–0 W | Group match |
| | 3 | 1991-11-24 | Guangzhou | China | Start | 1–0 W | Quarter-Final |
| | 4 | 1991-11-29 | Guangzhou | Germany | Start | 4–0 W | 3rd Place Match |

### Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Helen Johansson participated in four European Championship tournaments: 1984(various locations), Norway 1987, Germany 1989, and 1995(various locations). Sweden won the tournament in 1984, finished second in 1987 & 1995, and took third place in 1989. Johansson's extra time goal in the 1989 consolation match secured the third place finish for Sweden in that tournament.

| Goal | Match | Date | Location | Opponent | Lineup | Min | Score | Result | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 European Championship ||||||||||
| | 1 | 1984-3-1 | Rome | Italy | Start | | | 3–2 W | Semi-Final 1st Leg |
| | 2 | 1984-5-27 | Luton | England | Start | | | 0–1 L | Final 2nd Leg |
| 1987 European Championship ||||||||||
| | 3 | 1987-6-11 | Moss | England | 47. on 47' (off Hultin) | | | 3–2 W | Semi-Final |
| | 4 | 1987-6-14 | Oslo | Norway | 65. off 65' (on Andelén) | | | 1–2 L | Final |
| 1989 European Championship ||||||||||
| | 5 | 1989-6-28 | Lüdenscheid | Norway | Start | | | 1–2 L | Semi-Final |
| 1 | 6 | 1989-6-30 | Osnabrück | Italy | Start | 94 | 2-1 | 2–1 W | 3rd Place Match |
| 1995 European Championship ||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 1995-2-26 | Kristiansand | Norway | Start | 61 | 3-2 | 3–4 L | Semi-Final 1st Leg |
| | 8 | 1995-3-5 | Jönköping | Norway | 46. off 46' (on Videkull) | | | 4–1 W | Semi-Final 2nd Leg |
