Athletes run a risk of receiving injuries when engaging in their sport, and one commonand severe injury among Swedish female football players is when the anterior cruciateligament (ACL) in the knee gets torn off by an acute trauma, and it is typically treated withsurgery. Physical test of the knees function has traditionally been the only determiner forwhether the athlete is ready to return or not. However, the psychological aspects of return tosport (RTS) have become increasingly interesting for researchers. The current study had twoobjectives: (1) to explore Swedish female football players’ perceptions and experiences ofpsychological readiness to RTS, after undergoing an ACL-reconstruction surgery, and (2) toinvestigate which potential factors might have influenced a successful outcome for theseathletes. Two participants were recruited, Alexandra, 23, and Johanna, 25, and both hadinjured their ACL while playing football, had the reconstruction surgery, and successfullyreturned to the same level as before their injury. To answer the objectives, the holistic-formstructural analysis and the narrative thematic analysis was used. The first analysis resulted intwo narratives: Alexandra had a family and personal growth narrative, and Johanna had aloneliness and performance narrative. The second analysis resulted in four themes: socialsupport, relation to football, psychological readiness, and desire to RTS. The four themes arecommon factors that influenced the girls in different ways. Future research should focus onexamining larger samples to establish common factors of success in a larger population, indifferent divisions of football, as well as other countries and sports.