The England Girls Euro 2025 squad is starting to take form.
The reigning and defending European champions will head to Switzerland this summer time with hopes of retaining their crown – and are fancied to have an excellent probability of doing precisely that.
The Lionesses have earned the appropriate to be thought of among the many favourites after capturing the creativeness with their Euro 2022 triumph and their run to the 2023 World Cup ultimate, and will likely be determined so as to add extra silverware to their cupboard this summer time.
Their star-studded aspect have been handed an especially powerful task within the group stage, nonetheless, after being drawn alongside France, the Netherlands and Wales.
They might want to present an enchancment on their unconvincing qualification efficiency to get via that and mount one other run at Euros glory, with a brand new clutch of younger gamers vying for a spot at Euro 2025.
England Girls’s Euros squad England Girls Euro 2025 squad: the final Lionesses squad
The squad referred to as as much as face the USA and Switzerland in friendlies in November-December 2024 was as follows:
GK: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)
GK: Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pleasure)
DF: Lucy Bronze (Chelsea)
DF: Alex Greenwood (Manchester Metropolis)
DF: Millie Shiny (Chelsea)
DF: Leah Williamson (captain) (Arsenal)
DF: Jess Carter (NJ/NY Gotham FC)
DF: Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal)
DF: Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit)
DF: Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United)*DF: Gabby George (Manchester United)
DF: Millie Turner (Manchester United)
MF: Keira Walsh (vice-captain) (Barcelona)
MF: Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
MF: Jess Park (Manchester Metropolis)
MF: Grace Clinton (Manchester United)
MF: Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester Metropolis)
MF: Ruby Mace (Leicester Metropolis)
FW: Beth Mead (Arsenal)
FW: Alessia Russo (Arsenal)
FW: Jessica Naz (Tottenham Hotspur)
FW: Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea)
* Withdrew on account of harm
England fixtures and outcomes Euro 2025 qualifying
April 5: England 1-1 Sweden, Wembley, London, England Republic of Eire 0-2 England, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Eire
Might 31: England 1-2 France , St James’ Park, Newcastle, England June 4: France 1-2 England , Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St Etienne, France
July 12: England 2-1 Republic of Eire, Carrow Highway, Norwich, England Sweden 0-0 England, Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
Friendlies
October 25: England 3-4 Germany, Wembley, London, England England 2-1 South Africa, Coventry Area, Coventry, England
November 30: England 0-0 USA, Wembley, London, England England 1-0 Switzerland, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England
Girls’s Nations League
February 21: Portugal v England, Estadio Municipal de Portimao, Portimao, Portugal February 26: England v Spain, Wembley, London, England
April 4: England v Belgium, venue TBC April 8: Belgium v England, venue TBC
Might 30: England v Portugal, venue TBC June 3: Spain v England, venue TBC
Euro 2025
July 5: France v England, Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland July 9: England v Netherlands, Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland July 13: England v Wales, Area St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
England supervisor: Sarina Wiegman
Sarina Wiegman will take cost of her third main match as England supervisor (Picture credit score: PA)
The Lionesses’ Dutch supervisor has her sights set on a fifth straight look in a significant match ultimate as she leads England into the Euros
Sarina Wiegman has suffered heartbreak in two World Cup finals – one with the Netherlands, one with England – however has lifted the trophy each occasions she has taken a aspect to the Euros ultimate, doing so on residence soil with the Dutch in 2017 and with the Lionesses in 2022.
Will it’s the trifecta for Wiegman in Switzerland?
England’s star participant Alessia Russo
Alessia Russo is England’s reigning participant of the yr (Picture credit score: Tim Clayton/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
The recipient of the fan-voted Lionesses participant of the yr award in October, 25-year-old Russo has been one in every of Wiegman’s most trusted and dependable gamers since she took the job in 2021.
Identical to on the 2023 World Cup, Russo scored some vastly vital objectives for England of their qualification marketing campaign. The ahead opened the scoring within the 1-1 draw in opposition to Sweden and the 2-1 win over Eire, in addition to the killer second purpose in a significant 2-1 victory away to France.
Russo has hit on a scorching run of type in entrance of purpose for Arsenal, which will likely be music to Wiegman’s ears with the Euros on the horizon.
