# UEFA Women's Championship

The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years and one year after the men's UEFA European Championship first held in 1984, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship. The reigning champions are England, who won their home tournament in 2022. The most successful nation in the history of the tournament is Germany, with eight titles.

## History

In 1957 in West Berlin, a European Championship was staged by the International Ladies Football Association. Four teams, representing West Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and the eventual winners, England, played the tournament at the Poststadion, at a time when women's football teams were officially forbidden by the German Football Association, a ban that was widely defied.
The FICF, which eventually merged into the Italian Football Federation, organised a European tournament in Italy in 1969 for women's national teams, a tournament won by the home team, Italy, who beat Denmark 3–1 in the final. The two nations were also the finalists of the 1970 Women's World Cup in Italy.
Italy hosted another European women's tournament a decade later, the 1979 European Competition for Women's Football – won by Denmark.
UEFA displayed little enthusiasm for women's football and were particularly hostile to Italy's independent women's football federation. Sue Lopez, a member of England's squad, contended that a lack of female representation in UEFA was a contributory factor:
   In 1971, UEFA had set up a committee for women's football, composed exclusively of male representatives, and by the time this committee folded in 1978 they had failed to organise any international competitions.
At a conference on 19 February 1980 UEFA resolved to launch its own competition for women's national teams. The meeting minutes had registered the 1979 competition as a "cause for concern". The first UEFA-run international tournament began only in 1982, when the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualification was launched. The 1984 Finals were won by Sweden. Norway won the 1987 Finals. Since then, the UEFA Women's Championship has been dominated by Germany, which has won eight out of ten events. Norway won in 1993 and the Netherlands in 2017. Germany's 2013 win had been their sixth in a row. In 2022, England won UEFA Women's Euro 2022, becoming the country's first senior association football team of either gender to win a major tournament since the men's team won the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
From 1984 to 1995, the tournament was initially played as a four-team event. The 1997 edition was the first that was played with eight teams, followed by the 2001 and 2005 editions. The third expansion happened between 2009 and 2013 when 12 teams participated. From 2017 onwards 16 teams compete for the championship.
The first three tournaments of the UEFA competition in the 1980s had the name "European Competition for Representative Women's Teams". With UEFA's increasing acceptance of women's football, this competition was given European Championship status by UEFA around 1990. Only the 1991 and 1995 editions have been used as European qualifiers for a FIFA Women's World Cup; starting in 1999, women's national teams adopted the separate World Cup qualifying competition and group system used in men's qualifiers.

## Results

| Editions | Years | Host nation | Finals | Finals | Finals | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Editions | Years | Host nation | Winners | Scores | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1984 | No official host | Sweden | 1–1 (agg.) (4–3 p) | England | Denmark and Italy | Denmark and Italy | Denmark and Italy | 4 |
| 2 | 1987 | Norway | Norway | 2–1 | Sweden | Italy | 2–1 | England | 4 |
| 3 | 1989 | West Germany | West Germany | 4–1 | Norway | Sweden | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Italy | 4 |
| 4 | 1991 | Denmark | Germany | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Norway | Denmark | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Italy | 4 |
| 5 | 1993 | Italy | Norway | 1–0 | Italy | Denmark | 3–1 | Germany | 4 |
| 6 | 1995 | No official host | Germany | 3–2 | Sweden | England and Norway | England and Norway | England and Norway | 4 |
| 7 | 1997 | Norway Sweden | Germany | 2–0 | Italy | Spain and Sweden | Spain and Sweden | Spain and Sweden | 8 |
| 8 | 2001 | Germany | Germany | 1–0 (g.g.) | Sweden | Denmark and Norway | Denmark and Norway | Denmark and Norway | 8 |
| 9 | 2005 | England | Germany | 3–1 | Norway | Finland and Sweden | Finland and Sweden | Finland and Sweden | 8 |
| 10 | 2009 | Finland | Germany | 6–2 | England | Netherlands and Norway | Netherlands and Norway | Netherlands and Norway | 12 |
| 11 | 2013 | Sweden | Germany | 1–0 | Norway | Denmark and Sweden | Denmark and Sweden | Denmark and Sweden | 12 |
| 12 | 2017 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 4–2 | Denmark | Austria and England | Austria and England | Austria and England | 16 |
| 13 | 2022 | England | England | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Germany | France and Sweden | France and Sweden | France and Sweden | 16 |
| 14 | 2025 | Switzerland | | | | | | | 16 |
| 15 | 2029 | TBA | | | | | | | 16 |

## Summary

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Losing semi-finalists |
| Germany | 8 (1989*, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001*, 2005, 2009, 2013) | 1 (2022) | 1 (1993) |
| Norway | 2 (1987*, 1993) | 4 (1989, 1991, 2005, 2013) | 3 (1995, 2001, 2009) |
| Sweden | 1 (1984) | 3 (1987, 1995, 2001) | 5 (1989, 1997*, 2005, 2013*, 2022) |
| England | 1 (2022*) | 2 (1984, 2009) | 3 (1987, 1995, 2017) |
| Netherlands | 1 (2017*) | — | 1 (2009) |
| Italy | — | 2 (1993*, 1997) | 4 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991) |
| Denmark | — | 1 (2017) | 5 (1984, 1991*, 1993, 2001, 2013) |
| Austria | — | — | 1 (2017) |
| Finland | — | — | 1 (2005) |
| France | — | — | 1 (2022) |
| Spain | — | — | 1 (1997) |
    * hosts
    $^1$ named West Germany until 1990

## Medal table

In the inaugural 1984 tournament, no bronze medal was awarded. In 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993 there was a third-place play-off to determine bronze. From 1995 onwards, both losing semi-finalists are awarded bronze. Only Norway and Germany have won the competition more than once.
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Norway | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | England | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 13 | 13 | 20 | 46 |

## Debut of teams

| Year | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Successor teams |
| Year | Teams | No. | Cum. | Successor teams |
| 1984 | Denmark, England, Italy, Sweden | 4 | 4 | |
| 1987 | Norway | 1 | 5 | |
| 1989 | West Germany | 1 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | 0 | 6 | Germany |
| 1993 | — | 0 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | 0 | 6 | |
| 1997 | France, Russia, Spain | 3 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | 0 | 9 | |
| 2005 | Finland | 1 | 10 | |
| 2009 | Iceland, Netherlands, Ukraine | 3 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | 0 | 13 | |
| 2017 | Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland | 5 | 18 | |
| 2022 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 19 | |
| 2025 | Poland, Wales | 2 | 21 | |
| 2029 | TBD | | | |

## Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
    As of UEFA Women's Euro 2022, 31 July 2022
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Germany | 11 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 107 | 27 | +80 | 114 |
| 2 | Sweden | 11 | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 72 |
| 3 | Norway | 12 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 55 |
| 4 | England | 9 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 54 |
| 5 | France | 7 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 41 |
| 6 | Denmark | 10 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 38 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 4 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 33 |
| 8 | Italy | 12 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 31 |
| 9 | Spain | 4 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 18 |
| 10 | Austria | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 11 | Finland | 4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 12 |
| 12 | Belgium | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 |
| 13 | Iceland | 4 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 7 |
| 14 | Russia | 5 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | −21 | 6 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 |
| 16 | Portugal | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 18 | Scotland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
| 19 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |

## Team results by tournament

Legend
* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place (1987–1993)
* 4th – Fourth place (1987–1993)
* SF – Semi-finalists (1984, and since 1995)
* QF – Quarter-finalists (since 2009)
* GS – Group stage
* Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
* • – Did not qualify
* × – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
* – Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 1984 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 | 2022 | 2025 | 2029 TBA | Total |
| Team | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | (8) | (8) | (8) | (12) | (12) | (16) | (16) | (16) | (16) | | Total |
| Austria | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | SF | QF | • | | 2 |
| Belgium | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | QF | Q | | 3 |
| Denmark | SF | • | • | 3rd | 3rd | • | GS | SF | GS | GS | SF | 2nd | GS | Q | | 11 |
| England | 2nd | 4th | • | • | • | SF | • | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | SF | 1st | Q | | 10 |
| Finland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | QF | GS | • | GS | Q | | 5 |
| France | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | QF | SF | Q | | 8 |
| Germany | • | • | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | QF | 2nd | Q | | 12 |
| Iceland | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | QF | GS | GS | Q | | 5 |
| Italy | SF | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | GS | Q | | 13 |
| Netherlands | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | GS | 1st | QF | Q | | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | • | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | | 1 |
| Norway | • | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | SF | GS | SF | 2nd | SF | 2nd | GS | GS | Q | | 13 |
| Poland | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | | 1 |
| Portugal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | Q | | 3 |
| Russia | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | GS | × | × | | 5 |
| Scotland | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | | 1 |
| Spain | × | • | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | QF | QF | QF | Q | | 5 |
| Sweden | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | 2nd | SF | 2nd | SF | QF | SF | QF | SF | Q | | 12 |
| Switzerland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | Q | | 3 |
| Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Wales | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | Q | | 1 |
Notes:
* The Soviet Union team was created only in 1990 and did not participate in continental competitions.
* The East Germany team was created only in 1990 and did not participate in continental competitions.
* Most of the countries of the "Eastern Bloc" ("Socialist camp") did not field their women teams.

## Hosts

Results of host nations :
| Year | Host nation | Finish |
| 1984 | No fixed host | n/a |
| 1987 | Norway | Champions |
| 1989 | West Germany | Champions |
| 1991 | Denmark | Third place |
| 1993 | Italy | Runners-up |
| 1995 | No fixed host | n/a |
| 1997 | Norway | Group stage |
| 1997 | Sweden | Semi-final |
| 2001 | Germany | Champions |
| 2005 | England | Group stage |
| 2009 | Finland | Quarter-final |
| 2013 | Sweden | Semi-final |
| 2017 | Netherlands | Champions |
| 2022 | England | Champions |
| 2025 | Switzerland | To be determined |

## Results of defending finalists

| Year | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish |
| 1987 | Sweden | Runners-up | England | Fourth place |
| 1989 | Norway | Runners-up | Sweden | Third place |
| 1991 | Germany | Champions | Norway | Runners-up |
| 1993 | Germany | Fourth place | Norway | Champions |
| 1995 | Norway | Semi-final | Italy | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Germany | Champions | Sweden | Semi-final |
| 2001 | Germany | Champions | Italy | Group stage |
| 2005 | Germany | Champions | Sweden | Semi-final |
| 2009 | Germany | Champions | Norway | Semi-final |
| 2013 | Germany | Champions | England | Group stage |
| 2017 | Germany | Quarter-final | Norway | Group stage |
| 2022 | Netherlands | Quarter-final | Denmark | Group stage |
| 2025 | England | To be determined | Germany | To be determined |

## Tournament statistics
### All-time top scorers

| Rank | Name | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Total |
| Rank | Name | 1984 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 | 2022 | Total |
| 1 | Inka Grings | | | | | | | | | 4 | 6 | | | | 10 |
| 1 | Birgit Prinz | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | 10 |
| 3 | Carolina Morace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 4 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 3 | Heidi Mohr | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 3 | Lotta Schelin | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | | 8 |
| 6 | Hanna Ljungberg | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | 6 |
| 6 | Beth Mead | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Alexandra Popp | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Melania Gabbiadini | | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 5 |
| 9 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | | | | | | | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | | 5 |
| 9 | Maren Meinert | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 5 |
| 9 | Patrizia Panico | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | 5 |
| 9 | Pia Sundhage | 4 | 0 | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 9 | Jodie Taylor | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 5 |
| 9 | Lena Videkull | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 9 | Bettina Wiegmann | | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 5 |

### Top scorers by tournament

| Year | Player | Matches played | Goals |
| 1984 | Pia Sundhage | 4 | 4 |
| 1987 | Trude Stendal | 2 | 3 |
| 1989 | Sissel Grude Ursula Lohn | 2 | 2 |
| 1991 | Heidi Mohr | 2 | 4 |
| 1993 | Susan Mackensie | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | Lena Videkull | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Roujas | 5 | 4 |
| 2001 | Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek | 5 | 3 |
| 2005 | Inka Grings | 5 | 4 |
| 2009 | Inka Grings | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | Lotta Schelin | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | Jodie Taylor | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | Beth Mead Alexandra Popp | 6 | 6 |

### UEFA.com Golden Player by tournament

| Year | Player |
| 1984 | Pia Sundhage |
| 1987 | Heidi Støre |
| 1989 | Doris Fitschen |
| 1991 | Silvia Neid |
| 1993 | Hege Riise |
| 1995 | Birgit Prinz |
| 1997 | Carolina Morace |
| 2001 | Hanna Ljungberg |
| 2005 | Anne Mäkinen |
| 2009 | Inka Grings |
| 2013 | Nadine Angerer$^1$ |
| 2017 | Lieke Martens$^1$ |
| 2022 | Beth Mead$^1$ |
$^1$Official player of the tournament since 2013

### Highest attendances

* 87,192 – England v Germany, Wembley, London (2022 final)
* 68,871 – England v Austria, Old Trafford, Manchester (2022 group stage)
* 41,301 – Germany v Norway, Friends Arena, Solna (2013 final)
* 30,785 - England v Northern Ireland, St Mary's Stadium, Southampton (2022 group stage)
* 29,092 – England v Finland, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester (2005 group stage)
* 28,994 – England v Spain, Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove (2022 quarter-final)
* 28,847 – England v Norway, Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove (2022 group stage)
* 28,624 – England v Sweden, Bramall Lane, Sheffield (2022 semi-final)
* 28,182 – Netherlands v Denmark, De Grolsch Veste, Enschede (2017 final)
* 27,445 – Germany v France, Stadium MK, Milton Keynes (2022 semi-final)