UEFA Women's Euro 2005

The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also called WOMEN'S EURO 2005 (trademark of UEFA), was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries that are part of UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition tries to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.

Germany won the competition for the fourth consecutive tournament. It was the sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams) that they won. Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced that she would retire at the end of the tournament. In her nine years in charge of Germany, they won three European titles, two bronze medals in the Olympics, and the 2003 World Cup.

Teams and structure

Eight national teams participated–seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of 4: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group moving into the semi-finals. The winner faced the runner-up of the other group in a play-off, with the winner of each semi-final advancing to the final to determine the champion.

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
  Sweden 3 1 2 0 2 1 5
  Finland 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
  Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
  England 3 1 0 2 4 5 3
5 June 2005
Sweden   1 – 1   Denmark Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 3,231
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
Ljungberg 21' (Report) Rasmussen 29'

5 June 2005
England   3 – 2   Finland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 29,092
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
Valkonen 18' (OG)
Barr 40'
Carney 90+1'
(Report) Rantanen 56'
Kalmari 88'

8 June 2005
England   1 – 2   Denmark Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance: 14,695
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
Williams 52' (pen) (Report) M. Pedersen 80'
Sørensen 88'

8 June 2005
Sweden   0 – 0   Finland Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 1,491
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
  (Report)  

11 June 2005
England   0 – 1   Sweden Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance: 25,694
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
  (Report) Sjöström 3'

11 June 2005
Finland   2 – 1   Denmark Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
Kalmari 6'
Kackur 16'
(Report) Sørensen 45'

Note:

  • Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semifinals due to their head-to-head win.

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
  Norway 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
  France 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
  Italy 3 0 0 3 4 12 −8 0
6 June 2005
Germany   1 – 0   Norway Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Petignat (Switzerland)
Pohlers   61' (Report)  

6 June 2005
France   3 – 1   Italy Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 957
Referee: Toms (England)
Lattaf   16'
Pichon   20'   30'
(Report) Di Filippo   83'

9 June 2005
Germany   4 – 0   Italy Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Seitz (USA)
Prinz   11'
Pohlers   18'
Jones   55'
Mittag   74'
(Report)  

9 June 2005
Norway   1 – 1   France Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 3,263
Referee: Gaál (Hungary)
Herlovsen   66' (Report) Mugneret-Béghé   20'

12 June 2005
France   0 – 3   Germany Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 3,835
Referee: Ionescu (Romania)
  (Report) Grings   72'
Lingor   77' (pen)
Minnert   83'

11 June 2005
Norway   5 – 3   Italy Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 1,154
Referee: Damková (Czech Republic)
Klaveness   7'   57'
Christensen   29'
Gulbrandsen   35'
Mellgren   44'
(Report) Gabbiadini   8'   53'
Camporese   69'

Qualification

See main article: 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification

A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004 [1]. The teams which were entered played in a group stage, with the winners advancing to the final, and the runners-up being given the chance of qualification through a play-off. England, as the host nation, qualified automatically for the tournament.

The following teams were eliminated at this stage [2]:

  • Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Three teams were also eliminated in play-offs for the tournament:

  • Czech Republic, Iceland, Russia

More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads

Match officials

  Croatia
  Czech Republic
  England
  Hungary
  North Ireland
  Poland

  Romania
  Slovakia
  Spain
  Switzerland
  United States of America

Results

First Round

Top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
15 June – Preston (Deepdale)
   Germany 4  
   Finland 1  
 
19 June – Blackburn (Ewood Park)
       Germany 3
     Norway 1
16 June – Warrington (Halliwell Jones S.)
   Sweden 2
   Norway 3  

Semifinals

15 June 2005
Germany   4 – 1   Finland Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 2,785
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
Grings 3', 12'
Pohlers 8'
Prinz 62'
(Report) Mustonen 15'

16 June 2005
Sweden   2 – 3 (aet)   Norway Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 5,722
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
Ljungberg 43', 89' (Report) Gulbrandsen 41', 109'
Herlovsen 65'

Final

19 June 2005
Germany   3 – 1   Norway Blackburn, Ewood Park
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
Grings 21'
Lingor 24'
Prinz 63'
(Report) Mellgren 41'

Legend

Awards

 Women's Euro 2005 Champions 
 
Germany
Sixth title

Goalscorers

Top scored teams

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