The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[1][2][3]
Germany won the competition for the fourth consecutive tournament, and the sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams). Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced her retirement effective 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.[4]
5 June – 19 June
Germany (6th title)
118,403 (7,894 per match)
Inka Grings (4 goals)
Best player(s)
Anne Mäkinen
Teams and structure
Eight national teams participated – seven of which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of four: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group progressing to 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.[5]
A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004.[6] 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:[7]
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
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads
Blazenka Logarusic
Dagmar Damková
Hana Spackova
Amy Rayner
Wendy Toms
Gyöngyi Gaál
Andi Regan
Katarzyna Nadolska
Floarea Cristina Ionescu
Irina Mirt
Alexandra Ihringova
Miroslava Migalova
Yolanda Parga Rodriguez
Elke Lüthi
Nicole Petignat
Kari Seitz
Top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals
Sweden 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
Finland 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
England 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semi-finals due to their head-to-head win.
Ljungberg 21' Report Rasmussen 29'
Valkonen 18' (o.g.)
Barr 40'
Carney 90+1' (Report) Rantanen 56'
Kalmari 88'
Williams 52' (pen.) (Report) M. Pedersen 80'
Sørensen 88'
(Report)
(Report) Sjöström 3'
Kalmari 6'
Kackur 16' (Report) Sørensen 45'
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
Pohlers 61' (Report)
Lattaf 16'
Pichon 20', 30' (Report) Di Filippo 83'
Prinz 11'
Pohlers 18'
Jones 55'
Mittag 74' (Report)
Herlovsen 66' (Report) Mugneret-Béghé 20'
(Report) Grings 72'
Lingor 77' (pen.)
Minnert 83'
Klaveness 7', 57'
Christensen 29'
Gulbrandsen 35'
Mellgren 44' (Report) Gabbiadini 8' 53'
Camporese 69'
Semi-finals Final
15 June – Preston
19 June – Blackburn
16 June – Warrington
Grings 3', 12'
Pohlers 8'
Prinz 62' (Report) Mustonen 15'
2–3 (aet)
Ljungberg 43', 89' (Report) Gulbrandsen 41', 109'
Herlovsen 65'
Grings 21'
Lingor 24'
Prinz 63' (Report) Mellgren 41'
GK 1 Silke Rottenberg
DF 4 Steffi Jones
FW 6 Inka Grings 68'
FW 9 Birgit Prinz (c)
MF 10 Renate Lingor
FW 11 Anja Mittag 58'
DF 13 Sandra Minnert
MF 14 Britta Carlson 81'
MF 16 Conny Pohlers
DF 17 Ariane Hingst
MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes
Substitutes:
FW 20 Petra Wimbersky 58'
FW 8 Sandra Smisek 68'
DF 5 Sarah Günther 81'
Tina Theune
NORWAY:
GK 1 Bente Nordby
DF 2 Ane Stangeland (c)
DF 3 Gunhild Følstad
DF 4 Ingvild Stensland
DF 6 Marit Christensen
MF 7 Trine Rønning 83'
MF 8 Solveig Gulbrandsen
FW 14 Dagny Mellgren
DF 17 Marianne Paulsen
FW 19 Stine Frantzen 59'
FW 20 Lise Klaveness 87'
FW 9 Isabell Herlovsen 59'
MF 18 Marie Knutsen 83'
FW 16 Kristin Blystad-Bjerke 87'
Bjarne Berntsen
Assistant referees:
Blaženka Logarušić (Croatia)
Yolanda Parga Rodríguez (Spain)
Fourth official: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
Inka Grings
Conny Pohlers
Birgit Prinz
Solveig Gulbrandsen
Hanna Ljungberg
Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen
Laura Österberg Kalmari
Marinette Pichon
Renate Lingor
Melania Gabbiadini
Isabell Herlovsen
Lise Klaveness
Dagny Mellgren
Merete Pedersen
Johanna Rasmussen
Amanda Barr
Fara Williams
Heidi Kackur
Minna Mustonen
Anna-Kaisa Rantanen
Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
Hoda Lattaf
Steffi Jones
Sandra Minnert
Anja Mittag
Elisa Camporese
Sara Di Filippo
Marit Christensen
Anna Sjöström
Sanna Valkonen (playing against England)
UEFA Women's Championship
Women's football (soccer)
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The qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 2005 was held between March 26, 2003 & November 27, 2004. The first-placed of the group stage qualified directly. The second-placed and the two best third-placed teams played in two playoff matches for three other berths. England qualified as host.
UEFA Women's Euro 2005 squads
This article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the UEFA Women's Euro 2005.
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad.
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UEFA Women's Euro 2005 finalists
Eliminated in semi-finals
Eliminated in group stage
Italy 1969 (unofficial)
Various 1984
West Germany 1989
Norway/Sweden 1997
Finland 2009