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UEFA Women's Euro 2005
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
Dates5–19 June
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (6th title)
Runners-up Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored50 (3.33 per match)
Attendance118,403 (7,894 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Inka Grings (4 goals)
Best player(s)Finland Anne Mäkinen
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International football competition

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.

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.

Finland made its debut in the competition.

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.

Group A

Group B

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying

A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004. 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. This was the first time in which the hosts qualified automatically for the final tournament.

The following teams were eliminated at this stage:

  • 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 Croatia
Czech Republic Czech Republic
England England
Hungary Hungary
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Poland Poland
Romania Romania
Slovakia Slovakia
Spain Spain
Switzerland Switzerland
United States United States of America

Results

First round

Top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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

Note:

  • Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semi-finals due to their head-to-head win.
Sweden 1–1 Denmark
Ljungberg 21' Report Rasmussen 29'
Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolAttendance: 3,231Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
England 3–2 Finland
Valkonen 18' (o.g.)
Barr 40'
Carney 90+1'		 (Report) Rantanen 56'
Kalmari 88'
City of Manchester Stadium, ManchesterAttendance: 29,092Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
England 1–2 Denmark
Williams 52' (pen.) (Report) M. Pedersen 80'
Sørensen 88'
Ewood Park, BlackburnAttendance: 14,695Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
Sweden 0–0 Finland
(Report)
Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolAttendance: 1,491Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
England 0–1 Sweden
(Report) Sjöström 3'
Ewood Park, BlackburnAttendance: 25,694Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Finland 2–1 Denmark
Kalmari 6'
Kackur 16'		 (Report) Sørensen 45'
Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolAttendance: 2,500Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

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
Germany 1–0 Norway
Pohlers 61' (Report)
Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 1,600Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
France 3–1 Italy
Lattaf 16'
Pichon 20', 30'		 (Report) Di Filippo 83'
Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 957Referee: Wendy Toms (England)
Germany 4–0 Italy
Prinz 11'
Pohlers 18'
Jones 55'
Mittag 74'		 (Report)
Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 1,279Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
Norway 1–1 France
Herlovsen 66' (Report) Mugneret-Béghé 20'
Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 3,263Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
France 0–3 Germany
(Report) Grings 72'
Lingor 77' (pen.)
Minnert 83'
Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 3,835Referee: Floarea Cristina Ionescu (Romania)
Norway 5–3 Italy
Klaveness 7', 57'
Christensen 29'
Gulbrandsen 35'
Mellgren 44'		 (Report) Gabbiadini 8', 53'
Camporese 69'
Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 1,154Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

Knockout stage

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 15 June – Preston
 
  Germany4
 19 June – Blackburn
  Finland1
  Germany3
 16 June – Warrington
  Norway1
  Sweden2
 
  Norway (a.e.t.)3
 

Semi-finals

Germany 4-1 Finland
Grings 3', 12'
Pohlers 8'
Prinz 62'		 (Report) Mustonen 15'
Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 2,785Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
Sweden 2–3 (a.e.t.) Norway
Ljungberg 43', 89' (Report) Gulbrandsen 41', 109'
Herlovsen 65'
Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 5,722Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Final

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2005 Final
Germany 3–1 Norway
Grings 21'
Lingor 24'
Prinz 63'		 (Report) Mellgren 41'
Ewood Park, BlackburnAttendance: 21,105Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
Germany
GERMANY:
GK 1 Silke Rottenberg
DF 4 Steffi Jones
FW 6 Inka Grings downward-facing red arrow 68'
FW 9 Birgit Prinz (c)
MF 10 Renate Lingor
FW 11 Anja Mittag downward-facing red arrow 58'
DF 13 Sandra Minnert
MF 14 Britta Carlson downward-facing red arrow 81'
MF 16 Conny Pohlers
DF 17 Ariane Hingst
MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes
Substitutes:
FW 20 Petra Wimbersky upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 8 Sandra Smisek upward-facing green arrow 68'
DF 5 Sarah Günther upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Tina Theune
Norway
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 downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF 8 Solveig Gulbrandsen
FW 14 Dagny Mellgren
DF 17 Marianne Paulsen
FW 19 Stine Frantzen downward-facing red arrow 59'
FW 20 Lise Klaveness downward-facing red arrow 87'
Substitutes:
FW 9 Isabell Herlovsen upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 18 Marie Knutsen upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 16 Kristin Blystad-Bjerke upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Bjarne Berntsen

MATCH OFFICIALS

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Legacy

The tournament was viewed as a successful one by The Football Association. The tournament is credited with popularising women's football in England.

See also

References

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