UEFA Women's Euro 2005

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.^[3][4]

UEFA Women's Euro 2005

Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	5–19 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (6th title)
Runners-up	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	50 (3.33 per match)
Attendance	118,403 (7,894 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Inka Grings (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Anne Mäkinen
← 2001 2009 →

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Group A

•  England
•  Sweden
•  Finland
•  Denmark

Group B

•  Germany
•  France
•  Norway
•  Italy

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying

A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004.^[7] 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:^[8]

• 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 Blazenka Logarusic Czech Republic Dagmar Damková Hana Spackova England Amy Rayner Wendy Toms Hungary Gyöngyi Gaál Northern Ireland Andi Regan Poland Katarzyna Nadolska

Romania Floarea Cristina Ionescu Irina Mirt Slovakia Alexandra Ihringova Miroslava Migalova Spain Yolanda Parga Rodriguez Switzerland Elke Lüthi Nicole Petignat United States of America Kari Seitz

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'

5 June 2005

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 3,231

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

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England	3–2	Finland
Valkonen 18' (o.g.) Barr 40' Carney 90+1'	(Report)	Rantanen 56' Kalmari 88'

5 June 2005

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 29,092

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

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England	1–2	Denmark
Williams 52' (pen.)	(Report)	M. Pedersen 80' Sørensen 88'

8 June 2005

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 14,695

Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

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Sweden	0–0	Finland
	(Report)

8 June 2005

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 1,491

Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

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England	0–1	Sweden
	(Report)	Sjöström 3'

11 June 2005

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 25,694

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

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Finland	2–1	Denmark
Kalmari 6' Kackur 16'	(Report)	Sørensen 45'

11 June 2005

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: 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)

6 June 2005

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

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France	3–1	Italy
Lattaf 16' Pichon 20', 30'	(Report)	Di Filippo 83'

6 June 2005

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 957

Referee: Wendy Toms (England)

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Germany	4–0	Italy
Prinz 11' Pohlers 18' Jones 55' Mittag 74'	(Report)

9 June 2005

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 1,279

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

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Norway	1–1	France
Herlovsen 66'	(Report)	Mugneret-Béghé 20'

9 June 2005

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Attendance: 3,263

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

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France	0–3	Germany
	(Report)	Grings 72' Lingor 77' (pen.) Minnert 83'

12 June 2005

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Attendance: 3,835

Referee: Floarea Cristina Ionescu (Romania)

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Norway	5–3	Italy
Klaveness 7', 57' Christensen 29' Gulbrandsen 35' Mellgren 44'	(Report)	Gabbiadini 8', 53' Camporese 69'

12 June 2005

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 1,154

Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 June – Preston
	Germany	4
					19 June – Blackburn
	Finland	1
					Germany	3
	16 June – Warrington
					Norway	1
	Sweden	2
	Norway (a.e.t.)	3

Semi-finals

Germany	4-1	Finland
Grings 3', 12' Pohlers 8' Prinz 62'	(Report)	Mustonen 15'

15 June 2005

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 2,785

Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

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Sweden	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Norway
Ljungberg 43', 89'	(Report)	Gulbrandsen 41', 109' Herlovsen 65'

16 June 2005

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Attendance: 5,722

Referee: 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'

19 June 2005

15:15 BST

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 21,105

Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

GERMANY: 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' Manager: 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' Substitutes: FW 9 Isabell Herlovsen  59' MF 18 Marie Knutsen  83' FW 16 Kristin Blystad-Bjerke  87' Manager: Bjarne Berntsen

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Blaženka Logarušić (Croatia) Yolanda Parga Rodríguez (Spain) Fourth official: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Inka Grings

3 goals

• Conny Pohlers
• Birgit Prinz
• Solveig Gulbrandsen
• Hanna Ljungberg

2 goals

• Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen
• Laura Österberg Kalmari
• Marinette Pichon
• Renate Lingor
• Melania Gabbiadini
• Isabell Herlovsen
• Lise Klaveness
• Dagny Mellgren

1 goal

• Merete Pedersen
• Johanna Rasmussen
• Amanda Barr
• Karen Carney
• 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

Own goal

• Sanna Valkonen (playing against England)

Legacy

The tournament was viewed as a successful one by The Football Association.^[9] The tournament is credited with popularising women's football in England.^{[10][11][2][12]}

See also

• UEFA Women's Championship
• UEFA
• Women's football (soccer)

References

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5. "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Germany Women 3-1 Norway Women". BBC News. 2005-06-19. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
6. "Women's Euro 2005 Fixtures". CBBC Newsround. BBC. 2 June 2005. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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External links

• Official site