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. 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]

UEFA Women's Euro 2005
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
Dates5 June – 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) Inka Grings (4 goals)
Best player(s) Anne Mäkinen

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]

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]

Group A

Group B

Qualification

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. This was the first time in which the hosts qualified automatically for the final 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

Squads

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

Match officials

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 312021+15
 Finland 31114404
 Denmark 31114404
 England 310245−13

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'
Attendance: 3,231
England 3–2 Finland
Valkonen  18' (o.g.)
Barr  40'
Carney  90+1'		 (Report) Rantanen  56'
Kalmari  88'
Attendance: 29,092
England 1–2 Denmark
Williams  52' (pen.) (Report) M. Pedersen  80'
Sørensen  88'
Attendance: 14,695
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
Sweden 0–0 Finland
(Report)
Attendance: 1,491
England 0–1 Sweden
(Report) Sjöström  3'
Attendance: 25,694
Finland 2–1 Denmark
Kalmari  6'
Kackur  16'		 (Report) Sørensen  45'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 330080+89
 Norway 311165+14
 France 311145−14
 Italy 3003412−80
Germany 1–0 Norway
Pohlers  61' (Report)
Attendance: 1,600
France 3–1 Italy
Lattaf  16'
Pichon  20', 30'		 (Report) Di Filippo  83'
Attendance: 957
Referee: Wendy Toms (England)
Germany 4–0 Italy
Prinz  11'
Pohlers  18'
Jones  55'
Mittag  74'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,279
Norway 1–1 France
Herlovsen  66' (Report) Mugneret-Béghé  20'
Attendance: 3,263
France 0–3 Germany
(Report) Grings  72'
Lingor  77' (pen.)
Minnert  83'
Attendance: 3,835
Referee: Floarea Cristina Ionescu (Romania)
Norway 5–3 Italy
Klaveness  7', 57'
Christensen  29'
Gulbrandsen  35'
Mellgren  44'		 (Report) Gabbiadini  8'  53'
Camporese  69'
Attendance: 1,154

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 June – Preston
 
 
 Germany4
 
19 June – Blackburn
 
 Finland1
 
 Germany3
 
16 June – Warrington
 
 Norway1
 
 Sweden2
 
 
 Norway3
 

Semi-finals
Germany 4–1 Finland
Grings  3', 12'
Pohlers  8'
Prinz  62'		 (Report) Mustonen  15'
Attendance: 2,785
Sweden 2–3 (aet) Norway
Ljungberg  43', 89' (Report) Gulbrandsen  41', 109'
Herlovsen  65'
Attendance: 5,722

Final
Germany 3–1 Norway
Grings  21'
Lingor  24'
Prinz  63'		 (Report) Mellgren  41'
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

GERMANY:
GK1Silke Rottenberg
DF4Steffi Jones
FW6Inka Grings 68'
FW9Birgit Prinz (c)
MF10Renate Lingor
FW11Anja Mittag 58'
DF13Sandra Minnert
MF14Britta Carlson 81'
MF16Conny Pohlers
DF17Ariane Hingst
MF18Kerstin Garefrekes
Substitutes:
FW20Petra Wimbersky 58'
FW8Sandra Smisek 68'
DF5Sarah Günther 81'
Manager:
Tina Theune

NORWAY:
GK1Bente Nordby
DF2Ane Stangeland (c)
DF3Gunhild Følstad
DF4Ingvild Stensland
DF6Marit Christensen
MF7Trine Rønning 83'
MF8Solveig Gulbrandsen
FW14Dagny Mellgren
DF17Marianne Paulsen
FW19Stine Frantzen 59'
FW20Lise Klaveness 87'
Substitutes:
FW9Isabell Herlovsen 59'
MF18Marie Knutsen 83'
FW16Kristin Blystad-Bjerke 87'
Manager:
Bjarne Berntsen

MATCH OFFICIALS

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

References
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  2. Harlow, Phil (2005-06-13). "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | FA hails Euro 2005 as big success". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. "Birmingham - Sport - Women's football popularity on the rise". BBC. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  4. "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Germany Women 3-1 Norway Women". BBC News. 2005-06-19. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  5. "Women's 2005 European Championships | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 2005-06-05. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  6. "UEFA Women's EURO qualifying matches". Uefa.com. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  7. "UEFA Women's EURO teams". Uefa.com. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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