England face a tough group-stage campaign at the 2025 Women's Euros as the Lionesses aim to hold onto their crown. (More Football News)
Sarina Wiegman's team, who beat Germany in the 2022 final at Wembley, were placed in a stern-looking Group D, alongside fellow heavyweights France and the Netherlands, during Monday's draw in Lausanne.
This will be the 14th edition of the Women's Euros since the tournament's inauguration in 1984.
Switzerland, who will face Norway, Iceland and Finland, are hosting the competition for the first time, becoming the sixth nation to host both the men's and women's Euros, after Germany, Italy, Sweden, England and the Netherlands.
Two of the 16 teams are making their tournament debuts – Wales and Poland – with the other 14 sides having already featured in at least one previous edition.
The 2022 runners-up Germany will go up against Poland, Denmark and Sweden, while world champions Spain were drawn against Italy, Belgium and Iberian neighbours Portugal.
The tournament runs from July 2 through to July 27.
It will be hosted across eight stadiums, with Basel's St. Jakob-Park hosting the opening match – which sees Switzerland take on Norway – and the final.
Group A: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland
Switzerland have never reached the knockout stages at the Euros. In fact, they have won only one of their previous six matches at the event, with that win coming against Iceland in 2017 (2-1). The Swiss have not managed to keep a single clean sheet in the competition.
However, they will have the home fans on their side. The last time a host country failed to make it to the knockout stages of the tournament was in 2005, when England missed out.
Champions in 1987 and 1993, Norway have won only one of their last eight matches at the Euros (D1 L6) – failing to score in six of these fixtures – and have been knocked out in the group stages on each of their last two participations.
However, they have plenty of talent to call on in their squad, including Frida Maanum, who scored seven goals in as many games in qualifying.
Aside from Germany, Norway are the only other team to have won the title on multiple occasions (twice). Sweden (1984), the Netherlands (2017) and England (2022) are the other winners.
Iceland have won just one of their 13 Euros matches – that 8% win ratio is the lowest among the 14 teams qualified for 2025 who have previously appeared in the competition.
Finland won three of their opening six Euros matches and reached the knockout stages of their first two tournaments, in 2005 and 2009. However, they have since failed to win any of their last eight games (D2 L6) and bowed out at the group phase in both 2013 and 2022.
Group B: Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy
World champions Spain were drawn into top spot in Group B.
This will be Spain's fifth appearance at the Euros, as they aim to become only the second team after Germany to concurrently hold the World Cup and Euro titles in the women's game.
