2017 European Women's Football Championship / England

This article covers the English national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . England are taking part in the finals for the sixth time.

qualification

England were drawn into Group 7 for the qualification and met Belgium and Serbia and for the first time Bosnia-Herzegovina and Estonia . The English only lost one point in the 1-1 draw at home against Belgium. All other games were won without conceding goals. The best English goalscorer in qualifying was Danielle Carter , who made her debut in the first qualifying game, already contributing 3 goals to 8-0 and scoring three more goals in the course of qualifying.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	7th	1	0	032: 100	+31	22nd
2.	Belgium	8th	5	2	1	027: 500	+22	17th
3.	Serbia	8th	3	1	4th	010:210	−11	10
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	3	0	5	008:170	−9	09
5.	Estonia	8th	0	0	8th	000:330	−33	00

09/21/2015	Tallinn	Estonia	-	England	0: 8 (0: 3)
11/29/2015	Bristol	England	-	Bosnia-H.	1: 0 (0: 0)
04/08/2016	Rotherham	England	-	Belgium	1: 1 (0: 1)
04/12/2016	Zenica	Bosnia-H.	-	England	0: 1 (0: 0)
06/04/2016	High Wycombe	England	-	Serbia	7: 0 (3: 0)
06/07/2016	Stara Pazova	Serbia	-	England	0: 7 (0: 3)
09/15/2016	Nottingham	England	-	Estonia	5: 0 (3: 0)
09/20/2016	Oud-Heverlee	Belgium	-	England	0: 2 (0: 0)

preparation

After the successful qualification, the English first played against France, where they parted goalless. In addition, they won 4 days later against the final opponents Spain 2-1 and at the end of November against EM hosts Netherlands 1-0. In January, the English played on the Spanish Mediterranean coast against the European champions Norway (0: 1) and Sweden (0: 0). In March, the English women took part in the SheBelieves Cup 2017 , where, as in the previous year, the opponents were EM participants Germany (0: 1) and France (1: 2) as well as world champions USA (1: 0). In April there were games against the European Championship participants Italy in Stoke-on-Trent on the 7th and Austria on the 11th in Milton Keynes , which ended 1: 1 and 3: 0 respectively. The English team finished their preparation with games against Switzerland (4-0) on June 10 in Biel / Bienne and Denmark (2-1) on July 1 in Copenhagen .

The Hotel Mitland will be based in the Netherlands in the first preliminary round, Utrecht .

Squad

The squad for the European Championship finals was named on April 3, 2017. For Millie Bright , Isobel Christiansen , Nikita Parris and Demi Stokes it is the first major football tournament. The other players were already in the squad that won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup. Due to a foot injury, Alex Greenwood was unable to play against Switzerland.

No.	Surname	Date of birth	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use	EM 2017
								Sp.
goal
01	Karen Bardsley	10/14/1984	2005	Manchester City WFC	67	0	06/10/2017	3
13	Siobhan Chamberlain	08/15/1983	2004	Liverpool LFC	39	0	07/01/2017	3
21st	Carly Telford	07/07/1987	2007	Notts County LFC	8th	0	07/01/2017
Defense
15th	Laura Bassett	08/02/1983	2003	Notts County LFC	61	2	07/01/2017	1
02	Lucy bronze	10/28/1991	2013	Manchester City WFC	42	4th	07/01/2017	4th
20th	Alex Greenwood *	09/07/1993	2014	Liverpool LFC	22nd	2	06/03/2016	1
05	Steph Houghton	04/23/1988	2007	Manchester City WFC	84	9	06/10/2017	4th		1
06th	Jo Potter	11/13/1984	2004	Notts County LFC	32	3	07/01/2017	2
22nd	Alex Scott	10/14/1984	2004	Arsenal LFC	139	12	07/01/2017	1
03	Demi Stokes	12/12/1991	2014	Manchester City WFC	35	1	07/01/2017	5
12	Casey Stoney	05/13/1982	2000	Liverpool LFC	130	6th	07/01/2017
midfield
16	Millie Bright	08/21/1993	2016	Chelsea LFC	8th	0	07/01/2017	5		1
08th	Isobel Christiansen	09/20/1991	2015	Manchester City WFC	14th	4th	07/01/2017	2		1
11	Jade Moore	10/22/1990	2012	Notts County LFC	35	1	06/10/2017	4th		1
07th	Jordan Nobbs	December 8, 1992	2013	Arsenal LFC	40	5	07/01/2017	5	1
04th	Jill Scott	02/02/1987	2006	Manchester City WFC	119	18th	06/10/2017	3		2
10	Fara Williams	01/25/1984	2001	Arsenal LFC	163	40	07/01/2017	2		1
attack
14th	Karen Carney	08/01/1987	2005	Chelsea LFC	128	31	07/01/2017	3
19th	Toni Duggan	07/25/1991	2012	Manchester City WFC	45	15th	06/10/2017	4th	2
23	Fran Kirby	06/29/1993	2014	Chelsea LFC	19th	6th	06/10/2017	4th	1
17th	Nikita Parris	04/10/1994	2016	Manchester City WFC	11	3	07/01/2017	2	1
09	Jodie Taylor	05/17/1986	2014	Arsenal LFC	23	9	07/01/2017	4th	5	1
18th	Ellen White	05/09/1989	2010	Birmingham City LFC	62	23	07/01/2017	4th	1
Coaching staff
Head coach	Mark Sampson	10/18/1982	2013

1. ↑ Numbers at the final round ( England squad ). Positions according to information from the English association, UEFA sometimes sorts the players differently.
2. ↑ As of April 3, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status: July 1st, 2017, after the game against Denmark

European Championship finals

Group stage

Utrecht (VR + Q) Breda Tilburg Deventer (VF) Enschede (HF)

Venues

During the draw on November 8, 2016, England was assigned to Pot 1 with hosts Netherlands and defending champions Germany and France. In the first game of group D, England will meet Scotland , which is participating for the first time, then Spain and the other newcomer Portugal . So far, there have been five wins and two draws against Portugal in seven games. The balance against the other two opponents is also positive: against the Scottish women there were 21 wins in one draw and two defeats in 24 games and against Spain in eleven games there were four wins, five draws and two defeats. The last defeat against the Spaniards was in the first group match of the EM 2013, against the neighbors the last loss was on March 4, 2011 at the Cyprus Cup 2011 .

The English, who had never before won more than one goal difference in a European Championship finals, set a new record for European Championship finals in the opening game and won against Scotland 6-0. The realized Jodie Taylor as the third player in the final story in a game three goals.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Spain	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03
3.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	002: 800	−6	03
4th	Portugal	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
Note: For places 2, 3 and 4 the direct comparison is decisive (see mode ).

Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Utrecht
England	-	Scotland	6: 0 (3: 0)	11, 26, 53 ′ Taylor , 32 ′ White , 87 ′ Nobbs 90 + 3 ′ Duggan
Sunday, July 23, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Breda
England	-	Spain	2: 0 (1: 0)	2 ′ Kirby , 85 ′ Taylor
Thursday, July 27, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
Portugal	-	England	1: 2 (1: 1)	7 ′ Duggan , 17 ′ Mendes , 48 ′ Parris

Knockout round

Quarter finals

England and France have met 22 times so far. The English women could only win twice, in 1973 and 1974 in their second and eighth international matches. Then there were nine draws and eleven defeats, most recently with 1: 2 at the SheBelieves Cup 2017 . At the European Championship finals, the two first met each other. At the last event, the French won the group stage 3-0.

Sunday 30 July 2017 in Deventer
England	-	France	1: 0 (0: 0)	60 ′ Taylor

Semifinals

Thursday, August 3, 2017 in Enschede
Netherlands	-	England	3: 0 (1: 0)	22 ′ Miedema , 62 ′ van de Donk , 90 + 4 ′ Millie Bright

Individual evidence

1. ↑ thefa.com: "Extended England Women's squad for opening matches of 2017"
2. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
3. ↑ thefa.com: "Mark Sampson picks 23 players for UEFA Women's Euro 2017"
4. ↑ thefa.com: "Alex Greenwood to miss Switzerland match with foot injury"
5. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"
6. ↑ uefa.com: Jodie Taylor provides the first three-pack in 20 years