Key things to know about UEFA Euro 2025: Groups, schedule, and top women's football stars on show in July
Your one-stop guide to the upcoming 2025 European Championship, held in Switzerland between 2-27 July.
Football
The biggest continental tournament in women’s football takes place later this year: the 2025 European Championship.
A month-long spectacle held in Switzerland, Euro 2025 is set to be another huge summer event for the sport.
With a plethora of stars on show, representing some of the best national teams on the planet, it is an event to mark in your calendars.
Ahead of the tournament, running from 2 to 27 July, Olympics.com will look in-depth at the event and the key players and teams involved. Before then, here is your one-stop guide to the key things you need to know prior to the big kick-off.
UEFA Euro 2025: All teams and groups
16 national teams have qualified for the European summer’s showpiece in women's football, split into four groups of four.
Each side will play each other once in the pool phase, with the top two sides advancing through to the quarter-finals.
The Swiss hosts head group A, while holders England find themselves in a difficult group D.
Poland and Wales are the two debutants looking to make their mark in their inaugural outing, and both have been drawn in groups with former tournament winners - Germany and the Netherlands.
Read on to see the groups in full.
- Group A: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland
- Group B: Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy
- Group C: Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden
- Group D: France, England, Wales, Netherlands
Holders, Euro ‘22 champions, England.
UEFA Euro 2025: Host cities and venues
Eight different cities will play their part in hosting one of the biggest international tournaments in football.
Thousands of supporters from around the continent are due to flock to Switzerland for the 31 matches, with over 300,000 tickets already sold by the end of 2024.
Here are each of the cities and their corresponding stadium venues.
Basel
- St. Jakob-Park
- Capacity: 35,689
Bern
- Stadion Wankdorf
- Capacity: 32,997
Geneva
- State de Genève
- Capacity: 30,950
Zurich
- Stadion Letzigrund
- Capacity: 24,186
St. Gallen
- Arena St. Gallen
- Capacity: 18,251
Lucerne
- Allmend Stadion Luzern
- Capacity: 16,496
Sion
- Stade de Tourbillon
- Capacity: 9,570
Thun
- Arena Thun
- Capacity: 10,187
UEFA Euro 2025: All key dates
Action from Switzerland kicks off on 2 July, before concluding on 27 July. During the tournament, all cities in the host nation will be observing Central European Summer Time (CEST), which is 2 hours ahead of GMT/UTC.
Here is the full schedule for Euro 2025.
Group Stages
Group A
2 July
- Iceland vs. Finland (18:00 CEST)
- Switzerland vs. Norway (21:00 CEST)
6 July
- Norway vs. Finland (18:00 CEST)
- Switzerland vs. Iceland (21:00 CEST)
10 July
- Finland vs. Switzerland (21:00 CEST)
- Norway vs. Iceland (21:00 CEST)
Group B
3 July
- Belgium vs. Italy (18:00 CEST)
- Spain vs. Portugal (21:00 CEST)
7 July
- Spain vs. Belgium (18:00 CEST)
- Portugal vs. Italy (21:00 CEST)
11 July
- Italy vs. Spain (21:00 CEST)
- Portugal vs. Belgium (21:00 CEST)
Group C
4 July
- Denmark vs. Sweden (18:00 CEST)
- Germany vs. Poland (21:00 CEST)
8 July
- Germany vs. Denmark (18:00 CEST)
- Poland vs. Sweden (21:00 CEST)
12 July
- Sweden vs. Germany (21:00 CEST)
- Poland vs. Denmark (21:00 CEST)
Group D
5 July
- Wales vs. Netherlands (18:00 CEST)
- France vs. England (21:00 CEST)
9 July
- England vs. Netherlands (18:00 CEST)
- France vs. Wales (21:00 CEST)
13 July
- Netherlands vs. France (21:00 CEST)
- England vs. Wales (21:00 CEST)
Quarter-finals
Wednesday 16 July
- Match 25: Group A winners vs Group B runners-up (21:00 CEST)
Thursday 17 July
- Match 26: Group C winners vs Group D runners-up (21:00 CEST)
Friday 18 July
- Match 27: Group B winners vs Group A runners-up (21:00 CEST)
Saturday 19 July
- Match 28: Group D winners vs Group C runners-up (21:00 CEST)
Semi-finals
Tuesday 22 July
- Winners of Match 26 vs Winners of Match 25 (21:00 CEST)
Wednesday 23 July
- Winners of Match 28 vs Winners of Match 27 (21:00 CEST)
Final
Sunday 27 July
- TBD vs TBD (18:00 CEST)
Marie-Antoinette Katoto finished as the top goal scorer at Paris 2024.
UEFA Euro 2025: Stars on show
With some of the best national teams in the continent on show, there are bound to be plenty of stars - pending fitness and selection - looking to help guide their country to glory.
Switzerland midfielder Lia Wälti will achieve something many dream of should she walk her side out as captain when the curtain raises on the competition. The Arsenal star has been at the top of her game over the last few years and will be pivotal to any potential success on home soil as one of the leading names in the squad.
2023 World Cup winners Spain will have a host of stars in their squad, the likes of Ballon d’Or winners Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas among the many.
Holders England will have captain Leah Williamson back, after the defender missed their last major tournament in Australia & New Zealand.
France, who are still looking for their first successful run in this competition, will be relying on the fire power of forwards Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani.
Eight-time winners Germany said farewell to long serving captain Alexandra Popp last year, though they’re not short of options across the field with players like Sara Däbritz and Giulia Gwinn seasoned enough to take on leadership roles.
Norway boast Ada Hegerberg and Caroline Graham Hansen, but it remains to be seen whether or not they can tap into their roster of talent to mount a charge for the trophy.
With each team comes numerous big stars on show, making this event a spectacle not to be missed.