The UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final was a football match held on 27 July 2025 at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, between title holders England and reigning World Champions Spain to determine the winners of Euro 2025. For the first time in history, former winners Sweden, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands have all failed to reach a major final since the tournament began in 1984. It was the fourteenth final of the UEFA Women's Championship, a tournament contested by the senior national teams of the member associations of UEFA to decide the champions of Europe. Following a 1–1 draw after extra time, England won 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out to claim their second Euro title.
England were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament in 2022, with Spain reaching their first Euros final. The sides had previously met in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final, won 1-0 by Spain.
Spain scored in the first half before England equalised in the second, with extra time ending goalless. England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, who saved two penalties in the shoot-out, was named player of the match. Substitute Chloe Kelly, scorer of the winning goal in the 2022 final, scored the decisive penalty in the shoot-out. It was England manager Sarina Wiegman's third Euros title, tying the record held by Gero Bisanz and Tina Theune. This was also the first time any England senior national football team (meaning men’s or women’s side) had won a major senior international tournament outside of England.
Background Both teams entered the tournament as the reigning champions of either the UEFA Women's Championship (England) or the FIFA Women's World Cup (Spain).
For England, this was their fourth appearance in a Women's Euro final, losing twice in 1984 and 2009 before winning in 2022, their first major international trophy. Having progressed to their second consecutive Euro final (and their third consecutive major final overall including the 2023 World Cup), England aimed to be the first nation to defend their European title since Germany last did so in 2013. At her third tournament since joining England in 2021, Sarina Wiegman was the first manager in history to reach five consecutive major tournament finals, having also made the Euro 2017 and 2019 World Cup finals with the Netherlands.
For Spain, this was their debut Women's Euro final, with their previous best performance in the tournament going back to 1997 when they reached the semi-finals. More recently, Spain has quickly become one of the top teams in the world, having won the 2023 World Cup and 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League, and being ranked number one by FIFA from December 2023 to June 2024.
This was England and Spain's fourth contest in the Women's Euro; their latest came in the 2022 quarter-finals, which England won 2–1 in extra time through goals by Ella Toone and Georgia Stanway en route to winning the tournament. They next met in the 2023 World Cup final, with Olga Carmona scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory for Spain. Since the World Cup, the two sides were part of the same group in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League; England won their first matchup 1–0 at Wembley, while Spain took their second meeting 2–1 in Barcelona.
Route to the final
England + England's route to the final Match Opponent Result 1–2 4–0 6–1 2–2 2–1 England qualified for the tournament by placing second in Group A3 of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, finishing behind France but ahead of Sweden and the Republic of Ireland In the finals tournament in Switzerland, they were drawn into Group D alongside France, the Netherlands, and Wales. England lost their first group match to France at Letzigrund in Zurich, a 2–1 defeat with Keira Walsh providing a consolation goal in the 87th minute. England rebounded to finish second in the group, after a 4–0 win against the Netherlands at Letzigrund and a 6–1 hammering of home nation rivals Wales at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, and set up a quarter-final against Group C winners Sweden.
In the quarter-finals in Zurich, England conceded twice in the first-half, including the fastest goal England conceded in a Euros knockout match after Kosovare Asllani scored in the second minute (which was also Sweden's fastest goal scored in tournament history), but they came back with goals by Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang (scored just 103 seconds apart) to draw 2–2 after extra time and win 3–2 in a seven-round penalty shoot-out. This victory was considered the biggest comeback in a knockout tie in Women's Euro history, as no team before had progressed from a knockout game after trailing two or more goals. In the semi-finals with Italy at Stade de Genève, England again conceded in the first half after a 33rd-minute strike from Barbara Bonansea, and the Italians held onto a 1–0 lead until the 96th minute, when Agyemang scored the equalizer and Chloe Kelly sent home a rebound in the 119th minute to win 2–1 and give England the chance to retain their continental crown.
Spain + Spain's route to the final Match Opponent Result 5–0 6–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 Spain qualified for the tournament by placing first in Group A2 in the qualifying round ahead of Denmark, Belgium and the Czech Republic. For the finals tournament, they were drawn into Group B alongside Italy, Belgium and Portugal. Spain opened their tournament in style, dominating their first two group stage matches – a 5–0 thrashing of Portugal at the Stadion Wankdorf in Bern and a 6–2 hammering of Belgium at the Stockhorn Arena in Thun. Spain beat Italy 3–1 in their third group stage match to finish on top of their group; their 14 goals also matched the tournament record of most goals scored in the group stage, which was set by England in 2022.
Facing tournament hosts Switzerland (runners-up in Group A) in the quarter-finals in Bern, Spain cruised to a 2–0 win over Switzerland with goals from Athenea del Castillo and Clàudia Pina. In their first European semi-final in 28 years, Spain beat 2022 runners-up Germany 1–0 in Zurich, with Aitana Bonmatí scoring the lone goal – an audacious near-post shot to beat Ann-Katrin Berger – in extra time to send Spain into their first Women's Euro final.
Match
Summary
Regular time Spain started the game holding possession, as expected, and in the early minutes saw an Esther González shot caught by England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton; England quickly responded and Alessia Russo forced a save from Spain goalkeeper Cata Coll. Spain's attempt to counter saw Alexia Putellas put the ball behind and out of play; after back-and-forth throw-ins, Putellas then took a shot that Hampton again saved cleanly. Spain were able to keep the ball high in and around England's area, but England defended through blocks. They then won possession but Lauren James failed to capitalise on the chance created; possession then became more equal. From the fifteenth minute, the game was played end-to-end; England had the next good chance, with Lauren Hemp forcing a good save from Coll. Spain won the ball from the corner and played intricate football before Mariona Caldentey sent it behind – a few minutes later, in the 25th minute, Caldentey evaded England defender Lucy Bronze in the box and scored from a header off an Ona Batlle cross to put Spain ahead. England immediately attempted to equalise, but Keira Walsh shot just wide; in return, Putellas tried to send the ball forward for Spain again, but again put it behind.
Spain played confident and forward, but England continued to block their attempts at getting into the box. Walsh then sent a good ball through the lines for Russo, who was beaten to it by Spain's defenders. Spain maintained possession for the next ten minutes, though marshalled away from danger by England. In the 41st minute, James, who had been replaced in England's semi-final due to an ankle injury, had to be substituted, with Chloe Kelly entering. As this happened, Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí used the space to move up the wing and cross in for González, who shot wide. In the last minute of the first half, England managed to win a spell of possession and sent consecutive attacks forward, with Kelly shooting very wide.
At the start of the second half, González received the ball while clearly offside, before passing it to Caldentey, who shot very wide. Spain forward Athenea del Castillo then found space on the ball to play into Bonmatí, whose shot was saved by Hampton; England tried to counter and had ignored calls for a penalty due to handball by Spain defender Laia Aleixandri in the box after the ball bounced up. England held possession, and from a free kick ended up playing back into their own half; Spain pressed to create a chance, but Putellas shot wide. With the ball again, England played it neatly through the team: Walsh sent it strongly through to Georgia Stanway, who laid it out wide for Kelly, who crossed in for Russo to score from a header. As Spain tried to go ahead again and challenged for the ball, Bronze was shown a harsh yellow card after winning the ball; from the resulting free kick, Irene Paredes headed straight at Hampton.
Spain continued to play forward, but were seen off by strong defending from Jess Carter; when England retook possession and built up momentum, Kelly's attempted pass through to Alex Greenwood went out. Play returned to being end-to-end, with attractive play from both teams. After Spain's Batlle was denied at one end, England's Walsh took the ball and played a long pass – compared by The Guardian to her assist for Ella Toone's goal in the 2022 final – forward for Russo. Spain defender Olga Carmona won the ball back from Russo, clearing it out. A minute later, Del Castillo had time with the ball but sent her powerful shot wide; returning up the other end, Kelly forced a strong save from Coll after being played in by Toone. Spain and England swapped attacks again before Putellas was replaced for Spain by Clàudia Pina and Russo for England by Michelle Agyemang. Within minutes, Pina had a shot, which was put behind by Hampton, and took two corners for Spain. She then took a free kick which found Carmona, who was dispossessed by England striker Agyemang. England then played another passing sequence which led to captain Leah Williamson sending the ball across the goalface, without anyone able to take a shot. Spain countered with a blocked shot from Caldentey and a weak corner, both sides then exchanging attacks until the 90th minute; Spain replaced their attack and retained possession for the majority of regular time stoppage time, without any good chances.
Extra time
From the start, possession in extra time was evenly split. Spain had an early corner that was well cleared, then tried to play direct through a long ball that went straight to Hampton. For England, Walsh tried to play through for Stanway, who could not reach it, and Spain countered but Vicky López' shot was blocked. They managed to keep possession, but López' return cross went behind. A few minutes later, Bronze went down with a knee injury and was treated on the pitch before deciding to play on. In the last five minutes of the first half of extra time, England and Spain again swapped attacks, and blocks. Another call for an England penalty after a challenge by Aleixandri on Hemp was ignored, the ball instead awarded to Spain who went forward, but Salma Paralluelo did not take the shot from a good chance.