Between history and the present

Germany certainly has a rich history in UEFA women’s euro, with eight titles won, far more than other countries. However, their last success was in 2013, 12 years ago.

Recently, the competition is more than just following Germany.

First, the French people, then England and Spanish began to develop their women’s games, along with more and more other countries.

Not the Latest Best History

In the Euro tournament, German dominance ended in the hands of Denmark in the quarter -finals of 2017. Although the Dutch finally won the competition at home that year, after defeating Denmark in the throbbing final.

Germany rose a little back at the Euro of 2022 Women (Postponed one year because of Pandemi Covid-19), this time it reached the title of the game itself, but almost fell short to host British in extra time.

Apart from the defeat in the final, the team can get the support of their country, more than the woman who had existed before.

The growth of the popularity of women’s games in Germany

As a result, the game in Germany began to boom. Not only the match at Frauen Bundesliga which was much better attended than before the tournament, but more importantly, the number of girls who started playing soccer in Germany also skyrocketed.

Apart from Germany’s historic failure at the FIFA 2023 World Women’s World Cup, where the team cannot advance beyond the group stage for the first time, Boom continues in the country, with more and more top league matches moved to Stadia Men.

This next season, the women’s league will be expanded from 12 to 14 teams. While this step may be controversial (because the sides at the bottom of the league have struggled with the level of the game as before), it is still a sign of welcome growth.

After winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics last summer and getting a place in the last four tournaments from the League of the Nation -UEFA Women’s Nation last spring, Germany came to Euro which is currently on Switzerland.

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Ride a rollercoaster in euro

Nevertheless, the team did not play with hope in the tournament group stage. They narrowly defeated the first qualifications of Poland, while losing their captain, Giulia Gwinn, because of a knee injury, before returning from behind to defeat Denmark 2-1, and finally a mess in Sweden’s hands in the last group match.

Thus, they faced France, arguably the most impressive team until then in the tournament, in the quarter -finals.

The match began with an expensive mistake on the German side, because central defender Kathrin Hendrich was expelled earlier for pulling the opponent’s hair in the incident outside the ball inside the penalty area.

Grace Geyoro continued to convert spot kicks, giving French advantages. 10 minutes later, Sjoeke Nüsken equalized. This will then be the last goal scored in 120 minutes of dramatic football.

In the feared penalty shootout, Germany came out above. Ann Katrin Berger came with two rescue, while also printing his own penalty.

Now, they face the Spanish world champion in the semifinals, where they will once again become a tough underdog, but this team has proven that they have a spirit of battle that is second to none.

Plus, they have defeated Spain in the bronze medal match last summer. Wednesday semifinals will definitely be another interesting match.

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Recording Date: 20.07.2025