England face a stiff challenge to defend their European Championship title after being drawn in the toughest group at Euro 2025.

Women's football historian explains how significant the Euros 1984 match has become. Release date: 30 June 2025. Duration: 2 minutes

The Lionesses secured the country’s first major trophy since 1966 at the 2022 Euros, beating Germany in the final after extra time. This year’s tournament takes place from 2 to 27 July and kicks off with Iceland playing Finland,

England retained their European Under-21 Championship title with a dramatic 3-2 extra-time victory over Germany in the final in Bratislava, Slovakia. In front of watching senior team manager Thomas Tuchel,

England were crowned back-to-back Under-21 European champions for just the second time as Lee Carsley matched Dave Sexton’s achievement as the only Young Lions manager to retain the title.

The world champions, who lost to the Lionesses in the last eight in 2022, have been given a 25% chance of winning Euro 2025 according to Opta's prediction model. Should they do so, La Roja would become only the second women's team in history to win the World Cup and the European Championships back to back,

England will look to eliminate the "noise" when it kicks off its campaign to retain the UEFA Women's Euro crown. The defending champions travel to Switzerland as one of the favorites at the 16-team tournament,