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Previous meetings, form guides and key facts ahead of the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Matchday 3 fixture.

Sweden and Germany will vie for top spot in Group C
Sweden and Germany will vie for top spot in Group C DeFodi Images via Getty Images

First place in Group C is on the line on Matchday 3 as 1984 champions Sweden face eight-time winners Germany in Zurich for what will be their seventh UEFA Women's EURO meeting.

Both sides sit on six points and have booked their place in the quarter-finals, Sweden having beaten Poland 3-0 on Matchday 2 after Germany had defeated Denmark 2-1 earlier on 8 July.

Sweden will finish as group winners ahead of Germany if they avoid defeat, while a Germany victory would mean the nations switch places.

Previous meetings

Germany's third Women’s EURO title came on home soil in Kaiserslautern when they defeated Sweden 3-2 in the 1995 final. Malin Andersson (6) gave Sweden an early lead only for Germany to respond through Maren Meinert (32), Birgit Prinz (64) and Bettina Wiegmann (83), Anneli Andelén's 88th-minute strike only a consolation for Sweden.

Germany repeated the result in 2001 in Ulm as Claudia Müller's extra-time effort earned another title for the hosts in what was the only Women's EURO final decided by a golden goal.

Germany have also recorded two 1-0 victories in semi-finals – 1997 and 2013 – while a goalless draw in the 2017 group stage is the only encounter that did not end in a German victory.

The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup final was also decided by a golden goal, Germany beating Sweden 2-1 thanks to Nia Künzer's 98th-minute winner.

A February 2023 friendly in Duisburg that ended goalless was the last meeting between the nations.

Form guide

Sweden

Sweden began their Women's EURO campaign with a 1-0 defeat of Denmark in Geneva thanks to Filippa Angeldahl's second-half strike, and a trio of headed goals from Stina Blackstenius (28), Kosovare Asllani (52) and Lina Hurtig (77) earned a 3-0 win over Poland in Lucerne on Matchday 2 that sealed progression.

Asllani has now scored at four Women's EURO final tournaments, more than any other Swedish player, and became the third player to reach 20 appearances in Women's EURO final tournaments, after Germany's Prinz (23) and Solvieg Gulbrandsen of Norway (20).

With a record of W2 D2 L2 Sweden finished ahead of Republic of Ireland but behind France and England in qualifying Group A3. They progressed to the play-offs as a result, and recorded a 12-0 aggregate victory against Luxembourg (4-0 a, 8-0 h) before reaching the finals with an 8-0 defeat of Serbia (2-0 a, 6-0 h).

Angeldahl, Blackstenius and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd all scored four goals in qualifying.

Sweden defeated England 4-3 on penalties in Luton, former head coach Pia Sundhage converting the winning spot kick, in the two-legged final (1-0 h, 0-1 a) of the inaugural UEFA-run European Competition for Women's Football in 1984.

Making their 12th finals appearance and ninth in succession in 2025, Sweden have reached a further three finals, losing to Norway in 1987 (1-2) in addition to those defeats to Germany in 1995 and 2001.

Sweden, who lost 0-4 to winners England in the 2022 semi-finals and have been eliminated by the eventual champions in each of the last three EURO finals, have now reached the knockout stages in all eight tournaments since a group stage was introduced in 1997, when they were co-hosts.

Ever-presents at the Women's World Cup, Sweden finished third in 2023; they were finalists in 2003 and won Olympic silver in both 2016 and 2021.

Peter Gerhardsson has been in charged since succeeding Sundhage after Women's EURO 2017.

Germany

Second-half goals from Sjoeke Nüsken (56pen) and Lea Schüller (66) completed a turnaround for Germany on Matchday 2 in Basel, after Denmark had taken the lead in the first half. It was the first time Germany had come from behind to win a Women's EURO match since the 2009 semi-finals against Norway.

Schüller had also been on target – again in the 66th minute – in the 2-0 victory over Poland on Matchday 1, Jule Brand (52) having broken the deadlock in St.Gallen.

Germany reached a 12th finals – and a 12th in succession since their 1989 debut – by winning five of their six Group A4 fixtures (L1) in a section alongside Iceland, Austria and Matchday 1 opponents Poland.

Schüller was Germany's top scorer in qualifying with six goals.

The most decorated team in Women's EURO history, Germany were victorious on their first two entries, in 1989 and 1991, and then won six tournaments in a row starting with that 3-2 win on home turf against Sweden in 1995. They have beaten Norway in the final in four of their eight triumphs, including a 1-0 win in their most recent in 2013.

Since that 2013 success in Sweden, Germany have been eliminated in the 2017 quarter-finals by Denmark (1-2) before losing by the same scoreline to England after extra time in the 2022 final.

Germany did not concede a goal in the 2022 group stage, the second time they have achieved that after 2005. Only one other nation – England, also in 2022 – have matched that feat.

Former players Inka Grings and Prinz are the joint-top scorers in Women's EURO final tournament history on ten goals.

Two-time FIFA Women's World Cup winners – triumphing in successive tournaments in 2003 and 2007 – Germany were eliminated from the group stage in 2023, the first time they had not reached the knockout stages.

Germany finished third in both the 2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League and the 2024 Olympic Games.

Christian Wück has been in charge since October 2024.

Key facts

• Sweden are unbeaten in their last 14 international matches (W10 D4).

• Sweden have lost only two of their 23 Women's EURO group games (W15 D6), 1-3 against Germany in 2001 and 2-3 to Italy in 2017.

• Fridolina Rolfö has made 99 international appearances for Sweden.

• Sweden and Germany have now both qualified from the group stage in all eight editions since the format was introduced in 1997.

• Germany have only lost four of their 48 Women's EURO final tournament matches (W38 D6).