Finland vs Switzerland facts

UEFA Women's EURO 2025 hosts Switzerland conclude their Group A campaign in Geneva against Finland with both sides in contention to reach the quarter-finals.

Both teams have three points having each beaten Iceland and lost to group winners Norway.

Switzerland will progress to the quarter-finals in second place should they avoid defeat, while a win for Finland would take them through as runners up.

Previous meetings

This is the teams' first meeting in a major tournament, although they were drawn together in qualifying for Women's EURO 2005. Second-half goals from Laura Österberg Kalmari and Heidi Kackur gave Finland 2-0 victory in Visp on 4 September 2004, 15 months after they had played out a 1-1 draw in Espoo. Finland went on to qualify for their first finals via the play-offs.

Finland recorded two 1-0 wins during qualifying for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, and also won at home by the same scoreline in qualifying for the 2003 competition after Switzerland had triumphed 1-0 at home themselves.

Linda Sällström scored a hat-trick for Finland against Switzerland in a 3-1 win at the 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup, Ana-Maria Crnogorčević getting Switzerland's goal.

This will be their first encounter since a goalless draw in an April 2019 friendly staged in Bienne.

Form guide

Finland

Katarina Kosola's fine second-half strike earned Finland a 1-0 victory against Iceland in the tournament's opening match in Thun, before they lost to 1-2 to Norway in Sion four days later despite Oona Sevenius' equaliser after Eva Nyström had diverted the ball into her own net in the early stages, Norway's decisive goal coming six minutes from time.

In qualifying a team lead by Marko Saloranta finished bottom of Group A1 behind Italy, Netherlands and Norway, winning just one of their six games, but advanced to the play-offs as one of the seeded nations.

Paired with Montenegro in round 1, they won 6-0 on aggregate (1-0 a, 5-0 h) before a 2-0 aggregate victory over Scotland (0-0 a, 2-0 h) earned their place in a fifth Women's EURO tournament.

Nea Lehtola, Ema Koivisto, Jutta Rantala and Sällström all scored two goals apiece during qualifying.

Finland have twice progressed beyond their group; they reached the semi-finals on debut in 2005, where they lost to champions Germany, and as hosts were beaten by runners-up England in the quarter-finals four years later.

The Nordic nation have only missed out in one of the last six Women's EURO tournaments, although they lost all three group games at the most recent edition in 2022.

Switzerland

After conceding twice in quick succession to slip to a 1-2 defeat to Norway on Matchday 1, Switzerland responded by defeating Iceland in Bern 2-0 four days later thanks to late goals from Géraldine Reuteler and substitute Alayah Pilgrim.

Pilgrim therefore became Switzerland's youngest Women's EURO final tournament scorer, surpassing a record set by Reuteler in 2022.

Although their finals spot was guaranteed as hosts, Switzerland still took part in qualifying and won five of their six games in topping Group B1 ahead of Türkiye, Hungary and Azerbaijan.

They scored the most goals in their group (14) and conceded the fewest (3). Viola Calligaris struck three times, more than any other Swiss player.

Switzerland are aiming to become the third successive hosts to win the tournament after Netherlands in 2017 and England in 2022.

This is Switzerland's third successive finals appearance. Both previous entries have ended in the group stage, their sole win a 2-1 victory over Iceland on debut in 2017.

Switzerland finished third in Group C at the 2022 finals; they drew their opener with Portugal (2-2) but lost to both Sweden (1-2) and Netherlands (1-4).

Their 2023 Women's World Cup participation ended with a 1-5 defeat to eventual champions Spain in the round of 16.

Head coach Pia Sundhage was top scorer in the first-ever tournament in 1984. Then known as the European Competition for Women's Football, Sundhage scored Sweden's winning penalty in the final shoot-out against England.

Key facts

• Only two of Finland's 16 Women's EURO final tournament matches finished goalless.

• Sällström could become the first player to make ten Women's EURO finals appearances for Finland.

• Switzerland have scored in their last seven Women's EURO matches.

• Reuteler's strike on Matchday 2 made her the second Swiss player to score more than one Women's EURO finals goal after Ramona Bachmann (two).