The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in

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. The

UEFA Women's Championship The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent ...

is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to

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, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.

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won the competition for the second time in a row and 4th overall (counting with West Germany's victory in the former European Competition for Representative Women's Teams).

Format

1997 saw a change in the tournament format as an eight-team final stage was introduced.https://www.zeit.de/sport/fussball/2009-09/frauen-europameisterschaft-nationalmannschaft/seite-2 Eight teams participated, qualifying from a total of 33 entrants. Those eight teams were divided in two groups of four. The winner and 2nd placed of the group would advance to the semi-finals and the winners would play the final.

Group A

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Group B

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Qualification

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see

UEFA Women's Euro 1997 squads This article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the UEFA Women's Euro 1997. Players marked ( c) were named as captain for their national squad. Group A Head coach: Aimé Mignot Head coach: Yuri Byst ...

Results

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

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Carolina Morace Carolina Morace (; born 5 February 1964) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker and is the current head coach of Lazio Women. She played for the Italian national team and for various clubs in women's Serie A. She was the top ...

Marianne Pettersen Marianne Iren Pettersen (born 12 April 1975 in Oslo) is a Norway, Norwegian Association football, footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker Fotball, Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen IF, Gjelleråsen after the Norwegian Premi ...

Angélique Roujas Angélique Roujas (born 15 September 1974 in Château-du-Loir) is a French former women's international footballer who played as a forward. She was a member of the France women's national football team. She was the general manager of FC Metz fro ...

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Ángeles Parejo María Ángeles Parejo Jiménez is a former Spanish football striker who developed her career in Italy's Serie A, playing for ACF Torino, Torres CF, Atlético Oristano, Olbia CF, GS Roma and Reggiana between 1988 and 2011. She also played ...

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Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen- ...

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Merete Pedersen Merete Pedersen (born 30 June 1973) is a Danish former football striker who played for Vejle BK and Odense BK in the Elitedivisionen, TSV Siegen in the German Bundesliga and Torres CF in Italy's Serie A, taking part in the UEFA Women's Cup ...

Maren Meinert Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team. As a player, Meinert played for ...

* Monika Meyer *

Sandra Minnert Sandra Minnert (born 7 April 1973) is a former German football defender. She played for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and the German national team. Honours ;FSV Frankfurt *Bundesliga: Winner 1994–95, 1997–98 *DFB-Pokal: Winner 1991–92, 1994– ...

Bettina Wiegmann Bettina Wiegmann (born 7 October 1971) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. Wiegmann scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the Germany national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997, she was selected ''German Female Footballer of ...

Antonella Carta Antonella Carta (born 1 March 1967 in Nuoro) is an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Italy women's national football team. She was part of the team at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 ...

Silvia Fiorini Silvia Fiorini (born 24 December 1969) is an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Italy women's national football team. She was part of the team at the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and 1999 FIFA W ...

Patrizia Panico Patrizia Panico (; born 8 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who is the current manager of Italy U16. A prolific goalscorer, Panico is a longstanding member of the Italy women's national team; she won over 185 caps for Italy, and als ...

* Heidi Støre *

Malin Andersson Malin Elisabeth Andersson (born 4 May 1973 in Kristianstad, Skåne) is a Swedish women's football player. In an international career lasting from 1994 to 2005, Andersson appeared in 151 international matches for Sweden. At the time of her re ...

Kristin Jonsson Kristin Jonsson (March 15, 1974) a former Swedish footballer. Jonsson was a member of the Swedish national team that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 1997 The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 ...

Hanna Ljungberg Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former football player, who played the position of forward. She played for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on 6 Febr ...

Anna Pohjanen Anna Karin Severina Pohjanen (born 25 January 1974) is a Swedish former football midfielder who played in the Damallsvenskan for Sunnanå SK and Älvsjö AIK. She won 51 caps for the Sweden women's national football team, scoring eight goals, an ...

Victoria Sandell Svensson Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Sweden, Swedish Association football, football manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan, she was team captain on the Sweden women's national football team, Swedish women's national te ...

* Irina Grigorieva *

Larisa Savina Larisa Savina is a Russian former footballer who played mainly for CSK VVS Samara BC Samara (russian: БК Самара) is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Samara, Russia. History BC Samara (1976–2002) Club was f ...

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(playing against Sweden)

References

External links

Women's Euro 1997 Results – UEFA Official PageSVT's open archive
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Format

Group A

Group B

Qualification

Squads

Results

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

See also

References

External links