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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and

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. The UEFA Women's Championship 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

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 Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season ...

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 f ...

;3 goals *

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 ...

;2 goals * Birgit Prinz ;1 goal * Lene Terp *

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 w ...

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 *

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. Jonsson played club football for Sunnanå SK of Damallsvenskan The Damal ...

* Hanna Ljungberg * Anna Pohjanen *

Victoria Sandell Svensson Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan, she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during th ...

* Irina Grigorieva * Larisa Savina ;Own goal *

Cécile Locatelli Cécile Locatelli (born 12 November 1970) is a French football player who played as Defender for French club Lyon of the Division 1 Féminine. International career Cécile Locatelli represented France 46 times. She was also part of the Frenc ...

(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