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And so another enthralling, dramatic and record-breaking European Championship goes into the history books. Switzerland proved to be an outstanding host for the 2025 edition of the tournament, which ended on Sunday when England beat Spain on penalties to retain their title. It was fitting that extra-time and a shootout was necessary to elect this year's champion, too, as more games were decided in that fashion at Euro 2025 than at any previous instalment. That sums up well how dramatic the last few weeks have been.
There were plenty more records smashed, too. More goals were scored than ever before, attendances across the tournament soared to entirely new heights and the biggest comeback in a knockout tie was achieved when England came from 2-0 down with 11 minutes to play to beat Sweden in the quarter-finals.
As the Lionesses' continue their celebrations, the surprise packages head home to receive their plaudits and others ponder just what went wrong for them, there is going to be plenty of time to look back on a remarkable month of football. So, let's start, as GOAL breaks down the winners and losers from Euro 2025…
Getty ImagesWINNER: Sarina Wiegman
Sarina Wiegman is the queen of the European Championship, with her now triumphing in each of the last three editions of the tournament. To win it twice with two different nations – with the Netherlands in 2017 and England in 2022 – was a remarkable feat in itself. To add another title on the end of that, though, puts her in elite company as the joint-most successful coach in competition history. Gero Bisanz and Tina Theune are the only other managers to have won three Euros titles, both with Germany.
Yet, Wiegman's achievements are particularly special. For a start, they come in an era where the tournament is bigger and there are therefore more games to play and more hurdles to overcome. Plus, neither of the two teams she has guided to the title had won a major tournament before, with the success of the Dutch particularly surprising.
That's not to belittle the success of Bisanz, Theune or those incredible Germany teams, with Theune also overseeing a World Cup win back in 2003, but rather to illustrate that Wiegman really is in a league of her own when we talk about her success in Europe. Can she translate that into a World Cup triumph in two years time, having lost in the last two finals? You'd be brave to bet against her.
AdvertisementGetty ImagesLOSER: Alexia Putellas
During the group stages, this felt like Alexia Putellas' tournament. In the form of her life – which is some statement when talking about a two-time Ballon d'Or winner – the 31-year-old was the best player on show through the first portion of Euro 2025, scoring three goals and providing four assists in just three games as Spain showed why they were the front-runners for the title.
However, the knockout stages produced a slightly different story. Putellas was by no means poor as La Roja made their way to the final, not at all, but she didn't steal the show as many might have expected. That she was subbed off with 20 minutes of the 90 remaining in the final was a brutal blow, too, as head coach Montse Tome surprisingly ensured that one of the best players in the world wouldn't be sticking around to potentially win the game.
It was a disappointing way for Putellas' summer to end, especially given how well it all started. It all might have had telling impact on her Ballon d'Or chances, too.
Getty ImagesWINNER: Chloe Kelly
It's crazy to think that Chloe Kelly could've been sat at home watching this tournament instead of stealing the show in it on a regular basis. The winger was completely out of favour at Manchester City at the start of 2025, so much so that her lack of game time led to Wiegman omitting her from an England squad for the first time in her tenure back in February.
However, a vital six-month loan spell at Arsenal got her back on the pitch on a regular basis, which not only led to a Champions League title and a permanent move this summer, but also a place back in the Lionesses picture.
Kelly didn't start a single game in Switzerland and yet, thanks to her match-winning interventions in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, this is likely to be remembered as her tournament.
Getty ImagesLOSER: Montse Tome
When Spain won the World Cup in 2023, few put it down to head coach Jorge Vilda. The current Morocco boss was a controversial figure whose management was criticised much more often than it was praised, with most instead pointing to the brilliance of players like Aitana Bonmati and Salma Paralluelo for La Roja's triumph. So, when Vilda left after that tournament, many wondered if there were new levels this team could go to. Under Montse Tome, though, they've not done that yet.
Tome was Vilda's assistant during that World Cup and so there were skeptics from the get-go when she was appointed as his successor, meaning the 43-year-old was tasked with proving herself to the doubters right away. In the two years since, she has now coached at two major tournaments, at which Spain have been the heavy favourites to win both. They've not triumphed at either.
There have, of course, been successes in that time, most notably in the form of the Nations League title La Roja won last year. But there are still a lot of questions around Tome that were certainly not answered at Euro 2025 as many of the same problems that plagued this team at last year's Olympics remained on show.
