Check out the U19 Women’s EURO semi-finalists: England v Spain, Netherlands v France | U19 Women

England will face Spain in Marijampolė and the Netherlands will meet France in Kaunas in the semi-finals of the UEFA European Women’s Under-19 Championship on Wednesday.

All four teams managed to progress from the group stage in Lithuania last week, with England and France finishing ahead of Serbia and Lithuania, and the Netherlands and holders Spain eliminating Germany and the Republic of Ireland.

We present the teams aiming for Saturday’s final at the Darius & Girenas Stadium in Kaunas.

England vs Spain

Previous Finals
2019 Group Stage: England 0-1 Spain
2015 Group Stage: England 1-3 Spain
2014 Group Stage: Spain 2-0 England
2012 Group Stage: Spain 4-0 England
2007 Group Stage England 1-0 Spain

Round 1: Winners of Group A2 (played in Wales)
W2-0 against Greece, W6-1 against Wales, W1-0 against the Czech Republic
2nd round: Winners of Group A3 (played in Portugal)
W2-0 against Switzerland, W1-0 against Portugal, W4-1 against Italy
Group A Winners
W10-0 against Lithuania (Kaunas), D1-1 against Serbia (Marijampolė), W1-0 against France (Jonava)
Top scorer in the final: Poppy Pritchard 4
Top scorer including qualifying: Poppy Pritchard 8
2022/23:Did not qualify
Best previous: Winners x 1 (2009)
Semi-finals report (WU19 only): W4 L2

Semi-finals passed
2013: W4-0 against Finland
2010: W0-0 ap., 5-4 tab against the Netherlands
2009: W3-0 against Switzerland
2007: W3-0 against Norway
2003: 0-2 defeat against France
2002: 0-1 defeat against Germany

• In addition to their 2009 victory, England have finished third on three previous occasions. Before this year, however, they had not progressed beyond the group stage since their last final in 2013.
• England have won their last four semi-finals without conceding a goal.

Round 1: Winners of Group A5 (played in Sweden)
W4-0 against Turkey, W3-0 against Sweden, W9-1 against Portugal
2nd round: Winners of Group A1 (played in Slovenia)
W5-0 against Slovenia, W7-0 against Greece, W2-0 against Denmark
Second in Group B
D0-0 against Republic of Ireland (Marijampolė), L0-1 against Netherlands (Marijampolė), W2-0 against Germany (Jonava)
Top scorers in the final: Paula Comendador, Noemí Bejarano 1
Top scorers including qualifying: Jone Amezaga, Laia Martret 4
2022/23: Winners
Best previous: Winners x 5 (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023)
Semi-finals report (WU19 only): W9 L1

Semi-finals passed
2023: W1-0 against the Netherlands
2022: W1-0 against Sweden
2019: L1-3aet against France
2018: W1-0 against Denmark
2017: W3-2 against the Netherlands
2016: W4-3 against the Netherlands
2015: W1-1 ap, 5-4 tab against France
2014: W2-0 against Norway
2012: 1-0 victory against Portugal
2004: W1-0 against Italy
2001: 0-2 defeat against Germany
2000: Second in a final group of four teams (0-2 against Germany, 3-1 against Sweden, 4-2 against France)

• Spain have not only won the last two U-19 EURO titles (beating Germany on penalties last year), but have also won the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, a title they will defend later this year in Colombia; the generation born in 2005 won the 2022 U-17 Women’s World Cup.
• Spain had 50 attempts on target and only ten conceded in the group stage.

Where to watch: TV/streaming

Netherlands vs France

Previous Finals
2019 Group Stage: Netherlands 1-3 France
2017 Group Stage: France 0-2 Netherlands
2016 Group Stage: Netherlands 1-2 France
2010 Group Stage: Netherlands 2-0 France
2006 Group Stage: Netherlands 0-1 France
2003 Group Stage: France 2-1 Netherlands

Round 1: Winners of group A6 (played in Belgium)
W8-0 against Faroe Islands, W3-1 against Belgium, W4-0 against Republic of Ireland
2nd round: Winners of Group A6 (played in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
W10-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina, W3-0 against Poland, W2-1 against Finland
Group B Winners
D1-1 against Germany (Jonava), W1-0 against Spain (Marijampolė), W2-0 against Republic of Ireland (Marijampolė)
Top scorers in the final: Hanna Huizenga, Lotte Keukelaar, Mirte van Koppen, Karlijn Woons 1
Top scorer including qualifying:Danique Tolhoek 13
2022/23: Semi-finals
Best previous: Winners x 1 (2014)
Semi-finals report (WU19 only): W1 L5

Semi-finals passed
2023: D0-1 against Spain
2019: L1-3 against Germany
2017: 2-3 defeats against Spain
2016: 3-4 defeats against Spain
2014: W4-0 against the Republic of Ireland
2010: Defeated 0-0, 4-5 against England

• The victorious 2014 team (which beat Ireland 4-0 in the semi-final and Spain 1-0 in the final) included future 2017 Women’s EURO champions Vivianne Miedema, Jill Roord and Dominique Janssen.
• The Netherlands reached their sixth semi-final last year, also finishing ahead of Germany in the group stage.

Round 1: Winners of group A1 (played in France)
W4-0 against Northern Ireland, W1-0 against Hungary, W2-0 against Italy
2nd round: Winners of Group A4 (played in the Czech Republic)
W2-0 against Ukraine, W1-0 against Norway, W5-0 against Czech Republic
Second in Group A
W3-1 against Serbia (Jonava), W6-0 against Lithuania (Kaunas), D0-1 against England (Jonava)
Top scorer in the final: Camille Robillard 4
Top scorer including qualifying: Camille Robillard 5
2022/23: Semi-finals
Best previous: Winners x 5 (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)
Semi-finals report (WU19 only): W9 L5

Semi-finals passed
2023: L2-3aet against Germany
2022: D0-1 against Norway
2019: W3-1 ap. against Spain
2017: W2-1 against Germany
2016: W3-1 against Switzerland
2015: L1-1aet, 4-5pens against Spain
2013: W2-1 against Germany
2010: W1-1 ap, 5-3 bp against Germany
2009: L2-5aet against Sweden
2007: L2-4aet against Germany
2006: W1-0 against Denmark
2005: W1-0 against Finland
2003: W2-0 against England
2002: W1-0 against Denmark
2000: Fourth in a final group of four teams (D1-2 against Sweden, D1-3 against Germany, D2-4 against Spain)
1998: W2-2agg, 5-3bt against Sweden (W2-0d, D0-2a)

• France have won all six of their qualifying matches without conceding a goal, just like Spain did last year before lifting the trophy.
• Their squad includes 12 of the 20 players who won last year’s U17 EURO in Estonia.

Unless otherwise stated, records include the U18 Women’s EURO (1997/98 to 2000/01). In 1998/99, the U18 title was decided by a group of four teams, and in 1999/2000, the top two teams from a group of four teams met in the final.