The upcoming 2025 Euro tournament is just 17 days away and with excitement building we look back at how previous City stars fared at Euro 2017.
Five current City stars have been selected so far to play for their nations in Switzerland this summer.
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With Leila Ouahabi, Jess Park, Alex Greenwood, Lauren Hemp and Khiara Kheating set to travel with their respective countries.
It’s shaping up to be another captivating summer of women’s football, as Switzerland prepare to host hopefully another game changing competition and the chance to really stamp women’s football on the map.
Find out how our former players got on at the 2017 Euros.
England
Four City players have been selected in Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses squad, with Jess Park and Khiara Kheating set to feature at their first major tournament as the European Champions hope to retain their title.
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After coming back from long-term injuries, Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp have also both been called up this summer.
Rewinding back to 2017, we had an impressive total of eight players representing City for England on the international stage in the Netherlands.
They were Karen Bardsley, Lucy Bronze, Demi Stokes, Jill Scott, Izzy Christiansen, Nikita Parris, Toni Duggan and Steph Houghton who captained the Lionesses.
Alex Greenwood also featured in the squad, but she was representing Liverpool at the time.
It was another successful tournament for England as they reached the semi-final stage of the competition before being knocked out by the Netherlands.
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It was the second consecutive time in a major tournament that they exited the competition at this stage after they lost their 2015 World Cup semi-final to Japan thanks to an injury-time own goal.
The Dutch side took the lead through now City forward Vivianne Miedema’s first-half header.
They went on to suffer a 3-0 defeat to a Dutch side led by Danielle van de Donk, and roared on by a record crowd of 27,093 for a women’s football match in the Netherlands.
Despite a heartbreaking departure, there were many positives for City’s stars as Toni Duggan scored twice while Nikita Parris also found the net.
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Lucy Bronze and Steph Houghton were also named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament for their outstanding efforts in defence.
It was also the second time the latter captained the Lionesses at a major tournament.
The City stalwart also described it as ‘the tournament that stands out the most’, in a recent interview with the club.
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Scotland
Former City striker, Jane Ross was selected as they made their Euros debut.
On July 27 2017, the final score of Group D read Scotland 1 Spain 0, but unfortunately, Scotland cruelly exited the competition and it was Spain who went through to the quarter-finals thanks to a solitary goal’s difference.
Denmark
Mie Jans and Denmark had a stellar summer tournament in the Netherlands.
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It started by ending Germany’s 22-year reign as Champions of Europe after a 2-1 win over the Leeuwinnen in the quarter-finals. It was only Germany’s second loss in the tournament since 1993.
They then went on to beat Austria 3-0 in the semi’s and recorded a place in the final for the first time.
Unfortunately, the Netherlands claimed the title as Denmark suffered a 4-2 loss with current City forward, Vivianne Miedema, scoring a brace for the Oranje.
Sweden
After progressing from the group stages Kosovare Asllani’s side lost 2-0 in quarter finals to eventual winners, the Netherlands.