City stars' previous Euros experience
Starting on Wednesday 2 July when Iceland play Finland, all roads lead to the final which is to be played on Sunday 27 July at St Jakob-Park, Basel.
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A total of nine City stars have been selected across five national teams competing at the prestigious tournament and four of those players are set to taste a major competition for the first time.
The other five, however, will be drawing on the precious experience they've gained on the elite international stage to help their countries to potential glory this summer.
ALEX GREENWOOD
At 23-years-old Greenwood was selected in England's squad for the 2017 Euros in the Netherlands before making her only appearance at the tournament in a 2-1 group-stage win over Portugal.
Our captain played the full 90 minutes of the success before the Lionesses reached the semi-finals.
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Fast forward five years to the 2022 competition and the centre-back had established herself as one of the finest operators in world football having signed for City in 2020.
In what turned out to be a glorious summer for England, Greenwood became a trusted lieutenant for Sarina Wiegman with the Blues' defender appearing in five of the Lionesses' six matches.
During both the quarter-final and semi-final, she was brought onto the field in the closing stages as they beat Spain 2-1 after extra-time before advancing into the showpiece with a 4-0 win over Sweden.
Then, in the euphoric final at Wembley, she was introduced on 88 minutes as the match headed to extra time before Chloe Kelly scored the epic winner to seal the trophy for England.
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LAUREN HEMP
Hemp too played a crucial role in the historic success of Euro 2022, featuring in each of England's six assignments at the competition.
After the Lionesses opened their campaign with a 1-0 win over Austria, they then put Norway to the sword 8-0 at Brighton's AMEX Stadium with our skilful winger scoring her nation's second goal of the win.
Following industrious work down the right by Beth Mead, her ball across the face of goal was turned into the net by Hemp who showed her poacher's instinct to score.
Hemp went on to play the final group game, quarter-final and semi-final before playing 120 minutes of the final where she was replaced by Nikita Parris in the closing stages of extra-time.
VIVIANNE MIEDEMA
Having been selected in Netherlands' squad for the 2025 tournament, Miedema is set to feature in her third European Championship.
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Her first inclusion came in 2017 when her nation hosted the competition and our forward excellently came to the fore during the knockout stages, scoring four goals across the quarter-final, semi-final and final.
After netting against Sweden in a 2-0 success and in a 3-0 semi-final win over England, Miedema's brace in the final helped the Netherlands to a 4-2 win over Sweden to claim the trophy.
Entering 2022 as reigning champions, Miedema's tournament was a tale of frustration as she tested positive for COVID-19 after the first group game which kept her out of matches with Portugal and Switzerland.
She then returned for the quarter-final meeting with France where her nation narrowly lost 1-0.
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KERSTIN CASPARIJ
Casparij enters Euro 2025 having featured three times in 2022 which also represented her first taste of the tournament.
She made substitute appearances in group stage wins over Portugal (3-2) and Switzerland (4-1) which booked their place in the quarter-final where they met France.
Following her outings in the first phase, she was afforded a starting place in the last-eight and performed well which was ultimately in vein as the Netherlands were edged our 1-0 by France after extra-time.
LEILA OUAHABI
Ouahabi arrives at this summer's competition with a wealth of experience at European Championships having played in both Euro 2017 and Euro 2022 for Spain.
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In her first appearance eight years ago, she started each of her nation's group games starting with a 2-0 win over Portugal.
Ouahabi then made the first XI in a 2-0 loss to England and a narrow 1-0 defeat to Scotland but Spain still qualified for the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Austria as our defender remained among the substitutes.
Euro 2022 followed a similar pattern for Ouahabi as she started every group game again but missed out on a place in the team for the knockouts.
She featured in wins over Finland and Denmark either side of a loss to Germany but didn't feature as Spain were eliminated by England in the last-eight.
UEFA EURO 2025 COVERAGE
The Official Man City App will have all bases of Euro 2025 covered this summer!
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A match report of every game involving a City player will be available on our app and website shortly after the full-time whistle, along with post-match reaction when possible.
After each round of the competition, a written recap of the results and a gallery will tell the story of the part City's stars have played throughout the summer.
If you want to follow the action live throughout the tournament, each week a TV listing article will be published on mancity.com and the Official Man City App so fans can find out how to watch the games from wherever they are in the world.
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