Germany’s women side have met England women on 23 ocassions, and the British have only one once, the bronze medal match at the 2015 World Cup. Meeting number 24 will take place tonight in the SheBelives-Cup in Washington. Here, DFB runs you through everything you need to know.
National coach Steffi Jones: “We want to build on the France game and be up for the game and ready to give everything. I’m probably going to change things around a bit too. We must make the most of our chances against England if we want to get anything from the game. England will be another stern test for us ahead of the Euros because they are a robust side that fights for every ball.
Head2Head: After Germany won the first 15 encounters with the home of football, the balance has been redressed slightly since 2007. In that time, there have been four wins, three draws and one defeat. The only loss came in 2015 at the World Cup in Canada, where England ran out 1-0 winners. The previous 12 games before that had seen Germany pick up 11 wins and one draw.
The teams first played each other in 1984 in the Italian town of Jesolo. Silvia Neid scored a brace as Germany won 2-0. The game with the most goals came in 1997, when Germany won 6-4 in Preston after leading 4-0 at half-time. That game also marked the first time England were able to net more than two goals in a game. In Helsinki in 2009, Germany became European champions after a 6-2 victory. In the first stage of the SheBelieves Cup the DFB team were victorious 2-1. Toni Duggan’s early goal was cancelled out by an own goal from Gilly Flaherty, before Babbett Peter scored the winner eight minutes from time.
Opponents: England’s women played their first competitive match in 1972, when they beat Scotland 3-2. Their biggest win came in 2005 when they beat Hungary 13-0 away from home. Fara Williams in the most capped player, having played 159 times for her country scoring 40 goals in the process. She is also at the SheBelieves-Cup. Record goal scorer is Kelly Smith, who netted 46 time for England between 1995 and 2014 (117 games). The most notable successes have been a finishing runners up at the 1984 and 2009 European Championships, and the third place at the 2015 World Cup. They qualified for the 2017 Euros in the Netherlands as group winners with seven wins and a draw from eight matches. They scored 32 goals and conceded just one in games with Belgium, Serbia, Bosnia and Estonia. They have been drawn in Group D for the Euros with Scotland, Spain and Portugal. They currently sit fifth in the FIFA rankings.
Successful coach: The Lionesses coach is Mark Sampson. The Welshman played under his brother in the Cardiff City reserve team, where he later became the youth coach. He later took over at Bristol Women and led them to their best Premier League result of second in 2013. He succeeded Hope Powell as coach of the National team in December 2013 and led the side to third place in the 2015 World Cup.
Lionesses: All but one of the 23 player squad play their football in England. Only Rachel Daly plies her trade with Houston Dash in the United States. No one plays in Germany.
Form: For the first time since 2015, including the third place play off at the World Cup, Germany have failed to score in two straight matches. The last time that happened was 2007, when the DFB side went three games without a goal - a run which included a 0-0 draw with England.
Permanent fixture: Anja Mittag is the only player to have played in the last 54 international matches. The 9-0 win over Russia in World Cup qualification in September 2013 is the only game in the last 75 she has missed.
Celebrations and Records: Anja Mittag sits sixth on the all-time list of top goalscorers, with 49 goals, just two behind Bettina Wiegmann in fifth place. Alexandra Popp and Renate Lingor both lie tied 10th with 35 goals, two behind Martina Müller in ninth. The next defeat would be the 75th in a competitive match for Germany. 438 games have seen 305 wins and 59 draws.
Germany’s women side have met England women on 23 ocassions, and the British have only one once, the bronze medal match at the 2015 World Cup. Meeting number 24 will take place tonight in the SheBelives-Cup in Washington. Here, DFB runs you through everything you need to know.
National coach Steffi Jones: “We want to build on the France game and be up for the game and ready to give everything. I’m probably going to change things around a bit too. We must make the most of our chances against England if we want to get anything from the game. England will be another stern test for us ahead of the Euros because they are a robust side that fights for every ball.
Head2Head: After Germany won the first 15 encounters with the home of football, the balance has been redressed slightly since 2007. In that time, there have been four wins, three draws and one defeat. The only loss came in 2015 at the World Cup in Canada, where England ran out 1-0 winners. The previous 12 games before that had seen Germany pick up 11 wins and one draw.
The teams first played each other in 1984 in the Italian town of Jesolo. Silvia Neid scored a brace as Germany won 2-0. The game with the most goals came in 1997, when Germany won 6-4 in Preston after leading 4-0 at half-time. That game also marked the first time England were able to net more than two goals in a game. In Helsinki in 2009, Germany became European champions after a 6-2 victory. In the first stage of the SheBelieves Cup the DFB team were victorious 2-1. Toni Duggan’s early goal was cancelled out by an own goal from Gilly Flaherty, before Babbett Peter scored the winner eight minutes from time.
Opponents: England’s women played their first competitive match in 1972, when they beat Scotland 3-2. Their biggest win came in 2005 when they beat Hungary 13-0 away from home. Fara Williams in the most capped player, having played 159 times for her country scoring 40 goals in the process. She is also at the SheBelieves-Cup. Record goal scorer is Kelly Smith, who netted 46 time for England between 1995 and 2014 (117 games). The most notable successes have been a finishing runners up at the 1984 and 2009 European Championships, and the third place at the 2015 World Cup. They qualified for the 2017 Euros in the Netherlands as group winners with seven wins and a draw from eight matches. They scored 32 goals and conceded just one in games with Belgium, Serbia, Bosnia and Estonia. They have been drawn in Group D for the Euros with Scotland, Spain and Portugal. They currently sit fifth in the FIFA rankings.
Successful coach: The Lionesses coach is Mark Sampson. The Welshman played under his brother in the Cardiff City reserve team, where he later became the youth coach. He later took over at Bristol Women and led them to their best Premier League result of second in 2013. He succeeded Hope Powell as coach of the National team in December 2013 and led the side to third place in the 2015 World Cup.
Lionesses: All but one of the 23 player squad play their football in England. Only Rachel Daly plies her trade with Houston Dash in the United States. No one plays in Germany.
Form: For the first time since 2015, including the third place play off at the World Cup, Germany have failed to score in two straight matches. The last time that happened was 2007, when the DFB side went three games without a goal - a run which included a 0-0 draw with England.
Permanent fixture: Anja Mittag is the only player to have played in the last 54 international matches. The 9-0 win over Russia in World Cup qualification in September 2013 is the only game in the last 75 she has missed.
Celebrations and Records: Anja Mittag sits sixth on the all-time list of top goalscorers, with 49 goals, just two behind Bettina Wiegmann in fifth place. Alexandra Popp and Renate Lingor both lie tied 10th with 35 goals, two behind Martina Müller in ninth. The next defeat would be the 75th in a competitive match for Germany. 438 games have seen 305 wins and 59 draws.
