Complete guide to Italy at UEFA Women's EURO 2025: Everything there is to know about the Azzurre
UEFA Women's EURO 2025 is finally here, with the competition kicking off in Switzerland on Wednesday, 3 July. The Italy Women's National Team get their campaign underway on Thursday, 4 July, against Belgium, and the Azzurre will be desperate to make up for two miserable showings in back-to-back tournaments - first at the Women's EURO 2022 and then the 2023 Women's World Cup.
Here, looking at the confirmed squad, the standout players, the fixtures and more, we have the complete guide to Italy’s Azzurre at UEFA Women's EURO 2025.
Italy's UEFA Women's EURO 2025 squad
Below is the confirmed 23-player Italy squad for Women's Euro 2025:
Goalkeepers
Rachele Baldi (Inter), Francesca Durante (Fiorentina), Laura Giuliani (AC Milan).
Defenders
Lisa Boattin (Juventus), Lucia Di Guglielmo (AS Roma), Martina Lenzini (Juventus), Elena Linari (AS Roma), Elisabetta Oliviero (Lazio), Julie Piga (AC Milan), Cecilia Salvai (Juventus).
Midfielders
Arianna Caruso (Bayern Munich), Manuela Giugliano (AS Roma), Eleonora Goldoni (Lazio), Giada Greggi (AS Roma), Eva Schatzer (Juventus), Annamaria Serturini (Inter), Emma Severini (Fiorentina).
Forwards
Chiara Beccari (Juventus)*, Barbara Bonansea (Juventus), Michela Cambiaghi (Juventus), Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit), Cristiana Girelli (Juventus), Martina Piemonte (Lazio).
*Chiara Beccari has been ruled out of the tournament through injury, with Valentina Bergamaschi coming in as her replacement.
**Astrid Gilardi (Como Women), Valentina Bergamaschi (Juventus), Martina Rosucci (Juventus) and Aurora Galli (Everton) are joining the group as for the rest of the preparation period and could replace players in the event of an injury.
Three Italy players to watch at UEFA Women's EURO 2025
Emma Severini - Fiorentina (21 years old)
This tournament represents a golden opportunity for Emma Severini to stake her claim as a starting midfielder for Italy for many years to come. The opportunity comes partly through luck, and mostly through her own talent and application. Whilst the domestic campaign proved to be underwhelming for Fiorentina, Severini was perhaps their most consistent performer. She contributed five goals and four assists in a team that wasn't brimming with attacking prowess.
There was never any doubt that the busy midfielder would be a part of this squad as she plays with a confidence well beyond her years, but Giada Greggi's injury means that Severini is almost certainly going to start against Belgium in the Group B opener.
Greggi has not played since her shoulder injury in March and her fitness level is not clear, and that has opened the door for Severini to prove that she can handle the big occasions in an Azzurre shirt.
Elisabetta Oliviero - Lazio (27 years old)
Another player who needs to grasp the opportunity presented to her is Elisabetta Oliviero. At 27 years old, she is not a rising youngster, she is a player who enjoyed a stunning Serie A campaign with Lazio and has worked extremely hard to get into this squad despite bigger names being in the picture. Just a year ago, nobody would have mentioned her when discussing Italy's EURO 2025 squad, but now she has taken the place of Juventus' Valentina Bergamaschi.
Comfortable on the left or the right, Oliviero is a versatile and explosive wide player who is expected to be deployed as a wing-back at EURO 2025. She bagged six assists in the league last season and helped get her team up the pitch at every given opportunity.
There are plenty of reasons to stay at Lazio ahead of next season, but Oliviero will know that if she can impress on the international stage, she could certainly bag a move to a bigger club and would have a future with the national team to look forward too.
Sofia Cantore - Washington Spirit (25 years old)
Despite being one of the most well-known names in the Italy squad, Sofia Cantore is a player to keep a very close eye on in this tournament. The 25-year-old hit a new level with Juventus in 2024/25, netting 11 times and getting seven assists in 25 league matches. She was instrumental to Juventus winning the title, and she has just earned herself a move to Washington Spirit in the NWSL.
There will be very few players at the entire tournament who arrive with more confidence than Cantore, and she will know that this is the perfect chance to show off to a wider European audience in a way that she has not previously managed to do.
With the move to the United States and then EURO 2025, this is the biggest summer of Cantore's life so far and there is every reason to think that the explosive forward will rise to the occasion.
UEFA Women's EURO 2025: Italy fixtures, and what group are the Azzurre in?
Italy have been placed in Group B. On paper, the task ahead for the Azzurre appears manageable against Spain, Belgium and Portugal. They come into the group as the second-highest ranked team, behind reigning World Cup champions and tournament favourites Spain. But Group B is anything but straightforward.
For more about Italy's Group B opponents, head here.
The full groups can be found below...
- Group A: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland.
- Group B: Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal.
- Group C: Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden.
- Group D: England, France, Netherlands, Wales.
Italy UEFA Women's EURO 2025 fixtures, dates and kick-off times
| Date | Fixture | Kick-off (CEST) | Local | UK (BST) | US (EDT) | US (PDT) |
| Thurs, July 3 | Belgium vs Italy | 18:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 | 12:00 | 09:00 |
| Mon, July 7 | Portugal vs Italy | 21:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 |
| Fri, July 11 | Italy vs Spain | 21:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 |
How did Italy qualify for UEFA Women's EURO 2025?
Although Italy finished level on points with the Netherlands, who also qualified directly for the tournament in second place, the Azzurre will take confidence from the fact that they topped the group because of their superior goal return. Andrea Soncin‘s team scoring more than anyone else and conceding the fewest, with just three goals conceded in six matches.
The squad shared the goals around nicely with six different players scoring during qualification, and Eva Nystrom scoring an own goal to help in a 4-0 win over Finland.
Manuela Giugliano of AS Roma was the only player to score more than once, with a strike in that win and the opener in a 1-1 draw with Norway.
| Position | Team | Won | Draw | Lost | Goal difference | Points |
| 1. | Italy | 2 | 3 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| 2. | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3. | Norway | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| 4. | Finland | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 5 |
Home advantage steers Italy to EURO 2025
Italy’s home form was the cornerstone of their successful qualification, showcasing both tactical strength and attacking flair.
The Azzurre were unbeaten on home soil, securing seven points from a possible nine when hosting on the peninsula. The campaign began with a confident and surprising 2–0 victory over the Netherlands in Cosenza, where they dominated possession and limited the Dutch to very few clear-cut chances.
That ensured panic did not set in after a shock loss away to Finland and a 1-1 draw with Norway in Ferrara provided the perfect platform going into the final two fixtures in July 2024.
The last, in Bolzano, was the most impressive display of the campaign as the Azzurre demolished Finland 4-0 to secure top spot.
| Stadium | Result |
| Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla, Cosenza | Italy 2-0 Netherlands |
| Helsinki Football Stadium, Helsinki | Finland 2-1 Italy |
| Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo | Norway 0-0 Italy |
| Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara | Italy 1-1 Norway |
| Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Sittard | Netherlands 0-0 Italy |
| Stadio Druso, Bolzano | Italy 4-0 Finland |
What happened to Italy at the last UEFA Women's European Championship?
Drawn in Group D for the 2022 edition of the Euro 2022, the Azzurre would have been quietly optimistic when they found themselves alongside France, Belgium and Iceland.
With France undeniably the strongest team in the group, it was largely seen as a three-way shootout for second place.
France first: A shocking start
Belgium and Iceland drew 1-1 in the first game of the group, gifting Italy with a perfect result, but the Azzurre then kicked off against France later that evening and found themselves five goals behind at half time.
Martina Piemonte scored a consolation goal in the second half, but the damage was long done by then.
Slipping in Manchester against Iceland
The humiliation against France left Italy with two make-or-break matches, and Iceland were up first. On paper, this was the Azzurre's easiest game in Group D.
Inside three minutes, Iceland led through Carolina Vilhjalmsdottir and things looked catastrophic for Bertolini’s Azzurre.
Valentina Bergamaschi levelled just after the hour mark, but that was as good as it got.
All or nothing against Belgium
That meant the final matchday of Group D kicked off with Italy and Belgium each on a point, while Iceland had two.
With Iceland facing France, though, the winner of the Azzurre against the Red Devils in Rotherham were strong favourites to advance.
Back at the scene of the France disaster, the Azzurre froze again. Belgium won 1-0 and advanced, while Iceland’s 1-1 draw with group leaders France left the Azzurre rock bottom of the group with just one point to their name.
Where do Italy rank in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Rankings?
The final set of FIFA Women's World Rankings have been released ahead of the 2025 European Championship in Switzerland, and there are plenty of very familiar names taking up the top spots.
As was the case in the previous rankings, the United States, Spain and Germany occupy the three highest positions in the rankings. Italy, though, remains some way from troubling the upper echelons of world football and now sits 13th in the Women's World Rankings.
- USA - 2057.19 points
- Spain - 2034.34
- Germany - 2030.88
- Brazil - 2004.31
- England - 1999.78
- Sweden - 1989.21
- Japan - 1982.51
- Canada - 1974.46
- Korea DPR - 1944.23
- France - 1941.61
- Netherlands - 1926.68
- Denmark - 1888.68
- Italy - 1878.37
- Iceland - 1855.79
- Australia - 1854.17
Italy UEFA Women's EURO 2025 shirt numbers
Below is the complete list of Italy's UEFA Women's EURO 2025 shirt numbers, in numerical order:
- Laura Giuliani
- Elisabetta Oliviero
- Lucia Di Guglielmo
- Eva Schatzer
- Elena Linari
- Manuela Giugliano
- Sofia Cantore
- Emma Severini
- Martina Piemonte
- Cristiana Girelli
- Barbara Bonansea
- Rachele Baldi
- Julie Piga
- Chiara Beccari
- Annamaria Serturini
- Eleonora Goldoni
- Lisa Boattin
- Arianna Caruso
- Martina Lenzini
- Giada Greggi
- Michela Cambiaghi
- Francesca Durante
- Cecilia Salvai
- Aurora Galli (part of the preparation squad only)
- Valentina Bergamaschi (part of the preparation squad only)
- Martina Rosucci (part of the preparation squad only)
- Astrid Gilardi (part of the preparation squad only)