France Women Euro 2025 squad: Laurent Bonadei's team in full

The France Women Euro 2025 squad have been knocked out of the competition by a resolute Germany.

France were dominant in the group stage, beating defending champions England, Wales and the Netherlands.

But despite being a player up after 13 minutes following a red card for Germany, the game went to extra time and penalties where France lost.

France Women's Euros squad

France Women Euro 2025 squad

The squad announced for the major tournament is as follows:

• GK: Justine Lerond (Montpellier)
• GK Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Juventus)
• GK: Constance Picaud (Fleury)
• DF: Selma Bacha (OL)
• DF: Lou Bogaert (Paris FC)
• DF: Elisa De Almeida (PSG)
• DF: Maëlle Lakrar (Real Madrid)
• DF: Griedge Mbock (PSG)
• DF: Melween N'Dongala (Paris FC)
• DF: Thiniba Samoura (PSG)
• DF: Alice Sombath (Lyon)
• MF: Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea)
• MF: Grace Geyoro (PSG)
• MF: Oriane Jean-François (Chelsea)
• MF: Sakina Karchaoui (PSG)
• MF: Amel Majri (Lyon)
• MF: Sandie Toletti (Real Madrid)
• FW: Delphine Cascarino (San Diego)
• FW: Kadidiatou Diani (Lyon)
• FW: Kelly Gago (Everton)
• FW: Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Lyon)
• FW: Melvine Malard (Manchester United)
• FW: Clara Mateo (Paris FC)

Predicted line-up

4-3-3: Peyraud-Magnin; De Almeida, Lakrar, Mbock Bathy, Bacha; Toletti, Geyoro, Karchaoui; Diani, Katoto, Baltimore

France fixtures and results

Euro 2025 qualifying

April 5: France 1–0 Republic of Ireland, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz, France
April 9: Sweden 0–1 France, Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

May 31: England 1-2 France, St James' Park, Newcastle, England
June 4: France 1-2 England, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St Etienne, France

July 12: France 2–1 Sweden, Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon, France
July 16: Republic of Ireland 3–1 France, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, Ireland

2024 Olympics

July 25: France 3–2 Colombia, Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu, France
July 28: France 1–2 Canada, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France
July 31: New Zealand 1–2 France, Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu, France
August 3: France 0–1 Brazil, Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France

Friendlies

October 25: France 3–0 Jamaica, Stade Auguste-Bonal, Montbéliard, France
October 29: Switzerland 2–1 France, Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

November 30: France 2–1 Nigeria, Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers, France
December 3: France 2–4 Spain, Stade de Nice, Nice, France

Women's Nations League

February 21: France 1-0 Norway, Toulouse Stadium, Toulouse, France
February 26: France 3-2 Iceland, Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans, France

April 4: Switzerland 0-2 France, Arena St. Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
April 8: Norway 0-2 France, Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway

May 30: France 4-0 Switzerland, Stade Marcel-Picot, Tomblaine, France
June 3: Iceland 0-2 France, Laugardalsvöllur, Rejykjavik, Iceland

Euro 2025

July 5: France 2-1 England, Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland
July 9: France 4-1 Wales, Arena St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
July 13: Netherlands 2-5 France, St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
July 19: France 1-1 (5-6 on pens) Germany, St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland

Everything you need to know about France

Les Bleues regularly fail to turn their talent pool into a successful international tournament, and it won’t be any easier for them at Euro 2025 – they must eliminate one of the last two champions, in Netherlands and England, just to make the knockout stages.

Reaching the semi-finals in 2022 ended a run of four consecutive quarter-final defeats at European Championships and World Cups. However, drama is never far away from the French dressing room...

Captain Wendie Renard has been omitted, in the shock of the tournament selections so far – while all-time scorer and appearance-maker Eugenie Le Sommer misses out, along with the retired Amandine Henry and 33-year-old midfielder Kenza Dali. That's over 550 caps of experience.

The next generation will be led by Marie-Antoinette Katoto. The Pariss Saint-Germain all-time scorer tore her ACL in France’s Euro 2022 group-stage match against Belgium, then missed the 2023 World Cup, so we’re yet to truly see her at an international tournament. The 26-year-old striker is a deadly finisher with a dominant physical presence.

LESSON FROM QUALIFYING

France topped a group featuring England, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland, showing they can beat high-level opposition, especially in winning at St James’ Park. England took revenge days later, though, and a 3-1 defeat to the Irish was careless – they’d lost five from five.

STRENGTHS

A glut of attacking skill. Whether it’s Chelsea’s Sandy Baltimore, San Diego Wave’s Delphine Cascarino or Lyon’s Kadidiatou Diani, France have speed and technical trickery in spades. Everton’s Kelly Gago could be a livewire off the bench, while Eugenie Le Sommer brings 200 caps’ worth of experience.

WEAKNESSES

Players featuring out of position. Some squad members have very strong opinions about where they belong on the pitch, which can make the XI look a little disjointed.

MOST LIKELY TO…

Miss Wendie Renard from set pieces. The 6ft 2in former captain was still as lethal in the penalty area as she had been throughout her 14-year international career, until her recent omission. She netted her 39th goal for France in 2024 – not bad for a central defender...

LEAST LIKELY TO…

Have a calm summer. As with the men’s team, France rarely seem able to survive a month together without everybody falling out.

WHAT THEY HOPE WILL HAPPEN

To finally deliver on their promise and reach a first ever major final.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN

France feel like the least reliable of the three big teams in Group D, but the ability is certainly there to make it out of the group. With the talent at their disposal, who knows what could happen from there?

France manager: Laurent Bonadei

An experienced youth coach and assistant manager who once had a spell as interim manager as Saudi Arabia men's boss, Bonadei is now in his highest-profile job yet after stepping up from an assistant role to fill Hervé Renard's shoes after the Olympics.

Bonadei has led to a 100% record in the Nations League in his six competitive games in charge so far - and he has been ruthless with his selection for this summer's tournament, dropping Wendie Renard and Eugenie Le Sommer.

Bonadei explained: "'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.' I want different results for this team so I have gone with a different selection."

France's star player

Marie-Antoinette Katoto

After relying for so long on record goalscorer Eugenie Le Sommer, it looks likely that the bulk of the responsibility in the final third will fall on three-time French league top scorer Marie-Antoinette Katoto to provide for France.

The 26-year-old, who is number 26 in FourFourTwo's best players right now list, was instrumental in France topping their group in qualifying, scoring the decisive winning goals against Ireland, England and Sweden.

She then carried that into the Olympics, scoring all but one of her country's six goals at the tournament. With 37 goals in 53 appearances to date, the PSG forward will be vital for France's chances.