Sweden Women’s Euro 2022 group contains The Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland
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Sweden Women’s Euro 2022 group contains the Netherlands and Switzerland. It did originally contain Russia but they have been suspended from the competition. Portugal will be participating in their place.
Sweden’s first group game will likely be their trickiest, against the Netherlands. The Netherlands are currently the holders of the European Championship, having won it on home turf back in 2017. However, manager Sarina Wiegman has been hired by England so they will be led into the tournament by former Portland Thorns boss Mark Parsons.
Despite the managerial change, the Netherlands side is full of attacking talent. Vivianne Miedema has played a slightly different role for Arsenal this season but remains an unstoppable goalscorer. Meanwhile, Lieke Martens has missed a large portion of the season for Barcelona but the Netherlands will be hoping she can find her fitness before July, having been named ‘Player of the Tournament’ at the 2017 Euros. The Dutch side’s biggest boost will have come with Lyon midfielder Damaris Egurrola committing to them, despite being eligible to play for Spain and the USA.
Sweden Women’s Euro 2022 group: Switzerland
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13th July
Sweden will play their second group game against Switzerland. Switzerland are playing in their second ever European Championships, having beaten the Czech Republic on penalties to make it to the tournament through the playoff system.
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There are a number of talented players within the Swiss squad including Barcelona’s Ana-Maria Crnogorčević, Paris Saint-Germain’s Ramona Bachmann, and Arsenal’s Lia Wälti.
Sweden Women’s Euro 2022 group: Portugal
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Sweden were due to face Russia in Group C but UEFA announced in February that they would be suspended from the competition. Portugal were confirmed as their replacements in May, as they were the team who had originally lost to Russia in the qualification play-off. They will be participating in their second Euros having reached the group stage in 2017. Despite not originally qualifying, they are a competitive team, having recently beat Norway 2-0 in the Algarve Cup.
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Jessy Parker Humphreys is a freelance women's football writer. A Chelsea fan, Jessy has been following the women's game since being taken to the 2003/04 FA Cup final at Loftus Road and seeing Arsenal thrash Jessy's local side Charlton. Fortunately, Arsenal don't win quite as much as they used to – although Jessy hopes Charlton will also be back at the top of the women's game one day.
