Frida Klarlund: Who is the referee for England vs Wales?

Danish Referee Frida Klarlund holds the ball during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Group D football match between Wales and The Netherlands at the Allmend Stadion Luzern in Lucerne on July 5, 2025.
Frida Klarlund has already refereed in Group D (Image credit: Getty Images)

England vs Wales sees two rivals collide as both bid for a Euro 2025 quarter-final spot.

England will progress with a win but Wales need to beat the Lionesses by four goals or more and for the Netherlands to lose to France.

The person in the middle of the game unfolding is referee Frida Klarlund.

England vs Wales: Who will progress?

Referee Frida Klarlund looks on during the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group D match between Wales and Netherlands at Luzern Arena on July 05, 2025 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Frida Klarlund is the official in the middle today (Image credit: Getty Images)

Referee Klarlund has already taken charge of a game at this tournament as she was the official for Wales' 3-0 loss to the Netherlands.

She had a good outing in that match with the game going along smoothly.

Ella Toone of England celebrates with teammates Georgia Stanway, Alessia Russo, Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp after scoring her team's fourth goal during the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group D match between England and Netherlands at Stadion Letzigrund on July 09, 2025 in Zurich, Switzerland.

England are bidding for a last eight spot (Image credit: Getty Images)

The match is set to be a tasty encounter with the rivalry re-ignited.

England will be heavy favourites, especially after their impressive 4-0 win against the Netherlands.

However, Wales have really shown promise in their performances and they scored their first goal against France last time out.

Jess Fishlock scored that and she will be a menace once again against the defending champions.

Jess Fishlock celebrates

Jess Fishlock has a slice of Welsh football history. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Wales captain Angharad James said of the game: "There’s no hiding behind the history of Wales v England, whatever sport you are playing in. It’s a rivalry match and it’s one everyone wants to play in.

As a group, we’ve come on so much since the first game [v the Netherlands], the second game was such a big improvement from us and we’re looking to step it up again in this game. But the pressure is all on England.

"They have to come out, they have to perform. They’re expected to win this game. Within our group we believe we can upset a very top team but we’re preparing as normal and we’re ready for the fight."

Sarah Rendell
Women's football editor

Sarah joined the FourFourTwo team in September 2024 in a freelance role. She also writes for The Guardian, BBC and Rugby World where she specialises in women's football and rugby. Sarah has a bachelors degree in English and a master's in newspaper journalism.

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