The Lionesses made history on Sunday, becoming the first England side to win the Euros.
UEFA’s 13th edition of the women’s tournament saw record after record broken, not just by England and its players, but by other nations and the crowds.
Here we look at all the ones broken across the country over the past month.
Biggest win
England v Norway, 8-0
The Lionesses’ second match win against Norway was the biggest in the tournament’s history.
England beat their own record, which they set against Scotland after beating them 6-0 in the 2017 group stage.
And with five different goal-scorers, including Beth Mead and her hat-trick, the game boasted the second-highest number of scorers in history.
Biggest crowd
England v Germany at Wembley, 87,192
Sunday’s final at Wembley broke attendance records for both the women’s and men’s game.
More seats were filled last night than at any other women’s international game in history and any other women’s or men’s European final.
The previous record for a women’s game was 80,203, set at the 2012 Olympic final at Wembley, when the USA beat Japan.
And the previous record for a men’s Euro final was 79,115, which was between Spain and the USSR in Madrid in 1964.
Biggest TV audience
England v Germany, 17.4 million
Sunday night’s final was also the most-watched women’s football game in UK history.
As well as the 17.4 million TV viewers, a further 5.9 million people streamed the match on either BBC iPlayer or its website or app.
This also makes it the biggest TV event of the year so far.
First coach to win with two different nations
Sarina Wiegman, England and the Netherlands
England’s Dutch manager has now won trophies for both the national sides she has presided over.
Having played for the Netherlands between 1987 and 2001, she took over as interim manager in 2016, securing a home Euro win just a year later in 2017.
She became England manager last year, taking over from Phil Neville, and again only taking a year to produce a Euro win.
Four others have managed more than one side, including Martina Voss-Tecklenburg – Switzerland and Germany, and Anna Signeul – Scotland and Finland.
Wiegman is still two off the record for the most consecutive wins, having won 11 out of 11 with England this tournament vs the 13 out of 13 won by Germany’s coach Tina Theune.
Lioness player records
Most goals in a group stage
Beth Mead, 5
As player of the tournament, Mead broke records in the group stage.
She secured England’s 1-0 victory against Austria in their first game, which was followed by a hat-trick in their 8-0 win against Norway, and then one of the five goals against Northern Ireland in the final group match.
First to score in all three group games
Beth Mead joint with Alex Popp (Germany)
Scoring in all three group stage matches saw Mead break another record.
She was the first player ever to do so in a women’s Euro tournament – alongside Germany’s Alex Popp, who achieved the same streak a day after her.
Most goals scored in Euro tournament (equalled)
Beth Mead, 6, joint with Alex Popp (Germany)
Mead equalled the current record for the most goals scored during the women’s Euros after scoring against Sweden in the semi-finals.
Popp did the same for Germany when she scored twice against France in the other semi.
They are both now level with Inka Grings, who also scored six goals, for her home side Germany in 2009.
Most goals by a substitute
Alessia Russo, 4
The Manchester United forward was a substitute for every match.
But despite not being in the starting line-up, she managed to score four goals – one against Norway, two against Northern Ireland in the group stage, and one in the semi-final against Sweden.
This makes her the highest goal-scoring substitute in the history of the women’s European game.
Lioness team records
First England team to win a Euros
Perhaps an obvious point to many, but this year’s Lionesses are the first England side to ever win the Euros.
The men’s team lost to Italy at last year’s postponed 2020 tournament in their first ever Euro final and have never gone all the way.
Having got to the final in 2009 and 1984, this was the third time England’s women reached the final, but the first time winning the competition.
First successive wins over Germany
Until this tournament, the Lionesses had never won more than one match in a row against Germany.
But after beating them in Sunday’s final, they can now boast two successive victories over their long-time rivals, having won against them 3-1 to lift the Arnold Clark Cup in February.
First to field same XI in every game
England started with the same 11 players at every game this tournament.
That was a first for any women’s or men’s side in European history.
Most goals in a tournament
England, 22
By beating Germany in the final, not only did England become the first team to ever do so, but they also surpassed the Germans’ 21-goal record in a single tournament, which they set in Helsinki in 2009.
It was massively helped by their 8-0 win against Norway in the group stage.
Most goals in a group stage
England, 14
With their wins against Austria, Norway and Northern Ireland, the Lionesses beat Germany’s 11-goal record from 2001.
Five years ago in the Netherlands, they narrowly missed that record by one goal.
Most goals in a first half
England, 6 – England v Norway
France set a new record for the most goals in the first half of a women’s Euro game when they beat Italy 5-1.
Sadly for them, they were superseded just 24 hours later by England getting six goals in the first half of their 8-0 win over Norway.
Most points in a group stage (equalled)
England, 9, joint with Germany
England and Germany managed to equal the current record for the most points scored in the group stages this year.
With three wins, it was the Lionesses seventh perfect campaign.
Germany also won all three of their group stage matches, achieving a perfect nine points for the fourth time.
Fewest goals conceded in a group stage (equalled)
England, 0, joint with Germany
England had never gone through the group stages without conceding a single goal until this year.
Goalkeeper Mary Earps didn’t let any balls in her net during their Group A campaign.
Germany also managed to win their group without conceding in 2005 and achieved the same this year.
Most different goal-scorers in one game (equalled)
England, 5
Not only was the 8-0 win against Norway a record for biggest goal difference, with five different scorers, it also equalled Germany’s 2009 record against France for the most in one match.
Beth Mead netted a hat-trick, Ellen White scored two, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo got one each, and Georgia Stanway scored a penalty.
Crowd records
Aggregate attendance
574,875
The previous record for aggregate attendance was 240,055 in the Netherlands in 2017.
This year’s tournament saw it more than double.
Average attendance
18,544
Previously, the record average crowd per match was 9,000, set in West Germany in 1989.
The host nation had beaten that figure by the end of the group stage this year.
Group stage crowd
England v Austria, 68,871
The Lionesses first match against Austria at Old Trafford beat the previous attendance record for a group stage match – 41,301 at Germany v Norway in Sweden in 2013.
Quarter-final crowd
England v Spain, 28,994
The Lionesses extra-time 2-1 win over Spain at Brighton & Hove’s ground doubled the previous attendance record for a women’s European quarter-final match.
That was set by the Netherlands when they beat Sweden 2-0 in 2017.
Semi-final crowd
England v Sweden, 28,624
The home side’s 4-0 victory over Sweden at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane saw the Lionesses secure another crowd record.
Germany and France narrowly missed out when 27,455 turned out at MK Dons’ ground to watch Germany beat France in the other semi-final.
Non-England records
Highest-scoring draw (equalled)
Portugal v Switzerland, 2-2
The Group C result equalled the current record for the highest-scoring draw, set by Denmark and Italy during the group stages of the 1997 competition.
Player to score in most consecutive games
Alex Popp (Germany), 5
Popp broke this record despite having never played at the Euros before, suffering injuries in recent years.
Her goals against Denmark, Spain, Finland, Austria and France saw her surpass her fellow German Heidi Mohr’s record of scoring in four consecutive games.
Popp’s record was across a single tournament, however, while Mohr’s was across three from 1989 to 1993.
Most goals by a single player in a first half
Grace Geyoro (France), 3
PSG midfielder Grace Geyoro scored a hat-trick against Italy to help France to a 5-1 victory and she managed to net them all before the half-time whistle.
Oldest goal-scorer
Julie Nelson (Northern Ireland), 37 years and 33 days
Italian player Patrizia Panico was the oldest goal-scorer in the tournament until this year – setting that record in 2009.
But despite not getting through, at their maiden major tournament, Northern Ireland broke it when Nelson scored against Norway in the group stages.
The match ended in a 4-1 victory for Norway.
