The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contested by UEFA members' senior men's national teams, determining the continental champion of Europe. It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup; the Euro 2016 final was watched by a global audience of around 600 million. The competition has been held every four years since 1960, except for 2020, when it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, but kept the name Euro 2020. Scheduled to be in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations' Cup before changing to its current name in 1968. Since 1996, the individual events have been branded as "UEFA Euro [year]".
2005 was marked by a greatest success in the Russian club football so far, as CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup. Later, CSKA completed the treble, winning the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League title. Notable changes in the Russian Football Union also took place.
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov is a Russian football manager and former professional football player who played as a striker.
Anja Mittag is a German football coach and player who plays as a striker. Mittag is currently a player-coach for RB Leipzig.
Daryna Apanashchenko is a Ukrainian footballer, who plays as a striker for Ankara BB Fomget GSK and the Ukraine women's national football team. For 14 years she played in Russia for Russian Women's Football Championship teams Energiya Voronezh, Ryazan VDV, and Zvezda Perm.
Alexandra Popp-Höppe is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. Popp was named German Footballer of the Year twice, in 2014 and 2016, and in February 2019 was named captain of the national team.
Dzsenifer Marozsán is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Lyon. She previously played for 1. FC Saarbrücken and 1. FFC Frankfurt in the German Frauen Bundesliga and the Germany national team. Born in Hungary, she represented Germany at international level.
Elena Terekhova is a former Russian international footballer who played for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Championship. She also played for Ryazan-VDV, Energiya Voronezh, Spartak Moscow, Rossiyanka Krasnoarmeysk and W-League's FC Indiana. Terekhova is a midfielder, but she can also play as a striker.
Natalia Leontievna Barbashina is a Russian football coach and former player. Her last team was Zvezda Perm, with whom she reached the 2008-09 UEFA Women's Cup Final. Throughout her career she won nine Russian women's football championships and nine national Cups with Energiya Voronezh, Ryazan VDV, Lada Togliatti, Rossiyanka and Zvezda.
Ryazan-VDV is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan.
Elvira Zurabovna Todua is an Abkhazian, Georgian, Russian football goalkeeper who plays for CSKA Moscow of the Russian Women's Football Championship.
Olga Letyushova is a Russian former football forward. She has played for Energiya Voronezh, Kaluzhanka, Ryazan VDV, Rossiyanka, Zvezda Perm and ShVSM Izmailovo in the Russian Championship. She was the league's top scorer in the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons.
Justine Vanhaevermaet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Everton of the FA Women's Super League, and for the Belgium national team.
Alessia Mia Teresa Russo is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the England national team. She previously played club football for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United, as well as college soccer for North Carolina Tar Heels. At United, Russo won awards from the club including Player of the Year and Goal of the Season, and was twice top scorer. She has also been awarded Player of the Month and Goal of the Month in the WSL.
Yekaterina (Katya) Lazareva Gokhman is a former Russian professional football defender who played for RSC Anderlecht in Belgium. She previously played in many different countries, for Ryazan VDV in the Russian Women's Football Championship league, Kokkola F10, Víkingur Ólafsvík, Apollon Limassol and Spartak Subotica, Serbia. She also played for the Russia women's national football team and the under 19 team.
Guro Reiten is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for English Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Norway national team. Before joining Chelsea in 2019, she played in Norway for Sunndal, Kattem, Trondheims-Ørn, and LSK Kvinner.
Nadiia Volodymyrivna Khavanska is a Ukrainian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club 1207 Antalya Spor, and the Ukraine women's national team.
Sofie Svava is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back or midfielder for Première Ligue club Lyon and the Denmark national team.
The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 20th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Belgium hosted the tournament on 18–30 July. It was the first women's final tournament held in Belgium. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.
