The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.
Marinette Pichon is a French former football player.
Camille Anne Françoise Abily is a French football manager and former player, best known as a star midfielder for both the French women's national team and for the Lyon club in the Division 1 Féminine. She currently is the assistant manager of Olympique Lyonnais.
Louisa Nécib Cadamuro is a French former professional footballer who played for the France national team. She spent the majority of her career at Lyon, amassing eighteen titles with the French club over a nine-year span. She played as a attacking midfielder and was described as a "gifted playmaker" who "possesses superb technique". Nécib is also known for her "elegant possession, sublime passing skills, and cultured touch on the ball".
Élodie Ginette Thomis is a French former football player who played for French club Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. She played either a winger or striker and was described as a player who possesses pace comparable to that of French men's internationals Thierry Henry and Sidney Govou. Thomis is a graduate of the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy and was a French women's international having made her debut with the team in June 2005 at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 against Italy.
Laura Stéphanie Georges is a French retired footballer who is the Secretary General of the French Football Federation. She last played for German club Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga, and served as the first-choice captain of her club and played primarily as a central defender, but was also used as a defensive midfielder. Georges was also a France women's international having made her senior international debut in September 2001. She represented her nation at seven major international tournaments; the 2003, 2011 and 2015 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.
Sonia Bompastor is a French football manager and former player who currently manages Lyon of the French Division 1 Féminine. She is the first person to win the UEFA Women's Champions League as both a player and a manager.
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club Féminines is a French women's football club based in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, a commune in the arrondissement of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1990. Montpellier play in the Division 1 Féminine having finished in 4th place in the 2009–10 season. The club is currently managed by Frédéric Mendy.
Élise Bussaglia is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Dijon of the Division 1 Feminine. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Female Player of the Year having won the award after a successful 2010–11 season with Paris Saint-Germain.
Marie-Laure Delie is a French football player who currently plays for Madrid CFF of the Primera Division. She plays as a striker and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut for the team on 23 September 2009.
Élodie Ramos is a French football player currently playing for Montpellier HSC of the Division 1 Féminine. Ramos plays as a striker and is currently one of the longest-serving players at the club, whom she joined in 2002.
Léa Rubio is a French football player who currently plays for French club Olympique de Marseille. Rubio plays as a midfielder and has been active with the France women's national football team on the youth circuit.
Marion Torrent is a French professional footballer who plays for Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier and the France national team. She can play either as a defender or a defensive midfielder.
Ophélie Anne-Laure Meilleroux is a French football player who currently plays for French club Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. Meilleroux primarily plays as a central defender, but can also play in the defensive midfielder role. She is a member of the France women's national football team making her first major tournament appearance with her nation at UEFA Women's Euro 2009.
Sabrina Marie-Christine Viguier is a retired French football player. She played as a centre back and has played for the France women's national football team making her debut in 2000. She last played for IF Limhamn Bunkeflo Malmö of the Elitettan until she announced her retirement from football in 2017. She has won the UEFA Women's Champions League twice with Olympique Lyonnais in 2011 and 2012.
Eugénie Anne Claudine Le Sommer is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Lyon and the France national team. She primarily plays as a creative attacking midfielder and left winger, but has also played as a second striker for her country.
Ludivine Diguelman is a French football player currently playing for Nîmes of the Division 2 Féminine. Diguelman plays as a midfielder and spent most of her career at Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine, being one of the longest-serving players at Montpellier having joined in 2000. She is also a member of the France women's national football team making her first major tournament appearance with her nation at UEFA Women's Euro 2009.
Laëtitia Françoise Andrée "Toto" Tonazzi is a former French footballer who played for Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine. She played as a striker and was a member of the France women's national football team. She is known for her impressive strike rate for her club and country. During the 2007–08 season, Tonazzi scored a career-high 27 goals, which included scoring five on the final match day against the women's section of Évreux FC, formerly Évreux AC.
Eva Sofia Jakobsson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for San Diego Wave in the National Women's Soccer League. She made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in 2011 and won her 100th cap in 2019. Jakobsson represented her country in the 2013 edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, as well as at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups. She also played at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic Football Tournaments.
Sandie Rose Toletti is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Real Madrid CF and the France national team.
