FC Bayern congratulate Georgia Stanway & England on EURO title defence

Georgia Stanway and England are champions of Europe again! The Lionesses won 3-1 on penalties against world champions Spain, avenging their defeat in the World Cup final in 2023. It’s a second title in succession for the 26-year-old midfielder and the English national team after victory at their home EURO in 2022. FC Bayern offer their sincere congratulations on a magnificent tournament performance!

Hainer: ‘Congratulations on title defence!’

Herbert Hainer, FC Bayern president: “FC Bayern are happy that we get to welcome Georgia Stanway back to Munich as a European champion again. Congratulations on the title defence! This EURO overall has further advanced women’s football. We’re proud of all the FC Bayern players who were wonderful ambassadors for our club at this tournament.”

Dreesen: ‘Congratulations to Georgia Stanway for her perfect record!’

Jan-Christian Dreesen, FC Bayern CEO: “Two EURO finals – two EURO titles: congratulations to Georgia Stanway for her perfect record! We’re delighted that FC Bayern have a European champion in their ranks again. Overall this tournament has set new standards in women’s football. The level of football has been superb, the viewing figures great and the performance of the German team outstanding. Our players played a big part in all of that.”

Eberl: ‘A great achievement’

Max Eberl, FC Bayern board member for sport: “We’re incredibly proud of Georgia Stanway: defending the EURO title is a great achievement. We look forward to all our EURO participants returning to Munich, and then we’ve got the next highlight with the opening match in the Women’s Bundesliga on 6 September at the Allianz Arena, which will hopefully be the start of a successful season for our women under our new coach José Barcala.”

Rech: ‘Incredibly proud to have a European champion in our ranks’

Bianca Rech, FC Bayern Women director: “The whole women’s division of FC Bayern and I personally congratulate Georgia Stanway on winning the European Championship. Georgia has reached three major tournament finals in four years and now won two of them. She’s played a significant part in this success as a key player for the English national team. We’re incredibly proud to have a European champion in our ranks. We look forward to welcoming Georgia back to Munich after a few days of well-earned holiday and then heading into the final phase of pre-season with her.

“I also want to express my greatest regret to all our other EURO players, including Arianna Caruso and our German players, who all came extremely close to reaching the final. They also had an impressive tournament and did FC Bayern Munich proud in Europe. We thank you for that and look forward to the forthcoming season with you!”

The match report of the final: