While the Löwinnen are preparing to defend their title as a European champion in Switzerland this summer, the Football Association (FA) reveals how they selected Zurich as the basic camp.
The euro 2025 will begin on July 2. 16 nations are ready to fight it to achieve European fame. Eight cities that are scattered in Switzerland will be hosting of an epic tournament that shows the best in Europe.
In order to replicate the golden success of 2022, England focused on bringing things directly from the field and creating an environment that is perfectly designed for victory.
With 35 options for base camp within the UEFA catalog, England settled for the Dolder Grand Hotel on the outskirts of Zurich. The FA visited 23 hotels and 24 training levels to ensure that players receive the best facilities to defend their European title.
Before the tournament, the technical director of women, Kay Cassington and Lionesses General Manager Anja van Ginhoven, said the most important criteria that were introduced in the selection process for the basic camp.
The importance of the privacy of the player was considered considerable weight, but the FA also emphasized the need for normalcy during the tournament. A tram system is behind the Dolder Grand Hotel, so that players and employees can access outdoors, restaurants and cafés during their stay.
The Dolder Grand Hotel also offers the camp a compact feeling with the dining room and other facilities in the immediate vicinity.
The FA emphasized how important it is to have a “home away from home” in the base camp to ensure that the squad and the employees are able to win convenient and favorable conditions.
One thing that was considered to a large extent was the training ground connected to the hotel. The training field provided did not correspond to the maximum sizes and was completely exposed to the spectators.
The club had to return to the drawing board to find a pitch that provided the squad the right training foundations in order to best prepare for matchdays. Then they found the training of sports facility Au, which is 20 minutes from the hotel and met all the correct performance requirements.
The training newspaper has a maximum size, is private and not overlooked and has the room to choose a gym and a media status.
On the Au training area sports facility, England will integrate a performance center into the area and include access to medical, nutrition, pre-/rehab training and a high -performance fitness studio under one roof.
The official draw for Euro 2025 took place in December in the Swiss Tech Convention Center, where England was placed in Group D in addition to France, the Netherlands and Wales.
The first two games of the group phases against France and the Netherlands are both held in Delzigrund in Zurich, just a short 15 -minute coaching trip from the base camp. England’s final group stage play against Wales takes place in the AFG Arena in St. Gallen, which is 1 and 30 minutes through coaches.
If the lionesses are to extend the group rating, travel to Basel to Basel for the quarter -finals. The journey takes 1 hour and 30 minutes, a trip that is very accessible by the Dolder Grand Hotel. The semi -finals for this route are held back in Zurich.
On the condition that England becomes second in Group D of Group D, the squad for the quarter -finals in Zurich remains. The semi-final stages will then take place in Geneva, for which a 2-hour and 50-minute train journey from the base camp is. Provided that England has to take this trip, the FA hopes to equip the train defenders with relevant rehabilitation and physio devices in order to ensure maximum comfort to the players.
The final of the 2025 European Championships takes place in Basel. England hopes to return to St. Jakob-Park to defend your title.