Euro 2025 Team of the Group Stage: Lioness Alex Greenwood and Ballon d'Or contender Mariona Caldentey feature in GOAL's best XI – but who else makes the cut?

After emphasising their status as favourites for the title with a superb start to the tournament, Spain are the best-represented nation in GOAL's XI

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This summer's European Championships has certainly started with a bang, with the tournament's group stage featuring plenty of thrills and spills as the Netherlands, the 2017 winners, fell at the first hurdle while hosts Switzerland qualified for the knockout stages for the very first time.

We've had some blockbuster match-ups, between the likes of Germany and Sweden and France and England, and that is only going to continue as the quarter-finals prepare to get underway, with Saturday's clash between France and Germany catching the eye in particular.

But, before we start to look ahead to the knockout portion of this tournament, Euro 2025 has granted us all a few days to reflect on what we've seen already. So, it's time to take a look at the individuals who have shone through the first three matchdays to earn themselves a spot in GOAL's Team of the Group Stage…

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  GK: Lisa Lichtfus (Belgium)

  So far, Euro 2025 has been a tournament about goals rather than clean sheets, with there not too many truly outstanding goalkeepers or defenders to pick from for this XI. When it comes to the shot-stoppers, Jennifer Falk has been very solid for Sweden and Switzerland's Livia Peng has had some encouraging performances after a big summer move to Chelsea. However, it's Lisa Lichtfus who gets the nod here.

  Belgium might have gone home already but Lichtfus still managed to catch the eye, making more saves than any other goalkeeper in the group stage. The 6-2 loss to Spain will have been bitterly disappointing but that was more to do with La Roja's world-class attack rather than reflecting badly on the Red Flames' shot-stopper, who was arguably her team's best player in their two other group stages outings. Throw in that it was the 25-year-old's first major tournament as Belgium's No.1 and it makes her level even more impressive.

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  RB: Iman Beney (Switzerland)

  It's turning into quite a big summer for 18-year-old Iman Beney. Just last month, she completed a monumental transfer to Manchester City and she has shown just why the English giants moved for her with her performances at Euro 2025. Starting at right wing-back for Switzerland, only a year on from the bitter disappointment of missing the Women's World Cup due to a brutal ACL injury, the teenager has been a serious asset in attack in particular.

  Switzerland's second most creative player through the group stages, Beney has caught the eye with her energy and confidence and while her defending can still improve, she has certainly contributed on that side of the ball, too, with only one team-mate winning more tackles so far.

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  CB: Nathalie Bjorn (Sweden)

  No team has looked more assured at the back in this tournament than Sweden and Nathalie Bjorn has been crucial in that. Coming into the Euros off the back of a terrific season with Chelsea, both in terms of her individual displays and the three trophies she helped the Blues win, the 28-year-old has only continued that great form in Switzerland.

  Making the performances of Bjorn, and this Sweden defence overall, all the more impressive is the fact that Peter Gerdhardsson has made changes in the back line for every game so far. Indeed, the Chelsea star has had three different centre-back partners to date. Her reliable consistency and growing leadership, as well as her obvious quality, are big reasons why that hasn't proved disruptive.

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  CB: Alice Sombath (France)

  France didn't actually keep a clean sheet in the group stage and yet, Alice Sombath has been one of the most impressive central defenders on show at Euro 2025. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Les Bleues in the last few months and, in particular, the centre-back position, thanks to head coach Laurent Bonadei's stunning decision to drop long-time captain Wendie Renard from the squad.

  With Griedge Mbock Bathy then suffering an injury on the eve of the tournament, there was serious concern about how the France defence might look, especially with them in 'the group of death'. But Sombath, playing in her first senior major tournament, has stepped up marvellously to alleviate some of those fears. The 21-year-old has looked composed, assured and wise beyond her years.