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Who is the England women's manager?

Head coach Sarina Wiegman of England celebrates the victory with the trophy after the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Final match between England and Spain at St. Jakob-Park on July 27, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. .

Sarina Wiegman was appointed England women's manager in 2020 but did not officially take on the role until 2021.

Wiegman took over from interim boss Hege Riise, who was in place after Phil Neville departed the job.

But how has Wiegman done in the role and what tournament is next? Here is all you need to know.

Sarina Wiegman: Who has she managed?

Sarina Wiegman led England to Euros victory in 2022 (Image credit: Danny Lawson)

It was easy to see why Wiegman was so highly regarded by the Football Association. She first came to global notice when she led her Dutch side to victory at their home Euros in 2017.

At the time it was only the fourth women's international tournament the Netherlands had even qualified for, let alone won.

Sarina Wiegman did not change her starting team at the Euros in 2022

Wiegman followed up her Euros victory by leading her side to the final of the 2019 Women's World Cup, where they lost 2-0 to the USA. It was the USA again who ruined her leaving party in Tokyo as they knocked the Dutch out on penalties in the quarter-finals.

Prior to managing the Netherlands, Wiegman had coached Ter Leede and ADO Den Haag in the Dutch women's division. She was also an assistant at the men's side Sparta Rotterdam, making her the first woman to coach at a professional men's team in the Netherlands.

When she took over as England manager in 2021, she appointed Leah Williamson captain in place of the injured Steph Houghton.

The Lionesses went on an unbeaten run in the build-up to a home Euros in 2022 and were among the favourites to win the title.

England have had trophy success under Sarina Wiegman (Image credit: Getty Images)

Wiegman, who in FourFourTwo's view is one of the best England managers of all-time, did not change her starting line-up throughout the tournament and the team beat the likes of Norway and Spain on their way to the final.

They faced an old nemesis in Germany in the final at Wembley but beat their rivals 2-1 to see the Lionesses win their first major tournament.

Wiegman became the first manager to win back-to-back Euros with two different teams.

The boss also led the team to the World Cup final in 2023, where they lost 1-0 to Spain.

Despite the loss in the final, the Football Association backed Wiegman which is understandable as 2023 was the first World Cup final the Lionesses had reached.

She led them as defending champions at Euro 2025 and despite losing their opening game to France they managed to clamber out of the group of death.

Three stunning comeback wins followed which saw the Lionesses retain their trophy, beating Spain in the final on penalties.

Wiegman remains at the helm as England now look towards the 2027 World Cup which is being held in Brazil.

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