Sarina Wiegman Sets A Record When Bringing England To The 2025 Women's Euro Final

JAKARTA - CEO of the FA (British Football Federation), Mark Bullingham, said it was unlikely to see another manager with a record major tournament like Sarina Wiegman.

Wiegman has brought England to the Euro Women's 2025 final, where they will face Spain on Sunday, July 27, 2025, western Indonesia time.

This is Wiegman's fifth major tournament final in a row. He won Euro 2017 with the Netherlands and took them to the 2019 World Cup final where they lost to the United States.

He then took over the job as England coach in September 2021. With him, Lioness won Euro 2022, and lost in the 2023 World Cup final to Spain.

This achievement made the FA insist on defending Wiegman and no money could pull him out.

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, England will be eyeing their second major tournament win under Wiegman.

"I want to pay my respects to Sarina. I think the individual record is phenomenal."

"When I spoke to reporters before the tournament, I said we were lucky to have it and I still felt that way".

"I think he's amazing and his record managing five tournaments and reaching five finals is phenomenal."

"I don't think anyone has approached that record in the past. I think it will be very difficult to achieve it in the future."

"He's a very special coach and we are happy to have him with us," said Bullingham in Zurich.

Wiegman is under contract with the FA until 2027. and Bullingham said there are already ongoing plans for the 2027 World Cup.

He said there had been no discussion with Wiegman about whether he would extend his contract after the 2027 World Cup.

However, it seems that it will be discussed soon. You see, the FA will not want to be tempted by a big offer for Wiegman.

"He's not for sale," said Bullingham.

A total of 1 million pounds in women's football was broken during this tournament when Olivia Smith joined Arsenal from Liverpool.

The situation reminded the FA that there would be a large fund to tease Wiegman. However, even though the transfer limit has been exceeded, Bullingham once again insists that no price at all can tease the FA to listen to offers to Wiegman from other countries or the domestic team.

Meanwhile, The Lioness has reached three major finals in four years. Meanwhile, the men's team also competed in the Euro 2020 and Euro 2024 finals.

This is an incredible record, but Bullingham has dismissed the notion that Britain has finally succeeded in achieving their potential and becoming a football superpower.

"I'm not sure I'm going that far because I think we should keep grounded. That's the best thing."

"We see a lot of investment in women's football from across countries and getting more competitive, as we've seen in this tournament. That's a very good thing."

"We clearly don't underestimate that we've reached five finals in five years."

"We see it as a very, very impressive achievement, and absolutely something we must continue to strive for so that we can continue to do it in the future."

"To be honest, I wouldn't say we thought that (as a football superpower). In fact, it continues to give us more energy to continue to grow. This is 100 percent more difficult," said Bullingham.