Euro 2022 Group B guide: Squads, manager, key players, odds and more

Euro 2022 is inching ever closer and excitement levels are heightening by the minute. 

England will kick off their campaign against Austria in Group A, but it’s Group B that looks to be the most competitive on paper. 

Featuring the pre-tournament favourites, the competition’s most successful side ever and the runners-up from five years ago, it promises to be simply unmissable viewing.

GiveMeSport Women runs you through everything you need to know about the four teams in the group, including their history, manager, key players and their odds of lifting the Euros trophy.

Manager: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

World ranking: 5th

History: The German national team are one of the most successful sides ever to grace women’s football. 

They have lifted the World Cup twice and won eight of the 12 Women’s European Championships, including six consecutively between 1995 and 2014. 

Germany are one of two nations, along with the Netherlands, to have won both the men’s and women’s European Championships. 

Key players: Germany will be without Lyon star Dzsenifer Marozsan after she sustained an ACL injury, as well as Chelsea’s Melanie Leupolz, who is due to give birth soon. 

Nonetheless, striker Alexandra Popp has plenty of major tournament experience and has made more than 100 international appearances. 

Meanwhile, 20-year-old midfielder Lena Oberdorf is a highly-rated youngster, who has starred for Wolfsburg across the past couple of seasons. 

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Merle Frohms (Eintracht Frankfurt), Almuth Schult (Wolfsburg), Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea).

Defenders: Sophia Kleinherne (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kathrin Hendrich (Wolfsburg), Marina Hegering (Bayern Munich), Giulia Gwinn (Bayern Munich), Felicitas Rauch (Wolfsburg), Sara Doorsoun