The Scotsman

Serbia, Israel and Slovakia await Scots

- Graham Falk

Scotland have been drawn against Serbia, Slovakia and Israel in Group B2 of the Women’s Euro 2025 qualifiers. The matches will take place between April and July this year.

The new-look qualifying format sees teams split into three leagues (A, B and C), with a total of 16 teams in League A and B and 19 teams in League C.

Each team will play a total of six games, facing the other teams in their group both home and away. Depending on results, Scotland will then enter a series of playoffs in order to qualify for the tournament.

The 14th edition of the Women's Euros will take place in Switzerlan­d in the summer of 2025 after the country beat off competitio­n from Poland, France and a joint bid from Scandinavi­a. The tournament begins on 2 July 2025, with the final on 27 July.

Scotland last took part in the European Championsh­ips back in 2017, where they were eliminated at the group stage following defeats by England and Portugal. A Caroline Weir goal, though, did hand them a memorable 1-0 win over Spain - their first win at a major tournament. The Scots continued that momentum into the next major tournament as they qualified for their first World Cup in 2019.

Under the management of Pedro Martinez Losa, though, Scotland are yet to qualify for a major tournament, most recently losing 1-0 to Republic Of Ireland in a World Cup play-off at Hampden Park in 2022.

They head into the Euro 2025 qualifiers on the back of a disappoint­ing Uefa Women's Nations League campaign that saw them fail to pick up a single win.

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Boss Pedro Martinez Losa

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