Women's football champions tolerance, yet many Euro 2025 squads lack the ethnic diversity usually found in top-level football. https://p.dw.com/p/4xHle England players posing for a team photo ahead of a match England's current squad is slightly more diverse than the team that won the tournament three years agoImage: Markus Fischer/Passion2Press/IMAGO ADVERTISEMENT Matches at Euro 2025 in Switzerland have largely been sold out, with swelling crowds cheering on global stars they recognize from Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. At first glance, women's football has never been closer to men's football. Beyond the ongoing battle for equal pay, there is however another glaring and striking difference between men's and women's international football in Europe. Most women's teams are significantly whiter than their male counterparts. While fans, players and football institutions strive to make the women's game inclusive, limited access to football in certain communities means Euro 2025 – at least on the pitch – doesn't really reflect many of the nations being represented.