A second major title for the Lions by 2028 is one of the four priorities of the Football Association’s new four-year strategy for women and girls.
England secured their first major tournament title on home soil in 2022 and will defend it in Switzerland next summer after qualifying in July.
Sarina Wigman’s side reached the World Cup finals for the first time in 2023 and will aim to go one better when Brazil host the tournament in 2027.
“It goes without saying that our planning for Euro 2025 and the 2027 World Cup is absolutely thorough,” said Kay Cossington, the FA’s women’s technical director, speaking ahead of the strategy kick-off at Wembley Stadium.
“We have to be really, really clear and extremely clear about what we do and what we don’t do, what’s going to make the ship go fast and what’s going to sink the ship, and the debris in between is often what causes the most noise, the most stress and sleepless nights.
“How do we prepare effectively, putting 23 players in the squad in a tournament to perform? How can we help players and staff perform under the greatest pressure?’
Part of that, Cossington said, comes from track players being both physically and mentally prepared.
Please use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
Sky Sports’ Anton Tolui and Dave Richardson discuss England’s dramatic 4-3 defeat by Germany at Wembley as Sarina Wiegmann fielded an experienced side who went 3-0 down inside the first 30 minutes.
This includes building on experiences such as the ongoing Women’s Under-17 World Cup. England will play Spain in their first semi-final in 16 years and only their second in the competition on Thursday.
They reached the last four in dramatic style with a penalty shoot-out win over Japan in the quarter-finals, which followed a 4-2 comeback against Mexico despite being reduced to 10 men.
Cossington said. “A lot of senior Lions talk about the importance of tournament finals, so over the next four years it’s important that we regularly get our teams to tournament finals, but we don’t confuse that with development.
“Of course you have to win tournaments, but not at the expense of a track and a pipeline full of healthy players in many different positions to service our senior team.”
Please use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
England Women’s manager Sarina Wigman and defender Leah Williamson have backed the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as manager of the senior men’s team.
The FA remains aware of criticism that the Lions’ squad remains predominantly white, but is optimistic that the squad is starting to better reflect society.
Cossington added: “It takes time, we can’t change it overnight. We can only choose from the main players that are available to us, but what we are proud of and what we are confident in and how you have done. seen in the last four years, it is the shift and the change.
“If you look at the playing field that’s available to pick (on the track), it’s different. So our hope is that through pure math and growth it will start to move forward.
“Look at us in four to eight years and we’re hoping it will start to move into the senior team.”
