By the numbers: Records fall and fans dance at Euro 2025 in Switzerland

ZURICH (AP) — Women’s soccer is continuing to grow and this time it is Switzerland which is highlighting that trend.

The Women’s European Championship is being played in the picturesque, Alpine country and it has become a festival of color, with fans dancing in the streets as well as the stands.

Records are tumbling on and off the pitch and are expected to continue to do so until the final on July 27 in Basel.

Here’s a look at some of the numbers after the 24 matches of the group stage:

Two young fans hold a poster for Switzerland player Geraldine Reuteler with the words “You are a mega role model” as they walk towards the stadium for the Euro 2025, group A, soccer match between Finland and Switzerland at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

How many teams remain: Spain, England, Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Italy.

The number of goals scored in the group stage, surpassing the previous record of 78 set in 2022. Only seven goals would have to be scored to better the all-time mark of 95, also set in 2022.

The number of red cards that were shown, beating the record of three brandished in the 2017 group stage. Germany’s Carlotta Wamser, Norway’s Marit Lund, Iceland’s Hildur Antonsdóttir and Portugal’s Ana Borges were the players dismissed.

Referee Silvia Gasperotti shows a red card to Germany’s Carlotta Wamser after she stopped a goal with her arm during the Women’s Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Sweden and Germany at Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

38 years, 176 days

Jess Fishlock became the oldest goalscorer at the Women’s Euros when she netted Wales’ first-ever goal at the tournament in its 4-1 loss to France.

The number of group stage matches that were sold out.

461,582

The Netherlands fans walk to the stadium for the Euro 2025, group D, soccer match between England and the Netherlands at Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Almost half a million people attended the group stage matches, breaking the mark of 357,993 set in England at Euro 2022. Among other records to fall were the highest attendance at a group stage match not involving the host nation (34,165 at Germany vs. Denmark) and the most fans at a Switzerland women’s national team match (34,063 against Norway in Basel).

Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European soccer’s governing body UEFA, has attended just one match — Switzerland’s opening game against Norway.

14,000

The number of supporters taking part in the lively fan walk — that was mainly a sea of red — to the Stadion Wankdorf ahead of Switzerland vs. Iceland. In total, around 60,000 people took part in the colorful fan walks before some of the matches in Switzerland.

Wales’s Jessica Fishlock celebrates after scoring her side’s first goal during the Euro 2025, group D, soccer match between France and Wales at Arena St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

4.5 million

The peak audience on British broadcaster ITV for England’s 6-1 win over Wales. That match and France’s against the Netherlands was directly competing with the Club World Cup final between an English and French team — Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain. Euro 2025 won by far in the United Kingdom, with around 1.2 million viewers tuning into the Club World Cup final on Channel 5. However, 4.8 million viewers in France watched PSG’s loss compared to the 2.3 million people who watched France beat the Netherlands.