Girls United Football Association, which has worked with more than 650 girls in south London in the last year, said the tournament had enabled it to take dozens of girls to their first football matches, but that impact on participation would not be apparent until the start of the new season.
Spokesperson Josh Emerson said a meaningful legacy would be enabling all girls to play football in schools.
Marcela Villa-Mackenzie, from south-east London, is one of 10 Girls United players chosen to walk on to the pitch at Wembley with the England and Germany teams at the start of the match. The 11-year-old, who started playing football four years ago, said: “It’s the best thing that I’ve done and I’m really excited.”
She said the Euros had changed views of women’s and girls’ football. “People think men are a bit more exciting, which isn’t true, but now people have really thought ‘Oh, women are just the same as men.’”