England and Brazil are set to meet in the first women's Finalissima at Wembley Stadium tomorrow ©Getty Images

European champions England will wear their new strip for this year's FIFA World Cup when they face Copa America Femenina winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at Wembley Stadium tomorrow before a sell out crowd of around 90,000.

The new strip, manufactured by Nike, features traditional white shirts but also a return to dark blue shorts which have previously formed part of the women’s strip before a FIFA edict in 2013 encouraged one colour light and dark combinations.

The switch back has been made to address concerns about wearing white shorts during periods and also features an "ultra thin short liner".

The move was spearheaded by Lionesses players, including Euro 2022 joint leading scorer Beth Mead.

This Finalissima is the first women's match between to take place between the most recent European and South American champions.

It is being organised by UEFA and South American Football Confederation as part of a renewed partnership between the two Confederations.

A match between the men's winners from the two continents took place last June, also at Wembley, with Argentina beating Italy 3-0 watched by a crowd of 87,112.

England remain unbeaten since their dramatic European Championship victory over Germany last July. 

They had led through Ella Toone, before Lina Magull levelled for Germany little more than 10 minutes from the end of normal time.

Chloe Kelly scored the winner in the second period of extra time.

Since then, England have extended their unbeaten run to 29 under Dutch-born coach Sarina Wiegman.

In February, they won the Arnold Cup beating South Korea 4-0, Italy 2-1 and ending with a conclusive 6-1 victory over Belgium.

Debinha’s first half penalty against Colombia made sure of Brazil’s eighth Copa America Femenina in nine tournaments©Getty Images
Debinha’s first half penalty against Colombia made sure of Brazil’s eighth Copa America Femenina in nine tournaments©Getty Images

Brazil have been coached by Swede Pia Sundhage since 2019.

On the day before England’s Wembley triumph, they beat host nation Colombia 1-0 in front of a capacity 28,000 in Bucaramanga to lift the Copa America Femenina. 

Debinha’s penalty in the closing stages of the first half was enough to ensure Brazil’s eighth title since the competition was first staged in 1991.

In the 2023 SheBelieves Cup in the United States, Debinha also scored the winner as they beat Japan in their opening match, but they lost to Olympic gold medallists Canada and the host nation to finish third overall.

Brazil first played at Wembley during the 2012 Olympics in front of over 70,000, a Stadium record for a women’s match at the time before it was broken in the final of the tournament.

They lost 1-0 to a Team GB which included 10 players from England. 

Brazil first played at Wembley Stadium in the 2012 Olympics when they lost 1-0 to Team GB ©Getty Images
Brazil first played at Wembley Stadium in the 2012 Olympics when they lost 1-0 to Team GB ©Getty Images

Both teams have qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

England’s last warm up match is scheduled to be against co-hosts Australia next Tuesday (April 11) at Brentford.

On the same night Brazil are due to face Germany in Nuremberg.

England’s World Cup campaign is scheduled to begin against Haiti in Group D on July 22 in Brisbane.

Denmark and China are the other teams in the Group.

Brazil are due to open their World Cup against Panama in Adelaide two days later in Group F, which also includes France and Jamaica. 

Both Brazil and England are chasing their first FIFA World Cup victories.

Brazil's best performance was finishing runners-up in 2007, while England's was finishing third in 2015.