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Spain

Nickname(s)	La Roja (The Red One)
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Montserrat Tomé
Captain	Alexia Putellas
Most caps	Alexia Putellas (127)
Top scorer	Jenni Hermoso (57)
FIFA code	ESP
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	12 (7 December 2018)
Highest	1 (December 2023 – June 2024)
Lowest	21 (June – August 2004; March 2008)
First international
Unofficial  Spain 3–3 Portugal  (Murcia, Spain; 21 February 1971) Official  Spain 0–1 Portugal  (A Guarda, Spain; 5 February 1983)
Biggest win
Spain 17–0 Slovenia  (Palamós, Spain; 20 March 1994)
Biggest defeat
Spain 0–8 Sweden  (Gandia, Spain; 2 June 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2015)
Best result	Champions (2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	Fourth place (2024)
European Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi-finals (1997)
Nations League Finals
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	Champions (2024)

The Spain women's national football team, officially known as the Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol), has represented Spain in international women's football competitions since 1980. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.

Spain are the reigning and one of five national teams to have been crowned world champions, having qualified three times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and winning the title in 2023. They are one of only two countries alongside Germany, to have won both women's and men's World Cups. Spain became the first nation in the women's game to be the world champions in all three categories (U-17, U-20 and senior level) at the same time.

At continental level, Spain won the first edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League in 2024, becoming the first nation to win both women's and men's competitions. They also have qualified five times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the semi-finals in 1997.

History

Early years

After underground women's football clubs started appearing in Spain around 1970, one of its instigators, Rafael Muga, decided to create a national team. It was an unofficial project as football was considered an unsuitable sport for women by both the Royal Spanish Football Federation and National Movement's Women's Section, which organized women's sports in Francoist Spain. When asked about the initiative in January 1971 RFEF president José Luis Pérez Payá answered "I'm not against women's football, but I don't like it either. I don't think it's feminine from an aesthetic point of view. Women are not favored wearing shirts and shorts. Any regional dress would fit them better".

One month later, on 21 February 1971, the unofficial Spanish national team, including Conchi Sánchez, who played professionally in the Italian league, made its debut in Murcia's La Condomina against Portugal, ending in a 3–3 draw. The team wasn't allowed to wear RFEF's crest and the referee couldn't wear an official uniform either. On 15 July, with a 5-days delay for transfer issues, it played its first game abroad against Italy in Turin's Stadio Comunale, suffering an 8–1 defeat. It was then invited to the 2nd edition of unofficial women's world cup (Mundialito 1981), but RFEF forbid them to take part in the competition. Despite these conditions Spain was entrusted hosting the 1972 World Cup. RFEF vetoed the project, and the competition was cancelled and disbanded. The unofficial Spanish team itself broke up shortly after.

1980s: Officiality of the team

After the transition to democracy in the second half of the decade RFEF finally accepted women's football in November 1980, creating first a national cup and next a national team, which finally made its debut under coach Teodoro Nieto on 5 February 1983 in A Guarda, Pontevedra. The opponent was again Portugal, which defeated Spain 0–1. The team subsequently played 2-leg friendlies against France and Switzerland drawing with both opponents in Aranjuez and Barcelona and losing in Perpignan before it finally clinched its first victory in Zürich (0–1). On 27 April 1985 it played its first official match in the 1987 European Championship's qualification, losing 1–0 against Hungary. After losing the first four matches Spain defeated Switzerland and drew with Italy to end third. The team also ended in its group's bottom positions in the subsequent 1989 and 1991 qualifiers. In 1988 Nieto was replaced as manager by Ignacio Quereda, who went on to coach the team for the next 27 years. Years later he would confess: There was never love or support from the Federation towards those women soccer players.

Teodoro Nieto left International Footballer Conchi Sanchez (Amancio) out of the Spanish team even though the player was the first Captain during the 70s and was winning championships in Italy.

1990s and 2000s: Growing up

The 1995 Euro qualifying marked an improvement as Spain ended 2nd, one point from England, which qualified for the final tournament. In these qualifiers Spain attained its biggest victory to date, a 17–0 over Slovenia. In the 1997 Euro qualifying it made a weaker performance, including a record 0–8 loss against Sweden in Gandia, but the European Championship was expanded to eight teams and Spain still made it to the repechage, where it defeated England on a 3–2 aggregate to qualify for the competition for the first time. In the first stage the team drew 1–1 against France, lost 0–1 against host Sweden, and beat 1–0 Russia to qualify on goal average over France to the semifinals, where it was defeated 2–1 by Italy. All three goals were scored by Ángeles Parejo.

This success was followed by a long series of unsuccessful qualifiers. In the 1999 World Cup qualifying round, Spain ended last for the first time, not winning a single game. In the 2001 Euro's qualifiers, it made it to the repechage, where it suffered a 3–10 aggregate defeat against Denmark. In the 2003 World Cup qualifying stage, it again ended last despite starting with a 6–1 win over Iceland. In the 2005 Euro's qualifiers, where a 9–1 win over Belgium was followed by a 5-game non-scoring streak, it ended 3rd behind Denmark and Norway. In the 2007 World Cup qualifying round, the team again ended 3rd behind Denmark and Finland despite earning 7 more points.

In the 2009 Euro qualifiers, Spain made its best performance since the 1995 qualifiers, narrowly missing qualification as England clinched the top position by overcoming a 2–0 in the final match's second half. Spain had to play the repechage, where it lost both games against the Netherlands. In the 2011 World Cup, Spain again ended 2nd, with no repechage, after England again overcame a half-time 2–0 in their second confrontation.

2010s: First World Cups

Spain finally achieved a place in the final stage of a European Championship, having qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 after beating Scotland in the qualifiers playoff. In the group stage, a win over England and a draw against Russia was enough to qualify for the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by Norway.

Two years later, Spain qualified for the first time ever to a World Cup, winning nine of its ten matches of the qualifying round. In the group stage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, however, their campaign ended up being a disaster. Spain managed only a 1–1 draw into the weakest team in the group, Costa Rica, before losing 0–1 to Brazil. In their last match with South Korea, they lost 1–2 after an initial lead, becoming the worst European team in the tournament. After the World Cup, the 23 players on the roster issued a collective statement for the end of Ignacio Quereda's reign as head coach. Later that summer, Quereda stepped down and was replaced by Jorge Vilda, who had previously coached the U-19 team and was on the shortlist for the 2014 FIFA World Coach of the Year. Spain qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 by winning all its matches and finishing 11 points ahead of the second-placed team. In 2017 the national team participated for the first time in the Algarve Cup winning the tournament. However, its performance in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 was very disappointing: only one match won (against Portugal, the worst ranked team in Euro), two defeats against England (0–2) and Scotland (0–1) in the group stage. Nevertheless, Spain advanced to the quarterfinals, at which point it lost against Austria in a match finishing 0–0 after extra time and then 3–5 in a penalty shoot-out. The national football team was therefore eliminated after more than 345 minutes without scoring a single goal.

Spain women's national team in 2018

At the 2019 Women's World Cup, Spain were in Group B with China PR, South Africa, and Germany. They finished second in the group to progress to the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time in their history. However, the team was eliminated in the round of 16 by the eventual champions United States.

In October 2019, the federation announced the creation of España Promesas (essentially Spain B), a team for players too old for younger age groups but not in the latest full squad, to provide training and occasional match experience for those in consideration for the future, that was later reconverted and renamed Spain under-23.

2020s: Golden Generation

Spain broke into the top 10 of the FIFA World Rankings in the early 2020s, while their players won all the categories of the UEFA awards, the first time from a single nation in 2021.

Spain qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 undefeated and assembled what would be the strongest ever Spanish team in history, and was ranked among the top contenders for the title. However, just before the tournament began, Spain suffered two big blows, with both Jennifer Hermoso and Alexia Putellas withdrew due to sustaining injury. Without the two taliswomen in the squad, Spain failed to perform at full expectation in the tournament and only reached the quarter-finals in second place after Germany. Spain then performed well against England, even took the lead in 54' by Esther González, but conceded a late equalizer by Ella Toone before Georgia Stanway crushed Spain's hope to win a major European title in extra time.

2022–23 dispute and withdrawal of las 15

In September 2022, fifteen players sent an email removing themselves from national team consideration. Seven players who did not sign the letter claimed they were pressured by their club, Real Madrid, not to do so, a claim the club denied. The initial player complaints included poor quality of training under Vilda and his staff compared to their club environment, a lack of tactical preparation for matches, and claims of a controlling environment in which players would be frequently questioned about their whereabouts and shopping purchases. By April 2023, many of the players had entered talks with the federation.

2024 Summer Olympics

Spain qualified their first ever team for the women’s football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Spain finished atop Group C, winning all three of their group matches and accumulating nine points.

In the quarterfinal against Colombia, Spain netted two late-game goals to equalize the match with a 2-2- scoreline. The match was ultimately decided via penalty shootout, in which Spain defeated Colombia 4-2. Despite being regarded as favorites to win the gold medal, Spain was defeated by Brazil in a match that was widely characterized as an upset. Publications took note of Brazil's dominance and Spain's lapses in defense. Spain were ultimately defeated by Germany in the bronze medal match as a result of the national team conceding a penalty kick, and missing one of their own in second-half stoppage time. Their inability to earn a medal described as an underperformance.

Results and fixtures

• The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

2023

2023–24 Nations League 27 October	Italy	0–1	Spain	Salerno
17:45		https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038018/	Hermoso  89'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 4,694 Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

2023–24 Nations League 31 October	Switzerland	1–7	Spain	Zürich
19:00	Pilgrim  69'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038068/	Oihane  4' Putellas  11', 62' (pen.) Méndez  56' Athenea  72', 89' Oroz  90+3'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 8,515 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

2023–24 Nations League 1 December	Spain	2–3	Italy	Pontevedra
21:30	Athenea  12' Esther  76'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038042/	Giacinti  46' Cambiaghi  57' Linari  64'	Stadium: Municipal de Pasarón Attendance: 9,212 Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

2023–24 Nations League 5 December	Spain	5–3	Sweden	Málaga
19:00	Paralluelo  11' Athenea  51' Caldentey  78', 89' Fiamma  81'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038092/	Olme  1' Asllani  14' Blackstenius  29'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 15,896 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

2024

2023–24 Nations League SF 23 February	Spain	3–0	Netherlands	Seville
21:00	Hermoso  41' Bonmatí  45' Batlle  77'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2039890/		Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 21,856 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

2023–24 Nations League Final 28 February	Spain	2–0	France	Seville
19:00	Bonmatí  32' Caldentey  53'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2039893--spain-vs-france/		Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 32,657 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Euro 2025 qualifying 5 April	Belgium	0–7	Spain	Leuven
20:45		https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040345/	Paralluelo  8', 30', 47' Hermoso  16' Esther  64', 90' S. García  85'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 7,123 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Euro 2025 qualifying 9 April	Spain	3–1	Czech Republic	Burgos
19:00	Méndez  58' Hermoso  62' Caldentey  70'	https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040368/	Sonntágová  56'	Stadium: El Plantío Attendance: 9,982 Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

Euro 2025 qualifying 31 May	Denmark	0–2	Spain	Vejle
19:00		https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040395/	Hermoso  17' Caldentey  28' (pen.)	Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

Euro 2025 qualifying 4 June	Spain	3–2	Denmark	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:30	Vilamala  74' Paredes  76' L. García  90+2'	https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040418/	Thomsen  8', 72'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 17,532 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

Euro 2025 qualifying 12 July	Czech Republic	2–1	Spain	Chomutov
18:00	Svitková  44' Bartoňová  51' (pen.)	https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040447/	Bonmatí  15'	Stadium: Letní stadion Attendance: 1,893 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Euro 2025 qualifying 16 July	Spain	2–0	Belgium	A Coruña
19:00	Bonmatí  39' Abelleira  90+1'	https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040468/		Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 16,650 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

2024 Olympic Games GS 25 July	Spain	2–1	Japan	Nantes, France
17:00	Bonmatí  22' Caldentey  74'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286069/400015681	Fujino  13'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 10,377 Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

2024 Olympic Games GS 28 July	Spain	1–0	Nigeria	Nantes, France
19:00	Putellas  85'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286069/400015682		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 11,079 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

2024 Olympic Games GS 31 July	Brazil	0–2	Spain	Bordeaux, France
17:00		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286069/400015680	Athenea  68' Putellas  90+17'	Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 14,497 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

2024 Olympic Games QF 3 August	Spain	2–2 (4–2 pen)	Colombia	Décines-Charpieu, France
17:00	Hermoso  79' Paredes  90+7'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286074/400015685	Ramírez  12' Santos  52'	Stadium: Stade de Lyon Attendance: 10,355 Referee: Katia Itzel García (Mexico)
		Penalties
	*Caldentey Navarro Paralluelo Bonmatí		* Usme Vanegas Salazar Carabalí

2024 Olympic Games SF 6 August	Brazil	4–2	Spain	Marseille, France
21:00	Paredes  6' (o.g.) Portilho  45+4' Adriana  72' Kerolin  90+1'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286075/400015689	Sampaio  85' (o.g.) Paralluelo  90+12'	Stadium: Stade de Marseille Attendance: 14,201 Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)

2024 Olympic Games Bronze 9 August	Spain	0–1	Germany	Décines-Charpieu, France
15:00		https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286076/400015690	Gwinn  64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Lyon Attendance: 10,995 Referee: Katia Itzel García (Mexico)

Friendly 25 October	Spain	1–1	Canada	Almendralejo
22:00	Martín-Prieto  88'	https://canadasoccer.com/national-team-match-upcoming/?matchId=5884	Alidou  49'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

Friendly 29 October	Italy	1–1	Spain	Vicenza
18:15	Beccari  88'	https://es.soccerway.com/matches/2024/10/29/world/friendly-women/italy/spain/4542420/	Redondo  85'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

Friendly 29 November	Spain	v	South Korea	Cartagena
		https://as.com/futbol/femenino/cartagena-acogera-el-espana-corea-del-sur-femenino-el-proximo-29-de-noviembre-n/		Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova

Friendly 3 December	France	v	Spain	Nice
				Stadium: Stade de Nice

2025

2025 Nations League 21 February	Spain	v	Belgium

2025 Nations League 26 February	England	v	Spain	London
20:00				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2025 Nations League 4 April	Portugal	v	Spain

2025 Nations League 8 April	Spain	v	Portugal

2025 Nations League 30 May	Belgium	v	Spain

2025 Nations League 3 June	Spain	v	England

Coaching staff

Current personnel Position Name Head coach Montserrat Tomé Assistant coach Javier Lerga Technical coach Irene del Río Fitness coach Blanca Romero Goalkeeping coach Carlos Sánchez Analyst technician Kiko Meléndez Video assistant Rubén Jiménez Doctor Salvador Castillo Psychologist Emilio González Nutritionist Gonzalo Garea Physiotherapists Víctor Cervera Víctor Fernando María Gil Juan José Reyes Darío Vaquero

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Manager history Manager From To Record G W D L Win % Major competitions Rafael Muga February 1971 October 1980 6 0 1 5 8.33% unofficial matches Teodoro Nieto January 1981 26 October 1988 19 4 5 10 34.21% none Ignacio Quereda 27 October 1988 30 July 2015 142 52 38 52 50% Euro 1997 SF Euro 2013 QF 2015 World Cup GS Jorge Vilda 30 July 2015 5 September 2023 108 75 16 17 76.85% Euro 2017 QF 2019 World Cup R16 Euro 2022 QF 2023 World Cup 1 Montserrat Tomé 5 September 2023 current 22 15 3 4 75% 2024 Nations League 1 2024 Olympic Games SF

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against South Korea and France on 29 November and 3 December 2024.

Caps and goals as of 30 October 2024

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Cata Coll	(2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 23)	20	0	Barcelona
	1GK	Adriana Nanclares	(2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao
	1GK	Esther Sullastres	(1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Sevilla
	2DF	Ona Batlle	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25)	56	2	Barcelona
	2DF	Olga Carmona	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)	50	3	Real Madrid
	2DF	Laia Codina	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)	21	2	Arsenal
	2DF	Jana Fernández	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Barcelona
	2DF	María Méndez	(2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 23)	10	2	Real Madrid
	2DF	Leila Ouahabi	(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 31)	55	1	Manchester City
	2DF	Berta Pujadas	(2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Valencia
	3MF	Teresa Abelleira	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24)	41	3	Real Madrid
	3MF	Fiamma Benítez	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 20)	9	2	Valencia
	3MF	Aitana Bonmatí (4th captain)	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26)	70	26	Barcelona
	3MF	Sheila García	(1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 27)	20	1	Real Madrid
	3MF	Patricia Guijarro	(1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 26)	62	11	Barcelona
	3MF	Vicky López	(2006-07-26) 26 July 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Barcelona
	2DF	Maite Zubieta	(2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao
	4FW	Mariona Caldentey (3rd captain)	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)	80	27	Arsenal
	4FW	Lucía García	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 26)	53	11	Monterrey
	4FW	Clàudia Pina	(2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 23)	6	0	Barcelona
	4FW	Macarena Portales	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Levante Badalona
	4FW	Cristina Martín-Prieto	(1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 31)	2	1	Benfica
	4FW	Alba Redondo	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 28)	39	15	Real Madrid
	4FW	Amaiur Sarriegi	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 24)	18	12	Real Sociedad

Recent call-ups

• The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Misa Rodríguez	(1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 25)	24	0	Real Madrid	2024 Summer Olympics
GK	Elene Lete	(2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Real Sociedad	2024 Summer Olympics
GK	Enith Salón	(2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Valencia	v.  Italy; 1 December 2023 PRE
DF	Ana Tejada	(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Utah Royals	v.  Italy; 29 October 2024
DF	Laia Aleixandri	(2000-08-25) 25 August 2000 (age 24)	35	2	Manchester City	v.  Canada; 25 October 2024 PRE
DF	Irene Paredes (captain)	(1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 33)	111	13	Barcelona	2024 Summer Olympics
DF	Oihane Hernández	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)	27	1	Real Madrid	2024 Summer Olympics
DF	Nerea Nevado	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao	v.  Denmark; 4 June 2024
DF	Ivana Andrés	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 30)	53	0	Inter Milan	v.  Sweden; 5 December 2023
MF	Alexia Putellas INJ (vice-captain)	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30)	127	32	Barcelona	v.  South Korea; 29 November 2024
MF	Athenea del Castillo INJ	(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24)	53	13	Real Madrid	v.  Italy; 29 October 2024
MF	Silvia Lloris	(2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Atlético Madrid	v.  Canada; 25 October 2024 PRE
MF	Maite Oroz	(1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26)	15	4	Tottenham Hotspur	2024 Summer Olympics PRE
MF	Inma Gabarro	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22)	5	2	Everton	2024 Summer Olympics PRE
MF	María Pérez	(2001-12-24) 24 December 2001 (age 22)	5	0	London City Lionesses	v.  France; 28 February 2024
FW	Jenni Hermoso	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34)	123	57	Tigres UANL	v.  Canada; 25 October 2024
FW	Eva Navarro	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 23)	26	5	Real Madrid	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Salma Paralluelo	(2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 21)	32	13	Barcelona	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Bruna Vilamala	(2002-06-04) 4 June 2002 (age 22)	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	v.  Denmark; 4 June 2024
FW	Esther González	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32)	46	29	Gotham FC	v.  Czech Republic; 9 April 2024 PRE
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Player retired from the national team WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Previous squads

Records

Caps and goals as of 29 October 2024.

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Captains List of captains by appearances as captain Player Span Conchi Sánchez 1971–1981 Inmaculada Castañón 1983–1988 Montserrat González 1989–1990 Eli Artola 1990–1991 Itziar Bakero 1991–1995 Beatriz García 1995–1996 Arantza del Puerto 1996–2005 Maider Castillo 2005–2007 Itziar Gurrutxaga 2007–2008 Vanesa Gimbert 2008 Melisa Nicolau 2008–2010 Sandra Vilanova 2011–2013 Verónica Boquete 2013–2017 Marta Torrejón 2017–2019 Irene Paredes 2019–2022 2024 Ivana Andrés 2022–2023 Alexia Putellas 2023 2024–

Hat-tricks Player Against Home/Away Result Date Competition Mar Prieto7  Slovenia Home 17–0 20 March 1994 1995 EURO Q Mercedes González Mar Prieto  Romania Home 5–1 31 March 1996 1997 EURO Q Laura del Río5  Belgium Home 7–0 29 February 2004 2005 EURO Q Adriana Martín5  Poland Home 7–0 30 March 2006 2007 WC Q Adriana Martín4  Malta Away 0–13 19 September 2009 2011 WC Q Sonia Bermúdez Ana Romero Adriana Martín  Turkey Away 0–5 21 November 2009 Adriana Martín4  Malta Home 9–0 24 June 2010 Verónica Boquete  Turkey Away 1–10 17 September 2011 2013 EURO Q Mari Paz Vilas7  Kazakhstan Home 13–0 5 April 2012 Natalia Pablos5  Macedonia Home 12–0 13 February 2014 2015 WC Q Sonia Bermúdez  Macedonia Away 0–10 10 April 2014 Jenni Hermoso Sonia Bermúdez5  Montenegro Home 13–0 15 September 2016 2017 EURO Q Verónica Boquete4 Mariona Caldentey  Moldova Away 0–9 19 September 2020 2021 EURO Q Jenni Hermoso  Moldova Home 10–0 27 November 2020 Esther González5  Azerbaijan Away 0–13 18 February 2021 Jenni Hermoso5 Amaiur Sarriegi4  Faroe Islands Away 0–10 16 September 2021 2023 WC Q Esther González4  Faroe Islands Home 12–0 25 November 2021 Mariona Caldentey Salma Paralluelo  Argentina Home 7–0 11 November 2022 Friendly Salma Paralluelo  Belgium Away 0–7 5 April 2024 2025 EURO Q X The superscript indicates the number of goals scored by each player in that match

Most clean sheets

Clean Sheets: Goalkeeper must play at least 60 minutes to obtain the points of a clean sheet.
Average: percentage of clean sheets achieved per game
Ratio: goals conceded per game

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify									1991 UEFA Women's Championship
1995										UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999										6	0	2	4	5	10
2003										6	2	0	4	8	11
2007										8	4	2	2	19	14
2011										8	6	1	1	37	4
2015	Group stage	20th	3	0	1	2	2	4		10	9	1	0	42	2
2019	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	4	4		8	8	0	0	25	2
2023	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	18	7		8	8	0	0	53	0
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	1 title	3/9	14	7	2	5	24	15		55	38	6	11	189	43

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Host	Round	Pos.	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Atlanta	Did not qualify
2000	Sydney
2004	Athens
2008	Beijing
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro
2020	Tokyo
2024	Paris	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	9	8
2028	Los Angeles	To be determined
2032	Brisbane
Total		0 Titles	1/8	6	3	1	2	9	8

UEFA Women's European Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not enter									Declined Participation
1987	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	7	9
1989										8	2	2	4	4	8
1991										6	0	2	4	3	13
1993										4	1	1	2	2	6
1995										6	3	3	0	29	0
1997	Semi-finals	3rd	4	1	1	2	3	4		6	1	2	3	8	15
2001	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	6	17
2005										8	2	1	5	10	10
2009										8	5	2	1	24	7
2013	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	5	7		10	6	2	2	43	14
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	2	3		8	8	0	0	40	2
2022	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	5		8	7	1	0	48	1
2025	Qualified									6	5	0	1	18	5
Total	0 Titles	5/14	16	5	3	8	16	19		90	42	18	30	242	107

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase													Finals
Season	LG	Grp	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK		Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2023–24	A	4	1st	6	5	0	1	23	9		1st		2024	Champions	2	2	0	0	5	0
2025–26	A	To be determined											2026	To be determined
Total				6	5	0	1	23	9				Total	1 Title	2	2	0	0	5	0

Other tournaments

Year	Tournament	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Grand Hotel Varna Tournament	4th	4	3	0	1	8	1
1993	Torneig Internacional Ciutat de Tarragona	4th	2	0	1	1	2	3
1995	Grand Hotel Varna Tournament	3rd	5	2	1	2	9	12
1996	Women's Tournament Slovakia	4th	3	0	2	1	2	6
2005	Torneo Internacional de Maspalomas	2nd	2	0	2	0	2	2
2017	Algarve Cup	1st	4	3	1	0	6	1
2018	Cyprus Cup	1st	4	3	1	0	6	0
2019	Algarve Cup	7th	3	2	0	1	4	3
2020	SheBelieves Cup	2nd	3	2	0	1	4	2
2022	Arnold Clark Cup	2nd	3	1	2	0	2	1
2023	Cup of Nations	2nd	3	2	0	1	8	3

Overall official record

Competition	Stage	Result home, away	Opponent	Position	Scorers
1987 EC QS	Regular stage	1–2, 0–1	Hungary	3 / 4	Prieto
		0–2, 0–3	Switzerland		Y. García, V. Hernández (2)
		2–3, 1–1	Italy		Y. García, V. Hernández, Prieto
1989 EC QS	Regular stage	1–0, 1–1	Bulgaria	4 / 5	Artola, V. Hernández
		0–2, 1–0	Czechoslovakia
		1–0, 1–0	Belgium		Artola
		1–3, 0–0	France		Artola
1991 EC QS	Regular stage	0–0, 2–1	Switzerland	4 / 4	Parejo
		1–3, 5–0	Denmark		Bakero
		0–0, 3–1	Italy		Artola
1993 EC QS	Regular stage	0–4, 1–1	Sweden	2 / 3	Prieto
		0–1, 0–1	Republic of Ireland		Bakero
1995 EC QS	Regular stage	0–0, 4–0	Belgium	2 / 4	Pascual (2), Bakero + 1 o.g.
		0–0, 0–0	England
		17–0, 0–8	Slovenia		Prieto (9), Bakero (4), M. González (3), R. Castillo (2), B. García (2), Pascual (2), Sirgo (2) + 1 o.g.
1997 EC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	0–1, 2–0	Denmark	3 / 4
		5–1, 2–2	Romania		Prieto (4), Cano, R. Castillo, Torras
		0–8, 1–1	Sweden		Prieto
	Repechage	2–1, 1–1	England	1 / 2	Prieto (2), Mateos
1997 Euro	Group stage	1–1	France	2 / 4	Parejo
		0–1	Sweden
		1–0	Russia		Parejo
	Semifinals	1–2	Italy	4 / 8	Parejo
1999 WC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	1–2, 2–1	Ukraine	4 / 4	Mateos, Torras
		1–2, 3–1	Sweden		Mateos, Prieto
		0–0, 1–1	Iceland		Prieto
	Promotion	4–1, 0–3	Scotland	1 / 2	Monforte (2), Auxi, Cabezón, Gimbert, Marco, Mateos
2001 EC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	2–5, 7–0	Sweden	3 / 4	Mateos, Rodríguez
		1–2, 1–0	France		Mateos
		1–1, 1–2	Netherlands		Fuentes, Gimbert, Moreno
	Repechage	1–6, 4–2	Denmark	2 / 2	Cabezón, Gimbert, Mateos
2003 WC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	6–1, 3–0	Iceland	4 / 4	Auxi (2), del Río (2), Ferreira, Gimbert
		2–1, 2–0	Russia		Auxi, del Río
		0–1, 3–0	Italy
	Promotion	Cancelled	Hungary	–
2005 EC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	0–0, 0–1	Netherlands	3 / 5	Del Río
		0–2, 2–0	Norway
		9–1, 2–0	Belgium		Del Río (5), Vázquez (2), Castillo, Gurrutxaga
		0–1, 2–0	Denmark
2007 WC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	7–0, 3–2	Poland	3 / 5	Del Río (2)
		0–0, 0–1	Finland		Cabezón
		3–2, 2–4	Belgium		Adriana (2), Cabezón, Gimbert, Gurrutxaga, Del Río + 1 o.g.
		2–2, 5–0	Denmark		Adriana, Vilanova
2009 EC QS	Regular stage	6–1, 0–3	Belarus	2 / 5	Vázquez (3), Romero (2), Auxi, Azagra, Cuesta, Pérez
		4–1, 2–2	Czech Republic		Boquete (2), Adriana, Gimbert, Torrejón, Vilanova
		2–2, 1–0	England		Bermúdez, Boquete
		4–0, 0–3	Northern Ireland		Vázquez (2), Bermúdez, Boquete, R. García, Del Río, Vilas
	Repechage	0–2, 2–0	Netherlands	2 / 2
2011 WC QS	Regular stage	9–0, 0–13	Malta	3 / 5	Adriana (8), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (3), Romero (3), Ibarra (2), Casado, Meseguer + 1 o.g.
		2–0, 0–1	Austria		Adriana (2), Bermúdez
		5–1, 0–5	Turkey		Adriana (5), Bermúdez (2), Boquete, Olabarrieta, Torrejón
		2–2, 1–0	England		Adriana, Bermúdez
2013 EC QS	Regular stage	4–0, 1–10	Turkey	2 / 6	Adriana (4), Boquete (3), Bermúdez (2), Borja, Corredera, Olabarrieta, Vilas + 1 o.g.
		3–2, 4–3	Switzerland		Adriana (2), Boquete (2), R. García, Vilas
		13–0, 0–4	Kazakhstan		Vilas (7), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (2), Borja (2), Adriana, Meseguer, Torrejón
		0–0, 0–4	Romania		Boquete (2), Adriana, Bermúdez
		2–2, 5–0	Germany		Boquete, Romero
	Repechage	3–2, 1–1	Scotland	1 / 2	Adriana (2), Boquete, Meseguer
2013 Euro	Group stage	3–2	England	2 / 4	Boquete, Hermoso, Putellas
		0–1	France
		1–1	Russia		Boquete
	Quarter-finals	1–3	Norway	7 / 8	Hermoso
2015 WC QS	Regular stage	6–0, 0–5	Estonia	1 / 6	Natalia (3), Bermúdez (2), Vicky (2), Hermoso (2), Torrejón, Paredes
		2–0, 0–0	Italy		Bermúdez, Natalia
		1–0, 0–2	Romania		Natalia (2), R. García
		3–2, 0–1	Czech Republic		Bermúdez (2), Boquete, Corredera
		12–0, 0–10	Macedonia		Natalia (6), Bermúdez (5), Hermoso (5), Boquete (2), Calderón (2), Losada, Torrejón
2015 World Cup	Group stage	1–1	Costa Rica	4 / 4	Losada
		0–1	Brazil
		1–2	South Korea		Boquete
2017 EC QS	Regular stage	5–0, 1–2	Finland	1 / 5	Paredes (2), Hermoso, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla, Torrejón
		3–0, 0–3	Republic of Ireland		Boquete (2), Hermoso (2), Losada, + 1 o.g.
		2–0, 1–4	Portugal		Bermúdez, Boquete, Losada, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla
		13–0, 0–7	Montenegro		Boquete (5), Bermúdez (5), Losada (3), Putellas (2), Sampedro (2), Corredera, Hermoso, Torrecilla
2017 Euro	Group stage	2–0	Portugal	2 / 4	Losada, Sampedro
		0–2	England
		0–1	Scotland
	Quarter-finals	0–0	Austria	8 / 8
2019 WC QS	Regular stage	2–0, 0–6	Israel	1 / 5	Hermoso (2), Paredes (2), Latorre, Putellas, Sampedro, Vilas
		3–0, 1–2	Serbia		Hermoso (3), Guijarro, Sampedro
		4–0, 0–1	Austria		Guijarro, Paredes, Putellas, Torrecilla
		5–1, 0–2	Finland		Corredera (2), O. García, Hermoso, Nahikari, Paredes + 1 o.g.
2019 World Cup	Group stage	3–1	South Africa	2 / 4	Hermoso (2), L. García
		0–1	Germany
		0–0	China
	Eighth-finals	1–2	United States	11 / 16	Hermoso
2021 EC QS	Regular stage	4–0, 0–13	Azerbaijan	1 / 5	González (5), Hermoso (5), Bonmatí (2), Caldentey, Eizagirre, Guijarro, Navarro, Torrecilla
		4–0, 1–5	Czech Republic		Bonmatí (2), Caldentey, González, Guijarro, Hermoso, Paredes, Putellas + 1 o.g.
		10–0, 0–9	Moldova		Caldentey (4), Hermoso (4), Bonmatí (2), L. García (2), Guijarro (2), Navarro, Putellas, Redondo + 2 o.g.
		3–0, 0–0	Poland		González (2), León
2021 Euro	Group stage	4–1	Finland	2 / 4	Bonmatí, Caldentey, L. García, Paredes
		0–2	Germany
		1–0	Denmark		Cardona
	Quarter-finals	1–2	England	6 / 8	González
2023 WC QS	Regular stage	12–0, 0–10	Faroe Islands	1 / 5	Sarriegi (5), Caldentey (4), González (4), Bonmatí (2), Putellas (2), Aleixandri, L. García, Guerrero, Guijarro, Redondo
		3–0, 0–7	Hungary		Caldentey (2), González (2), Sarriegi (2), Del Castillo
		5–0, 0–6	Ukraine		Sarriegi (2), Eizagirre, Putellas, Redondo + 1 o.g.
		8–0, 0–2	Scotland		Hermoso (3), Bonmatí (2), Caldentey (2), Sarriegi (2), Putellas
2023 World Cup	Group stage	3–0	Costa Rica	2 / 4	Bonmatí, González + 1 o.g.
		5–0	Zambia		Hermoso (2), Redondo (2), Abelleira
		0–4	Japan
	Eighth-finals	5–1	Switzerland	1/16	Bonmatí (2), Codina, Hermoso, Redondo
	Quarter-final	2–1	Netherlands		Caldentey, Paralluelo
	Semi-final	2–1	Sweden		Carmona, Paralluelo
	Final	1–0	England		Carmona
2023–24 NL	League A	5–3, 2–3	Sweden	1 / 4	Caldentey (3), Del Castillo (2), Benítez, Navarro, Paralluelo
		5–0, 1–7	Switzerland		Bonmatí (2), Del Castillo (2), Oroz (2), Putellas (2), Gabarro, L. García, Hernández, Méndez
		2–3, 0–1	Italy		Del Castillo, González, Hermoso
	Semi-final	3–0	Netherlands	1 / 4	Batlle, Bonmatí, Hermoso
	Final	2–0	France		Bonmatí, Caldentey
2025 EC QS	Regular stage	0–7, 2–0	Belgium	1 / 4	Paralluelo (3), González (2), Abelleira, Bonmatí, S. García, Hermoso
		3–1, 2–1	Czech Republic		Bonmatí, Caldentey, Hermoso, Méndez
		0–2, 3–2	Denmark		Caldentey, L. García, Hermoso, Paredes, Vilamala
2024 Olympic Games	Group stage	2–1	Japan	1 / 4	Bonmatí, Caldentey
		1–0	Nigeria		Putellas
		2–0	Brazil		Del Castillo, Putellas
	Quarter-final	2–2 (4–2 p)	Colombia	4/8	Hermoso, Paredes
	Semi-final	2–4	Brazil		Paralluelo + 1 o.g.
	Bronze Medal match	0–1	Germany

Rankings

FIFA Women's World Rankings

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Honours

Major competitions

• FIFA Women's World Cup
  • 1 Champions (1): 2023
• UEFA Women's Nations League
  • 1 Champions (1): 2024
• UEFA Women's European Championship
  • 3 Semi-finals (1): 1997

Minor competitions

• Algarve Cup
  • 1 Champions (1): 2017
• Cyprus Cup
  • 1 Champions (1): 2018
• SheBelieves Cup
  • 2 Runners-up (1): 2020
• Arnold Clark Cup
  • 2 Runners-up (1): 2022
• Cup of Nations
  • 2 Runners-up (1): 2023
• Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
  • 3 Third place (1): 1995

Individual awards

Other awards

• National Sports Awards – Best national sports team (2014)
• Royal Order of Sporting Merit – Gold Plaque (2023)
• Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year (2024)

Youth teams

Under-23

Under-20/19

Under-17

See also

In Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de España para niños

Women's football in Spain

• List of Spain women's international footballers
• List of Spain women's national football team captains
• Spain women's national under-20 football team
• Spain women's national under-19 football team
• Spain women's national under-17 football team
• Spain women's national under-23 football team
• Spain women's national futsal team
• Spain women's national beach soccer team