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Spain

Nickname(s)	La Roja (The Red)
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Montserrat Tomé
Captain	Irene Paredes
Most caps	Alexia Putellas (115)
Top scorer	Jennifer Hermoso (55)
FIFA code	ESP
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	12 (7 December 2018)
Highest	1 (December 2023 – Present)
Lowest	22 (March 2003)
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)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (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 Spanish 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 is 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, along with Germany, to have won both men's and women's World Cups. Together with their youth teams, Spain is the current world champion in all three female categories (U-17, U-20 and senior level), unprecedented in the women's game.

At continental level, Spain won the first edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League in 2024, becoming the first nation to win both men's and women's competitions. They also have qualified four times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the semifinals 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. After the former Nieto was replaced by Ignacio Quereda, who has coached the team since 1 September 1988. 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.

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

Friendly 29 June	Spain	7–0	Panama	Avilés
21:00	González  7', 44' Putellas  22' Espinosa  28' (o.g.) Guerrero  36' (p) Navarro  43' del Castillo  67'	https://es.soccerway.com/matches/2023/06/29/world/friendly-women/spain/panama/4077555/		Stadium: Ramón Suárez Puerta Attendance: 3,611 Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

Friendly 5 July	Denmark	0–2	Spain	Gladsaxe
18:00		https://es.soccerway.com/matches/2023/07/05/world/friendly-women/denmark/spain/4076267/	Battle  7' Paralluelo  53'	Stadium: Gladsaxe Stadium Attendance: 2,223 Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)

Unofficial friendly 14 July	Vietnam XI	0–9	Spain XI	Auckland, New Zealand
12:30			Redondo  7' del Castillo  12' Paralluelo  51', 88' González  60', 65' Hermoso  63', 83' Bonmatí  71'	Stadium: McLennan Park Attendance: 0

2023 FIFA World Cup GS 21 July	Spain	3–0	Costa Rica	Wellington, New Zealand
19:30	del Campo  21' (o.g.) Bonmatí  23' González  27'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285033/400222844		Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium Attendance: 22,966 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

2023 FIFA World Cup GS 26 July	Spain	5–0	Zambia	Auckland, New Zealand
19:30	Abelleira  9' Hermoso  13', 70' Redondo  69', 85'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285033/400222840		Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 20,983 Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

2023 FIFA World Cup GS 31 July	Japan	4–0	Spain	Wellington, New Zealand
19:00	Miyazawa  12', 40' Ueki  29' Mi. Tanaka  82'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285033/400222845		Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium Attendance: 20,957 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

2023 FIFA World Cup R16 5 August	Switzerland	1–5	Spain	Auckland, New Zealand
17:00	Codina  11' (o.g.)	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285032/400222832	Bonmatí  5', 36' Redondo  17' Codina  45' Hermoso  70'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

2023 FIFA World Cup QF 11 August	Spain	2–1	Netherlands	Wellington, New Zealand
13:00	Caldentey  81' (pen.) Paralluelo  111'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285031/400258561	Van der Gragt  90+1'	Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium Attendance: 32,021 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2023 FIFA World Cup SF 15 August	Spain	2–1	Sweden	Auckland, New Zealand
20:00	Paralluelo  81' Carmona  89'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285030/400258557	Blomqvist  88'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

2023 FIFA World Cup Final 20 August	Spain	1–0	England	Sydney, Australia
20:00	Carmona  29'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/103/285026/285028/400258554		Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

2023–24 Nations League 22 September	Sweden	2–3	Spain	Gothenburg
18:30	Eriksson  23' Hurtig  82'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2037967/	del Castillo  37' Navarro  77' Caldentey  90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 16,114 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

2023–24 Nations League 26 September	Spain	5–0	Switzerland	Córdoba
21:00	L. García  15' Bonmatí  45+1', 49' Gabarro  57' Oroz  87'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2037992/		Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 14,194 Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

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/	Hernández  4' Putellas  11', 62' (pen.) Méndez  56' del Castillo  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	del Castillo  12' González  76'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038042/	Giacinti  46' Cambiaghi  57' Linari  64'	Stadium: Pasarón Attendance: 9,212 Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

2023–24 Nations League 5 December	Spain	5–3	Sweden	Málaga
19:00	Paralluelo  11' del Castillo  51' Caldentey  78', 89' Benítez  81'	https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038092/	Zigiotti 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' González  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	v	Spain	Vejle
19:00		https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040395/		Stadium: Vejle Stadion

Euro 2025 qualifying 4 June	Spain	v	Denmark	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
		https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040418/		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López

Euro 2025 qualifying 12 July	Czech Republic	v	Spain
		https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040447/

Euro 2025 qualifying 16 July	Spain	v	Belgium
		https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040468/

2024 Olympic Games GS 25 July	Spain	v	Japan	Nantes, France
17:00		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286069/400015681		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

2024 Olympic Games GS 28 July	Spain	v	Nigeria	Nantes, France
19:00		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286069/400015682		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

2024 Olympic Games GS 31 July	Brazil	v	Spain	Bordeaux, France
17:00		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/509/286068/286069/400015680		Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux

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 10 9 0 1 90% 2024 Nations League 1 2024 Olympic Games Q

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Euro 2025 qualifying against Belgium and Czech Republic on 5 and 9 April 2024.

Caps and goals as of 10 April 2024

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	María Isabel Rodríguez	(1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 25)	21	0	Real Madrid
13	1GK	Adriana Nanclares	(2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao
23	1GK	Elene Lete	(2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Real Sociedad
2	2DF	Ona Batlle	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25)	46	2	Barcelona
4	2DF	Irene Paredes (vice-captain)	(1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 33)	104	11	Barcelona
5	2DF	María Méndez	(2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 23)	6	2	Levante
14	2DF	Laia Aleixandri	(2000-08-25) 25 August 2000 (age 24)	25	2	Manchester City
16	2DF	Silvia Llopis	(2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Levante
19	2DF	Olga Carmona	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)	40	3	Real Madrid
3	3MF	Teresa Abelleira	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24)	30	2	Real Madrid
6	3MF	Fiamma Benítez	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 20)	9	2	Valencia
11	3MF	Alexia Putellas (Captain)	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30)	115	30	Barcelona
12	3MF	Victoria López	(2006-07-26) 26 July 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Barcelona
18	3MF	Maite Oroz	(1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26)	14	4	Real Madrid
20	3MF	Sheila García	(1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 27)	19	1	Atlético Madrid
7	4FW	Salma Paralluelo	(2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 21)	23	12	Barcelona
8	4FW	Mariona Caldentey (3rd captain)	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)	70	25	Barcelona
9	4FW	Esther González	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31)	46	29	Gotham FC
10	4FW	Jennifer Hermoso	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34)	113	55	Tigres UANL
15	4FW	Eva Navarro	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 23)	20	5	Atlético Madrid
17	4FW	Lucía García	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 26)	44	10	Manchester United
21	4FW	Alba Redondo	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 28)	36	14	Levante
22	4FW	Athenea del Castillo	(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24)	41	12	Real Madrid

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	Catalina Coll INJ	(2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 23)	10	0	Barcelona	v.  Belgium; 5 April 2024 PRE
GK	Enith Salón	(2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Valencia	v.  Italy; 1 December 2023 PRE
GK	María Asunción Quiñones	(1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Athletic Bilbao	v.  China; 11 April 2023 PRE
DF	Laia Codina INJ	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)	12	2	Arsenal	v.  Czech Republic; 9 April 2024 PRE
DF	Oihane Hernández	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)	19	1	Real Madrid	v.  France; 28 February 2024
DF	Ivana Andrés	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 30)	53	0	Real Madrid	v.  Sweden; 5 December 2023
DF	Claudia Florentino	(1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Valencia	v.  Switzerland; 26 September 2023 PRE
DF	Mapi León WD	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29)	54	1	Barcelona	v.  Sweden; 22 September 2023 PRE
DF	Rocío Gálvez	(1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 27)	11	0	Real Madrid	2023 FIFA World Cup
DF	Jana Fernández	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Barcelona	2023 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF	Berta Pujadas	(2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Valencia	v.  China; 11 April 2023 PRE
DF	Paula Tomás	(2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Levante	v.  China; 11 April 2023 PRE
MF	Aitana Bonmatí INJ (4th captain)	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26)	62	23	Barcelona	v.  Belgium; 5 April 2024 PRE
MF	María Pérez	(2001-12-24) 24 December 2001 (age 22)	5	0	Sevilla	v.  France; 28 February 2024
MF	Anna Torrodà	(2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 24)	5	0	Levante	v.  Switzerland; 31 October 2023 PRE
MF	Rosa Márquez	(2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Real Betis	v.  Switzerland; 26 September 2023 PRE
MF	Patricia Guijarro WD	(1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 26)	52	11	Barcelona	v.  Sweden; 22 September 2023 PRE
MF	Irene Guerrero	(1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 27)	26	5	Manchester United	2023 FIFA World Cup
MF	Claudia Zornoza RET	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 34)	13	0	Real Madrid	2023 FIFA World Cup
MF	Marta Cardona	(1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 29)	29	3	Atlético Madrid	2023 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW	Inmaculada Gabarro	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22)	4	2	Sevilla	v.  Italy; 1 December 2023 PRE
FW	Amaiur Sarriegi	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 23)	17	12	Real Sociedad	v.  Italy; 27 October 2023 PRE
FW	Asunción Martínez	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Valencia	v.  Norway; 6 April 2023
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

Honours

Major Titles

Minor Titles

Individual awards

Other awards

• Premios Nacionales del Deporte (National Sports Awards): Best national sports team (2014)
• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit (2023)

Records

Caps and goals as of 10 April 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 Elizabeth Artola 1990–1991 Ixiar 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

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 "Willy" 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 Jennifer 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 Jennifer Hermoso  Moldova Home 10–0 27 November 2020 Esther González5  Azerbaijan Away 0–13 18 February 2021 Jennifer 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 subscript 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 concered 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	3/10	14	7	2	5	24	15		55	38	6	11	189	43

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024	Qualified
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	0 Titles	1/10	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	To be determined									1	1	0	0	7	0
Total	0 Titles	4/14	16	5	3	8	16	19		85	38	18	29	231	102

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase													Finals
Season	LG	GP	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	Cup	Pos	P	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), Lucía 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,	Belgium	? / 4	Paralluelo (3), González (2), S. García, Hermoso
		,	Czech Republic
		,	Denmark

Rankings

FIFA Women's World Rankings

2003				2004				2005				2006				2007				2008				2009				2010				2011				2012				2013				2014				2015				2016				2017				2018				2019				2020				2021				2022				2023				2024
22	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	17	15	15	16	16	15	14	19	18	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	17	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	9	7	8	6	7	7	6	2	1	1

Youth teams

Under-23

The Spain U-23 is a football team operated under the auspices of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior Spain women's national team.

Under-20/19

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2002	did not qualify	2004	1st round	2006	did not qualify	2008	did not qualify
2010	did not qualify	2012	did not qualify	2014	did not qualify	2016	5th
2018	Runner-up	2020	Cancelled	2022	Champion	2024	Qualified

UEFA Women's U-19 Championship

UEFA Women's U-19/18 Championship
1998	did not qualify	1999	did not qualify	2000	Runner-up	2001	4th (last U-18edition)
2002	Final Round	2003	Final Round	2004	Champion	2005	Second Round
2006	Second Round	2007	Final Round	2008	Final Round	2009	Second Round
2010	Final Round	2011	Final Round	2012	Runner-up	2013	did not qualify
2014	Runner-up	2015	Runner-up	2016	Runner-up	2017	Champion
2018	Champion	2019	Third Place	2020	Cancelled	2021	Cancelled
2022	Champion	2023	Champion

Under-17

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2008	did not qualify	2010	Third Place	2012	did not qualify	2014	Runner-up
2016	Third Place	2018	Champion	2020	Cancelled	2022	Champion

UEFA Women's U-17 Championship

UEFA Women's U-17 Championship
2008	did not qualify	2009	Runner-up	2010	Champion	2011	Champion
2012	did not qualify	2013	Third Place	2014	Runner-up	2015	Champion
2016	Runner-up	2017	Runner-up	2018	Champion	2019	Third Place
2020	Cancelled	2021	Cancelled	2022	Runner-up	2023	Runner-up

Under-15

There is also a women's national team that represents Spain in international football in under-15 (former under-16) categories and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. This team usually participates each year in UEFA Women U-15 Development Tournament (although it is not an official tournament) with remarkable success

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
• Spanish football league system
• Sport in Spain