Spain women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Spain national football team.

Spain

Nickname(s)	La Roja (The Red One) [1]
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jorge Vilda
Captain	Ivana Andrés
Most caps	Alexia Putellas (100)
Top scorer	Jennifer Hermoso (46)
FIFA code	ESP
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	7 (24 March 2023) [2]
Highest	6 (October 2022)
Lowest	22 (March 2002)
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	Round of 16 (2019)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi-finals (1997)

The Spain women's national football team (Spanish : Selección Española de Fútbol Femenina) has represented Spain in international women's football competition since 1980, and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.

Spain have qualified two times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and three times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the semifinals in 1997. In contrast to these modest achievements at senior level, their youth teams have one of the best records in the world across the early 21st century and enjoyed great success in 2018 in particular, winning two continental titles (U-17 and U-19), and reaching the two World Cup finals (winning the U-17 World Cup and runners-up in the U-20 World Cup. This was followed up four years later when they won the 2022 U-20 World Cup and the 2022 U-17 World Cup in the same calendar year.

Spain broke into the top 10 of the FIFA international rankings in the early 2020s. Their players collected the 2020 UEFA awards for best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward and overall best player – the first time players from a single nation won all the categories.

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 esthetic point of view. Women are not favored wearing shirt and trousers. Any regional dress would fit them better. ^[3]

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. ^[4] 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). ^[5] 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 the most International Footballer Conchi sanchez (Amancio) out of the Spanish Team even when the player was the first Capitain during the 70s, She was playing in Italy at the time winning championships and Italian Cups, there was not substantial reasons to leave such extraordinary player out at the peak of her career, the damaged was done to such brilliant player who loved to play for her country and fully deserved more respect and recognition.

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's qualifying Spain ended last for the first time, not winning a single game. In the 2001 Euro's it made it to the repechage, where it suffered a 3–10 aggregate defeat against Denmark. In the 2003 World Cup's it again ended last despite starting with a 6–1 win over Iceland. In the 2005 Euro's, 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's the team again ended 3rd behind Denmark and Finland despite earning 7 more points.

In the 2009 Euro's Spain made its better 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's Spain again ended 2nd, with no repechage, after England again overcame a half-time 2–0 in their second confrontation. ^[6]

2010s: First World Cups

Spain achieved 16 years later a place for the final stage of a European Championship. The team 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. Their campaign, however, 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 the last match with South Korea, they still 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. ^[7] 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. ^{[8] [9]} |image2 =|caption2 = Roster for the World Cup 2015 Spain has achieved to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 by winning all the matches and ahead in 11 points to the second classified. In 2017 the national team participated for the first time in the Algarve Cup winning the tournament. ^[10] 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 group stage, Miraculously Spain advanted to the quarter-finals, where losing against Austria in a quarter-final finishing 0–0 after extra time, then 3–5 in penalty shoot-out. Eventually, the national football team was 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. ^[11] 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, ^[12] that was later reconverted and renamed Spain under-23.

2020s: Lacklustre Golden Generation

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. ^[13] However, just before the tournament began, Spain suffered two big blows, with both Jennifer Hermoso and Alexia Putellas withdrew due to 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–present dispute and withdrawal of las 15

Las 15 ^{[14] [lower-alpha 1]}

Player	Club
Laia Aleixandri	Manchester City
Ona Batlle	Manchester United
Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
Mariona Caldentey	Barcelona
Nerea Eizagirre	Real Sociedad
Lola Gallardo	Atlético Madrid
Lucía García	Manchester United
Patricia Guijarro	Barcelona
Mapi León	Barcelona
Ainhoa Moraza	Atlético Madrid
Leila Ouahabi	Manchester City
Sandra Paños	Barcelona
Andrea Pereira	Club América
Clàudia Pina	Barcelona
Amaiur Sarriegi	Real Sociedad

In the summer of 2022, senior players in the squad felt that it needed "a fresh start", particularly after going out at the quarter-finals at UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in July. ^[14] There was discontent among players in the months before, however; in the documentary Alexia: Labor Omnia Vincit, star player Alexia Putellas is shown expressing futility towards the team's situation in April 2022. ^{[16] [17]} With players having previously experienced malaise at the team's conditions, being one of the favourites at the Euro made it more disappointing when they did not perform. ^[15] In August 2022, at the first Spain team camp after the Euro, ^[18] three team captains (Irene Paredes, Jennifer Hermoso, and Patricia Guijarro) spoke to manager Jorge Vilda on behalf of the team, saying players "believed a change was needed in both training and tactics" and also had complaints about Vilda being too authoritarian. ^{[15] [18]} Some players felt that the national team training was not up to the standards of their high-level club team training. The captains also communicated their concerns to Luis Rubiales, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). With the sense of the dispute entering the press, at the start of September, Paredes and Guijarro spoke at a team press conference to say that they believed in the team and had spoken to Vilda to "convey a message of general unease". ^{[15] [18]}

Later in September, fifteen national team players (who would quickly come to be identified as "Las 15") each sent the same letter by email to the RFEF, expressing concerns with the conditions and asking to not be called up. Parts of the email were subsequently leaked to the Spanish press, with some outlets also reporting that the players were demanding the resignation of Vilda; the captains disputed this, saying that the leaks were inaccurate and the email had only expressed how the players felt the team could be improved to deliver better results, asserting that they felt the need to take collective action in order to be listened to. Following the leak, all fifteen players, as well as Putellas, who had already not been in the squad since July due to injury, tweeted a statement reiterating that they did not want to be called up. The RFEF responded to this by saying they backed Vilda and that the players would have to apologise and rescind their complaints to be allowed back into the squad. ^{[14] [15]} Several of the fifteen play in England, with British outlet The Guardian reporting in the hours after the leak that the RFEF's response, using "belligerent tone and language", indicated that any resolution would be difficult. ^[18]

When discussing the Spain women's team that played in international friendlies after the dispute began, media have referred to them with the shorthand name "Spain B", describing it as Spain's B team. In the friendlies, the B team still performed well, including managing to defeat the top-ranked, if injury-stricken, United States team. ^[19]

The Women's Clásico rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona had previously not been a serious affair. The rupture in the national team, which saw many Barcelona players denounce the squad while none from Real Madrid did – reported by some to be due to the Real Madrid administration pressuring them not to be involved, created a growing dispute between the clubs, "a new and emerging Barca-Madrid divide" for the women's teams. At the first Women's Clásico after the dispute began, Barcelona's Aitana Bonmatí refused to shake hands with Real Madrid's Misa Rodríguez in a "shocking" moment. ^[15]

Vilda did not call up any of the fifteen players, or those who publicly supported them, for October 2022 friendlies. He said that what he was going through was something he would not wish on anyone, and that what the players were doing to him was unfair. ^[14]

The 2022–23 Supercopa de España Femenina in January 2023 was contested by Barcelona and Real Sociedad, teams whose players comprise more than half of the fifteen. When no RFEF representatives would go to the pitch to award Barcelona their winners' medals and Real Sociedad their runners-up medals, Spanish media reported that sources said the RFEF had not wanted to be seen with the players in the fifteen. ^[20] The RFEF disputed this, and Barcelona management said that it seemed unlikely as there had not been a tense atmosphere at the match. ^[21] Afterwards, England and Barcelona player Lucy Bronze shared on Instagram a photograph of her at their winners' ceremony, which prominently showed the back of her shirt and her squad number, 15; she captioned the photograph "Las 15", considered a double entendre expressing her support for the fifteen players. Bronze, a prominent global player and advocate, had previously expressed support for them on other occasions. ^[22]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Spain at the 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	Qualified									8	8	0	0	53	0
Total		3/9	7	1	2	4	6	8		55	38	6	11	189	43

UEFA Women's 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	4th	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
Total		4/13	16	5	3	8	16	19		84	37	18	29	224	102

Other tournaments

Year	Cup	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Grand Hotel Varna	4th	4	3	0	1	8	1
1993	Torneig Internacional Ciutat de Tarragona	4th	2	0	1	1	2	3
1995	Grand Hotel Varna	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

Results and fixtures

For all past match results of the national team, see single-season articles and Spain women's national football team results.

Further information: 2021–22 in Spanish football and 2022–23 in Spanish football

• 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

2022

Spain   v   Australia

25 June 2022 (2022-06-25) Friendly	Spain	7–0	Australia	Huelva
21:30	Bonmatí 44' Caldentey 48' González 53' L. García 57', 81' Guerrero 89', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Attendance: 6,869 Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

Italy   v   Spain

1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) Friendly	Italy	1–1	Spain	Castel di Sangro
17:00	Bergamaschi 48'		Putellas 67'	Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Sabina Bolić (Croatia)

Spain   v   Finland

8 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS	Spain	4–1	Finland	Milton Keynes, England
17:00	Guerrero 26' Bonmatí 41' L. García 75' Caldentey 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Sällström 1'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 16,819 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Germany   v   Spain

12 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS	Germany	2–0	Spain	Brentford, England
20:00	Bühl 3' Popp 37'	Report		Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 16,037 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Denmark   v   Spain

16 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS	Denmark	0–1	Spain	Brentford, England
20:00		Report	Cardona 90'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 16,041 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

England   v   Spain

20 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 QF	England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Brighton and Hove, England
20:00	Toone 84' Stanway 96'	Report	González 54'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 28,994 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Spain   v   Hungary

2 September 2022 (2022-09-02) World Cup 2023 qualifying	Spain	3–0	Hungary	Las Rozas de Madrid
21:00	González 24' Paredes 27' Guijarro 74'	Report		Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

Spain   v   Ukraine

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06) World Cup 2023 qualifying	Spain	5–0	Ukraine	Las Rozas de Madrid
21:00	González 15', 42' Redondo 29', 39' Hermoso 67' (p)	Report		Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

Spain   v   Sweden

7 October 2022 Friendly	Spain	1–1	Sweden	Córdoba
20:30	Cardona 84'	Report	Blomqvist 14'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 5,658 Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

Spain   v   United States

11 October 2022 Friendly	Spain	2–0	United States	Pamplona
20:35	Codina 39' González 72'	Report		Stadium: Sadar Attendance: 11,209 Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)

Spain   v   Argentina

11 November 2022 Friendly	Spain	7–0	Argentina	Melilla
20:00	Redondo 20' Oroz 28' Paralluelo 36', 38', 51' del Castillo 60' Gabarro 78'	Report		Stadium: Álvarez Claro Attendance: 3,119 Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)

Spain   v   Japan

15 November 2022 Friendly	Spain	1–0	Japan	Seville
20:00	Redondo 8'	Report		Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Ioanna Allayiotou (Cyprus)

2023

Jamaica   v   Spain

16 February 2023 2023 Cup of Nations	Jamaica	0–3	Spain	Gosford, Australia
16:10		Report	Oroz 18' González 45+2' Benítez 78'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Australia   v   Spain

19 February 2023 2023 Cup of Nations	Australia	3–2	Spain	Sydney, Australia
18:00	Vie 11' Polkinghorne 16' Foord 42'	Report	Carmona 74' Redondo 90+4'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 17,333 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Czech Republic   v   Spain

22 February 2023 2023 Cup of Nations	Czech Republic	0–3	Spain	Newcastle, Australia
15:00		Report	González 29', 40' del Castillo 84' (p)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

Spain   v   Norway

6 April 2023 Friendly	Spain	4–2	Norway	Ibiza
18:00	Hermoso 17', 22' Paralluelo 52', 54'		Hegerberg 20' Andreassen 86'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Can Misses Attendance: 2,336 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

Spain   v   China

11 April 2023 Friendly	Spain	3–0	China	Ibiza
18:00	Abelleira 45' del Castillo 61' Redondo 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Can Misses Attendance: 3,211 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Spain   v   Panama

29 June 2023 Friendly	Spain	v	Panama	Avilés
				Stadium: Ramón Suárez Puerta

Denmark   v   Spain

5 July 2023 Friendly	Denmark	v	Spain	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00

Vietnam   v   Spain

July 2023 Friendly

Vietnam

v

Spain

New Zealand

Spain   v   Costa Rica

21 July 2023 2023 FIFA World Cup GS	Spain	v	Costa Rica	Wellington, New Zealand
19:30		Report		Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium

Spain   v   Zambia

26 July 2023 2023 FIFA World Cup GS	Spain	v	Zambia	Auckland, New Zealand
19:30		Report		Stadium: Eden Park

Japan   v   Spain

31 July 2023 2023 FIFA World Cup GS	Japan	v	Spain	Wellington, New Zealand
19:00		Report		Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium

Sweden   v   Spain

22 September 2023 2023–24 Nations League	Sweden	v	Spain	Gothenburg, Sweden
		Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Spain   v   Switzerland

26 September 2023 2023–24 Nations League	Spain	v	Switzerland	Spain
		Report

Italy   v   Spain

27 October 2023 2023–24 Nations League	Italy	v	Spain	Italy
		Report

Switzerland   v   Spain

31 October 2023 2023–24 Nations League	Switzerland	v	Spain	Switzerland
		Report

Spain   v   Italy

1 December 2023 2023–24 Nations League	Spain	v	Italy	Spain
		Report

Spain   v   Sweden

5 December 2023 2023–24 Nations League	Spain	v	Sweden	Spain
		Report

Overall official record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Scorers
1987 EC QS	Regular stage	0–1, 1–2	Hungary	3 / 4	Prieto
		0–2, 3–0	Switzerland		Y. García, V. Hernández (2)
		2–3, 1–1	Italy		Y. García, V. Hernández, Prieto
1989 EC QS	Regular stage	1–1, 1–0	Bulgaria	4 / 5	Artola, V. Hernández
		0–1, 0–2	Czechoslovakia
		1–0, 0–1	Belgium		Artola
		1–3, 0–0	France		Artola
1991 EC QS	Regular stage	0–0, 1–2	Switzerland	4 / 4	Parejo
		1–3, 0–5	Denmark		Bakero
		1–3, 0–0	Italy		Artola
1993 EC QS	Regular stage	0–4, 1–1	Sweden	2 / 3	Prieto
		0–1, 1–0	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, 8–0	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, 0–2	Denmark	3 / 4
		5–1, 2–2	Romania		Prieto (4), Cano, R. Castillo, Torras
		1–1, 0–8	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, 1–2	Ukraine	4 / 4	Mateos, Torras
		1–2, 1–3	Sweden		Mateos, Prieto
		0–0, 1–1	Iceland		Prieto
	Promotion	3–0, 4–1	Scotland	1 / 2	Monforte (2), Auxi, Cabezón, Gimbert, Marco, Mateos
2001 EC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	2–5, 0–7	Sweden	3 / 4	Mateos, Rodríguez
		0–1, 1–2	France		Mateos
		1–1, 2–1	Netherlands		Fuentes, Gimbert, Moreno
	Repechage	1–6, 2–4	Denmark	2 / 2	Cabezón, Gimbert, Mateos
2003 WC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	6–1, 0–3	Iceland	4 / 4	Auxi (2), del Río (2), Ferreira, Gimbert
		0–2, 2–1	Russia		Auxi, del Río
		0–3, 0–1	Italy
	Promotion	Cancelled	Hungary	–
2005 EC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	1–0, 0–0	Netherlands	3 / 5	del Río
		0–2, 0–2	Norway
		9–1, 0–2	Belgium		del Río (5), Vázquez (2), Castillo, Gurrutxaga
		0–1, 0–2	Denmark
2007 WC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	2–3, 7–0	Poland	3 / 5	del Río (2)
		1–0, 0–0	Finland		Cabezón
		3–2, 4–2	Belgium		Adriana (2), Cabezón, Gimbert, Gurrutxaga, del Río + 1 o.g.
		2–2, 0–5	Denmark		Adriana, Vilanova
2009 EC QS	Regular stage	3–0, 6–1	Belarus	2 / 5	Vázquez (3), Romero (2), Auxi, Azagra, Cuesta, Pérez
		2–2, 4–1	Czech Republic		Boquete (2), Adriana, Gimbert, Torrejón, Vilanova
		0–1, 2–2	England		Bermúdez, Boquete
		4–0, 3–0	Northern Ireland		Vázquez (2), Bermúdez, Boquete, R. García, del Río, Vilas
	Repechage	0–2, 0–2	Netherlands	2 / 2
2011 WC QS	Regular stage	13–0, 9–0	Malta	3 / 5	Adriana (8), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (3), Romero (3), Ibarra (2), Casado, Meseguer + 1 o.g.
		2–0, 1–0	Austria		Adriana (2), Bermúdez
		5–0, 5–1	Turkey		Adriana (5), Bermúdez (2), Boquete, Olabarrieta, Torrejón
		0–1, 2–2	England		Adriana, Bermúdez
2013 EC QS	Regular stage	10–1, 4–0	Turkey	2 / 6	Adriana (4), Boquete (3), Bermúdez (2), Borja, Corredera, Olabarrieta, Vilas + 1 o.g.
		3–2, 3–4	Switzerland		Adriana (2), Boquete (2), R. García, Vilas
		4–0, 13–0	Kazakhstan		Vilas (7), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (2), Borja (2), Adriana, Meseguer, Torrejón
		4–0, 0–0	Romania		Boquete (2), Adriana, Bermúdez
		2–2, 0–5	Germany		Boquete, Romero
	Repechage	1–1, 3–2	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, 5–0	Estonia	1 / 6	Natalia (3), Bermúdez (2), Vicky (2), Hermoso (2), Torrejón, Paredes
		2–0, 0–0	Italy		Bermúdez, Natalia
		1–0, 2–0	Romania		Natalia (2), R. García
		3–2, 1–0	Czech Republic		Bermúdez (2), Boquete, Corredera
		12–0, 10–0	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	2–1, 5–0	Finland	1 / 5	Paredes (2), Hermoso, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla, Torrejón
		3–0, 3–0	Republic of Ireland		Boquete (2), Hermoso (2), Losada, + 1 o.g.
		2–0, 4–1	Portugal		Bermúdez, Boquete, Losada, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla
		7–0, 13–0	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	6–0, 2–0	Israel	1 / 5	Hermoso (2), Paredes (2), Latorre, Putellas, Sampedro, Vilas
		2–1, 3–0	Serbia		Hermoso (3), Guijarro, Sampedro
		4–0, 1–0	Austria		Guijarro, Paredes, Putellas, Torrecilla
		2–0, 5–1	Finland		Corredera (2), O. García, Hermoso, Nahikari, Paredes + 1 o.g.
2019 World Cup	Group stage	3–1	South Africa	4 / 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
		5–1, 0–4	Czech Republic		Bonmatí (2), Caldentey, González, Guijarro, Hermoso, Paredes, Putellas + 1 o.g.
		9–0, 0–10	Moldova		Caldentey (4), Hermoso (4), Bonmatí (2), L. García (2), Guijarro (2), Navarro, Putellas, Redondo + 2 o.g.
		0–0, 3–0	Poland		González (2), León
2023 WC QS	Regular stage	10–0, 12–0	Faroe Islands	TBD	Sarriegi (5), Caldentey (4), González (4), Bonmatí (2), Putellas (2), Aleixandri, L. García, Guerrero, Guijarro, Redondo
		7–0	Hungary		Caldentey (2), González (2), Sarriegi (2), del Castillo
		6–0	Ukraine		Sarriegi (2), Eizagirre, Putellas, Redondo + 1 o.g.
		8–0, 0–2	Scotland		Hermoso (3), Bonmatí (2), Caldentey (2), Sarriegi (2), Putellas
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

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff Position Name Head coach Jorge Vilda Second assistant coach Montserrat Tomé Assistant coach Kenio Gonzalo Javier Lerga Goalkeeping coach Carlos Sánchez Fitness coaches Blanca Romero Analyst technician Javier Egido Video assistant Rubén Jimenez Doctor Psychologist Javier López Vallejo

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Manager history Updated on 12 April 2023 Manager From To Record G W D L GF GA GD Win % [lower-alpha 2] Competitions Rafael Muga February 1971 October 1980 6 0 1 5 6 28 −22 8.33% unofficial matches Teodoro Nieto January 1981 July 1988 19 4 5 10 14 22 −8 34.21% none Ignacio Quereda August 1988 July 2015 142 52 38 52 304 207 +97 50% 1997 European Championship semi-finals Euro 2013 quarter-finals 2015 World Cup group stage Jorge Vilda August 2015 current 99 67 16 16 280 53 +227 75.76% Euro 2017 quarter-finals 2019 World Cup eighth-finals Euro 2022 quarter-finals Total 260 123 59 78 598 282 +316 58.65%

Players

See also: Category:Spain women's international footballers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Norway and China on 6 and 11 April 2023.

Caps and goals as of 12 April 2023

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	María Isabel Rodríguez	(1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 23)	12	0	Real Madrid
12	1 GK	María Asunción Quiñones	(1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 26)	3	0	Athletic Bilbao
23	1 GK	Elene Lete	(2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Real Sociedad
4	2 DF	Irene Paredes	(1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 31)	90	11	Barcelona
5	2 DF	Ivana Andrés	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 28)	46	0	Real Madrid
6	2 DF	Laia Codina	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 23)	3	1	Barcelona
14	2 DF	Berta Pujadas	(2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Valencia
18	2 DF	Jana Fernández	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Barcelona
19	2 DF	Olga Carmona	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 22)	22	1	Real Madrid
20	2 DF	Paula Tomás	(2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Levante
3	3 MF	Teresa Abelleira	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 23)	14	1	Real Madrid
7	3 MF	Irene Guerrero	(1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 26)	22	4	Atlético Madrid
8	3 MF	Maite Oroz	(1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 25)	8	2	Real Madrid
16	3 MF	Fiamma Benítez	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 18)	6	1	Valencia
21	3 MF	María Pérez	(2001-12-24) 24 December 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Barcelona B
24	3 MF	Sheila García	(1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 26)	18	0	Atlético Madrid
9	4 FW	Esther González	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 30)	35	23	Real Madrid
10	4 FW	Jennifer Hermoso	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 33)	97	48	Pachuca
11	4 FW	Alba Redondo	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 26)	26	11	Levante
12	4 FW	Ascensión Martínez	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Valencia
15	4 FW	Eva Navarro	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 22)	8	2	Atlético Madrid
17	4 FW	Salma Paralluelo	(2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 19)	6	5	Barcelona
22	4 FW	Athenea del Castillo	(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 22)	25	6	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	Enith Salón	(2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Valencia	v.   Norway; 6 April 2023 PRE
GK	Dolores Gallardo WD	(1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 29)	38	0	Atlético Madrid	v.   Ukraine; 6 September 2022
GK	Sandra Paños WD	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 30)	55	0	Barcelona	v.   Ukraine; 6 September 2022 PRE
DF	María Méndez INJ	(2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 22)	2	0	Levante	v.   Norway; 6 April 2023 PRE
DF	Rocío Gálvez	(1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 26)	8	0	Real Madrid	v.   Czech Republic; 22 February 2023
DF	Oihane Hernández	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 23)	7	0	Athletic Bilbao	v.   Australia; 19 February 2023
DF	Bibiane Schulze INJ	(1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao	2023 Cup of Nations PRE
DF	Alejandra Bernabé	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Real Sociedad	v.   Argentina; 11 November 2022
DF	Ana Tejada	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Real Sociedad	v.   Argentina; 11 November 2022
DF	Nuria Rábano	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Barcelona	v.   Sweden; 7 October 2022
DF	Lucía Rodríguez	(1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Real Madrid	v.   Sweden; 7 October 2022 PRE
DF	Leila Ouahabi WD	(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 30)	53	1	Manchester City	v.   Ukraine; 6 September 2022
DF	Andrea Pereira WD	(1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 29)	42	0	América	v.   Ukraine; 6 September 2022
DF	Ainhoa Vicente WD	(1995-08-20) 20 August 1995 (age 27)	6	0	Atlético Madrid	v.   Ukraine; 6 September 2022
DF	Laia Aleixandri WD	(2000-08-25) 25 August 2000 (age 22)	16	2	Manchester City	v.   Hungary; 2 September 2022
DF	Ona Batlle WD	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 23)	28	0	Manchester United	v.   Hungary; 2 September 2022
DF	María Pilar León WD	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 27)	54	1	Barcelona	v.   Hungary; 2 September 2022 PRE
MF	Claudia Zornoza INJ	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 32)	10	0	Real Madrid	v.   Norway; 6 April 2023 PRE
MF	Marta Cardona INJ	(1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 28)	28	3	Atlético Madrid	v.   Czech Republic; 22 February 2023
MF	Marta Carro	(1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 (age 32)	9	1	Valencia	v.   Australia; 19 February 2023
MF	Anna Torrodà	(2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 23)	5	0	Valencia	v.   Argentina; 11 November 2022
MF	Maitane López	(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 28)	2	0	Atlético Madrid	v.   Argentina; 11 November 2022 PRE
MF	Rosa Márquez	(2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Real Betis	v.   United States; 11 October 2022 PRE
MF	Andrea Falcón	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 26)	12	1	América	v.   United States; 11 October 2022 PRE
MF	Patricia Guijarro WD	(1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 25)	52	11	Barcelona	v.   Ukraine; 6 September 2022
MF	Aitana Bonmatí WD	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 25)	46	16	Barcelona	v.   England; 20 July 2022
MF	Alexia Putellas	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 29)	100	27	Barcelona	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 INJ
MF	Nerea Eizagirre WD	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 23)	10	2	Real Sociedad	v.   Australia; 25 June 2022 PRE
FW	Nahikari García	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 26)	18	3	Real Madrid	v.   Japan; 15 November 2022
FW	Inmaculada Gabarro	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 20)	1	1	Sevilla	v.   Argentina; 11 November 2022
FW	Ane Azkona	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Athletic Bilbao	v.   United States; 11 October 2022
FW	Amaiur Sarriegi WD	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 22)	15	12	Real Sociedad	v.   Ukraine; 6 September 2022
FW	Mariona Caldentey WD	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 27)	54	19	Barcelona	v.   Hungary; 2 September 2022
FW	Lucía García WD	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 24)	37	9	Manchester United	v.   Hungary; 2 September 2022
FW	Clàudia Pina WD	(2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Barcelona	v.   Germany; 12 July 2022
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. WD Player has been withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Previous squads

World Cup 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad

European Football Championship UEFA Women's Championship 1997 squad UEFA Women's Euro 2013 squad UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad

Others Algarve Cup 2017 squad Cyprus Cup 2018 squad Algarve Cup 2019 squad SheBelieves Cup 2020 squad Arnold Clark Cup 2022 squad Cup of Nations 2023 squad

Honours

Titles

Algarve Cup Champions: 2017 Cyprus Cup Champions: 2018

SheBelieves Cup Runners-up: 2020 Arnold Clark Cup Runners-up: 2022 Cup of Nations Runners-up: 2023

Albena Cup Third place: 1995

Individual awards

UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team: Verónica Boquete (2013), Aitana Bonmatí (2022) Grand Hotel Varna Tournament top scorer: Mar Prieto (1992) [23] Algarve Cup best player: Irene Paredes (2017) Cyprus Cup Golden Glove: Dolores Gallardo (2018) Algarve Cup top scorer: Jennifer Hermoso (2019)

SheBelieves Cup best player: Alexia Putellas (2020) SheBelieves Cup top scorer: Lucía García and Alexia Putellas (2020) Arnold Clark Cup best player: Athenea del Castillo (2022) Arnold Clark Cup top scorer: Alexia Putellas (2022) Cup of Nations top scorer: Esther González (2023)

Other awards

• Premios Nacionales del Deporte (National Sports Awards): Baron de Güell Cup (2014) ^[24]

Records

Caps and goals as of 12 April 2023.

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

Most caps # Player Career Caps Goals 1 Alexia Putellas 2013– 100 27 2 Jennifer Hermoso 2011– 96 48 3 Marta Torrejón 2007–2019 90 8 4 Irene Paredes 2011– 90 11 5 Marta Corredera 2013–2021 85 5 6 Arantza del Puerto 1990–2005 71 0 7 Silvia Meseguer 2008–2019 67 5 8 Virginia Torrecilla 2013–2020 66 7 9 Victoria Losada 2010–2020 65 13 10 Mar Prieto 1989–2000 62 30

Most goals # Player Career Goals Caps Ratio 1 Jennifer Hermoso 2011– 48 97 0.49 2 Verónica Boquete 2005–2017 38 56 0.68 3 Sonia Bermúdez 2008–2017 34 61 0.56 4 Adriana Martín 2005–2015 33 37 0.89 5 Mar Prieto 1985–2000 30 62 0.48 6 Alexia Putellas 2013– 27 100 0.27 7 Esther González 2016– 23 35 0.66 8 Mariona Caldentey 2017–2022 19 53 0.36 9 Aitana Bonmatí 2017–2022 16 46 0.35 10 Mari Paz Vilas 2008–2018 15 26 0.58

Captains Main article: List of Spain national football team captains § Women's team Player Span Conchi Sánchez 1971–1981 Inmaculada Castañón 1983–1988 Montserrat González 1989–1990 Elizabeth 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 2008–10 Sandra Vilanova 2011–2013 Verónica Boquete 2013–2017 Marta Torrejón 2017–2019 Irene Paredes 2019–2022 Alexia Putellas 2022–

Hat-tricks Player Against Home/Away Result Date Competition Mar Prieto 7   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 Río 5   Belgium Home 7–0 29 February 2004 2005 EURO Q Adriana Martín 5   Poland Home 7–0 30 March 2006 2007 WC Q Adriana Martín 4   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 Martín 4   Malta Home 9–0 24 June 2010 Verónica Boquete   Turkey Away 1–10 17 September 2011 2013 EURO Q Mari Paz Vilas 7   Kazakhstan Home 13–0 5 April 2012 Natalia Pablos 5   Macedonia Home 12–0 13 February 2014 2015 WC Q Sonia Bermúdez   Macedonia Away 0–10 10 April 2014 Jennifer Hermoso Sonia Bermúdez 5   Montenegro Home 13–0 15 September 2016 2017 EURO Q Verónica Boquete 4 Mariona Caldentey   Moldova Away 0–9 19 September 2020 2021 EURO Q Jennifer Hermoso   Moldova Home 10–0 27 November 2020 Esther González 5   Azerbaijan Away 0–13 18 February 2021 Jennifer Hermoso 5 Amaiur Sarriegi 4   Faroe Islands Away 0–10 16 September 2021 2023 WC Q Esther González 4   Faroe Islands Home 12–0 25 November 2021 Mariona Caldentey Salma Paralluelo   Argentina Home 7–0 11 November 2022 Friendly XThe subscript indicates the number of goals scored by each player in that match

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Career	Clean sheets	Caps	Average	Goals conceded	Ratio
1	Sandra Paños	2012–2022	26	53	49.06%	31	0.58
2	Dolores Gallardo	2013–2022	21	38	55.26%	20	0.53
3	Ainhoa Tirapu	2007–2015	20	46	43.48%	38	0.83
4	Roser Serra	1991–1998	13	33	39.39%	36	1.09
5	María Isabel Rodríguez	2021–	8	12	66.67%	6	0.50
6	Elixabete Capa	1998–2005	4	26	15.38%	29	1.12
7	Lucía Muñoz	2005–2006	3	8	37.5%	14	1.75
	Ana Ruiz	1984–1988		15	20%	13	0.87
9	Enith Salón	2022–	2	2	100%	0	0
	Mariatxi Sánchez	2006–2007

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

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
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	7	8	6	7	7

Season March Jun / Jul Aug / Sep December 2003 22nd (1755) 19th (1767) 20th (1767) 20th (1765) 2004 20th (1771) 21st (1756) 21st (1756) 20th (1756) 2005 20th (1754) 20th (1756) 20th (1756) 20th (1778) 2006 20th (1778) 20th (1793) 20th (1778) 20th (1778) 2007 20th (1778) 20th (1802) 20th (1802) 20th (1805) 2008 21st (1805) 19th (1819) 19th (1819) 20th (1796) 2009 20th (1796) 20th (1796) 20th (1797) 20th (1813) 2010 20th (1813) 20th (1812) 19th (1816) 19th (1816) 2011 18th (1816) 18th (1816) 18th (1819) 17th (1841) 2012 17th (1842) 16th (1841) 17th (1831) 18th (1823) 2013 18th (1824) 18th (1823) 17th (1831) 15th (1849) 2014 15th (1844) 16th (1854) 16th (1865) 15th (1865) 2015 14th (1867) 19th (1815) 18th (1824) 14th (1854) 2016 15th (1852) 14th (1861) 14th (1861) 14th (1862) 2017 13th (1885) 13th (1885) 17th (1849) 13th (1869) 2018 12th (1886) 12th (1911) 12th (1916) 12th (1920) 2019 13th (1913) 13th (1899) 13th (1897) 13th (1900) 2020 13th (1915) 13th (1915) 13th (1915) 13th (1919) 2021 13th (1929.14) 12th (1935.87) 10th (1935.87) 9th (1959.16) 2022 7th (1980.28) 7th (1985.84) 8th (1983.13) 6th* (1997.74) 7th (2000.31) 2023 7th (1997.65) 6th (2002.28) *13 October 2022

UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking Date Rank Points 9 March 2011 12th 32,679 25 October 2012 12th 32,999 17 September 2014 7th 35,941 8 June 2016 6th 37,363 [25] 21 September 2016 6th 37,655 [26] 28 November 2017 5th 39,340 [27] 13 June 2018 6th 39,139 [28] 4 September 2018 5th 39,181 [29] 8 July 2019 6th 22,335 24 February 2021 6th 38,913 [30] 6 February 2023 5th 40,472 Ziaian Women's Football Rankings [31] Season 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Rank 15th 16th 16th 16th 28th 23rd 26th Season 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Rank 24th 24th 24th 24th 24th 24th 22nd Season 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Rank 23rd 15th 19th 18th 15th 14th 11th Season 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Rank 8th 8th 10th 4th 1st 4th 4th** **12 April 2023

Youth teams

Under-23

The Spain under-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

Main article: Spain women's national under-20 football team

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	Qualified but cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	2022	Champion

Under-19

Main article: Spain women's national under-19 football team

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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 due to COVID-19 pandemic	2021	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	2022	Champion

Under-18

UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship
1998	did not qualify	1999	did not qualify	2000	Runner-up	2001	4th (last edition)

Under-17

Main article: Spain women's national under-17 football team

FIFA Under-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 due to COVID-19 pandemic	2022	Champion

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

UEFA Women's Under-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 due to COVID-19 pandemic	2021	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	2022	Runner-up
2023	Runner-up

Under-16

There is also a women's national team that represents Spain in international football in under-16 categories and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. This team usually participates each year in UEFA Women U-16 Development Tournament (although it is not an official tournament) with remarkable success ^[32]

See also

• Women's association football portal
• Association football portal
• Sports portal
• Spain portal

Women's football in Spain

• 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
• Women's football in Spain
• Spanish football league system
• Sport in Spain

Notes

1. One of the captains, Irene Paredes, did not send the letter after feeling singled-out following the prior press conference. Alexia Putellas did not send it due to being out with injury. Both have publicly supported the fifteen. ^[15]
2. A draw counts as a ½ win

References

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2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
3. The underground origin of the women's national team. Marca, 23 April 2013. David Menayo
4. Conchi Amancio's national team shook up the 1970s Spain. Archived 18 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine . As Color, 17 July 2012
5. The official baptism of the women's national team. Marca, 14 May 2013. David Menayo.
6. "Why Spain is absent from the World Cup". Fox Soccer . Retrieved 5 August 2012.
7. Kassouf, Jeff (19 June 2015). "Spain players call firing Ignacio Quereda women's World Cup exit". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
8. "Quereda's reign as Spain coach ends after 27 years". Equalizer Soccer. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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