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
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Roja (The Red)[1]
AssociationReal Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMontserrat Tomé
CaptainAlexia Putellas
Most capsAlexia Putellas (111)
Top scorerJennifer Hermoso (51)
FIFA codeESP
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 2 Increase 4 (25 August 2023)[2]
Highest2 (August 2023 – Present)
Lowest21 (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
Appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best resultChampions (2023)
European Championship
Appearances4 (first in 1997)
Best resultSemi-finals (1997)
Nations League Finals
Appearances1 (first in 2024)
Best resultDebut

The Spain women's national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol Femenina), officially known as the Spanish national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol), has represented Spain in international women's football competition since 1980, and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), 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 the women's and men'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,[3] and also the second country—after Brazil's male teams between 2003 and 2005—to simultaneously hold all three World Cups of the same gender.[4] At continental level, Spain have qualified four times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the semifinals in 1997.

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.

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".[5]

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.[6] 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).[7] 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.[8]

2010s: First World Cups

See also: Disputes involving the Spain women's national football team § 2011–2015

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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] 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.[13] 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,[14] that was later reconverted and renamed Spain under-23.

2020s: 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.[15] 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

Main article: Disputes involving the Spain women's national football team § Las 15

In September 2022, fifteen players sent an email removing themselves from national team consideration.[16] 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.[17]

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup title and controversy

Spanish players celebrating winning the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

At the 2023 World Cup, La Roja finished second in Group C.[18] Spain then defeated Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden in the knockout stages to reach their first World Cup final.[19][20] Spain won their first World Cup title, defeating England 1–0 in the final thanks to a goal from Olga Carmona.[21]

During the trophy ceremony, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales kissed Spain player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent.[22] Five days after winning the World Cup, 81 players (including the tournament squad) announced they would refuse to play for Spain until the leadership of the RFEF changed due to the Rubiales affair.[22]

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: 2022–23 in Spanish football and 2023–24 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

11 November Friendly Spain  7–0  Argentina Melilla
20:00
Report Stadium: Álvarez Claro
Attendance: 3,119
Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)
15 November Friendly Spain  1–0  Japan Seville
20:00
Report Stadium: La Cartuja
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Ioanna Allayiotou (Cyprus)

2023

16 February 2023 Cup of Nations Jamaica  0–3  Spain Gosford, Australia
16:10 Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)
19 February 2023 Cup of Nations Australia  3–2  Spain Sydney
18:00
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 17,333
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
22 February 2023 Cup of Nations Czech Republic  0–3  Spain Newcastle, Australia
15:00 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
6 April Friendly Spain  4–2  Norway Ibiza
18:00
Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Can Misses
Attendance: 2,336
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)
11 April 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)
29 June Friendly Spain  7–0  Panama Avilés
21:00 González 7', 44'
Putellas 22'
Espinosa 28' (o.g.)
Guerrero 36' (p)
Navarro 43'
del Castillo 67'		 Report Stadium: Ramón Suárez Puerta
Attendance: 3,611
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
5 July Friendly Denmark  0–2  Spain Gladsaxe
18:00 Report Battle 7'
Paralluelo 53'		 Stadium: Gladsaxe Stadium
Attendance: 2,223
Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)
14 July Unofficial friendly Vietnam XI  0–9  Spain XI Auckland, New Zealand
12:30
Stadium: McLennan Park
Attendance: 0
21 July 2023 FIFA World Cup GS Spain  3–0  Costa Rica Wellington, New Zealand
19:30
Report Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium
Attendance: 22,966
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
26 July 2023 FIFA World Cup GS Spain  5–0  Zambia Auckland, New Zealand
19:30
Report Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 20,983
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
31 July 2023 FIFA World Cup GS Japan  4–0  Spain Wellington, New Zealand
19:00
Report Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium
Attendance: 20,957
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
5 August 2023 FIFA World Cup R16 Switzerland  1–5  Spain Auckland, New Zealand
17:00
Report
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 43,217
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
11 August 2023 FIFA World Cup QF Spain  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands Wellington, New Zealand
13:00
Report
Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium
Attendance: 32,021
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
15 August 2023 FIFA World Cup SF Spain  2–1  Sweden Auckland, New Zealand
20:00
Report
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 43,217
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
20 August 2023 FIFA World Cup Final Spain  1–0  England Sydney, Australia
20:00 Carmona 29' Report Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 75,784
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
22 September 2023–24 Nations League Sweden  2–3  Spain Gothenburg
18:30
Report
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 16,114
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
26 September 2023–24 Nations League Spain  5–0   Switzerland Córdoba
21:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel
Attendance: 14,194
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
27 October 2023–24 Nations League Italy  v  Spain Salerno
17:45 Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
31 October 2023–24 Nations League Switzerland  v  Spain Zürich
19:00 Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
1 December 2023–24 Nations League Spain  v  Italy Pontevedra
Report Stadium: Pasarón
5 December 2023–24 Nations League Spain  v  Sweden Málaga
Report Stadium: La Rosaleda

Coaching staff

Players

See also: Category:Spain women's international footballers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Italy and the Switzerland on 27 and 31 October 2023.

Caps and goals as of 26 September 2023
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Catalina Coll (2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 22) 6 0 Spain Barcelona
1GK Elene Lete (2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Spain Real Sociedad
1GK María Isabel Rodríguez (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 24) 17 0 Spain Real Madrid
2DF Laia Aleixandri (2000-08-25) 25 August 2000 (age 23) 18 2 England Manchester City
2DF Ivana Andrés (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29) 51 0 Spain Real Madrid
2DF Ona Batlle (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 24) 38 1 Spain Barcelona
2DF Olga Carmona (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 23) 32 3 Spain Real Madrid
2DF Laia Codina (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 23) 9 2 England Arsenal
2DF Oihane Hernández (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 23) 15 0 Spain Real Madrid
2DF María Méndez (2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 22) 2 0 Spain Levante
3MF Teresa Abelleira (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 23) 24 2 Spain Real Madrid
3MF Aitana Bonmatí (4th captain) (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 25) 56 21 Spain Barcelona
3MF Jennifer Hermoso (1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 33) 105 51 Mexico Pachuca
3MF Maite Oroz (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 25) 10 3 Spain Real Madrid
3MF Alexia Putellas (Captain) (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 29) 111 28 Spain Barcelona
3MF Anna Torrodà (2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 23) 5 0 Spain Levante
4FW Mariona Caldentey (3rd captain) (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 27) 63 21 Spain Barcelona
4FW Athenea del Castillo (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 23) 33 8 Spain Real Madrid
4FW Inmaculada Gabarro (2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 20) 2 2 Spain Sevilla
4FW Lucía García (1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 25) 39 10 England Manchester United
4FW Esther González (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 30) 43 26 United States Gotham FC
4FW Salma Paralluelo (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 19) 15 8 Spain Barcelona
4FW Amaiur Sarriegi (2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 22) 17 12 Spain 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 Enith Salón INJ (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 22) 2 0 Spain Valencia v.  Italy; 27 October 2023 PRE
GK Mariasun Quiñones (1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 26) 3 0 Spain Athletic Bilbao v.  China; 11 April 2023 PRE
DF Irene Paredes INJ (vice-captain) (1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 32) 99 11 Spain Barcelona v.  Italy; 27 October 2023 PRE
DF Claudia Florentino (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Spain Valencia v.   Switzerland; 26 September 2023 PRE
DF Mapi León WD (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 28) 54 1 Spain Barcelona v.  Sweden; 22 September 2023 PRE
DF Rocío Gálvez (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 26) 11 0 Spain Real Madrid 2023 FIFA World Cup
DF Jana Fernández INJ (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Spain Barcelona 2023 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF Berta Pujadas (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 23) 2 0 Spain Valencia v.  China; 11 April 2023 PRE
DF Paula Tomás (2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 22) 2 0 Spain Levante v.  China; 11 April 2023 PRE
DF Bibiane Schulze (1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 24) 0 0 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2023 Cup of Nations PRE
DF Alejandra Bernabé (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 21) 1 0 Spain Real Sociedad v.  Argentina; 11 November 2022
DF Ana Tejada (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Spain Real Sociedad v.  Argentina; 11 November 2022
MF Rosa Márquez (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 22) 2 0 Spain Real Betis v.   Switzerland; 26 September 2023 PRE
MF María Pérez (2001-12-24) 24 December 2001 (age 21) 5 0 Spain Sevilla v.   Switzerland; 26 September 2023 PRE
MF Patricia Guijarro WD (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 25) 52 11 Spain Barcelona v.  Sweden; 22 September 2023 PRE
MF Irene Guerrero (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 26) 26 5 England Manchester United v.  Netherlands; 11 August 2023
MF Claudia Zornoza RET (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 32) 13 0 Spain Real Madrid v.  Japan; 31 July 2023
MF Fiamma Benítez (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 19) 7 1 Spain Valencia 2023 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Marta Cardona (1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 28) 29 3 Spain Atlético Madrid 2023 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Sheila García (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 26) 18 0 Spain Atlético Madrid 2023 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Marta Carro (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 (age 32) 9 1 Spain Valencia v.  Australia; 19 February 2023
MF Maitane López (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 28) 2 0 United States Gotham FC v.  Argentina; 11 November 2022 PRE
FW Cristina Martín-Prieto (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 30) 0 0 Spain Sevilla v.   Switzerland; 26 September 2023 PRE
FW Eva Navarro (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 22) 17 4 Spain Atlético Madrid v.   Switzerland; 26 September 2023 PRE
FW Alba Redondo (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 27) 34 14 Spain Levante 2023 FIFA World Cup
FW Asun Martínez (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Spain Valencia v.  Norway; 6 April 2023
FW Nahikari García (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 26) 18 3 Spain Athletic Bilbao v.  Japan; 15 November 2022

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

Records

Caps and goals as of 27 September 2023.
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most clean sheets

# Name Career Clean
sheets 		Caps Average Goals
conceded 		Ratio
1 Sandra Paños 2012–2022 26 55 47.27% 31 0.56
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– 12 17 70.59% 10 0.59
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
Catalina Coll 2023– 6 33.33% 5 0.83

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

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
China 1991 Did not qualify 1991 UEFA Women's Championship
Sweden 1995 UEFA Women's Euro 1995
United States 1999 6 0 2 4 5 10
United States 2003 6 2 0 4 8 11
China 2007 8 4 2 2 19 14
Germany 2011 8 6 1 1 37 4
Canada 2015 Group stage 20th 3 0 1 2 2 4 10 9 1 0 42 2
France 2019 Round of 16 12th 4 1 1 2 4 4 8 8 0 0 25 2
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Champions 1st 7 6 0 1 18 7 8 8 0 0 53 0
2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 3/10 14 7 2 5 24 15 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
Norway 1987 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 7 9
West Germany 1989 8 2 2 4 4 8
Denmark 1991 6 0 2 4 3 13
Italy 1993 4 1 1 2 2 6
Europe 1995 6 3 3 0 29 0
Norway Sweden 1997 Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 8 15
Germany 2001 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 6 17
England 2005 8 2 1 5 10 10
Finland 2009 8 5 2 1 24 7
Sweden 2013 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 5 7 10 6 2 2 43 14
Netherlands 2017 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 2 3 8 8 0 0 40 2
England 2022 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 6 5 8 7 1 0 48 1
Switzerland 2025 To be determined To be determined
Total 4/14 16 5 3 8 16 19 84 37 18 29 224 102

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 Squad
2023–24 A 4 - 2 2 0 0 8 2 Same position - 2024 To be determined
Total 2 2 0 0 8 2 Total

Other tournaments

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

Overall official record

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 6 2

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 Cancelled [a] 2022 Champion 2024 Qualified
  1. ^ Qualified but cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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 [a] 2021 Cancelled [b]
2022 Champion 2023 Champion
  1. ^ Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2. ^ Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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 [a] 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 [b] 2021 Cancelled [c] 2022 Runner-up 2023 Runner-up
  1. ^ Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2. ^ Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  3. ^ Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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[34]

See also

Women's football in Spain

Notes

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 final Spain v England". International Olympic Committee. 18 August 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by World Champions
2023 (first title) 		Incumbent