| Type: | women |
| Spain | |
| Badge: | Spain national football team crest.svg |
| Badge Size: | 140px |
| Nickname: | Spanish; Castilian: La Roja (The Red One)[1] |
| Association: | Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) |
| Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
| Coach: | Montserrat Tomé |
| Captain: | Irene Paredes |
| Most Caps: | Alexia Putellas (123) |
| Top Scorer: | Jenni Hermoso (57) |
| Fifa Trigramme: | ESP |
| Fifa Max: | 1 |
| Fifa Max Date: | December 2023 – June 2024 |
| Fifa Min: | 21 |
| Fifa Min Date: | June – August 2004; March 2008 |
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| First Game: | Unofficial 3–3 (Murcia, Spain; 21 February 1971) Official 0–1 (A Guarda, Spain; 5 February 1983) |
| Largest Win: | 17–0 (Palamós, Spain; 20 March 1994) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–8 (Gandia, Spain; 2 June 1996) |
| World Cup Apps: | 3 |
| World Cup First: | 2015 |
| World Cup Best: | Champions (2023) |
| Regional Name: | Olympic Games |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 1 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2024 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Fourth place (2024) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | European Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 5 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 1997 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Semi-finals (1997) |
| 3Rdregional Name: | Nations League Finals |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 1 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 2024 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Champions (2024) |
The Spain women's national football team, officially known as the Spain national football team (Spanish; Castilian: Selección Española de Fútbol),[2] 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 the only country to have won the same number of both women's and men's World Cups. Along with Germany, they have won both women's and men's World Cups. Together with their youth teams, Spain is the current world champion in all three categories (U-17, U-20 and senior level), unprecedented in the women's game.[3]
At continental level, Spain won the first edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League in 2024, becoming the first nation to win both women's and men's competitions.[4] [5] They also have qualified five times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the semi-finals in 1997.
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".[6]
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.[7] 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.
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).[8] 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.
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.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] [13] 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.[14] 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.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.[15] 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,[16] that was later reconverted and renamed Spain under-23.
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.[17] 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.[18]
In September 2022, fifteen players sent an email removing themselves from national team consideration.[19] 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.[20]
At the 2023 World Cup, La Roja finished second in Group C.[21] Spain then defeated Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden in the knockout stages to reach their first World Cup final.[22] [23] Spain won their first World Cup title, defeating England 1–0 in the final thanks to a goal from Olga Carmona.[24]
During the trophy ceremony, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales kissed Spain player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent. 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.[25]
During the subsequent aftermath, The RFEF dropped the word “women” from the official title. Both men and women’s teams now go by the gender neutral name “Seleccion Espanola de Futbol”. The logo and the branding of both teams were also aligned. Each team has one star over the logo in honour of them winning a world cup each.[26] In a quote, the then interim president Pedro Rocha said:
Spain qualified their first ever team for the women’s football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[27]
| 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 |
| Manager | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win % | scope=col | Major competitions | |||||||
| Rafael Muga | February 1971 | October 1980 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | % | unofficial matches[28] | |
| Teodoro Nieto | January 1981 | 26 October 1988 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | % | none [29] | |
| Ignacio Quereda | 27 October 1988 | 30 July 2015 | 142 | 52 | 38 | 52 | % | Euro 1997 SF Euro 2013 QF 2015 World Cup GS | |
| Jorge Vilda | 30 July 2015 | 5 September 2023 | 108 | 75 | 16 | 17 | % | ||
| Montserrat Tomé | 5 September 2023 | current | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | % | 2024 Nations League 2024 Olympic Games Q | |
The following players were called up for the squad for the 2024 Olympics.
Caps and goals as of 3 August 2024
PRE PRE PRE PREALT Alternate.
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.
Champions: 2023
Champions: 2024
Semi-finals: 1997
Champions: 2017
Champions: 2018
Runners-up: 2020
Runners-up: 2022
Runners-up: 2023
Third place: 1995
Caps and goals as of 3 August 2024.
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
| Player | Career | Caps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexia Putellas | 2013– | 123 | 32 |
| 2 | Jennifer Hermoso | 2011– | 120 | 57 |
| 3 | Irene Paredes | 2011– | 110 | 13 |
| 4 | Marta Torrejón | 2007–2019 | 90 | 8 |
| 5 | Marta Corredera | 2013–2021 | 85 | 5 |
| 6 | Mariona Caldentey | 2017– | 77 | 27 |
| 7 | Arantza del Puerto | 1990–2005 | 71 | 0 |
| 8 | Aitana Bonmatí | 2017– | 68 | 26 |
| 9 | Silvia Meseguer | 2008–2019 | 67 | 5 |
| 10 | Virginia Torrecilla | 2013–2020 | 66 | 7 |
| Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Hermoso | 2011– | 57 | 120 | ||
| 2 | Verónica Boquete | 2005–2017 | 38 | 56 | ||
| 3 | Sonia Bermúdez | 2008–2017 | 34 | 61 | ||
| 4 | Adriana Martín | 2005–2015 | 33 | 39 | ||
| 5 | Alexia Putellas | 2013– | 32 | 123 | ||
| 6 | Mar Prieto | 1985–2000 | 30 | 62 | ||
| 7 | Esther González | 2016– | 29 | 46 | ||
| 8 | Mariona Caldentey | 2017– | 27 | 77 | ||
| 9 | Aitana Bonmatí | 2017– | 26 | 68 | ||
| 10 | Mari Paz Vilas | 2008–2018 | 15 | 26 | ||
| - | 11 | Laura del Río | 2001–2008 | 14 | 30 | |
| 12 | Amaiur Sarriegi | 2021–2022 | 12 | 17 | --> |
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 |
| Player | Against | Home/Away | Result | Date | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar Prieto7 | Home | 17–0 | 1995 EURO Q | |||
| Mercedes González | ||||||
| Home | 5–1 | 1997 EURO Q | ||||
| Laura del Río5 | Home | 7–0 | 2005 EURO Q | |||
| Adriana Martín5 | Home | 7–0 | 2007 WC Q | |||
| Adriana Martín4 | Away | 0–13 | 2011 WC Q | |||
| Sonia Bermúdez | ||||||
| Ana "Willy" Romero | ||||||
| Away | 0–5 | |||||
| Adriana Martín4 | Home | 9–0 | ||||
| Away | 1–10 | 2013 EURO Q | ||||
| Mari Paz Vilas7 | Home | 13–0 | ||||
| Natalia Pablos5 | Home | 12–0 | 2015 WC Q | |||
| Away | 0–10 | |||||
| Jennifer Hermoso | ||||||
| Sonia Bermúdez5 | Home | 13–0 | 2017 EURO Q | |||
| Verónica Boquete4 | ||||||
| Away | 0–9 | 2021 EURO Q | ||||
| Home | 10–0 | |||||
| Esther González5 | Away | 0–13 | ||||
| Jennifer Hermoso5 | ||||||
| Amaiur Sarriegi4 | Away | 0–10 | 2023 WC Q | |||
| Esther González4 | Home | 12–0 | ||||
| Mariona Caldentey | ||||||
| Home | 7–0 | Friendly | ||||
| Away | 0–7 | 2025 EURO Q |
| Name | Career | width=50 | Clean sheets | width=50 | Caps | width=50 | Average | width=50 | Goals conceded | width=50 | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Paños | 2012–2022 | 26 | 55 | % | 31 | ||||||
| 2 | Dolores Gallardo | 2013–2022 | 21 | 38 | % | 20 | 0.53 | |||||
| 3 | Ainhoa Tirapu | 2007–2015 | 20 | 46 | % | 38 | ||||||
| 4 | María Isabel Rodríguez | 2021– | 13 | 24 | % | 19 | ||||||
| Roser Serra | 1991–1998 | 33 | % | 36 | ||||||||
| 6 | Catalina Coll | 2023– | 9 | 16 | % | 11 | ||||||
| 7 | Elixabete Capa | 1998–2005 | 4 | 26 | % | 29 | ||||||
| 8 | Lucía Muñoz | 2005–2006 | 3 | 8 | % | 14 | ||||||
| Ana Ruiz | 1984–1988 | 15 | % | 13 | ||||||||
| 10 | Enith Salón | 2022– | 2 | 2 | % | 0 | ||||||
| Mariatxi Sánchez | 2006–2007 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Sara Serrat | 2019– | 1 | 1 | % | |||||||
| María Isabel González | 1983–1984 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Juana María Perales | 1988–1990 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| María José Pons | 2012–2013 | 5 | % | |||||||||
See main article: article and Spain at the FIFA Women's World Cup.
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||
 1991 | Did not qualify | 1991 UEFA Women's Championship | |||||||||||||
 1995 | UEFA Women's Euro 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 4 | ||||||||||
 2015 | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |
 2019 | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
  2023 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | |
 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 title | 3/9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 55 | 38 | 6 | 11 | 189 | 43 | |
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=85 | Year | Round | Position | ||||||
 1996 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
 2012 | |||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||
 2020 | |||||||||
| 2024 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
| 2028 | To be determined | ||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
See main article: article and Spain at the UEFA Women's Championship.
| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||
| 1984 | Did not enter | Declined Participation | |||||||||||||
 1987 | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 14 | |
| 2017 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Qualified | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 5/14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 90 | 42 | 18 | 30 | 242 | 107 | |
| UEFA Women's Nations League record | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League phase | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Year | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Year | Tournament | width=30 | Pos ! | width=30 | Pld ! | width=30 | W ! | width=30 | D ! | width=30 | L ! | width=30 | GF ! | width=30 | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1993 | Torneig Internacional Ciutat de Tarragona | 4th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 1995 | 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 | |||||||
| 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Competition | Stage | Result home, away | Opponent | Position | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stage | 1–2, 0–1 | 3 / 4 | Prieto | ||
| 0–2, 0–3 | Y. García, V. Hernández (2) | ||||
| 2–3, 1–1 | Y. García, V. Hernández, Prieto | ||||
| Regular stage | 1–0, 1–1 | 4 / 5 | Artola, V. Hernández | ||
| 0–2, 1–0 | |||||
| 1–0, 1–0 | Artola | ||||
| 1–3, 0–0 | Artola | ||||
| Regular stage | 0–0, 2–1 | 4 / 4 | Parejo | ||
| 1–3, 5–0 | Bakero | ||||
| 0–0, 3–1 | Artola | ||||
| Regular stage | 0–4, 1–1 | 2 / 3 | Prieto | ||
| 0–1, 0–1 | Bakero | ||||
| Regular stage | 0–0, 4–0 | 2 / 4 | Pascual (2), Bakero + 1 o.g. | ||
| 0–0, 0–0 | |||||
| 17–0, 0–8 | Prieto (9), Bakero (4), M. González (3), R. Castillo (2), B. García (2), Pascual (2), Sirgo (2) + 1 o.g. | ||||
| Regular stage (Class A) | 0–1, 2–0 | 3 / 4 | |||
| 5–1, 2–2 | Prieto (4), Cano, R. Castillo, Torras | ||||
| 0–8, 1–1 | Prieto | ||||
| Repechage | 2–1, 1–1 | 1 / 2 | Prieto (2), Mateos | ||
| 1997 Euro | Group stage | 1–1 | 2 / 4 | Parejo | |
| 0–1 | |||||
| 1–0 | Parejo | ||||
| Semifinals | 1–2 | 4 / 8 | Parejo | ||
| Regular stage (Class A) | 1–2, 2–1 | 4 / 4 | Mateos, Torras | ||
| 1–2, 3–1 | Mateos, Prieto | ||||
| 0–0, 1–1 | Prieto | ||||
| Promotion | 4–1, 0–3 | 1 / 2 | Monforte (2), Auxi, Cabezón, Gimbert, Marco, Mateos | ||
| Regular stage (Class A) | 2–5, 7–0 | 3 / 4 | Mateos, Rodríguez | ||
| 1–2, 1–0 | Mateos | ||||
| 1–1, 1–2 | Fuentes, Gimbert, Moreno | ||||
| Repechage | 1–6, 4–2 | 2 / 2 | Cabezón, Gimbert, Mateos | ||
| Regular stage (Class A) | 6–1, 3–0 | 4 / 4 | Auxi (2), del Río (2), Ferreira, Gimbert | ||
| 2–1, 2–0 | Auxi, del Río | ||||
| 0–1, 3–0 | |||||
| Promotion | Cancelled | – | |||
| Regular stage (Class A) | 0–0, 0–1 | 3 / 5 | Del Río | ||
| 0–2, 2–0 | |||||
| 9–1, 2–0 | Del Río (5), Vázquez (2), Castillo, Gurrutxaga | ||||
| 0–1, 2–0 | |||||
| Regular stage (Class A) | 7–0, 3–2 | 3 / 5 | Del Río (2) | ||
| 0–0, 0–1 | Cabezón | ||||
| 3–2, 2–4 | Adriana (2), Cabezón, Gimbert, Gurrutxaga, Del Río + 1 o.g. | ||||
| 2–2, 5–0 | Adriana, Vilanova | ||||
| Regular stage | 6–1, 0–3 | 2 / 5 | Vázquez (3), Romero (2), Auxi, Azagra, Cuesta, Pérez | ||
| 4–1, 2–2 | Boquete (2), Adriana, Gimbert, Torrejón, Vilanova | ||||
| 2–2, 1–0 | Bermúdez, Boquete | ||||
| 4–0, 0–3 | Vázquez (2), Bermúdez, Boquete, R. García, Del Río, Vilas | ||||
| Repechage | 0–2, 2–0 | 2 / 2 | |||
| Regular stage | 9–0, 0–13 | 3 / 5 | Adriana (8), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (3), Romero (3), Ibarra (2), Casado, Meseguer + 1 o.g. | ||
| 2–0, 0–1 | Adriana (2), Bermúdez | ||||
| 5–1, 0–5 | Adriana (5), Bermúdez (2), Boquete, Olabarrieta, Torrejón | ||||
| 2–2, 1–0 | Adriana, Bermúdez | ||||
| Regular stage | 4–0, 1–10 | 2 / 6 | Adriana (4), Boquete (3), Bermúdez (2), Borja, Corredera, Olabarrieta, Vilas + 1 o.g. | ||
| 3–2, 4–3 | Adriana (2), Boquete (2), R. García, Vilas | ||||
| 13–0, 0–4 | Vilas (7), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (2), Borja (2), Adriana, Meseguer, Torrejón | ||||
| 0–0, 0–4 | Boquete (2), Adriana, Bermúdez | ||||
| 2–2, 5–0 | Boquete, Romero | ||||
| Repechage | 3–2, 1–1 | 1 / 2 | Adriana (2), Boquete, Meseguer | ||
| 2013 Euro | Group stage | 3–2 | 2 / 4 | Boquete, Hermoso, Putellas | |
| 0–1 | |||||
| 1–1 | Boquete | ||||
| Quarter-finals | 1–3 | 7 / 8 | Hermoso | ||
| Regular stage | 6–0, 0–5 | 1 / 6 | Natalia (3), Bermúdez (2), Vicky (2), Hermoso (2), Torrejón, Paredes | ||
| 2–0, 0–0 | Bermúdez, Natalia | ||||
| 1–0, 0–2 | Natalia (2), R. García | ||||
| 3–2, 0–1 | Bermúdez (2), Boquete, Corredera | ||||
| 12–0, 0–10 | Natalia (6), Bermúdez (5), Hermoso (5), Boquete (2), Calderón (2), Losada, Torrejón | ||||
| 2015 World Cup | Group stage | 1–1 | 4 / 4 | Losada | |
| 0–1 | |||||
| 1–2 | Boquete | ||||
| Regular stage | 5–0, 1–2 | 1 / 5 | Paredes (2), Hermoso, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla, Torrejón | ||
| 3–0, 0–3 | Boquete (2), Hermoso (2), Losada, + 1 o.g. | ||||
| 2–0, 1–4 | Bermúdez, Boquete, Losada, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla | ||||
| 13–0, 0–7 | Boquete (5), Bermúdez (5), Losada (3), Putellas (2), Sampedro (2), Corredera, Hermoso, Torrecilla | ||||
| 2017 Euro | Group stage | 2–0 | 2 / 4 | Losada, Sampedro | |
| 0–2 | |||||
| 0–1 | |||||
| Quarter-finals | 0–0 | 8 / 8 | |||
| Regular stage | 2–0, 0–6 | 1 / 5 | Hermoso (2), Paredes (2), Latorre, Putellas, Sampedro, Vilas | ||
| 3–0, 1–2 | Hermoso (3), Guijarro, Sampedro | ||||
| 4–0, 0–1 | Guijarro, Paredes, Putellas, Torrecilla | ||||
| 5–1, 0–2 | Corredera (2), O. García, Hermoso, Nahikari, Paredes + 1 o.g. | ||||
| 2019 World Cup | Group stage | 3–1 | 2 / 4 | Hermoso (2), L. García | |
| 0–1 | |||||
| 0–0 | |||||
| Eighth-finals | 1–2 | 11 / 16 | Hermoso | ||
| Regular stage | 4–0, 0–13 | 1 / 5 | González (5), Hermoso (5), Bonmatí (2), Caldentey, Eizagirre, Guijarro, Navarro, Torrecilla | ||
| 4–0, 1–5 | Bonmatí (2), Caldentey, González, Guijarro, Hermoso, Paredes, Putellas + 1 o.g. | ||||
| 10–0, 0–9 | Caldentey (4), Hermoso (4), Bonmatí (2), L. García (2), Guijarro (2), Navarro, Putellas, Redondo + 2 o.g. | ||||
| 3–0, 0–0 | González (2), León | ||||
| 2021 Euro | Group stage | 4–1 | 2 / 4 | Bonmatí, Caldentey, L. García, Paredes | |
| 0–2 | |||||
| 1–0 | Cardona | ||||
| Quarter-finals | 1–2 | 6 / 8 | |||
| 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 | 2 / 4 | Bonmatí, González + 1 o.g. | |
| 5–0 | Hermoso (2), Redondo (2), Abelleira | ||||
| 0–4 | |||||
| Eighth-finals | 5–1 | 1/16 | Bonmatí (2), Codina, Hermoso, Redondo | ||
| Quarter-final | 2–1 | Caldentey, Paralluelo | |||
| Semi-final | 2–1 | Carmona, Paralluelo | |||
| Final | 1–0 | Carmona | |||
| 5–3, 2–3 | 1 / 4 | Caldentey (3), Del Castillo (2), Benítez, Navarro, Paralluelo | |||
| 5–0, 1–7 | Bonmatí (2), Del Castillo (2), Oroz (2), Putellas (2), Gabarro, L. García, Hernández, Méndez | ||||
| 2–3, 0–1 | Del Castillo, González, Hermoso | ||||
| Semi-final | 3–0 | 1 / 4 | Batlle, Bonmatí, Hermoso | ||
| Final | 2–0 | Bonmatí, Caldentey | |||
| Regular stage | 0–7, 2–0 | 1 / 4 | Paralluelo (3), González (2), Abelleira, Bonmatí, S. García, Hermoso | ||
| 3–1, 2–1 | Bonmatí, Caldentey, Hermoso, Méndez | ||||
| 0–2, 3–2 | Caldentey, L. García, Hermoso, Paredes, Vilamala | ||||
| 2024 Olympic Games | Group stage | 2–1 | 1 / 4 | Bonmatí, Caldentey | |
| 1–0 | Putellas | ||||
| 2–0 | Del Castillo, Putellas | ||||
| Quarter-final | 2–2 | ? / 8 | Hermoso, Paredes | ||
| Semi-final | 2–4 | Duda Sampaio (o.g.), Salma Paralluelo | |||
| Bronze Medal match | – |
FIFA Women's World Rankings
| 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) | 8th (1983.13) | 6th (1997.74) | 7th (2000.31) | |
| 2023 | 7th (1997.65) | 6th (2002.28) | 2nd (2051.84) | 1st (2066.05) | |
| 2024 | 1st (2085.96) | 1st (2099.89) | 1st (2082.17) |
| 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[34] | |
| 21 September 2016 | 6th | 37,655[35] | |
| 28 November 2017 | 5th | 39,340[36] | |
| 13 June 2018 | 6th | 39,139[37] | |
| 4 September 2018 | 5th | 39,181[38] | |
| 8 July 2019 | 6th | 22,335 | |
| 24 February 2021 | 6th | 38,913[39] | |
| 6 February 2023 | 5th | 40,472 |
| Season | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Rank | 15th | 16th | 16th | 16th | 28th | 23rd | 26th | 24th |
| Season | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Rank | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 22nd | 23rd | 15th |
| Season | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Rank | 19th | 18th | 15th | 14th | 11th | 8th | 8th | 10th |
| Season | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Rank | 4th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st* |
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.
See main article: Spain women's national under-20 football team and Spain women's national under-19 football team.
See main article: Spain women's national under-17 football team.
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[41]