Spain women's national football team
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.
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Nickname(s) | La Roja (The Red One)[1] | ||
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Association | Royal Spanish Football Federation | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Jorge Vilda | ||
Captain | Irene Paredes | ||
Most caps | Marta Torrejón (90) | ||
Top scorer | Verónica Boquete (38) | ||
FIFA code | ESP | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 13 ![]() | ||
Highest | 12 (March–December 2018) | ||
Lowest | 21 (June–August 2004, March 2008) | ||
First international | |||
Unofficial![]() ![]() (Murcia, Spain; 21 February 1971) Official ![]() ![]() (A Guarda, Spain; 5 February 1983) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Palamós, Spain; 20 March 1994) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Gandía, Spain; 2 June 1996) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2015) | ||
Best result | Round of 16 (2019) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1997) | ||
Best result | Semi-finals (1997) |
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. Contrast to its lackluster senior side, Spain's youth teams are one of the most successful and have enjoyed a great success in 2018, getting the two continental titles (U-17 and U-19), and reaching the two worldwide finals, winners in the U-17 World Cup and runners-up in the U-20 World Cup.
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 a 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. 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]
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.
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]
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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Did not qualify | 1991 UEFA Women's Championship | |||||||||||||
![]() | 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 | |||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |
![]() | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
![]() ![]() | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
Total | 2/9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 134 | 43 |
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record | UEFA Euro Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1984 | Did not enter | Declined Participation | |||||||||||||
![]() | 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 | |||||||||
![]() ![]() | Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
![]() | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | ||||||||
![]() | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
![]() | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | |||||||||
![]() | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 14 | |
![]() | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
![]() | To be determined | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 3/13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 79 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 202 | 102 |
Friendly tournaments
Year | Cup | Pos | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1992 | ![]() | 4th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
1995 | ![]() | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
2017 | ![]() | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
2018 | ![]() | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2019 | ![]() | 7th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
2020 | ![]() | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2020 SheBelieves Cup.
- Caps and goals as of 12 March 2019.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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Goalkeeper | ||||||||
1 | GK | Lola Gallardo | 10 June 1993 | 31 | 0 | ![]() | ||
13 | GK | Sandra Paños | 4 November 1992 | 39 | 0 | ![]() | ||
23 | GK | María Asunción Quiñones | 29 October 1996 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Defender | ||||||||
5 | DF | Ivana Andrés | 13 July 1994 | 23 | 0 | ![]() | ||
2 | DF | Ona Batlle | 10 June 1999 | 5 | 0 | ![]() | ||
16 | DF | Mapi León | 13 June 1995 | 34 | 0 | ![]() | ||
15 | DF | Leila Ouahabi | 22 March 1993 | 34 | 1 | ![]() | ||
4 | DF | Irene Paredes (c) | 4 July 1991 | 72 | 9 | ![]() | ||
20 | DF | Andrea Pereira | 19 September 1993 | 29 | 0 | ![]() | ||
3 | DF | Ainhoa Vicente Moraza | 20 August 1995 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Midfielder | ||||||||
6 | MF | Aitana Bonmatí | 18 January 1998 | 21 | 4 | ![]() | ||
9 | MF | Marta Cardona | 26 May 1995 | 5 | 0 | ![]() | ||
7 | MF | Marta Corredera | 8 August 1991 | 78 | 5 | ![]() | ||
12 | MF | Patricia Guijarro | 17 May 1998 | 28 | 4 | ![]() | ||
11 | MF | Alexia Putellas | 4 February 1994 | 77 | 14 | ![]() | ||
19 | MF | Amanda Sampedro | 26 June 1993 | 52 | 11 | ![]() | ||
18 | MF | Ángela Sosa | 16 January 1993 | 6 | 0 | ![]() | ||
14 | MF | Virginia Torrecilla INJ | 4 September 1994 | 65 | 7 | ![]() | ||
Forward | ||||||||
8 | FW | Mariona Caldentey | 19 March 1996 | 32 | 3 | ![]() | ||
17 | FW | Lucía García | 14 July 1998 | 23 | 3 | ![]() | ||
21 | FW | Sheila García | 15 March 1997 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | ||
10 | FW | Jennifer Hermoso | 9 May 1990 | 78 | 32 | ![]() | ||
22 | FW | Alba Redondo | 27 August 1996 | 9 | 2 | ![]() |
Recent call-ups
The following players were named to a squad in the last twelve months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Sara Serrat | 10 September 1995 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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GK | Patricia Larqué | 2 May 1992 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Laia Aleixandri | 25 August 2000 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Celia Jiménez | 20 June 1995 | 25 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Andrea Falcón | 28 February 1997 | 12 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Irene Guerrero | 12 December 1996 | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Maitane López | 13 March 1995 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Victoria Losada | 5 March 1991 | 64 | 13 | ![]() |
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MF | Gemma Gili | 21 May 1994 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Nahikari García | 10 March 1997 | 14 | 1 | ![]() |
2020 SheBelieves Cup PRE |
FW | Esther González | 8 December 1992 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Eva Navarro | 27 January 2001 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Bárbara Latorre | 14 March 1993 | 18 | 1 | ![]() |
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Previous squads
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Coaching staff
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List of Spain women's national football team managers
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Results and fixtures
- For all past match results of the national team, see single-season articles and the team's results page
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss
2019
31 August 2019 Friendly | France ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Clermont-Ferrand, France |
21:00 | Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied |
4 October 2019 Euro 2021 qualifying | Spain ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | A Coruña, Spain |
21:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 10,444 Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland) |
8 October 2019 Euro 2021 qualifying | Czech Republic ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | Prague, Czech Republic |
19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 1,895 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden) |
12 November 2019 Euro 2021 qualifying | Poland ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Lublin, Poland |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 7,528 Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark) |
2020
5 March 2020 2020 SheBelieves Cup | Spain ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Orlando, Florida |
16:15 ET | Report |
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Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 7,528 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States) |
8 March 2020 2020 SheBelieves Cup | United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Harrison, New Jersey |
17:00 ET |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Katia García (Mexico) |
11 March 2020 2020 SheBelieves Cup | Spain ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Frisco, Texas |
14:15 CT |
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Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States) |
19 September 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | v | ![]() |
22 September 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying | Azerbaijan ![]() | v | ![]() |
23 October 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying | Spain ![]() | v | ![]() | Motril |
Stadium: Estadio Escribano Castilla |
27 November 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying | Spain ![]() | v | ![]() | Alcalá de Henares |
Stadium: Centro Deportivo Wanda |
1 December 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying | Spain ![]() | v | ![]() | |
Report |
Overall official record
Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent | Position | Scorers |
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1987 EC QS | Regular stage | 0–1, 1–2 | ![]() | 3 / 4 | |
0–2, 3–0 | ![]() | ||||
2–3, 1–1 | ![]() | ||||
1989 EC QS | Regular stage | 1–1, 1–0 | ![]() | 4 / 5 | |
0–1, 0–2 | ![]() | ||||
1–0, 0–1 | ![]() | ||||
1–3, 0–0 | ![]() | ||||
1991 EC QS | Regular stage | 0–0, 1–2 | ![]() | 4 / 5 | |
1–3, 0–5 | ![]() | ||||
1–0, 0–1 | ![]() | ||||
1–3, 0–0 | ![]() | ||||
1993 EC QS | Regular stage | 0–4, 1–1 | ![]() | 2 / 3 | |
0–1, 1–0 | ![]() | Bakero | |||
1995 EC QS | Regular stage | 0–0, 4–0 | ![]() | 2 / 4 | Pascual (2), Bakero + 1 o.g. |
0–0, 0–0 | ![]() | ||||
17–0, 8–0 | ![]() | ||||
1997 EC QS | Regular stage (Class A) | 0–1, 0–2 | ![]() | 3 / 4 | |
5–1, 2–2 | ![]() | ||||
1–1, 0–8 | ![]() | ||||
Repechage | 2–1, 1–1 | ![]() | 1 / 2 | ||
![]() ![]() | Group stage | 1–1 | ![]() | 2 / 4 | Parejo |
0–1 | ![]() | ||||
1–0 | ![]() | Parejo | |||
Semifinals | 1–2 | ![]() | 4 / 8 | Parejo | |
1999 WC QS | Regular stage (Class A) | 1–2, 1–2 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | |
1–2, 1–3 | ![]() | ||||
0–0, 1–1 | ![]() | ||||
Promotion | 3–0, 4–1 | ![]() | 1 / 2 | Monforte (2), Auxi, Cabezón, Gimbert, Marco, Mateos | |
2001 EC QS | Regular stage (Class A) | 2–5, 0–7 | ![]() | 3 / 4 | Mateos, Rodríguez |
0–1, 1–2 | ![]() | Mateos | |||
1–1, 2–1 | ![]() | "Chola", Fuentes, Gimbert | |||
Repechage | 1–6, 2–4 | ![]() | 2 / 2 | Cabezón, Gimbert, Mateos | |
2003 WC QS | Regular stage (Class A) | 6–1, 0–3 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | Auxi (2), Del Río (2), Ferreira, Gimbert |
0–2, 2–1 | ![]() | Auxi, Del Río | |||
0–3, 0–1 | ![]() | ||||
Promotion | Cancelled | ![]() | – | ||
2005 EC QS | Regular stage (Class A) | 1–0, 0–0 | ![]() | 3 / 5 | Del Río |
0–2, 0–2 | ![]() | ||||
9–1, 0–2 | ![]() | Del Río (5), Vázquez (2), Castillo, Gurrutxaga | |||
0–1, 0–2 | ![]() | ||||
2007 WC QS | Regular stage (Class A) | 2–3, 7–0 | ![]() | 3 / 5 | Del Río (2) |
1–0, 0–0 | ![]() | Cabezón | |||
3–2, 4–2 | ![]() | Adriana (2), Cabezón, Gimbert, Gurrutxaga, Del Río + 1 o.g. | |||
2–2, 0–5 | ![]() | Adriana, Vilanova | |||
2009 EC QS | Regular stage | 3–0, 6–1 | ![]() | 2 / 5 | Vázquez (3), Romero (2), Azagra, Cuesta, Auxi, Pérez |
2–2, 4–1 | ![]() | Boquete (2), Adriana, Gimbert, Torrejón, Vilanova | |||
0–1, 2–2 | ![]() | Bermúdez, Boquete | |||
4–0, 3–0 | ![]() | Vázquez (2), Bermúdez, Boquete, García, Del Río, Vilas | |||
Repechage | 0–2, 0–2 | ![]() | 2 / 2 | ||
2011 WC QS | Regular stage | 13–0, 9–0 | ![]() | 3 / 5 | Adriana (8), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (3), Romero (3), Ibarra (2), Casado, Meseguer + 1 o.g. |
2–0, 1–0 | ![]() | Adriana (2), Bermúdez | |||
5–0, 5–1 | ![]() | Adriana (5), Bermúdez (2), Boquete, Olabarrieta, Torrejón | |||
0–1, 2–2 | ![]() | Adriana, Bermúdez | |||
2013 EC QS | Regular stage | 10–1, 4–0 | ![]() | 2 / 6 | Adriana (4), Boquete (3), Bermúdez (2), Borja, Corredera, Olabarrieta, Vilas + 1 o.g. |
3–2, 3–4 | ![]() | Adriana (2), Boquete (2), García, Vilas | |||
4–0, 13–0 | ![]() | Vilas (7), Bermúdez (3), Boquete (2), Borja (2), Adriana, Meseguer, Torrejón | |||
4–0, 0–0 | ![]() | Boquete (2), Adriana, Bermúdez | |||
2–2, 0–5 | ![]() | Boquete, Romero | |||
Repechage | 1–1, 3–2 | ![]() | 1 / 2 | Adriana (2), Boquete, Meseguer | |
![]() | Group stage | 3–2 | ![]() | 2 / 4 | Boquete, Hermoso, Putellas |
0–1 | ![]() | ||||
1–1 | ![]() | Boquete | |||
Quarter-finals | 1–3 | ![]() | 7 / 8 | Hermoso | |
2015 WC QS | Regular stage | 6–0, 5–0 | ![]() | 1 / 6 | Natalia (3), Bermúdez (2), Vicky (2), Hermoso (2), Torrejón, Paredes |
2–0, 0–0 | ![]() | Bermúdez, Natalia | |||
1–0, 2–0 | ![]() | Natalia (2), García | |||
3–2, 1–0 | ![]() | Bermúdez (2), Corredera, Boquete | |||
12–0, 10–0 | ![]() | Natalia (6), Bermúdez (5), Hermoso (5), Boquete (2), Calderón (2), Losada, Torrejón | |||
![]() | Group stage | 1–1 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | Losada |
0–1 | ![]() | ||||
1–2 | ![]() | Boquete | |||
2017 EC QS | Regular stage | 2–1, 5–0 | ![]() | 1 / 5 | Paredes (2), Hermoso, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla, Torrejón |
3–0, 3–0 | ![]() | Boquete (2), Hermoso (2), Losada, + 1 o.g. | |||
2–0, 4–1 | ![]() | Bermúdez, Boquete, Losada, Putellas, Sampedro, Torrecilla | |||
7–0, 13–0 | ![]() | Boquete (5), Bermúdez (5), Losada (3), Putellas (2), Sampedro (2), Corredera, Hermoso, Torrecilla | |||
![]() | Group stage | 2–0 | ![]() | 2 / 4 | Losada, Sampedro |
0–2 | ![]() | ||||
0–1 | ![]() | ||||
Quarter-finals | 0–0 | ![]() | 8 / 8 | ||
2019 WC QS | Regular stage | 6–0, 2–0 | ![]() | 1 / 5 | Hermoso (2), Paredes (2), Latorre, Putellas, Sampedro, Vilas |
2–1, 3–0 | ![]() | Hermoso (3), Guijarro, Sampedro | |||
4–0, 1–0 | ![]() | Guijarro, Paredes, Putellas, Torrecilla | |||
2–0, 5–1 | ![]() | Corredera (2), O. García, Hermoso, León, Nahikari, Paredes | |||
![]() | Group stage | 3–1 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | Hermoso (2), Lucía García |
0–1 | ![]() | ||||
0–0 | ![]() | ||||
Eighth-finals | 1–2 | ![]() | 11 / 16 | Hermoso | |
2021 EC QS | Regular stage | 4–0, | ![]() | 1 / 5 | Bonmatí (2), Guijarro, Torrecilla |
5–1, | ![]() | Bonmatí, Caldentey, Hermoso, Paredes + 1 o.g. | |||
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Honours
Other awards
- Premios Nacionales del Deporte (National Sports Awards): Baron de Güell Cup (2014)[13]
Player statistics
Most caps
- Still active national team players in bold.
# | Player | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Marta Torrejón | 2007–2019 | 90 | 9 |
2 | Marta Corredera | 2013– | 78 | 5 |
Jennifer Hermoso | 2011– | 78 | 32 | |
4 | Alexia Putellas | 2013– | 77 | 14 |
5 | Irene Paredes | 2011– | 72 | 8 |
6 | Arantza del Puerto | 1990–2005 | 71 | ?? |
7 | Silvia Meseguer | 2008–2019 | 67 | 5 |
8 | Virginia Torrecilla | 2013– | 65 | 7 |
9 | Victoria Losada | 2010– | 64 | 13 |
10 | Mar Prieto | 1989–2000 | 62 | 27 |
Most goals
- Still active national team players in bold.

# | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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1 | Verónica Boquete | 2005–2017 | 38 | 56 | 67.86% |
2 | Sonia Bermúdez | 2005–2017 | 34 | 61 | 55.74% |
3 | Adriana Martín | 2005–2015 | 33 | 37 | 89.19% |
4 | Jennifer Hermoso | 2011– | 32 | 78 | 41.03% |
5 | Mar Prieto | 1989–2000 | 27 | 62 | 43.55% |
6 | María Paz Vilas | 2008–2018 | 15 | 25 | 60% |
7 | Alexia Putellas | 2013– | 14 | 77 | 18.18% |
Hat-tricks
Player | Competition | Against | Home/Away | Result | Date |
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Mar Prieto7 | 1995 EURO Q | ![]() | Home | 17–0 | 20 March 1994 |
Itziar Bakero | |||||
Laura del Río5 | 2005 EURO Q | ![]() | Home | 7–0 | 29 February 2004 |
Adriana Martín5 | 2007 WC Q | ![]() | Home | 7–0 | 30 March 2006 |
Adriana Martín4 | 2011 WC Q | ![]() | Away | 0–13 | 19 September 2009 |
Sonia Bermúdez | |||||
Ana "Willy" Romero | |||||
Adriana Martín | ![]() | Away | 0–5 | 21 November 2009 | |
Adriana Martín4 | ![]() | Home | 9–0 | 24 June 2010 | |
Verónica Boquete | 2013 EURO Q | ![]() | Away | 1–10 | 17 September 2011 |
María Paz Vilas7 | ![]() | Home | 14–0 | 5 April 2012 | |
Natalia Pablos5 | 2015 WC Q | ![]() | Home | 12–0 | 13 February 2014 |
Sonia Bermúdez | ![]() | Away | 0–10 | 10 April 2014 | |
Jennifer Hermoso | |||||
Sonia Bermúdez 5 | 2017 EURO Q | ![]() | Home | 13–0 | 15 September 2016 |
Verónica Boquete4 | |||||
4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals
7 Player scored 7 goals
Clean sheets
- Still active national team players in bold.
# | Player | Career | Clean Sheets | Caps | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ainhoa Tirapu | 2007–2015 | 20 | 46 | 43.48% |
2 | Sandra Paños | 2011– | 18 | 39 | 46.15% |
3 | Dolores Gallardo | 2012– | 16 | 31 | 51.61% |
4 | Roser Serra | 1991–1998 | 10? | 33 | 30.3% |
5 | Ana Ruiz | 1984–1988 | 4 | 17 | 23.53% |
Elixabete Capa | 1997–2005 | 4 | ?? | ?? |
Rankings
FIFA Women's World Rankings
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UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking
*12 March 2020 |
Youth teams
Under-20
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup | |||||
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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 |
Under-19
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | |||||
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2002: | Final Round | 2003: | Final Round | 2004: | ![]() |
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: | ![]() |
2018: | ![]() |
2019: | Third Place |
Under-18
UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship | |||||||
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1998: | did not qualify | 1999: | did not qualify | 2000: | Runner-up | 2001: | 4th (last edition) |
Under-17
- FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |||||
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2008: | did not qualify | 2010: | Third Place | 2012: | did not qualify |
2014: | Runner-up | 2016: | Third Place | 2018: | ![]() |
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008: | did not qualify | 2009: | Runner-up | 2010: | ![]() |
2011: | ![]() |
2012: | did not qualify | 2013: | Third Place |
2014: | Runner-up | 2015: | ![]() |
2016: | Runner-up |
2017: | Runner-up | 2018: | ![]() |
2019: | Third Place |
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[20]
See also
References
- "Spain's women add to La Roja euphoria". FIFA. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- The underground origin of the women's national team. Marca, 23 April 2013. David Menayo
- Conchi Amancio's national team shook up the 1970s Spain. As Color, 17 July 2012
- The official baptism of the women's national team. Marca, 14 May 2013. David Menayo.
- "Why Spain is absent from the World Cup". Fox Soccer. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- Kassouf, Jeff (19 June 2015). "Spain players call firing Ignacio Quereda women's World Cup exit". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Quereda's reign as Spain coach ends after 27 years". Equalizer Soccer. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- "Vilda appointed coach of Spain's women's team". FIFA.com. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- Muñoz, Antonio D. (8 March 2017). "Champions of Algarve Cup". RFEF. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "South Africa 0-4 Germany, China 0-0 Spain: Women's World Cup clockwatch – live!". theguardian.com. Guardian Media Group. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Oficial: La RFEF crea la Selección Absoluta Promesas, una nueva selección femenina de fútbol (Official: The RFEF creates the Absolute Promises Selection, a new women's team), SEfutbol (in Spanish), 29 October 2019
- "La Selección española Absoluta femenina, distinguida en los Premios Nacionales del Deporte 2014" [The Spanish women's national team honored at the 2014 National Sports Awards]. RFEF (in Spanish). 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (June 2016)
- UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (September 2016)
- UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (November 2017)
- UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (June 2018)
- UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (September 2018)
- Ranking women's national football teams based on a formula invented and developed by Mark Ziaian
- The U16s debut with a brilliant victory at the UEFA Development Tournament
External links
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