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Spain
Nickname(s)	; La Roja (The Red [One]);
Association	Royal Spanish Football Federation
Confederation	; UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jorge Vilda
Captain	Marta Torrejón
Most caps;	; Marta Torrejón (83)
Top scorer	; Verónica Boquete (38)
FIFA code	ESP
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; First colours;	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Second colours;
	;
FIFA ranking
Current	12 (7 December 2018);
Highest	12 (March 2018 – present);
Lowest	21 (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 ; (Gandía, Spain; 2 June 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	Group Stage (2015)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi-finals (1997)

The Spain women's national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol Femenina) represents Spain in international women's football 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. 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 July 15, 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 September 1, 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 Cup

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 it was 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.

Competitive record

World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record									FIFA World Cup 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	Qualified								8	8	0	0	25	2
Total	2/8	0 Titles	3	0	1	2	2	4	45	28	6	11	134	43

European Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record									UEFA Euro 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
2021	TBD								0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3/12		12	3	3	6	10	14	76	30	17	29	193	101

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
Total	0/6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Team

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the 2019 Algarve Cup.

Caps and goals as of 2 March 2019

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeeper
1	1GK	Dolores Gallardo	(1993-06-10) June 10, 1993 (age 25)	28	0	Atlético Madrid
13	1GK	Sandra Paños	(1992-11-04) November 4, 1992 (age 26)	26	0	FC Barcelona
23	1GK	María Asunción Quiñones	(1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 22)	3	0	Real Sociedad
Defender
5	2DF	Ivana Andrés	(1994-07-13) July 13, 1994 (age 24)	18	0	Levante UD
12	2DF	Marta Carro	(1991-01-06) January 6, 1991 (age 28)	7	1	Valencia CF
2	2DF	Celia Jiménez	(1995-06-20) June 20, 1995 (age 23)	21	0	Seattle Reign FC
16	2DF	María Pilar León	(1995-06-13) June 13, 1995 (age 23)	20	0	FC Barcelona
3	2DF	Leila Ouahabi	(1993-03-22) March 22, 1993 (age 25)	24	1	FC Barcelona
4	2DF	Irene Paredes (vc)	(1991-07-04) July 4, 1991 (age 27)	58	8	Paris Saint-Germain
20	2DF	Andrea Pereira	(1993-09-19) September 19, 1993 (age 25)	24	0	FC Barcelona
8	2DF	Marta Torrejón (c)	(1990-02-27) February 27, 1990 (age 29)	83	9	FC Barcelona
Midfielder
19	3MF	Aitana Bonmatí	(1998-01-18) January 18, 1998 (age 21)	10	0	FC Barcelona
7	3MF	Marta Corredera	(1991-08-08) August 8, 1991 (age 27)	63	5	Levante UD
6	3MF	Victoria Losada	(1991-03-05) March 5, 1991 (age 27)	58	13	FC Barcelona
15	3MF	Silvia Meseguer	(1989-03-12) March 12, 1989 (age 29)	61	5	Atlético Madrid
11	3MF	Alexia Putellas	(1994-02-04) February 4, 1994 (age 25)	62	12	FC Barcelona
14	3MF	Virginia Torrecilla	(1994-09-04) September 4, 1994 (age 24)	50	5	Montpellier HSC
Forward
9	4FW	Mariona Caldentey	(1996-03-19) March 19, 1996 (age 22)	17	2	FC Barcelona
17	4FW	Lucía García	(1998-07-14) July 14, 1998 (age 20)	12	0	Athletic Club
22	4FW	Nahikari García	(1997-03-10) March 10, 1997 (age 21)	6	1	Real Sociedad
21	4FW	Olga García	(1992-06-01) June 1, 1992 (age 26)	27	5	Atlético Madrid
10	4FW	Jennifer Hermoso	(1990-05-09) May 9, 1990 (age 28)	63	27	Atlético Madrid
18	4FW	Alba Redondo	(1996-08-27) August 27, 1996 (age 22)	4	1	Fundación Albacete

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
GK	Sara Serrat	(1995-09-10) September 10, 1995 (age 23)	0	0	Sporting de Huelva	training sessions in early October 2018

DF	Eunate Arraiza	(1991-06-03) June 3, 1991 (age 27)	4	0	Athletic Club	v. Israel; June 7, 2018 ^PRE
DF	Rocío Gálvez	(1997-05-15) May 15, 1997 (age 21)	2	0	Real Betis	training sessions in early October 2018
DF	Carmen Menayo	(1998-04-14) April 14, 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Atlético Madrid	training sessions in early October 2018
DF	Núria Mendoza	(1995-12-15) December 15, 1995 (age 23)	0	0	Real Sociedad	training sessions in early October 2018
DF	Paula Nicart	(1994-09-08) September 8, 1994 (age 24)	3	0	Valencia CF	training sessions in early October 2018

MF	Alharilla Casado	(1990-11-13) November 13, 1990 (age 28)	6	1	Levante UD	v. Czech Republic; March 5, 2018
MF	Andrea Falcón	(1997-02-28) February 28, 1997 (age 22)	6	1	Atlético Madrid	2019 Algarve Cup ^PRE
MF	Gemma Gili	(1994-05-21) May 21, 1994 (age 24)	2	0	FC Barcelona	training sessions in early October 2018
MF	Irene Guerrero	(1996-12-12) December 12, 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Real Betis	training sessions in early October 2018
MF	Patricia Guijarro	(1998-05-17) May 17, 1998 (age 20)	16	3	FC Barcelona	v. Belgium; January 17, 2018 ^PRE
MF	Sandra Hernández	(1997-05-25) May 25, 1997 (age 21)	4	0	Valencia CF	training sessions in early October 2018
MF	Amanda Sampedro (vc)	(1993-06-26) June 26, 1993 (age 25)	43	11	Atlético Madrid	2019 Algarve Cup ^PRE
MF	Ángela Sosa	(1993-01-16) January 16, 1993 (age 26)	2	0	Atlético Madrid	v. Belgium; January 17, 2019
MF	Claudia Zornoza	(1990-10-20) October 20, 1990 (age 28)	1	0	Levante UD	training sessions in early October 2018

FW	Lucía Gómez	(1996-10-11) October 11, 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Levante UD	training sessions in early October 2018
FW	Esther González	(1992-12-08) December 8, 1992 (age 26)	3	0	Atlético Madrid	v. Poland; November 8, 2018 ^PRE
FW	Bárbara Latorre	(1993-03-14) March 14, 1993 (age 25)	18	1	FC Barcelona	training sessions in early October 2018^PRE
FW	Maripaz Vilas	(1988-02-01) February 1, 1988 (age 31)	25	15	Valencia CF	v. Israel; June 7, 2018

Previous squads

World Cup

2015 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

Others

Algarve Cup 2017 squad

Cyprus Cup 2018 squad

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jorge Vilda
Assistant coach (u-19 head coach)	Pedro López
Assistant coach (u-17 head coach)	Antonia Is
Goalkeeping coach	Manuel Amieiro
Fitness coach	Javier Velázquez
Doctor	Joan Molera
Physiotherapist	Alejandro Benito

List of Spain women's national football team managers

Manager	From	To	Record
Manager	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %^[a]
Teodoro Nieto	February 1983	July 1988	19	4	5	10	14	22	–8	34.21%
Ignacio Quereda	August 1988	July 2015	141	54	36	51	302	202	+100	51.06%
Jorge Vilda	August 2015	current	44	29	7	8	103	25	+78	73.86%
Total			204	87	48	69	420	250	+170	54.41%

^ A draw counts as a ½ win

Results and fixtures

For all past match results of the national team, see single-season articles and the team's results page

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming season.

  Win
  Draw
  Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
January 20, 2018	San Pedro del Pinatar	Netherlands XI	2–0	Trainer
February 28, 2018	Larnaca	Austria	2–0	2018 Cyprus Cup
March 2, 2018	Larnaca	Belgium	0–0
March 5, 2018	Larnaca	Czech Republic	2–0
March 7, 2018	Larnaca	Italy	2–0
April 6, 2018	Helsinki	Finland	0–2	2019 World Cup qualifying
April 10, 2018	Maria Enzersdorf	Austria	0–1
June 7, 2018	Murcia	Israel	2–0
August 31, 2018	Santander	Finland	5–1
September 4, 2018	Logroño	Serbia	3–0
November 8, 2018	Leganés	Poland	3–1	Friendly
November 13, 2018	Erfurt	Germany	0–0
January 17, 2019	Cartagena	Belgium	1–1
January 22, 2019	Alicante	United States	0–1
February 27, 2019	Parchal	Netherlands	2–0	2019 Algarve Cup
March 1, 2019	Lagos	Poland	0–3
March 6, 2019		Switzerland	–
April 5, 2019		Brazil	–	Friendly
April 9, 2019	Swindon	England	–
June 1, 2019	Pamplona		–
June 8, 2019	Le Havre	South Africa	–	2019 World Cup
June 12, 2019	Valenciennes	Germany	–
June 17, 2019	Le Havre	China PR	–

Overall official record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Scorers
1987 EC QS	Regular stage	0–1, 1–2	Hungary	3 / 4
		0–2, 3–0	Switzerland
		2–3, 1–1	Italy
1989 EC QS	Regular stage	1–1, 1–0	Bulgaria	4 / 5
		0–1, 0–2	Czechoslovakia
		1–0, 0–1	Belgium
		1–3, 0–0	France
1991 EC QS	Regular stage	0–0, 1–2	Switzerland	4 / 5
		1–3, 0–5	Denmark
		1–0, 0–1	Belgium
		1–3, 0–0	France
1993 EC QS	Regular stage	0–4, 1–1	Sweden	2 / 3
1993 EC QS	Regular stage	0–1, 1–0	Republic of Ireland	2 / 3	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
1997 EC QS	Regular stage (Class A)	0–1, 0–2	Denmark	3 / 4
		5–1, 2–2	Romania
		1–1, 0–8	Sweden
	Repechage	2–1, 1–1	England	1 / 2
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
		1–2, 1–3	Sweden
		0–0, 1–1	Iceland
	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		"Chola", Fuentes, Gimbert
	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), Azagra, Cuesta, Auxi, 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, 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), 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), García
		3–2, 1–0	Czech Republic		Bermúdez (2), Corredera, Boquete
		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, León, Nahikari, Paredes

Honours

Titles

Algarve Cup

Champions: 2017

Cyprus Cup

Champions: 2018

Other awards

Premios Nacionales del Deporte (National Sports Awards): Baron de Güell Cup (2014)^[11]

Statistics

Most capped Spanish players

Still active national team players in bold.

Marta Torrejón is the most capped player in the history of the Spanish national team.

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Marta Torrejón	2007–0000	83	9
2	Arantza del Puerto	1990–2005	71	??
3	Marta Corredera	2013–0000	63	5
3	Jennifer Hermoso	2011–0000	63	27
5	Mar Prieto	1989–2000	62	27
5	Alexia Putellas	2013–0000	62	12
7	Sonia Bermúdez	2005–2017	61	34
7	Silvia Meseguer	2008–0000	61	5
9	Victoria Losada	2010–0000	58	13
9	Irene Paredes	2011–0000	58	8

Top Spain goalscorers

Still active national team players in bold.

Verónica Boquete is Spain's all-time scorer with 38 goals.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Verónica Boquete	2005–2017	38	56	0.679
2	Sonia Bermúdez	2005–2017	34	61	0.557
3	Adriana Martín	2005–2015	33	37	0.892
4	Jennifer Hermoso	2011–0000	27	63	0.429
4	Mar Prieto	1989–2000	27	62	0.435
6	María Paz Vilas	2008–2018	15	25	0.600

Hat-tricks

Adriana Martin has scored 4 hat-tricks with Spain in her career

Player	Competition	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
Mar Prieto⁷	1995 EURO Q	Slovenia	Home	17–0	20 March 1994
Itziar Bakero	1995 EURO Q	Slovenia	Home	17–0	20 March 1994
Laura del Río⁵	2005 EURO Q	Belgium	Home	7–0	29 February 2004
Adriana Martín⁵	2007 WC Q	Poland	Home	7–0	30 March 2006
Adriana Martín⁴	2011 WC Q	Malta	Away	0–13	19 September 2009
Sonia Bermúdez
Ana "Willy" Romero
Adriana Martín		Turkey	Away	0–5	21 November 2009
Adriana Martín⁴		Malta	Home	9–0	24 June 2010
Verónica Boquete	2013 EURO Q	Turkey	Away	1–10	17 September 2011
María Paz Vilas⁷	2013 EURO Q	Kazakhstan	Home	14–0	5 April 2012
Natalia Pablos⁵	2015 WC Q	Macedonia	Home	12–0	13 February 2014
Sonia Bermúdez		Macedonia	Away	0–10	10 April 2014
Jennifer Hermoso		Macedonia	Away	0–10	10 April 2014
Sonia Bermúdez ⁵	2017 EURO Q	Montenegro	Home	13–0	15 September 2016
Verónica Boquete⁴	2017 EURO Q	Montenegro	Home	13–0	15 September 2016

Ainhoa Tirapu holds the Spanish record for most international career clean sheets

⁴Player scored 4 goals
⁵Player scored 5 goals
⁷Player 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	0.435
2	Sandra Paños	2011–0000	14	26	0.538
2	Dolores Gallardo	2012–0000	14	28	0.500
4	Roser Serra	1991–1998	10?	33	0.303?
5	Ana Ruiz	1984–1988	4	17	0.235
5	Elixabete Capa	1997–2005	4	??	??

Progression

FIFA Women's World Rankings

Season	March	June	Aug/Sep	December
2003	19th (1767)	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 (1905)

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^[12]
21 September 2016	6th	37,655^[13]
28 November 2017	5th	39,340^[14]
13 June 2018	6th	39,139^[15]
4 September 2018	5th	39,181^[16]

Ziaian Women's Football Rankings^[17]

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*

*2 March 2019

Youth teams

Under-20

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

Under-19

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:	TBD

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

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

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:	TBD

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^[18]

References

^ "Spain's women add to La Roja euphoria". FIFA. Retrieved 2012-12-07..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

^ 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 2012-08-05.

^ Spain players call firing Ignacio Quereda women's World Cup exit

^ "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.

^ Champions of Algarve Cup

^ The Spanish women's national team honored at the 2014 National Sports Awards

^ 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

Official website by RFEF

RFEF site

FIFA profile

[11] A draw counts as a ½ win

[1] "Spain's women add to La Roja euphoria". FIFA. Retrieved 2012-12-07..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[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. 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 2012-08-05.

[7] Spain players call firing Ignacio Quereda women's World Cup exit

[8] "Quereda's reign as Spain coach ends after 27 years". Equalizer Soccer. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[9] "Vilda appointed coach of Spain's women's team". FIFA.com. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[10] Champions of Algarve Cup

[12] The Spanish women's national team honored at the 2014 National Sports Awards

[13] UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (June 2016)

[14] UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (September 2016)

[15] UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (November 2017)

[16] UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (June 2018)

[17] UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Overview (September 2018)

[18] Ranking women's national football teams based on a formula invented and developed by Mark Ziaian

[19] The U16s debut with a brilliant victory at the UEFA Development Tournament

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