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Nickname(s) | La Roja (The Red One)[1] | ||
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Association | Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Montserrat Tomé | ||
Captain | Irene Paredes | ||
Most caps | Alexia Putellas (123) | ||
Top scorer | Jenni Hermoso (57) | ||
FIFA code | ESP | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 3 ![]() | ||
Highest | 1 (December 2023 – June 2024) | ||
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 | |||
![]() ![]() (Gandia, Spain; 2 June 1996) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2015) | ||
Best result | Champions (2023) | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2024) | ||
Best result | Fourth place (2024) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 1997) | ||
Best result | Semi-finals (1997) | ||
Nations League Finals | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2024) | ||
Best result | Champions (2024) |
The Spain women's national football team, officially known as the Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol),[3] 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.[4]
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.[5][6] They also have qualified five times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the semi-finals in 1997.