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Spanish Women's football continues striving for excellence with their new sporting project

The RFEF is driving a series of changes across its different national teams to remain the benchmark for success in world football.
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Mon, 30/09/2024 - 16:20

The Women's Football Department of the Royal Spanish Football Federation has launched a new sporting project in order to continue growing, as it has done in recent years. This is a determined commitment in search of excellence, accompanied by strong results and the development of players.  

In this regard, the senior National Team, which resumes activity in October with two high-profile friendlies against Canada (Almendralejo, Friday 25th) and Italy (Vicenza, Tuesday 29th), is strengthening its structure with the incorporation of Nacho Fernández into the coaching staff. The Gijón native will bring his experience as an assistant within a setup that also includes Emi González (psychologist), Irene del Río (assistant coach), Carlos Sánchez (goalkeeper coach), Rubén Jiménez (analyst), Kiko Meléndez (analyst), and Víctor Cervera (fitness coach).  

The under-23 national team will be led by Sonia Bermúdez, while Javier Lerga, who has been Montse Tomé's assistant in the senior team, takes over as head coach of the under-20 and under-19 national teams. The under-17 team, which is heading to the Dominican Republic this week to compete in the World Cup for their age group, will have Kenio González as head coach, and Laura del Río will be responsible for coaching the under-14, under-15, and under-16 teams.  

In addition, a series of cross-disciplinary areas have been established, which will work intensively on a daily basis to improve and professionalise in all aspects, right up from the grassroots level. For this reason, the RFEF is banking on Blanca Romero’s experience to lead the performance area. Javier Egido will head up the analysis area, Ander Ruiz will be responsible for the goalkeepers, and Javier Velázquez will take charge of scouting.  

Spain aims to continue being a reference point in youth women's football and to maintain its elite status after five years of excellent results, including World Cup victories at all levels and various European Championship titles. For this reason the RFEF has made this strong commitment to continue evolving, with a unique and highly successful football philosophy, supported by top-level professionals in all areas and across all the youth teams.