Spain UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Preview: Players to watch and schedule
Here's what you need to know about Spain leading into the Euros:
Check out every penalty kick in this matchup between the United States and Costa Rica in the Concacaf Gold Cup Quarter Finals. Spain UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Preview
Previous Euro Appearances: 4 (1997, 2013, 2017, 2022)
Best Finish: Semifinals (1997)
Group: Spain is in Group B along with Portugal, Belgium and Italy
What Stands Out: The defending World Cup and UEFA Nations League champs, Spain — FIFA's No. 2-ranked team after the 2024 Olympic gold medalist United States — enters this summer's Euro as the favorite to win what would be La Roja's first major continental honor.
Top Players To Watch: With Alexia Putellas, at the time the world's best player, severely limited at the 2023 World Cup following knee surgery, Aitana Bonmatí and Irene Paredes keyed Spain's iconic win. The two veterans plus Putellas will lead the way this summer, especially with fellow vet Jenni Hermoso — La Roja's top scorer during qualifying — controversially left off the final roster by head coach Montserrat Tomé.
Keep An Eye On: Eighteen-year-old Barcelona playmaker Vicky López, the youngest member of Tomé's 23-woman squad.
This Euro Will Be A Success If: Spain wins the title for the first time. Anything less would be a major disappointment for the consensus pick to win it all. Bonmatí is also working back from a brief hospitalization due to viral meningitis, but hopefully it won't affect her too much. Spain UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Schedule Spain vs. Portugal – 3 p.m. ET (FOX)
Spain vs. Belgium – 12 p.m. ET (FS1)
Spain vs. Italy – 3 p.m. ET (TBD)
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