Overview

• The RFEF’s junta directiva voted 30–0 on August 11 not to renew Montse Tomé’s contract ahead of its August 31 expiry.
• Sonia Bermúdez, current under-23 coach and two-time U19 European champion, takes over the senior women’s team.
• Iraia Iturregi, another former Spain international, will serve as second coach in the new technical staff.
• Internal analyses pointed to Spain’s penalty shootout loss in the Euro 2025 final, tactical doubts and reported squad friction as key factors in the change.
• Some players and observers have voiced skepticism over Bermúdez’s limited senior coaching background and her past public role at a Rubiales-era federation assembly.