Spain have parted ways with Montse Tome and named Sonia Bermudez as the new head coach of their women’s team after losing to England in the Euro 2025 final.<\/p>\n
La Roja looked likely to add the European crown to their 2023 World Cup triumph when Mariona Caldentey put them 1-0 up against the Lionesses in Basel, but her Arsenal team-mate Alessia Russo equalised to send the game to a penalty shoot-out.<\/p>\n
Though Beth Mead and Leah Williamson were unsuccessful from the spot, Caldentey, Aitana Bonmati and Salma Paralluelo all failed for Spain, allowing Chloe Kelly to convert the winner.<\/p>\n
Spain have responded to their runners-up\u00a0finish, their best at any edition of the Euros, by making a change in the dugout.<\/p>\n
Tome has been relieved of her duties less than two years after she became La Roja’s first female head coach, replacing World Cup-winning boss Jorge Vilda.<\/p>\n
Her contract was due to expire on August 31, and under-23 coach Bermudez will now step up to lead the senior team from that date.<\/p>\n
Former forward Bermudez won 63\u00a0caps for Spain between 2008 and 2017, scoring 35\u00a0goals.<\/p>\n
She represented Rayo Vallecano, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid during her playing career, before taking a coaching job in Spain’s youth set-up.<\/p>\n
She led their under-19s to a European title in 2024, beating the Netherlands 2-1 after extra time in the final following a 3-1 semi-final victory over England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain have parted ways with Montse Tome and named Sonia Bermudez as the new head coach of their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-336035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115010816174667606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}