England’s women’s football legends the Lionesses are heading for Mallorca as they continue qualifying for the World Cup. It has been confirmed that the Spanish women’s football team will be looking to top their qualifying group for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil. The venue chosen to achieve the highest and most comfortable position in the table is Son Moix, as confirmed by Jordi Horrach, president of the FFIB, after the presentation of the 1st Congress on “Violence in Sport”, and the match will be played on 5 June at 6 p.m.
The Mallorcan players Cata Coll, Patri Guijarro and Mariona Caldentey will once again play on home turf, but this time wearing the Spanish jersey and defending their colours against another powerhouse of European and world women’s football. The champions of the last European Championship and Spain’s nemesis in that final will visit Son Moix with Chloe Kelly and Lucy Bronze at the helm and headlining alongside players such as Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí, bringing together the elite of women’s football worldwide.
The match will come at a crucial moment for both teams, who are vying for first place in the World Cup qualifiers, which grants a direct ticket to the competition. The match reinforces the role of Mallorca and the Balearics as important hosts of high-calibre sporting events.
England have qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup six times, reaching the quarter-finals in 1995, 2007 and 2011, finishing fourth in 2019, third in 2015 and as runners-up in 2023. Since 2019, England, as the highest-ranked Home Nation, have been able to qualify an Olympic team on behalf of Great Britain; other British players may be selected in the event of qualification.
England reached the final of the UEFA Women’s Championship in 1984 and 2009. They became champions in 2022, marking the first time since 1966 that any senior England football team had won a major championship. They retained their title in 2025, marking the first time that any senior England team had won a major tournament away from home. England have also competed in the UEFA Women’s Nations League since the inaugural 2023–24 season. England is set to co-host the 2035 FIFA Women’s World Cup along with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, earning them an automatic qualification as co-host.
And Spain know England all too well. As defending champions, England repeated their victory at Euro 2025 by defeating Spain in the final, the first time England had won a major tournament away from home. They recovered from being a goal down to draw 1–1 in normal time, with several saves made by goalkeeper Hannah Hampton. Kelly, scorer of the winning goal in the 2022 final, provided the cross for the equalising header by Russo, and then scored the decisive penalty as England won 3–1 on penalties.