Spain Women called 'Spanish Football Team' as FA reveals gender-neutral rebrand

The Spanish football federation (RFEF) has announced a rebrand of the names of its women's team in the wake of seven hours of crisis talks with the members of the squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Incoming national team manager Monste Tome named a full-strength squad for Spain's round of international fixtures in September despite a number of the players called up publicly boycotting playing for their country.

The players arrived at camp unwillingly out of fear of future disqualifications, making it clear that they were not happy to represent their country until structural changes were made.

But their arrival gave way to discussions with representatives from the RFEF on Tuesday evening, with the meeting also attended by the National Sports Council as the federation worked to de-escalate tensions between the two parties.

A compromise is thought to have been reached, and on Wednesday afternoon, the RFEF announced the first of an anticipated number of changes in light of the players' calls for a structural overhaul.

As per a statement issued by the federation, the RFEF will rename the Spanish women's team - formerly Seleccion Espanola de Futbol Femenina, or Spain women's national football team - to Seleccion Espanola de Futbol, or Spanish national football team, which is how the men's national team is referred to.

Unifying the two teams, interim RFEF president Pedro Rocha has said, will not only act as a symbolic gesture of equality but open the door to a changed attitude and action around the women's set-up.

He said: 'Beyond a symbolic step, we want it to imply a change in concept, and the recognition that football is football, practiced whoever practices it.'

The branding and logos will be the same for both teams,