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Spain national football team
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{{National football team |
Name = Spain |
Badge = Escudo de España.png|
Nickname = La Selección|
Association =
Real Federación Española de Fútbol |
Coach =
Luis Aragonés (
2004-) |
Most caps =
Andoni Zubizarreta (126) |
Top scorer =
Raúl González Raúl (42) |
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First game = Spain 1 - 0
Denmark national football team Denmark(
Antwerp,
Belgium;
28 August,
1920) |
Largest win = Spain 13 - 0
Bulgaria national football team Bulgaria(
Madrid,
Spain;
21 May,
1933) |
Largest loss =
Italy national football team Italy 7 - 1 Spain
(
Amsterdam,
Netherlands;
4 June,
1928)
England national football team England 7 - 1 Spain
(
London,
England;
9 December,
1931) |
World cup apps = 12 |
World cup first = 1934 |
World cup best = Fourth place,
Football World Cup 1950 1950 |
Regional name =
European Football Championship European Championship |
Regional cup apps = 7 |
Regional cup first =
1964 European Football Championship 1964 |
Regional cup best = Winners,
1964 European Football Championship 1964
}}
The '''Spain national football team''', commonly referred to as
''la selección'' is the national
football (soccer) football team of
Spain and is controlled by the
Real Federación Española de Fútbol.
'''Spain''' has greatly underachived in the
Football World Cup World Cup, with their best finish being fourth place in
Football World Cup 1950 1950), although often being touted as pre-tournament favorites. They did win the gold medal when they hosted
1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona and the
1999 Football World Youth Championship World Youth Championship in
Nigeria.
History
'''Spain''' made their international debut in
1920 at the
Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic Games in
Belgium and came away with the silver medal. They played their first home international in
1921, beating
Belgium national football team Belgium 2-0 in
Bilbao. They also became the first non-
United Kingdom British side to beat
England national football team England when they won a friendly in
Madrid 4-3 in
1929. Yet since then they have considerably under-achieved, despite
La Liga being one of the strongest domestic leagues in
Europe. They have won just one major trophy, the second
European Football Championship European Championship in
1964 European Football Championship 1964, in which they had the benefit of home advantage. They beat the
USSR national football team USSR 2-1 in the final in front of a crowd of 125,000 at the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Bernabéu. The build-up to the match had been highly politically-charged, as '''Spain''' had refused to play in the in the USSR during the previous tournament in
1960 European Football Championship 1960.
Jesus MarÃa Pereda put the Spanish ahead after just six minutes but they needed a late
Marcelino MartÃnez header to win it after
Galimzian Khusainov equalised with a free-kick.
At
2004 European Football Championship Euro 2004, '''Spain''' was drawn into group A with
Portugal national football team Portugal,
Russia national football team Russia and
Greece national football team Greece. The Spanish team were touted as heavy favorites for the
2004 crown by the European media. They were also expected heavy favorites to qualify from their group. On
June 12th, Spain expectedly defeated
Russia national football team Russia, 1-0. Four days later Spain faced
Greece national football team Greece. Determined to win, Spain led the match until
Greece national football team Greece scored an equalizer and the match ended 1-1. In their last game against
Portugal national football team Portugal, Spain needed to win to qualify for the qaurterfinals. However a goal from
Nuno Gomes faded Spain's hopes of advancing. The same day
Greece national football team Greece were defeated 2-1 by
Russia national football team Russia but moved ahead to claim second place on goal difference. As a result Spain were eliminated from
2004 European Football Championship Euro 2004.
World Cup record
*
Football World Cup 1930 1930 - ''Did not enter''
*
Football World Cup 1934 1934 - Quarterfinals
*
Football World Cup 1938 1938 - ''Withdrew due to
Spanish Civil War civil war''
*
Football World Cup 1950 1950 - Fourth place
*
Football World Cup 1954 1954 - ''Did not qualify''
*
Football World Cup 1958 1958 - ''Did not qualify''
*
Football World Cup 1962 1962 - Round 1
*
Football World Cup 1966 1966 - Round 1
*
Football World Cup 1970 1970 - ''Did not qualify''
*
Football World Cup 1974 1974 - ''Did not qualify''
*
Football World Cup 1978 1978 - Round 1
*
Football World Cup 1982 1982 - Round 2
*
Football World Cup 1986 1986 - Quarterfinals
*
Football World Cup 1990 1990 - Round 2
*
Football World Cup 1994 1994 - Quarterfinals
*
Football World Cup 1998 1998 - Round 1
*
Football World Cup 2002 2002 - Quarterfinals
*
Football World Cup 2006 2006 - Qualified
European Championship record
*
1960 European Football Championship 1960 - ''Withdrew during qualifying''
*
1964 European Football Championship 1964 - '''Champions'''
*
1968 European Football Championship 1968 to
1976 European Football Championship 1976 - ''Did not qualify''
*
1980 European Football Championship 1980 - Round 1
*
1984 European Football Championship 1984 - Runners-up
*
1988 European Football Championship 1988 - Round 1
*
1992 European Football Championship 1992 - ''Did not qualify''
*
1996 European Football Championship 1996 - Quarterfinals
*
2000 European Football Championship 2000 - Quarterfinals
*
2004 European Football Championship 2004 - Round 1
Famous past players
*
Amancio Amaro
*
Emilio Butragueño
*
José Antonio Camacho
*
Alfredo Di Stefano (also played for
Argentina national football team Argentina)
*
Francisco Gento
*
Fernando Hierro
*
Ladislao Kubala (also played for
Hungary national football team Hungary and
Czechoslovakia national football team Czechoslovakia)
*
Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin Michel
*
AgustÃn GaÃnza
*
Ferenc Puskás (also played for
Hungary national football team Hungary)
*
José Santamaria (also played for
Uruguay national football team Uruguay)
*
Luis Suarez
*
Ricardo Zamora
*
Telmo Zarraonandia Montoya Zarra
*
Zubizarreta
*
Arconada
*
Satrustegui
Current squad
Goalkeepers:
*
Image:Flag of the Community of Madrid.gif 30px|Madrid Pepe Reina
*
Image:Flag of the Community of Madrid.gif 30px|Madrid Ã?ker Casillas
*
Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg 30px|Catalonia VÃctor Valdés
Defenders:
*
Image:Flag es-andalucÃa 300px.png 30px|Andalusia Carlos Marchena
*
Image:Flag es-andalucÃa 300px.png 30px|Andalusia Juan Gutiérrez Moreno Juanito
*
Image:Flag of Galicia.png 30px|Galicia MÃchel Salgado
*
Image:Flag of the Basque Country.svg 30px|Basque Country Asier del Horno Asier Del Horno
*
Image:Flag of the Land of Valencia (official).svg 30px|Land of Valencia Antonio López Guerrero Antonio López
*
Image:C-La-M Flag.png 30px|Castile-La Mancha Pablo Ibañez
*
Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg 30px|Catalonia Carles Puyol
*
Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg 30px|Catalonia Joan Capdevila
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Image:Flag es-andalucÃa 300px.png 30px|Andalusia Sergio Ramos GarcÃa Sergio Ramos
Midfielders:
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Image:Flag es-castilla y león 300.png 30px|Castile-Leon Rubén Baraja
*
Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg 30px|Catalonia Xavier Hernández Creus Xavi
*
Image:Flag es-andalucÃa 300px.png 30px|Andalusia JoaquÃn
*
Image:Flag of the Basque Country.svg 30px|Basque Country Xabi Alonso
*
Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg 30px|Catalonia Cesc Fabregas
*
Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg 30px|Catalonia Luis Javier GarcÃa Sanz Luis GarcÃa
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Image:Flag of the Land of Valencia (official).svg 30px|Land of Valencia David Albelda
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Image:Flag of the Land of Valencia (official).svg 30px|Land of Valencia Vicente RodrÃguez Vicente
Forwards:
*
Image:Flag of the Community of Madrid.gif 30px|Madrid Fernando Torres
*
Image:Flag es-andalucÃa 300px.png 30px|Andalusia José Antonio Reyes
*
Image:Asturias-flag.png 30px|Asturias David Villa
*
Image:Flag of the Community of Madrid.gif 30px|Madrid Raúl (captain)
*
Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg 30px|Catalonia Albert Luque
*
Image:Flag es-extremadura 300px.png 30px|Extremadura Fernando Morientes
Coaches
*
Francisco Bru (1920)
*
Ricard Cabot (1925)
*
José MarÃa Mateos (1925 and 1929-1933)
*
Amadeo GarcÃa Salazar (1934-1938)
*
Guillermo Eizaguirre (1948-1950)
*
Paulino Alcántara (1951)
*
Guillermo Eizaguirre (1955-1956)
*
Helenio Herrera (1959-1962)
*
José Villalonga (1962-1966)
*
Domènec Balmanya (1966-1968)
*
Miguel Muñoz (1969)
*
Ladislao Kubala (1969-1980)
*
José Emilio SantamarÃa (1980-1982)
*
Miguel Muñoz (1982-1988)
*
Luis Suárez (1988-1991)
*
Vicente Miera (1991-1992)
*
Javier Clemente (1992-1998)
*
José Antonio Camacho (1998-2002)
*
Iñaki Sáez (2002-2004)
*
Luis Aragonés (2004-)
External links
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RFEF site
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RSSSF archive of results 1920-
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