Football World Cup 1950 / Spain

This article covers the Spanish national football team at the 1950 World Cup .

qualification

Spain	-	Portugal	5: 1
Portugal	-	Spain	2: 2

Spanish contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
	Juan Acuña	Deportivo La Coruña
	Ignacio Eizaguirre	Valencia CF	07/11/1920
	Antoni Ramallets	FC Barcelona	06/04/1924
Defense
	Gabriel Alonso	Celta Vigo	11/09/1923
	Francisco Antúnez	Sevilla FC	11/01/1933
	Vicente Asensi	Valencia CF	01/28/1919
	Josep Gonzalvo	FC Barcelona	01/16/1920
	Rafael Lesmes	Real Valladolid	11/09/1926
	José Parra Martínez	Espanyol Barcelona	08/28/1925
	Alfonso Silva	Atlético Madrid	March 19, 1926
midfield
	Marià Gonzalvo	FC Barcelona	03/22/1922
	Nando	Athletic Bilbao	02/01/1921
	Antonio Puchades	Valencia CF	06/04/1925
attack
	Estanislao Basora	FC Barcelona	11/18/1926
	César	FC Barcelona	06/29/1920
	Agustín Gaínza	Athletic Bilbao	05/28/1922
	Rosendo Hernández	Espanyol Barcelona	03/01/1921
	Silvestre Igoa	Valencia CF	05.09.1920
	José Juncosa	Atlético Madrid	02/02/1922
	Luis Molowny	real Madrid	05/12/1925
	José Luis Panizo	Athletic Bilbao	01/12/1922
	Zarra	Athletic Bilbao	01/30/1921
Trainer
	Guillermo Eizaguirre		05/27/1909

Spanish team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	6: 1	6-0
2	England	2: 2	2: 4
3	Chile	5: 6	2: 4
4th	United States	4: 8	2: 4

• Spain - United States 3: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estádio Durival Britto e Silva ( Curitiba )

Spectators: 9,000

Referee: Viana ( Brazil )

Goals: 0: 1 J. Souza (17th), 1: 1 Igoa (75th), 2: 1 Basora (78th), 3: 1 Zarra (85th)

• Spain - Chile 2: 0 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: 20,000

Referee: Malcher ( Brazil )

Goals: 1-0 Basora (17th), 2-0 Zarra (30th)

• Spain - England 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: 74,000

Referee: Galeati ( Italy )

Goals: 1-0 Zarra (48th)

The favorites in Group II were clearly the English. The start against Chile (2-0) also went perfectly. The USA (previously 1: 3 against Spain) in the second game were blatant outsiders. Superstar Stan Matthews sat in the stands for the English and should be spared for the Spain game. In one of the biggest World Cup sensations, England lost 1-0 to the USA team (37th, Gaetjens). Since the confused English did not score a goal against Spain in full line-up, but had to accept one through Zarra (49th), Spain was surprisingly group winners.

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Uruguay	7: 5	5: 1
2	Brazil	14: 4	4: 2
3	Sweden	6:11	2: 4
4th	Spain	4:11	1: 5

• Uruguay - Spain 2: 2 (1: 2)

Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )

Spectators: 44,000

Referee: Griffiths ( Wales )

Goals: 1: 0 Ghiggia (29th), 1: 1 Basora (32nd), 1: 2 Basora (39th), 2: 2 Varela (73rd)

• Brazil - Spain 6: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: + 152,000

Referee: Leafe ( England )

Goals: 1-0 Ademir (15th), 2-0 Jair (21st), 3-0 Chico (31st), 4-0 Chico (55th), 5-0 Ademir (57th), 6-0 Zizinho (67.), 6: 1 Igoa (71.)

• Sweden - Spain 3: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )

Spectators: 11,000

Referee: van der Meer ( Netherlands )

Goals: 1-0 Sundqvist (15th), 2-0 Mellberg (33rd), 3-0 Palmér (80th), 3-1 Zarra (82nd)

At the latest after Brazil's 7-1 victory over Sweden, the hosts were the favorites of the final group. With an excellent game, Ademir and his team fascinated the almost 140,000 spectators in the Maracanã Stadium. The Brazilians showed football par excellence like hardly any other team before. Inside strikers Zizinho, Ademir and Jair turned the Swedes upside down. When the Spaniards were also defeated by the hosts 1: 6, the commentators hardly had enough superlatives for the unleashed soccer acrobats from Sugar Loaf Mountain. Meanwhile, the Uruguay team happily cramped through the first two games. Against Spain there was a difficult 2-2, which was only secured late by Valdana's violent shot. The Swedes could only be defeated with the late goal to 3-2 by Miguez (85th). The Scandinavians won the match between Spain and Sweden 3-1, which meant third place in the tournament's final score.