Football World Cup 1978 / Spain

This article covers the Spanish national football team at the 1978 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	4: 1	6th
2	Romania	7: 8	4th
3	Yugoslavia	6: 8	2

Spain	-	Yugoslavia	1-0
Romania	-	Spain	1-0
Spain	-	Romania	2-0
Yugoslavia	-	Spain	0: 1

Spanish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Luis Arconada	Real Sociedad	06/26/1954	0	0	0	0
13	Miguel Ángel	real Madrid	12/24/1947	3	0	0	0
22nd	Urruti	Espanyol Barcelona	02/17/1952	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Antonio de la Cruz	FC Barcelona	05/07/1947	1	0	0	0
3	Francisco Álvarez Uría	Sporting Gijón	02/01/1950	2	0	0	0
5	Migueli	FC Barcelona	December 19, 1951	2	0	0	0
6th	Antonio Biosca	Betis Seville	December 8, 1949	2	0	0	0
16	Antonio Olmo	FC Barcelona	January 18, 1954	2	0	0	0
17th	Marcelino Pérez	Atlético Madrid	08/13/1955	3	0	0	0
18th	Pirri	real Madrid	03/11/1945	2	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	Juan Manuel Asensi	FC Barcelona	09/23/1949	3	1	0	0
11	Julio Cardeñosa	Betis Seville	October 27, 1949	3	0	0	0
12	Antonio Guzman	Rayo Vallecano	12/02/1953	1	0	0	0
14th	Eugenio Leal	Atlético Madrid	05/13/1954	3	0	1	0
19th	Carles Rexach	FC Barcelona	01/13/1947	1	0	0	0
21st	Isidoro San José	real Madrid	October 27, 1955	3	0	0	0
striker
7th	Dani	Athletic Bilbao	06/28/1951	1	1	0	0
8th	Juanito	Real Sociedad	11/10/1954	2	0	0	0
9	Quini	Sporting Gijón	09/23/1949	1	0	0	0
10	Santillana	Real Sociedad	08/23/1952	2	0	0	0
15th	Marañón	Espanyol Barcelona	07/23/1948	0	0	0	0
20th	Ruben Cano	Atlético Madrid	02/05/1952	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	László Kubala		06/10/1927

Spanish team games

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Austria	3: 2	4th
2	Brazil	2: 1	4th
3	Spain	2: 2	3
4th	Sweden	1: 3	1

• Austria - Spain 2: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani ( Buenos Aires )

Spectators: 40,841

Referee: Palotai ( Hungary )

Goals: 1: 0 Schachner (9th), 1: 1 Dani (21st), 2: 1 Krankl (76th)

• Brazil - Spain 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio José María Minella ( Mar del Plata )

Spectators: 34,771

Referee: Gonella ( Italy )

Goals: none

• Spain - Sweden 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani ( Buenos Aires )

Spectators: 46,765

Referee: Biwersi ( Germany )

Goals: 1-0 Asensi (75th)

The performance of Austria in group 3 had to be described as a sensation. The much higher rated Spaniards (2: 1) and Sweden (1: 0) were defeated, so that even the 0: 1 defeat against Brazil could not prevent group victory. Brazil had a surprisingly difficult time against Sweden (1: 1) and Spain (0: 0), because z. B. Superstar Zico couldn't convince. Spain, on the other hand, did not benefit from the 1-0 victory in the last game against the Swedes and had to travel home together with the Scandinavians.