Spanish national soccer team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see the Spanish women's national football team , for the men's up to 21 years of age, see Spanish national football team (U-21 men) , for the men's up to 20 years of age, see Spanish national football team (U-20 men) .

Spain
España

Nickname (s)	La Roja La Furia La Furia Roja
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Adidas
Head coach	Luis Enrique
captain	Sergio Ramos
Record scorer	David Villa (59)
Record player	Sergio Ramos (168)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	ESP
FIFA rank	8. (1636 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
702 games 413 wins 158 draws 131 defeats
statistics
First international match Spain 1-0 Denmark ( Brussels , Belgium ; August 28, 1920 )
Biggest win Spain 13-0 Bulgaria ( Madrid , Spain ; May 21, 1933 )
Biggest defeats Italy 7-1 Spain ( Amsterdam , Netherlands ; June 4, 1928 ) England 7-1 Spain ( London , England ; December 9, 1931 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	15 ( first : 1934 )
Best results	World Champion: 2010
European Championship
Participation in the finals	10 ( first : 1964 )
Best results	European champions: 1964 , 2008 , 2012
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 2009 )
Best results	Second 2013
Olympic games silver 1920
(As of November 18, 2019)

The Spanish national football team ( Spanish Selección de fútbol de España ) is the selection team of the Spanish football association Real Federación Española de Fútbol . The men's selection is currently (as of July 2019) ninth in the FIFA world rankings . Spain won the World Cup in 2010 and the European Championship in 1964, 2008 and 2012 .

The nickname La Furia Roja means The Red Fury and was created during the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 , when the Spaniards surprisingly won the silver medal.

history

Early years

Spain's first game against Portugal on December 18, 1921 in Madrid.

Football reached Spain in the late 19th century, mostly from the British Isles . On March 21, 1904, Spain was one of the seven European founding states of FIFA , but since there was no national association at the time, the country was represented when it was founded by the club Madrid FC , now Real Madrid . The Spanish umbrella organization Real Federación Española de Fútbol (English: Royal Spanish Football Association ) was only founded in 1909 (as Federación Española de Clubs de Football), but renamed in 1913 and accepted into FIFA as a member association in 1914.

A national team, led by players like Ricardo Zamora , Josep Samitier and Pichichi , was first put together to take part in the football tournament of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp , where the first official international match finally took place on August 28, 1920 in Brussels against Denmark . The match ended 1-0 for the Iberians and the first goalscorer in history was Patricio from Real Unión . Although they failed in the quarter-finals at the later gold medalist Belgium , the tournament went well. The Spanish won the tournament for the silver medal with victories against Sweden , Italy and the Netherlands and thus took second place when they first appeared in an international tournament. The team was given the nickname La Furia Roja (English: The Red Fury ), which is still common today, due to their courageous style of play .

The first appearance of the Spanish national team on home soil took place on October 7, 1921 in Bilbao against Belgium, the Selección won 2-0 in return for the defeat at the Olympic Games. At the Summer Games in 1924 and 1928 , Spain started again, but failed in the preliminary round and in the quarter-finals to Italy. A historic encounter took place in Madrid on May 15, 1929 : Spain faced England's national team , which at that time had never lost a game against a team from outside the British Isles. The match ended 4-3 for the Iberians and established a rivalry that continues to this day.

First participation in the world championship

After the Spaniards decided not to take part in the 1930 World Cup , they competed for the first time in Italy in 1934 . The tournament was overshadowed by allegations of bribery and manipulation on the part of the fascist regime under Benito Mussolini and the Spaniards were not spared from these controversies. The team faced the hosts in the quarter-finals , and after the first encounter ended in a draw, there was a replay. This was marked by numerous controversial decisions in favor of the Italians and ended with a 0-1 defeat of the Selección . It is significant that the referee of this match, the Swiss René Mercet , was suspended for life by his national association due to his performance in this game. The Spanish Civil War , which broke out in July 1936, resulted in the Spanish national team not playing any more matches until the early 1940s.

post war period

The 1950 World Cup in Brazil was the first international tournament in which the Spaniards participated after the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War and World War II . The team, led by well-known names such as Antoni Ramallets , Luis Molowny , Estanislao Basora or Zarra , prevailed in the preliminary round against the teams from Chile , the USA and England and thus reached the final round. There the selection made a draw against eventual world champions Uruguay , but defeats against Sweden and hosts Brazil followed . In the end, this was enough for fourth place, the best placement of the Spaniards at World Cup tournaments until they won the title in 2010 . In 1954 and 1958 , the Selección did not qualify for the finals.

Debut at European Championships and title win in 1964

In June 1954, the Spanish association joined UEFA , the European continental association, as one of the founding members . However, the participation of the Iberians in the first European Football Championship fell victim to the Cold War. In the round of the last eight, the team, led by stars like Alfredo Di Stéfano , Paco Gento , Luis Suárez or László Kubala, was one of the favorites, withdrew at the behest of the fascist government under General Franco , although the players were already out on the way to Moscow , where the first leg against the Soviet national team was to be played, had gathered at the airport in Madrid. The Soviet Union , which had supported the republican troops in the Spanish civil war and was thus a declared enemy of the Francoist leadership, rejected the neutral ground demanded by the Spanish government. The two games were rated 3-0 by UEFA for the USSR team .

The revenge, and at the same time one of the greatest successes of the Selección , should not be long in coming. In 1964, Spain hosted the European Championship finals . After the success coach José Villalonga trained team peppered with names such as José Ángel Iribar , Feliciano Rivilla , Ferran Olivella , Isacio Calleja , Ignacio Zoco , Josep Maria Fusté , Chus Pereda , Luis Suárez , Amancio , Marcelino or Carlos Lapetra , in the semifinals Hungary defeat could, you met the national team of the Soviet Union in Madrid on June 21st . The game ended 2-1 for the hosts and gave the Selección their first big title win.

In the following years there were no successes, the Spaniards rarely qualified for World Cup or European Championship finals, and if they did, they were eliminated in the preliminary round, such as at the 1962 , 1966 and 1978 World Championships or the 1980 European Championship .

Iribar Rivilla Olivella (C) Calleja Zoco Fusté Suarez Pereda Amancio Marcelino Lapetra Coach: Villalonga

Line-up of the Spanish team in the European Championship finals '64. Goals : Pereda (6th), Marcelino (84th)

Home World Cup 1982

One of the biggest disappointments in the history of the Spanish national team was the 1982 World Cup in their own country. The tournament was expected with great euphoria, as the country had only just got over political isolationism and dictatorship and made the transition to democracy. One wanted to show the world from its best side, but it was not successful on a sporting level. The Spaniards, trained by José Santamaría , already had big problems in the first group stage , as they only scored 1-1 in the opening game against outsiders Honduras . Although a 2-1 win against the supposedly toughest group opponent Yugoslavia , they lost 0-1 against Northern Ireland and only reached the second group stage with difficulty. There they lost the opening game against Germany and only achieved a draw against England, which meant that the Spaniards were eliminated from the tournament as bottom group.

Vice European Championship 1984

The disappointing World Cup in 1982 caused a change. The veteran Miguel Muñoz , who had already looked after the national team in 1969, was signed as the new coach . The qualification for the European Football Championship 1984 turned out to be very difficult. Spain and the Netherlands were tied on the last day of the match, but the Dutch had a far better goal difference. When the Selección finally met on December 21, 1983 in Seville , Malta , the team not only needed a win, but had to win by eleven goals to qualify for the finals, which seemed almost impossible. The game did not start well for the Iberians, they missed a penalty in the second minute, quickly equalized after the 1-0 lead and only achieved a 3-1 lead by the half-time break. In the second half of the game, however, Spain played a furious offensive football and scored the decisive 12: 1 through Juan Señor in the 83rd minute , thus securing the qualification. The game went down in Spanish football history despite weak opponents, Malta. After the disappointment about the early elimination from the World Cup in his own country, enthusiasm for the local national team was rekindled.

The final round should also be positive for the Iberians. In the preliminary group, the selection prevailed after two draws against Romania and Portugal in the decisive match against Germany 1-0 and thus advanced to the semi-finals as group winners. There you met the surprise team of Denmark, led by the up-and-coming Michael Laudrup . In a very close encounter, the Spaniards prevailed 5-4 on penalties and thus moved into the final, in which they met host France . The final was open for a long time. Only a fatal mistake by Spain's goalkeeper Luis Arconada , who had played a very strong tournament until then, led to France taking the lead. A direct free kick from Michel Platini let Arconada slip through his hands and the ball rolled over the line in slow motion. The 1-0 lead for France allowed the Spaniards to counterattack with even stronger offensive efforts. In the 90th minute, such a counter-attack by left winger Bruno Bellone decided the final in Paris in favor of the hosts.

The quarter-final curse (1986-2006)

At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico , the Spaniards presented themselves again strongly despite a 1-0 defeat against Brazil, reached the round of 16 after victories against Northern Ireland and Algeria and met the highly valued Danes, who had previously played football against Scotland , Uruguay and Germany remained victorious. However, the Spaniards clearly prevailed against the Scandinavian secret favorites with 5: 1. Man of the game was Real Madrid's young star Emilio Butragueño , who contributed four goals. When they met Belgium in the quarter-finals, the Iberians were considered favorites due to their furious performance a round earlier, but the game ended 1-1. In the penalty shoot-out, the Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff , who had already made the Spanish attackers desperate during regular time, held the fifth penalty for the Iberians and threw the Spaniards out of the tournament. This shouldn't be the last big disappointment in a quarter-finals. At the 1994 World Cup , the Spaniards failed in the round of the last eight to Italy. The Selección played a strong game and created numerous chances, but a last-minute goal from Roberto Baggio sealed a 2-1 defeat. Only two years later, at the European Championship in 1996 , it was again in the quarter-finals. This time they failed on penalties against hosts England after a game in which they dominated their opponents for long periods. After a disappointing 1998 World Cup , where they were eliminated in the preliminary round, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2000 and 2002 World Cups . While the future captain Raúl missed a penalty shortly before the end of the continental tournament, which would have meant an equalizer against France, the selection at the World Cup only failed two years later on penalties against host South Korea . It was particularly bitter for the Spaniards that they were denied two regular goals against the Asians. This led to strong criticism in the Spanish media, which, like the Italians, saw their national team as the victim of referee manipulation in favor of the host South Korea. The fact that the Selección was eliminated so often, and often unhappily, in the round of the last eight, led to the fact that there was talk of a veritable quarter-final curse (Spanish: la maldición de cuartos de final ).

The Spaniards were able to qualify for the other tournaments of this period except for the European Championship in 1992 , but were eliminated at an even earlier point in time: At the European Championships in the preliminary round ( 1988 , 2004 ), at the World Championships in the round of 16 ( 1990 against Yugoslavia after extra time , 2006 against the eventual finalist France). According to the former German international Uli Stielike , who was under contract with Real Madrid during his playing career , the notorious failure of the Spanish national team is due to the fact that in the Spanish clubs that are successful in European competitions, foreign players often play They were top performers and the Spanish internationals therefore “lack the experience at major tournaments to put highlights under pressure”. Club football was also more interesting for Spanish football fans and so the Spanish national team played their home games in smaller stadiums, with separatism also playing a role in Catalonia and the Basque Country ; Journalists from different parts of Spain criticized the national players from other regions, while their own were spared criticism.

End of notorious failure and three titles in four years (2006–2012)

Casillas (C) Capdevila Marchena Puyol Ramos Silva Senna Fàbregas Iniesta Xavi Torres Coach: Aragonés

Lineup of the Spanish team in the 2008 European Championship final. Goal : Torres (33rd) Man of the Match : Fernando Torres Substitutions : (63rd) Alonso for Fàbregas (66th) Cazorla for Silva (78th) Güiza for Torres

Spanish players with the trophy at the 2008 European Championship celebration.

Qualifying for the European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland in 2008 was unexpectedly difficult for Spain. The team coached by Luis Aragonés , which was already criticized because of the knockout in the round of 16 against France in the 2006 World Cup finals , initially lost the away games against Sweden and Northern Ireland, which is why they were only in third place for a long time, which was not enough for the final round would have. In the last nine matches, however, the team achieved eight wins with only one draw thanks to their Tiki-Taka game tactics and thus ended their group in first place, two points ahead of Sweden.

At the finals themselves, the Spaniards qualified in their preliminary group with wins against Russia , Sweden and Greece in first place for the quarter-finals, where they met the reigning world champion Italy. The game, which was characterized by great caution on the part of both teams, ended 0-0. In the decisive penalty shoot-out, Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas saved two penalties while his opponent Gianluigi Buffon only saved one shot, breaking the quarter-final curse. A clear 3-0 win against Russia followed in the semifinals. In the final, the Spaniards defeated Germany 1-0 with a goal from Fernando Torres and thus captured their second continental trophy. David Villa was the top scorer at the end of the tournament with a total of four goals.

Following the European Championship title, the Selección moved up to first place in the FIFA world rankings for the first time in history .

Parade to celebrate the 2010 World Championship in Madrid.

Casillas (C) Capdevila Piqué Puyol Ramos Pedro Busquets Alonso Iniesta Xavi villa Coach: Del Bosque

Line-up of the Spanish team in the 2010 World Cup final. Goal : Iniesta (116.) Man of the Match : Andrés Iniesta Substitutions : (60th) Navas for Pedro (87th) Fàbregas for Alonso (106th) Torres for Villa

The European title should not be the last success of this generation of players. A 2-0 semi-final defeat by the USA in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 ended a record series of 15 straight wins and 35 games without defeat, but with ten wins in ten games, the team easily qualified for the World Cup finals and was considered one of the favorites for the 2010 World Cup .

In the first game against Switzerland , however, the team could not live up to their role as favorites and, despite oppressive superiority, lost an international match against Switzerland for the first time with a 0: 1. For Switzerland it was the only goal and the only victory at the World Cup. In the following games, Spain was able to improve continuously, as European championship top scorer David Villa was able to build on his European form and scored a total of five goals. As group winners, Spain met neighbors Portugal in the round of 16 , who were defeated 1-0. With this result, Spain also won the following two games against Paraguay and Germany and met in the final against the Netherlands, who had previously won six games .

In a game that was played very hard with seven yellow cards and one yellow-red card for the Dutch and five yellow cards for the Spaniards, the Iberians were the dominant team for long stretches, but they could only do so in the 116th minute to make it 1-0 -Implement the final score by Andrés Iniesta . Spain won the World Cup for the first time and was the eighth country overall. In addition, Iker Casillas was awarded the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper and David Villa as the third best player with the Bronze Ball . Villa finished second in the list of top goalscorers with Thomas Müller and received the “Silver Shoe”.

After winning the World Cup, the team moved up to first place in the FIFA world rankings with the highest ever value of 1883 points. In November 2010, Spain was then listed with 1920 points.

The Spanish national team after winning Euro 2012.

Casillas (C) Arbeloa Piqué Ramos Alba Busquets Xavi Alonso Fàbregas Silva Iniesta Coach: Del Bosque

Line-up of the Spanish team in the 2012 European Championship final. Goals : 1-0 Silva (14th) 2-0 Alba (41st) 3-0 Torres (84th) 4-0 Mata (88th) Man of the Match : Andrés Iniesta substitutions : (59th) Pedro for Silva (75th) Torres for Fàbregas (87th) Mata for Iniesta

Spain dominated its qualifying group with eight wins in eight games and 26: 6 goals and was one of the top favorites for the 2012 European Championship. At the European Championships in Poland and the Ukraine, Spain was the first team to defend the title, making it the first European team to win three titles in a row. This had previously only been achieved by Uruguay at the 1922 Copa America , the 1924 Olympic Games and the 1924 Copa America . With the 4: 0 in the final against Italy, a new goal record for European Championship finals was set. Spain have not conceded a goal in the knockout games of the last three tournaments. Twelve players were able to become European champions for the second time: Raúl Albiol , Xabi Alonso , Álvaro Arbeloa , Iker Casillas (both times as captain), Santi Cazorla , Cesc Fàbregas , Andrés Iniesta , Sergio Ramos , Pepe Reina , David Silva , Fernando Torres and Xavi . In addition, Andrés Iniesta was named the best player in the European Championship and ten Spanish players were appointed to the Allstar team .

Post-Era: Early Exits in Brazil, France, and Russia (2012-2018)

In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup to Spain had in the European Group I with France , Finland , Georgia and Belarus deal. The Selección won the group unbeaten before France. Only in the home games against France and Finland (both 1: 1) did Spain play a draw. The other six games were won. Nevertheless, it was not until the last matchday on October 15, 2013, before the group win was achieved. The Spaniards beat Georgia 2-0 in Albacete and qualified for the World Cup.

In the preliminary round there was a new edition of the 2010 World Cup final against the Netherlands in the first group game. In this game, the Spanish team lost 5-1. This was the biggest defeat of a reigning world champion in a World Cup preliminary round. In addition, the Selección met Chile, as they did in the 2010 group stage, and Australia for the first time in the last group game. The game against Chile was lost 2-0, so the world champions Spain were eliminated in the group stage. The press spoke of the end of an era and the twilight of the gods. The final game against Australia, which had become insignificant, was won 3-0.

After the disaster at the 2014 World Cup, the engine of the Spanish national team also stuttered in the following games. The start of the reparation mission was slow, in a friendly against France they lost 1-0. After that, the Vicente del Bosque team jumped into the upcoming European Championship qualification full of hope . A sovereign 5: 1 at the start against Belarus was followed by another bankruptcy - in Slovakia they had to admit defeat 1: 2. After that, however, the Selección stabilized and won the qualification group C without losing any further points .

At the 2016 European Championship in France , the defending champion did indeed seem to be able to soar to new heights. Victories against the Czech Republic and Turkey ensured early progress, so that the defeat against Croatia at the end of the preliminary round was seen as a slip. But in the round of 16, Spain was given a lesson in tactical flexibility. The Italians brought Spanish possession football to a standstill for long stretches. The Selección found no means at all against the perfectly adjusted opponent and were eliminated by the 2-0 defeat.

After a dominant qualifying phase with nine wins, one draw and 36: 3 goals, Spain bought the ticket to the World Cup in Russia . However, head coach Julen Lopetegui was sacked two days before the team's opening game against Portugal after announcing his signing from Real Madrid for the new season . The unsettled Furia Roja was taken over at short notice by the relatively inexperienced ex-national player Fernando Hierro . This was followed by a draw against Portugal and Morocco and a lackluster 1-0 against Iran , which despite everything meant winning the group and making it into the final round.

In the round of 16, after 120 minutes against a passionately fighting host Russia , the score was still 1-1 (with the Spanish goal scored by an opponent), so a decision had to be made by penalty shoot-out. While the Russians converted four penalties, keeper Akinfejew stopped Koke and Aspas ' attempts , which meant the end for Spain.

Rebuilding under Luis Enrique (since 2018)

After the group opponents Norway, Sweden, Malta, Romania and the Faroe Islands had all been defeated in the qualification , the Faroe Islands twice, a draw each against Norway and Sweden was enough to be a fixed participant in the final round two game days before the end of October 15, 2019 . The draws were achieved and after a successful qualification there were two clear wins against Malta (7: 0) and Romania (5: 0). Luis Enrique will return to the EM as head coach.

Balance sheets

title

• Soccer world champion :
  • 2010 : 1-0 n.V. against the Netherlands
• European football champions :
  • 1964 : 2-1 against the USSR
  • 2008 : 1-0 against Germany
  • 2012 : 4-0 against Italy

Honors

• FIFA Fair Play Award : 2006, 2010
• Prince of Asturias Prize : 2010
• Laureus World Sports Awards : World Team of the Year 2011

Participation in world championships

→ Main article : Spanish national soccer team / World Cups

Spain have qualified fourteen times for a World Cup finals , including one as hosts. The Spanish team has always participated since 1978, but could only reach the quarter-finals until 2010. The Spanish team became world champions for the first time at the 2010 soccer world championship in South Africa.

In 1938, Spain was forced by FIFA to withdraw its registration due to the bloody civil war in the country.

Legend :

• S = victories
• U = tie
• N = defeats

year	host	Result	S.	U	N	Gates
1930	Uruguay	not participated	-	-	-	-
1934	Italy	Quarter finals	1	1	1	04: 03
1938	France	not allowed	-	-	-	-
1950	Brazil	4th Place	3	1	2	10:12
1954	Switzerland	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1958	Sweden	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1962	Chile	Preliminary round	1	0	2	02: 03
1966	England	Preliminary round	1	0	2	04: 05
1970	Mexico	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1974	BR Germany	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1978	Argentina	1. Final round	1	1	1	02: 02
1982	Spain	2nd final round	1	2	2	04: 05
1986	Mexico	Quarter finals	3	1	1	11: 04
1990	Italy	Round of 16	2	1	1	06: 04
1994	United States	Quarter finals	2	2	1	10: 06
1998	France	Preliminary round	1	1	1	08: 04
2002	South Korea and Japan	Quarter finals	3	2	0	10: 05
2006	Germany	Round of 16	3	0	1	09: 04
2010	South Africa	World Champion	6th	0	1	08: 02
2014	Brazil	Preliminary round	1	0	2	04: 07
2018	Russia	Round of 16	1	3	0	07: 06

Participation in European championships

The Spanish national team has participated in the European Championship finals eleven times . In 1964 the selection celebrated its first title win in its own country, a success that was repeated in Austria and Switzerland in 2008 and in Poland and the Ukraine in 2012. In 1984 the Spaniards reached the final, but failed there due to hosts France .

year	host	Result	S.	U	N	Gates
1960	France	Quarter finals (disq.) *	2	0	0 *	07: 2
1964	Spain	European champion	2	0	0	04: 2
1968	Italy	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1972	Belgium	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1976	Yugoslavia	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1980	Italy	Preliminary round	0	1	2	02: 4
1984	France	2nd place	1	3	1	04: 5
1988	Germany	Preliminary round	1	0	2	03: 5
1992	Sweden	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1996	England	Quarter finals	1	3	0	04: 3
2000	Netherlands and Belgium	Quarter finals	2	0	2	07: 7
2004	Portugal	Preliminary round	1	1	1	02: 2
2008	Switzerland and Austria	European champion	5	1	0	12: 3
2012	Poland and Ukraine	European champion	4th	2	0	12: 1
2016	France	Round of 16	2	0	2	5: 4
2021	Europe	qualified				:

* = Spain was disqualified in 1960 after the Spanish regime banned the team from competing in the USSR.

Participation in Olympic football tournaments for senior national teams

The 1920 Olympic Games were the first official appearance of the Spanish national team. The team won the silver medal on their debut. Spain won two more medals in the following tournaments, namely gold in 1992 and silver in 2000 , but for the first time from 1952 onwards , the senior national teams of western countries no longer took part, but instead amateur teams or, since 1992, U-23 selections.

year	host	Result	S.	U	N	Gates
1908	London	not participated	-	-	-	-
1912	Stockholm	not participated	-	-	-	-
1920	Antwerp	Silver medal	4th	0	1	9: 5
1924	Paris	Preliminary round	0	0	1	0: 1
1928	Amsterdam	Quarter finals	1	1	1	9: 9
1936	Berlin	not participated	-	-	-	-
1948	London	not participated	-	-	-	-

See also: Spanish National Football Team / Olympic Games

Participation in the Confederations Cup

The Confederations Cup is the only title that Spain has not yet won. For the Confederations Cup , which has been organized by FIFA since 1997 , Spain qualified for the first time with the European Championship title in 2008 and finally achieved third place at the 2009 tournament. Spain was also qualified as world champion for 2013 and reached the final for the first time, but had to accept a defeat for the first time since the opening game at the 2010 World Cup after the record series of 29 competitive games without defeat.

year	host	Result	S.	U	N	Gates
1997	Saudi Arabia	not qualified	-	-	-	-
1999	Mexico	not qualified	-	-	-	-
2001	South Korea / Japan	not qualified	-	-	-	-
2003	France	not qualified	-	-	-	-
2005	Germany	not qualified	-	-	-	-
2009	South Africa	3rd place	4th	0	1	11: 4
2013	Brazil	2nd place	3	1	1	15: 4
2017	Russia	not qualified	-	-	-	-

Current

Current squad

The table lists the players who are in the squad for the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League matches against Germany on September 3 and against Ukraine on September 6, 2020.

• Performance data as of November 18, 2019 (after the game against Romania)

Surname	birthday	Games	Gates	society	debut
goal
David de Gea	07/11/1990	041	00	Manchester United	2014
Kepa	10/03/1994	010	00	Chelsea FC	2017
Unai Simón	06/11/1997	000	00	Athletic Bilbao
Defense
Dani Carvajal	01/11/1992	024	00	real Madrid	2014
Eric García	01/09/2001	000	00	Manchester City
José Gayà	05/25/1995	007th	01	Valencia CF	2018
Diego Llorente	08/16/1993	005	00	Real Sociedad	2016
Sergio Ramos	03/30/1986	170	21st	real Madrid	2005
Sergio Reguilón	12/16/1996	000	00	Sevilla FC
Pau Torres	01/16/1997	001	01	Villarreal CF	2019
midfield
Marco Asensio	01/21/1996	024	01	real Madrid	2016
Sergio Busquets	07/16/1988	116	02	FC Barcelona	2009
Fabian	04/03/1996	006th	01	SSC Naples	2019
Mikel Merino	06/22/1996	000	00	Real Sociedad
Jesús Navas	11/21/1985	042	05	Sevilla FC	2009
Dani Olmo	05/07/1998	001	01	RB Leipzig	2019
Óscar	06/28/1998	000	00	real Madrid
Rodrigo	06/22/1996	011	00	Manchester City	2018
Thiago	04/11/1991	037	02	FC Bayern Munich	2011
Storm
Ansu Fati	10/31/2002	000	00	FC Barcelona
Mikel Oyarzabal	04/21/1997	007th	02	Real Sociedad	2016
Rodrigo	03/06/1991	022nd	08th	Valencia CF	2014
Ferrán Torres	02/29/2000	000	00	Manchester City
Adama Traoré	01/25/1996	000	00	Wolverhampton Wanderers

The way to the EM 2021

See also : "Group F" in the article: European Football Championship 2021 / Qualification

See also : European Football Championship 2021

The following list includes all international matches en route to the 2021 European Championship , which will take place in Europe and Asia from June 11 to July 11, 2020 and for which Spain is qualified. In qualification group F , the Furia Roja met under coach Robert Moreno , who replaced the resigned Luis Enrique in June 2019, on Sweden , Romania , Norway , Malta and the Faroe Islands . She achieved eight wins and two draws. As of August 2020, the team will again participate in the EM under Luis Enrique. The results can always be seen from a Spanish perspective.

date	place	opponent	Result
23 Mar 2019	Spain	Norway	2: 1
26th Mar 2019	Malta	Malta	2-0
0June 7, 2019	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	4: 1
June 10, 2019	Spain	Sweden	3-0
05th Sep 2019	Romania	Romania	2: 1
08 Sep 2019	Spain	Faroe Islands	4-0
Oct 12, 2019	Norway	Norway	1: 1
Oct 15, 2019	Sweden	Sweden	1: 1
Nov 15, 2019	Spain	Malta	7-0
Nov 18, 2019	Spain	Romania	5-0

Record player

Defender Sergio Ramos , Spanish captain and player with the most international appearances.

→ Main article : List of Spanish national soccer players

Spain currently has the most players with 100 or more internationals, along with Estonia of all European teams . Iker Casillas , Xavi and Sergio Ramos are the only players in the world to date to have won at least 100 caps, Casillas is the only goalkeeper to have 100 caps without conceding a goal.

Calls rank Surname Calls Period Record player 01. Sergio Ramos 170 2005–0000 since October 12, 2019 02. Iker Casillas 167 2000-2016 November 15, 2011 - October 12, 2019 03. Xavi 133 2000-2014 04th Andrés Iniesta 131 2006-2018 05. Andoni Zubizarreta 126 1985-1998 until November 15, 2011 06th David Silva 125 2006-2018 07th Sergio Busquets 116 2009–0000 08th. Xabi Alonso 114 2003-2014 09. Cesc Fàbregas 110 2006-2016 Fernando Torres 110 2003-2014 11. Raúl 102 1996-2006 Gerard Piqué 102 2009-2018 13. Carles Puyol 100 2000-2013 As of November 18, 2019

Gates rank Surname Gates Calls Period 01. David Villa 59 098 2005-2017 02. Raúl 44 102 1996-2006 03. Fernando Torres 38 110 2003-2014 04th David Silva 35 125 2006-2018 05. Fernando Hierro 29 089 1989-2002 06th Fernando Morientes 27 047 1998-2007 07th Emilio Butragueño 26th 069 1984-1992 08th. Alfredo Di Stéfano 23 031 1957-1961 09. Julio Salinas 22nd 056 1986-1996 10. Míchel 21st 066 1985-1992 Sergio Ramos 21st 170 2005–0000 12. Zarra † 20th 020th 1945–1951 13. Isidro Lángara † 17th 012 1932-1936 Álvaro Morata 17th 033 2014–0000 Pedro 17th 065 2010-2017 As of November 18, 2019

Remarks:

• Active players are shown in bold .
• The match against Equatorial Guinea on November 16, 2013, in which Alonso, Iniesta, Ramos and Villa were used, is not considered by FIFA as there are allegedly too many substitutions. In the statistics of the Spanish federation , however, only 5 or 6 per team are listed.

Awards

The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport voted the Spanish national team “ World Team of the Year ” in 2010 and 2012 .

Trainer

Vicente del Bosque led the Spanish national team to their first world title.

→ Main article : List of coaches for the Spanish national football team

The national coach (Spanish: Seleccionador Nacional ) is appointed by the Spanish association RFEF . In the early years of the national team, it was mostly not a coach who made the selection, but a committee of up to eight team bosses. The national coach with the longest tenure so far is László Kubala , who made 68 matches between 1969 and 1980. Most of the games and victories reached Vicente del Bosque , under whose leadership the Seleccíon won 87 games in 114 games, including 14 competitive games (6 World Cup games + 8 European Championship qualifiers) and 29 non-lost competitive games (24 wins, 5 draws) in a row . Under del Bosque more games were won than games under Kubala, the coach with the second most games, were played.

National coach with at least 20 international matches:

As of June 9, 2018

Surname	Games	S.	U	N	First game	Last game	successes
Vicente del Bosque	114	87	10	17th	August 20, 2008	June 27, 2016	World Champion 2010, European Champion 2012
László Kubala	68	31	21st	16	15th October 1969	June 18, 1980
Miguel Muñoz	63	32	16	15th	March 26, 1969	17th June 1988	Vice European Champion 1984
Javier Clemente	62	36	20th	6th	0September 9, 1992	05th September 1998
Luis Aragonés	54	38	12	4th	August 18, 2004	June 29, 2008	European Champion 2008
José Antonio Camacho	44	28	9	7th	September 23, 1998	June 23, 2002
Luis Suarez	27	15th	4th	8th	September 14, 1988	April 17, 1991
José Santamaría	24	10	8th	6th	September 24, 1980	05th July 1982
José María Mateos	23	16	3	4th	April 30, 1922	May 21, 1933
Iñaki Sáez	23	15th	6th	2	August 21, 2002	June 20, 2004
José Villalonga	22nd	9	5	8th	0November 1, 1962	July 20, 1966	European champion 1964
Julen Lopetegui	20th	14th	6th	0	02nd July 2016	0June 9, 2018

See also

• Soccer in Spain
• List of international matches for the Spanish national football team

Web links

Commons : Spanish National Football Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Spanish national team (Spanish, English)
• Spanish Association website (Spanish)
• Spain on FIFA.com
• All international matches of Spain (rsssf.com)
• Overview of national players and goal scorers of the national team (rsssf.com)
• Match reports of all international matches of the Spanish national soccer team

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ MA Mateo: El porqué de 'la Roja'. In: El Mundo . Unidad Editorial SA, August 31, 2010, accessed May 15, 2018 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ Jon Rivas: El inspirador de la "furia española" fue un vasco. In: El Mundo . Unidad Editorial SA, June 15, 2008, accessed May 15, 2018 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ El partido de "la furia roja". In: furiaroja.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018 (Spanish). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} David Villa Sánchez (Profile of the Spanish Association)
6. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
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10. ↑ When Spain and Russia almost blew up the EM. In: Der Spiegel . June 21, 2006, accessed May 30, 2010 . 
11. ↑ Gereon Detmer: The endless second. In: 11 friends. 11 Freunde GmbH & Co. KG, June 28, 2008, accessed on July 6, 2020 . 
12. ↑ uefa.com: Eight Spanish stars create EURO double
13. ↑ Europe: Four more World Cup tickets issued. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL World Cup total, October 16, 2013, accessed on October 16, 2013 . 
14. ↑ Article in N-TV
15. ↑ Article on www.welt.de
16. ↑ Spain and Switzerland qualified for EM. In: fussball-em-total.de. FUSSBALL-EM-total, October 10, 2015, accessed on June 30, 2016 . 
17. ↑ European champion dethroned with tactical masterpiece. In: fussball-em-total.de. FUSSBALL-EM-total, June 28, 2016, accessed on June 30, 2016 . 
18. ^ A problematic prelude to the 1938 World Cup. In: fifa.com. FIFA , April 16, 1996, accessed May 3, 2012 . 
19. ↑ fifa.com: History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) (PDF; 318 kB), p. 5
20. ↑ Convocatoria para los encuentros clasificatorios frente a Malta y Rumanía , sefutbol.com, accessed on August 26, 2020 (Spanish)
21. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/spanien/erweiterterkader/verein/3375
22. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/174/2018/Spain.html
23. ↑ futbol.sportec.es ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.