Spanish National Football Team / Olympic Games
The Spanish national soccer team first took part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 and won the silver medal there. The first game at the Olympic Games was also the Spanish team's first international match . Four years later, however, it was already over in the preliminary round against Italy and also in 1928 the quarter-finals against Italy came to an end. The 7-1 defeat in the replay is the biggest defeat of the Spanish national team to date. After that, the senior national team no longer took part. Only in 1968 could a Spanish team qualify again, but failed in the quarter-finals against hosts Mexico. In the following years Spain either failed to qualify or failed in the group stage. In 1992 Spain was automatically qualified as host and was the last European team to win the gold medal. In 2000 it was enough to win a silver medal again. After winning the 2010 World Cup, Spain is the third country after Italy and France to become world champions, European champions and Olympic champions in football.
Results at Olympic Games
1920
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Olympic Games in Antwerp :
- 28 August 1920: Round of 16: Spain 1-0 Denmark ( Brussels )
- 29 August 1920: Quarter-finals: Belgium 3-1 Spain (Olympic Stadium)
- Tournament for 2nd place:
- September 1, 1920: 1st round: Spain 5-1 Sweden (Broodstraat Stadium)
- September 2, 1920: 2nd round: Spain 2-0 Italy (Olympic Stadium)
- September 4, 1920: 3rd round: Spain - Czechoslovakia without a fight because Czechoslovakia disqualified.
- September 5, 1920: Match for 2nd and 3rd place: Spain 3-1 Netherlands (Olympic Stadium)
1924
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Olympic Games in Paris :
- May 25, 1924: Preliminary round: Italy 1-0 Spain ( Stade de Colombes )
1928
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Olympic Games in Amsterdam :
- May 30, 1928: Round of 16: Spain 7-1 Mexico ( Olympic Stadium )
- June 1, 1928: Quarter-finals: Italy 1-1 Spain aet (Olympic Stadium)
- June 3, 1928: quarter-finals / replay: Italy 7-1 Spain (Olympic Stadium)
1936
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Olympic Games in Berlin :
- not participated ( Spanish Civil War )
1948
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Olympic Games in London :
- not participated
1952
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Olympic Games in Helsinki :
- not participated
1956
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Olympic Games in Melbourne :
- not participated
1960
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Olympic qualification :
- not participated
1964
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- Switzerland - Spain 1-0
- Spain 6-0 Switzerland
- 2nd round:
- Spain 1-2 Hungary
- Hungary 3-0 Spain
- 1 round:
1968
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- Spain 1-1 Iceland
- Iceland 3: 5 Spain
- 2nd round:
- Spain - Italy without a fight as Italy has withdrawn
- 3rd round:
- Spain 1-0 Great Britain
- Great Britain - Spain 0-0
- 1 round:
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Olympic Games in Mexico :
- Preliminary round in Mexico City :
- October 14, 1968 Spain - Brazil 1-0
- October 16, 1968 Spain - Nigeria 3-0
- October 18, 1968 Spain 0-0 Japan (Spain qualified as group winners for the quarter-finals)
- Quarter-finals, October 20, 1968 Mexico 2-0 Spain (in Puebla )
- Preliminary round in Mexico City :
1972
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- Spain 1-0 Turkey
- Turkey 0-1 Spain
- 1 round:
- Bulgaria - Spain 8-3
- Spain 0-2 Poland
- Poland 2-0 Spain
- Spain 3-3 Bulgaria (Spain eliminated third in the group)
- 1 round:
1976
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- April 16, 1975: Federal Republic of Germany 0-0 Spain (in Bielefeld )
- May 15, 1975 Spain - Germany 3-2 (in Barcelona )
- 2nd round:
- Spain 2-1 Bulgaria
- Bulgaria 1-1 Spain
- Spain 2-0 Turkey
- Turkey 0-0 Spain
- 1 round:
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Olympic Games in Montreal
- Preliminary round:
- July 20, 1976 Brazil 2-1 Spain
- July 22, 1976 GDR - Spain 1: 0 (The third game against Nigeria did not take place because the African states boycotted the games. Spain was eliminated as third in the group)
- Preliminary round:
1980
- Olympic qualification:
- Spain 3-0 Belgium
- Belgium 2-0 Spain
- Spain 3-1 France
- France 1-1 Spain
- Olympic Games in Moscow
1984
- Olympic qualification:
1988
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- November 19, 1986 Spain 1-1 Sweden (in Madrid )
- February 4, 1987 Ireland 2-2 Spain (in Dublin )
- May 13, 1987 Hungary 2-1 Spain (in Budapest )
- September 23, 1987 Sweden 2-0 Spain (in Skellefteå )
- October 13, 1987 Spain 1-2 France (in Burgos )
- November 18, 1987 Spain 1-0 Hungary (in Melilla )
- 23: March 1988 France 1-1 Spain (at Le Havre )
- 18 May 1988 Spain 2-2 Ireland (in Alicante ) (Spain eliminated third in the group)
- 1 round:
1992
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Olympic Games in Barcelona :
- Preliminary round in Valencia :
- July 24, 1992 Spain 4-0 Colombia
- July 27, 1992 Spain 2-0 Egypt
- July 29, 1992 Spain 2-0 Qatar
- Knockout round:
- 2nd round:
- Preliminary round in Valencia :
1996
- Olympic qualification:
- 7 September 1994 Cyprus 0-6 Spain (in Larnaka )
- October 11, 1994 Macedonia 0-1 Spain (in Bitola )
- October 15, 1994 Spain 1-0 Denmark (in Cordoba )
- December 16, 1994 Belgium 3-3 Spain (in Brussels )
- March 28, 1995 Spain 1-1 Belgium (in Málaga )
- April 26, 1995 Armenia 0-3 Spain (in Abovjan )
- June 6, 1995 Spain 4-0 Armenia (in Grenada )
- September 6, 1995 Spain 3-1 Cyprus (in Almería )
- October 10, 1995 Denmark 5-1 Spain (in Aarhus )
- November 14, 1995 Spain - Macedonia 4-0 (in Alicante ) - Spain qualified as group winners.
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Olympic Games in Atlanta :
- Preliminary round in Orlando :
- July 20, 1996 Spain 1-0 Saudi Arabia
- July 22, 1996 France 1-1 Spain
- July 24, 1996 Spain 3-2 Australia
- Quarter-finals, July 27, 1996 Argentina 4-0 Spain (in Birmingham )
- Preliminary round in Orlando :
2000
- Olympic qualification:
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Qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship 2000
- 4 September 1998 Cyprus 1-3 Spain
- October 13, 1998 Israel 0-4 Spain
- March 26, 1999 Spain 4-0 Austria
- March 30, 1999 Netherlands 0-1 Spain
- June 4, 1999 Spain 4-1 Netherlands
- September 3, 1999 Austria 1-2 Spain
- 7 September 1999 Spain 1-1 Cyprus
- October 9, 1999 Spain 2-1 Israel
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Qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship 2000
At the U-21 European Football Championship in 2000 , Spain qualified for the Olympic Games with third place.
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Olympic Games in Sydney :
- Preliminary round:
- Knockout round:
- 23 September 2000, quarter-finals: Italy 0-1 Spain
- September 26, 2000, semi-finals: Spain v United States
- September 30, 2000, final: Cameroon - Spain 2-2 aet, 5-3 on pens
2004
- Olympic qualification:
- Qualification for the 2004 U-21 European Football Championship
- September 6, 2002 Greece 1-0 Spain
- October 11, 2002 Spain 1-0 Northern Ireland
- March 28, 2003 Ukraine 0-0 Spain
- April 1, 2003 Spain - Armenia 5-0
- June 6, 2003 Spain 2-0 Greece
- 10 June 2003 Northern Ireland 1-4 Spain
- September 9, 2003 Spain 2-0 Ukraine
- October 10, 2003 Armenia 0-2 Spain
- Playoff games:
- November 15, 2003 Sweden 2-0 Spain
- November 19, 2003 Spain 1-1 Sweden
- Qualification for the 2004 U-21 European Football Championship
2008
- Olympic qualification:
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Qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship 2007 :
- 1 round:
- September 1, 2006 Albania 0-3 Spain
- September 6, 2006 Spain 4-2 Slovakia
- 2nd round:
- October 6, 2006 Italy 0-0 Spain
- October 10, 2006 Spain 1-2 Italy
- 1 round:
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Qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship 2007 :
2012
- Olympic qualification:
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Qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship 2011 :
- September 4, 2009 Spain - Poland 2-0
- 7 September 2009 Liechtenstein 0-4 Spain (in Vaduz )
- November 13, 2009 Spain 1-0 Finland
- November 17, 2009 Netherlands 2-1 Spain
- March 2, 2010 Spain 3-1 Liechtenstein (in Ponferrada )
- August 11, 2010 Finland 1-1 Spain
- September 3, 2010 Spain - Netherlands 2-1
- 7 September 2010 Poland 0-1 Spain
- Playoffs:
- October 7, 2010 Spain - Croatia 2-1
- October 13, 2010 Croatia 0-3 Spain
- U-21 European Football Championship 2011 in Denmark :
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Qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship 2011 :
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Olympic Games in London :
- July 26, 2012 Spain 0-1 Japan (in Glasgow , Hampden Park )
- July 29, 2012 Spain - Honduras 0-1 (in Newcastle , St. James' Park ) - Spain has no chance of reaching the quarter-finals due to the defeat.
- August 1, 2012: Spain 0-0 Morocco
Squad for 2012
A U-23 team, in which up to three older players were allowed to participate, was eligible to start. This were Javi Martínez , Adrián López and Juan Mata of coach Luis Milla nominated. With Jordi Alba , Javi Martínez and Juan Mata, three players of the current European championship team were also considered, of whom Alba was used in all six European Championship games.
No. | player | Date of birth | society | A country games |
A country goals |
World Cup games | ||||||
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goal | ||||||||||||
1 | David de Gea | 07/11/1990 | Manchester United | 7 (U-17 2007) | ||||||||
18th | Diego Mariño | 05/09/1990 | Villarreal CF | |||||||||
Defense | ||||||||||||
2 | César Azpilicueta | 08/28/1989 | Olympique Marseille | 4 (U-20 2009) | ||||||||
3 | Álvaro Domínguez | 05/16/1989 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 2 | 0 | 1 (U-20 2009) | ||||||
6th | Jordi Alba | 03/21/1989 | FC Barcelona | 11 | 1 | 3 (U-20 2009) | ||||||
12 | Martin Montoya | 04/14/1991 | FC Barcelona | |||||||||
13 | Alberto Botía | 01/27/1989 | Sporting Gijón | 3 (U-20 2009) | ||||||||
midfield | ||||||||||||
4th | Javi Martínez | 09/02/1988 | Athletic Bilbao | 8th | 0 | 1 (2010) | ||||||
5 | Iñigo Martínez | 05/17/1991 | Real Sociedad San Sebastian | |||||||||
8th | Iker Muniain | 12/19/1992 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 | 0 | 6 (U-17 2009) | ||||||
11 | Koke | 01/08/1992 | Atlético Madrid | 4 (U-20 2011), 6 (U-17 2009) | ||||||||
14th | Oriol Romeu | 09/24/1991 | Chelsea FC | 6 (U-20 2009, 2011) | ||||||||
15th | Isco | 04/21/1992 | Málaga CF | 4 (U-20 2011), 6 (U-17 2009) | ||||||||
17th | Other Herrera | 08/14/1989 | Athletic Bilbao | 4 (U-20 2009) | ||||||||
attack | ||||||||||||
7th | Adrián López | 01/08/1988 | Atlético Madrid | 1 | 1 | 5 (U-20 2007) | ||||||
9 | Rodrigo | 03/06/1991 | Benfica Lisbon | 4 (U-20 2011) | ||||||||
10 | Juan Mata | 04/28/1988 | Chelsea FC | 19th | 6th | 1 (2010), 4 (U-20 2007) | ||||||
16 | Cristian Tello | 08/11/1991 | FC Barcelona | 3 (U-20 2011) |
Substitute player
No. | player | Date of birth | society | A country games |
A country goals |
World Cup games | ||||||
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goal | ||||||||||||
22nd | Joel | 06/17/1990 | Atlético Madrid | |||||||||
Defense | ||||||||||||
19th | Victor Ruiz | 01/25/1989 | Valencia CF | |||||||||
midfield | ||||||||||||
20th | Asier Illarramendi | March 8, 1990 | Real Sociedad San Sebastian | 5 (U-17 2007) | ||||||||
attack | ||||||||||||
7th | Álvaro Vázquez | 04/27/1991 | Espanyol Barcelona | 5 (U-20 2011) |
Trainer
- 1920: Francisco Bru
- 1924: Pedro Parages
- 1928: José Ángel Berraondo
- 1968, 1980: José Santamaría (also national coach from 1980 to 1982)
- 1976: László Kubala (also national coach from 1969 to 1980)
- 1992: Vicente Miera
- 1996: Javier Clemente (also national coach from 1992 to 1998)
- 2000: Iñaki Sáez (also national coach from 2002 to 2004)
- 2012: Luis Milla
Best goal scorers
- 1. Kiko 5 goals (1992)
- 2. Félix Sesúmaga (1920) and José María Yermo (1928) 4 goals each
- 4. Gabriella and José Marí each 3 goals (2000)
Known players
- Ricardo Zamora (1920, 1924)
- Luis Arconada (1976)
- Santiago Cañizares (1992)
- Abelardo Fernández (1992)
- Pep Guardiola (1992)
- Luis Enrique (1992)
- Raúl (1996)
- Joan Capdevila (2000)
- Carlos Marchena (2000)
- Carles Puyol (2000)
- Xavi (2000)
- Fernando Torres (qualifying for 2004)
- Javi Martínez (2012)
Web links
- Official website of the Spanish national team (Spanish, English)
- Football Tournament of the Olympic Games - Overview
- FIFA.com: Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012 Profile Spain