Spanish National Football Team / Olympic Games

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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

The Spanish team before the game against Belgium
  • 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

1928

  • 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

1948

1952

1956

1960

1964

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 1 round:
      • Switzerland - Spain 1-0
      • Spain 6-0 Switzerland
    • 2nd round:
      • Spain 1-2 Hungary
      • Hungary 3-0 Spain

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      • Spain - Italy without a fight as Italy has withdrawn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:
  • 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 )

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)

1976

  • Olympic qualification:
  • 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)

1980

  • Olympic qualification:
    • Spain 3-0 Belgium
    • Belgium 2-0 Spain
    • Spain 3-1 France
    • France 1-1 Spain
  • Olympic Games in Moscow
    • Preliminary round:
      • July 20, 1980 GDR 1-1 Spain (in Kiev )
      • July 22, 1980 Spain 0-0 Syria (in Minsk )
      • July 24, 1980 Algeria - Spain 1: 1 (in Minsk ) - Spain were eliminated as third group due to the worse goal difference

1984

  • Olympic qualification:
    • March 9, 1983 Belgium 0-0 Spain (in Lier )
    • March 23, 1983 Spain 0-1 France (in Murcia )
    • September 21, 1983 Spain 0-0 Belgium (in Oviedo )
    • February 29, 1984 France 3-1 Spain (in Épinal ) (Spain eliminated third in the group)

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)

1992

  • 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:
      • August 1, 1992 quarter-finals Spain 1-0 Italy (in Valencia )
      • August 5, 1992 semi-finals Spain 2-0 Ghana (in Valencia )
      • August 8, 1992 Final Spain 3-2 Poland

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.
  • 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 )

2000

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 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

At the U-21 European Football Championship in 2000 , Spain qualified for the Olympic Games with third place.

  • Olympic Games in Sydney :
    • Preliminary round:
      • September 14, 2000 South Korea 0-3 Spain (in Adelaide )
      • September 17, 2000 Spain 1-3 Chile (in Melbourne )
      • September 20, 2000 Spain 2-0 Morocco (in Melbourne)
    • 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

2008

2012

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 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 :
      • Preliminary round:
        • June 12, 2011 Spain 1-1 England (in Herning )
        • June 15, 2011 Czech Republic 0-2 Spain (in Viborg )
        • June 19, 2011 Ukraine 0-3 Spain (in Herning )
      • Knockout round:
        • June 22, 2011, semi-finals: Spain 3-1 Belarus (in Viborg )
        • June 25, 2011, final: Switzerland 0-2 Spain
  • 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
goal
1 David de Gea 07/11/1990 EnglandEngland Manchester United 7 (U-17 2007)
18th Diego Mariño 05/09/1990 Villarreal CF
Defense
2 César Azpilicueta 08/28/1989 FranceFrance Olympique Marseille 4 (U-20 2009)
3 Álvaro Domínguez 05/16/1989 GermanyGermany 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 EnglandEngland 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 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon 4 (U-20 2011)
10 Juan Mata 04/28/1988 EnglandEngland 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
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

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIFA.com: Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012 Squad Spain