Spain national football team

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Spain

Nickname(s)	La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vicente del Bosque
Captain	Iker Casillas
Most caps	Andoni Zubizarreta (126)
Top scorer	Raúl (44)
Home stadium	Santiago Bernabeu Vicente Calderón Mestalla
FIFA code	ESP
FIFA ranking	2
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (July 2008–June 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	25 (March 1998)
Elo ranking	2
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1920, 1921, 1925, 2002, June 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	20 (June 1969, June 1981)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Spain 1–0 Denmark  (Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920)[1]
Biggest win
Spain 13–0 Bulgaria  (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933)[2]
Biggest defeat
Italy 7–1 Spain  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928)[3]  England 7–1 Spain  (London, England; 9 December 1931)[4]
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1934)
Best result	Fourth place, 1950
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1964)
Best result	Winner, 1964, 2008
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2009)
Best result	3rd place, 2009

Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Silver	1920 Antwerp	Team
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Team[5]
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team[5]

The Spanish national football team, commonly referred to as La Furia Roja,^[6] is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol. They are the current European Champions, having won the 2008 UEFA European Championship, a title they had previously won in 1964. In July 2008, Spain rose to the top of the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in their history, becoming the sixth nation, and the first who has never won the World Cup, to top these rankings. They hold the records of 15 consecutive wins and 35 consecutive matches undefeated, attained between November 2006 and June 2009, the latter record is shared with Brazil.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 1950 World Cup 1.3 José Villalonga era and the 1964 European champions 1.4 Late 1970s and early 1980s 1.5 1982 World Cup in Spain 1.6 1984 to 1988 1.7 1990 to 1992 1.8 Clemente's reign, 1992–98 1.9 Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002 1.10 Euro 2004 1.11 Luis Aragonés era, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 1.12 Confederations Cup debut and 2010 World Cup 2 Uniform kit 3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 Competitive record 4.1 World Cup record 4.2 European Championship record 4.3 Confederations Cup record 4.4 Manager record 4.5 Head to head 4.6 Recent matches 4.7 Forthcoming fixtures 4.8 2007-2009 undefeated run 5 Honours 6 Records 6.1 Worldwide 6.2 Nationwide 7 Players 7.1 Current squad 7.2 Recent call ups 7.3 Previous squads 7.4 Top goalscorers 7.5 Most capped Spain players 8 Managers 9 See also 10 References 11 External links 12 Titles

[edit] History

[edit] Early years

Following the model set by the English Football Association, Spain created their football organization, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF in Spanish), in 1909 and their domestic first division league La Liga (The League) in 1928. Spain made their international football debut at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, and won the silver medal. Prior to this, Spain's national team had been comprised of semi-professionals and amateurs playing unofficial international matches and was organized by the RFEF. They played their first home international in 1921, beating Belgium 2–0 in Bilbao. They also became the first non-British side to beat England when they won 4–3 in a friendly in Madrid in 1929. Although Spain did not enter the 1930 World Cup, they qualified for the second World Cup held in Italy in 1934, and progressed to the quarterfinals and drew 1–1 with Italy before losing a replay 1–0.

[edit] 1950 World Cup

The Spanish Civil War and World War II prevented Spain from playing another competitive match until the 1950 World Cup. There they topped their group against England, Chile and the United States to progress to the final round. The cup was decided in a league format against the other group winners — Brazil, Uruguay, and Sweden. Spain gained only one point by drawing with eventual winners Uruguay, losing to both Brazil and Sweden, thus finishing fourth, which remains, as of 2008, their best performance in a World Cup. The team failed to qualify for another major tournament until the 1962 World Cup.

Under French-Argentine coach Helenio Herrera, Spain came out of dormancy to qualify for the first European Championship in 1960. Spain beat Poland 7–2 on aggregate to progress to the quarterfinals. However, Spain forfeited its quarterfinal tie with the Soviet Union because of political circumstances between Spain's dictator Franco and the Soviets.

[edit] José Villalonga era and the 1964 European champions

In 1962, José Villalonga was appointed coach of Spain. Under Villalonga, Spain qualified for the 1962 World Cup but were eliminated in the first round group against Brazil, Czechoslovakia, and Mexico. Two years later they hosted the European Championship, in which they beat Romania, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to move on to the semifinals. There they beat highly-favoured Hungary 2–1 after extra time. They went on to face the USSR 2–1 before a crowd of more than 79,000 at the Bernabéu in Madrid. Jesus María Pereda put Spain ahead after just six minutes, but Galimzian Khusainov equalised a few minutes later with a free kick. Marcelino Martínez put in a late header to win Spain's first major international title.

As European champions, Spain automatically qualified for the 1966 World Cup, retaining much of the same squad from 1964 and keeping José Villalonga at the helm. However, they failed to progress beyond the first round, defeating only Switzerland and losing to West Germany and Argentina.

The departure of Villalonga put Spain into another period of wilderness with mixed results. After winning their group in the qualifying rounds of the Euro 68, they were knocked out by England in the quarterfinals and did not make it to the final tournament held in Italy. Spain did not qualify for another tournament until Euro 76.

[edit] Late 1970s and early 1980s

Spain returned to form with an undefeated progess through a qualifying group for Euro 76 against Romania, Scotland, and Denmark, but failed to reach the final stages after a 3-1 defeat by West Germany in the quarterfinals.

The 1978 World Cup witnessed Spain's first World Cup finals appearance since 1966. Spain qualified by finishing top of a group including Yugoslavia and Romania with three wins in four matches. In the finals, Spain were drawn into group 3 with Brazil, Austria, and Sweden. Spain started the finals by losing 2–1 to Austria, but despite drawing with Brazil 0–0 and defeating Sweden 1–0, they were knocked out at that stage.

Euro 1980 saw Spain qualify for the first eight-team European championship by surpassing Romania, Yugoslavia, and Cyprus. At the tournament in Italy, Spain was drawn into group B with the hosts, England, and Belgium. Spain gained only one point after a draw with Italy and again exited without reaching the quarterfinals.

[edit] 1982 World Cup in Spain

In 1976, Spain was selected as host of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. This edition of the World Cup featured 24 teams for the first time. Expectations were high for Spain as the host nation under coach José Santamaría. In the group stages, Spain was drawn into Group 5, in which they could only manage a 1–1 draw with Honduras in the finals' opening match, after which they had a 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia, but were defeated 1–0 by Northern Ireland. These results were enough to secure progress to the second round where they were drawn into Group B, but defeat to West Germany and a goalless draw with England meant that Spain were knocked out, and Santamaría was sacked.

[edit] 1984 to 1988

Former Real Madrid coach Miguel Muñoz, who had temporarily coached Spain in 1969, returned to the national side. Spain were in Euro 84 qualifying Group 7, against The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, and Malta. Entering the last match, Spain needed to defeat Malta by at least 11 goals to surpass the Netherlands for the top spot in the group, and after leading 3-1 at half time, Spain scored 9 goals in the second half to win by 12-1 and win the group. In the finals tournament, Spain were drawn into group B with Romania, Portugal, and West Germany: after 1-1 draws against their first two opponents, Spain topped the group by virtue of a 1–0 victory against West Germany. The semifinals saw Spain and Denmark drawn at 1-1 after extra time, before Spain proceeded by virtue of winning the penalty shootout 5–4 on penalties. Hosts and tournament favourites France defeated Spain 2-0 in the final after a goalless first half.

Spain qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico having topped Group 7 with Scotland, Wales, and Iceland. Spain began the group stage by losing to Brazil 1–0, but progressed after beating Northern Ireland by 2–1 and Algeria by 3–0. Round 2 paired Spain with Denmark, who they overcame 5–1 with Emilio Butragueño scoring four goals, but in the quarterfinals a 1–1 draw with Belgium ended with Belgium winning 5–4 on penalties.

Muñoz was retained as coach for Euro 88. As in the several previous tournaments Spain qualified impressively in a group with Austria, Romania, and Albania. Spain were drawn into group A and began their tournament with a 3–2 victory over Denmark, but were nevertheless knocked out in the group stage after losing 1–0 and 2–0 to Italy and West Germany respectively.

[edit] 1990 to 1992

For the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Spain had a new coach, Luis Suárez. Having qualified from a group consisting of Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Northern Ireland, and Malta, Spain entered the competition on a good run of form, and after reaching the knock out stages through a 0–0 draw with Uruguay and wins over South Korea (3–1) and Belgium (2–1), fell to a 2–1 defeat to Yugoslavia in the second round.

Newly appointed coach Vicente Miera failed to gain qualification for Spain for Euro 92, after finishing third in a group behind France and Czechoslovakia. Vicente Miera did however lead Spain to the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics^[5] in Barcelona.

[edit] Clemente's reign, 1992–98

Javier Clemente was appointed as Spain's coach in 1992, and the qualification for the 1994 World Cup was achieved with eight wins and one loss in twelve matches. In the final tournament Spain were in Group C in which they drew with Korea Republic 2–2 and 1–1 with Germany, before qualifying for the second round with a 3–1 victory over Bolivia. Spain continued through the second round with a 3-0 victory over Switzerland, but their tournament ended with a 2–1 defeat to Italy in the quarter-finals.

Spain qualified for Euro 96 from a group consisting of Denmark, Belgium, Cyprus, Macedonia, and Armenia. In the final tournament Spain faced group matches against Bulgaria, France and Romania. With 1–1 draws against the first two opponents, and a 2–1 win over Romania, Spain confirmed their place in the quarter-finals, with a match with hosts England, which finished goalless and Spain eventually fell 4–2 in the shootout.^[7]

In his second World Cup as Spain's coach, Clemente led his team undefeated through their qualifying group in which Yugoslavia and Czech Republic were the other contenders. Spain qualified with fourteen other European sides in the first ever thirty-two team World Cup, but were eliminated in the first round with four points after losing to Nigeria, drawing with Paraguay, and winning just one game, against Bulgaria.

[edit] Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002

After a 3–2 opening defeat to Cyprus in Euro 2000 qualifying, Clemente was fired and José Antonio Camacho was appointed as coach. Spain won the rest of their games to qualify for the final tournament, where they were drawn into Group C. A 1-0 defeat to Norway was followed by victories over Slovenia (2-1) and Yugoslavia (4–3), with Spain thus setting up a quarterfinal against 1998 World Cup champions, France, which was won 2-1 by France.

The qualifying tournament for the 2002 World Cup went as expected for Spain as they topped a group consisting of Austria, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Liechtenstein. In the finals tournament Spain won its three matches in group B, against Slovenia, Paraguay (both by 3-1), and South Africa (3-2). Spain beat Republic of Ireland on penalties in the second round, and faced co-hosts Korea Republic in the quarterfinals. Spain twice thought they had scored, but the efforts were disallowed, and Korea were successful in the penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw.

[edit] Euro 2004

At Euro 2004 in Portugal, Spain were drawn into group A with hosts Portugal, Russia and Greece, behind whom they had finished second in qualifying. Spain defeated Russia 1–0 and drew 1–1 with Greece, but failed to get the draw they needed against Portugal to proceed to the knock out stages. Iñaki Sáez was sacked weeks later and replaced by Luis Aragonés.

[edit] Luis Aragonés era, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008

Spain qualified for the 2006 World Cup only after a play-off against Slovakia, as they had finished behind Serbia and Montenegro in Group 7, which also included Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Lithuania, and San Marino. In Group H of the German hosted finals, Spain won all their matches, beating Ukraine 4–0, Tunisia 3–1 and Saudi Arabia 1-0. However Spain fell 3–1 in the second round to France team, with only the consolation of a share, with Brazil, of the 2006 FIFA Fair Play Award. Spain qualified for Euro 2008 at the top of Qualifying Group F with 28 points out of a possible 36, and were seeded 12th for the finals. They won all their games in Group D: 4–1 against Russia, and 2-1 against both Sweden and defending champions Greece.

Reigning World Cup holders Italy were the opponents in the quarter final match, and held Spain to a finished 0–0 draw resulting in a penalty shoot-out which Spain won 4–2. Spain met Russia again in the semi-final, again beating them, this time by 3–0.^[8].

In the final, played in Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Spain defeated champions Germany 1–0, with a goal scored by Fernando Torres in the 33rd minute. This was Spain's first major title since the 1964 European Championship. Spain were the top scoring team, with 12 goals, and David Villa finished as the top scorer with four goals; Xavi was awarded the player of the tournament, and nine Spanish players were picked for the UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament.^[9]

Shortly after the tournament, Spain reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time, the first team never to have won a World Cup to achieve this.

[edit] Confederations Cup debut and 2010 World Cup

Luis Aragonés left the manager's role after the Euro 2008 success, and was replaced by Vicente del Bosque.^[10]

2008 saw David Villa scoring 12 goals in 15 games, thus breaking the Spanish record of 10 goals in one year held by Raúl since 1999.^[11] On 11 February 2009, David Villa broke another Spanish record against England, as his 36th-minute goal saw him become the first Spanish player to score in six consecutive games.^[12]

Spain began their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign with six successive wins, and went into the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup as one of the favourites. By the start of the tournament, Del Bosque's had ten consecutive wins, making him the first international manager to do so from his debut, breaking Joao Saldanha's record, held since 1969, of nine consecutive wins with Brazil.

Spain won all three of their matches at the group stage, the 5–0 win over New Zealand including a Fernando Torres hat-trick that is the earliest and fastest hat-trick in the tournament's history. Further wins over Iraq (1–0) and South Africa (2–0) earned them not only qualification for the semifinals, but also the world record for consecutive wins (15 wins) and a share (with Brazil) of the record of 35 games unbeaten.

On June 24 2009, Spain's undefeated record ended when the United States beat them in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-finals, 2–0. Spain defeated hosts South Africa 3–2 after extra time in the 3rd-place playoff.^[13]

[edit] Uniform kit

Spain's traditional kit is a red jersey with yellow trim accompanied by dark blue shorts and socks while their traditional away kit is either a full white kit with red and yellow trim or a yellow jersey with dark blue shorts and socks. Their current home kit is, as usual, a red jersey but with an added blue ray down the left side of the shirt along with the traditional dark blue shorts and socks.^[14] Their current away kit breaks away from their tradition with a gold jersey and white shorts and socks.^[15] A third kit is sometimes used and is usually blue with red and yellow trim. Spain's kit is currently designed by Adidas. Rather than displaying the logo of the Spanish football federation, Spain's jersey traditionally features the Coat of arms of Spain over the left breast.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 6 6 0 0 13 2 +11 18  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 4 0 2 18 7 +11 12  Turkey 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8  Belgium 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7  Estonia 6 1 2 3 5 15 −10 5  Armenia 6 0 1 5 3 15 −12 1

Armenia  – 9 Sep 5 Sep 2 – 2 10 Oct 0 – 2 Belgium  2 – 0 – 2 – 4 3 – 2 1 – 2 10 Oct Bosnia and Herzegovina  4 – 1 2 – 1 – 7 – 0 14 Oct 9 Sep Estonia  1 – 0 14 Oct 10 Oct – 0 – 3 0 – 0 Spain  4 – 0 5 Sep 1 – 0 9 Sep – 1 – 0 Turkey  14 Oct 1 – 1 2 – 1 5 Sep 1 – 2 –

[edit] Competitive record

[edit] World Cup record Host nation(s) / Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Did Not Enter - /13 - - - - - - 1934 Quarter-final 5/16 3 1 1 1 4 3 1938 Did Not Enter - /15 - - - - - - 1950 Fourth Place 4/13 6 3 1 2 10 12 1954 Did Not Qualify - /16 - - - - - - 1958 Did Not Qualify - /16 - - - - - - 1962 Round 1 12/16 3 1 0 2 2 3 1966 Round 1 10/16 3 1 0 2 4 5 1970 Did Not Qualify - /16 - - - - - - 1974 Did Not Qualify - /16 - - - - - - 1978 Round 1 10/16 3 1 1 1 2 2 1982 Round 2 12/24 5 1 2 2 4 5 1986 Quarter-final 7/24 5 3 1 1 11 4 1990 Round of 16 10/24 4 2 1 1 6 4 1994 Quarter-final 8/24 5 2 2 1 10 6 1998 Round 1 17/32 3 1 1 1 8 4 2002 Quarter-final 5/32 5 3 2 0 10 5 2006 Round of 16 9/32 4 3 0 1 9 4 2010 Qualifying in progress - - - - - - - Total 12/18 - 49 22 12 15 80 57

[edit] European Championship record Host nation(s) / Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1960 Refused[16] - - - - - - 1964 Champions 2 2 0 0 4 2 1968 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1972 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1976 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1980 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 1984 Runners-up 5 1 3 1 4 5 1988 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 1992 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1996 Quarter-final 4 1 3 0 4 3 2000 Quarter-final 4 2 0 2 7 7 2004 Round 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2008 Champions 6 5 1 0 12 3 Total 8/13 30 13 9 8 38 31

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] Confederations Cup record

Host nation(s) / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Third Place	5	4	0	1	11	4
Total	1/8	5	4	0	1	11	4

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] Manager record

Name	Nat	Period	To	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses
Vicente del Bosque		July 2008	Present	15	14	0	1

[edit] Head to head

[edit] Recent matches

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
20 August 2008	Friendly	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	0–3	Spain	Alonso  50'  90', Xavi  73'
6 September 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia	Spain	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	David Villa  58'
10 September 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete	Spain	4–0	Armenia	Joan Capdevila  7', David Villa  16'  79', Marcos Senna  83'
11 October 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	0–3	Spain	Juanito  34', David Villa  38' (pen.), Puyol  69'
15 October 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels	Belgium	1–2	Spain	Wesley Sonck  7' – Andrés Iniesta  36', David Villa  88'
19 November 2008	Friendly	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal	Spain	3–0	Chile	David Villa  37' (pen.), Torres  66', Cazorla  85'
11 February 2009	Friendly	Estadio Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla	Spain	2–0	England	David Villa  36', Llorente  82'
28 March 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid	Spain	1–0	Turkey	Gerard Piqué  60'
1 April 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul	Turkey	1–2	Spain	Semih  26' – Alonso  63' (pen.), Riera  90+2'
9 June 2009	Friendly	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku	Azerbaijan	0–6	Spain	David Villa  34',  39',  45' (pen), Riera  68', Güiza  71', Torres  87'
14 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	New Zealand	0–5	Spain	Torres  6',  14',  17', Fàbregas  24', David Villa  48'
17 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Spain	1–0	Iraq	David Villa  55'
20 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Spain	2–0	South Africa	David Villa  51', Llorente  71'
24 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Spain	0–2	United States	Jozy Altidore  27', Clint Dempsey  74'
28 June, 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Spain	3-2 a.e.t.	South Africa	Guiza  88'  89' Alonso  107' – Mphela  73'  90+3'

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
12 August, 2009	Friendly	TBA, Macedonia	FYR Macedonia	–	Spain
5 September, 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Estadio Riazor, A Coruña	Spain	–	Belgium
9 September, 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Estadio Romano, Mérida	Spain	–	Estonia
10 October, 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan	Armenia	–	Spain
14 October, 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	Spain

[edit] 2007-2009 undefeated run

Spain went undefeated for a world record^[17] 35 matches in a row, after a 1–0 loss to Romania in a friendly match on November 15, 2006. The record is also held by Brazil (not counting defeats after a penalty shoot-out). Spain won 32 out of the 35 matches, while the other 3 ended in draws (one of which was against Italy, a match which Spain ended up winning on penalties). The Spanish side scored 73 goals while conceding only 11, and never allowed more than one goal per match except against Greece, a friendly match on August 22, 2007 which ended 3–2.

Spain also held the world record for consecutive wins, at 15, following their draw against Italy during the quarter finals in UEFA Euro 2008. This winning streak, together with the undefeated run, was ended by the United States on June 24, 2009, in a 2–0 defeat in the semifinal stage of the 2009 Confederations Cup.

Opponent	Type	Date	Result
England	Friendly match	7 February 2007	1–0
Denmark	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	24 March 2007	2–1
Iceland	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	28 May 2007	1–0
Latvia	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	2 June 2007	2–0
Liechtenstein	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	6 June 2007	2–0
Greece	Friendly match	22 August 2007	3–2
Iceland	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	8 September 2007	1–1
Latvia	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	12 September 2007	2–0
Denmark	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	13 October 2007	3–1
Finland	Friendly match	17 October 2007	0–0
Sweden	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	17 November 2007	3–0
Northern Ireland	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	21 November 2007	1–0
France	Friendly match	6 February 2008	1–0
Italy	Friendly match	26 March 2008	1–0
Peru	Friendly match	31 May 2008	2–1
United States	Friendly match	4 June 2008	1–0
Russia	UEFA Euro 2008	10 June 2008	4–1
Sweden	UEFA Euro 2008	14 June 2008	2–1
Greece	UEFA Euro 2008	18 June 2008	2–1
Italy	UEFA Euro 2008	22 June 2008	0–0 (Spain won 4–2 on penalties)
Russia	UEFA Euro 2008	26 June 2008	3–0
Germany	UEFA Euro 2008	29 June 2008	1–0
Denmark	Friendly match	20 August 2008	3–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	6 September 2008	1–0
Armenia	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	10 September 2008	4–0
Estonia	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	11 October 2008	3–0
Belgium	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	15 October 2008	2–1
Chile	Friendly match	19 November 2008	3–0
England	Friendly match	11 February 2009	2–0
Turkey	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	28 March 2009	1–0
Turkey	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	1 April 2009	2–1
Azerbaijan	Friendly match	9 June 2009	6–0
New Zealand	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	14 June 2009	5–0
Iraq	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	17 June 2009	1–0
South Africa	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	20 June 2009	2–0

[edit] Honours

This is a list of honours for the senior Spanish national team

• FIFA World Cup

• Fourth place (1): 1950
• Fair Play Award (1): 2006 (Tied with Brazil)

• UEFA European Championship

• Winner (2): 1964, 2008
• Runner-up (1): 1984

• FIFA Confederations Cup

• Third place (1): 2009

• Olympic football tournament

• Gold Medal (1): 1992
• Silver Medal (2): 1920, 2000

• World Soccer Magazine: 1
  

World Team of the Year 2008

[edit] Records

[edit] Worldwide

Most consecutive wins

15

Most consecutive games undefeated

35 (also  Brazil between 1993-1996)

Most consecutive wins achieved by an international coach from debut

13 - Vicente Del Bosque

Most shootouts in one World Cup by one team

2 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (also  Argentina at the 1990 FIFA World Cup)

[edit] Nationwide

Most international goals

44 - Raúl

Most international caps

126 - Andoni Zubizarreta

Most goals scored in one year

12 - David Villa

Most consecutive games ended with at least one goal

6 - David Villa

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players are the 23-man squad who were called up for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[18][19]

Caps and goals are correct as of June 28, 2009.

• Notes
  • Andrés Iniesta was declared not fit enough to play in the tournement. Pablo Hernández was selected as the replacement.^[20]
  • Also injured and unable to make the team was Marcos Senna and was replaced by Sergi Busquets.
  • Del Bosque named a few reserve players, these were: Andoni Iraola, Fernando Amorebieta, Javi Martínez, Juanito and Álvaro Negredo.^[21]

#	Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
1	Iker Casillas (captain)	20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) (age 28)	Real Madrid	96 (0)	v  Sweden, 3 June 2000
13	Diego López	11 August 1981 (1981-08-11) (age 27)	Villarreal	0 (0)	N/A
23	José Manuel Reina	31 August 1982 (1982-08-31) (age 26)	Liverpool	15 (0)	v  Uruguay , 17 August 2005
Defenders
2	Raúl Albiol	4 September 1985 (1985-09-04) (age 23)	Real Madrid	16 (0)	v  Denmark, 13 October 2007
3	Gerard Piqué	2 February 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 22)	FC Barcelona	7 (1)	v  England, 11 February 2009
4	Carlos Marchena	31 July 1979 (1979-07-31) (age 29)	Valencia	52 (2)	v  Hungary, 21 August 2002
5	Carles Puyol (1st vice-captain)	13 April 1978 (1978-04-13) (age 31)	FC Barcelona	76 (2)	v  Netherlands, 15 November 2000
11	Joan Capdevila	3 February 1978 (1978-02-03) (age 31)	Villarreal	37 (4)	v  Paraguay, 16 October 2002
15	Sergio Ramos	30 March 1986 (1986-03-30) (age 23)	Real Madrid	52 (4)	v  China PR, 26 March 2005
19	Álvaro Arbeloa	17 January 1983 (1983-01-17) (age 26)	Liverpool	9 (0)	v  Italy, 26 March 2008
Midfielders
6	Pablo Hernández	11 April 1985 (1985-04-11) (age 24)	Valencia	1 (0)	v  South Africa, 20 June 2009
8	Xavi Hernández (2nd vice-captain)	25 January 1980 (1980-01-25) (age 29)	FC Barcelona	76 (8)	v  Netherlands, 15 November 2000
10	Cesc Fàbregas	4 May 1987 (1987-05-04) (age 22)	Arsenal	41 (2)	v  Côte d'Ivoire, 1 March 2006
12	Sergi Busquets	16 July 1988 (1988-07-16) (age 20)	FC Barcelona	5 (0)	v  Turkey, 1 April 2009
14	Xabi Alonso (3rd vice-captain)	25 November 1981 (1981-11-25) (age 27)	Liverpool	61 (5)	v  Ecuador, 30 April 2003
18	Albert Riera	15 April 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 27)	Liverpool	13 (3)	v  Denmark, 13 October 2007
20	Santi Cazorla	13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) (age 24)	Villarreal	21 (1)	v  Peru, 31 May 2008
21	David Silva	8 January 1986 (1986-01-08) (age 23)	Valencia	26 (3)	v  Romania, 15 November 2006
22	Juan Mata	28 April 1988 (1988-04-28) (age 21)	Valencia	3 (0)	v  Turkey, 28 March 2009
Strikers
7	David Villa	3 December 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 27)	Valencia	49 (31)	v  San Marino, 9 February 2005
9	Fernando Torres	20 March 1984 (1984-03-20) (age 25)	Liverpool	67 (22)	v  Portugal, 6 September 2003
16	Fernando Llorente	26 February 1985 (1985-02-26) (age 24)	Athletic Bilbao	5 (2)	v  Chile, 19 November 2008
17	Dani Güiza	17 August 1980 (1980-08-17) (age 28)	Fenerbahçe	17 (5)	v  Northern Ireland, 8 November 2007

[edit] Recent call ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

#	Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most Recent Call up
Defenders
3	Fernando Navarro	25 June 1982 (1982-06-25) (age 27)	Sevilla	2 (0)	v  Peru, 31 May 2008	v  Belgium, 15 October 2008
5	Juanito	23 July 1976 (1976-07-23) (age 32)	Atlético Madrid	25 (3)	v  Hungary, 21 August 2002	v  Turkey, 1 April, 2009
13	Andoni Iraola	22 June 1982 (1982-06-22) (age 27)	Athletic Bilbao	2 (0)	v  Denmark, 20 August 2008	v  Estonia, 11 October 2008
23	Fernando Amorebieta	29 March 1985 (1985-03-29) (age 24)	Athletic Bilbao	0 (0)	N/A	v  Denmark, 20 August 2008
Midfielders
6	Andrés Iniesta	11 May 1984 (1984-05-11) (age 25)	FC Barcelona	35 (6)	v  Romania, 27 May 2006	v  England, 11 February 2009
16	Marcos Senna	17 July 1976 (1976-07-17) (age 32)	Villarreal	24 (1)	v  Côte d'Ivoire, 1 March 2006	v  Turkey, 1 April, 2009
19	Diego Capel	16 February 1988 (1988-02-16) (age 21)	Sevilla	2 (0)	v  Denmark, 20 August 2008	v  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 September 2008
22	Rubén de la Red	5 June 1985 (1985-06-05) (age 24)	Real Madrid	3 (1)	v  Peru, 31 May 2008	v  Denmark, 20 August 2008
Strikers
13	Bojan Krkić	28 August 1990 (1990-08-28) (age 18)	FC Barcelona	1 (0)	v  Armenia, 10 September 2008	v  Armenia, 10 September 2008

[edit] Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2002 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1998 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1994 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1990 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1986 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1982 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1978 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1966 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1962 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1950 FIFA World Cup squad
• 1934 FIFA World Cup squad

UEFA European Football Championship squads

• UEFA Euro 2008 squad
• UEFA Euro 2004 squad
• UEFA Euro 2000 squad
• UEFA Euro 1996 squad
• UEFA Euro 1988 squad
• UEFA Euro 1984 squad
• UEFA Euro 1980 squad
• UEFA Euro 1964 squad

[edit] Top goalscorers

As of June 28, 2009 the ten highest scorers for Spain are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Avg/game
1	Raúl	1996–2006	44 (102)	0.431
2	David Villa	2005–	31 0(49)	0.645
3	Fernando Hierro	1989–2002	29 0(89)	0.325
4	Fernando Morientes	1998–2007	27 0(47)	0.574
5	Emilio Butragueño	1984–1992	26 0(69)	0.377
6	Alfredo di Stéfano	1957–1961	23 0(31)	0.742
	Julio Salinas	1986–1996	23 0(56)	0.411
8	Fernando Torres	2003–	22 0(67)	0.333
9	Míchel	1985–1992	21 0(66)	0.318
10	Telmo Zarra	1945–1951	20 0(20)	1.000

• Bold denotes players still playing international football.

[edit] Most capped Spain players

As of June 28, 2009 the ten players with the most caps for Spain are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Andoni Zubizarreta	1985–1998	126	0
2	Raúl	1996–2006	101	44
3	Iker Casillas	2000–	96	0
4	Fernando Hierro	1989–2002	89	29
5	José Antonio Camacho	1975–1988	81	0
6	Carles Puyol	2000–	76	2
	Xavi	2000–	76	8
8	Rafael Gordillo	1978-1988	75	3
9	Emilio Butragueño	1984–1992	69	26
10	Luis Arconada	1977–1985	68	0

• Bold denotes players still playing for the Spanish national team.

[edit] Managers

• Francisco Bru (1920)
• Pedro Parages (1923–1924)
• Paulino Alcántara (1951)
• Ricardo Zamora (1952)
• Pedro Escartín Morán (1952–1961)
• Helenio Herrera (1959–1962)
• José Villalonga (1962–1966)
• Domingo Balmanya (1966–1968)
• Luis Molowny (1969)
• Miguel Muñoz (1969), (1982–1988)
• Ladislao Kubala (1969–1980)
• José Santamaría (1980–1982)
• Luis Suárez (1988–1991)
• Vicente Miera (1991–1992)
• Javier Clemente (1992–1998)
• José Antonio Camacho (1998–2002)
• Iñaki Sáez (2002–2004)
• Luis Aragonés (2004–2008)
• Vicente del Bosque (2008–)

[edit] See also

• Spain national under-21 football team
• Spain national under-20 football team
• Spain national under-19 football team
• Spain national youth football team (Includes U-17 only)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• RFEF site
• Information about the Spain national football team
• RSSSF archive of results 1920-
• RSSSF archive of player records

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