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{{InfoboxShort Nationaldescription|Men's association football team}}
{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Spain women's national football team}}
| Name = Spain
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
| Badge = Spain National Football Team Badge.png
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| FIFAName Trigramme = ESPSpain
| FIFABadge Rank = 1Spain national football team crest.svg
| FIFABadge_size max = 1145px
| Nickname = ''La Roja'' (The Red One)<ref name="roja" />
| FIFA max date = July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010
| Association = [[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Real Federación Española de Fútbol]] (RFEF)
| FIFA min = 26
| FIFAConfederation min date = March[[UEFA]] 1998(Europe)
| Coach = [[Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)|Luis de la Fuente]]
| Elo Rank = 1
| EloCaptain max = 1[[Álvaro Morata]]
| Most caps = [[Sergio Ramos]] (180)
| Elo max date = Sept 1920 – May 1924, Sept – Dec 1925, June 2002, June 2008 – June 2009, July 2010
| Top scorer = [[David Villa]] ([[List of international goals scored by David Villa|59]])
| Elo min = 20
| EloHome minStadium date = June 1969, June 1981,= November[[#Home 1991stadium|Various]]
| EloFIFA Trigramme rating max = 2049ESP
| FIFA Rank = {{FIFA World Rankings|ESP}}
| Elo rating max date = June 29, 2008, July 7, 2010
| FIFA max = 1
| Nickname = {{nowrap begin}}''{{lang|es|La Roja}}'' (The Red One)<br>''{{lang|es|La Furia Roja}}'' (The Red Fury)<ref name="roja">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/learningenglish/2010/06/la-roja-from-miguel-spain.shtml|title="La Roja" from Spain|author= BBC|date= 17 June 2010|accessdate=30 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="roja2">[http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/statistics/news/newsid=1072428.html La Roja lean to the left]</ref>{{nowrap end}}
| FIFA max date = July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011, October 2011 – July 2014
| Association = {{lang|es|[[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Real Federación Española de Fútbol]]}}
| ConfederationFIFA min = [[UEFA]] (Europe) = 25
| Coach FIFA min date = [[Vicente delMarch Bosque]]1998
| CaptainElo Rank = [[Iker{{World Football Elo Casillas]]Ratings|France}}
| MostElo capsmax = [[Andoni Zubizarreta]] (126) = 1
| Elo max date = September 1920 – May 1924, September – December 1925, June 2008 – June 2009, July 2010 – June 2013
| Top scorer = [[Raúl González]] & [[David Villa]] (44)
| Elo min = 19
| Ballon d'Or Winners = [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] (1957, 1959) [[Luis Suárez]] (1960)
| Elo min date = June–October 1969, November 1991
| Home Stadium = [[Spain national football team#Home stadium|Various]]
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| First game = {{fb|SpainESP|17851874}} 1–0 {{fb-rt|DenmarkDEN|1830}}<br />([[BrusselsForest, Belgium|Forest]], [[Belgium]]; 28 August 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_partido.asp?c=51&nj=1&par=Denesp|title=Partidos De La Selección Española {{es icon}}|publisher=Futbol en la red}}</ref>
| Largest win = {{fb|ESP|1931}} 13–0 {{fb-rt|BUL}}<br />([[Madrid]], Spain; 22 August 1933)
| Largest win =
| Largest loss = {{fb|ITA|1861}} 7–1 {{fb-rt|ESP|1874}}<br />([[Amsterdam]], Netherlands; 4 June 1928)<br />{{fb|ENG}} 7–1 {{fb-rt|ESP|1931}}<br />([[London]], England; 9 December 1931)
{{fb|Spain|1931}} 13–0 [[Bulgaria]] {{flagicon|Bulgaria}}<br />
| World cup apps = 16
(Spain; 21 May 1933)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_partido.asp?c=1&nj=36&par=ESPBUL|title=Partidos De La Selección Española {{es icon}}|publisher=Futbol en la red}}</ref>
| World cup first = 1934
| Largest loss = {{fb|Italy|1861}} 7–1 {{fb-rt|Spain|1785}}<br />([[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]; 4 June 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_partido.asp?c=50&nj=3&par=ITAESP|title=Partidos De La Selección Española {{es icon}}|publisher=Futbol en la red}}</ref><br />{{fb|England}} 7–1 {{fb-rt|Spain|1931}}<br />(London, England; 9 December 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_partido.asp?c=1&nj=30&par=ENGESP|title=Partidos De La Selección Española {{es icon}}|publisher=Futbol en la red}}</ref>
| World cup best = '''Champions''' ([[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]])
| Honours = [[File:Football European Cup.svg|30px|1964 European Nations' Cup]]
| Regional name = [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]]
| World cup apps = 13| World cup first = 1934
| WorldRegional cup bestapps = Winners, [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] = 12
| Regional namecup first = [[UEFA1964 European FootballNations' ChampionshipCup|European Championship1964]]
| Regional cup best = '''Champions''' ([[UEFA Euro 1964|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]], [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]], [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]])
| Regional cup apps = 8
| Regional2ndRegional name cup first = [[1964 EuropeanUEFA Nations' CupLeague|1964Nations League Finals]]
| 2ndRegional cup apps = 2
| Regional cup best = Winners, [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
| 2ndRegional cup first = [[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals|2021]]
| Confederations cup apps = 1
| 2ndRegional cup best = '''Champions''' ([[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals|2023]])
| Confederations cup first = 2009
| 3rdRegional name = [[Finalissima|CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]
| Confederations cup best = 3rd place, [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]
| 3rdRegional cup apps = 1
| medaltemplates = {{MedalTop|}}
| 3rdRegional cup first = [[Finalissima|2025]]
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
| 3rdRegional cup best = ''Debut'' ([[Finalissima|2025]])
{{MedalSilver | [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads#.C2.A0Spain|Team]]}}
| Confederations cup apps = 2
{{MedalGold | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads#.C2.A0Spain|Team]]<ref name="Olympics 1992-" />}}
| Confederations cup first = [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]
{{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads#Spain|Team]]<ref name="Olympics 1992-" />}}
| Confederations cup best = Runners-up ([[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]])
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 South Africa]]|[[2010 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[UEFA Euro 1964|1964 Spain]]|[[UEFA Euro 1964 squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 Austria–Switzerland]]|[[UEFA Euro 2008 squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[UEFA Euro 2012|2012 Poland–Ukraine]]|[[UEFA Euro 2012 squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[UEFA Euro 2024|2024 Germany]]|[[UEFA Euro 2024 squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[UEFA Euro 1984|1984 France]]|[[UEFA Euro 1984 squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[UEFA Euro 2020|2020 Europa]] (''{{abbr|s.f.|Losing semi-finalist; no third place match played}}'')|[[UEFA Euro 2020 squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA Nations League]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals|2023 Netherlands]]|[[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals|2021 Italy]]|[[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013 Brazil]]|[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009 South Africa]]|[[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Spain|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]]|[[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
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The '''Spain national football team''' represents({{lang-es|Selección Española de Fútbol}}) has represented [[Spain]] in [[FIFA|men's international]] [[associationAssociation football|football]] andcompetitions since 1920. It is controlledgoverned by the [[Royal Spanish Football Federation]], the governing body for [[football in Spain]]. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque. The Spanish side is commonly referred to as '''La Furia Roja''' (The Red Fury) or '''La Roja''' (The Red One).<ref>http://www.juegalaroja.com/</ref><ref>http://www.notasdefutbol.com/seleccion-espanola/otro-junio-de-ilusion-todos-con-la-roja</ref>
Spain is one of eight national teams to have been crowned [[List of FIFA World Cup finals|world champions]] and has participated in a total of 16 out of 22 [[FIFA World Cup]]s, winning the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] edition, and qualifying consistently since 1978. Spain has participated in a total of twelve out of seventeen [[UEFA European Championship]]s, winning their first in [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], and are the current European champions, having won a record fourth title in [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]. After their victory in the [[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals|2023 UEFA Nations League]] they became the second national team, following [[France national football team|France]], to win three major titles (World Cup, European Championship and Nations League). Spain is also one of only two nations to have won both [[FIFA Women's World Cup|women's]] and men's World Cups, alongside [[Germany national football team|Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Spain joined Germany as the only two nations to win both men's and women's World Cups |url=https://english.elpais.com/sports/2023-08-21/womens-world-cup-champion-spain-poised-for-long-run-among-soccer-elite-with-talented-young-team.html |website=elpais.com |language=en |access-date=2 July 2024 |archive-date=2 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702023229/https://english.elpais.com/sports/2023-08-21/womens-world-cup-champion-spain-poised-for-long-run-among-soccer-elite-with-talented-young-team.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Spain is currently the reigning World and European champion, having won the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 UEFA European Football Championship]]. Spain also won the [[1964 European Nations' Cup]] and reached the [[UEFA Euro 1984 Final]]. In July 2008 Spain rose to the top of the [[FIFA World Rankings]] for the first time in the team's history, becoming the sixth nation to top this ranking, and the first nation to top the ranking without previously having won the World Cup. Between November 2006 and June 2009 Spain went undefeated for a record-tying 35 consecutive matches before their loss to the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], a record shared with [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], including a record 15-game winning streak and thus earning third place in the FIFA Confederations Cup. Recently, the team has become known for using a style of play which involves roaming movement and positional interchange amongst midfielders, moving the ball in intricate patterns, and sharp, one- or two-touch passing; this style of play has been dubbed [[Tiki-taka]] (or Tiqui-taca), which is also associated with [[FC Barcelona]].
Having won one World Cup, one Nations League and three European Championship titles since 2008, Spain is the most successful European national team of the 21st century. The team's achievements from 2008 to 2012 have led many experts and commentators to consider this era's squads one of the best ever teams in football history.<ref name="BBC 2012">{{cite news |title=Euro 2012: Are Spain the best team of all time? |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18669029 |url-status=live |access-date=14 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705000000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18669029 |archive-date=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="BBC Sport">{{cite news |title=Klinsmann: Spain win over Italy would make them team of century |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18650428 |url-status=live |access-date=14 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707013604/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18650428 |archive-date=7 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="Independent">{{cite news |date=3 July 2012 |title=The greatest team of all time: Brazil 1970 v Spain 2012 |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-greatest-team-of-all-time-brazil-1970-v-spain-2012-7905980.html |url-status=live |access-date=1 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710092417/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-greatest-team-of-all-time-brazil-1970-v-spain-2012-7905980.html |archive-date=10 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="ESPNFC">{{cite web |title=Why this Spain side is all-time best |url=http://espnfc.com/en/news/1120894/carlislewhy-spain-side-best-all-time-.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706222439/http://espnfc.com/en/news/1120894/carlislewhy-spain-side-best-all-time-.html |archive-date=6 July 2012 |access-date=14 July 2012 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph 2014">{{cite web |title=Spain have reached end of an era, but their gift will not be forgotten – they forced all countries to raise their game |date=19 April 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10910879/Spain-have-reached-end-of-an-era-but-their-gift-will-not-be-forgotten-they-forced-all-countries-to-raise-their-game.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622021212/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10910879/Spain-have-reached-end-of-an-era-but-their-gift-will-not-be-forgotten-they-forced-all-countries-to-raise-their-game.html |archive-date=22 June 2014 |access-date=29 June 2014 |publisher=Telegraph}}</ref> During this period, Spain became the first national team to win [[Double (association football)#International double|three consecutive major titles]], including two back-to-back European Championships in [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]] and [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]], while becoming the first European team to win a World Cup held outside of Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/2898/euro-2012/2012/07/02/3213917/are-spain-the-greatest-international-team-of-all-time |title=Are Spain the greatest international team of all time? |publisher=Goal |date=2 July 2012 |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922085102/https://www.goal.com/en/news/2898/euro-2012/2012/07/02/3213917/are-spain-the-greatest-international-team-of-all-time |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2008 to 2013, Spain won the [[FIFA Men's World Rankings|FIFA Team of the Year]], the second-most of any nation, behind only [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0258-0e4e118d265f-270456d8b004-1000--spain-dominate-the-decade/ |title=Spain dominate the decade: national-team winners |publisher=UEFA |date=26 December 2019 |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809174048/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0258-0e4e118d265f-270456d8b004-1000--spain-dominate-the-decade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> From the start of 2007 to the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup]], Spain achieved 35 consecutive undefeated matches, a feat which they shared with Brazil, and a record for the sport at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-06-20 |title=Spain's 35 match unbeaten run |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/factbox-spains-35-match-unbeaten-run-idUSTRE55J1YN/ |website=reuters.com |language=en}}</ref>
==History==
{{See also|History of the Spain national football team}}
===Early Years and the Effect of War===
[[File:Spain_national_football_team_in_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_in_Antwerp.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|Spain national football team in the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] in [[Antwerp]]]]
The [[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Real Federación Española de Fútbol]] ''(English: Royal Spanish Football Federation)'' was founded in 1909 and became affiliated with [[FIFA]] in 1913. However, the national team did not play a full international match until 1920 when they beat [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] 1–0 in the Olympic Games. Their first appearance at a major finals was the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 World Cup]], for which they [[1934 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualified]] after 9–0 and 2–1 wins over [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]. They beat [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 3–1 in the first round, before losing 1–0 in a replay to hosts, and eventual champions [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in [[Florence]]. On 3 May 1936 Spain beat [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] 2–0 in [[Bern]], in what would prove to be their last game until after the [[Spanish Civil War]] in 1941. They would then play only against similarly politically-aligned countries, or Switzerland, [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] and Portugal, neutral during World War II until 1949 when they drew 1–1 with [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and re-entered FIFA competition.
Spain has been a member of [[FIFA]] since its founding in 1904, even though the Spanish Football Federation was first established in 1909. The first Spain national football team was constituted in 1920, with the main objective of finding a team that would represent Spain at the [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Summer Olympics]] held in Belgium in that same year. Spain made their debut at the tournament on 28 August 1920 against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], silver medalists at the last two Olympic tournaments. Spain managed to win that match by a scoreline of 1–0, eventually finishing with the silver medal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Antwerp, 1920|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/antwerp1920/match-center|access-date=7 September 2015|publisher=FIFA|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614095956/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/antwerp1920/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Spain qualified for their first FIFA World Cup in 1934, defeating [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in their first game and losing in a replay to the hosts and eventual champions [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delight for the Azzurri as home advantage tells|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=delight-for-the-azzurri-home-advantage-tells-502051.html|access-date=7 September 2015|publisher=FIFA|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905202139/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=delight-for-the-azzurri-home-advantage-tells-502051.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Spanish Civil War]] and [[World War II]] prevented Spain from playing any competitive matches between the 1934 World Cup and the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 edition's]] [[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualifiers]]. At the 1950 finals in Brazil, they topped their group to progress to the finals round, then finished in fourth place.<ref>{{cite news|title=Uruguay triumph brings heartbreak for Brazil|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=uruguay-triumph-brings-heartbreak-for-brazil-502075.html|access-date=7 September 2015|publisher=FIFA|archive-date=17 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217194418/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=uruguay-triumph-brings-heartbreak-for-brazil-502075.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Until 2010, this had been Spain's highest finish in a FIFA World Cup finals.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bull|first1=JJ|title=Xavi: The greatest midfielder of a generation|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/babb/11618815/Xavi-The-greatest-midfielder-of-a-generation.html|access-date=7 September 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|archive-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907202724/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/babb/11618815/Xavi-The-greatest-midfielder-of-a-generation.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Spain won its first major international title when it hosted the [[1964 European Nations' Cup]], defeating the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] 2–1 in the final at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanghera|first1=Mandeep|title=Euro 1964: A forgotten Spanish triumph|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17451950|access-date=7 September 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=12 May 2012|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107075350/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17451950|url-status=live}}</ref> The victory would stand as Spain's lone major title for 44 years. Spain was selected as host of the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], reaching the second round and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|four years later]] they reached the quarter-finals before a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] defeat to [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Estepa|first1=Javier|title=Los penaltis cerraron las puertas de las 'semis' a La Roja|trans-title=Penalties close the doors to the semis for ''La Roja''|url=http://www.marca.com/reportajes/2010/04/mexico_1986/2010/04/26/seccion_01/1272300745.html|access-date=7 September 2015|publisher=Marca|language=es|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107075350/http://www.marca.com/reportajes/2010/04/mexico_1986/2010/04/26/seccion_01/1272300745.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Also at [[UEFA Euro 1984]], they lost the [[UEFA Euro 1984 final|final]] against [[France national football team|France]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/france-v-spain-27-june-1984-238520/ | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 22 July 2021 | title = France v Spain, 27 June 1984 | website = 11v11 | archive-date = 2 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210702141214/https://www.11v11.com/matches/france-v-spain-27-june-1984-238520/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Spain reached the quarter-finals of the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]]. The match became controversial when Italian defender [[Mauro Tassotti]] struck [[Luis Enrique]] with his elbow inside Spain's penalty area, causing Luis Enrique to bleed profusely from his nose and mouth, but it was not noticed nor sanctioned by referee [[Sándor Puhl]]. Had the official awarded a foul, Spain would have received a penalty kick.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jurado|first1=J. Carlos|title=El perdón de Luis Enrique a Tassotti que nunca llegó|trans-title=The pardon from Tassotti to Luis Enrique which never arrived|url=http://www.marca.com/reportajes/2010/05/estados_unidos_1994/2010/05/03/seccion_01/1272883990.html|access-date=7 September 2015|publisher=Marca|language=es|archive-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612032416/http://www.marca.com/reportajes/2010/05/estados_unidos_1994/2010/05/03/seccion_01/1272883990.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], Spain won its three group play matches, then defeated the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] on penalties in the second round. They faced co-hosts [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in the quarter-finals, losing in a shootout after having two goals controversially called back for alleged infractions during regular and extra time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Paul |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html |title=Korean miracle spoilt by refereeing farce |publisher=Telegraph |date=23 June 2002 |access-date=24 June 2012 |location=London |archive-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308182228/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
===The Post-Civil War National Team===
The [[Spanish Civil War]] and World War II prevented Spain from playing any competitive matches between the 1934 World Cup and the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]] [[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualifiers]], where they overcame Iberian rivals [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], who later declined an invitation to take part, with a 5–1 win and 2–2 draw. At the finals in Brazil, they topped their group against [[England national football team|England]], [[Chile national football team|Chile]] and the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] to progress to the final round.
[[File:World Cup celebration - 2.jpg|thumb|World Cup champions parade celebrate as they pass in front of the [[Spanish Air and Space Force|Air Force]] Headquarters in [[Madrid]].]]
For the first, and so far only time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, the winner was decided, not by a single championship match, but via a group format involving the four teams who had won their respective groups in the previous stage. The four teams in the final group were [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] and Spain. Spain failed to record a win (W0 D1 L2) and finished in fourth place. Until 2010, this had been Spain's highest finish in a FIFA World Cup finals, which had given them the name of the "underachievers." Spain's leading scorer during the 1950 World Cup was striker [[Estanislao Basora]], who ended the tournament with five goals.
At [[UEFA Euro 2008]], Spain won all their games in [[UEFA Euro 2008 Group D|Group D]]. Italy were the opponents in the [[UEFA Euro 2008|quarter-finals match]], which Spain won 4–2 on penalties. They then met [[Russia national football team|Russia]] again in the semi-finals, beating them 3–0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008-game-previews/euro-2008-final-preview-germany-vs-spain.html |title=Euro 2008 Final Preview: Germany vs Spain |date=29 June 2008 |access-date=13 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229162415/http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008-game-previews/euro-2008-final-preview-germany-vs-spain.html |archive-date=29 December 2011 }}</ref> In the [[UEFA Euro 2008 final|final]], Spain defeated [[Germany national football team|Germany]] 1–0, with [[Fernando Torres]] scoring the only goal of the game.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363545.stm|title=Germany 0–1 Spain|date=29 June 2008|work=BBC Sport|access-date=20 August 2009|location=London|first=Phil|last=McNulty|archive-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806104600/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/7363545.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> This was Spain's first major title since the 1964 European Championship. [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]] was awarded the player of the tournament.{{refn|group=nb|Spanish players named in the ''team of the tournament'' were: goalkeeper and captain [[Iker Casillas]]; defenders [[Carles Puyol]] and [[Carlos Marchena]]; midfielders Xavi, [[Cesc Fàbregas]], [[Andrés Iniesta]] and [[Marcos Senna]]; and strikers [[David Villa]] and Fernando Torres.}} The following year the side finished third at the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup]] breaking their 35-match unbeaten streak that began in November 2006 after a loss to the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]].<ref name="NYT-Spain">{{cite news |last=Longman |first=Jeré |date=24 June 2009 |title=Americans Stun Spain and the Soccer World |page=B11 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/sports/soccer/25soccer.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=22 June 2019 |archive-date=6 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706192613/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/sports/soccer/25soccer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]], Spain advanced to the [[2010 FIFA World Cup final|final]] for the first time ever by defeating Germany 1–0. In the decisive match against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], [[Andrés Iniesta]] scored the match's only goal, coming in extra time. Spain became the third team to win a World Cup outside their own continent, and the first European team to do so. They then qualified for [[UEFA Euro 2012]], finishing on top of [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I|Group I]] with a perfect 100% record.<ref name="BBC 2012"/> They became the first team to retain the European Championship, winning the [[UEFA Euro 2012 final|final]] 4–0 against Italy, while Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot for top scorer of the tournament.<ref name="Euro 2012: Spain striker Fernando Torres wins Golden Boot award">{{cite news| title = Euro 2012: Spain striker Fernando Torres wins Golden Boot award| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18670818| work = BBC Sport| date = 2 July 2012| access-date = 11 July 2012| archive-date = 4 July 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120704212129/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18670818| url-status = live}}</ref>
Spain advanced to the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup final|final]] of the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]], losing to hosts Brazil,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jun/30/brazil-spain-live-confederations-cup-final|title= Brazil v Spain: Confederations Cup final – as it happened|date= 1 July 2013|work= Guardian UK|access-date= 4 July 2013|archive-date= 18 June 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180618075803/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jun/30/brazil-spain-live-confederations-cup-final|url-status= live}}</ref> and the following year they were eliminated from the group stage of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/world-cup-2014-spain-and-the-world-cup-holders-who-crashed-out-at-the-group-stage-9547351.html|access-date=18 April 2015|newspaper=The Independent|date=18 June 2014|last=Krishnan|first=Joe|title=World Cup 2014: Spain and the World Cup holders who crashed out at the group stage|archive-date=24 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624060542/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/world-cup-2014-spain-and-the-world-cup-holders-who-crashed-out-at-the-group-stage-9547351.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At [[UEFA Euro 2016|Euro 2016]] and the [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018 World Cup]], the side reached the last 16 in both tournaments, losing to Italy 2–0 and Russia 4-3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite web|title=Soccer: Spain World Cup factbox|publisher=Reuters|date=21 May 2018|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-worldcup-esp-factbox/soccer-spain-world-cup-factbox-idUSKCN1IM1P2|access-date=11 June 2020|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612011735/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-worldcup-esp-factbox/soccer-spain-world-cup-factbox-idUSKCN1IM1P2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bevan|first=Chris|title=Spain 1–1 Russia|work=BBC Sport|date=1 July 2018|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44591345|access-date=11 June 2020|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710090328/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44591345|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[UEFA Euro 2020]], held in 2021 after [[COVID-19 pandemic]] caused delays, Spain made a breakthrough, reaching the last four of a major tournament for the first time since 2012, before losing to eventual champions Italy 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. The team finished the tournament with two wins and four draws (including two penalty shootouts).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210706-italy-beat-spain-on-penalties-in-epic-euro-2020-semi-final|title=Italy beat Spain on penalties in epic Euro 2020 semi-final|date=6 July 2021|access-date=19 July 2021|archive-date=19 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719074904/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210706-italy-beat-spain-on-penalties-in-epic-euro-2020-semi-final|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year they managed to reach the [[2021 UEFA Nations League final]], losing against France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=589985|title=Mbappe, Benzema lead France over Spain in Nations League final|date=10 October 2021|work=ESPN|accessdate=11 October 2021|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100339/https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=589985|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cup]], Spain finished second in their group, then in the round of 16, they lost to [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] 3–0 on penalties after a 0–0 draw, to be the third consecutive elimination from a major tournament in penalty shootouts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/en/world-cup/cronica/2022/12/06/638f843d46163fc04b8b45a5.html |title=Spain are eliminated, missing every penalty of the shootout vs Morocco |website=Marca |date=6 December 2022 |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207220632/https://www.marca.com/en/world-cup/cronica/2022/12/06/638f843d46163fc04b8b45a5.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Under French-Argentine coach [[Helenio Herrera]] and Italian assistant coach Daniel Newlan, Spain came out of dormancy to qualify for the first [[1960 European Nations' Cup|European Championship]] in 1960. Spain beat [[Poland national football team|Poland]] 7–2 on aggregate to progress to the quarterfinals. However, Spain forfeited its quarterfinal tie with the Soviet Union because of political disagreements between Spain's dictator [[Francisco Franco|Franco]] and the Soviets.
Spain finished top of their group in [[UEFA Euro 2024]] without conceding a goal, and went on to defeat [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage#Spain vs Georgia|round of 16]] by 4–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/028e-1b36236000e5-3bb5eb983a39-1000--albania-0-1-spain-much-changed-spain-stay-perfect/ |title=Albania 0-1 Spain: Much-changed Spain stay perfect |website=UEFA |date=24 June 2024 |access-date=8 July 2024 |archive-date=24 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624222811/https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/028e-1b36236000e5-3bb5eb983a39-1000--albania-0-1-spain-much-changed-spain-stay-perfect/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cxe2mx95x90t?page=2 |title=Spain 4–1 Georgia |first=Emma |last=Sanders |website=BBC Sport |date=30 June 2024 |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> They eventually eliminated hosts Germany in the [[UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage#Spain vs Germany|quarter-finals]] with a 2–1 win and defeated France in the [[UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage#Spain vs France|semi-finals]] with the same result, qualifying for their fifth European Championships final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/spain-vs-germany/report/500425 |title=Spain 2–1 Germany - Match Report & Highlights |website=Sky Sports |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=8 July 2024 |archive-date=8 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708204055/https://www.skysports.com/football/spain-vs-germany/report/500425 |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain won their record-breaking fourth European title by defeating [[England national football team|England]] 2–1 in the [[UEFA Euro 2024 final|final]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2024 |title=Spain 2 England 1: Oyarzabal the unlikely hero with late winner as Spain win Euro 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5634616/2024/07/14/spain-euro-2024-champions-oyarzabal/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The Athletic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c3g3r62p3kdo |title= Defeat extends England's '58 years of hurt' |first=Emlyn |last=Begley |work=[[BBC]] |date=14 July 2024 |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref> and became the first and only team to win all seven matches in a single European Championship tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2024 |title=Spain wins record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England |url=https://apnews.com/article/spain-england-euro-2024-final-dc46b104e6bf3b94b7d6d70e18f8220d |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=AP News |archive-date=14 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714215223/https://apnews.com/article/spain-england-euro-2024-final-dc46b104e6bf3b94b7d6d70e18f8220d |url-status=live }}</ref> They also set a new record of 15 goals scored in a single European Championship.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/028f-1b5e5c2b7b67-d5faab9be20b-1000--spain-2-1-england-late-oyarzabal-winner-earns-la-roja-reco/ |title=Spain 2–1 England: Late Oyarzabal winner earns La Roja record fourth EURO crown |website=UEFA |date=14 July 2024 |access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
The Spaniards, led by [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualified]] for the [[1962 World Cup]], beating [[Wales national football team|Wales]] 3–2 over two legs to advance to the [[UEFA]]/[[CAF]] play-off where they would beat [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] 4–2 over two legs to advance to the finals.
==Team image==
===José Villalonga Era and the 1964 European champions===
===Nicknames===
In 1962, [[José Villalonga Llorente|José Villalonga]] was appointed coach of Spain. Under Villalonga, Spain qualified for the [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 World Cup]] but was eliminated in the first round group against Brazil, [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], and [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. Two years later Spain hosted the [[1964 European Nations' Cup|European Championship]], in which the team beat [[Romania national football team|Romania]], [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] and the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] to move on to the semifinals. There they beat highly-favoured [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] 2–1 after extra time. Spain went on to beat the [[Soviet Union national football team|USSR]] 2–1 before a crowd of more than 79,000 at [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|the Bernabéu]] in [[Madrid]]. [[Jesús 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.
Spain's team was known in the past by some fans as "''La furia española''", {{gloss|the Spanish Fury}}; this nickname was originally given by a Dutch newspaper, recalling the "[[Sack of Antwerp]]" – an episode in the military history of Spain.<ref name=furiaespanola>{{cite web|url= http://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/cronica/2008/661/1213480807.html|title= El inspirador de la "furia española" fue un vasco|accessdate= 15 September 2011|date= 15 June 2008|website= El Mundo.es|language= es|archive-date= 3 November 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221103020053/https://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/cronica/2008/661/1213480807.html|url-status= live}}</ref> More modernly, the team is called "''La roja''", {{gloss|the Red (squad)}}. <ref name="roja">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/learningenglish/2010/06/la-roja-from-miguel-spain.shtml |title="La Roja" |date=17 June 2010 |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-date=30 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430040701/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/learningenglish/2010/06/la-roja-from-miguel-spain.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Style of play===
As European champions, Spain automatically qualified for the [[1966 FIFA World Cup|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 national football team|Switzerland]] and losing to [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]].
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[[File:Spain Euro 08 celebration 3.jpg|thumb|right|Spain, [[UEFA Euro 2008]] winners]]
[[File:2010 FIFA World Cup Spain with cup.JPG|thumb|right|Spain's players celebrate winning the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].]]
[[File:Spain national football team Euro 2012 trophy 02.jpg|thumb|right|Spain, [[UEFA Euro 2012]] winners]]
Between 2008 and 2012, the team played a style of football dubbed 'tiki-taka', a systems approach to football founded upon the ideal of team unity and a comprehensive understanding in the geometry of space on a football field.<ref name="davies-eplindex">{{cite news |title=Systems Football: The Basics – Tiki-Taka / Totaal-Voetball. This system is highly influenced by Fc Barcelona passing game (already based on Dutch 70s football principles) |url=http://www.eplindex.com/16473/systems-football-the-basics-tiki-taka-totaal-voetball.html |work=EPLindex |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-date=18 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718191253/http://www.eplindex.com/16473/systems-football-the-basics-tiki-taka-totaal-voetball.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Tiki-taka has been variously described as "a style of play based on making your way to the back of the net through short passing and movement",<ref name="marcotti">{{cite news |title=New coaching breed gives heart to Spain |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article3739825.ece |work=[[The Times]] |date=14 April 2008 |access-date=18 October 2010 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505160848/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> a "short passing style in which the ball is worked carefully through various channels",<ref name="hynter">{{cite news |title=Fábregas takes positive view, from the bench |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jun/10/euro2008.euro2008groupd |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 June 2008 |access-date=13 July 2010 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219023311/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jun/10/euro2008.euro2008groupd |url-status=live }}</ref> and a "nonsensical phrase that has come to mean short passing, patience and possession above all else".<ref name="lowe_2008-06">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/jul/02/thedefinitivestoryofhowar |title=The definitive story of how Aragonés led Spain to Euro 2008 glory |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 July 2008 |access-date=13 July 2010 |archive-date=18 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218225414/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/jul/02/thedefinitivestoryofhowar |url-status=live }}</ref> The style involves roaming movement and positional interchange amongst [[midfielder]]s, moving the ball in intricate patterns,<ref name="pearce">{{cite news |title=If Spain can reign it will be so good for the old game |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/archive/jonathan-pearce/2008/06/29/if-spain-can-reign-it-will-be-so-good-for-the-old-game-115875-20625290/ |work=[[Sunday Mirror]] |date=29 June 2008 |access-date=13 July 2010 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505160857/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/if-spain-can-reign-it-will-be-so-good-for-the-old-315734 |url-status=live }}</ref> and sharp, one or two-touch passing.<ref name="tiki-taka">{{cite news |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/what-is-tiki-taka-barcelona-spain-tactics/5f3qumd4uank198jwik1ww8mr |title=What is tiki-taka? How tactics made famous by Barcelona and Spain work |publisher=Goal |date=8 May 2020 |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901031808/https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/what-is-tiki-taka-barcelona-spain-tactics/5f3qumd4uank198jwik1ww8mr |url-status=live }}</ref> Tiki-taka is "both defensive and offensive in equal measure" – the team is always in possession, so doesn't need to switch between defending and attacking.<ref name="honigstein">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/blog/2010/07/why-spain-were-anything-but-boring.html |title=Why Spain were anything but boring |publisher=[[CBC.ca]] |date=8 July 2010 |access-date=13 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101223713/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/blog/2010/07/why-spain-were-anything-but-boring.html |archive-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> Commentators have contrasted tiki-taka with "[[Glossary of association football terms #R|Route One]] physicality"<ref name="marcotti"/> and with the higher-tempo passing of [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Arsène Wenger]]'s 2007–08 [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] side, which employed Cesc Fàbregas as the only channel between defence and attack.<ref name="hynter"/> Tiki-taka is associated with flair, creativity, and touch,<ref name="clegg">{{cite news |title=Fantasy football comes alive |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304739104575154031572698008 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=31 March 2010 |access-date=13 July 2010 |archive-date=5 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205020513/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304739104575154031572698008 |url-status=live }}</ref> but can also be taken to a "slow, directionless extreme" that sacrifices effectiveness for aesthetics.<ref name="lowe_2008-06"/>
The departure of Villalonga put Spain into another period of mixed results. After winning its group in the qualifying rounds of the [[UEFA Euro 1968|Euro 68]], the team was knocked out by [[England national football team|England]] in the quarterfinals and did not make it to the final tournament held in Italy. Spain did not qualify for another tournament until the [[1978 World Cup]].
Tiki-taka was successfully employed by Spain to win [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]], the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2012|Euro 2012]]. The 2008–12 teams are regarded as being among the greatest of international teams in football history.<ref name="Independent"/><ref name="BBC 2012"/><ref name="BBC Sport"/>
===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 national football team|Honduras]] in the finals' opening match, after which they had a 2–1 victory over [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], but were defeated 1–0 by [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]. These results were enough to secure progress to the second round where they were drawn into Group B, but defeat to [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] and a goalless draw with [[England national football team|England]] meant that Spain were knocked out, and Santamaría was sacked.
{{Blockquote|They have the Barcelona "carousel" of [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]] and [[Andrés Iniesta]] augmented by Real Madrid's [[Xabi Alonso]] in midfield.|Phil McNulty of the [[BBC]] on the midfield players at the heart of Spain's tiki-taka passing style of play.<ref name="BBC 2012"/>}}
===1984 to 1988===
Former Real Madrid coach [[Miguel Muñoz]], who had temporarily coached Spain in 1969, replaced by Daniel Newlan, returned to coach the national team. Spain was in [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 84]] qualifying Group 7, against [[Netherlands national football team|The Netherlands]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]], [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]], and [[Malta national football team|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 nine goals in the second half to win by [[Spain vs Malta 1984 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying match|12–1]] and win the group. In the final tournament, Spain was 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 (association football)|penalty shootout]] 5–4 on penalties. Hosts and tournament favourites [[France national football team|France]] defeated Spain 2–0 in the final after a goalless first half.
[[Sid Lowe]] identifies [[Luis Aragonés]]' tempering of tiki-taka with pragmatism as a key factor in Spain's success in Euro 2008. Aragonés used tiki-taka to "protect a defense that appeared suspect [...], maintain possession and dominate games" without taking the style to "evangelical extremes". None of Spain's first six goals in the tournament came from tiki-taka: five came from direct breaks and one from a set play.<ref name="lowe_2008-06"/> For Lowe, Spain's success in the 2010 World Cup was evidence of the meeting of two traditions in Spanish football: the "powerful, aggressive, direct" style that earned the silver medal-winning [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp Olympic]] team the nickname ''La furia española'' ({{gloss|The Spanish Fury}}) and the tiki-taka style of the contemporary Spain's team, which focused on a collective, short-passing, technical and possession-based game.<ref name="lowe_2010-06">{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/world-cup-2010/writers/sid_lowe/07/09/spain.final/index.html |title=Spain's "Tiki-taka" style dominates |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated|SI.com]] |date=9 July 2010 |access-date=13 July 2010 |archive-date=12 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712114828/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/world-cup-2010/writers/sid_lowe/07/09/spain.final/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Spain qualified for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]] in Mexico having topped Group 7 with [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]], and [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]]. Spain began the group stage by losing to [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 1–0, but progressed after beating [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] by 2–1 and [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] by 3–0. Round 2 paired Spain with [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], who they overcame 5–1 with [[Emilio Butragueño]] scoring four goals, but in the quarterfinals a 1–1 draw with [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] ended with Belgium winning 5–4 on penalties.
Analyzing Spain's [[2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Germany vs Spain|semi-final victory over Germany at the 2010 World Cup]], [[Raphael Honigstein]] described Spain's tiki-taka style as "the most difficult version of football possible: an uncompromising passing game, coupled with intense, high pressing". For Honigstein, tiki-taka is "a significant upgrade" of the Netherlands' [[Total Football]] because it relies on ball movement rather than players switching position. Tiki-taka allowed Spain to "control both the ball and the opponent".<ref name="honigstein" />.
Muñoz was retained as coach for [[UEFA Euro 1988|Euro 88]]. As in the several previous tournaments Spain qualified impressively in a group with [[Austria national football team|Austria]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]], and [[Albania national football team|Albania]]. Spain were drawn into group A and began their tournament with a 3–2 victory over [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], but were nevertheless knocked out in the group stage after losing 1–0 and 2–0 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] respectively.
[[File:Celebrando la cuarta Eurocopa de la selección española. Madrid, 15 de julio de 2024.jpg|thumb|Spain, [[UEFA Euro 2024]] winners]] Spain held possession of ball more than their opponents in all matches from 2008 to 2024, a record of 136 games.<ref name="“tactification”">{{cite news |url=https://tactification.com/post/46/Fading%20tiki-taka. |title=Fading tiki-take |publisher=[[www.tactification.com]] |date=17 June 2024}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|We have the same idea as each other. Keep the ball, create movement around and off the ball, get in the spaces to cause danger.|[[Xabi Alonso]] (Spanish midfielder).<ref name="tiki-taka"/>}}
===1990 to 1992===
For the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]] in Italy, Spain had a new coach, [[Luis Suárez Miramontes]]. 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.
===Kits and crest===
Newly appointed coach [[Vicente Miera]] failed to gain qualification for Spain for [[UEFA Euro 1992|Euro 92]], after finishing third in a group behind France and Czechoslovakia. Vicente Miera did however lead Spain to the gold medal at the [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]]<ref name="Olympics 1992-">Since 1992, squads for [[Football at the Summer Olympics]] have been restricted to three players over the age of 23. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team.</ref> in [[Barcelona]].
{{Commons|Spain national football team kits}}
Spain's home kit is traditionally a red jersey with yellow trim, dark blue shorts, and black socks, whilst their current away kit is predominantly yellow. The colour of the home socks altered throughout the 1990s from black to the same blue colour as the shorts, matching either the blue of the shorts or the red of the shirt until the mid-2010s when they returned to their traditional black. Spain's kits have been produced by manufacturers including [[Adidas]] (from 1981 until 1983), [[Le Coq Sportif]] (from 1984 until 1990) and Adidas once again (since 1991). Rather than displaying the logo of the Spanish Football Federation, Spain's jersey traditionally features the [[coat of arms of Spain|country's coat of arms]] over the left side. After winning the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]], the World Cup winners badge was added to the right side of the jersey and a golden star at the top of Spain's coat of arms.
==== Kit suppliers ====
===Clemente's Reign from 1992 to 1998===
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[[File:Javier Clemente 2.jpg||thumb|right|300px|[[Javier Clemente]] and the Spain team in a training session.]]
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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.
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|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}}/{{flagicon|Spain|1977}} Deportes Cóndor
|1935–1966<br>1967–1981
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Umbro]]
|1966
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|{{flagicon|West Germany}}/{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Adidas]]
|1981–1983<br>1991–present
|Current until 2030<ref>{{cite web |url=https://as.com/futbol/2019/11/11/seleccion/1573463793_329932.html |title=Oficial: España renueva con Adidas hasta 2030 |publisher=as.com |language=es |date=11 November 2019 |access-date=5 December 2019 |archive-date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205132419/https://as.com/futbol/2019/11/11/seleccion/1573463793_329932.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footyheadlines.com/2015/09/adidas-extends-spain-kit-deal.html|title=Adidas Extends Spain Kit Deal|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204174413/https://www.footyheadlines.com/2015/09/adidas-extends-spain-kit-deal.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[Le Coq Sportif]]
| 1984–1990
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===Home stadium===
Spain qualified for [[Euro 96]] from a group consisting of Denmark, Belgium, Cyprus, Republic of 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.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thefa.com/euro2004/History/Postings/2003/01/36689.htm |title = TheFA.com – 1996 European Championship |accessdate = 2008-06-30}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
{{main|List of stadiums in Spain}}
Spain does not have a designated [[List of national stadiums|national stadium]]. The capital city of [[Madrid]] ([[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Bernabéu]] and [[Metropolitano Stadium|Metropolitano]]), [[Seville]] ([[Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium|Pizjuán]], [[Estadio Benito Villamarín|Villamarín]] and [[Estadio de La Cartuja|La Cartuja]]), [[Valencia]] ([[Mestalla Stadium|Mestalla]] and [[Estadi Ciutat de València|Orriols]]) and [[Barcelona]] ([[Camp Nou]] and [[Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys|Montjuïc]]), are the four Spanish cities that have hosted more than 15 [[Spain national football team results#Venues in Spain|national team matches]], while also being home to the largest stadiums in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/futbol/mundial/20170906/244726509_0.html |title=Cuatro razones por las que la selección no tenga sede fija |publisher=elespanol.com |language=es |date=7 September 2017 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906090705/https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/futbol/mundial/20170906/244726509_0.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Other friendly matches, as well as qualifying fixtures against smaller opponents, are played in provincial stadia. The [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] campaign included matches at the [[Estadio Reino de León|Reino de León]] in [[León, Spain|León]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=Arch |title=Exhibition from Spain in win vs Liechtenstein |url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2016/09/05/57cdda0322601da2348b458a.html |access-date=27 July 2018 |work=Marca |date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727181232/http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2016/09/05/57cdda0322601da2348b458a.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes|Los Cármenes]] in [[Granada]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://en.as.com/en/2017/06/11/football/1497177983_831312.html |title=Macedonia 1–2 Spain 2018 World Cup Group G qualifier |publisher=Diario AS |access-date=27 July 2018 |date=11 June 2017 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727183154/https://en.as.com/en/2017/06/11/football/1497177983_831312.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[El Molinón]] in [[Gijón]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://en.as.com/en/2017/03/22/opinion/1490173693_672952.html |title=Israel arrive in Gijón with controversy in the air |work=Diario AS |access-date=27 July 2018 |date=22 March 2017 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727185810/https://en.as.com/en/2017/03/22/opinion/1490173693_672952.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Estadio José Rico Pérez|Rico Pérez]] in [[Alicante]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Spain 3–0 Albania |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41500230 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=27 July 2018 |date=6 October 2017 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002030340/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41500230 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In [[1998 FIFA World Cup|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.
===Media coverage===
===Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002===
Spain's [[UEFA European Championship qualifying|UEFA European Qualifiers]] and [[UEFA Nations League]] matches, are televised nationwide by [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La 1]], flagship television channel of the public broadcaster [[Televisión Española|TVE]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20170928/comision-mixta-control-parlamentario-corporacion-rtve/1623714.shtml |title=TVE adquiere los derechos de la selección nacional de fútbol hasta 2022 |publisher=[[RTVE]] |language=es |date=28 September 2017 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621195523/http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20170928/comision-mixta-control-parlamentario-corporacion-rtve/1623714.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 national football team|Norway]] was followed by victories over [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] (2–1) and Yugoslavia (4–3), with Spain thus setting up a quarterfinal against 1998 World Cup champions, [[France national football team|France]], which was won 2–1 by France.
==Rivalries==
The qualifying tournament for the [[2002 World Cup]] went as expected for Spain as Spain topped a group consisting of [[Austria national football team|Austria]], [[Israel national football team|Israel]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]]. In the final tournament Spain won its three matches in group B, against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] (both by 3–1), and [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]] (3–2). Spain beat [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] on penalties in the second round, and faced co-hosts [[Korea Republic national football team|Korea Republic]] in the quarterfinals. Spain twice thought they had scored, but the efforts were disallowed, though video replays showed that both goals were valid and Korea was successful in the penalty shootout after a 0–0 draw.
Spain has rivalries with the other four "[[Big Five (association football)|Europe's Big Five]]" nations, with their [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] neighbors, and their North African neighbor Morocco.
* Their [[Portugal–Spain football rivalry|rivalry with '''Portugal''']], also known as the ''[[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] Derby'', is one of the oldest football rivalries at a national level. It began on 18 December 1921, when Portugal lost 3–1 to Spain in Madrid in their first ever international friendly game. Portugal lost their first matches, with their first draw (2–2) only coming in 1926. Portugal's first win came much later (4–1) in 1947. Both [[World Football Elo Ratings|belong to the strongest]] football nations of the world, and have met a total of 40 times (of which 11 matches were competitive) which resulted in 17 victories for Spain, 17 [[Tie (draw)|draws]] and 6 victories for Portugal.
===Euro 2004===
* Their [[France–Spain football rivalry|rivalry with '''France''']], also another major football force, is also one of the oldest at a national level. Spain and France have met a total of 36 times, beginning with a 4–0 triumph for Spain in a friendly in [[Bordeaux]] on 30 April 1922, though their first competitive meeting came in the [[UEFA Euro 1984 final]], which France won to take over its first major international honours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/video/0253-0d7ad8813dc8-5fad3eb41dbb-1000--euro-1984-final-highlights-france-2-0-spain/ |title=EURO 1984 final highlights: France 2–0 Spain |website=Uefa.com |date=25 May 2016 |access-date=20 October 2021 |url-access=registration |archive-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030001011/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/video/0253-0d7ad8813dc8-5fad3eb41dbb-1000--euro-1984-final-highlights-france-2-0-spain/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theringer.com/soccer/2021/10/11/22720816/france-spain-mbappe-benzema-prelude-to-epic-rivalry |title=France's Win Over Spain Was a Prelude to an Epic Rivalry in the Making |work=The Ringer |last=Okwonga |first=Musa |date=11 October 2021 |access-date=20 October 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022064645/https://www.theringer.com/soccer/2021/10/11/22720816/france-spain-mbappe-benzema-prelude-to-epic-rivalry |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain has the advantage in head-to-head competition with 17 wins, 13 losses and 7 draws.
At [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] in Portugal, Spain was drawn into group A with hosts [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[Russia national football team|Russia]] and [[Greece national football team|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]].
* Their [[Italy–Spain football rivalry|rivalry with '''Italy''']], sometimes referred to as the ''[[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] Derby'',<ref name="med21">{{cite web|url=http://www.sefutbol.com/derbi-mediterraneo-historia-rivalidad-dos-mejores-selecciones-sub-21|title=El derbi mediterráneo: historia de una rivalidad entre las dos mejores selecciones Sub-21|trans-title=The Mediterranean derby: history of a rivalry between the two best Under-21 teams|language=es|publisher=[[Royal Spanish Football Federation]]|website=Sefutbol|date=26 June 2017|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011133354/http://www.sefutbol.com/derbi-mediterraneo-historia-rivalidad-dos-mejores-selecciones-sub-21|archive-date=11 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> has been contested since 1920. Although the two nations are not immediate geographical neighbours, their rivalry at international level is enhanced by the strong performances of the representative clubs in UEFA competitions, in which they are among the leading associations and have each enjoyed spells of dominance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2249326.html|title=Spain v Italy: UEFA Champions League finals|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=28 May 2015|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630180108/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2249326.html|archive-date=30 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://forzaitalianfootball.com/2017/06/cambiasso-juventus-only-italian-club-that-lose-to-the-spanish/|title=Cambiasso: Juventus only Italian club that lose to the Spanish|website=Forza Italian Football|date=23 June 2017|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102444/https://forzaitalianfootball.com/2017/06/cambiasso-juventus-only-italian-club-that-lose-to-the-spanish/|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the quarter-finals match between the two countries at Euro 2008, the rivalry has renewed, with its most notable match between the two sides being in the [[UEFA Euro 2012 final]], which Spain won 4–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://euro2016.tsn.ca/matches/match/2018002/|title=Spain renews its rivalry with Italy|publisher=TSN.ca|date=25 June 2016|access-date=7 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704063559/http://euro2016.tsn.ca/matches/match/2018002/|archive-date=4 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bbc_report">{{cite news |first=Phil |last=McNulty |title=Spain 4–0 Italy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18355496 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=1 July 2012 |access-date=26 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826213123/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18355496 |archive-date=26 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain has the advantage in head-to-head competition with 14 wins, 11 losses and 16 draws.
* Their rivalry with '''[[Germany national football team|Germany]]''' is also one of the oldest at a national level. Germany and Spain have faced each other 27 times, starting with a 2–1 friendly victory for Spain on 12 May 1935 in [[Cologne]]. Spain only met a German side for the first time in any competitive fixture in 1966, as part of the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]], where West Germany (competing separately from East Germany at the time) came back to win 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Germany 2 vs. Spain 1 in the 1966 World Cup |url=https://www.thesoccerworldcups.com/games/1966_west_germany_spain.php |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.thesoccerworldcups.com |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816210645/https://www.thesoccerworldcups.com/games/1966_west_germany_spain.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the [[reunification of Germany]] in 1990, Spain has remained undefeated in competitive fixtures against Germany, winning the [[UEFA Euro 2008 final]] 1–0, the famous 6–0 rout in the [[2020–21 UEFA Nations League A]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=2020-11-17 |title=Spain 6–0 Germany: Hosts reach finals in sensational style {{!}} UEFA Nations League |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/0263-10e0deac835c-e649fb6bdb8c-1000--spain-6-0-germany-hosts-reach-finals-in-sensational-style/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=UEFA.com |language=en |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816210645/https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/0263-10e0deac835c-e649fb6bdb8c-1000--spain-6-0-germany-hosts-reach-finals-in-sensational-style/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and most recently beat Germany 2–1 after extra-time in the [[UEFA Euro 2024]] quarter-finals. The head-to-head result is a tie with 9 wins each and 9 draws.
* Their [[Morocco–Spain football rivalry|rivalry with '''Morocco''']] is another rivalry that has been forming in recent times, though not as frequent as with Spain's other rivalries. Morocco and Spain, while proximately close to each other, with the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] separating the two nations, are parts of two different confederations ([[UEFA]] for Spain and [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] for Morocco). This sense of rivalry is more keenly felt by Moroccans supporters and media, since Spain do not consider Morocco rivals like France, Germany, Italy or Portugal..<ref>https://premium.cat/en/geography-countries/the-intense-rivalry-between-spain-and-morocco-revives-in-paris-2024/</ref><ref>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2783022-melilla-morocco-vs-spain-and-the-world-cups-unique-football-rivalry</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67381781</ref> Spain dominates the head-to-head record after four meetings with two wins and two draws.<ref>https://www.11v11.com/teams/spain/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Morocco/</ref>
==Results and fixtures==
===Luis Aragonés era, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008===
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{{further|2023–24 in Spanish football|2024–25 in Spanish football}}
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, and beat Ukraine 4–0, Tunisia 3–1 and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] 1–0. However Spain fell 3–1 in the second round to [[France national football team|France]], with only the consolation of a share, with Brazil, of the 2006 FIFA Fair Play Award.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
After being eliminated from the competition, Luis Aragonés came to the decision that the team was not physical or tough enough to be able to out-muscle opponents, they therefore opted to start concentrating on monopolising the ball and thus started to employ the [[tiki-taka]] - a style characterised by short passing and movement, working the ball through various channels, and maintaining possession. [[Raphael Honigstein]] describes it as "a significant upgrade of the [[Total Football|Dutch "total football"]], a system that relied on players changing positions."<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/blog/2010/07/why-spain-were-anything-but-boring.html Why Spain were anything but boring]</ref>
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[[File:Spain Euro 08 celebration 3.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Spanish players celebrating their victory in Madrid.]]
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Spain qualified for [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]] at the top of [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group F|Qualifying Group F]] with 28 points out of a possible 36, and were [[UEFA Euro 2008 seeding|seeded]] 12th for the finals. They won all their games in [[UEFA Euro 2008 Group D|Group D]]: 4–1 against Russia, and 2–1 against both Sweden and defending champions Greece.
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===2023===
Reigning World Cup holders [[Italy national football team|Italy]] were the opponents in the [[Euro 2008#Quarter-finals|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.<ref>[http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008-game-previews/euro-2008-final-preview-germany-vs-spain.htmlEuro 2008 Final Preview: Germany vs Spain]</ref>
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|location = [[Oslo]], Norway
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*[[Luka Lochoshvili|Lochoshvili]] {{goal|72|o.g.}}
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*[[Khvicha Kvaratskhelia|Kvaratskhelia]] {{goal|10}}
|location = [[Valladolid]], Spain
|stadium = [[Estadio José Zorrilla|José Zorrilla]]
|attendance = 24,146
|referee = [[Ovidiu Hațegan]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
|result = W
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===2024===
In the [[UEFA Euro 2008 Final|final]], played in [[Vienna]]'s [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]], Spain defeated [[Germany national football team|Germany]] 1–0, with a goal scored by [[Fernando Torres]] in the 33rd minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7363545.stm|title=Germany 0–1 Spain|date=2008-06-29|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-08-20 | location=London}}</ref> 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.<ref>Spanish players named in the ''team of the tournament'' were: goalkeeper and captain [[Iker Casillas]], defenders [[Carles Puyol]], [[Carlos Marchena]], midfielders [[Xavi]], [[Cesc Fàbregas]], [[Andrés Iniesta]], [[Marcos Senna]] and strikers [[David Villa]] and [[Fernando Torres]].</ref>
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|stadium = [[London Stadium]]
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*[[Endrick (footballer, born 2006)|Endrick]] {{goal|50}}
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|stadium = [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]]
|location = [[Madrid]], Spain
|attendance = 65,000
|referee = [[João Pinheiro (referee)|João Pinheiro]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
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|time = 21:30 [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+01:00]])
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*[[Mikel Oyarzabal|Oyarzabal]] {{goal|53||66||73}}
*[[Ferran Torres|F. Torres]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 =
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|location = [[Badajoz]], Spain
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|time = 21:30 [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+01:00]])
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*[[Álvaro Morata|Morata]] {{goal|18}}
*[[Fabián Ruiz|Fabián]] {{goal|35}}
*[[Mikel Oyarzabal|Oyarzabal]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2 =
*[[Daniel Ballard|Ballard]] {{goal|2}}
|stadium = [[Estadi Mallorca Son Moix]]
|location = [[Palma de Mallorca|Palma]], Spain
|attendance =
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|date = 15 June
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|2}}
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|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
|goals1 =
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*[[Fabián Ruiz|Fabián]] {{goal|32}}
*[[Dani Carvajal|Carvajal]] {{goal|45+2}}
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|stadium = [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
|attendance = 68,844
|referee = [[Michael Oliver (referee)|Michael Oliver]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036163/
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|score = 1–0
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|goals1 = [[Riccardo Calafiori|Calafiori]] {{goal|55|o.g.}}
|goals2 =
|location = [[Gelsenkirchen]], Germany
|stadium = [[Arena AufSchalke]]
|attendance = 49,528<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/EURO/2024/2036175_FR.pdf |title=Full Time Report – Spain v Italy |work=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=20 June 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622025028/https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/EURO/2024/2036175_FR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee = [[Slavko Vinčić]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])
|result = W
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|time = {{UTZ|21:00|2}}
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|score = 0–1
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|goals2 =
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|location = [[Düsseldorf]], Germany
|stadium = [[Merkur Spiel-Arena]]
|attendance = 46,586<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/EURO/2024/2036175_FR.pdf |title=Full Time Report – Albania v Spain |work=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=24 June 2024 |access-date=24 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622025028/https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/EURO/2024/2036175_FR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee = [[Glenn Nyberg]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
|result = W
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036187/
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|date = 30 June
|time = {{UTZ|21:00|2}}
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|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fb|GEO}}
|goals1 =
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*[[Fabián Ruiz|Fabián]] {{goal|51}}
*[[Nico Williams|Williams]] {{goal|75}}
*[[Dani Olmo|Olmo]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 =
*[[Robin Le Normand|Le Normand]] {{goal|18|o.g.}}
|location = [[Cologne]], Germany
|stadium = [[RheinEnergieStadion]]
|attendance = 42,233
|referee = [[François Letexier]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|result = W
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|time = {{UTZ|18:00|2}}
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|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|GER}}
|aet = yes
|goals1 =
*[[Dani Olmo|Olmo]] {{goal|51}}
*[[Mikel Merino|Merino]] {{goal|119}}
|goals2 =
*[[Florian Wirtz|Wirtz]] {{goal|89}}
|location = [[Stuttgart]], Germany
|stadium = [[MHPArena]]
|attendance = 54,000
|referee = [[Anthony Taylor (referee)|Anthony Taylor]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
|result = W
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036205/
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|date = 9 July
|time = {{UTZ|21:00|2}}
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|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 =
*[[Lamine Yamal|Yamal]] {{goal|21}}
*[[Dani Olmo|Olmo]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2 =
*[[Randal Kolo Muani|Kolo Muani]] {{goal|9}}
|location = [[Munich]], Germany
|stadium = [[Allianz Arena]]
|attendance = 62,042
|referee = [[Slavko Vinčić]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])
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|score = 2–1
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|goals1 =
*[[Nico Williams|Williams]] {{goal|47}}
*[[Mikel Oyarzabal|Oyarzabal]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 =
*[[Cole Palmer|Palmer]] {{goal|73}}
|location = [[Berlin]], Germany
|stadium = [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
|attendance = 65,600
|referee = [[François Letexier]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
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|time = 20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League A#Group 4|2024–25 UEFA Nations League Group A4]]
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|score = 0–0
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|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
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|stadium = [[Red Star Stadium]]
|location = [[Belgrade]], Serbia
|attendance = 29,981
|referee = [[Serdar Gözübüyük]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
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|time = 20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League A#Group 4|2024–25 UEFA Nations League Group A4]]
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|score = 1–4
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|goals2 =
*[[Joselu]] {{goal|4}}
*[[Fabián Ruiz|Fabián]] {{goal|13||77}}
*[[Ferran Torres|F. Torres]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Stade de Genève]]
|location = [[Geneva]], Switzerland
|attendance = 26,265
|referee = [[Irfan Peljto]] ([[Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]])
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|time = 20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
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|time = 20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
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|time = 20:45 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League A#Group 4|2024–25 UEFA Nations League Group A4]]
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|time = 20:45 [[Central European Time|CET]]
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==Coaching staff==
===Confederations Cup debut and 2010 World Cup qualification===
{{main|List of Spain national football team managers}}
[[File:Spanien - Nationalmannschaft 20091118.jpg|thumb|right|Spain defeated Austria by a score of 5–1 in November 2009 in [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]], [[Vienna]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
[[Luis Aragonés]] left the manager's role after the Euro 2008 success, and was replaced by [[Vicente del Bosque]].<ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12024_3823638,00.html Spain appoint Del Bosque]</ref>
|-
!style="background:#C60B1E;color:#FFC400;border:1px solid #baa130"| Role
!style="background:#C60B1E;color:#FFC400;border:1px solid #baa130"| Name
|-
|Head coach
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)|Luis de la Fuente]]
|-
|Assistant coach
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Amo]]
|-
|Goalkeeping coach
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel España
|-
|Fitness coach
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Cruz
|-
|Data analysts
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Geri Peica<hr />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juanjo González]]
|-
|Psychologist
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Joaquín Valdés
|-
|Video analyst
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Peña
|-
|Doctor
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan José García Cota
|-
|Physiotherapists
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Lorenzo del Pozo <hr /> {{flagicon|ESP}} Raúl Martínez <hr /> {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Gutiérrez <hr /> {{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Carlos Herranz <hr /> {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Galán del Río
|-
|Kit men
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Joaquín Retamosa <hr /> {{flagicon|ESP}} José Damián García <hr /> {{flagicon|ESP}} Antonio Guerra
|-
|Sporting director
|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|-
|Team manager
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Nuria Martínez Navas
|-
|Delegate
|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|}
==Players==
2008 saw [[David Villa]] score 12 goals in 15 games, breaking the Spanish record of 10 goals in one year held by [[Raúl González|Raúl]] since 1999.<ref>[http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/seleccion/es/desarrollo/1185746.html Villa, mejor goleador de la selección en un año natural {{sp icon}}]</ref> On 11 February 2009, David Villa broke another Spanish record as his 36th-minute goal against England saw him become the first Spanish player to score in six consecutive games.<ref>[http://www.goal.com/en/news/468/internationals/2009/02/12/1105433/spain-hotshot-david-villa-delighted-with-goal-against-england Spain Hotshot David Villa Delighted With Goal Against England]</ref>
{{Main|List of Spain international footballers}}
===Current squad===
Spain began its [[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 national football team|Brazil]].
The following 25 players were named in the final squad for [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League A#Group 4|2024–25 UEFA Nations League]] matches against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]] on 12 and 15 October 2024, respectively.
''Caps and goals updated as of 8 September 2024, after the match against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]].''
Spain won all three of its 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. With further wins over [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] (1–0) and {{nft|South Africa}} (2–0) they earned not only qualification for the semifinals, but also obtained the world record for 15 consecutive wins and tied the record of 35 consecutive unbeaten games (with {{nft|Brazil}}).
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On 24 June 2009, Spain's undefeated record ended when the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] beat Spain 2–0 in the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup]] semi-finals which sent Spain to the third place match. This was Spain's first defeat since 2006. Spain defeated hosts {{nft|South Africa}} 3–2 after [[extra time]] in the 3rd-place playoff.<ref>[http://goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010confederations-cup/2009/06/28/1351793/spain-finish-third-in-confederations-cup-after-thrilling Spain Finish Third In Confederations Cup After Thrilling Finale Against South Africa]</ref>
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{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=FW|name=[[Nico Williams]]|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2002|7|12}}|caps=22|goals=4|club=[[Athletic Bilbao]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=[[Lamine Yamal]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2007|7|13}}|caps=16|goals=3|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=FW|name=[[Mikel Oyarzabal]]|age={{birth date and age|df=y|1997|4|21}}|caps=38|goals=12|club=[[Real Sociedad]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g end|background=#0055A4}}
===Recent call-ups===
On 9 September 2009, Spain secured its place at the [[2010 World Cup|2010 World Cup finals]] after beating [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] 3–0 in [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236527&cc=5739&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA|title=South Africa place secured|date=2009-09-09|work=ESPN|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref> Spain went on to record a perfect World Cup qualifying record with 10 wins out of 10 in Group 5, finishing with a 5–2 victory over [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] on 14 October 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236569&cc=5739|title=Perfect record intact|date=2009-10-14|work=ESPN|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref> The Spaniards entered the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]] as second place in the world rankings.
The following players have also been called up for the team in the last twelve months.
{{nat fs r start|background=#D60607|color=#F7F408}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Unai Simón]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|11}}|caps=46|goals=0|club=[[Athletic Bilbao]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=[[UEFA Euro 2024]]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Kepa Arrizabalaga]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|10|3}}|caps=14|goals=0|club=[[AFC Bournemouth|Bournemouth]]|clubnat=ENG|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 15 October 2023}}
{{nat fs break|background=#D60607}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Robin Le Normand]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|11}}|caps=19|goals=1|club=[[Atlético Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SWI}}, 8 September 2024}}
{{Nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Jesús Navas]] <sup>RET</sup>||other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]||age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|11|21}}|caps=56|goals=5|clubnat=ESP|club=[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]|latest=[[UEFA Euro 2024]]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Nacho (footballer, born 1990)|Nacho]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|1|18}}|caps=29|goals=1|club=[[Al Qadsiah FC|Al Qadsiah]]|clubnat=KSA|latest=[[UEFA Euro 2024]]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[José Gayà]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|25}}|caps=22|goals=3|club=[[Valencia CF|Valencia]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|COL}}, 22 March 2024 <sup>INJ</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Iñigo Martínez]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|05|17}}|caps=21|goals=1|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|GEO}}, 19 November 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Eric García (footballer, born 2001)|Eric García]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|1|9}}|caps=19|goals=0|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|GEO}}, 19 November 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[David García (footballer, born 1994)|David García]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|14}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Al-Rayyan SC|Al Rayyan]]|clubnat=QAT|latest=v. {{fb|GEO}}, 19 November 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Fran García (footballer, born 1999)|Fran García]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|8|14}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 15 October 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Alfonso Pedraza]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|4|9}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 15 October 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Alejandro Balde]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|10|18}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SCO}}, 12 October 2023 <sup>INJ</sup>}}
{{nat fs break|background=#D60607}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|6|22}}|caps=57|goals=4|club=[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]|clubnat=ENG|latest=v. {{fb|SUI}}, 8 September 2024}}
{{Nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Dani Olmo]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|5|7}}|caps=40|goals=11|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SUI}}, 8 September 2024 <sup>INJ</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Pepelu]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|8|11}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Valencia CF|Valencia]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SWI}}, 8 September 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Fermín López]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|5|11}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=[[UEFA Euro 2024]]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Marcos Llorente]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|1|30}}|caps=19|goals=0|club=[[Atlético Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=[[UEFA Euro 2024]] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{Nat fs r player|pos=MF|name=[[Pablo Sarabia]]|age={{birth date and age|df=y|1992|5|11}}|caps=27|goals=9|clubnat=ENG|club=[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]|latest=v. {{fb|BRA}}, 26 March 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Oihan Sancet]]|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2000|4|25}}|caps=4|goals=1|club=[[Athletic Bilbao]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|BRA}}, 26 March 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Gavi (footballer)|Gavi]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2004|8|5}}|caps=27|goals=5|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|GEO}}, 19 November 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Rodrigo Riquelme (footballer, born 2000)|Rodrigo Riquelme]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|5|2}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Atlético Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|GEO}}, 19 November 2023}}
{{nat fs break|background=#D60607}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Ayoze Pérez]]|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|7|29}}|caps=3|goals=1|club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SUI}}, 8 September 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Gerard Moreno]]|age={{birth date and age|df=y|1992|4|7}}|caps=18|goals=5|club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|BRA}}, 26 March 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Ansu Fati]]|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2002|10|31}}|caps=10|goals=2|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 15 October 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Bryan Zaragoza]]|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2001|9|9}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[CA Osasuna|Osasuna]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 15 October 2023}}
{{nat fs break|background=#D60607}}
<sup>INJ</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury<br /><sup>PRE</sup> Preliminary squad / standby<br />
<sup>WD</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue<br />
<sup>RET</sup> Player retired from the national team<br />
<sup>SUS</sup> Player is serving suspension<br />
{{nat fs end|background=#D60607}}
==Individual records==
===2010 FIFA World Cup winner===
===Player records===
<table style="float: left; width: 160px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px">
{{main|List of Spain international footballers|Spain national football team records and statistics}}
<tr><td><div style="position: relative;">
[[Sergio Ramos]] holds the record for most appearances for the Spain's team with 180.<ref name="RSSSFApps">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/span-recintlp.html |title=Spain - Record International Players |website=RSSSF |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-date=4 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204122142/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/span-recintlp.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In second place is [[Iker Casillas]] with 167, followed by [[Sergio Busquets]] with 143.<ref name="RSSSFApps"/>
[[Image:Soccer.Field Transparant.png|175px]]
{{Image label|x=0.20|y=0.05|scale=350|text=[[Iker Casillas|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Black;">'''Casillas (C)'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.20|scale=350|text=[[Sergio Ramos|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Maroon;">'''Ramos'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.12|y=0.15|scale=350|text=[[Carles Puyol|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Maroon;">'''Puyol'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.32|y=0.15|scale=350|text=[[Gerard Piqué|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Maroon;">'''Piqué'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.20|scale=350|text=[[Joan Capdevila|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Maroon;">'''Capdevila'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.13|y=0.37|scale=350|text=[[Xavi|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Navy;">'''Xavi'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.20|y=0.30|scale=350|text=[[Sergio Busquets|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Navy;">'''Busquets'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.33|y=0.37|scale=350|text=[[Xabi Alonso|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Navy;">'''Alonso'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.36|y=0.47|scale=350|text=[[Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Yellow;">'''Pedro'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.09|y=0.47|scale=350|text=[[Andrés Iniesta|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Yellow;">'''Iniesta'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.23|y=0.50|scale=350|text=[[David Villa|<span style="font-size:0.8em; color:Yellow;">'''Villa'''</span>]]}}
</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><small>[[2010 FIFA World Cup Final]] starting lineup on July 11, 2010, in [[Johannesburg]] ([[Soccer City]]).</small></td></tr>
</table>
[[File:Spain and Portugal match at the FIFA World Cup 2010-06-29 5.jpg|thumb|right|Spain take a corner against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in a [[2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Spain vs Portugal|Round of 16 match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup]].]]
''See Also: [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group H]] and [[2010 FIFA World Cup Final]]''
[[David Villa]] holds the title of Spain's highest goalscorer, scoring 59 goals from 2005 to 2017, during which time he played for Spain on 98 occasions.<ref name="RSSSFApps"/> [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl González]] is the second highest goalscorer, scoring 44 goals in 102 appearances between 1996 and 2006.<ref name="RSSSFApps"/>
The 2010 World Cup draw, which took place on 4 December 2009, placed Spain in [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group H|Group H]], alongside [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]], and [[Chile national football team|Chile]]. Spain lost its first group stage match against Switzerland, 0–1. In their second match they defeated Honduras by 2 goals from [[David Villa]]. Their next match against Chile on 25 June was won 2–1.
They advanced to the knock-out stage to defeat Portugal 1–0, reaching the quarter-finals, in which they defeated [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] 1-0, scoring off of a goal by [[David Villa]] who put the ball in the back of the net after struck the ball off the post, reaching the last four for the first time since [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]. They then advanced to the [[2010 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] for the first time ever by defeating [[Germany national football team|Germany]] 1-0 via a headed goal from [[Carles Puyol]].
====Most capped players====
[[File:Casillas besando la Copa del Mundo de fútbol.jpg|thumb|right|Spanish players ([[Iker Casillas]], [[Juan Manuel Mata|Juan Mata]] and [[Javi Martínez]]) celebrate with the World Cup trophy.]]
[[File:Sergio Ramos Euro 2012 vs France 01.jpg|thumb|Sergio Ramos holds the record for the most appearances in the history of Spain with 180 caps.]]
In the second half of extra time during the World Cup final against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], [[Andrés Iniesta]] scored a single goal from a pass given by [[Cesc Fabregas]], winning the World Cup for Spain for the first time in their history. In this match Spain received 5 yellow cards, while the "Oranje" received 9. Spain won the World Cup by only scoring 8 goals and conceding 2, which is the lowest by any World Cup winner in both cases. Also, they are the only team not to have conceded a goal in the last four games of the tournament. Spain are the only team that has won the World Cup title after losing its opening game. Spain are only the second team to win a World Cup outside their own continent, following [[Brazil national football team|Brazil's]] wins in [[1958 FIFA World Cup|Sweden]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup|Japan]], which also makes Spain the first European team to win the World Cup outside of Europe. Spain and Brazil are also the only teams to never win the World Cup whilst hosting the event, Spain having been eliminated in the second round in [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
Below is a list of the ten players with the most [[Cap (football)|caps]] for Spain, {{as of|2024|7|14|lc=on}}.<ref name="RSSSFApps"/>
:Players in '''bold''' are still active with Spain.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup squad won the FIFA fair play award while some of its players also won awards.<ref name="2010fairplay">{{cite web|title=Forlan and Muller strike gold|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1272888/index.html|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=14 July 2010}}</ref> Goalkeeper Iker Casillas won the [[FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Glove|golden glove]] for only conceding two goals during the tournament. David Villa won the [[FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Ball|bronze ball]] and [[FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Boot|silver boot]] with a total of 5 goals and 1 assist.
<!--Goals scored are not to be used as "tie-breakers". -->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
==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 a full white kit with red and yellow trim. The colour of the socks changed throughout the 1980s from black to the same colour as the blue short. Spain's kits have been made by manufacturers including Adidas (from 1982 until 1984), [[Le Coq Sportif]] (from 1984 until 1992) and again Adidas (since 1992).
Their current home kit designed by a team led by Daniel Newlan at [[Adidas]], is a lighter red than usual along with light blue shorts and red socks, similar to the older 2006 kit.<ref>[http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/football/content/products-detail.aspx?article=P47902&collection=federation#grid Royal Spanish Football Federation Home Jersey]</ref> A third kit is sometimes used and is usually blue with red and yellow trim (used currently as change kit). 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. After winning the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] a golden star was added at the top of the emblem.
==Competitive record==
:''*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].''
:''**Since [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]], Spain has sent its under 23 national team.''
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===World Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30px|Rank
!Host nation(s) / Year
!style="width:135px;"|Player
!Round
!width=50px|Caps
!Position
!width=50px|Goals
!GP
!style="width:100px;"|Period
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||colspan="8"|''Did not enter''
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Sergio Ramos]]
|180
|23
|2005–2021
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||Quarter-final||5||3||1||1||1||4||3
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Iker Casillas]]
|167
|0
|2000–2016
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||colspan="8"|''Banned by FIFA due to [[Spanish Civil War|Civil War]]''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Sergio Busquets]]
|- bgcolor=LemonChiffon
|143
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||Fourth place||4||6||3||1||2||10||12
|2
|2009–2022
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||colspan="8" rowspan=2|''Did not qualify''
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|133
|13
|2000–2014
|-
|5
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Andrés Iniesta]]
|131
|13
|2006–2018
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||Round 1||12||3||1||0||2||2||3
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Andoni Zubizarreta]]
|126
|0
|1985–1998
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||Round 1||10||3||1||0||2||4||5
|style="text-align: left;"|[[David Silva]]
|125
|35
|2006–2018
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||colspan="8" rowspan=2|''Did not qualify''
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Xabi Alonso]]
|114
|16
|2003–2014
|-
|rowspan=2|9
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Cesc Fàbregas]]
|110
|15
|2006–2016
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Fernando Torres]]
|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||Round 1||10||3||1||1||1||2||2
|110
|38
|2003–2014
|}
'''Youngest capped player'''
* [[Lamine Yamal]] (16 years and 57 days) vs. {{fb|GEO}}, 8 September 2023<ref name="Yamal"/>
'''Oldest capped player'''
* [[Jesús Navas]] (38 years and 231 days) vs. {{fb|FRA}}, 9 July 2024
====Top goalscorers====
[[File:Spain-Tahiti, Confederations Cup 2013 (02) (Villa crop).jpg|thumb|David Villa is the top scorer in the history of Spain with 59 goals.]]
Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for Spain, {{as of|2024|07|14|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eu-football.info/_scorers.php?id=185 |title = Spain national football team goal scorers |publisher = European football database |access-date = 9 January 2016 |archive-date = 9 February 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160209190156/http://eu-football.info/_scorers.php?id=185 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Top goalscorers">{{cite web |url = http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/rankingGSEL.html |title = Ranking – Goals |publisher = BDFUTBOL |access-date = 28 December 2015 |archive-date = 7 January 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160107075350/http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/rankingGSEL.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="RSSSFApps"/>
<!--Caps are not to be used as "tie-breakers". -->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=30px|Rank
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||Round 2||12||5||1||2||2||4||5
! style="width:135px;"|Player
!width=50px|Goals
!width=50px|Caps
!width=50px|Average
!width=100px|Period
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Quarter-final||8||5||3||1||1||11||4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[David Villa]] ([[List of international goals scored by David Villa|list]])
|59
|98
|{{#expr:59/98 round 2}}
|2005–2017
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||Round of 16||14||4||2||1||1||6||4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] ([[List of international goals scored by Raúl|list]])
|44
|102
|{{#expr:44/102 round 2}}
|1996–2006
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||Quarter-final||6||5||2||2||1||10||6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Torres]] ([[List of international goals scored by Fernando Torres|list]])
|38
|110
|{{#expr:38/110 round 2}}
|2003–2014
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||Round 1||17||3||1||1||1||8||4
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Álvaro Morata]]'''
|36
|80
|{{#expr:36/80 round 2}}
|2014–present
|-
|5
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||Quarter-final||5||5||3||2||0||10||5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[David Silva]]
|35
|125
|{{#expr:35/125 round 2}}
|2006–2018
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Round of 16||9||4||3||0||1||9||4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Hierro]]
|- bgcolor=gold
|29
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||7||6||0||1||8||2
|89
|{{#expr:29/89 round 2}}
|1989–2002
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]||||||||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Morientes]]
|27
|47
|{{#expr:27/47 round 2}}
|1998–2007
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]||||||||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Emilio Butragueño]]
|26
|69
|{{#expr:26/69 round 2}}
|1984–1992
|-
|rowspan=2|9
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] ([[List of international goals scored by Alfredo Di Stéfano|list]])
|23
|31
|{{#expr:23/31 round 2}}
|1957–1961
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Sergio Ramos]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]||||||||||||||||
|23
|180
|{{#expr:23/180 round 2}}
|2005–2021
|-
|'''Total'''||13/19||'''1 Title'''||56||28||12||16||88||59
|}
'''Youngest goalscorer'''
{{col-2}}<div style="text-align:left">
* [[Lamine Yamal]] (16 years and 57 days) vs. {{fb|GEO}}, 8 September 2023<ref name="Yamal">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/sep/08/lamine-yamal-becomes-spains-youngest-ever-player-and-scorer |title=Lamine Yamal becomes youngest Spain player – and scorer – in rout of Georgia |website=The Guardian |date=8 September 2023 |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-date=22 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122032629/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/sep/08/lamine-yamal-becomes-spains-youngest-ever-player-and-scorer |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Oldest goalscorer'''
===European Championship===
* [[Aritz Aduriz]] (35 years and 274 days) vs. {{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}, 12 November 2016<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2016/11/12/582797de22601df53e8b4610.html|title=Aduriz becomes Spain's oldest scorer in Macedonia rout|newspaper=Marca|date=12 November 2016|access-date=13 November 2016|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233628/http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2016/11/12/582797de22601df53e8b4610.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Most goals scored in a single match'''
* [[Chacho (footballer)|Chacho]] (6 goals) vs. {{fb|BUL}}, 13 May 1933<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5733 |title=Spain vs Bulgaria report – 13/05/1933 |publisher=EU-football.info |accessdate=3 June 2022 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510214659/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5733 |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''First goal scored'''
* [[Juan Arzuaga]] vs. {{fb|FRA|1830}}, 25 May 1913<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2021/03/25-de-mayo-de-1913-el-primer-partido-de-la-seleccion-espanola-de-futbol/ |title=El primer partido de la Selección Española de Fútbol |trans-title=The first game of the Spanish Soccer Team |language=es |website=www.cihefe.es |date=14 February 2021 |access-date=24 July 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205152941/https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2021/03/25-de-mayo-de-1913-el-primer-partido-de-la-seleccion-espanola-de-futbol/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (unofficial game)
* [[Patricio Arabolaza]] vs. {{fb|DEN}}, 28 August 1920<ref>{{cite web |title=Denmark 0 Spain 1 |url=http://www.eu-football.info/_match.php?id=4828 |website=eu-football.info |accessdate=30 October 2010 |archive-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426174615/http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=4828 |url-status=live }}</ref> (official game)
====Captains====
{{main article|List of Spain national football team captains}}
List of Spain's [[Captain (sports)|captains]] in major tournaments.
* [[Mariano Arrate]] (3 caps as captain) was captain during [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics 1920]].
* [[Pedro Vallana]] (5) was captain during [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics 1924]] and [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics 1928]].
* [[Ricardo Zamora]] (24) was captain during [[1934 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1934]].
* [[Ignacio Eizaguirre]] (4) was captain during [[1950 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1950]].
* [[Joan Segarra]] (15) was captain during [[1962 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1962]].
* [[Ferran Olivella]] (10) was captain during [[1964 European Nations' Cup|European Nations Cup 1964]].
* [[Francisco Gento]] (15) was captain during [[1966 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1966]].
* [[Pirri]] (18) was captain during [[1978 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1978]].
* [[Juan Manuel Asensi]] (14) was captain during [[UEFA Euro 1980|Euro 1980]].
* [[Luis Arconada]] (48) was captain during [[1982 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1982]] and [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 1984]].
* [[José Antonio Camacho]] (24) was captain during [[1986 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1986]] and [[UEFA Euro 1988|Euro 1988]].
* [[Emilio Butragueño]] (31) was captain during [[1990 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1990]].
* [[Andoni Zubizarreta]] (50) was captain during [[1994 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1994]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1998]].
* [[Fernando Hierro]] (32) was captain during [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2002]].
* [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] (42) was captain during [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2006]].
* [[Iker Casillas]] (104) was captain during [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2010]], [[UEFA Euro 2012|Euro 2012]], [[2014 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2014]] and [[UEFA Euro 2016|Euro 2016]].
* [[Sergio Ramos]] (54) was captain during [[2018 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2018]].
* [[Sergio Busquets]] (20) was captain during [[UEFA Euro 2020|Euro 2020]], [[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals|Nations League 2021]] and [[2022 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2022]].
* [[Jordi Alba]] (2) was captain during [[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals|Nations League 2023]].
* [[Álvaro Morata]] (7) was captain during [[UEFA Euro 2024|Euro 2024]].
===Manager records===
{{main|List of Spain national football team managers|Spain national football team records and statistics}}
* Most manager appearances
:[[Vicente del Bosque]]: 114
==Team records==
{{main|Spain national football team records and statistics}}
* Most consecutive wins (including friendlies): 15 (2008–2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/91473-most-consecutive-wins-in-international-football-soccer |title=Most consecutive wins in international football (soccer) |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223061909/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/91473-most-consecutive-wins-in-international-football-soccer |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20090620-spain-win-world-record-15th-consecutive-match- |title=Spain win world-record 15th consecutive match |website=France24 |date=20 June 2009 |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125185210/https://www.france24.com/en/20090620-spain-win-world-record-15th-consecutive-match- |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Most consecutive wins achieved by an international coach from debut: 13 – [[Vicente del Bosque]]
* Most penalty shoot-outs in one World Cup by one team: 2 at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] (shared with {{fb|ARG}} at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], {{fb|NED}} and {{fb|CRC}} at the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]], {{fb|RUS}} and {{fb|CRO}} at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], and {{fb|CRO}} and {{fb|ARG}} at the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]])
* Highest maximum number of points in World Cup qualification: 30 out of 30 ([[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|2010]]) (shared with {{fb|GER}} for [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C|2018]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/world-cup-qualification-uefa/2018/germany-s-perfect-10-completed-with-win-over-azerbaijan_sto6360333/story.shtml |title=Germany's perfect 10 completed with win over Azerbaijan |website=TNT Sports |date=8 October 2017 |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223061900/https://www.tntsports.co.uk/geoblocking.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Competitive record==
{{for|the all-time record for the national team against opposing teams|Spain national football team all-time record}}
===FIFA World Cup===
{{main|Spain at the FIFA World Cup}}
Although often entering tournaments as one of the favorites, Spain have often been perceived as underachieving at the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/world-cup-spain-finally-ditches-its-underachiever-tag-1f8076ca793e426daa8f219d1990cafc |title=World Cup: Spain finally ditches its underachiever tag |author=Pan Pylas |website=AP News |date=29 May 2018 |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129160500/https://apnews.com/world-cup-spain-finally-ditches-its-underachiever-tag-1f8076ca793e426daa8f219d1990cafc |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/world-cup-spain-finally-ditches-its-underachiever-tag |title=Spain finally ditches its underachiever tag |website=Fox Sports |date=4 March 2020 |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129160500/https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/world-cup-spain-finally-ditches-its-underachiever-tag |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain's first World Cup was in [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]. At that World Cup, Spain started their campaign by defeating Brazil 3–1 to advance to the quarter-finals, where they lost to hosts Italy in a replay.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/34full.html |title=World Cup 1934 finals |website=RSSSF |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701145038/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/34full.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Before Spain's success in 2010, their best result came in 1950, where they reached the last four. Spain were paired with the hosts Brazil, as well as Uruguay and Sweden.<ref name="1950WC">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50full.html |title=World Cup 1950 finals |website=RSSSF |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604191404/https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50full.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain managed a draw against Uruguay but defeats from Brazil and Sweden meant that Spain would end up in fourth place.<ref name="1950WC"/> At the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] held in South Africa, Spain became world champions for the first time after defeating the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] 1–0 in the final, becoming the eighth country to win the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_64/default.stm |title=Netherlands 0–1 Spain (aet) |author=Paul Fletcher |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 July 2010 |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810004846/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_64/default.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/most-fifa-world-cup-football-wins |title=Most FIFA World Cup wins: Brazil lead men's winners list; USA dominate women's roll of honour |author=Aarish Ansari |publisher=Olympics |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210185258/https://olympics.com/en/news/most-fifa-world-cup-football-wins |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} '''Champions''' {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} '''Runners-up''' {{Color box|#cc9966|border=darkgray}} '''Third place''' {{legend-inline|white|border=3px solid red;}} Hosts or co-hosts
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=10|[[FIFA World Cup]] record
!width=1% rowspan=28|
!colspan=6|[[FIFA World Cup qualification|Qualification]] record
|-
!Host nation(s) / Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!GP
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!W
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!D*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!L
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!GS
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!GA
!Squad
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1960 UEFA European Football Championship|1960]]||colspan="8"|''Withdrew (Refused to play USSR)''
|colspan=9|''Did not enter''
|colspan=6|''Declined invitation''
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
|- bgcolor=gold
|Quarter-finals
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||2||2||0||0||4||2
|5th
|3
|1
|1
|1
|4
|3
|[[1934 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|2
|2
|0
|0
|11
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1830}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1968 UEFA European Football Championship|1968]]||colspan="8" rowspan=3|''Did not qualify''
|colspan=9|''Withdrew''
|colspan=6|''Withdrew''
|-
|- style="background:#9acdff"
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[1972 UEFA European Football Championship|1972]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|Fourth place
|4th
|6
|3
|1
|2
|10
|12
|[[1950 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|2
|1
|1
|0
|7
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|YugoslaviaSwitzerland}} [[19761954 UEFAFIFA EuropeanWorld Football ChampionshipCup|19761954]]
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Did not qualify''
|3
|1
|1
|1
|6
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|ItalySweden}} [[19801958 UEFAFIFA EuropeanWorld Football ChampionshipCup|19801958]]||Round 1||7||3||0||1||2||2||4
|4
|2
|1
|1
|12
|8
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|- bgcolor=silver
|rowspan=2|Group stage
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984]]||Runners-up||2||5||1||3||1||4||5
|13th
|3
|1
|0
|2
|2
|3
|[[1962 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|4
|3
|1
|0
|7
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|West GermanyEngland}} [[19881966 UEFAFIFA EuropeanWorld Football ChampionshipCup|19881966]]||Round 1||6||3||1||0||2||3||5
|10th
|3
|1
|0
|2
|4
|5
|[[1966 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|3
|2
|0
|1
|5
|2
|-
|{{flagicon|SwedenMexico}} [[19921970 UEFAFIFA EuropeanWorld Football ChampionshipCup|19921970]]||colspan="8"|''Did not qualify''
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Did not qualify''
|6
|2
|2
|2
|10
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|EnglandWest Germany}} [[19961974 UEFAFIFA EuropeanWorld Football ChampionshipCup|19961974]]||Quarter-final||5||4||1||3||0||4||3
|5
|2
|2
|1
|8
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|2000]]||Quarter-final||5||4||2||0||2||7||7
|Group stage
|10th
|3
|1
|1
|1
|2
|2
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|4
|3
|0
|1
|4
|1
|-
|style="border:3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|2004]]||Round 1||10||3||1||1||1||2||2
|Second group stage
|12th
|5
|1
|2
|2
|4
|5
|[[1982 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|colspan=6|''Qualified as host''
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]
|- bgcolor=gold
|Quarter-finals
|{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship|2008]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||6||5||1||0||12||3
|7th
|5
|3
|1
|1
|11
|4
|[[1986 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|6
|4
|0
|2
|9
|8
|-
|{{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|UkraineItaly}} [[UEFA1990 EuroFIFA 2012World Cup|20121990]]||colspan="8"|''Qualifying''
|Round of 16
|10th
|4
|2
|1
|1
|6
|4
|[[1990 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|8
|6
|1
|1
|20
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|FranceUnited States}} [[UEFA1994 EuroFIFA 2016World Cup|20161994]]||colspan="8"|
|Quarter-finals
|8th
|5
|2
|2
|1
|10
|6
|[[1994 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|12
|8
|3
|1
|27
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
||'''Total'''||8/13||'''2 Titles'''||30||13||9||8||38||31
|Group stage
|17th
|3
|1
|1
|1
|8
|4
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|10
|8
|2
|0
|26
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]
|Quarter-finals
|5th
|5
|3
|2
|0
|10
|5
|[[2002 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|8
|6
|2
|0
|21
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]
|Round of 16
|9th
|4
|3
|0
|1
|9
|4
|[[2006 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|12
|6
|6
|0
|25
|5
|- style="background:Gold;"
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup Final|Champions]]'''
|'''1st'''
|'''7'''
|'''6'''
|'''0'''
|'''1'''
|'''8'''
|'''2'''
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|10
|10
|0
|0
|28
|5
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]
|Group stage
|23rd
|3
|1
|0
|2
|4
|7
|[[2014 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|8
|6
|2
|0
|14
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
|rowspan=2|Round of 16
|10th
|4
|1
|3
|0
|7
|6
|[[2018 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|10
|9
|1
|0
|36
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]
|13th
|4
|1
|2
|1
|9
|3
|[[2022 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]
|8
|6
|1
|1
|15
|5
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026]]
|colspan=9|''To be determined''
|colspan=6|''To be determined''
|-
|style="border:3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Morocco}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} [[2030 FIFA World Cup|2030]]
|colspan=9|''Qualified as co-host''
|colspan=6|''Qualified as co-host''
|-
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[2034 FIFA World Cup|2034]]
|colspan=9|''To be determined''
|colspan=6|''To be determined''
|-
!Total
!1 Title
!{{Tooltip|16/22|Number of tournaments qualified for}}
!67
!31
!17
!19
!108
!75
!—
!125
!87
!26
!12
!291
!81
|}
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{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Olympic Games**===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Spain's World Cup history
!Host nation(s) / Year
!Result
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
!First match
|{{flagicon|Greece|old}} [[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]]||colspan="7" rowspan="5"|''Did not enter''
|{{fb|ESP|1931}} 3–1 {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}<br />(27 May 1934; [[Genoa]], Italy)
|-
!Biggest win
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
|{{fb|ESP}} 7–0 {{fb-rt|Costa Rica}}<br />(23 November 2022; [[Doha]], Qatar)
|-
!Biggest defeat
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1904 Summer Olympics|1904]]
|{{fb|BRA|1889}} 6–1 {{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}<br />(13 July 1950; [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil)
|-
!Best result
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]
|'''Champions''' ([[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]])
|-
!Worst result
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912]]
|Group stage ([[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]])
|- bgcolor=silver
|}
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]]||Runners-up||5||4||0||1||9||5
===UEFA European Championship===
{{main|Spain at the UEFA European Championship}}
Spain have won the most UEFA European Championships (four titles).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/winners/ |title=Most titles |website=UEFA |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607092731/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''La Roja'' are also the only nation to date to have won consecutive championships. They have hosted the tournament once, in [[UEFA Euro 1964|1964]] (one city was used to host games at [[UEFA Euro 2020|Euro 2020]]) and have appeared in a total of twelve tournaments.
The team won their first international trophy on home soil in 1964, defeating the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] 2–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17451950 |title=Euro 1964: A forgotten Spanish triumph |author=Mandeep Sanghera |website=BBC Sport |date=12 May 2012 |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-date=24 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224233420/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17451950 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/64e.html |title=European Championship 1964 |website=RSSSF |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129160501/https://www.rsssf.org/tables/64e.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain would reach the final twenty years later in [[UEFA Euro 1984 final|1984]], where they would lose the final to [[France national football team|France]]. Spain would not reach the final again until [[UEFA Euro 2008 final|2008]], where they would defeat Germany 1–0. Four years later, Spain earned back-to-back titles, comprehensively defeating [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 4–0 in the [[UEFA Euro 2012 final|final]] in Kyiv.
It would take ''La Roja'' twelve years to reach another European final, doing so in [[UEFA Euro 2024 final|2024]] against [[England national football team|England]], a match they won 2–1 to stand alone as the most successful national team in the competition's history with four titles while at the same time becoming the first team ever to win all seven matches in a single tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-14 |title=Spain wins record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England |url=https://apnews.com/article/spain-england-euro-2024-final-dc46b104e6bf3b94b7d6d70e18f8220d |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714215223/https://apnews.com/article/spain-england-euro-2024-final-dc46b104e6bf3b94b7d6d70e18f8220d |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=10|[[UEFA European Championship]] record
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]||Round 1||1||0||0||1||0||1
!width=1% rowspan=22|
!colspan=6|[[UEFA European Championship qualifying|Qualifying]] record
|-
!Year
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]||Quarter-final||3||1||1||1||9||9
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!Squad
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|United StatesFrance|19121794}} [[19321960 SummerEuropean OlympicsNations' Cup|19321960]]||colspan="7"|''Did not enter''
|colspan=9|''Withdrew''
|2
|2
|0
|0
|7
|2
|- style="background:Gold;"
|style="border:3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]
|'''[[1964 European Nations' Cup Final|Champions]]'''
|'''1st'''
|'''2'''
|'''2'''
|'''0'''
|'''0'''
|'''4'''
|'''2'''
|'''[[1964 European Nations' Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|6
|4
|1
|1
|16
|5
|-
|{{flagicon|Nazi GermanyItaly}} [[1936UEFA SummerEuro Olympics1968|19361968]]||colspan="7"|''Withdrew*''
|colspan=9 rowspan=3|''Did not qualify''
|8
|3
|2
|3
|7
|5
|-
|{{flagicon|United KingdomBelgium}} [[1948UEFA SummerEuro Olympics1972|19481972]]||colspan="7" rowspan="5"|''Did not qualify''
|6
|3
|2
|1
|14
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|FinlandYugoslavia}} [[1952UEFA SummerEuro Olympics1976|19521976]]
|8
|3
|4
|1
|11
|9
|-
|{{flagicon|AustraliaItaly}} [[1956UEFA SummerEuro Olympics1980|19561980]]
|Group stage
|7th
|3
|0
|1
|2
|2
|4
|[[UEFA Euro 1980 squads#Spain|Squad]]
|6
|4
|1
|1
|13
|5
|- style="background:Silver;"
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
|'''[[UEFA Euro 1984 final|Runners-up]]'''
|'''2nd'''
|'''5'''
|'''1'''
|'''3'''
|'''1'''
|'''4'''
|'''5'''
|'''[[UEFA Euro 1984 squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|8
|6
|1
|1
|24
|8
|-
|{{flagicon|ItalyWest Germany}} [[1960UEFA SummerEuro Olympics1988|19601988]]
|Group stage
|6th
|3
|1
|0
|2
|3
|5
|[[UEFA Euro 1988 squads#Spain|Squad]]
|6
|5
|0
|1
|14
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|JapanSweden}} [[1964UEFA SummerEuro Olympics1992|19641992]]
|colspan=9|''Did not qualify''
|7
|3
|0
|4
|17
|12
|-
|{{flagicon|MexicoEngland}} [[FootballUEFA atEuro the 1968 Summer Olympics1996|19681996]]||Quarter-final||4||2||1||1||4||2
|rowspan=2|Quarter-finals
|6th
|4
|1
|3
|0
|4
|3
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 squads#Spain|Squad]]
|10
|8
|2
|0
|25
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]||colspan="7"|''Did not qualify''
|5th
|4
|2
|0
|2
|7
|7
|[[UEFA Euro 2000 squads#Spain|Squad]]
|8
|7
|0
|1
|42
|5
|-
|{{flagicon|CanadaPortugal}} [[FootballUEFA atEuro the 1976 Summer Olympics2004|19762004]]||Group stage||2||0||0||2||1||3
|Group stage
|10th
|3
|1
|1
|1
|2
|2
|[[UEFA Euro 2004 squads#Spain|Squad]]
|10
|7
|2
|1
|21
|5
|- style="background:Gold;"
|{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
|'''[[UEFA Euro 2008 final|Champions]]'''
|'''1st'''
|'''6'''
|'''5'''
|'''1'''
|'''0'''
|'''12'''
|'''3'''
|'''[[UEFA Euro 2008 squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|12
|9
|1
|2
|23
|8
|- style="background:Gold;"
|{{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]
|'''[[UEFA Euro 2012 final|Champions]]'''
|'''1st'''
|'''6'''
|'''4'''
|'''2'''
|'''0'''
|'''12'''
|'''1'''
|'''[[UEFA Euro 2012 squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|8
|8
|0
|0
|26
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|Soviet UnionFrance|1974}} [[FootballUEFA atEuro the 1980 Summer Olympics2016|19802016]]||Group stage||3||0||3||0||2||2
|Round of 16
|10th
|4
|2
|0
|2
|5
|4
|[[UEFA Euro 2016 squads#Spain|Squad]]
|10
|9
|0
|1
|23
|3
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|style="border:3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Europe}} [[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]]
|Semi-finals
|3rd
|6
|2
|4
|0
|13
|6
|[[UEFA Euro 2020 squads#Spain|Squad]]
|10
|8
|2
|0
|31
|5
|- style="background:Gold;"
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]
|'''[[UEFA Euro 2024 final|Champions]]'''
|'''1st'''
|'''7'''
|'''7'''
|'''0'''
|'''0'''
|'''15'''
|'''4'''
|'''[[UEFA Euro 2024 squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|8
|7
|0
|1
|25
|5
|-
|{{flagicon|United StatesKingdom}} {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[1984UEFA SummerEuro Olympics2028|19842028]]||colspan="7" rowspan="2"|''Did not qualify''
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''To be determined''
|colspan=6 rowspan=2|''To be determined''
|-
|{{flagicon|SouthItaly}} Korea{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[1988UEFA SummerEuro Olympics2032|19882032]]
|- bgcolor=gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]||'''Champions'''||6||6||0||0||14||2
|-
!Total
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]||Quarter-final||4||2||1||1||5||7
!4 Titles
|- bgcolor=silver
!12/17
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]||Runners-up||6||4||1||1||12||6
!53
!28
!15
!10
!83
!46
!—
!133
!96
!18
!19
!339
!96
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
|-
!colspan=2|Spain's European Championship history
|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]||colspan="7" rowspan="2"|''Did not qualify''
|-
!First match
|{{flagicon|China}} [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
|{{fb|ESP|1945}} 2–1 {{fb-rt|HUN}}<br />([[Madrid]], Spain; 17 June 1964)
|-
!Biggest win
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]|| ||-||-||-||-||-||-
|{{fb|ESP}} 5–0 {{fb-rt|SVK}}<br />([[Seville]], Spain; 23 June 2021)
|-
!Biggest defeat
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]|| ||-||-||-||-||-||-
|{{fb|FRA|1974}} 2–0 {{fb-rt|ESP}}<br />([[Paris]], France; 27 June 1984)<br />{{fb|FRG}} 2–0 {{fb-rt|ESP}}<br />([[Munich]], West Germany; 17 June 1988)<br />{{fb|ITA}} 2–0 {{fb-rt|ESP}} <br />([[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France; 27 June 2016)
|-
!Best result
!'''Total''' ''||9/27||34||19||6||9||56||37
|'''Champions''' ([[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]], [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]], [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]])
|-
!Worst result
|Group stage ([[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]])
|}
*''Spain withdrew due to their opposition to the Nazi regime in Germany''
{{col-2}}<div style="text-align:left">
===UEFA Nations League===
===Confederations Cup===
Since the inaugural [[UEFA Nations League]], La Roja have remained in League A and have reached the [[UEFA Nations League Finals]] on two occasions. At the [[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals|2021 Finals]], Spain won their semi-final after defeating Italy 2–1 but lost to France in the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65922637 |title=Spain 2–1 Italy: Joselu winner sends La Roja to Nations League final |author=Emlyn Begley |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 June 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103163552/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65922637 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58859225 |title=France beat Spain to become second Nations League winners |author=Mantej Mann |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 October 2021 |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128113345/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58859225 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the following campaign, La Roja would again reach the final thanks to another win against Italy.<ref name="UNL22">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2023uefanl.html#f4 |title=UEFA Nations League 2022/23 Final four |website=RSSSF |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410092624/https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2023uefanl.html#f4 |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain would then beat [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] on penalties after a 0–0 draw.<ref name="UNL22"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=22|[[UEFA Nations League]] record
|-
!colspan=12|League phase
!Host nation(s) / Year
!rowspan=7|
!Result
!colspan=9|Finals
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
!Season
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]] || colspan=7 rowspan=7|<center>''Did not qualify''
!{{Tooltip|LG|League (A, B, C or D)}}
!{{Tooltip|Grp|Group (1, 2, 3 or 4)}}
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|P/R|Promotion/relegation at end of season}}
!{{Tooltip|RK|Overall rank}}
!Year
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!Squad
|-
|[[2018–19 UEFA Nations League|2018–19]]
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]
|[[2018–19 UEFA Nations League A|A]]
|[[2018–19 UEFA Nations League A#Group 4|4]]
|2nd||4||2||0||2||12||7||{{same position}}||7th
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[2019 UEFA Nations League Finals|2019]]
|colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|- style="background:Silver;"
|[[2020–21 UEFA Nations League|2020–21]]
|[[2020–21 UEFA Nations League A|A]]
|[[2020–21 UEFA Nations League A#Group 4|4]]
|1st||6||3||2||1||13||3||{{same position}}||2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals|2021]]
|'''[[2021 UEFA Nations League final|Runners-up]]'''
|'''2'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''3'''||'''3'''
|'''[[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|- style="background:Gold;"
|[[2022–23 UEFA Nations League|2022–23]]
|[[2022–23 UEFA Nations League A|A]]
|[[2022–23 UEFA Nations League A#Group 2|2]]
|1st||6||3||2||1||8||5||{{same position}}||1st
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals|2023]]
|'''[[2023 UEFA Nations League final|Champions]]'''
|'''2'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''1'''
|'''[[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|-
|[[2024–25 UEFA Nations League|2024–25]]
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]
|[[2024–25 UEFA Nations League A|A]]
|[[2024–25 UEFA Nations League A#Group 4|4]]
|colspan=9|''In progress''
|{{flagicon image|Flag of none.svg}} [[2025 UEFA Nations League Finals|2025]]
|colspan=8|''To be determined''
|-
!colspan=4|Total
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
!16
!8
!4
!4
!33
!15
!colspan=2|1st
!Total
!1 Title
!4
!2
!1
!1
!5
!4
!—
|}
''*Draws include knockout matches decided via [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]].''
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
|-
!colspan=2|Spain's Nations League history
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]
|-
!First match
|{{flagicon|France}} [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]
|{{fb|ENG}} 1–2 {{fb-rt|ESP}}<br />([[London]], England; 8 September 2018)
|-
!Biggest win
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]
|{{fb|ESP}} 6–0 {{fb-rt|CRO}}<br />([[Elche]], Spain; 11 September 2018)<br />{{fb|SPA}} 6–0 {{fb-rt|GER}}<br />([[Seville]], Spain; 17 November 2020)
|- bgcolor="#cc9966"
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]||Third place||5||4||0||1||11||4
|-
!Biggest defeat
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]]||''Qualified'' || || || || || ||
|{{fb|ESP}} 2–3 {{fb-rt|ENG}}<br />([[Seville]], Spain; 15 October 2018)<br />{{fb|CRO}} 3–2 {{fb-rt|ESP}}<br />([[Zagreb]], Croatia; 15 November 2018)<br />{{fb|UKR}} 1–0 {{fb-rt|ESP}}<br />([[Kyiv]], Ukraine; 13 October 2020)<br />{{fb|ESP}} 1–2 {{fb-rt|CHE}}<br />([[Zaragoza]], Spain; 24 September 2022)
|-
!Best result
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup|2017]]|| || || || || || ||
|'''Champions''' ([[2022–23 UEFA Nations League|2022–23]])
|-
!Worst result
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2021 FIFA Confederations Cup|2021]]|| || || || || || ||
|7th place ([[2018–19 UEFA Nations League|2018–19]])
|-
|'''Total'''||1/8||5||4||0||1||11||4
|}
</div>
{{col-end}}
===HeadCONMEBOL–UEFA toCup headof Champions===
After winning their record fourth European title, Spain qualified to their first ever Intercontinental cup. Where they are scheduled to face Argentina, the reigning champions of the [[2024 Copa America]]
{{Main|Spain national football team head to head}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=10|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]] record
===All time results===
{{Main|Spain national football team results}}
===Forthcoming fixtures===
{| class="wikitable" width=95% style="font-size: 90%"
|-
!Year
!width=13%|Date
!Round
!width=11%|Competition
!Position
!width=17%|Location
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!width=12%|Home Team
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=5%|Result
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width=12%|Away Team
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=30%|Scorers
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!Squad
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[1985 Artemio Franchi Cup|1985]]
|<center> 9 February 2011
|colspan=9 rowspan=3|''Did not qualify''
|<center>[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]]
|[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]], [[Madrid]]
|{{fb|ESP}}
|<center> –
|{{fb-rt|COL|name=Colombia}}
|<center>
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993]]
|<center> 25 March 2011
|<center>[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]]
|[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]], [[Madrid]]
|{{fb|ESP}}
|<center> –
|{{fb-rt|CZE|name=Czech Republic}}
|<center>
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[2022 Finalissima|2022]]
|<center> 29 March 2011
|<center>[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]]
|[[S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium|S. Darius and S. Girėnas]], [[Kaunas]]
|{{fb|LTU}}
|<center> –
|{{fb-rt|ESP}}
|<center>
|-
|{{flagicon image|Flag of none.svg}} [[2025 Finalissima|2025]]
|<center> 10 August 2011
|colspan=9|''Qualified''
|<center>[[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|[[San Siro]], [[Milan]]
|{{fb|ITA}}
|<center> –
|{{fb-rt|ESP}}
|<center>
|-
!Total
!TBD
!TBD
!0
!0
!0
!0
!0
!0
!-
|}
===FIFA Confederations Cup===
==Honours==
Spain made two appearances at the FIFA Confederations Cup. Their first appearance came in 2009 as European champions when they won a third place medal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8118574.stm |title=Spain 3–2 South Africa (aet) |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 June 2009 |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222233245/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8118574.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Spain had lost 2–0 to the United States in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8114585.stm |title=Spain 0–2 United Dtates |author=Saj Chowdhury |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 June 2009 |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012849/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8114585.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> At the next edition, Spain qualified as both World and European champions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22817409 |title=Confederations Cup 2013: Brazil, Spain & Tahiti among teams |author=Andy Cryer |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 June 2013 |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221102012/http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22817409 |url-status=live }}</ref> La Roja reached the final in Brazil, but lost 3–0 to the hosts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23093784 |title=Brazil 3–0 Spain |author=Ben Smith |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 July 2013 |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808204924/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23093784 |url-status=live }}</ref>
:''This is a list of honours for the senior Spanish national team''
* '''[[FIFA World Cup]]'''
:* '''Winners (1):''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
:* Fourth place (1): [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
* '''[[UEFA European Football Championship|UEFA European Championship]]'''
:* '''Winner (2):''' [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
:* Runner-up (1): [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
* '''[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]'''
:* Third place (1): [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]
* '''[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic football tournament]]'''
:* '''Gold Medal (1):''' [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
:* Silver Medal (2): [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]], [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
==Records==
===Worldwide===
; Most consecutive wins: 15 (2008–2009)
; Most consecutive games undefeated: 35 (2007–2009) (shared with {{fb|BRA}} 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]] (shared with {{fb|ARG}} at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]])
; World record amount of points in World Cup qualification: 30 out of 30 points ([[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 5|2008–2009]])
===Nationwide===
; Most international goals: 44 - [[Raúl González]] & [[David Villa]]
; Most international caps: 126 – [[Andoni Zubizarreta]]
; Most goals scored in one season: 13 – [[David Villa]] (2008–2009)
; Most consecutive games ended with at least one goal:6 – [[David Villa]]
; Top scorer in World Cup finals: 8 – [[David Villa]]
; Most goals scored in one World Cup: 5 – [[David Villa]] ([[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]) & [[Emilio Butragueño]] ([[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])
; Most goals scored in consecutive matches at World Cup: 4 – [[David Villa]] ([[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]])
==Players==
===Current squad===
'''Match Date:''' 17 November 2010<br/>
'''Opposition:''' {{fb|POR}}<br/>
'''Caps and goals correct as of:''' 17 November 2010
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Iker Casillas]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])|age={{Birth date and age|1981|5|20|df=y}}|caps=116|goals=0|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Victor Valdés]]|age={{Birth date and age|1982|1|14|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=[[José Manuel Reina|Pepe Reina]]|age={{Birth date and age|1982|8|31|df=y}}|caps=21|goals=0|club=[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|clubnat=ENG}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Raúl Albiol]]|age={{Birth date and age|1985|9|4|df=y}}|caps=23|goals=0|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Gerard Piqué]]|age={{Birth date and age|1987|2|2|df=y}}|caps=29|goals=4|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Carlos Marchena]]|age={{Birth date and age|1979|7|31|df=y}}|caps=67|goals=2|club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Carles Puyol]]|age={{Birth date and age|1978|4|13|df=y}}|caps=94|goals=3|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=DF|name=[[Joan Capdevila]]|age={{Birth date and age|1978|2|3|df=y}}|caps=56|goals=4|club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Sergio Ramos]]|''([[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]])''|age={{Birth date and age|1986|3|30|df=y}}|caps=72|goals=5|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name=[[Álvaro Arbeloa]]|age={{Birth date and age|1983|1|17|df=y}}|caps=20|goals=0|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player |no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Andrés Iniesta]]|age={{Birth date and age|1984|5|11|df=y}}|caps=54|goals=9|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Xavi|Xavi Hernández]]|age={{Birth date and age|1980|1|25|df=y}}|caps=98|goals=8|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Cesc Fàbregas]]|age={{Birth date and age|1987|5|4|df=y}}|caps=58|goals=6|club=[[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]]|clubnat=ENG }}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Xabi Alonso]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|11|25|df=y}}|caps=81|goals=9|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name=[[Sergio Busquets]]|age={{Birth date and age|1988|7|16|df=y}}|caps=26|goals=0|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=[[Javi Martínez]]|age={{Birth date and age|1988|9|2|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Athletic Bilbao]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=MF|name=[[David Silva]]|age={{Birth date and age|1986|1|8|df=y}}|caps=44|goals=10|club=[[Manchester City]]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=MF |name=[[Santi Cazorla]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1984|12|13}}|caps=29|goals=2 |club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] |clubnat=ESP}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=FW|name=[[David Villa]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|12|3|df=y}}|caps=70|goals=44|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Fernando Torres]]|age={{Birth date and age|1984|3|20|df=y}}|caps=82|goals=26|club=[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=FW|name=[[Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma|Pedro Rodríguez]]|age={{Birth date and age|1987|7|28|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=1|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=[[Fernando Llorente]]|age={{Birth date and age|1985|2|26|df=y}}|caps=13|goals=7 |club=[[Athletic Bilbao]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g end}}
===Recent call-ups===
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
{{National football squad start (recent)}}
{{nat fs r player |no= |pos=GK |name=[[David de Gea]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1990|11|7}} |caps=0 |goals=0 |club=[[Atlético Madrid]] |clubnat=ESP |latest={{flagicon|RSA}} World Cup 2010 Preliminary squad, 12 May 2010}}
{{nat fs r player |no= |pos=GK |name=[[Diego López Rodríguez|Diego López]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1981|08|11}} |caps=1 |goals=0 |club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] |clubnat=ESP |latest={{flagicon|RSA}} World Cup 2010 Preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 }}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs r player |no=|pos=DF |name=[[Nacho Monreal]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1986|02|26}} |caps=4 |goals=0 |club=[[CA Osasuna|Osasuna]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SCO}}, October 12, 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player |no= |pos=DF |name=[[César Azpilicueta]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1989|08|28}} |caps=0 |goals=0 |club=[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] |clubnat=FRA |latest={{flagicon|RSA}} World Cup 2010 Preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 }}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF |name=[[Bruno Soriano]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1984|6|12}} |caps=1 |goals=0 |club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] |clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SCO}}, October 12, 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF |name=[[Borja Valero]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1985|1|12}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] |clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|SCO}}, October 12, 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player |no=|pos=MF |name=[[Pablo Hernández Domínguez|Pablo Hernández]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1985|04|11}}|caps=4 |goals=1 |club=[[Valencia CF|Valencia]] |clubnat=ESP |latest=v. {{fb|SCO}}, October 12, 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jesús Navas]]|age= {{Birth date and age|1985|11|21|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=1|club=[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|ARG}}, September 7, 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Juan Manuel Mata]]|age={{Birth date and age|1988|4|28|df=y}}|caps=10|goals=3|club=[[Valencia CF|Valencia]]|clubnat=ESP|latest=v. {{fb|MEX}}, August 11, 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player |no= |pos=MF |name=[[Marcos Senna]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1976|7|17}} |caps=27 |goals=1 |club=[[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] |clubnat=ESP |latest={{flagicon|RSA}} World Cup 2010 Preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 }}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs r player |no= |pos=FW |name=[[Aritz Aduriz]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1981|2|11}} |caps=1 |goals=0 |club=[[Valencia CF|Valencia]] |clubnat=ESP |latest=v. {{fb|LIE}}, September 3, 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player |no= |pos=FW |name=[[Daniel Güiza]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1980|08|17}} |caps=21 |goals=6 |club=[[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]] |clubnat=TUR |latest={{flagicon|RSA}} World Cup 2010 Preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 }}
{{nat fs r player |no= |pos=FW |name=[[Álvaro Negredo]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|1985|08|20}} |caps=4 |goals=2 |club=[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] |clubnat=ESP |latest={{flagicon|RSA}} World Cup 2010 Preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 }}
{{nat fs end}}
===Previous squads===
{{col-start}}
{{col-break}}
;FIFA World Cup squads:
* [[2010 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|2010 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[2006 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|2006 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[2002 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|2002 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1998 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1994 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1994 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1990 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1990 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1986 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1986 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1982 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1982 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1978 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1978 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1966 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1966 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1962 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1962 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1950 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|1950 FIFA World Cup squad]]
* [[1934 FIFA World Cup squads#.C2.A0Spain|1934 FIFA World Cup squad]]
{{col-break}}
;UEFA European Football Championship squads:
* [[UEFA Euro 2008 squads#.C2.A0Spain|UEFA Euro 2008 squad]]
* [[UEFA Euro 2004 squads#Spain|UEFA Euro 2004 squad]]
* [[UEFA Euro 2000 squads#Spain|UEFA Euro 2000 squad]]
* [[UEFA Euro 1996 squads#Spain|UEFA Euro 1996 squad]]
* [[UEFA Euro 1988 squads#Spain|UEFA Euro 1988 squad]]
* [[UEFA Euro 1984 squads#.C2.A0Spain|UEFA Euro 1984 squad]]
* [[UEFA Euro 1980 squads#Spain|UEFA Euro 1980 squad]]
* [[UEFA Euro 1964 squads#Spain|UEFA Euro 1964 squad]]
;FIFA Confederations Cup squads:
* [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Spain|2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squad]]
{{col-end}}
===Top goalscorers===
As of 12 October 2010, the ten highest scorers for Spain are:
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=11| [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] record
!#
!Player
!Career
!Goals (Caps)
!Avg/game
|-
!Year
|rowspan="2"|1
!Round
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[David Villa]]'''
!Position
|2005–
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
|44{{0}}(70)
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
|0.629
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!Squad
|-
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Raúl González]]
|colspan=10|''[[UEFA]] did not participate''
|1996–2006
|44 {{0}}(102)
|0.431
|-
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]
|2
|colspan=10 rowspan=6|''Did not qualify''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Hierro]]
|1989–2002
|29 {{0}}(89)
|0.326
|-
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Morientes]]
|1998–2007
|27 {{0}}(47)
|0.574
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
|rowspan="2"|4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Emilio Butragueño]]
|1984–1992
|26 {{0}}(69)
|0.377
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Fernando Torres]]'''
|2003–
|26 {{0}}(82)
|0.317
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]
|rowspan="2"|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Alfredo di Stéfano]]
|1957–1961
|23 {{0}}(31)
|0.742
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Julio Salinas]]
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|1986–1996
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]
|23 {{0}}(56)
|'''Third place'''
|0.411
|'''3rd'''
|'''5'''
|'''4'''
|'''0'''
|'''1'''
|'''11'''
|'''4'''
|'''[[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|- style="background:Silver;"
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]]
|'''[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Runners-up]]'''
|'''2nd'''
|'''5'''
|'''3'''
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
|'''15'''
|'''4'''
|'''[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup|2017]]
|8
|colspan=9|''Did not qualify''
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]]
|1985–1992
|21 {{0}}(66)
|0.318
|-
!Total
|9
!Runners-up
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Telmo Zarra]]
!2/10
|1945–1951
!10
|20 {{0}}(20)
!7
|1.000
!1
!2
!26
!8
!—
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
|-
!colspan=2|Spain's Confederations Cup history
|-
!First match
|{{fb|ESP}} 5–0 {{fb-rt|NZL}}<br />([[Rustenburg]], South Africa; 14 June 2009)
|-
!Biggest win
|{{fb|ESP}} 10–0 {{fb-rt|TAH}}<br />([[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil; 20 June 2013)
|-
!Biggest defeat
|{{fb|BRA}} 3–0 {{fb-rt|ESP}}<br />([[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil; 30 June 2013)
|-
!Best result
|'''Runners-up''' ([[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]])
|-
!Worst result
|Third place ([[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]])
|}
* '''Bold''' denotes players still playing international football.
===MostOlympic capped Spain playersGames===
{{smalldiv|
{{Main|List of Spain international footballers}}
;Rules (UEFA):
As of 18 November 2010 the ten players with the most [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for Spain are:
* 1900–1904: ''club teams''<ref name=afa/><ref name=as/>
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
* 1908–1988: ''amateur / youth national teams''{{refn|the 1924 and 1928 editions were co-organised by [[FIFA]])<ref name=afa>[https://www.afa.com.ar/es/posts/el-futbol-masculino-en-los-juegos-olimpicos El Fútbol Masculino en los Juegos Olímpicos] on AFA.org, 19 July 2021</ref><ref name=mem>[https://memoriasdelfutbol.com/futbol-juegos-olimpicos-historia-2/ Fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos] by José M. Martín, 8 August 2021</ref>|group=note|name=fifaint}}{{refn|Countries from Eastern Europe competed with professional players.<ref name=mem/>|group=note|name=eastern}}
* 1992–present: ''under-23 national teams''<ref name=as>[https://as.com/juegos_olimpicos/2021/07/20/noticias/1626796241_067088.html Historia del fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos: medallero, palmarés y ganadores] by Alberto P. Sierra on ''As'', 20 July 2021</ref><ref name=mem/>
;Note:
* ''No tournament held in [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932]]''
* ''The [[Royal Spanish Football Federation]] was founded in 1913. Thus from 1900-1914 Spain did not participate at the Olympic tournaments.''
}}
Spain made their debut at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]], where they played their first ever international match, a 1-0 victory over [[Denmark National Football Team|Denmark]]. At the conclusion of the tournament, Spain won their first silver medal.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=12|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] record
!#
!Name
!Career
!Caps
!Goals
|-
!Year
|1
!Host city
|align="left"|[[Andoni Zubizarreta]]
!Round
||1985–1998
!Position
|126
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
|0
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!Squad
|-
|[[Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]] ||{{left|{{flagicon|France|1794}} [[Paris]]}}
|2
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Only club teams participated''
|align="left"|'''[[Iker Casillas]]'''
|2000–
|116
|0
|-
|[[Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]] ||{{left|{{flagicon|United States|1896}} [[St. Louis]]}}
|3
|align="left"|[[Raúl González|Raúl]]
|1996–2006
|102
|44
|-
|[[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] ||{{left|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London]]}}
|4
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''No national representative''
|align="left"|'''[[Xavi]]'''
|2000–
|98
|8
|-
|[[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]] ||{{left|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stockholm]]}}
|5
|- style="background:silver;"
|align="left"|'''[[Carles Puyol]]'''
|[[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] ||{{left|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Antwerp]]}}
|2000–
|'''Silver medal'''||'''2nd'''||'''5'''||'''4'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''9'''||'''5'''||'''[[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Spain|Squad]]'''
|94
|3
|-
|[[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] ||{{left|{{flagicon|France|1794}} [[Paris]]}}
|6
|First round||17th||1||0||0||1||0||1||[[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Spain|Squad]]
|align="left"|[[Fernando Hierro]]
|1989–2002
|89
|29
|-
|[[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]||{{left|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Amsterdam]]}}
|7
|Quarter-finals||6th||3||1||1||1||9||9||[[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Spain|Squad]]
|align="left"|'''[[Fernando Torres]]'''
|2003–
|82
|26
|-
|[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]||{{left|{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Berlin]]}}
|8
|colspan=9|''Withdrew''
|align="left"|[[José Antonio Camacho]]
|1975–1988
|81
|0
|-
|[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]–[[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]||colspan=10|''See [[Spain national amateur football team]]''
|9
|align="left"|'''[[Xabi Alonso]]'''
|2003–
|81
|9
|-
|Since [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]||colspan=10|''See [[Spain national under-23 football team]]''
|10
|align="left"|[[Rafael Gordillo]]
|1978–1988
|75
|3
|-
!colspan=2|Total||1 Silver medal||3/4||9||5||1||3||18||15||—
|}
* '''Bold''' denotes players still playing international football.
==Home stadiumHonours==
===Major competitions===
Spain does not have a national stadium as such, though major qualifying matches are usually played at the [[Estadio Santiago Bernabéu]] in [[Madrid]]. Other large grounds used include the [[Estadio Vicente Calderón]], also in Madrid, and the [[Mestalla]] in [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]. Spain are unbeaten in competitive matches played at the Calderón. Some international friendlies are played in these larger stadia, as well as the [[Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán]] in [[Seville]], which staged the 2009 friendly against [[England national football team|England]] after the visitors refused to play in Madrid following racist abuse of their black and mixed-race players and their national anthem at the Bernabéu in a 2004 friendly.
* '''[[FIFA World Cup]]'''
**[[File:FIFA World Cup Icon (Campionato mondiale di calcio).svg|16px]] '''Champions (1)''': [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
*'''[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]'''
** {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]]
** {{bronze3}} Third place (1): [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]
* '''[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]'''
**[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver medal (1): [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]]
* '''[[UEFA European Championship]]'''
**[[File:UEFA European Cup.svg|16px]] '''Champions (4): ''' [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]], [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]], [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]] '''(record)'''
**{{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
* '''[[UEFA Nations League]]'''
**[[File:UEFA Nations League Cup.svg |16px]] '''Champions (1)''': [[2023 UEFA Nations League Finals|2023]]
**{{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[2021 UEFA Nations League Finals|2021]]
===Awards===
Other friendly matches, as well as qualifying fixtures against less glamorous opponents are played in provincial stadia. Ground recently used include the [[Riazor]] in [[La Coruña]], the [[Estadio Nueva Condomina]] in [[Murcia]], the [[Estadio Carlos Belmonte]] in [[Albacete]] and the [[Estadio Romano]] in [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]]. Occasionally, matches are played off mainland Spain; their final [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]] match against [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] was played at the [[Estadio Gran Canaria]] in [[Las Palmas]], on the [[Canary Islands]].
* '''[[FIFA World Cup awards|FIFA Fair Play Trophy]]'''
** '''Winners (4)''': [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]], [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]], [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
* '''[[FIFA Men's World Rankings|FIFA Team of the Year]]'''
** '''Winners (6)''': [[FIFA World Rankings|2008]], [[FIFA World Rankings|2009]], [[FIFA World Rankings|2010]], [[FIFA World Rankings|2011]], [[FIFA World Rankings|2012]], [[FIFA World Rankings|2013]]
* '''[[Princess of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award for Sports]]'''
** '''Winners''': 2010
* '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year|Laureus World Team of the Year]]'''
** '''Winners''': 2011
* '''[[Gazzetta Sports Awards#Worldwide|Gazzetta Sports World Team of the Year]]'''
** '''Winners (2)''': 2010, 2012
''Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/spain/tab/honours/ |title=Spain national football team honours |website=11v11 |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103162050/https://www.11v11.com/teams/spain/tab/honours/ |url-status=live }}</ref>''
==Managers==
{{See also|List of Spain national football team managers}}
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-4}}
* [[Francisco Bru Sanz|Francisco Bru]] (1920)
* [[Julián Ruete]] (1921–1922)
* [[Pedro Parages]] (1923–1924)
* [[Fernando Gutiérrez Alzaga]] (1925)
* [[Ricardo Cabot Montalt]] (1925)
* [[Ezequiel Montero Román]] (1926–1927)
* [[Fred Pentland]] (1929)
{{col-4}}
* [[José María Mateos]] (1929–1933)
* [[Amadeo García Salazar]] (1934–1936)
* [[Eduardo Teus López]] (1941–1942)
* [[Jacinto Quincoces]] (1945)
* [[Paulino Alcántara]] (1951)
* [[Ricardo Zamora]] (1952)
* [[Pedro Escartín Morán]] (1952–1961)
{{col-4}}
* [[Helenio Herrera]] (1959–1962)
* [[José Villalonga Llorente|José Villalonga]] (1962–1966)
* [[Domingo Balmanya]] (1966–1968)
* [[Luis Molowny]] (1969)
* [[Miguel Muñoz]] (1969), (1982–1988)
* [[Ladislao Kubala]] (1969–1980)
* [[José Santamaría]] (1980–1982)
{{col-4}}
* [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|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–)
{{col-end}}
===Summary===
==Songs for competitions==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
Some Spanish groups or singers have made songs to encourage the national football team for a competition, usually for [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Series'''
! '''Anthem''' / '''Song'''
! '''Performer(s)'''
! '''Writer(s) / <br>Producer(s)
|-
!Competition!!{{Gold1}}!!{{Silver2}}!!{{Bronze3}}!!Total
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup]]||"Quiero estar contigo"||Carlos Domenech & [[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|Spanish team]]||[[Rosana Arbelo]]
|-
|align=left|[[FIFA World Cup]]
|[[2002 FIFA World Cup]]||"Vivimos La Selección"||[[Operación Triunfo]]||[[Kike Santander]]
|1||0||0||1
|-
| align="left" |[[Olympic Games]]
|[[2006 FIFA World Cup]]||"Listos para ganar"||[[Indras]]||[[Vale Music]]
|0||1||0||1
|-
| align="left" |[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup]]||"[[Looking for Paradise]]"||[[Alejandro Sanz]]||[[Alejandro Sanz]] ft. [[Alicia Keys]]
|0||1||1||1
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA European Championship]]
|4||1||0||5
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Nations League]]
|1||1||0||2
|-
!Total!!6!!4!!1!!11
|}
==See also==
{{Portal|Association football|Spain}}
* [[Spain women's national football team]]
* [[Spain national under-23 football team]] (Olympic football team)
* [[Spain national under-21 football team]]
* [[Spain national under-20 football team]]
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* [[Spain national under-17 football team]]
* [[Spain national under-16 football team]]
* [[Spain national youthunder-15 football team]]
* [[ManoloFootball elin del bomboSpain]]
* [[Tiki-taka]]
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
{{reflist|group=nb}}
{{reflist|group=note}}
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Spain national association football team}}
* [http://www.rfef.es/ RFEF site]
* {{Official website|https://rfef.es/en/national-teams}} by [[RFEF]]
* [http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ Information about the Spain national football team]
* [https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/ESP Spain] at [[FIFA]]
* [http://footbalistic.com/en/teams/3144/spain Spain national football team Stats, News, Analytics Footbalistic.com]
* [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/esp/ Spain] at [[UEFA]]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/span-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1920–]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/span-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
* [http://www.thenationalteam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&country=Spain News and results of the Spain national team]
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| title = [[FIFA World Rankings#Team of the Year|FIFA Team of the Year]]
| years = 2008<br />2009<br />20102008–2013
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| before = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yelena Isinbayeva]]
| after = Incumbent{{flagicon|ETH}} [[Haile Gebrselassie]]
| title = [[Prince of Asturias Award#Prince or Princess of Asturias Award for Sports|Prince of Asturias Award for Sports]]
| years = 2010
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