Spain national football team
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{{Infobox National football team |
| Name = Spain |
| Badge = RFEF.PNG|
| Badge_size = 150px
| FIFA Trigramme = ESP |
| FIFA Rank = [[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1st |
| FIFA max = 1st |
| FIFA max date = July 2008|
| FIFA min = 25 |
| FIFA min date = March 1998 |
| Elo Rank = 1st |
| Elo max = 1st |
| Elo max date = 1920, 1921, 1925, 2002, June 2008 |
| Elo min = 20|
| Elo min date = June 1969, June 1981 |
| Nickname =''{{lang|es|La Selección}}'' (The Selection)<br /> ''{{lang|es|La Furia Roja}}'' (The Red Fury)<br />''{{lang|es|La Roja}}'' (The Red [One])|
| Association = {{lang|es|[[Spanish Football Federation|Real Federación<br /> Española de Fútbol]]}} |
| Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]]) |
| Coach = {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Vicente Del Bosque]] |
| Captain = [[Iker Casillas]] |
| Most caps = [[Andoni Zubizarreta]] (126) |
| Top scorer = [[Raúl González]] (44) |
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| First game = {{fb|Spain|1785}} 1 - 0 {{fb-rt|Denmark}}<br />([[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]; [[28 August]] [[1920]]) |
| Largest win = {{fb|Spain|1931}} 13 - 0 {{fb-rt|Bulgaria}}<br />([[Madrid]], [[Spain]]; [[21 May]] [[1933]]) |
| Largest loss = {{fb|Italy|old}} 7 - 1 {{fb-rt|Spain|1785}}<br />([[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]; [[4 June]] [[1928]])<br />{{fb|England}} 7 - 1 {{fb-rt|Spain|1931}}<br />([[London]], [[England]]; [[9 December]] [[1931]]) |
| Honours = [[Image:Football European Cup.svg|30px|1964 UEFA European Football Championship]] |
| World cup apps = 12 |
| World cup first = 1934 |
| World cup best = Fourth place, [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] |
| Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] |
| Regional cup apps = 8 |
| Regional cup first = [[1964 European Football Championship|1964]] | [[2008 European Football Championship|2008]] |
| Regional cup best = Winners, [[1964 European Football Championship|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
}}
The '''Spanish National Football Team''', commonly referred to as ''La Selección'', is the national [[football (soccer)|football]] team of [[Spain]] and is controlled by the {{lang|es|[[Spanish Football Federation|Real Federación Española de Fútbol]]}}. They are the current European Champions, having won the [[Euro 2008|2008 UEFA European Championship]]. In July 2008, Spain rose to the #1 spot in the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in their history, becoming only the sixth nation (and the first who had never won the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]) to top these rankings.
==History==
===Early Years===
Spain made their international football debut in 1920 at the [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Antwerp]] and won the silver medal. They played their first home international in 1921, beating [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 2-0 in [[Bilbao]]. They also became the first non-[[United Kingdom|British]] side to beat [[England national football team|England]] when they won 4-3 in a friendly in [[Madrid]] in 1929. Spain, however, did not enter the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 World Cup]]. Four years later, Spain qualified for the second [[1934 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] held in Italy in 1934. The Spanish side progressed to the quarterfinals and drew 1-1 with [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. Under the rules of the time, the game was settled by a rematch which Italy won 1-0.
The [[Spanish Civil War]] and [[World War II]] prevented Spain from playing another competitive match until the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]]. There 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. The cup was decided in games against the other group winners — [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], and [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. Success in the tournament eluded the Spaniards as they gained only one point by drawing with eventual winners Uruguay, losing to both Brazil and Sweden. Spain placed fourth in the 1950 World Cup (as of 2008, their best performance in the competition) but did not build on their successl; failing to qualify for another major tournament until the [[1962 World Cup]].
Under French-Argentine coach [[Helenio Herrera]], Spain came out of dormancy to qualify for the first [[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 forfeit its quarterfinal tie with the [[Soviet Union]] because of political circumstances between Spain's dictator [[Francisco Franco|Franco]] and the Soviets.
===European Champions and the Villalonga Era===
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 exited in the first round in a tough group against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], and [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. Two years later they hosted the [[1964 European Nations' Cup|European Championship]]. With a squad that included [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]], [[Francisco Gento]], [[Josep Fusté]] and [[José Ángel Iribar]], Spain 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-favored [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] 2-1 in extra time. They went on to face 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]]. [[Jesus María Pereda]] put Spain ahead after just six minutes, but [[Galimzian Khusainov]] equalised a few minutes later with a free kick. [[Marcelino Martínez]] put in a late header to win Spain's first major international title.
As European Champions, Spain automatically qualified for the [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966 World Cup]] retaining much of the same squad from 1964 and keeping José Villalonga at the reigns. However, they failed to make an impression and exited in 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]].
===1968 to 1975===
The departure of Villalonga put Spain into another period of wilderness with mixed results. After winning their group in the qualifying rounds of the [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968 European Championship]], they were 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 [[UEFA Euro 1976|Euro 76]].
===Post-Francoist Spain, Late 70s and Early 80s===
Spain came back into contention with an impressive undefeated performance in their Euro 76 qualifying group which featured [[Romania national football team|Romania]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]. But Spain's momentum ran out in the quarterfinals, where they lost 3-1 on aggregate to a dominant [[Germany national football team|West German]] side.
The [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 World Cup]] witnessed Spain's first World Cup appearance since 1966. Spain qualified by defeating [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] home and away and losing only to [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in [[Bucharest]]. In the final tournament Spain were drawn into group 3 with [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Austria national football team|Austria]], and [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. Spain started the finals by losing 2-1 to Austria, but kept their hopes alive drawing with Brazil 0-0 and defeating Sweden 1-0. But it was too little too late for Spain and they didn't proceed out of the group.
[[1980 European Nations' Cup|Euro 80]] saw Spain qualify for the first eight-team European championship. After surpassing [[Romania national football team|Romania]], [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], and [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]], Spain was drawn into group B with [[England national football team|England]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]], and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]. Spain gained only one point after a draw with Italy and again exited without reaching the quarterfinals.
===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 with [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]], [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], and [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]]. Under pressure to perform well, Spain struggled through their group. On their first day of competition, they could only manage a 1-1 draw with unfancied Honduras. They picked up momentum with an impressive 2-1 victory over Yugoslavia but were defeated 1-0 by Northern Ireland. Despite the defeat, Spain progressed to the second round where they were drawn into Group B with [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] and [[England national football team|England]]. Spain's campaign ended when they were defeated by West Germany 2-1 and drew 0-0 with England, and as disappointment swept the country, Santamaría was sacked.
===1984 to 1988===
After a disappointing World Cup campaign on home soil, Spain were desperate to regain their credibility on the world footballing stage. Former Real Madrid coach [[Miguel Muñoz]], who had temporarily coached Spain in 1969, returned to the national side. Spain topped [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 84]] qualifying Group 7, which consisted of the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]], [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]], and [[Malta national football team|Malta]]. Spain passed the qualifying stage unexpectedly, as they had to defeat Malta by at least 11 goals to surpass the Netherlands for the top spot in the group. After going into the half leading Malta 3-1, Spain scored 9 goals in the second half to win by 12-1 and conquer the group. In the final tournament, Spain were dubbed as outsiders by bookmakers despite many talented players and a strong football league. Spain were drawn into group B with West Germany, Portugal, and Romania. In their first game, they drew 1-1 with underdogs Romania. Three days later they drew 1-1 again with Portugal. Spain topped the group with an impressive 1-0 victory over West Germany to avenge their defeat two years earlier. The semifinals saw Spain paired with darkhorses Denmark. With the game ending 1-1 after extra time, Spain defeated Denmark 5-4 on penalties after Preben Elkjær shot over the bar. Going beyond anyone's expectations Spain reached the final to face the hosts and tournament favorites France. Led by captain [[Michel Platini]], France were tipped as heavy favorites and defeated Spain 2-0 after a goalless first half.
To build on their impressive Euro 84 performance, Muñoz helped Spain qualify for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]] in [[Mexico]]. Spain progressed in qualifying having topped Group 7 with [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]], and [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]]. Muñoz took Spain to Mexico with a mixed squad of new and veteran players. Spain's group in the final tournament consisted of [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]], and [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]]. Spain began the tournament nervously losing to Brazil 1-0. However, they progressed after beating Northern Ireland by 2-1 and Algeria by 3-0. Round 2 paired Spain with [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] which had swept its group with three victories. In what was one of the strangest World Cup games, Spain defeated Denmark 5-1 with [[Emilio Butragueño]] scoring four goals. Spain progressed to the quarterfinals to face a [[Belgium national football team|Belgian]] side fresh off an impressive 4-3 victory over the [[USSR]]. The game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes and — with neither side scoring in extra time — proceeded to penalty kicks. Spain's 1986 campaign ended with Belgium winning 5-4 on penalties. Despite their quarterfinal exit, the squad of 1986 was Spain's highest-scoring national team until 2008.
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 with [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]], and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]. They began their tournament with a 3-2 victory over Denmark. However, their luck ended when they were knocked-out in the group stage after losing 1-0 and 2-0 to Italy and West Germany, respectively.
===1990 to 1992===
The 90s began with Spain looking to perform well and compensate for poor performances at Euro 88 at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]] in Italy. For 1990, Spain's new coach [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] selected many new players including [[Manuel Jiménez Jiménez|Manuel Jiménez]], [[Genar Andrinúa]], and [[Rafael Martín Vázquez|Martín Vázquez]]. Spain qualified from a group consisting of Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Northern Ireland, and Malta. Before the tournament Spain looked impressive by going almost undefeated in their friendly and qualifier games. In the final tournament Spain was in group E with Belgium, Uruguay, and Korea Republic. Spain began with a less than impressive 0-0 draw with Uruguay. They later defeated Korea 3-1 and avenged Belgium 2-1 after 1986. Spain's impressive first round performance was tarnished by a 2-1 defeat to Yugoslavia in the second round. As a result Spain exited earlier than expected having disappointed their fans for not improving on their 1986 campaign.
Further disappointment followed when newly appointed coach [[Vicente Miera]] failed to qualify 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]] in [[Barcelona]].
===Clemente's reign, 1992-98===
Javier Clemente was appointed as Spain's coach in 1992 in hopes of bringing home a major international trophy. The 1994 World Cup was once again a testing ground for Spain's ability to perform well at the senior level. Spain qualified very impressively with nineteen points from twelve matches, a twenty three goal differential, and ranked as number five in Europe. In the final tournament Spain were drawn in Group C with Germany, Bolivia, and Korea Republic. The Spaniards were expected to easily progress to the second round alongside Germany. In their first game Spain drew with Korea 2-2 having given up a 2-0 lead. Three days later they drew 1-1 with Germany also giving up the lead. Spain qualified for the second round as expected with a 3-1 victory over Bolivia. Spain continued their success in the second round with a 3-0 victory over Switzerland. Their success ended with a controversial 2-1 defeat to Italy in the quarter-finals. A nasty and bloody foul committed by [[Mauro Tassotti]] towards [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] left the Spanish midfielder's nose broken in the penalty box, but with no penalty call given, Roberto Baggio would score the game winner for Italy in the last minutes. The 1994 campaign was seen as one of Spain's best despite the disappointment. Spain were once again left searching for a performance beyond the quarter-finals.
Clemente was hoping to build on their impressive yet disappointing performance in 1994 to perform well at Euro 96. Spain qualified as expected with impressive results from their group consisting of Denmark, Belgium, Cyprus, Macedonia, and Armenia. The final tournament witnessed Spain in a group with France, Romania, and Bulgaria. Their first game once again proved to be below expectations as they failed to beat Bulgaria and drew 1-1. After Bulgaria, Spain faced what proved to be a very strong French side but fought to sluggish 1-1 draw. Spain confirmed their place in the quarter-finals with a 2-1 win over a weak Romanian squad. In their quarter-final match with host England, Spain ran out of luck as they had a pair of goals questionably disallowed and were denied two possible penalties.<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}}</ref> Spain eventually fell 4-2 in the shootout.
In his second World Cup as Spain's coach, Clemente put his team through intensive training to try to put themselves as serious contenders to do well at the 1998 World Cup in France after yet another dismal performance at Euro 96. Many new rising stars such as [[Raúl González]] and [[Fernando Morientes]] were giving Spanish fans hope for the upcoming tournament. Despite falling in the world rankings to a record low before the World Cup, Spain went undefeated in their qualifying group with Yugoslavia and Czech Republic being the other contenders. Spain qualified with fourteen other European sides in the first ever thirty-two team World Cup. Group D consisted of Spain, Bulgaria, Paraguay, and Nigeria, many considered this group to be the Group of Death of the entire tournament. In their first game against African powers Nigeria, Spain led 1-0 and 2-1 in each half with much superiority. However, Nigeria amazingly turned the game around in the last twenty minutes and won 3-2 largely in part by an error made by all-time capped Spanish goalkeeper [[Andoni Zubizarreta]]. This defeat left Spain's hopeful campaign in ruins and sent Javier Clemente searching for answers. Their second game was a minor improvement, but left Spanish fans disappointed once again as Spain could only manage a 0-0 draw with Paraguay. After only a point from their first two games, Spain needed to rely on Nigeria and Paraguay drawing their match in order to qualify. In their last group game Spain fought valiantly to crush Bulgaria 6-1 hoping that goal differential would send them through. Spain's hopes did not go as planned as Paraguay defeated Nigeria 3-1. Spain were eliminated in the first round with only four points and finished third behind Paraguay and Nigeria. This was by far one of the most disappointing Spanish campaigns in recent times.
===Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002===
After a 3-2 opening defeat to Cyprus in Euro 2000 qualifying Clemente was sacked and José Antonio Camacho was promptly appointed as coach. Camacho immediately turned Spain's campaign around and Spain won the rest of their games to qualify for Euro 2000, including two 9-0 wins against Austria and San Marino. Once again Spain's hopes rested on a new coach and young players such as [[Raúl González]], [[Fernando Morientes]], [[Míchel Salgado]], and [[Juan Carlos Valerón]]. Spain again were going to a major competition as one of the contenders for the title. In the final tournament Spain were in group C with [[Norway national football team|Norway]], [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], and Yugoslavia. As always, Spain started their campaign with disappointment, losing 1-0 to the Norwegians. But Spain got back into the tournament with a 2-1 victory over the Slovenians. Their last game proved to be another nerve wreck as they looked to be going out of the tournament. Their last game was against Balkan powerhouse Yugoslavia. Spain started the match nervously by going down 1-0 with a goal from Yugoslav forward Savo Milošević. Alfonso Pérez was able to put a goal back for Spain in the 38th minute ending the first half with a 1-1 score. However, shortly after halftime Spain went down again 2-1 but made it 2-2 on 51 minutes with a goal by Pedro Munitis. Spain went down yet again for the third time, with the score 3-2 at 75 minutes. With only fifteen minutes left Spain desperately searched for an equalizer. After throwing every player forward Spain was still down 3-2, but at the 90th minute another Spanish goal from a late penalty by Gaizka Mendieta and a dramatic second goal by Alfonso Pérez in the dying seconds of stoppage time astonishingly turned the game around making the final score 4-3 for Spain. Spain finished at the top of group C to book a quarterfinal clash with 1998 [[World Cup]] Champions, [[France national football team|France]]. After the thrilling clash with Yugoslavia, Spain were confident in shocking the world champions. The game began with a dramatic first half with bombardment of both goals. The half ended 2-1 for the French. However, late in the second half Spain was awarded a penalty. [[Raúl González]] took the spot kick but shot over the crossbar. Despite a strong Spanish attack [[France national football team|France]] held on to win and knock Spain out prematurely. Disappointment and sadness swept Spain as the team could not impress their fans and suffered yet another quarterfinal exit.
Spain hoped once again for a good World Cup impression in 2002 in the Far East. Qualifying went as expected for Spain as they topped an easy 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]]. Under Camacho Spain hoped that lessons learned from Euro 2000 would bring them better luck. But for [[Santiago Cañizares]] it was bad luck. Right before the competition started, he got injured and couldn't participate as the starting goalkeeper. This gave the 21 year old [[Iker Casillas]] the starting position. In the final tournament Spain were drawn into group B with [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]], and [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]. This time Spain began the World Cup very strongly with 3-1 victories over [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] and [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] and a 3-2 victory over [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]. Spain topped the group with nine points to face off a second round contest with the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]. An early goal from Spanish striker [[Fernando Morientes]] gave hope to the Spaniards. With just stoppage time remaining after the 90th minute, [[Fernando Hierro]] brought [[Robbie Keane]] down in the penalty box and Ireland was awarded a penalty. The same man who had been fouled pulled the Irish level and the game went to extra-time where, unexpectedly, Spain was left with nine players on the field due to back-to-back injuries and no more sub-ins available. However, Spain were able to hold on and force the penalty shoot-out, where the young [[Iker Casillas]] proved himself worthy of the starting goalkeeper spot, stopping two penalties. After several misses and scores from both sides, Spain came out on top with a 3-2 victory. Spain booked a quarterfinal berth with hosts [[Korea Republic national football team|Korea Republic]] who upset [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in round two. Spanish fans were confident this was the year Spain was to progress beyond the quarterfinals in any major tournament since [[Euro 84]]. After a hard fought 120 minutes and two disallowed goals for the Spaniards (The referee disallowed [[Fernando Morientes]]' goal on the ground that the ball had gone out of play. However replays showed that the ball was still in play.), Spain faced another penalty shootout. Spain scored three penalties as did Korea. However, Spain's worst nightmare became reality after [[Joaquín]] had his penalty saved. Korea scored their last two penalties through Ahn Jung-Hwan and Hong Myung-Bo to knock Spain out of the 2002 World Cup. Spanish fans were shocked by another successive, and highly controversial, quarterfinal exit.
===Euro 2004===
At [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] in Portugal, Spain were drawn into group A with [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[Russia national football team|Russia]] and [[Greece national football team|Greece]]. After coming into second after Greece in qualifying, Spain looked very strong. The Spanish team were touted as heavy favorites for the 2004 crown by the European media. They possessed new and fresh players such as [[Fernando Torres]] and [[Xabi Alonso]] under new coach [[Iñaki Sáez]]. Spain were also hoping that the tournaments proximity would contribute to their success. On [[June 12]], Spain expectedly defeated [[Russia national football team|Russia]], 1-0, the goal scored by [[Juan Carlos Valerón]] just 36 seconds after coming on with various opportunities to increase the victory,<ref name="news1">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/3787463.stm Spain 1-0 Russia]</ref> such as a miss kick from [[Joseba Etxeberría]] against a virtually open goal,<ref name="news1"/> and a disallowed goal from [[Xabi Alonso]] for tapping the ball with his hand after heading it over [[Sergei Ovchinnikov]]. Four days later Spain faced [[Greece national football team|Greece]]. Determined to win, Spain led the match until [[Greece national football team|Greece]] scored an equalizer and the match ended 1-1. In their last game against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], Spain needed to draw to qualify for the quarterfinals. However, a goal from [[Nuno Gomes]] faded Spain's hopes of advancing. The same day [[Greece national football team|Greece]] were defeated 2-1 by [[Russia national football team|Russia]] but moved ahead to claim second place on goal difference. As a result Spain were eliminated from Euro 2004 in the first round that consisted of the tournament's eventual finalists in Portugal and Greece. This exit was considered the most disappointing result since the 1998 World Cup. Iñaki Sáez was sacked only weeks later and replaced by Luis Aragonés.
===2006 World Cup===
Under [[Luis Aragonés]], Spain struggled throughout the [[2006 World Cup]] qualifying stage. Spain were in group 7 with Serbia & Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Lithuania, and San Marino. Despite mixed results including five wins and draws, Spain qualified for a playoff spot with Slovakia. Spain qualified for the final tournament after defeating Slovakia 6-2 on aggregate. Many didn't know what to expect of Spain heading into Germany; despite almost failing to qualify, the Spanish side had many talented players. Spain were drawn into Group H with [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]], [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]], and [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]. Spain won their opening game over Ukraine in a comfortable 4-0 result, with two goals from [[David Villa]] and one each for [[Fernando Torres]] and [[Xabi Alonso]]. The first penalty of the tournament was awarded after [[Vladislav Vaschuk]] was sent off for pulling on Torres. Spain won their second game against Tunisia 3-1. A goal in the 8th minute through [[Jawhar Mnari]] put Tunisia ahead, but Spain scored through [[Raúl González|Raúl]] in the 71st min and Fernando Torres in the 76th min. Fernando Torres scored from the penalty spot in injury time to get his second goal in the game. Spain beat [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] by 1-0 in [[Kaiserslautern]] on the [[23 June]]. However Spain fell 3-1 in the second round by the more experienced [[France national football team|France]] team, despite having led the game 1-0 after a penalty kick scored by [[David Villa]]. Spanish fans once again faced a premature exit and a performance below expectations. Spain and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] shared the 2006 FIFA Fair Play Award.
===Euro 2008 Champions===
Spain qualified 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 competition proper. They were drawn in [[UEFA Euro 2008 Group D|Group D]], with [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] and [[Russia national football team|Russia]]. They also defeated reigning champions [[Greece national football team|Greece]] 2-1 using their reserves (10 of their starting 11 were substitutes). Spain won all of their group games and finished top, with [[David Villa]] scoring the only [[hat-trick]] of the competition in the 4–1 defeat of Russia. Reigning World Cup holders [[Italy national football team|Italy]] were the opponents in the [[Euro 2008#Quarter-finals|quarter final match]] and the game finished 0–0. There was no score in extra time, so the game was decided by penalties. [[Iker Casillas]] saved two penalties as Spain won the shoot-out 4–2. This was the first time that Spain had beaten Italy in a competitive match since 1920, and also broke Spain's record of losing penalty shoot-outs on [[22 June]] - previous losses were against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup#Quarter-finals|1986 World Cup]], [[England national football team|England]] in [[Euro 96#Quarter-finals|Euro '96]], and [[Korea Republic national football team|South Korea]] in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup#Quarter-finals|2002 World Cup]].
[[Image:España Suecia inicio.jpg||thumb|right|200px|[[UEFA Euro 2008]] match between [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] and Spain.]]
Spain met Russia again in the semi-final, once again beating them, this time by 3-0. In the [[UEFA Euro 2008 Final|final]], played in [[Vienna]]'s [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]], Spain were up against three-times champions [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. Spain won 1–0 with a goal scored by [[Fernando Torres]] in the 33rd minute. This was Spain's first major title in 44 years since the 1964 European Championship. Spain's total of 12 goals in the tournament made them the top scoring team and [[striker]] [[David Villa]] finished as the top scorer with four goals. [[Xavi]] was awarded the player of the tournament. Nine Spanish players were picked for the [[UEFA Euro 2008]] Team of the Tournament, including goalkeeper and captain [[Iker Casillas]], defender [[Carles Puyol]], midfielder [[Xavi]], and strikers [[David Villa]] and [[Fernando Torres]].
Spain ended the tournament as the only unbeaten team to win since [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in 1996 and the only group winner to advance beyond the quarterfinals in Euro 2008 as [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]], and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] were all eliminated at that stage. Also, before Spain in Euro 2008, only France in 1984 had won all their group games and later went on to win the tournament. Due to their highly impressive performance at the tournament, Spain was awarded the first place at the FIFA World rankings for the first time in their history on July 1st, 2008, just two days after being crowned European Champions for the second time. They became only the sixth team to share this privilege along with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[France national football team|France]], [[Germany national football team|Germany]], and [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and also the first team never to have won a [[World Cup]] to achieve this.
[[Luis Aragonés]] became the oldest coach to win a European Championship and the second to win one with Spain after [[José Villalonga]] won it in 1964 on home soil. 27-year-old [[Iker Casillas]] became the first goalkeeper-captain to lift up the trophy. Aragonés also enjoys the distinction of having led Spain to the most victories, a record previously held by [[Javier Clemente]]. Aragonés has won 38, drawn 12, and lost only 4 out of 54 matches in charge, compared to 36 victories, 20 draws, and 6 defeats by Clemente.
==2010 FIFA World Cup qualification==
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==Kits==
Spain's traditional kit was a red jersey with yellow trim with dark blue shorts and socks. Their current away kit is with a gold jersey with white shorts and socks.
==Competitive record==
===World Cup record===
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!Host nation(s) / Year
!Round
!Position
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!W
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!L
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!GA
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|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
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|{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||Quarter-final||5||3||1||1||1||4||3
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|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||Semi-finals||4||6||3||1||2||10||12
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||Round 1||12||3||1||0||2||2||3
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||Round 1||10||3||1||0||2||4||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||Round 1||10||3||1||1||1||2||2
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||Round 2||12||5||1||2||2||4||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Quarter-final||7||5||3||1||1||11||4
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||Round of 16||10||4||2||1||1||6||4
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||Quarter-final||8||5||2||2||1||10||6
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||Round 1||17||3||1||1||1||8||4
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||Quarter-final||5||5||3||2||0||10||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Round of 16||9||4||3||0||1||9||4
|-
|'''Total'''||12/18||-||49||22||12||15||80||57
|}
:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].''
:''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''
===European Championships and Olympic medal record===
{{MedalTop|}}
{{MedalSport | Men’s [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Host nation(s) / Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1960 UEFA European Football Championship|1960]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|- bgcolor=gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Spain|1939}} [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]||'''Champions'''||2||2||0||0||4||2
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1968 UEFA European Football Championship|1968]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[1972 UEFA European Football Championship|1972]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[1976 UEFA European Football Championship|1976]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1980 UEFA European Football Championship|1980]]||Round 1||3||0||1||2||2||4
|-
|- bgcolor=silver
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984]]||Final||5||1||3||1||4||5
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988]]||Round 1||3||1||0||2||3||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship|1992]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|1996]]||Quarter-final||4||1||3||0||4||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|2000]]||Quarter-final||4||2||0||2||7||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|2004]]||Round 1||3||1||1||1||2||2
|-- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|Austria}}{{flagicon|Switzerland}}[[2008 UEFA European Football Championship|2008]]||'''Champions'''||6||5||1||0||12||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Poland}}{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]||||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
||'''Total'''||8/13||30||13||9||8||38||31
|}
:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].''
:''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''
==Spain national football team head to head==
* {{main|Spain national football team head to head}}
==Current squad==
Caps and goals as of [[29 June]] [[2008]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
|-
!colspan=5|Goalkeepers
|-
| 1 || [[Iker Casillas]] ([[Captain (football)|c]]) || [[20 May]] [[1981]] (age 27)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] || 82 (0)
|-
| 13 || [[Andrés Palop]] || [[22 October]] [[1973]] (age 34)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] || 0 (0)
|-
| 23 || [[José Manuel Reina]] || [[31 August]] [[1982]] (age 25)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] || 10 (0)
|-
!colspan=5|Defenders
|-
| 2 || [[Raúl Albiol]] || [[4 September]] [[1985]] (age 22)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] || 6 (0)
|-
| 3 || [[Fernando Navarro]] || [[25 June]] [[1982]] (age 26)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] || 2 (0)
|-
| 4 || [[Carlos Marchena]] || [[31 July]] [[1979]] (age 28)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] || 47 (2)
|-
| 5 || [[Carles Puyol]] || [[13 April]] [[1978]] (age 30)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] || 66 (1)
|-
| 11 || [[Joan Capdevila]] || [[3 February]] [[1978]] (age 30)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] || 23 (3)
|-
| 15 || [[Sergio Ramos]] || [[30 March]] [[1986]] (age 22)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || 39 (4)
|-
| 18 || [[Álvaro Arbeloa]] || [[17 January]] [[1983]] (age 25)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] || 3 (0)
|-
| 20 || [[Juan Gutiérrez Moreno|Juanito Gutiérrez]] || [[23 July]] [[1976]] (age 31)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Betis]] || 23 (2)
|-
!colspan=5|Midfielders
|-
| 6 || [[Andrés Iniesta]]|| [[11 May]] [[1984]] (age 24)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] || 29 (5)
|-
| 8 || [[Xavi Hernández]] || [[25 January]] [[1980]] (age 28)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] || 62 (7)
|-
| 10 || [[Cesc Fàbregas]] || [[4 May]] [[1987]] (age 21)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] || 32 (1)
|-
| 12 || [[Santi Cazorla]] || [[13 December]] [[1984]] (age 23)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] || 7 (0)
|-
| 14 || [[Xabi Alonso]] || [[25 November]] [[1981]] (age 26)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] || 47 (1)
|-
| 16 || [[Sergio García de la Fuente|Sergio García]] || [[9 June]], [[1983]] (age 25)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]] || 2 (0)
|-
| 19 || [[Marcos Senna]]|| [[17 July]] [[1976]] (age 31)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] || 16 (0)
|-
| 21 || [[David Silva]] || [[8 January]] [[1986]] (age 22)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] || 19 (3)
|-
| 22 || [[Rubén de la Red]] || [[5 June]] [[1985]] (age 23)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] || 3 (1)
|-
!colspan=5|Strikers
|-
| 7 || [[David Villa]] || [[3 December]] [[1981]] (age 26)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Valencia C.F.|Valencia]] || 35 (18)
|-
| 9 || [[Fernando Torres]] || [[20 March]] [[1984]] (age 24)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] || 54 (17)
|-
| 17 || [[Dani Güiza]]|| [[17 August]] [[1980]] (age 27)|| {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Fenerbahçe]] || 8 (2)
|}
===Recent call ups===
The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
!Most Recent Call up
|-
!colspan=5|Defenders
|-
| [[Ángel López]] || [[10 March]] [[1981]] (age 27)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] || 5 (0) || v [[France national football team|France]], [[6 February]] [[2008]]
|-
| [[Pablo Ibañez]] || [[3 August]] [[1981]] (age 26)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]] || 23 (0) || v [[France national football team|France]], [[6 February]] [[2008]]
|-
!colspan=5|Midfielders
|-
| [[Albert Riera]] || [[15 April]] [[1982]] (age 26)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]] || 5 (1) || v [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[26 March]] [[2008]]
|-
| [[David Albelda]] || [[1 September]] [[1977]] (age 30)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] || 51 (0) || v [[France national football team|France]], [[6 February]] [[2008]]
|-
!colspan=5|Strikers
|-
| [[Bojan Krkić]] || [[28 August]] [[1990]] (age 17)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] || 0 (0) || v [[France national football team|France]], [[6 February]] [[2008]]
|}
==Players==
===Notable players===
{{OR|date=June 2008}}<!--this should be ordered by year of debut, see [[WP:WikiProject Football/National teams]]-->
:''Players are ordered by year of debut with national football team
{|
|valign="top"|
;1920
* [[Ricardo Zamora]] (GK)
* [[Josep Samitier]] (MF)
;1921
* [[Paulino Alcántara]] (FW)
;1928
* [[Jacinto Quincoces]] (DF)
;1934
* [[Isidro Lángara]] (FW)
* [[Luis Regueiro]] (FW)
;1936
* [[Ángel Zubieta]] (DF)
;1945
* [[Telmo Zarra]] (FW)
* [[Agustín Gaínza]] (FW)
;1949
* [[Estanislao Basora]] (FW)
1950
* [[Antoni Ramallets]] (GK)
;1953
* [[Ladislao Kubala]] (MF/FW)
;1955
* [[Francisco Gento]] (MF)
;1957
* [[Alfredo di Stéfano]] (FW)
* [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (MF)
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
;1958
* [[José Santamaría]] (DF)
;1961
* [[Ferenc Puskás]] (FW)
;1962
* [[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (FW)
;1964
* [[José Ángel Iribar]] (GK)
* [[Pirri]] (MF)
* [[Marcelino Martínez|Marcelino]] (MF)
;1965
* [[Luis Aragonés]] (FW)
;1969
* [[Salvador Sadurní]] (GK)
;1970
* [[Quini]] (FW)
;1975
* [[José Antonio Camacho]] (DF)
* [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (FW)
* [[Vicente del Bosque]] (MF)
* [[Jesús María Satrústegui]] (FW)
;1977
* [[Luis Arconada]] (GK)
;1978
* [[Rafael Gordillo]] (MF)
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
;1981
* [[Víctor Muñoz]] (MF)
;1984
* [[Emilio Butragueño]] (FW)
;1985
* [[Andoni Zubizarreta]] (GK)
* [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (MF)
;1986
* [[Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo|Manuel Sanchís]] (DF)
* [[Julio Salinas]] (FW)
;1989
* [[Fernando Hierro]] (DF)
;1991
* [[Miguel Ángel Nadal]] (DF)
* [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (MF)
* [[Abelardo Fernández|Abelardo]] (DF)
;1992
* [[Josep Guardiola|Pep Guardiola]] (MF)
;1993
* [[Julen Guerrero]] (FW)
;1994
* [[Sergi Barjuán|Sergi]] (DF)
;1996
* [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (FW)
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
;1997
* [[Joseba Etxeberria]] (MF)
;1998
* [[Juan Carlos Valerón]] (MF)
* [[Fernando Morientes]] (FW)
;2000
* [[Iker Casillas]] (GK)
* [[Carles Puyol]] (DF)
* [[Xavi]] (MF)
;2001
* [[David Albelda]] (MF)
;2002
* [[Carlos Marchena]] (DF)
* [[Joan Capdevila]] (DF)
;2003
* [[Xabi Alonso]] (MF)
* [[Fernando Torres]] (FW)
;2005
* [[Sergio Ramos]] (DF)
* [[Pepe Reina]] (GK)
* [[David Villa]] (FW)
;2006
* [[Marcos Senna]] (MF)
* [[Andrés Iniesta]] (MF)
* [[Cesc Fàbregas]] (MF)
* [[David Silva]] (MF)
|}
===Top goalscorers===
As of [[29 June]] [[2008]] the twenty highest scorers for Spain are:
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career
!Goals (Caps)
!Avg/game
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Raúl González|Raúl]]
|1996-2006
|44 (102)
|0.431
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Hierro]]
|1989-2002
|29 {{0}}(89)
|0.325
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Morientes]]
|1998-2007
|27 {{0}}(47)
|0.574
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Emilio Butragueño]]
|1984-1992
|26 {{0}}(69)
|0.377
|-
|rowspan="2"|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Alfredo di Stéfano]]
|1957-1961
|23 {{0}}(31)
|0.742
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Julio Salinas]]
|1986-1996
|23 {{0}}(56)
|0.411
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]]
|1985-1992
|21 {{0}}(66)
|0.318
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Telmo Zarra]]
|1945-1951
|20 {{0}}(20)
|1.000
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|[[David Villa]]
|2005-{{0|0000}}
|18 {{0}}(35)
|0.514
|-
|rowspan="2"|10
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Isidro Lángara]]
|1932-1936
|17 {{0}}(12)
|1.417
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fernando Torres]]
|2003-{{0|0000}}
|17 {{0}}(54)
|0.315
|-
|rowspan="2"|12
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Luis Regueiro]]
|1927-1936
|16 {{0}}(25)
|0.640
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pirri]]
|1966-1978
|16 {{0}}(41)
|0.390
|-
|14
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]]
|1975-1985
|15 {{0}}(56)
|0.268
|-
|15
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]]
|1957-1972
|14 {{0}}(32)
|0.437
|-
|rowspan="2"|16
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Estanislao Basora]]
|1949-1957
|13 {{0}}(22)
|0.591
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Julen Guerrero]]
|1993-2000
|13 {{0}}(41)
|0.317
|-
|rowspan="2"|18
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Joseba Etxeberria]]
|1997-2004
|12 {{0}}(53)
|0.226
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]]
|1991-2002
|12 {{0}}(62)
|0.193
|-
|rowspan="3"|20
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ladislao Kubala]]
|1953-1961
|11 {{0}}(19)
|0.579
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Alfonso Pérez]]
|1992-2000
|11 {{0}}(38)
|0.289
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]]
|1962-1974
|11 {{0}}(42)
|0.262
|}
==Selected Managers==
''see also [[List of Spain national football team managers]] and {{cl|Spain national football team managers}}''
* [[Francisco Bru Sanz|Francisco Bru]], 1920
* [[Pedro Parages]], 1923-1924
* [[Paulino Alcántara]],1951
* [[Ricardo Zamora]], 1952
* [[Pedro Escartín Morán]], 1952-1961
* [[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
* [[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-
==See also==
* [[Spain national under-21 football team]]
* [[Spain national youth football team]] (Includes U-17 only)
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.rfef.es/ RFEF site]
* [http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ Information about the Spain national football team]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/span-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1920-]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/span-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of player records]
* [http://www.soccerway.com/news/2006/may/5/aragons-announces-preliminary-spanish-squad The confirmation of Luis Aragonés' preliminary squad]
==Titles==
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{{succession box
| before = [[1960 UEFA European Football Championship|1960]] [[USSR national football team|USSR]] {{flagicon|USSR}}
| title = [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Champions]]
| years = [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]] (First title)
| after = [[1968 UEFA European Football Championship|1968]] [[Italy national football team|Italy]] {{flagicon|Italy}}
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]] [[Greece national football team|Greece]] {{flagicon|Greece}}
| title = [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Champions]]
| years = [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]] (Second title)
| after = incumbent
}}
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