Spain national football team

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Nickname
La Selección (The Selection)
Current coach
Luis Aragones (2004-)
Most capped player
Raúl: 39
First International
Spain 2 - 0 Belgium (Bilbao, Spain; 7 October, 1921)
Largest win
Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May, 1933)
Largest defeat
England 7 - 1 Spain (London, England; 9 December, 1931)
World Cup
Finals appearances: 11 (First: 1934) Best result: Fourth place 1950
European Championships
Finals appearances: 7 (First: 1964) Best result: Winners 1964

The Spain national football team is controlled by the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (Royal Spanish Football Federation). They won the second European Championship ever held in 1964. Spain has greatly underachived in the World Cup, never advancing beyond the quarterfinals (they did make the final group stage in 1950). They did win the gold medal when they hosted 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Quarterfinals
• 1938 - Withdrew during qualifying due to civil war
• 1950 - Fourth place
• 1954 - Did not qualify
• 1958 - Did not qualify
• 1962 - Round 1
• 1966 - Round 1
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Round 1
• 1982 - Round 2
• 1986 - Quarterfinals
• 1990 - Round 2
• 1994 - Quarterfinals
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2002 - Quarterfinals

European Championship record

• 1960 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1964 - Winners
• 1968 - Did not qualify
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1980 - Round 1
• 1984 - Runners-up
• 1988 - Round 1
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1996 - Quarterfinals
• 2000 - Quarterfinals
• 2004 - Round 1

Famous players

• Butragueño
• Íker Casillas
• Luis Enrique
• Joseba Etxebarría
• Ferenc Puskas (also played for Hungary)
• Raúl
• Alfredo Di Stefano (also played for Argentina)