Spain national football team
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| Nickname | La Selección (The Selection) |
| Association | Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol) |
| Coach | Luis Aragonés (2004-) |
| Most caps | Andoni Zubizarreta (126) |
| Top scorer | Raúl (41) |
| First International Spain 2 - 0 Belgium (Bilbao, Spain; 7 October, 1921) | |
| Largest win Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May, 1933) | |
| Worst defeat Italy 7 - 1 Spain (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June, 1928) England 7 - 1 Spain (London, England; 9 December, 1931) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1934) |
| Best result | Fourth place, 1950 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1964) |
| Best result | Winners, 1964 |
The Spain national football team is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol). 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), although often being touted as pre-tournament favorites. They did win the gold medal when they hosted 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1999 World Youth Championship in Nigeria.
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World Cup record
- 1930 - Did not enter
- 1934 - Quarterfinals
- 1938 - Withdrew 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 - Champions
- 1968 to 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
- Amancio Amaro
- Emilio Butragueño
- José Antonio Camacho
- Alfredo Di Stefano (also played for Argentina)
- Francisco Gento
- Fernando Hierro
- Ladislao Kubala (also played for Hungary and Czechoslovakia)
- Michel
- Raúl
- Pirri
- Ferenc Puskás (also played for Hungary)
- José Santamaria (also played for Uruguay)
- Luis Suarez
- Ricardo Zamora
- Zarra
See also: list of Spanish footballers.
Coaches
- Francisco Bru (1920)
- Ricard Cabot (1925)
- José María Mateos (1925 and 1929-1933)
- Amadeo García Salazar (1934-1938)
- Guillermo Eizaguirre (1948-1950)
- Paulino Alcántara (1951)
- Guillermo Eizaguirre (1955-1956)
- Helenio Herrera (1959-1962)
- José Villalonga (1962-1966)
- Domènec Balmanya (1966-1968)
- Miguel Muñoz (1969)
- Ladislao Kubala (1969-1980)
- José Emilio Santamaría (1980-1982)
- Miguel Muñoz (1982-1988)
- Luis Suárez (1988-1991)
- Vicente Miera (1991-1992)
- Javier Clemente (1992-1998)
- José Antonio Camacho (1998-2002)
- Iñaki Sáez (2002-2004)
- Luis Aragonés (2004-)
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