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Spain

Nickname(s)	La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) La Roja (The Red)
Association	Royal Spanish Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vicente del Bosque
Captain	Iker Casillas
Most caps	Andoni Zubizarreta (126)
Top scorer	Raúl (44)
Home stadium	Santiago Bernabéu Vicente Calderón Mestalla
FIFA code	ESP
FIFA ranking	1
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (July 2008–June 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	25 (March 1998)
Elo ranking	2
Highest Elo ranking	1 (Sept 1920 - May 1924, Sept - Dec 1925, June 2002, June 2008 - June 2009)
Lowest Elo ranking	20 (June 1969, June 1981, November 1991)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Spain 1 – 0 Denmark  (Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920)[1]
Biggest win
Spain 13 – 0 Bulgaria  (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933)[2]
Biggest defeat
Italy 7 – 1 Spain  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928)[3]  England 7 – 1 Spain  (London, England; 9 December 1931)[4]
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1934)
Best result	Fourth Place, 1950
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1964)
Best result	Champions, 1964, 2008
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2009)
Best result	3rd Place, 2009
Honours Olympic medal record Men’s Football Silver 1920 Antwerp Team Gold 1992 Barcelona Team[5] Silver 2000 Sydney Team[5]

The Spanish national football team represents Spain in international football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The Spanish side are commonly referred to as La Furia Roja (The Red Fury).^[6]

Spain are the current European champions, having won the UEFA European Championship in 2008. They also won the European Nations' Cup in 1964 and reached the UEFA Euro 1984 Final. Spain have qualified for the FIFA World Cup twelve times, reaching fourth place in the 1950 tournament.

In July 2008, Spain rose to the top of the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in their history, becoming the sixth nation, and the first who has never won the World Cup, to top this ranking. Between November 2006 and June 2009, Spain went undefeated for a record tying 35 consecutive matches —record shared with Brazil— including a record 15-game winning streak.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 1950 World Cup 1.3 José Villalonga era and the 1964 European champions 1.4 Late 1970s and early 1980s 1.5 1982 World Cup in Spain 1.6 1984 to 1988 1.7 1990 to 1992 1.8 Clemente's reign, 1992–98 1.9 Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002 1.10 Euro 2004 1.11 Luis Aragonés era, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 1.12 Confederations Cup debut and 2010 World Cup 2 Uniform kit 3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 Competitive record 4.1 World Cup record 4.2 European Championship record 4.3 Confederations Cup record 4.4 Head to head 4.5 Recent matches 4.6 Forthcoming fixtures 4.7 2007-2009 undefeated run 5 Honours 5.1 Friendly titles 6 Records 6.1 Worldwide 6.2 Nationwide 7 Players 7.1 Current squad 7.2 Recent call ups 7.3 Previous squads 7.4 Top goalscorers 7.5 Most capped Spain players 8 Managers 9 See also 10 References 11 External links 12 Titles

History

Early years

1950 World Cup

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

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

José Villalonga era and the 1964 European champions

In 1962, José Villalonga was appointed coach of Spain. Under Villalonga, Spain qualified for the 1962 World Cup but were eliminated in the first round group against Brazil, Czechoslovakia, and Mexico. Two years later they hosted the European Championship, in which they beat Romania, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to move on to the semifinals. There they beat highly-favoured Hungary 2–1 after extra time. They went on to face the USSR 2–1 before a crowd of more than 79,000 at the Bernabéu in Madrid. 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.

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

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

Late 1970s and early 1980s

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

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

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

1982 World Cup in Spain

In 1966, Spain was selected as host of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. This edition of the World Cup featured 24 teams for the first time. Expectations were high for Spain as the host nation under coach José Santamaría. In the group stages, Spain was drawn into Group 5, in which they could only manage a 1–1 draw with Honduras in the finals' opening match, after which they had a 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia, but were defeated 1–0 by Northern Ireland. These results were enough to secure progress to the second round where they were drawn into Group B, but defeat to West Germany and a goalless draw with England meant that Spain were knocked out, and Santamaría was sacked.

1984 to 1988

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

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

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

1990 to 1992

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

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

Clemente's reign, 1992–98

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

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

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

Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002

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

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

Euro 2004

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

Luis Aragonés era, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008

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

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

In the final, played in Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Spain defeated Germany 1–0, with a goal scored by Fernando Torres in the 33rd minute.^[9] 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.^[10]

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

Confederations Cup debut and 2010 World Cup

Luis Aragonés left the manager's role after the Euro 2008 success, and was replaced by Vicente del Bosque.^[11]

2008 saw David Villa score 12 goals in 15 games, breaking the Spanish record of 10 goals in one year held by Raúl since 1999.^[12] On 11 February 2009, David Villa broke another Spanish record against England, as his 36th-minute goal saw him become the first Spanish player to score in six consecutive games.^[13]

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

Spain won all three of their matches at the group stage, the 5–0 win over New Zealand including a Fernando Torres hat-trick that is the earliest and fastest hat-trick in the tournament's history. With further wins over Iraq (1–0) and 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 Brazil).

On 24 June 2009, Spain's undefeated record ended when the United States beat them 2-0 in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-finals which sent them to the third place match. This was Spain's first defeat since 2006. Spain defeated hosts South Africa 3–2 after extra time in the 3rd-place playoff.^[14]

On 9 September 2009, Spain secured their place at the 2010 World Cup finals after beating Estonia 3–0 in Mérida.^[15] They 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 on 14 October 2009.^[16]

Uniform kit

Spain's traditional kit is a red jersey with yellow trim accompanied by dark blue shorts and socks while their traditional away kit is either a full white kit with red and yellow trim or a yellow jersey with dark blue shorts and socks. Their current home kit is a lighter red than usual along with light blue shorts and red socks, similar to the older 2006 kit.^[17] A third kit is sometimes used and is usually blue with red and yellow trim (used currently as change kit). Spain's kit is currently designed by Adidas. Rather than displaying the logo of the Spanish football federation, Spain's jersey traditionally features the Coat of arms of Spain over the left breast.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 10 10 0 0 28 5 +23 30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 6 1 3 25 13 +12 19  Turkey 10 4 3 3 13 10 +3 15  Belgium 10 3 1 6 13 20 −7 10  Estonia 10 2 2 6 9 24 −15 8  Armenia 10 1 1 8 6 22 −16 4

Armenia  – 2 – 1 0 – 2 2 – 2 1 – 2 0 – 2 Belgium  2 – 0 – 2 – 4 3 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina  4 – 1 2 – 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 5 1 – 1 Estonia  1 – 0 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0 – 3 0 – 0 Spain  4 – 0 5 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 0 – 1 – 0 Turkey  2 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 4 – 2 1 – 2 –

Competitive record

World Cup record Host nation(s) / Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 1934 Quarter-final 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 1938 Entry not accepted by FIFA - - - - - - - 1950 Fourth Place 4 6 3 1 2 10 12 1954 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 1958 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 1962 Round 1 12 3 1 0 2 2 3 1966 Round 1 10 3 1 0 2 4 5 1970 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 1974 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 1978 Round 1 10 3 1 1 1 2 2 1982 Round 2 12 5 1 2 2 4 5 1986 Quarter-final 8 5 3 1 1 11 4 1990 Round of 16 14 4 2 1 1 6 4 1994 Quarter-final 6 5 2 2 1 10 6 1998 Round 1 17 3 1 1 1 8 4 2002 Quarter-final 5 5 3 2 0 10 5 2006 Round of 16 10 4 3 0 1 9 4 2010 Qualified - - - - - - - Total 13/19 - 49 22 12 15 80 57

European Championship record Host nation(s) / Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1960 Refused[18] - - - - - - 1964 Champions 2 2 0 0 4 2 1968 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1972 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1976 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1980 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 1984 Runners-up 5 1 3 1 4 5 1988 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 1992 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1996 Quarter-final 4 1 3 0 4 3 2000 Quarter-final 4 2 0 2 7 7 2004 Round 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2008 Champions 6 5 1 0 12 3 Total 8/13 30 13 9 8 38 31

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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

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Confederations Cup record

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

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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

Head to head

Recent matches

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
28 March 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid	Spain	1–0	Turkey	Gerard Piqué  60'
1 April 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul	Turkey	1–2	Spain	Semih  26' – Alonso  63' (pen.), Riera  90+2'
9 June 2009	Friendly	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku	Azerbaijan	0–6	Spain	David Villa  34',  39',  45' (pen.), Riera  68', Güiza  71', Torres  87'
14 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	New Zealand	0–5	Spain	Torres  6',  14',  17', Fàbregas  24', David Villa  48'
17 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Spain	1–0	Iraq	David Villa  55'
20 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Spain	2–0	South Africa	David Villa  51', Llorente  71'
24 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Spain	0–2	United States	Jozy Altidore  27', Clint Dempsey  74'
28 June 2009	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Spain	3–2 a.e.t.	South Africa	Guiza  88'  89', Alonso  107' – Mphela  73'  90+3'
12 August 2009	Friendly	Philip II Arena, Skopje	Macedonia	2–3	Spain	Pandev  9'  34' – Torres  52' Piqué  55' Riera  56'
5 September 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	Estadio Riazor, A Coruña	Spain	5–0	Belgium	David Silva  41'  68', David Villa  49'  85', Gerard Pique  50'
9 September 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Estadio Romano, Mérida	Spain	3–0	Estonia	Fàbregas  32', Santi Cazorla  81', Juan Mata  90+2'
10 October 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan	Armenia	1–2	Spain	Fàbregas  33', Arzumanyan  58', Juan Mata  64 (pen)'
14 October 2009	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–5	Spain	Džeko  90', Misimović  90+2' – Piqué  12', David Silva  15', Negredo  50',  55', Juan Mata  89'
14 November 2009	Friendly	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid	Spain	2–1	Argentina	Xabi Alonso  16',  86' (pen.) – Messi  61' (pen.)
18 November 2009	Friendly	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna	Austria	1–5	Spain	Jakob Jantscher  8' – Fàbregas  10', David Villa  20',  45', Güiza  56', Pablo Hernández  57'
3 March 2010	Friendly	Stade de France, Paris	France	0–2	Spain	David Villa  21', Ramos  46'

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
29 May 2010	Friendly	Madrid	Spain	–	Liechtenstein
3 June 2010	Friendly	Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck	Spain	–	Korea Republic
8 June 2010	Friendly	El Helmántico, Salamanca	Spain	–	Poland
16 June 2010	World Cup Groupstage	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban	Spain	–	Switzerland
21 June 2010	World Cup Groupstage	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	Spain	–	Honduras
25 June 2010	World Cup Groupstage	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	Chile	–	Spain
11 August 2010	Friendly	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Mexico	–	Spain
3 September 2010	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	Liechtenstein	–	Spain
8 October 2010	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	TBA	Spain	–	Lithuania
12 October 2010	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	–	Spain
25 March 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	TBA	Spain	–	Czech Republic
29 March 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	TBA	Lithuania	–	Spain
6 September 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	TBA	Spain	–	Liechtenstein
7 October 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	TBA	Czech Republic	–	Spain
11 October 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	TBA	Spain	–	Scotland

2007-2009 undefeated run

Spain went undefeated for a world record^[19] 35 matches in a row, after a 1–0 loss to Romania in a friendly match on November 15, 2006. The record is also held by Brazil (not counting defeats after a penalty shoot-out). Spain won 32 out of the 35 matches, while the other 3 ended in draws (one of which was against Italy, a match which Spain ended up winning on penalties). The Spanish side scored 73 goals while conceding only 11, and never allowed more than one goal per match except against Greece, a friendly match on August 22, 2007 which ended 3–2.

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

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

Honours

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

• FIFA World Cup

• Fourth place (1): 1950

• UEFA European Championship

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

• FIFA Confederations Cup

• Third place (1): 2009

• Olympic football tournament

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

Friendly titles

• World Soccer Magazine: 1
  

World Team of the Year 2008

Records

Worldwide

Most consecutive wins

15 (2008-2009)

Most consecutive games undefeated

35 (2007-2009) (shared with  Brazil between 1993-1996)

Most consecutive wins achieved by an international coach from debut

13 - Vicente Del Bosque

Most shootouts in one World Cup by one team

2 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (shared with  Argentina at the 1990 FIFA World Cup)

World record amount of points in World Cup qualification

30 out of 30 points (2008-2009)

Nationwide

Most international goals

99 - Torres

Most international caps

126 - Andoni Zubizarreta

Most goals scored in one year

20 - Torres (2008 and 2009)

Most consecutive games ended with at least one goal

9 - Torres

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were named for the Friendly match against France on March 3 2010.^[20]

Caps and goals as of 3 March 2010.

Name	Date of Birth	Club Team	Caps (Goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
Iker Casillas (captain)	20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) (age 28)	Real Madrid	102 (0)	v  Sweden, 3 June 2000
Pepe Reina	31 August 1982 (1982-08-31) (age 27)	Liverpool	19 (0)	v  Uruguay, 17 August 2005
Diego López	11 August 1981 (1981-08-11) (age 28)	Villarreal	1 (0)	v  Macedonia, 12 August 2009
Defenders
Raúl Albiol	4 September 1985 (1985-09-04) (age 24)	Real Madrid	22 (0)	v  Denmark, 13 October 2007
Álvaro Arbeloa	17 January 1983 (1983-01-17) (age 27)	Real Madrid	13 (0)	v  Italy, 26 March 2008
Joan Capdevila	3 February 1978 (1978-02-03) (age 32)	Villarreal	42 (4)	v  Paraguay, 16 October 2002
Carlos Marchena	31 July 1979 (1979-07-31) (age 30)	Valencia	56 (2)	v  Hungary, 21 August 2002
Gerard Piqué	2 February 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 23)	Barcelona	14 (4)	v  England, 11 February 2009
Carles Puyol (1st vice-captain)	13 April 1978 (1978-04-13) (age 31)	Barcelona	81 (2)	v  Netherlands, 15 November 2000
Sergio Ramos	30 March 1986 (1986-03-30) (age 23)	Real Madrid	57 (5)	v  China PR, 26 March 2005
Midfielders
Marcos Senna	17 July 1976 (1976-07-17) (age 33)	Villarreal	28 (1)	v  Côte d'Ivoire, 1 March 2006
Xabi Alonso (3rd vice-captain)	25 November 1981 (1981-11-25) (age 28)	Real Madrid	66 (7)	v  Ecuador, 30 April 2003
Sergio Busquets	16 July 1988 (1988-07-16) (age 21)	Barcelona	11 (0)	v  Turkey, 1 April 2009
Cesc Fabregas	4 May 1987 (1987-05-04) (age 22)	Arsenal	48 (5)	v  Côte d'Ivoire, 1 March 2006
Xavi (2nd vice-captain)	25 January 1980 (1980-01-25) (age 30)	Barcelona	84 (8)	v  Netherlands, 15 November 2000
Andrés Iniesta	11 May 1984 (1984-05-11) (age 25)	Barcelona	40 (6)	v  Russia, 27 May 2006
Juan Mata	28 April 1988 (1988-04-28) (age 21)	Valencia	7 (3)	v  Turkey, 28 March 2009
Jesús Navas	21 November 1985 (1985-11-21) (age 24)	Sevilla	3 (0)	v  Argentina, 14 November 2009
David Silva	8 January 1986 (1986-01-08) (age 24)	Valencia	33 (6)	v  Romania, 15 November 2006
Strikers
David Villa	3 December 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 28)	Valencia	55 (37)	v  San Marino, 9 February 2004
Dani Güiza	17 August 1980 (1980-08-17) (age 29)	Fenerbahce	21 (6)	v  Northern Ireland, 8 November 2008
Álvaro Negredo	20 August 1985 (1985-08-20) (age 24)	Sevilla	4 (2)	v  Armenia, 10 October 2009
Fernando Torres	20 March 1984 (1984-03-20) (age 25)	Liverpool	72 (23)	v  Portugal, 6 September 2003

Recent call ups

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

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most Recent Call up
Defenders
Juanito	23 July 1976 (1976-07-23) (age 33)	Atlético Madrid	25 (3)	v  Hungary, 21 August 2002	v  Turkey, 1 April 2009
Andoni Iraola	22 June 1982 (1982-06-22) (age 27)	Athletic Bilbao	4 (0)	v  Denmark, 20 August 2008	v  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14 October 2009
Nacho Monreal	26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (age 24)	Osasuna	2 (0)	v  Macedonia, 12 August 2009	v  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14 October 2009
Midfielders
Santi Cazorla	13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) (age 25)	Villarreal	24 (2)	v  Peru, 31 May 2008	v  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14 October 2009
Pablo Hernández	11 April 1985 (1985-04-11) (age 24)	Valencia	2 (1)	v  South Africa, 20 June 2009	v  Austria, 22 November 2009
Albert Riera	15 April 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 27)	Liverpool	16 (4)	v  Denmark, 13 October 2007	v  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14 October, 2009
Strikers
Fernando Llorente	26 February 1985 (1985-02-26) (age 25)	Athletic Bilbao	5 (2)	v  Chile, 19 November 2008	v  United States (2009 FIFA Confederations Cup)
Bojan Krkic	28 August 1990 (1990-08-28) (age 19)	FC Barcelona	1 (0)	v  Armenia, 10 Octoberber 2009	v  Armenia (World Cup Qualifyer)

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads

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

UEFA European Football Championship squads

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

FIFA Confederations Cup squads

• 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squad

Top goalscorers

As of 3 March 2010, the ten highest scorers for Spain are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Avg/game
1	Raúl	1996–2006	44 (102)	0.431
2	David Villa	2005–	37 0(55)	0.654
3	Fernando Hierro	1989–2002	29 0(89)	0.325
4	Fernando Morientes	1998–2007	27 0(47)	0.574
5	Emilio Butragueño	1984–1992	26 0(69)	0.377
6	Alfredo di Stéfano	1957–1961	23 0(31)	0.742
	Julio Salinas	1986–1996	23 0(56)	0.411
	Fernando Torres	2003–	23 0(72)	0.319
9	Míchel	1985–1992	21 0(66)	0.318
10	Telmo Zarra	1945–1951	20 0(20)	1.000

• Bold denotes players still playing international football.

Most capped Spain players

As of 3 March 2010 the ten players with the most caps for Spain are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Andoni Zubizarreta	1985–1998	126	0
2	Raúl	1996–2006	102	44
=	Iker Casillas	2000–	102	0
4	Fernando Hierro	1989–2002	89	29
5	Xavi	2000–	84	8
6	José Antonio Camacho	1975–1988	81	0
=	Carles Puyol	2000–	81	2
8	Rafael Gordillo	1978–1988	75	3
9	Fernando Torres	2003–	72	23
10	Emilio Butragueño	1984–1992	69	26

• Bold denotes players still playing international football.

Managers

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

See also

• Spain national under-21 football team
• Spain national under-20 football team
• Spain national under-19 football team
• Spain national under-18 football team
• Spain national under-17 football team
• Spain national youth football team

References

External links

• RFEF site
• Information about the Spain national football team
• RSSSF archive of results 1920-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• News and results of the Spain national team

Titles

Preceded by 1960 Soviet Union	European Champions 1964 (First title)	Succeeded by 1968 Italy
Preceded by 2004 Greece	European Champions 2008 (Second title)	Succeeded by Holders

National sports teams of Spain Basketball (F, M) | Beach handball | Beach soccer | Cricket | Field hockey (F, M) | Football (Soccer) (F, M) | Futsal | Handball (F, M) | Ice hockey | Roller hockey (quad) | Rugby Union (F, M) | Tennis (F, M) | Volleyball (F, M)

Spain World Cup squad Spain squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup FW Bosch • FW Campanal • FW Chacho • MF Cilaurren • DF Ciriaco • FW Fede • FW Gorostiza • DF Hilario • FW Iraragorri • FW Lafuente • FW Lángara • FW Lecue • MF Marculeta • MF Muguerza • GK Nogués • DF Quincoces • FW Regueiro • FW Solé • FW Ventolrà • DF Zabalo • GK Zamora • Coach: García Spain squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place GK Acuña • DF Alonso • DF Antúnez • DF Asensi • FW Basora • FW César • FW Gaínza • DF Gonzalvo II • MF Gonzalvo III • FW Hernández • FW Igoa • GK I. Eizaguirre • FW Juncosa • DF Lesmes • FW Molowny • MF Nando • FW Panizo • DF Parra • MF Puchades • GK Ramallets • DF Silva • FW Zarra • Coach: G. Eizaguirre Spain squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Araquistáin • 2 Sadurní • 3 Carmelo • 4 Collar • 5 del Sol • 6 di Stéfano • 7 Echeberría • 8 Garay • 9 Gento • 10 Gràcia • 11 Rivilla • 12 Peiró • 13 Pachín • 14 Puskás • 15 Eulogio Martínez • 16 Reija • 17 Rodri • 18 Adelardo • 19 Santamaría • 20 Segarra • 21 Suárez • 22 Vergés • Coach: Herrera Spain squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup 1 Iribar • 2 Sanchís • 3 Eladio • 4 del Sol • 5 Zoco • 6 Glaría • 7 Ufarte • 8 Amancio • 9 Marcelino • 10 Suárez • 11 Gento • 12 Betancort • 13 Reina • 14 Rivilla • 15 Reija • 16 Olivella • 17 Gallego • 18 Pirri • 19 Fusté • 20 Peiró • 21 Adelardo • 22 Lapetra • Coach: Villalonga Spain squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Arconada • 2 de la Cruz • 3 Uría • 4 Asensi • 5 Migueli • 6 Biosca • 7 Dani • 8 Juanito • 9 Quini • 10 Santillana • 11 Cardeñosa • 12 Guzmán • 13 Miguel Ángel • 14 Leal • 15 Marañón • 16 Olmo • 17 Marcelino • 18 Pirri • 19 Rexach • 20 Rubén Cano • 21 San José • 22 Urruti • Coach: Kubala Spain squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Arconada • 2 Camacho • 3 Gordillo • 4 Alonso • 5 Tendillo • 6 Alexanko • 7 Juanito • 8 Joaquín • 9 Satrústegui • 10 Zamora • 11 López Ufarte • 12 Urquiaga • 13 Jiménez • 14 Maceda • 15 Saura • 16 Sánchez • 17 Gallego • 18 Uralde • 19 Santillana • 20 Quini • 21 Urruti • 22 Miguel Ángel • Coach: Santamaría Spain squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Tomás • 3 Camacho • 4 Maceda • 5 Víctor • 6 Gordillo • 7 Señor • 8 Goikoetxea • 9 Butragueño • 10 Carrasco • 11 Julio Alberto • 12 Setién • 13 Urruti • 14 Gallego • 15 Chendo • 16 Rincón • 17 Francisco • 18 Calderé • 19 Salinas • 20 Eloy • 21 Míchel • 22 Ablanedo • Coach: Muñoz Spain squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Chendo • 3 Jiménez • 4 Andrinúa • 5 Sanchís • 6 Martín Vázquez • 7 Pardeza • 8 Quique • 9 Butragueño • 10 Fernando • 11 Villarroya • 12 Alkorta • 13 Ablanedo • 14 Górriz • 15 Roberto • 16 Bakero • 17 Hierro • 18 Paz • 19 Salinas • 20 Manolo • 21 Míchel • 22 Ochotorena • Coach: Suárez Spain squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Ferrer • 3 Otero • 4 Camarasa • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro • 7 Goikoetxea • 8 Guerrero • 9 Guardiola • 10 Bakero • 11 Begiristain • 12 Sergi • 13 Cañizares • 14 Juanele • 15 Caminero • 16 Miñambres • 17 Voro • 18 Alkorta • 19 Salinas • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Lopetegui • Coach: Clemente Spain squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Ferrer • 3 Aranzábal • 4 Alkorta • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro • 7 Morientes • 8 Guerrero • 9 Pizzi • 10 Raúl • 11 Alfonso • 12 Sergi • 13 Cañizares • 14 Campo • 15 Aguilera • 16 Celades • 17 Etxeberria • 18 Amor • 19 Kiko • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Molina • Coach: Clemente Spain squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Casillas • 2 Curro Torres • 3 Juanfran • 4 Helguera • 5 Puyol • 6 Hierro (c) • 7 Raúl • 8 Baraja • 9 Morientes • 10 Tristán • 11 De Pedro • 12 A. Luque • 13 Ricardo • 14 Albelda • 15 Romero • 16 Mendieta • 17 Valerón • 18 Sergio • 19 Xavi • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Joaquín • 23 Contreras • Coach: Camacho Spain squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Casillas • 2 Salgado • 3 Pernía • 4 Marchena • 5 Puyol • 6 Albelda • 7 Raúl (c) • 8 Xavi • 9 F. Torres • 10 Reyes • 11 Luis García • 12 A. López • 13 Iniesta • 14 Xabi Alonso • 15 S. Ramos • 16 Senna • 17 Joaquín • 18 Fàbregas • 19 Cañizares • 20 Juanito • 21 Villa • 22 Pablo • 23 Reina • Coach: Aragonés

Spain European Football Championship squad Spain squad – 1964 European Nations' Cup Winners (1st Title) GK Iribar • GK Pepín • GK Vicente • DF Adelardo • DF Calleja • DF Echeberría • DF Olivella • DF Reija • DF Rivilla • MF del Sol • MF Fusté • MF Ruiz • MF Zoco • FW Amancio • FW Collar • FW Guillot • FW Lapetra • FW Marcelino • FW Pereda • FW Suárez • Coach: Villalonga Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1980 1 Arconada • 2 Alexanko • 3 Migueli • 4 Diego • 5 Uría • 6 Asensi • 7 Dani • 8 Cardeñosa • 9 Carrasco • 10 Quini • 11 del Bosque • 12 Juanito • 13 Urruti • 14 Gordillo • 15 Olmo • 16 Santillana • 17 Satrústegui • 18 Saura • 19 Cundi • 20 Tendillo • 21 Zamora • 22 Artola • Coach: Kubala Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Runners-up 1 Arconada • 2 Urquiaga • 3 Camacho • 4 Maceda • 5 Goikoetxea • 6 Gordillo • 7 Señor • 8 Víctor • 9 Santillana • 10 Gallego • 11 Carrasco • 12 Salva • 13 Buyo • 14 Julio Alberto • 15 Roberto • 16 Francisco • 17 Marcos • 18 Butragueño • 19 Sarabia • 20 Zubizarreta • Coach: Muñoz Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1988 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Tomás • 3 Camacho • 4 Andrinúa • 5 Víctor • 6 Calderé • 7 Salinas • 8 Sanchís • 9 Butragueño • 10 Eloy • 11 Gordillo • 12 Diego • 13 Buyo • 14 Gallego • 15 Eusebio • 16 Bakero • 17 Begiristain • 18 Soler • 19 Martín Vázquez • 20 Míchel • Coach: Muñoz Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Zubizarreta • 2 López • 3 Belsué • 4 Alkorta • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro • 7 Amavisca • 8 Guerrero • 9 Pizzi • 10 Donato • 11 Alfonso • 12 Sergi • 13 Cañizares • 14 Kiko • 15 Caminero • 16 Otero • 17 Manjarín • 18 Amor • 19 Salinas • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Molina • Coach: Clemente Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Cañizares • 2 Salgado • 3 Aranzábal • 4 Guardiola • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro (c) • 7 Helguera • 8 Fran • 9 Munitis • 10 Raúl • 11 Alfonso • 12 Sergi • 13 Casillas • 14 Gerard • 15 Engonga • 16 Mendieta • 17 Etxeberria • 18 Paco • 19 Velasco • 20 Urzaiz • 21 Valerón • 22 Molina • Coach: Camacho Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Cañizares • 2 Capdevila • 3 Marchena • 4 Albelda • 5 Puyol • 6 Helguera • 7 Raúl (c) • 8 Baraja • 9 F. Torres • 10 Morientes • 11 A. Luque • 12 Gabri • 13 Aranzubia • 14 Vicente • 15 R. Bravo • 16 Xabi Alonso • 17 Etxeberria • 18 César Martín • 19 Joaquín • 20 Xavi • 21 Valerón • 22 Juanito • 23 Casillas • Coach: Iñaki Sáez Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Winners (2nd Title) 1 Casillas (c) • 2 Albiol • 3 F. Navarro • 4 Marchena • 5 Puyol • 6 Iniesta • 7 Villa • 8 Xavi • 9 F. Torres • 10 Fàbregas • 11 Capdevila • 12 Cazorla • 13 Palop • 14 Xabi Alonso • 15 S. Ramos • 16 Sergio García • 17 Güiza • 18 Arbeloa • 19 Senna • 20 Juanito • 21 Silva • 22 De la Red • 23 Reina • Coach: Aragonés

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1986 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Argentina Runners-up West Germany Third place France  Fourth place Belgium  Eliminated in quarter-finals Brazil · England · Mexico · Spain Eliminated in round of 16 Bulgaria · Denmark · Italy · Morocco · Paraguay · Poland · Uruguay · Soviet Union Eliminated in group stage Algeria · Canada · Hungary · Iraq · Korea Republic · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Scotland 1990 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions West Germany Runners-up Argentina Third place Italy Fourth place England Eliminated in quarter-finals Cameroon · Czechoslovakia · Republic of Ireland · Yugoslavia Eliminated in round of 16 Belgium · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Netherlands · Romania · Spain · Uruguay Eliminated in group stage Austria · Egypt · Korea Republic · Scotland · Sweden · United Arab Emirates · United States · Soviet Union 1994 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Italy Third place Sweden Fourth place Bulgaria Eliminated in quarter-finals Germany · Netherlands · Romania · Spain Eliminated in round of 16 Argentina · Belgium · Mexico · Nigeria · Republic of Ireland · Saudi Arabia · Switzerland · United States Eliminated in group stage Bolivia · Cameroon · Colombia · Greece · Korea Republic · Morocco · Norway · Russia 1998 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions France Runners-up Brazil Third place Croatia Fourth place Netherlands Eliminated in quarter-finals Argentina · Denmark · Germany · Italy Eliminated in round of 16 Chile · England · Mexico · Nigeria · Norway · Paraguay · Romania · FR Yugoslavia Eliminated in group stage Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cameroon · Colombia · Iran · Jamaica · Japan · Korea Republic · Morocco · Scotland · Saudi Arabia · South Africa · Spain · Tunisia · United States 2002 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners-up Germany Third place Turkey Fourth place Korea Republic Eliminated in quarter-finals England · Senegal · Spain · USA Eliminated in round of 16 Belgium · Denmark · Italy · Japan · Mexico · Paraguay · Republic of Ireland · Sweden Eliminated in group stage Argentina · Cameroon · Costa Rica · China PR · Croatia · Ecuador · France · Nigeria · Poland · Portugal · Saudi Arabia · Russia · Slovenia · South Africa · Tunisia · Uruguay 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Italy Runners-up France Third place Germany Fourth place Portugal Eliminated in quarter-finals Argentina · Brazil · England · Ukraine Eliminated in round of 16 Australia · Ecuador · Ghana · Mexico · Netherlands · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland Eliminated in group stage Angola · Costa Rica · Côte d'Ivoire · Croatia · Czech Republic · Iran · Japan · Korea Republic · Paraguay · Poland · Saudi Arabia · Serbia & Montenegro · Togo · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · United States 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists     Group A  France ·  Mexico ·  South Africa ·  Uruguay Group C  Algeria ·  England ·  Slovenia ·  United States Group E  Cameroon ·  Denmark ·  Japan ·  Netherlands Group G  Brazil ·  Côte d'Ivoire ·  Korea DPR ·  Portugal Group B  Argentina ·  Greece ·  Korea Republic ·  Nigeria Group D  Australia ·  Germany ·  Ghana ·  Serbia Group F  Italy ·  New Zealand ·  Paraguay ·  Slovakia Group H  Chile ·  Honduras ·  Spain ·  Switzerland 1964 European Nations' Cup finalists Champions Spain Runners-up USSR Third place Hungary Fourth place Denmark

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UEFA Euro 2004 finalists Champions Greece Runners-up Portugal Eliminated in semi-finals Czech Republic · Netherlands Eliminated in quarter-finals Denmark · England · France · Sweden Eliminated in group stage Bulgaria · Croatia · Germany · Italy · Latvia · Russia · Spain · Switzerland UEFA Euro 2008 finalists Champions Spain Runners-up Germany Eliminated in semi-finals Russia · Turkey Eliminated in quarter-finals Croatia · Italy · Netherlands · Portugal Eliminated in group stage Austria · Czech Republic · France · Greece · Poland · Romania · Sweden · Switzerland

UEFA European Football Championship winners 3 titles  Germany (1972 · 1980 · 1996) 2 titles  France (1984 · 2000)  Spain (1964 · 2008) 1 title  Czechoslovakia (1976)  Denmark (1992)  Greece (2004)  Italy (1968)  Netherlands (1988)  Soviet Union (1960)