 Spain
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| Nickname(s) | La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) La Furia (The Fury) La Roja (The Red One) |
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| Association | Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Luis Enrique
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| Captain | Sergio Ramos |
| Most caps | Iker Casillas (167) |
| Top scorer | David Villa (59) |
| Ground | Various |
| FIFA code | ESP |
| FIFA ranking | 7  1 (17 September 2020)
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| Highest FIFA ranking | 1 (July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011, October 2011 – July 2014) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 25 (March 1998) |
| Elo ranking | 5  1 (14 October 2020)
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| Highest Elo ranking | 1 (Sept 1920 – May 1924, Sept – Dec 1925, June 2002, June 2008 – June 2009, July 2010 – June 2013, September 2013) |
| Lowest Elo ranking | 20 (June 1969, June 1981, November 1991) |
| First international |  Spain 1–0 Denmark  (Brussels, Belgium; 18 August 1920) |
| Biggest win | Spain 13–0 Bulgaria  (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933) |
| Biggest defeat | Spain 1–7 Italy  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928)  England 7–1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931) |
| World Cup appearances | 15 (First in 1934) |
| Best result | Winners, 2010 |
| UEFA European Championship appearances | 11 (First in 1964) |
| Best result | Winners, 1964, 2008 and 2012 |
 
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The Spain national football team is the national association football team of Spain and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol – RFEF), the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Luis Enrique.
Spain are one of eight national teams to have been crowned FIFA World Cup champions, having won the 2010 tournament in South Africa, defeating the Netherlands 1–0 to become the first European team to win the title outside Europe as well as having won back-to-back European titles in Euro 2008 and Euro 2012, defeating Germany and Italy in the respective finals.
Contents
History
- Main article: History of the Spain national football team
Competitive records
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1930
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1934
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
 1938
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Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
 1950
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Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
 1954
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Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
 1958
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||
 1962
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Group stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
 1966
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Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
 1970
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Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||
 1974
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||
 1978
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Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1982
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Round 2 | 12th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Qualified as host | ||||||
| 1986
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Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
| 1990
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Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | |
 1994
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Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 4 | |
| 1998
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Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
  2002
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
 2006
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Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
 2010
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Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | |
| 2014
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Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
 2018
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Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
 2022
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To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
 2026
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| Total | 1 Title | 15/21 | 63 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 99 | 72 | 117 | 81 | 25 | 11 | 276 | 74 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
- ***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
UEFA European Championship
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1960
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Did not qualify [a] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1964
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Champions | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | |
| 1968
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Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
 1972
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | |||||||||
 1976
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||
| 1980
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Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | |
| 1984
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Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | |
| 1988
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Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |
| 1992
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Did not qualify | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1996
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Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
 2000
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | |
 2004
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Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | |
 2008
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Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | |
  2012
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Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
| 2016
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Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | |
 2020
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Qualified | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2024
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To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 3 Titles | 10/15 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 36 | 125 | 89 | 18 | 18 | 314 | 91 | |
- aSpain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification quarter-final, so Spain were disqualified and the Soviet Union were awarded a walkover victory.
UEFA Nations League
| UEFA Nations League record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Division | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R |
| 2018–19 | A | Group Stage | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 
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| 2020–21 | A | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | - | |
Results and fixtures
2019
| UEFA Euro 2020 Qualification 15 November 2019 | Spain
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7–0 |  Malta
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Cádiz, Spain | |
| 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) | Morata  23'Cazorla 41'P. Torres 62'Sarabia 63'Olmo 69'Moreno 71'Navas 85'
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Report | Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 19,773 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Qualification 18 November 2019 | Spain
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5–0 |  Romania
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Madrid, Spain | |
| 20:45 | Fabián 8' Gerard 33', 43'Rus 45+1' (o.g.)Oyarzabal 90+2'
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Report | Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 36,198 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) |
2020
| Friendly 26 March 2020 | Spain
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Cancelled |  Germany
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Madrid, Spain | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Friendly 29 March 2020 | Netherlands 
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Cancelled | Spain
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena |
| Friendly 5 June 2020 | Spain
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v |  Portugal
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Madrid, Spain | |
| Cancelled | Report | Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano |
| UEFA Nations League 3 September 2020 | Germany
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1–1 | Spain
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Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 20:45 | Werner 51'
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Report | Gayà 90+6'
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Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) |
| UEFA Nations League 6 September 2020 | Spain
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4–0 |  Ukraine
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Madrid, Spain | |
| 20:45 | Ramos 3' (pen.), 29' Fati 32'F. Torres 84'
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Report | Stadium: Alfredo di Stefano Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France) |
| Friendly 7 October 2020 | Portugal
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0–0 | Spain
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Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 19:45 WEST (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) |
| UEFA Nations League 10 October 2020 | Spain
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1–0 |  Switzerland
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Madrid, Spain | |
| 20:45 | Oyarzabal 14'
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Report | Stadium: Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) |
| UEFA Nations League 13 October 2020 | Ukraine
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1–0 | Spain
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Kiev, Ukraine | |
| 20:45 | Tsyhankov 76'
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Report | Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
| Friendly 11 November 2020 | Netherlands
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v | Spain
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| TBD | Report | Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena |
| UEFA Nations League 14 November 2020 | Switzerland
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v | Spain
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Basel, Switzerland | |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: St. Jakob-Park |
| UEFA Nations League 17 November 2020 | Spain
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v | Germany
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Seville, Spain | |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja |
2021
| UEFA Euro 2020 14 June 2021 | Spain
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v |  Sweden
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Bilbao, Spain | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: san Mamés |
| UEFA Euro 2020 19 June 2021 | Spain
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v |  Poland
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Bilbao, Spain | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: san Mamés |
| UEFA Euro 2020 23 June 2021 | Play-off B winner 
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v | Spain
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Bilbao, Spain | |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: san Mamés |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up to the Spain squad for the friendly against Portugal on 7 October, and the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League fixtures against Switzerland and Ukraine on 10 and 13 October 2020, respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of: 13 October 2020, after the match against Ukraine.
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