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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 | 10  2 (7 June 2018)
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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 | 2  (17 June 2019)
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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 | 10 (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.
History
- Main article: History of the Spain national football team
Competitive records
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Football Championship
Results and fixtures
2017
| Friendly 7 June | Spain
| 2–2 |  Colombia
| Nueva Condomina, Murcia | |
| 20:30 (20:30 UTC+2) | Silva  22'Morata 87'
| Report (Goal.com) | Cardona 39' Falcao 55'
| Attendance: 31,179 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) |
| 2018 FIFA WCQ 11 June | North Macedonia 
| 1–2 | Spain
| Philip II Arena, Skopje | |
| 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) | Ristovski 66'
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) | Silva 15' Costa 27'
| Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
| 2018 FIFA WCQ 2 September | Spain
| 3–0 | Italy
| Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid | |
| 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) | Isco 13', 40' Morata 77'
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) | Attendance: 73,628 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
| 2018 FIFA WCQ 5 September | Liechtenstein 
| 0–8 | Spain
| Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz | |
| 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) | Ramos 3' Morata 15', 54'Isco 16'Silva 39'Aspas 51', 63'Göppel 89' (o.g.)
| Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria) |
| 2018 FIFA WCQ 6 October | Spain
| 3–0 |  Albania
| Rico Pérez, Alicante | |
| 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) | Rodrigo 16' Isco 23'Alcântara 26'
| Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) | Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia) |
| 2018 FIFA WCQ 9 October | Israel 
| 0–1 | Spain
| Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem | |
| 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) | Illarramendi 76'
| Attendance: 28.700 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland) |
| Friendly 11 November | Spain
| 5–0 |  Costa Rica
| La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga | |
| 21:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Alba 6' Morata 23'Silva 51', 55'Iniesta 73'
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| Friendly 14 November | Russia 
| 3–3 | Spain
| Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg | |
| 21:45 MSK (UTC+3) 18:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Smolov 41', 70' Miranchuk 51'
| Alba 9' Ramos 35' (pen.), 54' (pen.)
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2018
| Friendly 23 March | Germany 
| 1–1 | Spain
| Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf | |
| 20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) | Müller 35'
| Report | Rodrigo 6'
| Attendance: 50,653 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
| Friendly 27 March | Spain
| 6–1 |  Argentina
| Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid | |
| 21:30 (21:30 UTC+2) | Costa 12' Isco 27', 52', 74'Thiago 55'Aspas 73'
| Report | Otamendi, 39'
| Attendance: 65,541 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) |
| Friendly 3 June | Spain
| 1–1 |  Switzerland
| Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal | |
| 21:00 (21:00 UTC+2) | Odriozola 29'
| Report | Rodríguez 62'
| Attendance: 18,350 Referee: István Kovács (Romania |
| Friendly 9 June | Tunisia 
| 0–1 | Spain
| Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar | |
| 21:45 (20:45 UTC+2) | Report | Aspas 84'
| Attendance: 33,116 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands) |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup Group Stage 15 June | Portugal 
| 3–3 | Spain
| Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi | |
| 20:00 (21:00 UTC+3) | Ronaldo 4' (pen.), 44', 88'
| Report (FIFA) Report (BBC) | Diego Costa 24', 55' Nacho 58'
| Attendance: 43,866 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup Group Stage 20 June | Iran 
| 0–1 | Spain
| Kazan Arena, Kazan | |
| 20:00 (21:00 UTC+3) | Report (FIFA) Report (BBC) | Costa 54'
| Attendance: 42,718 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup GS 25 June | Spain
| 2–2 |  Morocco
| Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad | |
| 20:00 (20:00 UTC+2) | Isco 19' Aspas 90+1'
| Report (FIFA) Report (BBC) | Boutaïb 14' En-Nesyri 81'
| Attendance: 33,973 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup R16 1 July | Spain
| 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen)
| Russia
| Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | |
| 16:00 (17:00 UTC+3) | Ignashevich 12' (o.g.)
| Report (FIFA) Report (BBC) | Dzyuba 42' (pen.)
| Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) | |
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Iniesta  Piqué Koke  Ramos Aspas
| Smolov Ignashevich Golovin Cheryshev
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| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 8 September | England
| v | Spain
| Wembley Stadium, London | |
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 11 September | Spain
| v |  Croatia
| Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche | |
| Friendly 11 October | Wales 
| v | Spain
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | |
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 15 October | Spain
| v | England
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| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 15 November | Croatia
| v | Spain
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| Friendly 18 November | Spain
| v |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Players
Current squad
The following players were called for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Caps and goals correct as of: 1 July 2018, after the match against Russia.
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