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[107] [108] Spain's first World Cup was in 1934. At that World Cup, Spain started their campaign by defeating Brazil 3–1 to advance to the quarter-finals, where they lost to hosts Italy in a replay. [109] Before Spain's success in 2010, their best result came in 1950, where they reached the last four.
Spain Nickname(s) La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) La Furia (The Fury) La Furia Española (The Spanish Fury) La Rojigualda (The Red and Yellow [One]) Association Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) Confederation UEFA (Europe) Most caps Sergio Ramos (180) Top scorer David Villa (59) FIFA ranking Highest 1 (July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011 ...
Spain's World Cup record; First match Spain 3–1 Brazil (27 May 1934; Genoa, Italy) Biggest win Spain 6–1 Bulgaria (24 June 1998; Lens, France) Biggest defeat Brazil 6–1 Spain
Spain national results in chronological order, and head-to-head record against all countries – RSSSF; Spain national team matches from 1920 to 1999, with details – European Football; Todos los partidos (all the games) at Selección Española de Fútbol (official site)
The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
The World Series of Soccer returned in 2007 as a four-team affair, primarily used to promote the arrival of English footballer David Beckham to the United States. His Los Angeles Galaxy had a round-robin with Chelsea of the Premier League , the Suwon Samsung Bluewings of the K League , and the UANL Tigres of the Primera División de México .
Under FIFA rules as of 2017 that prohibit the previous two confederations hosting the next world Cup, the 2030 World Cup could not be held in Asia because the Asian Football Confederation was excluded from the bidding following the selection of Qatar in 2022, nor in North America because the CONCACAF countries of the United States, Canada and ...
The Spain national football team has played in several matches dating back to 1913, which according to various sources are not counted as 'Tier A' international matches. In 2020, the sports newspaper Marca reported that there were 74 such matches, most of them either played during the Spanish Civil War era (late 1930s), charity fundraisers or pre-tournament warm-up matches against clubs or ...