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The Spanish team went to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as European champions and enjoyed a record unbeaten streak of 35 matches from 2007 to 2009. [3] Although they lost their first match 1–0 against Switzerland , they went on to win the group after victories over Honduras and Chile , while the Swiss failed to win another match and were ...
Spain went on to record a perfect World Cup qualifying record with ten wins out of ten in Group 5, finishing with a 5–2 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 October 2009. [21] The Spanish team entered the 2010 World Cup ranked number 2 on the FIFA rankings and as clear favorites to win the tournament.
The Spanish Civil War and World War II prevented Spain from playing any competitive matches between the 1934 World Cup and the 1950 edition's qualifiers. At the 1950 finals in Brazil, they topped their group to progress to the finals round, then finished in fourth place. [15] Until 2010, this had been Spain's highest finish in a FIFA World Cup ...
Most penalty shoot-outs in one World Cup by one team: 2 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (shared with Argentina in 1990 and 2022, Costa Rica in 2014, Netherlands in 2014 and 2022, Russia in 2018 and Croatia in 2018 and 2022) Highest maximum number of points in World Cup qualification: 30 out of 30 (shared with Germany for 2018)
In the film, key figures from the Spanish National Team’s incredible run are brought together for the first time to revisit the turbulent years leading up to the 2023 World Cup, the incredible ...
Carmona, 23, scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over England on Aug. 20 that gave Spain its first World Cup title. After the game, she was informed of her father's death, the team said.
In 2023, Spain were crowned World Champions, being only one of five national teams to have been so since the first Women's World Cup in 1991. Together with their youth teams, Spain became the first nation ever to hold all three Women's World Cups at the same time when they won the senior 2023 World Cup, 2022 U-20 World Cup, and 2022 U-17 World Cup.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation fired Vilda two weeks after the team's World Cup win on Sept. 5, and announced Montse Tomé would be replacing Vilda as head coach, making her the first woman ...