The Spain national football team represents Spain in international men’s football competitions. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for Football in Spain. Spain are one of the eight national teams to have been crowned worldwide champions. They have participated in a total of 15 of 21 FIFA World Cups and qualifying consistently since 1978. Spain is the only national team with three consecutive major titles, becoming the first European team to win a FIFA World Cup outside of Europe in 2010.
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The Spain national football team represents Spain in international men’s football competitions. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for Football in Spain. Spain are one of the eight national teams to have been crowned worldwide champions. They have participated in a total of 15 of 21 FIFA World Cups and qualifying consistently since 1978. Spain has also won three continental titles, having appeared at 10 of 15 UEFA European Championships. Spain is the only national team with three consecutive major titles, becoming the first European team to win a FIFA World Cup outside of Europe in 2010. From 2008 to 2013, the national team won the FIFA Team of the Year, the second-most of any nation, behind only Brazil. They became the first team to retain the European Championship, winning the final 4–0 against Italy, while Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot for top scorer of the tournament. At Euro 2016 and 2018, the side reached the last 16 of the World Cup. The Spanish team is commonly known by fans as ‘La Furia Roja’, meaning the Red Fury in Spanish, meaning ‘The Red Fury’ in English. The national team has been a member of FIFA since FIFA’s foundation in 1904. The first Spain national team was constituted in 1920, with the main objective of finding a team that would represent Spain at the Summer Olympics held in Belgium in that same year.
Spain won its first major international title when hosting the 1964 European Championship held in Spain, defeating the Soviet Union 2–1 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. The victory would stand as Spain’s lone major title for 44 years. Spain was selected as host of the 1982 World Cup, reaching the second round and four years later they reached the quarter-finals before a penalty shootout defeat to Belgium. Until 2010, this had given them the name of the \”underachievers\”. The team won all their games in Group D at UEFA Euro 2008, winning all of their matches in the competition. At UEFA Euro 2012, Spain became a perfect 100% record with a win-loss-ratio of 100%. They were eliminated from the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in the group stages. In the final, Spain defeated Germany 1–0, with Fernando Torres scoring the only goal of the game. This was Spain’s first major title since the 1964 European Championship. Xavi was awarded the player of the tournament, while David Villa won the golden glove for only conceding two goals during the tournament, while Goalkeeper Casillas won the bronze medal for top of the ball and boot, tied for the top scorer.
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