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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 regional representative teams; of the 403 players involved in those matches, 89 were never capped in an official match.[1]
25 May 1913 Friendly | Spain ![]() (RUECF) | 1–1 | ![]() (USFSA) | Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa |
16:30 | Arzuaga ![]() |
Report | Lepage ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio de Amute Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Ángel Berraondo (Spain) |
29 May 1927 Unofficial friendly[2][3] | Spain XI ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | ![]() |
17:30 | Moraleda ![]() Valderrama ![]() |
[8] | Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 February 1933 Unofficial friendly | Atlético Madrid ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
?? Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 1-0 | Central European Club |
14 February 1934 Friendly | Catalonia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Barcelona, Catalonia |
15:45 | Report | Casuco ![]() Lángara ![]() |
Stadium: Camp de Les Corts Referee: Arribas |
14 May 1934 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | Bilbao |
Report |
15 May 1934 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Madrid |
Stadium: Chamartín |
20 May 1934 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Valencia |
8 January 1936 Unofficial friendly | ČAFC Židenice ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, no official matches were played by Spain until 1941.[14] The vast majority of the squad in 1936[15] either originated from the Basque provinces, or played for FC Barcelona in Catalonia, both of which were initially within Republican territory in the conflict. The Basque players formed their own quasi-national team and left Spain to play a long series of exhibition matches on tour around Eastern Europe[16] and Latin America[17] to provide funds and exposure for local causes, and Barcelona did likewise;[18] most of the players in both groups never returned.[14] Back in Spain, as the Nationalist side took control of more of the country, General Franco saw the opportunity to use football as a positive propaganda tool, and arranged for a match to be played in his home region of Galicia against Portugal, whose leader Salazar was supportive of Francoist Spain.[14][19][20][21] Recognition was granted by FIFA at short notice and the match took place in Vigo in November 1937. In contrast to Portugal's settled squad, the Spain pool was hastily assembled from the best available players in Nationalist areas, and Portugal won for their first victory over their neighbours.[19][20][22][23] A return match was arranged for the following January in Lisbon, also won by Portugal,[14][24][21] and which attracted attention when three local players refused to give the Roman salute before kick-off; they were initially imprisoned, but were soon released due to the political influence held by the hierarchy of the club they played for, Belenenses.[19][20] The matches are not considered official, but are included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved.[10][25][13]
6 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Málaga Combined ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
9 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Recreativo Granada ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
16 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Seville XI ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
23 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Seville XI ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
30 January 1938 Unofficial friendly[14][19][20][24] | Portugal XI ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Campo das Salésias, Lisbon |
Pinga ![]() |
[30][31] | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26] | Spanish Morocco ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Estadio Municipal, Ceuta |
Ferre ![]() |
Report | Vergara ![]() ![]() Campanal I ![]() |
Referee: Tovar |
13 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26] | Spanish Morocco ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() | La Hípica, Tétouan |
Tatono ![]() Torrontegui ![]() |
Report | Campanal I ![]() ![]() Epi ![]() Vergara ![]() ![]() |
Referee: Guerrero |
20 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26] | Melilla XI ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() | La Hípica, Melilla |
Report | Referee: Cesáreo González |
18 December 1941 Unofficial friendly | Valencian Community ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
1 January 1947 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 5–7 | ![]() | Barcelona, Catalonia |
Stadium: Camp de Les Corts |
16 January 1947 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | Madrid |
Stadium: Metropolitano |
In the run-up to the 1950 FIFA World Cup, Spain played two unofficial friendly matches against Mexico, minus the players taking part in the 1950 Copa del Generalísimo Final (including Athletic Bilbao's prolific goalscorer Zarra).[32] Many of the locals were hostile to the Spanish political regime and the second match ended in controversy when the final whistle was blown as a shot which would have won the match for Spain was on its way to goal; Spanish supporters threw objects at the Mexican players as they left the field. The fallout was a major contributory factor in Asturias and Real Club España, two of the most successful teams in Mexican football and both with strong links to Spain, withdrawing from the professional ranks.[32] A few weeks later, the touring Hungária team (made up of players who had defected from the communist regimes in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, led by Ladislao Kubala)[33][34] played twice in Madrid against an approximation of the Spain World Cup squad, with the right-wing Franco government happy to co-operate with those fleeing from left-wing ideologies for political reasons.
26 May 1950 Friendly[32] | Mexico XI ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Mexico City |
Navarro ![]() |
Report | Juncosa ![]() César ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes |
28 May 1950 Friendly[32] | Mexico XI ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Mexico City |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Referee: C. Esteva |
26 April 1951 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
19 November 1952 Training match | Spain blue ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Madrid |
Marcet ![]() Escudero ![]() Basora ![]() |
Arsuaga ![]() |
Stadium: Chamartín |
4 March 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
28 October 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
28 October 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
9 December 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Zaragoza |
Artetxe Pasieguito ![]() ![]() Seguí ![]() ![]() Miguel |
Stadium: Estadio Torrero |
26 January 1955 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Madrid |
Ramoní ![]() Buqué ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marrón |
21 December 1960 Unofficial friendly | Real Madrid ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Madrid |
20:30 | Puskás ![]() del Sol ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Canário ![]() |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín |
29 April 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | Madrid |
Ruiz Sosa ![]() Martínez ![]() Amancio ![]() Vergés ![]() Adelardo ![]() |
Vollmar ![]() |
Stadium: Metropolitano |
4 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Bilbao |
Segarra ![]() Guillot ![]() Amancio ![]() |
Stadium: San Mamés |
6 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Bilbao |
Ruiz ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Segarra ![]() Puskás ![]() |
Hernas ![]() |
Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Juan Gardeazábal |
11 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Bilbao |
Amancio ![]() |
W. Bensmann ![]() Wiethe ![]() |
Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Gómez Arribas |
15 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | San Sebastián |
Di Stéfano ![]() ![]() Adelardo ![]() Martínez ![]() Suárez ![]() |
Stadium: Atotxa |
17 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Madrid |
del Sol ![]() Gento ![]() Puskás ![]() |
Sieber ![]() |
Stadium: Metropolitano |
22 January 1964 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
14 March 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Seville |
Aragonés ![]() |
Report | Krämer ![]() Nolden ![]() Schmidt ![]() |
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Referee: R. Casasola |
31 March 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Madrid |
Adelardo ![]() |
Report | Claessen ![]() |
Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pardo Hidalgo |
7 April 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Madrid |
Luis Aragonés ![]() Ufarte ![]() Adelardo ![]() |
Report | Wilson ![]() |
Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Álvarez Martínez |
27 April 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
14 March 1966 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | Zaragoza |
Fusté ![]() Marcelino ![]() Adelardo ![]() Violeta ![]() Carlos Lapetra ![]() |
Leender ![]() |
Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Adolfo Bueno Perales |
12 June 1966 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | A Coruña |
Zaldúa ![]() |
Johan Cruyff ![]() Co Prins ![]() |
Stadium: Riazor Referee: ![]() |
29 June 1966 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Pontevedra |
Gento ![]() Amancio ![]() Pirri ![]() del Sol ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio de Pasarón |
14 June 1967 Unofficial friendly | Atlético Madrid ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Madrid |
Report | Vavá II ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Manzanares |
27 September 1967 Ricardo Zamora testimonial | Spain ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Madrid |
Report | Mazzola ![]() Eusébio ![]() Goyvaerts ![]() |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil |
21 January 1970 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Madrid |
Aragonés ![]() |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Antonio Camacho |
5 October 1977 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Madrid |
Pirri ![]() Churruca ![]() Dani ![]() Satrústegi ![]() |
Report | Worm ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Soto Montesino |
15 May 1981 Pirri farewell match | Real Madrid ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Madrid |
20:45 | Cunningham ![]() |
Report | Joaquín ![]() |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) |
26 June 1981 Asensi & Pirri farewell match | Club Puebla ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Puebla |
14:00 | Cabezas ![]() Pirri ![]() |
Report | Morán ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Edward Bellion (United States) |
16 October 1985 Training match | Spain red ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Madrid |
Rincón ![]() |
Report | Ramón Calderé ![]() Eloy ![]() |
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Morales Manrique |
28 December 1988 José Manuel Alvelo charity match | Celta de Vigo ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Vigo |
Amarildo ![]() |
Report | Robert ![]() Martín Vázquez ![]() |
Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marcos |
11 April 1990 Unofficial friendly | Spain ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Las Palmas |
19:00 | Butragueño ![]() Miñambres ![]() |
Report | Bossio ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Insular Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Merino González |
20 August 2003 Training match | Spain red ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Las Rozas de Madrid |
Etxeberria ![]() |
Report | Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila |
16 November Friendly[lower-alpha 1] | Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Malabo |
22.00 | Bermúdez ![]() |
Report | Cazorla ![]() Juanfran ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Joaquín Ela Esono (Equatorial Guinea) |
19 November Friendly | South Africa ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
20.00 | Parker ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Soccer City Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho) |
17 November 2022 Friendly | Jordan ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Amman |
19:00 UTC+3 | Al-Dardour ![]() |
Report | Fati ![]() Gavi ![]() Williams ![]() |
Stadium: Amman International Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) |
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