Spain national football team

Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de España) is the national football team of Spain. The current head coach is Luis Enrique. The team is often called La Roja ("The Red [One]"), La Furia Roja ("The Red Fury"), La Furia Española ("The Spanish Fury") or just La Furia ("The Fury").

Spain

Nickname(s)	La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)[1]
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Luis Enrique
Captain	Sergio Busquets
Most caps	Sergio Ramos (180)
Top scorer	David Villa (59)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	ESP
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	10 3 (22 December 2022)[2]
Highest	1 (July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011, October 2011 – July 2014)
Lowest	25 (March 1998)
First international
Spain 1–0 Denmark  (Brussels, Belgium; 28 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	Champions (2010)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1964)
Best result	Champions (1964, 2008, 2012)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2009)
Best result	Runners-up, 2013
Medal record Olympic medal record Men's Football 1920 Antwerp 1992 Barcelona [3] 2000 Sydney Team[3]

Team history

The Spanish team became a member of FIFA in 1904, even though the team was made in 1909. Spain had their first match on the 8th of August of 1920 against Denmark. Since the team's creation in 1909, they have been in 13 FIFA World Cups, and 9 UEFA European Football Championships.

Spain are four-time European champions, having won the UEFA Euro 2024, UEFA Euro 2012, UEFA Euro 2008, and 1964 European Championship. From November 2006 through June 2009 Spain went undefeated for 35 matches, a record shared with Brazil. Spain are one of the eight national teams to have won the FIFA World Cup; they won their first at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa when they defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time. Andrés Iniesta scored the winning goal in the 116th minute.

The team's achievements have led to many commentators and football experts naming them one of the best international sides in football history.

Most appearances

As of September 11th of 2024

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Sergio Ramos	2005-2021	180	23
2	Casillas	2000-2016	167	0
3	Sergio Busquets	2009-	137	2
4	Xavi	2000-2014	133	12
5	Andres Iniesta	2006-2018	131	14
6	Andoni Zubizarreta	1985-1998	126	0
7	David Silva	2006-2018	125	35
8	Xabi Alonso	2003-2014	114	16
9=	Cesc Fabregas	2006-2016	110	15
9=	Fernando Torres	2003-2014	110	38
10	Lionel Messi	2024-	0	0

• If a player's name is in bold, that means that they are still playing international football.

Top scorers

As of 27 June 2016

#	Player	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	David Villa	2005–2014	59	97	0.61
2	Raúl	1996–2006	44	102	0.43
3	Fernando Torres	2003–	38	110	0.35
4	Fernando Hierro	1989–2002	29	89	0.33
5	Fernando Morientes	1998–2007	27	47	0.57
6	Emilio Butragueño	1984–1992	26	69	0.38
7	David Silva	2006–2016	24	103	0.23
8	Alfredo Di Stefano	1957–1961	23	31	0.74
9	Julio Salinas	1986–1996	22	56	0.39
10	Míchel	1985–1992	21	66	0.32

References

1. ""La Roja"". 17 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
3. Since 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23, which Javier will play in 2016. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team.