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Spain also won three continental titles, having appeared at 11 of 15 UEFA European Championships.Team history. Spain are one of the eight national teams to have been crowned world champions, having participated in a total of 15 of 21 FIFA World Cups and qualifying consistently since 1978. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Two big names who successfully made the cut were Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes and young forward.The Spain national football team ( Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol) represents Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920.
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 as well as the only one to win back-to-back European Championships in 20. Spain are three-time European champions, having won the UEFA Euro 2012, UEFA Euro 2008, and 1964. Since the teams creation in 1909, they have been in 13 FIFA World Cups, and 9 UEFA European Football Championships. Spain had their first match on the 8th of August of 1920 against Denmark.
The Spanish managed to win that match by a scoreline of 1–0, eventually finishing with the silver medal. Spain made their debut at the tournament on 28 August 1920 against Denmark, silver medallists at the last two Olympic tournaments. The first Spain national football 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 Information about the complete roster of Spain National Soccer Team in the South Africa 2010 World Cup with players, jersey numbers, position on the field, DOB, club and coach Complete list of players from Spain roster in the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup:Spain national football team in the 1920 Summer Olympics in AntwerpSpain has been a member of FIFA since FIFA's foundation in 1904, even though the Spanish Football Federation was first established in 1909. Their achievements have led many experts and commentators to consider the 2008–2012 Spanish squad one of the best ever international sides in world football. From the start of 2007 to the end of 2009 the Spanish national football team achieved 35 consecutive matches undefeated, a feat which they shared with Brazil, and what was a world record at the time.
Until 2010, this had been Spain's highest finish in a FIFA World Cup finals, which had given them the name of the "underachievers". At the 1950 finals in Brazil, they topped their group to progress to the final round, then finished in fourth place. 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.
The match became controversial when Italian defender Mauro Tassotti struck Luis Enrique with his elbow inside Spain's penalty area, causing Luis Enrique to bleed profusely from his nose and mouth, but the foul was not noticed nor sanctioned by referee Sándor Puhl. Spain reached the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Cup. Spain was selected as host of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, reaching the second round and four years later they reached the quarter-finals before a penalty shootout defeat to Belgium. The victory would stand as Spain's lone major title for 44 years.
Spain became the third team to win a World Cup outside their own continent, and the first European team to do so. In the decisive match against the Netherlands, Andrés Iniesta scored the match's only goal, coming in extra time. In the 2010 World Cup, Spain advanced to the final for the first time ever by defeating Germany 1–0. Xavi was awarded the player of the tournament. This was Spain's first major title since the 1964 European Championship. In the final, Spain defeated Germany 1–0, with Fernando Torres scoring the only goal of the game.
At Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, the side reached the last 16. Two years later, however, they were eliminated from the group stage of the 2014 World Cup. 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. Spain qualified top of Group I in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012 with a perfect 100% record.
Spanish football team is sometimes also referred as the Bulls due to this cultural heritage. However, there are another unofficial nicknames to refer to the national team of Spain.The other most common nickname, known by fans, is " Los Toros" ( Fighting Bulls), since Spanish Fighting Bull is one of Spain's famous national treasures and often used to define Spanish culture, and also often depicted by Spanish supporters alike. Recalling the " Sack of Antwerp" - an episode in the military history of Spain-. Spanish team is commonly known by fans as " La Furia Roja", meaning the Red Fury in Spanish.
Commentators have contrasted tiki-taka with " Route One physicality" and with the higher-tempo passing of Barcelona and Arsène Wenger's 2007–08 Arsenal side, which employed Cesc Fàbregas as the only channel between defence and attack. Tiki-taka is "both defensive and offensive in equal measure" – the team is always in possession, so doesn't need to switch between defending and attacking. The style involves roaming movement and positional interchange amongst midfielders, moving the ball in intricate patterns, and sharp, one or two-touch passing. Tiki-taka has been variously described as "a style of play based on making your way to the back of the net through short passing and movement", a "short passing style in which the ball is worked carefully through various channels", and a "nonsensical phrase that has come to mean short passing, patience and possession above all else". Style of play During Spain's most successful period between 20, the team played a style of football dubbed 'tiki-taka', a systems approach to football founded upon the ideal of team unity and a comprehensive understanding in the geometry of space on a football field.
None of Spain's first six goals in the tournament came from tiki-taka: five came from direct breaks and one from a set play. Aragonés used tiki-taka to "protect a defense that appeared suspect , maintain possession and dominate games" without taking the style to "evangelical extremes". Sid Lowe identifies Luis Aragonés' tempering of tiki-taka with pragmatism as a key factor in Spain's success in Euro 2008. They have the Barcelona "carousel" of Xavi and Andrés Iniesta augmented by Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso in midfield.— Phil McNulty of the BBC on the midfield players at the heart of Spain's tiki-taka passing style of play. The team of this era is regarded as being among the greatest international teams in history. Tiki-taka was successfully employed by the Spanish national team to win UEFA Euro 2008, 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.
Tiki-taka allowed Spain to "control both the ball and the opponent". For Honigstein, tiki-taka is "a significant upgrade" of Total Football because it relies on ball movement rather than players switching position. Analyzing Spain's semi-final victory over Germany at the 2010 World Cup, Honigstein described the Spanish team's tiki-taka style as "the most difficult version of football possible: an uncompromising passing game, coupled with intense, high pressing".
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