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Spain is one of only eight countries ever to have won the FIFA World Cup, doing so in South Africa in 2010, the first time the team had reached the final. [1] Spain celebrating victory in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The team is one of the most present at the World Cup, with 16 appearances out of the 22 tournaments. Prior to their ...
Spain, UEFA Euro 2008 winners Spain's players celebrate winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Spain, UEFA Euro 2012 winners. Between 2008 and 2012, 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 ...
Bold denotes players still playing professional football. 1964 – member of the 1964 European Nations' Cup winning team. 1992 – member of the 1992 Olympics Gold Medal winning team. 2008 – member of the UEFA Euro 2008 winning team. 2010 – member of the 2010 FIFA World Cup winning team. 2012 – member of the UEFA Euro 2012 winning team.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2010 World Cup, the 19th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at Soccer City in Johannesburg , South Africa, on 11 July 2010, and was contested by the Netherlands and Spain .
Xavi and Iniesta played key roles in La Roja winning three successive international trophies between 2008 and 2012, while Villa was integral to Spain winning Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.
Spain won the World Cup by only scoring eight goals and conceding two, which is the lowest by any World Cup winner in both cases. Also, they are the only team not to have conceded a goal in the last four games of the tournament. Spain are one of two teams that have won the World Cup title after losing its opening game.
Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF), is going on trial accused of kissing player Jenni Hermoso during the 2023 women's World Cup trophy presentation without her ...
A champion's medal around her neck, Salma Paralluelo lay on the field for a while and nestled into the golden glitter that had fallen over Spain’s Women’s World Cup team as it celebrated a 1-0 ...