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Spain national football team. The Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in men's international football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Spain is one of eight national teams to have been crowned ...
Spain national football team celebrating its victory at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Championship in Madrid. Association football, commonly known as football (or soccer), (Spanish: Fútbol asociación), is the most popular sport in Spain. [5]
Football is the most popular sport in Spain, with 61% of the population interested in it. [ 1 ] Spain has some of the most influential teams in Europe (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, and others) as well as many players (mostly unprofessional) and teams registered in all categories (1,063,090 players in 21,148 ...
Spain Nickname(s) La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) La Furia (The Fury) La Furia Española (The Spanish Fury) La Rojigualda (The Red and Yellow [One]) Association Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) Confederation UEFA (Europe) Most caps Sergio Ramos (180) Top scorer David Villa (59) FIFA ranking Highest 1 (July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011 ...
Spain hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Spanish athletes have won a total of 192 medals in 33 different sports as of 2024 and the country currently ranks 25th in the all-time Summer Olympics medal count, with canoeing as the top medal-producing sport and sailing as the top gold medal-producing sport. Five of those medals were won at ...
B. Spain national badminton team. Spain national baseball team. Spain national beach handball team. Spain national beach soccer team.
Top scorer in European Championship finals: 7 – Álvaro Morata. Most goals scored in one European Championship: 4 – David Villa (2008) Top scorer in Confederations Cup finals: 8 – Fernando Torres. Most goals scored in one Confederations Cup: 5 – Fernando Torres (2013) Top scorer in UEFA Nations League finals: 6 – Ferran Torres.
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, [a] commonly known as the Primera División[b] or La Liga[c][2] and officially as LaLiga EA Sports[d][3] since 2023 for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional football division of the Spanish football league system. It is controlled by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional and ...