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The team is one of the most present at the World Cup, with 16 appearances out of the 22 tournaments. Prior to their win in 2010, Spain's best World Cup result was a fourth-place finish in 1950. [2] Spain have reached the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals six times, but have not reached the last 8 since their triumph in 2010.
The win was Spain's first World Cup title, and it lifted them to first place in the FIFA World Rankings with the Netherlands moving into second. [64] Spain also became the first European nation to win a World Cup outside of Europe. [65] At the conclusion of the match, the Spanish team changed into their red-shirted home kit for the presentation.
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
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 ...
Spain's World Cup record; First match Spain 3–1 Brazil (27 May 1934; Genoa, Italy) Biggest win Spain 6–1 Bulgaria (24 June 1998; Lens, France) Biggest defeat Brazil 6–1 Spain (13 July 1950; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Best result Champions in 2010: Worst result Group stage in 1962, 1966, 1978, 1998, 2014
The coach of Spain's World Cup-winning women's soccer team was fired Tuesday, less than three weeks after the victory celebration that led to the suspension of the country's soccer federation ...
In the final four minutes of extra time during the World Cup final in Johannesburg against the Netherlands, Andrés Iniesta scored a single goal from a pass given by Cesc Fàbregas, winning the World Cup for Spain for the first time in their history. In this physical match, Spain received five yellow cards while the Netherlands received nine ...
Spain made history in winning its first Women's World Cup title on Sunday with a 1-0 win over England. The victory made La Roja the first team to hold the under-17, under-20 and senior world ...