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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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
Most penalty shoot-outs in one World Cup by one team: 2 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (shared with Argentina in 1990 and 2022, Costa Rica in 2014, Netherlands in 2014 and 2022, Russia in 2018 and Croatia in 2018 and 2022) Highest maximum number of points in World Cup qualification: 30 out of 30 (shared with Germany for 2018)
The history of the Spain national football team dates back to the team's formation and first ever international match in 1920. The Spain national football team has experienced a number of successes, most notably their victory at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and their record four European titles.
Spain's World Cup-winning captain Olga Carmona was informed minutes after Sunday’s final that her father had died, the country’s football association said.. The 23-year-old Real Madrid star ...
By Fernando Kallas and Guillermo Martinez. MADRID (Reuters) - Some of the rebel players from Spain's World Cup-winning women's squad who had threatened to boycott the national team in a push to ...
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 ...