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Football is the sport with the most registered players (a total of 1,063,090 of which 997,106 are men and 77,461 women, a 55% rise in women since 2014 [7]), and highest number of registered clubs (a total of 29,205) among all Spanish sport federations according to data issued by the sports administration of Spain's government in 2020.
The National Sports Council, also called Supreme Sports Council or High Council for Sports (Spanish: Consejo Superior de Deportes, CSD) is a Spanish government autonomous agency responsible for the promotion, planning and development of physical culture and sports activities of any kind, the coordination and support to social entities dedicated to sports as well as the relations between the ...
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 clubs). [2]
High school sports participation hasn't reached parity among girls and boys. After the passage of Title IX in 1972, girls sports participation skyrocketed. But that growth started to plateau ...
The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional [a] (transl. National Professional Football League), also known as LALIGA (the abbreviation LFP was used until the 2015–16 season), is a sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in Spain, the Primera and Segunda Divisions, or LALIGA EA SPORTS and LALIGA HYPERMOTION for sponsorship reasons. [1]
In addition, Navarre offers the G model, with education entirely in Spanish, without a Basque language subject option. [22] Model A offers Spanish as tuition language and Basque is learnt as a language subject. Model B offers 50% of the classes in Spanish and Basque. The Basque Country approved its bilingual model in a decree of 1983. [20]
The Circuit de Catalunya, built in 1991, is one of the main motorsport venues, holding the Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, the Spanish F1 Grand Prix, a DTM race, and several other races. Also of note is the Montjuïc street circuit which regularly hosted the Spanish F1 and motorcycle Grands Prix up to the 1970s.
In the first decade of their existence, Athletic selected English players for the team [3] [5] [13] [14] but since 1912, [15] [16] they have adhered to a policy of allowing only players born in the Basque Country or who learned their football skills at a Basque club to play for them.