| Federation
founded: 1913 |
| FIFA
member since: 1904 |
|
WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Second
round exit |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - 4th
place |
| 1954 - Did not qualify |
| 1958 - Did not qualify |
| 1962 - First
round exit |
| 1966 - First
round exit |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - First
round exit |
| 1982 - Second
phase exit |
| 1986 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1990 - Second
round exit |
| 1994 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1998 - First
round exit |
| 2002 - Quarterfinal exit |
| 2006 - Second round exit |
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STATISTICS
|
| Played |
49
|
| Won |
22
|
| Drawn |
12
|
| Lost |
15
|
| Goals for |
80
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| Goals against |
57
|
| Points |
78
|
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Spain
are 7th on the all-time table.
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|
TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
6-1 vs Bulgaria
in 1998.
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Biggest
defeat:
1-6 vs Brazil
in 1950.
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Overall
topscorers:
Raul, Estanislao
Basora, Emilio Butragueño, Fernando Morientes and Fernando Hierro, 5 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Andoni Zubizarreta,
16 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
1982
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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part, but SPAIN
chose not to participate.
1934
(WCQ Group 2)
11.Mar 34 SPAIN 9-0 Portugal
18.Mar 34 Portugal 1-2 SPAIN
SPAIN qualified for Italy 1934.
1938
SPAIN did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ Group 6)
02.Apr 50 SPAIN 5-1 Portugal
09.Apr 50 Portugal 2-2 SPAIN
SPAIN qualified for Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ Group 6)
06.Jan 54 SPAIN 4-1 Turkey
14.Mar 54 Turkey 1-0 SPAIN
Play-off [in Rome (ITA)]
17.Mar 54 Turkey 2-2 SPAIN
(Turkey won after drawing lots.)
SPAIN failed to qualify for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(UEFA Group 9)
10.Mar 57 SPAIN 2-2 Switzerland
08.May 57 Scotland 4-2 SPAIN
26.May 57 SPAIN 4-1 Scotland
24.Nov 57 Switzerland 1-4 SPAIN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Scotland 4 3 0 1 10- 9 6
2.SPAIN 4 2 1 1 12- 8 5
3.Switzerland 4 0 1 3 6-11 1
SPAIN failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 9)
19.Apr 61 Wales 1-2 SPAIN
18.May 61 SPAIN 1-1 Wales
SPAIN needed to play off with the winner
of Africa for one spot in the World Cup.
12.Nov 61 Morocco 0-1 SPAIN
23.Nov 61 SPAIN 3-2 Morocco
SPAIN qualified for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 9)
05.May 65 Rep. of Ireland 1-0 SPAIN
27.Oct 65 SPAIN 4-1 Rep. of Ireland
Play-off [in Paris (FRA)]
10.Nov 65 SPAIN 1-0 Rep. of Ireland
SPAIN qualified for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 6)
27.Oct 68 Yugoslavia 0-0 SPAIN
11.Dec 68 SPAIN 1-1 Belgium
23.Feb 69 Belgium 2-1 SPAIN
30.Apr 69 SPAIN 2-1 Yugoslavia
25.Jun 69 Finland 2-0 SPAIN
15.Oct 69 SPAIN 6-0 Finland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Belgium 6 4 1 1 14- 8 9
2.Yugoslavia 6 3 1 2 19- 7 7
3.SPAIN 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6
4.Finland 6 1 0 5 6-28 2
SPAIN failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 7)
19.Oct 72 SPAIN 2-2 Yugoslavia
17.Jan 73 Greece 2-3 SPAIN
21.Feb 73 SPAIN 3-1 Greece
21.Oct 73 Yugoslavia 0-0 SPAIN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SPAIN 4 2 2 0 8- 5 6
Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6
3.Greece 4 0 0 4 5-11 0
Play-off [in Frankfurt (GER)]
13.Feb 74 Yugoslavia 1-0 SPAIN
SPAIN failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 8)
10.Oct 76 SPAIN 1-0 Yugoslavia
16.Apr 77 Romania 1-0 SPAIN
26.Oct 77 SPAIN 2-0 Romania
30.Nov 77 Yugoslavia 0-1 SPAIN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SPAIN 4 3 0 1 4- 1 6
2.Romania 4 2 0 2 7- 8 4
3.Yugoslavia 4 1 0 3 6- 8 2
SPAIN qualified for Argentina 1978.
1982
SPAIN qualified automatically
as host nation.
1986
(UEFA Group 7)
17.Oct 84 SPAIN 3-0 Wales
14.Nov 84 Scotland 3-1 SPAIN
27.Feb 85 SPAIN 1-0 Scotland
30.Apr 85 Wales 3-0 SPAIN
12.Jun 85 Iceland 1-2 SPAIN
25.Sep 85 SPAIN 2-1 Iceland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SPAIN 6 4 0 2 9- 8 8
2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 8- 4 7
3.Wales 6 3 1 2 7- 6 7
4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 4-10 2
SPAIN qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 6)
16.Nov 88 SPAIN 2-0 Rep. of Ireland
21.Dec 88 SPAIN 4-0 Northern Ireland
22.Jan 89 Malta 0-2 SPAIN
08.Feb 89 Northern Ireland 0-2 SPAIN
23.Mar 89 SPAIN 4-0 Malta
26.Apr 89 Rep. of Ireland 1-0 SPAIN
11.Oct 89 Hungary 2-2 SPAIN
15.Nov 89 SPAIN 4-0 Hungary
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SPAIN 8 6 1 1 20- 3 13
2.Rep. of Ireland 8 5 2 1 10- 2 12
3.Hungary 8 2 4 2 8-12 8
4.Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 6-12 5
5.Malta 8 0 2 6 3-18 2
SPAIN qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 3)
22.Apr 92 SPAIN 3-0 Albania
23.Sep 92 Latvia 0-0 SPAIN
14.Oct 92 Northern Ireland 0-0 SPAIN
18.Nov 92 SPAIN 0-0 Rep. of Ireland
16.Dec 92 SPAIN 5-0 Latvia
24.Feb 93 SPAIN 5-0 Lithuania
31.Mar 93 Denmark 1-0 SPAIN
28.Apr 93 SPAIN 3-1 Northern Ireland
02.Jun 93 Lithuania 0-2 SPAIN
22.Sep 93 Albania 1-5 SPAIN
13.Oct 93 Rep. of Ireland 1-3 SPAIN
17.Nov 93 SPAIN 1-0 Denmark
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SPAIN 12 8 3 1 27- 4 19
2.Rep. of Ireland 12 7 4 1 19- 6 18
3.Denmark 12 7 4 1 15- 2 18
4.Northern Ireland 12 5 3 4 14-13 13
5.Lithuania 12 2 3 7 8-21 7
6.Latvia 12 0 5 7 4-21 5
7.Albania 12 1 2 9 6-26 4
SPAIN qualified for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 6)
04.Sep 96 Faroe Islands 2-6 SPAIN
09.Oct 96 Czech Republic 0-0 SPAIN
13.Nov 96 SPAIN 4-1 Slovakia
14.Dec 96 SPAIN 2-0 Yugoslavia
18.Dec 96 Malta 0-3 SPAIN
12.Feb 97 SPAIN 4-0 Malta
30.Apr 97 Yugoslavia 1-1 SPAIN
08.Jun 97 SPAIN 1-0 Czech Republic
24.Sep 97 Slovakia 1-2 SPAIN
11.Oct 97 SPAIN 3-1 Faroe Islands
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SPAIN 10 8 2 0 26- 6 26
2.Yugoslavia 10 7 2 1 29- 7 23
3.Czech Republic 10 5 1 4 16- 6 16
4.Slovakia 10 5 1 4 18-14 16
5.Faroe Islands 10 2 0 8 10-31 6
6.Malta 10 0 0 10 2-37 0
SPAIN qualified for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 7)
02.Sep 00 Bosnia-Herce. 1-2 SPAIN
07.Oct 00 SPAIN 2-0 Israel
11.Oct 00 Austria 1-1 SPAIN
24.Mar 01 SPAIN 5-0 Liechtenstein
02.Jun 01 SPAIN 4-1 Bosnia Herce.
06.Jun 01 Israel 1-1 SPAIN
01.Sep 01 SPAIN 4-0 Austria
05.Sep 01 Liechtenstein 0-2 SPAIN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.SPAIN 8 6 2 0 21- 4 20
2.Austria 8 4 3 1 10- 8 15
3.Israel 8 3 3 2 11- 7 12
4.Bosnia Herce. 8 2 2 4 12-12 8
5.Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 0-23 0
SPAIN qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 7)
08.Sep 04 Bosnia-Herce. 1-1 SPAIN
09.Oct 04 SPAIN 2-0 Belgium
13.Oct 04 Lithuania 0-0 SPAIN
09.Feb 05 SPAIN 5-0 San Marino
30.Mar 05 Serbia & Mont. 0-0 SPAIN
04.Jun 05 SPAIN 1-0 Lithuania
08.Jun 05 SPAIN 1-1 Bosnia-Herce.
07.Sep 05 SPAIN 1-1 Serbia & Mont.
08.Oct 05 Belgium 0-2 SPAIN
12.Oct 05 San Marino 0-6 SPAIN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Serbia/Montenegro 10 6 4 0 16- 1 22
2.SPAIN 10 5 5 0 19- 3 20
3.Bosnia/Herzegovina 10 4 4 2 12- 9 16
4.Belgium 10 3 3 4 16-11 12
5.Lithuania 10 2 4 4 8- 9 10
6.San Marino 10 0 0 10 2-40 0
SPAIN advanced to UEFA play-offs.
12.Nov 05 SPAIN 5-1 Slovakia
16.Nov 05 Slovakia 1-1 SPAIN
SPAIN qualified for Germany 2006.
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