Nickname	La Fúria (The Fury)
Association	Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol)
Coach	Luis Aragonés (2004-)
Most caps	Andoni Zubizarreta (126)
Top scorer	Raúl (42)
First international Spain 2 - 0 Belgium (Bilbao, Spain; 7 October 1921)
Largest win Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933)
Worst defeat Italy 7 - 1 Spain (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928) England 7 - 1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1934)
Best result	Fourth place, 1950
European Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1964)
Best result	Winners, 1964

The Spanish national football team is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

Spain played their first international in 1921, beating Belgium 2-0 in Bilbao. They also became the first non-British side to beat England when they won a friendly in Madrid 4-3 in 1929. Yet since then they have considerably under-achieved, despite boasting one of the strongest domestic leagues in Europe. They have won just one major trophy, the second European Championship in 1964, in which they had the benefit of home advantage. They beat the Soviet Union 2-1 in the final in front of a crowd of 125,000 at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium. The build-up to the match had been highly politically-charged, as Spain had refused to play in the Soviet Union in the previous tournament in 1960. Jesus Pereda put the Spanish ahead after just six minutes but they needed a late Marcelino Martínez header to win it after Galimzian Khusainov equalised with a free-kick.

Spain has greatly underachived in the World Cup, with their best finish being fourth place in 1950), although often being touted as pre-tournament favorites. They did win the gold medal when they hosted 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1999 World Youth Championship in Nigeria.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Quarterfinals
• 1938 - Withdrew due to civil war
• 1950 - Fourth place
• 1954 - Did not qualify
• 1958 - Did not qualify
• 1962 - Round 1
• 1966 - Round 1
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Round 1
• 1982 - Round 2
• 1986 - Quarterfinals
• 1990 - Round 2
• 1994 - Quarterfinals
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2002 - Quarterfinals
• 2006 - Qualified

European Championship record

• 1960 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1964 - Champions
• 1968 to 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1980 - Round 1
• 1984 - Runners-up
• 1988 - Round 1
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1996 - Quarterfinals
• 2000 - Quarterfinals
• 2004 - Round 1

Famous past players

• Amancio Amaro
• Emilio Butragueño
• José Antonio Camacho
• Alfredo Di Stefano (also played for Argentina)
• Francisco Gento
• Fernando Hierro
• Ladislao Kubala (also played for Hungary and Czechoslovakia)
• Michel
• Agustín Gaínza
• Ferenc Puskás (also played for Hungary)
• José Santamaria (also played for Uruguay)
• Luis Suarez
• Ricardo Zamora
• Zarra

Current squad

Goalkeepers:

• Pepe Reina
• Íker Casillas
• Víctor Valdés

Defenders:

• Carlos Marchena
• Juanito
• Míchel Salgado
• Asier Del Horno
• Antonio Lopez
• Pablo Ibañez
• Carles Puyol
• Joan Capdevila
• Sergio Ramos

Midfielders:

• Rubén Baraja
• Xavi
• Joaquín
• Xabi Alonso
• Luis Garcia
• David Albelda
• Vicente

Forwards:

• Fernando Torres
• José Antonio Reyes
• David Villa
• Raúl (captain)
• Albert Luque
• Fernando Morientes

Coaches

• Francisco Bru (1920)
• Ricard Cabot (1925)
• José María Mateos (1925 and 1929-1933)
• Amadeo García Salazar (1934-1938)
• Guillermo Eizaguirre (1948-1950)
• Paulino Alcántara (1951)
• Guillermo Eizaguirre (1955-1956)
• Helenio Herrera (1959-1962)
• José Villalonga (1962-1966)
• Domènec Balmanya (1966-1968)
• Miguel Muñoz (1969)
• Ladislao Kubala (1969-1980)
• José Emilio Santamaría (1980-1982)
• Miguel Muñoz (1982-1988)
• Luis Suárez (1988-1991)
• Vicente Miera (1991-1992)
• Javier Clemente (1992-1998)
• José Antonio Camacho (1998-2002)
• Iñaki Sáez (2002-2004)
• Luis Aragonés (2004-)