Publik fotboll spanien
Världsmästerskapet i fotboll spelades i Japan och Sydkorea 31 maj–30 juni , och var det sjuttonde i ordningen, det första med två värdländer och även det första spelat i Asien. Brasilien blev världsmästare för femte gången efter finalseger mot Tyskland med 2–0, medan Turkiet vann brons efter vinst mot Sydkorea i matchen. The Spain national football team Spanish : Selección Española de Fútbol has represented Spain in men's international football competitions since Spain is one of eight national teams to have been crowned world champions and has participated in a total of 16 out of 22 FIFA World Cups , winning the edition, and qualifying consistently since Spain has participated in a total of 12 out of 17 UEFA European Championships , and are the reigning European champions, having won a record fourth title in Spain is also one of only two nations alongside Germany , to have won both women's and men's World Cups.
Having won one World Cup, one Nations League and three European Championship titles since , Spain is the most successful European national team of the 21st century. The team's achievements from to have led many experts and commentators to consider this era's squads one of the best ever teams in football history. The first Spain national football team was constituted in , with the main objective of finding a team that would represent Spain at the Summer Olympics held in Belgium in that same year.
Spain made their debut at the tournament on 28 August against Denmark , silver medalists at the last two Olympic tournaments. Spain managed to win that match by a scoreline of 1—0, eventually finishing with the silver medal. At the finals in Brazil, they topped their group to progress to the finals round, then finished in fourth place. Spain won its first major international title when it hosted the European Nations' Cup , defeating the Soviet Union 2—1 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
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Spain was selected as host of the FIFA World Cup , reaching the second round and four years later they reached the quarter-finals before a penalty shootout defeat to Belgium. The match became controversial when Italian defender Mauro Tassotti struck Luis Enrique with his elbow inside Spain's penalty area, causing Luis Enrique to bleed profusely from his nose and mouth, but it was not noticed nor sanctioned by referee Sándor Puhl.
Had the official awarded a foul, Spain would have received a penalty kick. They faced co-hosts South Korea in the quarter-finals, losing in a shootout after having two goals controversially called back for alleged infractions during regular and extra time. Italy were the opponents in the quarter-finals match , which Spain won 4—2 on penalties.
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They then met Russia again in the semi-finals, beating them 3—0. Xavi was awarded the player of the tournament.
In the decisive match against the Netherlands , Andrés Iniesta scored the match's only goal, coming in extra time. Spain became the third team to win a World Cup outside their own continent, and the first European team to do so. Spain advanced to the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup , losing to hosts Brazil, [ 26 ] and the following year they were eliminated from the group stage of the World Cup.
The team finished the tournament with two wins and four draws including two penalty shootouts. Spain finished top of their group in UEFA Euro without conceding a goal, and went on to defeat Georgia in the round of 16 by 4—1. Spain's team was known in the past by some fans as " La furia española ", ' the Spanish Fury ' ; this nickname was originally given by a Dutch newspaper, recalling the " Sack of Antwerp " — an episode in the military history of Spain.
Between and , 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. Tiki-taka has been variously described as "a style of play based on making your way to the back of the net through short passing and movement", [ 42 ] a "short passing style in which the ball is worked carefully through various channels", [ 43 ] and a "nonsensical phrase that has come to mean short passing, patience and possession above all else".
The —12 teams are regarded as being among the greatest of international teams in football history. Sid Lowe identifies Luis Aragonés ' tempering of tiki-taka with pragmatism as a key factor in Spain's success in Euro Aragonés used tiki-taka to "protect a defense that appeared suspect [ None of Spain's first six goals in the tournament came from tiki-taka: five came from direct breaks and one from a set play.
Analyzing Spain's semi-final victory over Germany at the World Cup , Raphael Honigstein described Spain's tiki-taka style as "the most difficult version of football possible: an uncompromising passing game, coupled with intense, high pressing". For Honigstein, tiki-taka is "a significant upgrade" of the Netherlands' Total Football because it relies on ball movement rather than players switching position. Tiki-taka allowed Spain to "control both the ball and the opponent".
Spain held possession of ball more than their opponents in all matches from to , a record of games. We have the same idea as each other. Keep the ball, create movement around and off the ball, get in the spaces to cause danger. Spain's home kit is traditionally a red jersey with yellow trim, dark blue shorts, and black socks, whilst their current away kit is predominantly yellow. The colour of the home socks altered throughout the s from black to the same blue colour as the shorts, matching either the blue of the shorts or the red of the shirt until the mids when they returned to their traditional black.
Spain's kits have been produced by manufacturers including Adidas from until , Le Coq Sportif from until and Adidas once again since Rather than displaying the logo of the Spanish Football Federation, Spain's jersey traditionally features the country's coat of arms over the left side. After winning the World Cup , the World Cup winners badge was added to the right side of the jersey and a golden star at the top of Spain's coat of arms.
Spain does not have a designated national stadium. The capital city of Madrid Bernabéu and Metropolitano , Seville Pizjuán , Villamarín and La Cartuja , Valencia Mestalla and Orriols and Barcelona Camp Nou and Montjuïc , are the four Spanish cities that have hosted more than 15 national team matches , while also being home to the largest stadiums in the country. Other friendly matches, as well as qualifying fixtures against smaller opponents, are played in provincial stadia.