Spain national football team

**Spain national football team **(Spanish: _Selección de fútbol de España)_ is the national football team of Spain. The current head coach is Luis Enrique. The team is often called _La Roja _("The Red [One]"), _La Furia Roja_ ("The Red Fury"), _La Furia Española_ ("The Spanish Fury") or just _La Furia_ ("The Fury").

## Team history

The Spanish team became a member of FIFA in 1904, even though the team was made in 1909. Spain had their first match on the 8th of August of 1920 against Denmark. Since the team's creation in 1909, they have been in 13 FIFA World Cups, and 9 UEFA European Football Championships.

Spain are four-time European champions, having won the UEFA Euro 2024, UEFA Euro 2012, UEFA Euro 2008, and 1964 European Championship. From November 2006 through June 2009 Spain went undefeated for 35 matches, a record shared with Brazil. Spain are one of the eight national teams to have won the FIFA World Cup; they won their first at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa when they defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time. Andrés Iniesta scored the winning goal in the 116th minute.

The team's achievements have led to many commentators and football experts naming them one of the best international sides in football history.

## Most appearances

As of September 11th of 2024
- If a player's name is in **bold**, that means that they are still playing international football.

## Top scorers

|width=15px|#|style="width:125px;"|Player|width=80px|Period|width=25px|Goals|width=25px|Caps|width=25px|Average|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|style="text-align:left;"|David Villa|2005–2014|59|97|0.61||||||
|2|style="text-align:left;"|Raúl|1996–2006|44|102|0.43||||||
|3|style="text-align:left;"|Fernando Torres|2003–2014|38|110|0.35||||||
|4|style="text-align:left;"|Alvaro Morata|2014-|37|86|0.43||||||
|5|style="text-align:left;"|David Silva|2006-2024|35|125|0.26||||||
|6|style="text-align:left;"|Fernando Hierro|1984–1992|29|89|0.33||||||
|7|style="text-align:left;"|Fernando Morientes|1998-2007|27|47|0.57||||||
|8|style="text-align:left;"|Emilio Butragueño|1984-1992|26|69|0.38||||||
|9|style="text-align:left;"|Alfredo Di Stefano|1957-1961|23|31|0.74||||||
|10|style="text-align:left;"|Julio Salinas|1986-1996|22|56|0.39||||||

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Spain
- **badge size**: 180px
- **association**: Royal Spanish Football Federation, Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Luis de la Fuente
- **captain**: Alvaro Morata
- **most caps**: Sergio Ramos (180)
- **top scorer**: David Villa (59)
- **home stadium**: Various
- **fifa trigramme**: ESP
- **fifa rank**: 2nd
- **fifa max**: 1
- **fifa max date**: July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011, October 2011 – July 2014
- **fifa min**: 25
- **fifa min date**: March 1998
- **elo max**: 1
- **elo max date**: September 1920 – May 1924, September – December 1925, June 2008 – June 2009, July 2010 – June 2013
- **elo min**: 19
- **elo min date**: June–October 1969, November 1991
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- **first game**: 1–0
(Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
- **largest win**: 13–0
(Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933)
- **largest loss**: 1–7
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928)
 7–1
(London, England; 9 December 1931)
- **world cup apps**: 15
- **world cup first**: 1934
- **world cup best**: Champions (2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010)
- **regional name**: UEFA European Championship, European Championship
- **regional cup apps**: 10
- **regional cup first**: 1964 European Nations' Cup, 1964
- **regional cup best**: Champions (1964 European Nations' Cup, 1964, UEFA Euro 2008, 2008, UEFA Euro 2012, 2012 UEFA Euro 2024, 2024)
- **confederations cup apps**: 2
- **confederations cup first**: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2009
- **confederations cup best**: Runners-up, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2013