Spanish national football team
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| Association | Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) | ||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Julen Lopetegui | ||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Sergio Ramos | ||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Iker Casillas (167) | ||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | David Villa (59) | ||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | ESP | ||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||||||||
| Current | 10  (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 1 (July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011, October 2011 – July 2014) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 25 (March 1998) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current | 4 (19 April 2017) | ||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 1 (September 1920 – May 1924, September – December 1925, June 2008 – June 2009, July 2010 – June 2013) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 20 (June 1969, June 1981, November 1991) | ||||||||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||||||||
 Spain 1–0 Denmark  (Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920) |
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 Spain 13–0 Bulgaria  (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933) |
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Spain 1–7 Italy  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928)  England 7–1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1934) | ||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1964) | ||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1964, 2008 and 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Confederations Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2009) | ||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de España) represents Spain in men's International association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Julen Lopetegui after Vicente del Bosque stepped down following Euro 2016. The Spanish side is commonly referred to as La Roja ("The Red [One]"), La Furia Roja ("The Red Fury"), La Furia Española ("The Spanish Fury") or simply La Furia ("The Fury"). Spain became a member of FIFA in 1904 even though the Spanish Football Federation was first established in 1909. Spain's national team debuted in 1920. Since then, the Spanish national team has participated in a total of 14 of 20 FIFA World Cups and 9 of 14 UEFA European Championships.
Spain are one of eight national teams to have been crowned FIFA World Cup champions, having won the 2010 tournament in South Africa, defeating the Netherlands 1–0 to become the first European team to win the title outside of Europe as well as having won back-to-back European titles in Euro 2008 and Euro 2012, defeating Germany and Italy in the respective finals. These three successive titles make them the only national team so far with three consecutive wins of either the applicable continental championship or the World Cup. From 2008 to 2013, a six-year span, the national team won FIFA Team of the Year, the second-most of any nation, behind only Brazil. Between November 2006 and June 2009 Spain went undefeated for a record-equalling 35 consecutive matches before their upset loss to the United States, a record shared with Brazil. The team's achievements have led many commentators, experts and former players to consider the 2010 and 2012 Spanish sides among the best ever international sides in world football.
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