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Spain had the problem of isolation under General Franco's dictatorship. “Europe ends at the Pyrenees” was the saying in those days. Sweden, England, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, France and Germany had all played more than 700 internationals matches by 2001. Spain only 454 matches. Only national football teams from Europe and these teams from ...
The match was the 25th final of the men's football tournament at the Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. The match was held at International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan, on 7 August 2021. [3] It was played between the defending ...
The Portugal – Spain football rivalry (also known as The Iberian Derby) is one of the oldest football rivalries at a national level. It began on 19 December 1921, when Portugal lost 1–3 to Spain at Madrid in their first ever international friendly game. Portugal lost their first matches, with their first draw (2–2) only coming in 1926.
Real Sociedad. Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( pronounced [reˈal soθjeˈðað] es ⓘ; [2] Royal Society) in English, Erreala or Reala in Basque, La Real in Spanish, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909.
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, [a] commonly known as Segunda División, and officially known as LaLiga Hypermotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 22 teams ...
A Spanish flag with a superimposed kicked football was used as the emblem of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. [21] The yellow and red colours used on the "pecten" logo of Royal Dutch Shell are thought to relate to the colours of the flag of Spain, as Shell built early service stations in the state of California which had strong connections with Spain.
This page details football records in Spain. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from Primera División or La Liga . This page also includes records from the Spanish domestic cup competition or Copa del Rey .
