Olympic silver medal
Like many countries, Spanish football was introduced by the British. 1872 or so, British people living in Virva, Andalusia began to engage in this sport, and soon attracted the interest of Spanish residents. 1889, 1889 On February 23rd, 1989, initiated by Dr. MacKay and a group of workers from England, the first football club was established in Virva, with the English name of "Virva Recreation Club". Virva Club still exists today, and it has become the oldest club in Spain. According to records, Virva's first match was a friendly match with a team of miners from Seville. This game is also the earliest official football game recognized by the Spanish Football Association in Spain.
Later, the British introduced football to other parts of Spain. Therefore, many clubs have been established in various parts of Spain, including the famous Real Madrid Club and Barcelona Club. 1893 Spain held its first official football match. 1900 or so, most football clubs have set up their own small associations, that is, the regional associations of the Spanish Football Association. 1909,10 On June 4th, at the initiative of Real Madrid, representatives of several clubs established the Royal Spanish Football Association in the Spanish capital, and joined FIFA on June 5th, 438+0913.
The Spanish national team won the silver medal in the 1920 Olympic football match, which greatly promoted the popularization of Spanish football. Football clubs all over the world hope to establish a new game, so as to increase their financial income and have more competition opportunities to cope with the growing football situation. After repeated consultations in many aspects, La Liga was finally born at 1928.
World Cup Laosi
1930, Uruguay hosted the first World Cup, but this South American country seemed a little far away from European countries, so the Spanish team finally gave up the opportunity to participate. Four years later, Spain finally made up for missing the World Cup. 1934 World Cup was held in Italy. Spain beat juvenile Brazil 3-/kloc-0-0 in the first round, but entered the second round to shake hands with Italy, and Spain lost 0-/kloc-0-0 in the rematch to the host country, which later won the championship.
1950 Brazil World Cup, Spain was divided into the second group. Spain beat America 3- 1 and Chile beat England 2-0/. Although Uruguay won the second round with a 2-2 draw, it was humiliated by the host 6- 1 who was determined to win the championship, and the third and fourth finalists were 65438+.
World Cup Laosi
1960, the final stage of the first European Championship was held in France. Although Spain beat Poland 7-2 in two rounds in the final of 1/8, in the final of 1/4, Spain's opponent was the former Soviet Union. Because Franco refused to let the former Soviet Union enter the country, Spain was eliminated and the former Soviet Union automatically advanced to the semi-finals. The Spaniard took part in the European Championship for the first time and ended up in a hurry.
1964, Villalonga finally won the European Championship trophy at home 1964, which is the only trophy won by the Spanish team so far. In the final of 1/8, Spain was tied at home by Northern Ireland 1 ratio 1, and the Football Association was forced to call the best players away. In Belfast, they beat their opponents by 1 0, and entered the quarter-finals.
14 final, Spain beat Ireland 7- 1 easily in two rounds. Spain beat Hungary 2-/kloc-0 in the semi-final. In the final, Spain defeated the former Soviet Union 2-/KLOC-0, becoming the first host team to win the European Championship. In front of the audience of 79 1 15, marcelino's goal six minutes before the end made him a Spanish national hero. It was not until 20 years later that Spain entered the final of the European Championship again.
The darkest seven years
From 1968 to 1975, it was the darkest period in the history of Spanish football. Vilalonga, who once brought glory to the team, left office, and the team lost its soul. At this stage, the Spanish team missed all the finals of the competition. 1968 European Championship, Spain failed to qualify for the finals in Italy because both home and away games were lost to England. 1970 world cup, Spain is absent. 1972 European Championship, missed the final. 1974 world cup, Spain is still excluded from the world cup finals.
In the late 1970s, Spanish football gradually began to improve. 1976 European Championship, although Spain was eliminated by the Federal Republic of Germany in two rounds of qualifiers, before that, Spain had already defeated Romania, Denmark and Scotland. 1978, Spain finally returned to this great event after missing two World Cups. However, the vitality of the Spanish team still failed to recover, and once again it encountered a strange circle that it could not advance to the group stage.
The madness of 24 years ago
1980 European Championship, Spain entered the final. They are grouped with Belgium, Italy and England. As a result, the group match 1 draw was 2 losses, ranking at the bottom and failing to qualify. Two years later, Spain hosted the World Cup at home, and fans had high hopes for the national team led by Santa Maria. However, as the host, they were still helpless and failed to enter the knockout stage as the bottom of the group. The performance of the Spanish team made the fans very disappointed, and the head coach Santa Maria was quickly dismissed.
1984 French European Championship, the Spanish ushered in a small climax. In the group stage, Spain is in a group with Portugal, the Federal Republic of Germany and Romania. Although the first two rounds were tied by Portugal and Romania, in the third round against the powerful Federal Republic of Germany, Spain defeated the opponent in the 90th minute with the goal of Maceda 1-0, and finally Spain qualified as the first in the group. In the semi-final, Spain beat Denmark 5-4 on penalties. In the final, France and Spain, two European powerhouses, met for the first time in the competition. Platini scored the first goal with a free kick. At the last moment of the competition, Veron added icing on the cake and helped France win the Delaunay Cup for the first time. The runner-up in the European Championship was Spain's second best result in the competition.
1986 world cup 1/8 final, Spain played against crazy Denmark in the group stage. "Vulture" Butragano scored four goals in a row, and Spain also beat its opponent 5-/kloc-0. 1/4 final against Belgium, Spain was dragged into the penalty shootout by the opponent, and finally lost 4-5 and went home early.
1990 Italy World Cup, Spain successfully broke through the group stage, but in the first round of the knockout, Spain lost to Yugoslavia led by the famous Red Star team. Stojkovic, the opponent's core midfielder, scored twice, and Spain met the top musketeers, which was really unlucky.
1992 disappointment continues in the European Championship qualifiers. The Spanish team led by Mera failed to qualify for Sweden, but it was this Mera who led the Spanish Olympic team to win the football gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Clemente era
The Clemente era began, and the Spanish Football Association appointed Basque as the head coach of the national team, hoping that he could lead the national team to achieve a breakthrough. 1994 World Cup is a good stage for Spain. Spain played well in the qualifiers, and the image of "the king of qualifiers" began to be established.
The qualifiers are no longer a problem for Spain. 1996 in the European Championship, Spain was in a group with France, Bulgaria and Romania, and both France and Bulgaria were 1 tied. In the last battle, Spain defeated Romania 2-/kloc-0. 14 final, penalty shootout between Spain and England. Yero and Nadal missed penalties, and Spain fell under the spell of 1/4.
1998, Clemente led the team to participate in the World Cup for the second time, and Raul, Morientes and other new stars also came to the team, but no one expected that the Spaniards staged a tragic result in this World Cup. In the first game, although Yero and Raul led Spain twice, Zubi Zareta blocked Laval's cross into his own door, and then Ollie reversed Spain with a long-range shot. In the second world war in Paraguay, Spain could not knock into the other side's iron barrel array, and the fate of the last round was no longer in its own hands. Sure enough, Nigeria lost to Paraguay. Although Spain beat Bulgaria 6-/kloc-0-,the result of elimination was irreversible.
1/4 final curse
Clement's class is over and Camacho takes over. Raul, Morientes and Belleron began to mature, and Spain beat Austria 9-0 in the European Championship qualifier in 2000. In the final round, although the first game was lost to Norway because of goalkeeper Molina's mistake, Spain beat Slovenia 2-/kloc-0, and the last game against Yugoslavia was even more shocking: in the 90th minute, the two sides still drew 3-3, but this score would make Spain eliminated. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Alfonso's goal finally made Spain win 4-3. But the damn 1/4 final killed Spain again. Against France, Raul missed a penalty before the end and missed the opportunity to equalize the score. Spain was eliminated by rival 1-2.
In the 2002 World Cup, the Spaniard once again challenged his fate and won the group matches in Slovenia, Paraguay and South Africa, but the injury of the top star Raul disrupted the Spaniard's deployment. Spain was dragged into a penalty shoot-out against Ireland in the final of 1/8. Fortunately, casillas helped the team advance. However, Spain was teased by the referee in the final of 1/4, and two obvious goals were cancelled. Finally, Spain and South Korea played a penalty shootout. As a result, Joaquin missed the penalty, and Spain fell into the curse of1quarter finals again in anger and fatigue.
Coach, these four years
After the European Championship in 2004, Seth left school and aragones took office. Spain entered the 2006 World Cup qualifiers through play-offs. This is the first time for aragones to lead a team, and the Spanish team also showed inexperience. Spain played well in the group stage, beating Ukraine 4-0 in the first game and Tunisia 3-/Kloc-0-0 in the second game, thus qualifying ahead of schedule. In the last battle, the Spanish substitute team played and still beat Saudi Arabia with 1-0. 1/8 final, Spain against France. In the group stage, the qualifying process of the French team is quite difficult. The Spanish also shouted the slogan of letting Zidane retire. Unfortunately, it was Spain who went home early. Spain could not break France's tenacious defense, 1 3, and Spain was frustrated again.
Spain didn't start well in the 2008 European Championship qualifiers. After losing to Northern Ireland, the coach excluded the national treasure striker Raul from the big list, and the Real Madrid captain never entered the national team again. Results Since June 2006 1 1, Spain has never lost again. And finally won the 2008 European Championship trophy!