Spain national football B team

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Spain B
AssociationSpanish Football Federation
Most capsPepillo (9)
Top scorerManuel Badenes (8)
First international
Spain Spain B 5–2 Portugal B Portugal
(A Coruña, Spain; 20 March 1949)
Biggest win
Spain Spain B 7–1 Greece Greece
(Madrid, Spain; 13 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
Germany West Germany B 5–2 Spain B Spain
(Dortmund, West Germany; 14 June 1953)
Spain Spain B 2–5 West Germany B Germany
(Barcelona, Spain; 31 May 1956)

Spain B was a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Spain national football team. They commonly played matches against 'B' teams from other football associations, from 1949 to 1981.[1][2]

Results[]

20 March 1949 Friendly Spain  5–2  Portugal Riazor, A Coruña
Report
Referee: (France)
6 May 1953 Friendly Spain  2–0  Luxembourg Mestalla, Valencia
18:00
Report Referee: (France)
14 June 1953 Friendly West Germany  5–2  Spain Rote Erde, Dortmund
Report
Referee: (Netherlands)
30 May 1954 Mediterranean Cup France  0–2  Spain Saint Léon, Bayonne
Report
Referee: (Portugal)
13 March 1955 Mediterranean Cup Spain  7–1  Greece Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Report Referee: (France)
10 November 1955 Mediterranean Cup Spain  3–1  France Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Report
  • Dalla Cieca 8'
Referee: (Portugal)
27 November 1955 Mediterranean Cup Spain  5–1  Egypt Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Report Referee: (Italy)
8 December 1956 Mediterranean Cup Italy  0–1  Spain Amsicora, Cagliari
Report
Referee: (Turkey)
8 March 1957 Mediterranean Cup Egypt  0–1  Spain , Cairo
Report
Referee: (Greece)
6 November 1957 Mediterranean Cup Turkey  0–0  Spain Mithatpaşa, Istanbul
Report Referee: (West Germany)
24 November 1957 Friendly Luxembourg  1–4  Spain Municipal, Luxembourg City
Report
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
13 April 1958 Friendly Portugal  0–0  Spain Nacional, Oeiras
Report Referee: (France)
16 October 1958 Mediterranean Cup Spain  3–1  Italy La Romareda, Zaragoza
Report Referee: (France)
5 July 1959 Mediterranean Cup Spain  2–0  Turkey Atotxa, San Sebastián
Report Referee: (France)
15 May 1960 Friendly Morocco  3–3  Spain Honneur, Casablanca
  • 45' (pen.)
  • 71'
  • 74'
Report
Referee: (Portugal)
12 October 1960 Friendly Spain  4–3  Morocco , Granada
16:30
Report
Referee: (Portugal)
2 April 1961 Friendly France  0–2  Spain , Grenoble
Report Referee: (Switzerland)
10 December 1961 Friendly Spain  3–2  France La Romareda, Zaragoza
Report Referee: (Portugal)
15 November 1964 Friendly Spain  3–0  Portugal , Córdoba
Report Referee: (Netherlands)
24 September 1980 Friendly Spain  2–2  Hungary Nou Estadi, Valencia
Report
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
15 October 1980 Friendly Spain  0–0  East Germany Lluís Sitjar, Palma
Report Referee: (France)
12 November 1980 Friendly Poland  0–0  Spain Stali Mielec, Mielec
Report Referee: (East Germany)
18 February 1981 Friendly France  0–0  Spain Municipal, Toulouse
Report Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)
25 March 1981 Friendly Spain  3–2  England , Granada
Report
Referee: (Netherlands)
15 April 1981 Friendly Hungary  1–3  Spain , Gyöngyös
  • 35'
Report
Referee: (Czechoslovakia)
18 November 1981 Friendly Spain  2–0  Poland La Romareda, Zaragoza
Report Referee: (Switzerland)

Spain national football B team head to head[]

Key
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Negative balance (more Losses)
Nationality From To P W D L Win %[a] GF GA GD
 France 1954 1981 5 4 1 0 90% 10 3 +7
 Portugal 1949 1964 3 2 1 0 83.33% 8 2 +6
 Luxembourg 1953 1957 2 2 0 0 100% 6 1 +5
 Egypt 1955 1957 2 2 0 0 100% 6 1 +5
 Italy 1956 1958 2 2 0 0 100% 4 1 +3
 Hungary 1980 1981 2 1 1 0 75% 5 3 +2
 Turkey 1957 1959 2 1 1 0 75% 2 0 +2
 Poland 1980 1981 2 1 1 0 75% 2 0 +2
 Morocco 1960 1960 2 1 1 0 75% 7 6 +1
 Greece 1955 1957 2 1 0 1 50% 7 3 +4
 West Germany 1953 1956 2 0 0 2 0% 4 10 –6
 England 1981 1981 1 1 0 0 100% 3 2 +1
 East Germany 1980 1980 1 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0
Total 28 18 7 3 76.79% 64 32 +32

Player records[]

Top appearances[]

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) Caps
1 Pepillo Sevilla, Real Madrid 1955–1960 9
2 Enrique Collar Atlético Madrid 1955–1959 7
  Valencia 1957–1960 7
4 Justo Tejada Barcelona 1954–1960 6
  Ferran Olivella Barcelona 1956–1958 6
  Francisco García Real Madrid 1980–1981 6
  Manuel Jiménez Sporting Gijón 1980–1981 6
8 Sevilla 1953–1957 5
  Antonio Argilés Espanyol 1953–1956 5
  Joaquín Peiró Atlético Madrid 1956–1959 5
  José Vicente Espanyol 1957–1960 5
  Atlético Madrid 1980–1981 5
  Javier Urruticoechea Espanyol 1980–1981 5

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Bs.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) Goals
1 Manuel Badenes Valencia 1955 8
2 Justo Tejada Barcelona 1954–1960 5
  Joaquín Peiró Atlético Madrid 1956–1959 5
4 Pepillo Sevilla, Real Madrid 1955–1960 4
5 Enrique Mateos Real Madrid 1957–1960 3
  Atlético Madrid 1980–1981 3
7 Silvestre Igoa Valencia 1949 2
  Ramoní Sevilla 1953 2
  Celta Vigo 1955 2
  Marcelino Martínez Zaragoza 1961 2
  José María García Oviedo 1964 2
  Pichi Alonso Zaragoza 1981 2
  Betis 1981 2

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Bs.

Notes[]

  1. ^ A draw counts as a ½ win

References[]

  1. ^ "Spain national team: Selection B". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ "¿Sabes qué era la Selección Absoluta B?" [Do you know what the Senior B Team was?]. SEFútbol (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

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