Spain national football team all-time record

The following table show the Spain national football team's all-time international record.

Competition records[]

FIFA World Cup[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter								Did not enter
1934	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	0	0	11	1
1938	Withdrew								Withdrew
1950	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	10	12	2	1	1	0	7	3
1954	Did not qualify								3	1	1	1	6	3
1958	Did not qualify								4	2	1	1	12	8
1962	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	2	3	4	3	1	0	7	4
1966	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	4	5	3	2	0	1	5	2
1970	Did not qualify								6	2	2	2	10	6
1974	Did not qualify								5	2	2	1	8	5
1978	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	0	1	4	1
1982	Round 2	12th	5	1	2	2	4	5	Qualified as host
1986	Quarter-finals	7th	5	3	1	1	11	4	6	4	0	2	9	8
1990	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	6	4	8	6	1	1	20	3
1994	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	2	1	10	6	12	8	3	1	27	4
1998	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	8	4	10	8	2	0	26	6
2002	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	2	0	10	5	8	6	2	0	21	4
2006	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	9	4	12	6	6	0	25	5
2010	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	8	2	10	10	0	0	28	5
2014	Group stage	23rd	3	1	0	2	4	7	8	6	2	0	14	3
2018	Round of 16	10th	4	1	3	0	7	6	10	9	1	0	36	3
2022	Qualified								8	6	1	1	15	5
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	1 title	16/23	63	30	15	18	99	72	120	83	26	11	282	77

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Spain's World Cup record
First match	Spain 3–1 Brazil (27 May 1934; Genoa, Italy)
Biggest win	Spain 6–1 Bulgaria (24 June 1998; Lens, France)
Biggest defeat	Brazil 6–1 Spain (13 July 1950; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Best result	Champions at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Worst result	Group stage in 1962, 1966, 1978, 1998 and 2014

UEFA European Championship[]

UEFA European Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify^[a]								2	2	0	0	7	2
1964	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	2	6	4	1	1	16	5
1968	Did not qualify								8	3	2	3	7	5
1972									6	3	2	1	14	3
1976									8	3	4	1	11	9
1980	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	4	6	4	1	1	13	5
1984	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	3	1	4	5	8	6	1	1	24	8
1988	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	6	5	0	1	14	6
1992	Did not qualify								7	3	0	4	17	12
1996	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	3	0	4	3	10	8	2	0	25	4
2000	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	7	7	8	7	0	1	42	5
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	2	10	7	2	1	21	5
2008	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	3	12	9	1	2	23	8
2012	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	12	1	8	8	0	0	26	6
2016	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	5	4	10	9	0	1	23	3
2020	Semi-finals	3rd	6	2	4	0	13	6	10	8	2	0	31	5
2024	To be determined								To be determined
Total	3 titles	11/16	42	19	13	10	56	37	125	89	18	18	314	91

Spain's European Championship record
First match	Spain 2–1 Hungary (Madrid, Spain; 17 June 1964)
Biggest win	Spain 5–0 Slovakia (Sevilla, Spain; 23 June 2021)
Biggest defeat	France 2–0 Spain (Paris, France; 27 June 1984) West Germany 2–0 Spain (Munich, West Germany; 17 June 1988) Italy 2–0 Spain (Saint-Denis, France; 27 June 2016)
Best result	Champions in 1964, 2008 and 2012
Worst result	Group stage in 1980, 1988 and 2004

UEFA Nations League[]

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2018–19	A	4	4	2	0	2	12	7		7th
2020–21	A	4	7	4	2	1	15	4		TBD
2022–23	A	To be determined
Total			11	6	2	3	27	11	1st or 2nd

Spain's Nations League record
First match	England 1–2 Spain (London, England; 8 September 2018)
Biggest win	Spain 6–0 Croatia (Elche, Spain; 11 September 2018) Spain 6–0 Germany (Seville, Spain; 17 November 2020)
Biggest defeat	Spain 2–3 England (Seville, Spain; 15 October 2018) Croatia 3–2 Spain (Zagreb, Croatia; 15 November 2018) Ukraine 1–0 Spain (Kyiv, Ukraine; 13 October 2020)
Best result	1st–4th place in 2020–21
Worst result	7th place in 2018–19

FIFA Confederations Cup[]

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	UEFA did not participate
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2009	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	11	4	Squad
2013	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	15	4	Squad
2017	Did not qualify
Total	Runners-up	2/10	10	7	1	2	26	8

Spain's Confederations Cup record
First match	Spain 5–0 New Zealand (Rustenburg, South Africa; 14 June 2009)
Biggest win	Spain 10–0 Tahiti (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 20 June 2013)
Biggest defeat	Brazil 3–0 Spain (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 30 June 2013)
Best result	Runners-up in 2013
Worst result	Third place in 2009

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1920	Silver medalists	2nd	5	4	0	1	9	5
1924	Round 1	17th	1	0	0	1	0	1
1928	Quarter-finals	6th	3	1	1	1	9	9
1936	Withdrew
1948	Did not qualify
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968–1988	See Spain national amateur football team
Since 1992	See Spain national under-23 football team
Total	1 Silver Medal	3/9	9	5	1	3	18	15

Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Mediterranean Games[]

Mediterranean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not qualify
1955–1967	See Spain national amateur football team
1971	Did not enter
1975
1979
1983
1987
Since 1991	See Spain national under-23 football team or Spain national under-20 football team or Spain national under-18 football team

Source:^[1]

Head-to-head record[]

**Key**
	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (more Losses)

Last match updated was against Sweden on 14 November 2021. Goal difference used to determine placement if results totals of two opponents are identical.^[2]

Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %^[b]	GF	GA	GD
Italy	1920	2021	39	12	16	11	51.28%	43	45	–2
Portugal	1921	2021	38	16	15	6	63.16%	75	44	+31
France	1922	2021	36	16	7	13	52.7%	64	39	+25
England	1929	2018	27	10	4	13	44.44%	32	45	–13
Republic of Ireland	1931	2013	26	15	7	4	71.15%	54	18	+36
Germany^[c]	1935	2020	25	8	8	9	48%	31	30	+1
Belgium	1920	2016	23	12	6	5	65.22%	46	22	+24
Switzerland	1925	2021	23	16	6	1	82.61%	49	19	+30
Serbia^[d]	1932	2012	22	10	7	5	61.36%	26	19	+7
Northern Ireland	1958	2007	18	11	5	2	75%	38	11	+27
Romania	1962	2019	18	7	6	5	55.56%	28	19	+9
Sweden	1920	2021	18	8	6	4	61.11%	27	18	+9
Denmark	1920	2008	17	12	3	2	79.41%	34	15	+19
Czech Republic^[e]	1930	2016	17	8	2	7	52.94%	17	16	+1
Austria	1924	2009	16	9	3	4	65.63%	43	22	+21
Argentina	1952	2018	14	6	2	6	50%	19	18	+1
Hungary	1925	2002	13	5	5	3	57.69%	21	18	+3
Netherlands	1920	2020	13	5	2	6	46.15%	18	19	–1
Scotland	1957	2011	13	6	4	3	61.54%	23	20	+3
Greece	1970	2021	12	8	3	1	79.17%	21	11	+10
Russia^[f]	1964	2018	12	6	5	1	70.83%	19	9	+10
Chile	1950	2014	11	8	2	1	81.82%	25	10	+15
Poland	1959	2010	11	8	2	1	81.82%	28	9	+19
Turkey	1952	2016	11	6	4	1	72.73%	17	5	+12
Uruguay	1950	2013	10	5	5	0	75%	16	8	+8
Brazil	1934	2013	9	2	2	5	33.33%	8	14	–6
Croatia	1994	2021	9	5	1	3	61.11%	20	12	+8
Iceland	1982	2007	9	6	2	1	77.78%	10	6	+4
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2000	2018	8	6	2	0	87.5%	18	7	+11
Cyprus	1971	1999	8	7	0	1	87.5%	35	5	+30
Finland	1969	2013	8	5	2	1	75%	16	5	+11
Liechtenstein	2001	2017	8	8	0	0	100%	39	0	+39
Malta	1983	2019	8	8	0	0	100%	37	3	+34
Mexico	1928	2010	8	5	3	0	81.25%	16	4	+12
Norway	1978	2019	8	5	2	1	75%	12	4	+8
Albania	1986	2017	7	7	0	0	100%	29	2	+27
Lithuania	1993	2021	7	6	1	0	91.67%	18	2	+16
Slovakia	1996	2021	7	5	1	1	78.57%	20	6	+14
Ukraine	2003	2020	7	5	1	1	78.57%	14	4	+10
Armenia	1995	2009	6	6	0	0	100%	16	1	+15
Israel	1998	2017	6	5	1	0	91.67%	13	3	+10
Luxembourg	1981	2015	6	6	0	0	100%	15	0	+15
North Macedonia	1994	2017	6	6	0	0	100%	19	4	+15
South Korea	1990	2016	6	4	2	0	83.33%	15	5	+10
Wales	1961	2018	6	3	2	1	66.67%	11	7	+4
Bulgaria	1933	2002	5	4	1	0	90%	23	2	+21
United States	1950	2011	5	4	0	1	80%	10	3	+7
Belarus	2012	2015	4	4	0	0	100%	10	1	+9
Faroe Islands	1996	2019	4	4	0	0	100%	17	4	+13
Georgia	2012	2021	4	3	0	1	75%	5	2	+3
Latvia	1992	2007	4	3	1	0	87.5%	9	0	+9
Paraguay	1998	2010	4	2	2	0	75%	4	1	+3
San Marino	1999	2005	4	4	0	0	100%	26	0	+26
South Africa	2002	2013	4	3	0	1	75%	8	5	+3
Venezuela	1981	2012	4	4	0	0	100%	13	2	+11
Colombia	1981	2017	3	1	2	0	66.67%	4	3	+1
Costa Rica	2011	2017	3	2	1	0	83.33%	9	3	+6
East Germany†	1980	1988	3	0	2	1	33.33%	0	1	–1
Morocco	1961	2018	3	2	1	0	83.33%	6	4	+2
Peru	1960	2008	3	3	0	0	100%	7	3	+4
Saudi Arabia	2006	2012	3	3	0	0	100%	9	2	+7
Bolivia	1994	2014	2	2	0	0	100%	5	1	+4
Canada	1994	2005	2	2	0	0	100%	4	1	+3
China PR	2005	2012	2	2	0	0	100%	4	0	+4
Ecuador	2003	2013	2	2	0	0	100%	6	0	+6
Estonia	2008	2009	2	2	0	0	100%	6	0	+6
Honduras	1982	2010	2	1	1	0	75%	3	1	+2
Kosovo	2021	2021	2	2	0	0	100%	5	1	+4
Nigeria	1998	2013	2	1	0	1	50%	5	3	+2
Slovenia	2000	2002	2	2	0	0	100%	5	2	+3
Tunisia	2006	2018	2	2	0	0	100%	4	1	+3
Algeria	1986	1986	1	1	0	0	100%	3	0	+3
Andorra	2004	2004	1	1	0	0	100%	4	0	+4
Australia	2014	2014	1	1	0	0	100%	3	0	+3
Azerbaijan	2009	2009	1	1	0	0	100%	6	0	+6
Egypt	2006	2006	1	1	0	0	100%	2	0	+2
El Salvador	2014	2014	1	1	0	0	100%	2	0	+2
Equatorial Guinea^[g]	2013	2013	1	1	0	0	100%	2	1	+1
Haiti	2013	2013	1	1	0	0	100%	2	1	+1
Iran	2018	2018	1	1	0	0	100%	1	0	+1
Iraq	2009	2009	1	1	0	0	100%	1	0	+1
Ivory Coast	2006	2006	1	1	0	0	100%	3	2	+1
Japan	2001	2013	1	1	0	1	100%	1	5	-4
New Zealand	2009	2009	1	1	0	0	100%	5	0	+5
Panama	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	100%	5	1	+4
Puerto Rico	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	100%	2	1	+1
Tahiti	2013	2013	1	1	0	0	100%	10	0	+10
TOTAL	1920	2021	727	424	159	134	69.26%	1455	656	+799

Notes:

(†) Defunct national teams

Combined predecessor and successor Records[]

Flag	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
	Yugoslavia †	1932	1990	16	7	4	5	56.25%	16	14	+2
	FR Yugoslavia †	1996	2000	3	2	1	0	83.33%	7	4	+3
	Serbia and Montenegro †	2005	2005	2	0	2	0	50%	1	1	0
	Serbia	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	100%	2	0	+2
TOTAL				22	10	7	5	61.36%	26	19	+7

Flag	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
	Nazi Germany †	1935	1942	3	1	1	1	50%	4	4	0
	West Germany †	1952	1988	12	3	3	6	37.5%	12	17	–5
	Germany	1994	2020	10	4	4	2	60%	15	9	+6
TOTAL				25	8	8	9	48%	30	29	+1

Flag	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
	Czechoslovakia †	1930	1991	12	4	1	7	37.5%	11	15	–4
	Czech Republic	1996	2016	5	4	1	0	90%	6	1	+5
TOTAL				17	8	2	7	52.94%	17	16	+1

Flag	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
	Soviet Union †	1964	1986	4	2	1	1	62.5%	5	3	+2
	CIS †	1992	1992	1	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0
	Russia	1998	2018	7	4	3	0	78.57%	13	5	+8
TOTAL				12	6	5	1	70.83%	19	9	+10

Notes:

(†) Defunct national teams

Opponents[]

31 May 2018

Confederations	Played (rivals)	Won (rivals)	Drawn (rivals)	Lost (rivals)	Win %	GF	GA	GD	Period
UEFA	608 (59)	338 (55)	145 (42)	118 (33)	67.63%	1190	549	641	1920–2021
CONMEBOL	62 (10)	35 (10)	15 (6)	12 (3)	68.55%	107	60	47	1934–2018
CONCACAF	24 (9)	18 (9)	5 (3)	1 (1)	85.42%	53	15	38	1928–2017
AFC	15 (7)	14 (7)	2 (1)	0 (0)	93.33%	34	7	27	1990–2016
CAF	14 (7)	11 (7)	1 (1)	2 (2)	82.14%	30	15	15	1961–2018
OFC	2 (2)	2 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	100%	15	0	15	2009–2013

Opponents against those who have never played

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 others Confederations which had played at least one FIFA World Cup.

Confederation	Nation	Appearances^[h]
	Gibraltar ^[i]	0
	Kazakhstan ^[j]	0
	Moldova	0
	Montenegro	0
	Angola	1
	Cameroon	7
	DR Congo	1
	Ghana	3
	Senegal	2
	Togo	1
	Indonesia	1
	Kuwait	1
	North Korea	2
	United Arab Emirates	1
	Cuba	1
	Jamaica	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	1

Notes[]

^ Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification quarter-final, so Spain were disqualified and the Soviet Union were awarded a walkover victory.
^ A draw counts as a ½ win
^ Representing West Germany from 1949 to 1990
^ Representing Yugoslavia from 1920 to 1992, FR Yugoslavia from 1993 to 2000, and Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2006
^ Representing Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1992
^ Representing Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991, and SCIS from 1991 to 1992
^ The game between Equatorial Guinea and Spain in November 2013^[3] was declared void by FIFA a month later due to a procedural error in confirming the use of a local referee.^[4] However, the RFEF includes the match and player statistics in its records, and these are usually counted in other sources (e.g. Juanfran Torres scored his only international goal in the fixture).^[5]
^ Appearances in FIFA World Cup
^ The matches between Gibraltar and Spain are restrictioned for political reasons
^ The matches between Kazakhstan and Spain are restrictioned for excessive travel distance in UEFA qualification phases

References[]

^ "Mediterranean Cup and Mediterranean Games – Overview". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ Spain - List of Results National Team, RSSSF
^ Estepa, Javier (17 November 2013). "De pasear la estrella a ver las estrellas" [From parading star to seeing stars]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ "La FIFA anula el Guinea-España" [FIFA annuls Guinea-Spain]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 31 December 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ "Juanfran Torres". Selección Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[URS-ESP-1] Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification quarter-final, so Spain were disqualified and the Soviet Union were awarded a walkover victory.

[4] A draw counts as a ½ win

[5] Representing West Germany from 1949 to 1990

[6] Representing Yugoslavia from 1920 to 1992, FR Yugoslavia from 1993 to 2000, and Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2006

[7] Representing Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1992

[8] Representing Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991, and SCIS from 1991 to 1992

[12] The game between Equatorial Guinea and Spain in November 2013^[3] was declared void by FIFA a month later due to a procedural error in confirming the use of a local referee.^[4] However, the RFEF includes the match and player statistics in its records, and these are usually counted in other sources (e.g. Juanfran Torres scored his only international goal in the fixture).^[5]

[13] Appearances in FIFA World Cup

[14] The matches between Gibraltar and Spain are restrictioned for political reasons

[15] The matches between Kazakhstan and Spain are restrictioned for excessive travel distance in UEFA qualification phases

[2] "Mediterranean Cup and Mediterranean Games – Overview". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[3] Spain - List of Results National Team, RSSSF

[9] Estepa, Javier (17 November 2013). "De pasear la estrella a ver las estrellas" [From parading star to seeing stars]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[10] "La FIFA anula el Guinea-España" [FIFA annuls Guinea-Spain]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 31 December 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[11] "Juanfran Torres". Selección Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2020.

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