Spain national football team

Spain national football team

The Spain national football team represents Spain in International association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.

The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque. 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"). The national team are currently ranked number 2 in the World Football Elo Ratings and 1 in the FIFA World Ranking. They also won Euro 2008, making them the only national team so far with three consecutive wins of either the applicable continental championship or the World Cup.

Spain's 2014 FIFA World Cup matches, will be televised nationwide by Telecinco. Spain's UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification games, will be televised by La 1, flagship television channel of the public broadcaster TVE.

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