World Cup Appearance
Highest Finish:Quarter-finals (1934, 1986, 1994, 2002)
Star Players:Iker Casillas, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Xavi Alonso
Titles:0
FIFA Ranking Position:1
Coach:Vicente Del Bosque
Population: 44,500,000
Area: 505,992 sq km
Capital: Madrid
Currency: Euro
Federation: Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol, founding member of FIFA in 1904, with federation created in 1913.
Registered players: 653,190
Kit colours: Red shirts, blue shorts, black socks
Team nickname: La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)
Top clubs: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla
World Cup record: Fourth (1950), quarter-finals (1934, 1986, 1994, 2002), second round (1982, 1990, 2006), first round (1962, 1966, 1978, 1998)
European Championship appearances: 8 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
European Championships: winner (1964, 2008), finalist (1984), quarter-finals (1996, 2000), first round (1980, 1988, 2004)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won Group 5 with 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 0 defeats, 28 goals for, 5 against) ahead of Bosnia (19 pts), Turkey (15), Belgium (10), Estonia (8) and Armenia (6).
Coach:Vicente Del Bosque
Population: 44,500,000
Area: 505,992 sq km
Capital: Madrid
Currency: Euro
Federation: Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol, founding member of FIFA in 1904, with federation created in 1913.
Registered players: 653,190
Kit colours: Red shirts, blue shorts, black socks
Team nickname: La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)
Top clubs: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla
World Cup record: Fourth (1950), quarter-finals (1934, 1986, 1994, 2002), second round (1982, 1990, 2006), first round (1962, 1966, 1978, 1998)
European Championship appearances: 8 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
European Championships: winner (1964, 2008), finalist (1984), quarter-finals (1996, 2000), first round (1980, 1988, 2004)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won Group 5 with 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 0 defeats, 28 goals for, 5 against) ahead of Bosnia (19 pts), Turkey (15), Belgium (10), Estonia (8) and Armenia (6).