Spain Soccer Team
The Spain national football
team is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation
(Real Federación Española de Fútbol).
They won the second European Championship ever held in 1964.
Spain has greatly underachived in the World
Cup, never advancing beyond the quarterfinals (they did make
the final group stage in 1950), although often being touted
as pre-tournament favorites. They did win the gold medal when
they hosted 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1999
World Youth Championship in Nigeria.
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