When was the last time Spain won the Euros? As previously said, Spain dominated international football not long ago, winning three major tournaments in a row from 2008 to 2012 and being heavily favored for a few years either side of that. Two of them victories were in the European Championship, and their most recent win came at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
They will be hoping to continue that run this year, when they open the tournament against Italy on June 12th in Warsaw.
Spain has never been relegated from the European Championship - they have always managed to finish within the top two places and qualify for the final stage. However, they have never been able to defend their title because they haven't been able to win it yet.
Their closest call was in 2004, when they lost out to France in the final matchday after conceding a goal late in the game to Greece. In 2008, they defeated Germany 4-2 after extra time before losing out to Italy in a penalty shootout. In 2012, they beat England 2-0 at the end of regulation time but then lost out to UEFA's favorite team, France, in the final match.
So, Spain has been close several times but never quite got over the line. However, with new players coming into the team under new manager Julen Lopetegui, there's no reason why they shouldn't be able to break their duck this time around.
Spain has won three times (1964, 2008, 2012), as has Germany (1972, 1980, 1996), France (1984, 2000), and Italy (1968), followed by Czechoslovakia (1976), the Netherlands (1988), Denmark (1992), and Greece (2004). Football has long been recognized as a uniting force and an event on a global scale. The European Championship is regarded as the most prestigious international football tournament and since its inception in 1956 it has been won by all European countries that have participated.
The European Championship is played every four years and consists of two parts: a group stage and a final round. In the group stage, which starts in late June/early July and ends after seven weeks, each team will play against all others once. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage called the "round of 16". Here, they are joined by the best third-placed team from each group and are split into two groups of four. They play each other once and the two winners proceed to the quarter-finals. The remaining four places at the semi-final stage are determined by two separate games - the "play-offs". These take place in November and December and include the three remaining groups as well as a new fourth group containing the four lowest-ranked teams at the end of the group stage.
Since 2008, the European Championship has been held in various cities within Europe. Countries that have taken part in the previous tournaments are indicated in brackets.
Spain is one of eight national teams that have won the World Cup, having competed in 15 of the 21 FIFA World Cups and qualifying consecutively since 1978. The national football squad of Spain.
| FIFA ranking | |
|---|---|
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 15 (first in 1934) |
| Best result | Champions (2010) |
| European Championship |
Spain is one of eight national teams that have won the World Cup, having competed in 15 of the 21 FIFA World Cups and qualifying consecutively since 1978. Spain has also won three regional championships and has competed in 11 of the 15 UEFA European Championships.
They are the most successful team at the World Cup, having achieved their first victory over France in the final of the 2006 World Cup. Since then, they have gone on to win the cup again in 2010 and 2014. Spain's all-time best performance is also second, behind Brazil's seven victories.
World Cup winners Spain at a glance:
Team of La Roja (the Red One) - created in 1956 by the government of Francisco Franco after they failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia
First match played vs Mexico, 1st July 1958, in Madrid - 0-1 loss (first goal scored by El Mago Maradona). The squad consists mainly of players from Barcelona with some others from around the country. Franco does not want anyone to know how good his team is until after the tournament has started so he bans any media coverage from covering their games.
Third match played vs Yugoslavia, 16th June 1962, in Madrid - 2-1 win (goals by San Roman and Rubio).
Spain's four-goal victory margin is the most in a World Cup or European Championship final. Fernando Torres is the first player in European Championship history to score in both finals. 692 – Spain passes per 90 minutes in Euro 2012, more than 100 higher than at the World Cup in 2010. (588) The complete set of data is shown below. What are you going to do with it?
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, often known as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was UEFA's 14th European Championship for men's national football teams. For the first time, Poland and Ukraine co-hosted the final event, which took place between June 8 and July 1, 2012.
1968 Spain is the only country to have won two titles in a row, in 2008 and 2012. Winners of the UEFA European (Euro) Championship.
| Year | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Host(s) | Italy |
| Winner | Italy |
| Score | 1-1 aet / 2-0 replay |
| Runner-up | Yugoslavia |
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