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The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The Spanish team played their first match during the 1920 Summer Olympics on the 28 August 1920, a 1–0 win over Denmark. During that tournament they also defeated Sweden, Italy and the Netherlands to claim the silver medal after they lost to Belgium in the quarter-finals.^[1]

The following year, Spain hosted their first match with a 2–0 win over Belgium at the San Mamés Stadium. They played in the 1924 Olympics losing to Italy in the first round.^[2] At the 1928 Olympics, they played their first team from outside of Europe, defeating Mexico 7–1 before losing to Italy in the quarter-finals.^[3]

From the nation's first fixture to the end of the decade, Spain played in 32 fixtures, winning 23, drawing four and losing the remaining five.^[4] Of the side victories, five were over Iberian neighbors Portugal and four were against France.^[5]^[6] Against Italy though, they only won once from seven attempts during this period.^[7]

Results

Spain's score is shown first in each case.

Key
Colour (with score)	Meaning
	Defeat
	Draw
	Win

1920s

28 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics Round 1	Spain	1–0	Denmark	Brussels
15:30	Patricio 54'	Report		Stadium: La Butte Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Willem Eymers

29 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics Quarter finals	Belgium	3–1	Spain	Antwerp
17:00	Coppée 37', 52', 55'	Report	80' (pen.) Arrate	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Johannes Mutters

1 September 1920 1920 Summer Olympics Repechage first round	Spain	2–1	Sweden	Antwerp
15:30 (UTC+1:00)	Belauste 50' Acedo 80'	Report	25' Dahl	Stadium: Broodstraat Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Giovanni Mauro

2 September 1920 1920 Summer Olympics Repechage second round	Spain	2–0	Italy	Antwerp
14:30 (UTC+1:00)	Sesúmaga 43', 72'	Report		Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paul Putz
Note: Félix Sesúmaga set the goal scoring record for Spain (2 goals)

5 September 1920 1920 Summer Olympics 3rd-4th^[8]	Spain	3–1	Netherlands	Antwerp
15:00	Sesúmaga 7', 35' Pichichi 72'	Report	68' Groosjohan	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Paul Putz
Note: Félix Sesúmaga set the goal scoring record for Spain (4 goals)

9 October 1921 Friendly	Spain	2–0	Belgium	Bilbao
16:00 (UTC+0:00)	Alcántara 55', 80'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Vieira

18 December 1921 Friendly	Spain	3–1	Portugal	Madrid
	Meana 20' Alcántara 23', 50'	Report	75' (pen.) Augusto	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Charles Barette

30 April 1922 Friendly	France	0–4	Spain	Bordeaux
		Report	20', 33' Travieso 27', 35' Alcántara	Stadium: Le Bouscat Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Raphaël Van Praag
Note: Paulino Alcántara set the goal scoring record for Spain (2 goals)

17 December 1922 Friendly	Portugal	1–2	Spain	Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00)	Gonçalves 23'	Report	60' Piera 80' Monjardín	Stadium: Lumiar Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Georges Balvay

28 January 1923 Friendly	Spain	3–0	France	San Sebastián
15:30 (UTC+0:00)	Monjardín 11', 83' Zabala 42'	Report		Stadium: Atotxa Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Charles Barette

4 February 1923 Friendly	Belgium	1–0	Spain	Antwerp
14:30 (UTC+0:00)	Coppée 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Job Mutters

16 December 1923 Friendly	Spain	3–0	Portugal	Sevilla
15:00 (UTC+0:00)	Zabala 14', 57', 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Reina Victoria Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paul Putz

9 March 1924 Friendly	Italy	0–0	Spain	Milan
15:00 (UTC+1:00)		Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Henri Christophe

25 May 1924 1924 Summer Olympics First round	Italy	1–0	Spain	Colombes
15:30	Vallana 84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marcel Slawik

21 December 1924 Friendly	Spain	2–1	Austria	Barcelona
14:30 (UTC+0:00)	Juantegui 3' Samitier 87'	Report	35' Horvath	Stadium: Les Corts Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Charles Barette

17 May 1925 Friendly	Portugal	0–2	Spain	Lisbon
16:30 (UTC+0:00)		Report	8' Carmelo 17' Piera	Stadium: Lumiar Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Gaston Vallat

1 June 1925 Friendly	Switzerland	0–3	Spain	Bern
16:00 (UTC+1:00)		Report	55', 60', 70' Errazquin	Stadium: Neufeld Attendance: 20,000 Referee: John Fowler

14 June 1925 Friendly	Spain	1–0	Italy	Valencia
17:30 (UTC+0:00)	Errazquin 25'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Harry Kingscott

27 September 1925 Friendly	Austria	0–1	Spain	Vienna
15:00 (+1:00)		Report	15' Cubells	Stadium: Hohe Warte Attendance: 55,000 Referee: František Cejna

4 October 1925 Friendly	Hungary	0–1	Spain	Budapest
15:30 (+1:00)		Report	52' Carmelo	Stadium: Ferencváros Attendance: 34,830 Referee: Eugen Braun

19 December 1926 Friendly	Spain	4–2	Hungary	Vigo
15:00 (UTC+0:00)	Errazquin 12', 87' Goiburu 17' Carmelo 66'	Report	36' Opata 84' Braun	Stadium: Campo de Coia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Albert Prince-Cox

17 April 1927 Friendly	Spain	1–0	Switzerland	Santander
17:00 (UTC+1:00)	Óscar 34'	Report		Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Albert Fogg

22 May 1927 Friendly	France	1–4	Spain	Colombes
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Boyer 22'	Report	24' (pen.), 75' (pen.) Zaldúa 27' Yermo 68' Olaso	Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Harry Kingscott

29 May 1927 Friendly	Italy	2–0	Spain	Bologna
16:15 (UTC+1:00)	Baloncieri 31' Zaldúa 52' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Stanley Rous

8 January 1928 Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Spain	Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00)	Martins 25' (pen.) Santos 84'	Report	30' (pen.) Zaldúa 58' Goiburu	Stadium: Estádio do Lumiar Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Albert Prince-Cox

22 April 1928 Friendly	Spain	1–1	Italy	Gijón
16:30 (UTC+1:00)	Quesada 15' (pen.)	Report	66' Libonatti	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,000 Referee: René Mercet

30 May 1928 1928 Summer Olympics Round of 16	Spain	7–1	Mexico	Amsterdam
14:00	Regueiro 13', 27' Yermo 43', 63', 85' Marculeta 66' Mariscal 70'	Report	76' Carreño	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,344 Referee: Gabor Boronkay

1 June 1928 1928 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals	Italy	1–1	Spain	Amsterdam
19:00	Baloncieri 63'	Report	11' Zaldúa	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,388 Referee: Domingo Lombardi

4 June 1928 1928 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals replay	Italy	7–1	Spain	Amsterdam
14:00	Magnozzi 14' Schiavo 15' Baloncieri 18' Bernardini 40' Rivolta 72' Levratto 76', 77'	Report	47' Yermo	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,770 Referee: Hans Boekman

17 March 1929 Friendly	Spain	5–0	Portugal	Sevilla
16:00 (UTC+0:00)	Rubio 2', 9', 20' Padrón 30', 45'	Report		Stadium: Heliópolis Attendance: 14,000 Referee: John Langenus

14 April 1929 Friendly	Spain	8–1	France	Zaragoza
16:30 (UTC+0:00)	Bienzobas 6', 60' (pen.) Rubio 40', 56', 77', 81' Goiburu 73', 80'	Report	87' Veinante	Stadium: Estadio Torrero Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Albert Prince-Cox
Note: Gaspar Rubio set the goal scoring record for Spain (7 goals)

15 May 1929 Friendly	Spain	4–3	England	Madrid
17:00 (UTC+1:00)	Rubio 40', 80' Lazcano 42' Goiburu 82'	Report	15', 73' (pen.) Carter 20' Bradford	Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 45,000 Referee: John Langenus
Note: 1929 Spain v England football match

1930s

1 January 1930 Friendly	Spain	1–0	Czechoslovakia	Montjuïc, Barcelona
15:00 (UTC)	Sastre 75'	Report		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Henri Christophe

14 June 1930 Friendly	Czechoslovakia	2–0	Spain	Letná Stadium, Prague
18:00 (UTC+1:00)	Hojer 62' (pen.) Svoboda 83'	Report		Attendance: 22,000 Referee: John Langenus

22 June 1930 Friendly	Italy	2–3	Spain	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna
17:00 (UTC+1:00)	Costantino 3', 40'	Report	30', 72' Regueiro 87' Ventolrà	Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Raphaël Van Praag

30 November 1930 Friendly	Portugal	0–1	Spain	Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:00 (UTC)		Report	16' Peña	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Louis Baert

19 April 1931 Friendly	Spain	0–0	Italy	San Mamés, Bilbao
16:30 (UTC)		Report		Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Louis Baert

26 April 1931 Friendly	Spain	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Montjuïc, Barcelona
17:00 (UTC)	Arocha 38'	Report	35' Moore	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Silvestre Rosmaninho

9 December 1931 Friendly	England	7–1	Spain	Highbury, London
	Smith 2', 44' Johnson 3', 76' Crooks 50', 85' Dean 68'	Report	87' Gorostiza	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens

13 December 1931 Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–5	Spain	Dalymount Park, Dublin
14:30 (UTC)		Report	6', 34' Regueiro 40' Arocha 80' Samitier 88' Ventolrà	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: John Langenus

24 April 1932 Friendly	Spain	2–1	Yugoslavia	Buenavista, Oviedo
16:30 (UTC)	Lángara 25' Regueiro 27'	Report	30' Vujadinović	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: João Tavares da Silva

2 April 1933 Friendly	Spain	3–0	Portugal	Balaídos, Vigo
16:30 (UTC)	Larrinaga 22' Elícegui 59', 65'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: John Langenus

23 April 1933 Friendly	France	1–0	Spain	Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Nicolas 32'	Report		Attendance: 45,010 Referee: William Bangerter

30 April 1933 Friendly	Yugoslavia	1–1	Spain	Stadion S.K. Jugoslavija, Belgrade
16:15 (UTC+1:00)	65' Marjanović	Report	Elícegui 36'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mihály Iváncsics

21 May 1933 Friendly	Spain	13–0	Bulgaria	Chamartín, Madrid
17:00 (UTC)	Chacho 6', 9', 21', 68', 77', 87' Regueiro 29', 76' Elícegui 40', 42', 59' Mishtalov 46' (o.g.) Bosch 85'	Report		Attendance: 60,000 Referee: António Palhinhas
Note: Biggest victory of the Spain football team and heaviest defeat of the Bulgaria football team

11 March 1934 1934 World Cup Qualification	Spain	9–0	Portugal	Chamartín, Madrid
16:00 (UTC)	Chacho 3' Lángara 10', 12' (pen.), 46', 77', 86' Regueiro 68', 75' Ventolrà 76'	Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Raphaël van Praag

18 March 1934 1934 World Cup Qualification	Portugal	1–2	Spain	Lumiar, Lisbon
16:00 (UTC)	Silva 11'	Report	13', 25' Lángara	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Raphaël van Praag

27 May 1934 1934 World Cup First round	Spain	3–1	Brazil	Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
16:00 (UTC+1:00)	Iraragorri 17' (pen.) Lángara 25', 28'	Report	55' Leônidas	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alfred Birlem

31 May 1934 1934 World Cup Quarter-finals	Italy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Giovanni Berta, Florence
	Ferrari 44'	Report	31' Regueiro	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Louis Baert

1 June 1934 1934 World Cup Quarter-finals replay	Italy	1–0	Spain	Giovanni Berta, Florence
16:30 (UTC+1:00)	Meazza 12'	Report		Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Rene Mercet
Note: 50th international match of the Spain football team

24 January 1935 Friendly	Spain	2–0	France	Chamartín, Madrid
15:00 (UTC)	Regueiro 13' Hilario 78'	Report		Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Walter Lewington

5 May 1935 Friendly	Portugal	3–3	Spain	Lumiar, Lisbon
16:45 (UTC+1:00)	Soeiro 61' Pinga 70', 77' (pen.)	Report	23', 38' Lángara 58' Gorostiza	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Roger Conrié

12 May 1935 Friendly	Germany	1–2	Spain	Müngersdorfer, Köln
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Conen 11'	Report	29', 45' Lángara	Attendance: 74,000 Referee: John Langenus

19 January 1936 Friendly	Spain	4–5	Austria	Metropolitano, Madrid
15:00 (UTC)	Lángara 26', 48' Regueiro 28', 61'	Report	4' Zischek 31' Binder 58' Bican 69', 73' Hanreiter	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: John Langenus

23 February 1936 Friendly	Spain	1–2	Germany	Montjuïc, Barcelona
16:00	Regueiro 34'	Report	15', 68' Fath	Attendance: 44,000 Referee: John Langenus

26 April 1936 Friendly	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Spain	Letná Stadium, Prague
16:00 (+1:00)	Zajíček 12' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens

3 May 1936 Friendly	Switzerland	0–2	Spain	Neufeld, Bern
16:30 (UTC+1:00)		Report	62' Lángara 64' Lecue	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl Weingärtner

References

^ Stokkermans, Karel (5 November 2015). "VII. Olympiad Antwerp 1920 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ Stokkermans, Karel (23 November 2017). "VIII. Olympiad Paris 1924 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ Stokkermans, Karel (23 November 2017). "IX. Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente (28 November 2019). "Spain – List of Results National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Spain national football team: record v Portugal". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Spain national football team: record v France". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Spain national football team: record v Italy". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ The final's losers, Czechoslovakia, were disqualifyied after their defeat against Belgium because of political motives, so the third qualified in the Summer Olympics became the second one, and the fourth qualified became third.

External links

Todos los partidos (all the games) at Selección Española de Fútbol (official site)

[1920OlympicGames-1] Stokkermans, Karel (5 November 2015). "VII. Olympiad Antwerp 1920 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

[2] Stokkermans, Karel (23 November 2017). "VIII. Olympiad Paris 1924 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

[1928OlympicGames-3] Stokkermans, Karel (23 November 2017). "IX. Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2020.

[4] Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente (28 November 2019). "Spain – List of Results National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

[5] "Spain national football team: record v Portugal". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[6] "Spain national football team: record v France". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[7] "Spain national football team: record v Italy". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[8] The final's losers, Czechoslovakia, were disqualifyied after their defeat against Belgium because of political motives, so the third qualified in the Summer Olympics became the second one, and the fourth qualified became third.

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