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Spain World Cup 2006

Country - Spain
Capital City - Madrid
Continent - Europe
Manager - Luis Aragones
Captain - Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Star Man - Raul

How did they qualify - Spain are looking to be a real threat to opposing teams this year, finishing second place in their group. The team played some great football during the qualifying rounds, a massive 6-0 win against San Marino proved just how strong the team are this year.

This will be the 8th consecutive time Spain have made it to the finals of the world cup and like all teams in the finals will be hoping to claim the title in the FIFA World cup 2006, Germany, however in the past Spain have never taken this title.

With the experience of Aragones, the power and skill of the players old and new will hopefully lead the team to victory. Since Aragones joined the team there has been a huge change in formation and there are also many new faces.

Since Spain formed their international team they have qualified in the world cup a total of 12 times. Their highest placing to date was back in 1950 with an impressive 4th place finish. Since then the team had a few consecutive years of not qualifying and then managed to regain entry in 1962 and 1966 but lucked out in the first round, yet another two years of not qualifying followed. From 1978 the team have gained entry in every world cup to date and have reached the quarterfinals 3 times.

The Spain national team photo and badge are located at the top of this screen for you to get to know the players faces.

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Team History
First International: Spain 2 - 0 Belgium (Bilbao, Spain; 7 October 1921)
Largest win: Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933)
Worst defeat: Italy 7 - 1 Spain (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928) England 7 - 1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931)
World Cup
Appearances:		 12 (First in 1934) Best result Fourth place, 1950
European Championship
Appearances:		 7 (First in 1964) Best result Winners, 1964
World Cup Record: 1930 - Did not enter 1934 - Quarterfinals
1938 - Withdrew due to civil war
1950 - Fourth place
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Round 1
1966 - Round 1
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Round 1
1982 - Round 2
1986 - Quarterfinals
1990 - Round 2
1994 - Quarterfinals
1998 - Round 1
2002 - Quarterfinals
2006 - Qualified
Current Notable Players:

Goalkeepers: Pepe Reina, Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes
Defenders: JMarchena, Juanito, Michel Salgado, Antonio Lopez, Pablo Ibanez, Carles Puyol, Capdevila, Sergio Ramos
Midfielders: Baraja, Xavi, Joaquin, Xabi Alonso, Luís Garcia, Albelda, Vicente
Forwards: Fernando Torres, Jose Antonio Reyes, David Villa, Raul, Albert Luque

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