Spain national football team results (unofficial matches)
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The Spain national football team has played in several matches dating back to 1913, which according to various sources are not counted as 'Tier A' international matches. In 2020, the sports newspaper Marca reported that there were 74 such matches, most of them either played during the Spanish Civil War era (late 1930s), charity fundraisers or pre-tournament warm-up matches against clubs or regional representative teams; of the 403 players involved in those matches, 89 were never capped in an official match.[1]
1913
[edit]| 25 May 1913 Friendly | Spain  (RUECF) | 1–1 |  France(USFSA) | Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa |
| 16:30 | Arzuaga  85' |
Report | Lepage 75' |
Stadium: Estadio de Amute Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Ángel Berraondo (Spain) |
1920
[edit]This was a serie of warm-up matches for the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, that were played by the Northern Spain.
The 25 players initially called up plus other local players were distributed between two teams: Probables vs Posibles (probable vs possible)
| 11 July 1920 Training match | Probables | 0–2 | Posibles | Vigo |
| Report | Cruces Vázquez |
Stadium: Campo de Coia Referee: Manuel Lemmel (Catalonia) |
| 13 July 1920 Training match | Probables | 4–0 | Posibles | Vigo |
| Vázquez Paco González |
Report | Stadium: Campo de Coia Referee: Manuel Lemmel (Catalonia) |
| 20 July 1920 Training match | Probables | 2–0 | Posibles | Bilbao |
| Sesúmaga Arabolaza |
Report | Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Referee: Cecilio Ibarreche (Basque Country) |
| 25 or 27 July 1920 Training match | Probables | 2–0 | Posibles | Bilbao |
| Matías Arabolaza |
Report | Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Referee: Cecilio Ibarreche (Basque Country) |
| 1 August 1920 Training match | Probables | 3–1 | Posibles | Irun |
| Vázquez Arabolaza Acedo |
Report | Martínez |
Stadium: Estadio de Amute Referee: Chopeitia (Basque Country) |
| 8 August 1920 Training match | Probables | 3–4 | Posibles | Irun |
| Pagaza 2' Sesúmaga ?? |
Report | Vázquez (pen.) (pen.) Arrate ?? |
Stadium: Estadio de Amute Referee: Chopeitia (Basque Country) |
1924
[edit]| 13 March 1924 Friendly | Catalonia  | 0–7 | Spain | Barcelona, Catalonia |
| Report | Zabala Samitier Carulla 0' (o.g.)Laca |
Stadium: Camp de Les Corts Referee: Josep Llovera (Catalonia) |
1926
[edit]| 26 December 1926 Unofficial friendly | Aragon  | 1–1 | Spain | Zaragoza, Aragon |
| Report | Stadium: Campo de la Torre de Bruil |
1927
[edit]In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid[2][3][4] on the same day as they played Italy in Rome.[5][6][7][8] The squad for the Italy game was more experienced and considered to be stronger, while several players in the Portugal match made their debuts; consequently the side that played Portugal is considered to have been equivalent to a Spain B team[9] (although they won their match while the 'A team' lost theirs)[8] and thus not a full international, although the match is included in some media articles relating to the Portugal–Spain football rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved[10][11][12][13] (this is not included in Marca's 74 matches).
| 29 May 1927 Unofficial friendly[2][3] | Spain XI | 2–0 |  Portugal XI | Madrid |
| 17:30 | Moraleda 61' Valderrama 81' |
[8] | Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 30,000 Referee:  Thomas Crewe |
1933
[edit]| 28 February 1933 Unofficial friendly | Atlético Madrid  | 1–1 |  Spain |
| ?? Unofficial friendly | Spain | 1-0 | Central European Club |
1934
[edit]| 14 February 1934 Friendly | Catalonia | 0–2 | Spain | Barcelona, Catalonia |
| 15:45 | Report | Casuco 30' Lángara 60' |
Stadium: Camp de Les Corts Referee: Arribas |
| 14 May 1934 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 3–3 |  Sunderland | Bilbao |
| Report |
| 15 May 1934 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 1–1 | Sunderland | Madrid |
| Stadium: Chamartín |
| 20 May 1934 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 1–3 | Sunderland | Valencia |
1936
[edit]| 8 January 1936 Unofficial friendly | ČAFC Židenice  | 1–2 | Spain |
Civil War period
[edit]Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, no official matches were played by Spain until 1941.[14] The vast majority of the squad in 1936[15] either originated from the Basque provinces, or played for FC Barcelona in Catalonia, both of which were initially within Republican territory in the conflict. The Basque players formed their own quasi-national team and left Spain to play a long series of exhibition matches on tour around Eastern Europe[16] and Latin America[17] to provide funds and exposure for local causes, and Barcelona did likewise;[18] most of the players in both groups never returned.[14] Back in Spain, as the Nationalist side took control of more of the country, General Franco saw the opportunity to use football as a positive propaganda tool, and arranged for a match to be played in his home region of Galicia against Portugal, whose leader Salazar was supportive of Francoist Spain.[14][19][20][21] Recognition was granted by FIFA at short notice and the match took place in Vigo in November 1937. In contrast to Portugal's settled squad, the Spain pool was hastily assembled from the best available players in Nationalist areas, and Portugal won for their first victory over their neighbours.[19][20][22][23] A return match was arranged for the following January in Lisbon, also won by Portugal,[14][24][21] and which attracted attention when three local players refused to give the Roman salute before kick-off; they were initially imprisoned, but were soon released due to the political influence held by the hierarchy of the club they played for, Belenenses.[19][20] The matches are not considered official, but are included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved.[10][25][13]
- In February 1938, the Spain squad played further unofficial matches in North Africa (Ceuta, Tétouan[26] and Melilla)[27] against a team representing Spanish Morocco, to raise funds for the many local troops involved in the war.
1937
[edit]| 28 November 1937 Unofficial friendly[14][19][20][22][23] | Spain XI  | 1–2 | Portugal XI | Vigo, Galicia |
| Gallart 76' |
[28][29] | Pinga 59' Valadas 75' |
Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 50,000 Referee:  Rinaldo Barlassina |
1938
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| 6 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Málaga Combined  | 1–3 | Spain |
| 9 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Recreativo Granada  | 0–3 | Spain |
| 16 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Seville XI  | 1–3 | Spain |
| 23 January 1938 Unofficial friendly | Seville XI | 1–1 | Spain |
| 30 January 1938 Unofficial friendly[14][19][20][24] | Portugal XI | 1–0 | Spain XI | Campo das Salésias, Lisbon |
| Pinga 40' |
[30][31] | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Francesco Mattea |
| 6 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26] | Spanish Morocco  | 1–3 |  Spain | Estadio Municipal, Ceuta |
| Ferre |
Report | Vergara Campanal I |
Referee: Tovar |
| 13 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26] | Spanish Morocco | 2–5 | Spain | La Hípica, Tétouan |
| Tatono Torrontegui |
Report | Campanal I Epi Vergara |
Referee: Guerrero |
| 20 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26] | Melilla XI  | 0–7 | Spain | La Hípica, Melilla |
| Report | Referee: Cesáreo González |
1940
[edit]1941
[edit]| 18 December 1941 Unofficial friendly | Valencian Community  | 1–3 | Spain |
1947
[edit]| 1 January 1947 Unofficial friendly | Spain  | 5–7 | .png){kind=small} San Lorenzo de Almagro | Barcelona, Catalonia |
| Stadium: Camp de Les Corts |
| 16 January 1947 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 1–6 | San Lorenzo de Almagro | Madrid |
| Stadium: Metropolitano |
| 19 October 1947 Friendly | Catalonia | 3–1 | Spain | Barcelona, Catalonia |
| 16:00 | César 11', 30' Toni 67' |
Report | Bilbao 2' |
Stadium: Sarrià Stadium Referee: Azón |
1950
[edit]In the run-up to the 1950 FIFA World Cup, Spain played two unofficial friendly matches against Mexico, minus the players taking part in the 1950 Copa del Generalísimo Final (including Athletic Bilbao's prolific goalscorer Zarra).[32] Many of the locals were hostile to the Spanish political regime and the second match ended in controversy when the final whistle was blown as a shot which would have won the match for Spain was on its way to goal; Spanish supporters threw objects at the Mexican players as they left the field. The fallout was a major contributory factor in Asturias and Real Club España, two of the most successful teams in Mexican football and both with strong links to Spain, withdrawing from the professional ranks.[32] A few weeks later, the touring Hungária team (made up of players who had defected from the communist regimes in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, led by Ladislao Kubala)[33][34] played twice in Madrid against an approximation of the Spain World Cup squad, with the right-wing Franco government happy to co-operate with those fleeing from left-wing ideologies for political reasons.
| 26 May 1950 Friendly[32] | Mexico XI  | 1–3 | Spain XI | Mexico City |
| Navarro 24' |
Report | Juncosa 61' César 65', 75' |
Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes |
| 28 May 1950 Friendly[32] | Mexico XI | 0–0 | Spain XI | Mexico City |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Referee: C. Esteva |
| 8 June 1950 Friendly | Spain | 1–2 | .svg){kind=small} Hungária | Madrid |
| Igoa 15' |
Report | Otto 10' Marik 55' |
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Referee: R. Galende Pascual |
| 14 June 1950 Friendly | Spain | 6–3 | Hungária | Madrid |
| Zarra 5', 19', 25' Gainza 20'Marik ?' (o.g)Juncosa ?' |
Report | Kubala ?' 77' Nagy 52' |
Referee: N. De la Cruz Hernández |
1951
[edit]| 26 April 1951 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–1 |  Stade de Reims |
1952
[edit]| 19 November 1952 Training match | Spain blue  | 3–1 | Spain white | Madrid |
| Marcet Escudero Basora |
Arsuaga |
Stadium: Chamartín |
1953
[edit]| 4 March 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–0 |  Karlsruher SC |
| 28 October 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–0 |  FC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 28 October 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–0 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 9 December 1953 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 6–0 | .svg){kind=small} Real Avilés | Zaragoza |
| Artetxe Pasieguito Seguí Miguel |
Stadium: Estadio Torrero |
1955
[edit]| 26 January 1955 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–0 |  RFC Liégeois | Madrid |
| Ramoní 38' (pen.) Buqué |
Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marrón |
1960
[edit]| 21 December 1960 Unofficial friendly | Real Madrid  | 4–0 | Spain | Madrid |
| 20:30 | Puskás 22' del Sol 33'Di Stéfano 65'Canário 76' |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín |
1962
[edit]| 29 April 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 5–2 | .svg){kind=small} FC Saarbrücken | Madrid |
| Ruiz Sosa 19' Martínez 42'Amancio 48'Vergés 51'Adelardo 74' |
Vollmar 18', 34' |
Stadium: Metropolitano |
| 4 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 3–0 |  Stade Rennais | Bilbao |
| Segarra 7' Guillot 18'Amancio 68' |
Stadium: San Mamés |
| 6 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 5–1 | Stade Rennais | Bilbao |
| Ruiz 4' Di Stéfano 15', 65'Segarra 17'Puskás 87' |
Hernas 81' |
Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Juan Gardeazábal |
| 11 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–2 |  VfL Osnabrück | Bilbao |
| Amancio 9', 73' |
W. Bensmann 26' Wiethe 70' |
Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Gómez Arribas |
| 15 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 5–0 | VfL Osnabrück | San Sebastián |
| Di Stéfano Adelardo Martínez Suárez |
Stadium: Atotxa |
| 17 May 1962 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 5–1 |  Bayern Munich | Madrid |
| del Sol 7' Gento 55'Puskás 58' (pen.), 71' (pen.), 79' |
Sieber 81' |
Stadium: Metropolitano |
1964
[edit]| 22 January 1964 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 1–0 |  Koninklijke Beerschot |
1965
[edit]| 14 March 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–3 |  Meidericher SV | Seville |
| Aragonés 44', 68' |
Report | Krämer 6' Nolden 25' (pen.) Schmidt 80' |
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Referee: R. Casasola |
| 31 March 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 2–1 |  Standard Liège | Madrid |
| Adelardo 39', 51' |
Report | Claessen 75' |
Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pardo Hidalgo |
| 7 April 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 3–1 |  Derry City Football Club | Madrid |
| Luis Aragonés 5' Ufarte 9' Adelardo 30' |
Report | Wilson 56' |
Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Álvarez Martínez |
| 27 April 1965 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 6–0 |  Girondins de Bordeaux |
1966
[edit]| 14 March 1966 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 6–1 |  Sint-Truidense VV | Zaragoza |
| Fusté 10' Marcelino 42', 81'Adelardo 60'Violeta 72'Carlos Lapetra 87' |
Leender 47' |
Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Adolfo Bueno Perales |
| 12 June 1966 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 1–2 |  AFC Ajax | A Coruña |
| Zaldúa 75' |
Johan Cruyff 5' Co Prins 55' |
Stadium: Riazor Referee:  Mr. Kitabdijan |
| 29 June 1966 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 5–0 |  Wiener Sport-Club | Pontevedra |
| Gento ?', ?' Amancio Pirri del Sol |
Stadium: Estadio de Pasarón |
1967
[edit]| 14 June 1967 Unofficial friendly | Atlético Madrid | 0–2 | Spain | Madrid |
| Report | Vavá II |
Stadium: Manzanares |
| 27 September 1967 Ricardo Zamora testimonial | Spain | 0–3 |  Europe XI | Madrid |
| Report | Mazzola 22' Eusébio 28'Goyvaerts 88' |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil |
1970
[edit]| 21 January 1970 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 1–0 |  Hannover 96 | Madrid |
| Aragonés 57' |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Antonio Camacho |
1977
[edit]| 5 October 1977 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 5–1 |  North Rhine-Westphalia XI | Madrid |
| Pirri 38' Churruca 44'Dani 48', 80'Satrústegi 72' |
Report | Worm 29' |
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Soto Montesino |
1981
[edit]| 15 May 1981 Pirri farewell match | Real Madrid | 1–1 |  Spain | Madrid |
| 20:45 | Cunningham 15' |
Report | Joaquín 55' |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) |
| 26 June 1981 Asensi & Pirri farewell match | Club Puebla 2.png){kind=small} | 2–1 | Spain | Puebla |
| 14:00 | Cabezas 32' Pirri 37' |
Report | Morán 83' |
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Edward Bellion (United States) |
1985
[edit]| 16 October 1985 Training match | Spain red | 1–2 | Spain blue | Madrid |
| Rincón 70' |
Report | Ramón Calderé 28' Eloy 76' |
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Morales Manrique |
1988
[edit]| 28 December 1988 José Manuel Alvelo charity match | Celta de Vigo  | 1–2 | Spain | Vigo |
| Amarildo 59' (pen.) |
Report | Robert 18' Martín Vázquez 26' |
Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marcos |
1990
[edit]| 11 April 1990 Unofficial friendly | Spain | 3–1 |  Association of Spanish Footballers | Las Palmas |
| 19:00 | Butragueño 22' Miñambres 62', 73' |
Report | Bossio 83' |
Stadium: Estadio Insular Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Merino González |
2003
[edit]After the cancellation of the friendly against Mexico in New Jersey, a new match was organized by Iñaki Sáez.
| 20 August 2003 Training match | Spain red | 2–0 | Spain white and blue | Las Rozas de Madrid |
| Etxeberria 10', 70' |
Report | Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila |
2013
[edit]A friendly match between Equatorial Guinea and Spain in November 2013[35] was declared void by FIFA a month later due to a procedural error in confirming the use of a local referee.[36] However, the RFEF includes the match and player statistics in its records, and these are usually counted in other sources (e.g. Juanfran Torres scored his only international goal in the fixture).[37] Therefore, this match is included in the 2010–19 results and overall head-to-head record lists.
| 16 November Friendly[a] | Equatorial Guinea  | 1–2 | Spain | Malabo |
| 22.00 | Bermúdez 36' |
Report | Cazorla 13' Juanfran 42' |
Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Joaquín Ela Esono (Equatorial Guinea) |
20 November 2013, FIFA declares South Africa-Spain match (19 November 2013) invalid for the purposes of ranking due to the Spanish team making one more change than allowed. However, some days before FIFA confirms South Africa's friendly win over Spain FIFA have taken into account that both teams had agreed on the conditions of the match and submitted the necessary documentation prior to the match in order for FIFA to confirm it as an ‘A’ international.[41]
| 19 November Friendly | South Africa  | 1–0 | Spain | Johannesburg |
| 20.00 | Parker 56' |
Report | Stadium: Soccer City Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho) |
2022
[edit]The match between Jordan and Spain on 17 November did not count as an official friendly. The reason for that was because the Spanish FA and FIFA had agreed to increase the number of substitutions each team could make so that Spain's players was fresh for the start of the FIFA World Cup 2022 (whose opening occurred on November 20).[citation needed]
| 17 November 2022 Friendly | Jordan  | 1–3 | Spain | Amman |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Al-Dardour 90+2' |
Report | Fati 12' Gavi 55' Williams 84' |
Stadium: Amman International Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The game between Equatorial Guinea and Spain in November 2013[38] was declared void by FIFA a month later due to a procedural error in confirming the use of a local referee.[39] However, the RFEF includes the match and player statistics in its records, and these are usually counted in other sources (e.g. Juanfran Torres scored his only international goal in the fixture).[40]
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- ^ confirms South Africa's friendly win over Spain