The World Cup

The Main World Cup Promo Video

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Spain's 23-man World Cup squad in full:

Goalkeepers
Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
Pepe Reina	Liverpool (ENG)
Victor Valdes	Barcelona
Defenders
Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
Alvaro Arbeloa	Real Madrid
Carles Puyol	Barcelona
Gerard Pique	Barcelona
Raul Albiol	Real Madrid
Carlos Marchena	Valencia
Joan Capdevila	Villarreal
Midfielders
Jesus Navas	Sevilla
Xabi Alonso	Real Madrid
Xavi	Barcelona
Javi Martinez	Athletic Bilbao
Cesc Fabregas	Arsenal (ENG)
Sergio Busquets	Barcelona
Andres Iniesta	Barcelona
Forwards
David Silva	Valencia
David Villa	Barcelona
Fernando Torres	Liverpool (ENG)
Pedro Rodriguez	Barcelona
Fernando Llorente	Athletic Bilbao
Juan Mata	Valencia

This past summer I was in Spain during the world cup and probably had the best time in my life! Every game, hundreds and hundreds of Spaniards would gather around any TV they could find in the streets, by restaurants, stores or even some people would just pull out a TV from their apartments and set it up on the sidewalk. We would go to the pubs or to local bars and watch the games on the big screens. When Spain won the World Cup game, hundreds of thousands of people erupted into the streets singing "Yo Soy Espanol." They all went to the square and set off fireworks. It was so neat to see how a single sport could unite and entire country. The following photo was taken right after Spain won:

This table is a history of Spain's involvement in the FIFA World Cups. 

FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA  1930 Did Not Enter – – – – – –  1934 Quarter-Final 5th 3 179t70 1 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 11 1  1938 Banned – – – – – –  1950 Fourth Place 4th 6 3 1 2 10 12 2 1 1 0 7 3  1954 Did Not Qualify 3 1 1 1 6 4  1958 4 2 1 1 12 8  1962 Group Stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 3 1 0 7 4  1966 Group Stage 10th 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 2 0 1 5 2  1970 Did Not Qualify 6 2 2 2 10 6  1974 5 2 2 1 8 6  1978 Group Stage 10th 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 4 1  1982 Second Group Stage 12th 5 1 2 2 4 5 – – – – – –  1986 Quarter-Final 7th 5 3 1 1 11 4 6 4 0 2 9 8  1990 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 6 4 8 6 1 1 20 3  1994 Quarter-Final 8th 5 2 2 1 10 6 12 8 3 1 27 4  1998 Group Stage 17th 3 1 1 1 8 4 10 8 2 0 26 6   2002 Quarter-Final 5th 5 3 2 0 10 5 8 6 2 0 21 4  2006 Round of 16 9th 4 3 0 1 9 4 12 6 6 0 25 5  2010 Champions 1st 7 6 0 1 8 2 10 10 0 0 28 5  2014 To Be Determined  2018  2022 Total 1 Title 13/19 56 28 12 16 88 59 99 66 22 11 226 70