Spain national football team results (1920–29)

The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Between 1920 and 1929, Spain played in 32 matches, resulting in 23 victories, 4 draws and five defeats. This does not include the match against Portugal when they played a B-squad while the main squad played against Italy.[1]

Spain national football team results

During the first ten years, Spain played in three international football tournaments with the team competing in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games with the best result being a silver medal at the 1920 games after Czechoslovakia was disqualified from the tournament due to the officiating of the match. The other two Olympic tournaments saw the national team eliminated in the first round (1924) and the quarter-finals (1928).

Key
Key to matches
  • Att. = Match attendance
  • (H) = Home ground
  • (A) = Away ground
Key to record by opponent
  • P = Games played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • GF = Goals for
  • GA = Goals against

Results

Spain's score is shown first in each case.

Match number Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Spain scorers Att. Ref.
1 28 August 1920 La Butte, Brussels (N)  Denmark 1–0 Summer OlympicsPatricio Arabolaza3,000[2]
2 29 August 1920 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (A)  Belgium 1–3 Summer OlympicsMariano Arrate18,000[2]
3 1 September 1920 Broodstraat, Antwerp (N)  Sweden 2–1 Summer OlympicsJosé María Belauste, Domingo Acedo1,500[2]
4 2 September 1920 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (N)  Italy 2–0 Summer OlympicsFélix Sesúmaga (2)10,000[2]
5 5 September 1920 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (N)  Netherlands 3–1 Summer OlympicsFélix Sesúmaga (2), Pichichi14,000[2]
6 9 October 1921 San Mamés, Bilbao (H)  Belgium 2–0 FriendlyPaulino Alcántara (2)[3]
7 18 December 1921 Campo de O'Donnell, Madrid (H)  Portugal 3–1 FriendlyPaulino Alcántara (2), Meana[3]
8 30 April 1922 Le Bouscat, Bordeaux (A)  France 4–0 FriendlyPaulino Alcántara (2), Travieso[3]
9 17 December 1922 Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon (A)  Portugal 2–1 FriendlyVicente Piera, Juan Monjardín[3]
10 28 January 1923 Estadio de Atotxa, San Sebastián (H)  France 3–0 FriendlyJuan Monjardín (2), Zabala[3]
11 4 February 1923 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (A)  Belgium 0–1 Friendly[3]
12 16 December 1923 Estadio Reina Victoria, Sevilla (H)  Portugal 3–0 FriendlyZabala (3)[3]
13 9 March 1924 Milan (A)  Italy 0–0 Friendly[3]
14 25 May 1924 Stade Olympique, Colombes (N)  Italy 0–1 Summer Olympics20,000[4]
15 21 December 1924 Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona (H)  Austria 2–1 FriendlyAntonio Juantegui, Josep Samitier[3]
16 17 May 1925 Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon (A)  Portugal 2–0 FriendlyCarmelo, Vicente Piera[3]
17 1 June 1925 Stadion Neufeld, Bern (A)   Switzerland 3–0 FriendlyErrazquín (3)[3]
18 14 June 1925 Mestalla, Valencia (H)  Italy 1–0 FriendlyErrazquín[3]
19 27 September 1925 Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna (A)  Austria 1–0 FriendlyCubells[3]
20 4 October 1925 Ferencváros, Budapest (A)  Hungary 1–0 FriendlyCarmelo[3]
21 19 December 1926 Coya Stadium, Vigo (H)  Hungary 4–2 FriendlyErrazquín (2), Goiburu, Carmelo[3]
22 17 April 1927 El Sardinero, Santander (H)   Switzerland 1–0 FriendlyOscar[3]
23 22 May 1927 Stade Olympique, Colombes (A)  France 4–1 FriendlyZaldúa (3), Olaso[3]
24 29 May 1927 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna (A)  Italy 0–2 Friendly[3]
25 10 January 1928 Lumiar, Lisbon (A)  Portugal 2–2 FriendlyJosé Manuel Martins, Vallana[3]
26 22 April 1928 El Molinón, Gijón (H)  Italy 1–1 FriendlyQuesada[3]
27 30 May 1928 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (N)  Mexico 7–1 Summer OlympicsJosé Maria Yermo (3), Luis Regueiro (2), Martín Marculeta, Ángel Mariscal2,344[5]
28 1 June 1928 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (N)  Italy 1–1 Summer OlympicsZaldúa3,388[5]
29 4 June 1928 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (N)  Italy 1–7 Summer OlympicsJosé María Yermo4,770[5]
30 17 March 1929 Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Sevilla (H)  Portugal 5–0 FriendlyGaspar Rubio (3), José Padrón (2)[3]
31 14 April 1929 Estadio Torrero, Zaragoza (H)  France 8–1 FriendlyGaspar Rubio (4), Paco Bienzobas (2), Goiburu (2)[3]
32 15 May 1929 Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid (H)  England 4–3 FriendlyGaspar Rubio (2), Jaime Lazcano, Goiburu[3]

Unofficial match

In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid[6][7][8] on the same day as they played Italy in Rome.[9][10][11][12] 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 Spain team is considered to have been equivalent to its B team[1] (although they won their match while the A team lost theirs)[12] and thus not a full international, although the match is included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved.[13][14][15][16]

1927-05-29 Unofficial friendly[6][7][8](B)Spain 2–0 Portugal Madrid
17:30 Moraleda  61'
Valderrama  81'		 [12] Stadium: Metropolitano
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Thomas Crewe

References
  1. "¿Sabes qué era la Selección Absoluta B?" [Do you know what the Senior B Team was?]. SEFútbol (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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  3. Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente (28 November 2019). "Spain – List of Results National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. Stokkermans, Karel (23 November 2017). "VIII. Olympiad Paris 1924 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. Stokkermans, Karel (23 November 2017). "IX. Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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  7. "29/05/1927: España 2 - 0 Portugal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. "Spain v Portugal, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. "International football match: 29.05.1927 Italy v Spain". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. "29/05/1927: Italia 2 - 0 España". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  11. "Italy v Spain, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  12. "Los españoles, gandaores en el Stadium y derrotadoes en Bolonia por tanteo de 2 a 0" [The Spaniards, winners in the Stadium and defeated in Bologna by score of 2 to 0]. La Voz (digital archive) (in Spanish). 30 May 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  13. "España vs. Portugal: rivalidad y revancha" [Spain vs. Portugal: rivalry and revenge]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 June 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  14. "Regueiro: Pedro Regueiro Pagola [List of matches / Spain National Team]". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  15. "National football team player: Jorge Vieira". EU-football.info. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  16. "Appearances for Portugal National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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