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Football in Spain

Index Football in Spain

Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, (Fútbol asociación) is the most popular sport in Spain, followed by basketball and bullfighting. [1]

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A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899.

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Abelardo Fernández

Abelardo Fernández Antuña (born 19 April 1970), known simply as Abelardo, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current manager of Deportivo Alavés.

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Agustín Gaínza

Agustín Gaínza Vicandi (28 May 1922 – 6 January 1995) was a Spanish football forward and manager.

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Alfonso XIII of Spain

Alfonso XIII (Spanish: Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941) was King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931.

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Alfredo Di Stéfano

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé (4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was an Argentinian footballer and coach.

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Amancio Amaro

Amancio Amaro Varela, (born 16 October 1939 in A Coruña, Galicia) commonly known simply as Amancio, is a former Spanish football player.

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Andoni Zubizarreta

Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta (born 23 October 1961) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Andrés Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta Luján (born 11 May 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who played as a central midfielder for Barcelona, the Spain national team and has a contract signed with Japanese Club Vissel Kobe to commence 1 July 2018.

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Antoni Ramallets

Antoni Ramallets Simón (1 July 1924 – 30 July 2013) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and also a manager.

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Antonio Maceda

Antonio Maceda Francés (born 16 May 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer.

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Antonio Puchades

Antonio Puchades Casanova (4 June 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

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Arenas Club de Getxo

Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Club, also commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (Bilboko Athletic Kluba / Athletic de Bilbao), is a professional football club, based in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.

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Atlético Madrid

Club Atlético de Madrid, SAD, commonly known as Atlético Madrid, or simply as Atlético or Atleti, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, that plays in La Liga.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country (Euskadi; País Vasco; Pays Basque), officially the Basque Autonomous Community (Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa, EAE; Comunidad Autónoma Vasca, CAV) is an autonomous community in northern Spain.

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Basque Country national football team

The Basque Country representative football team (officially, in Basque, 'Euskal selekzioa') represents the Basque Country in football.

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Basques

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Bernd Schuster

Bernhard "Bernd" Schuster (born 22 December 1959) is a German football manager in charge of Dalian Yifang and a former player who played as a midfielder.

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Bizcaya (football team)

Bizcaya (Vizcaya in Spanish) was an association football representative team from Bilbao, Spain, specially created to take part in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación and the Copa del Rey 1907.

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Carles Puyol

Carles Puyol Saforcada (born 13 April 1978) is a Spanish retired professional footballer.

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Carlos Padrós

Carlos Padrós Rubió, also known as Carles Padrós Rubió (9 November 1870, in Barcelona – 30 December 1950, in Madrid) was a Spanish football pioneer and club President of Real Madrid.

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Catalan football championship

The Catalan football championship (Campionat de Catalunya) was a football competition in Catalonia and the first football league in Spain before the La Liga was established in 1929.

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Catalan Football Federation

The Catalan Football Federation is the football association responsible for administering football in Catalonia.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Catalonia national football team

The Catalonia representative football team (Catalan: Selecció de futbol de Catalunya) is the official football team of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia.

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César Rodríguez Álvarez

César Rodríguez Álvarez (6 July 1920 – 1 March 1995), sometimes known just as César, was a Spanish football forward and manager.

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CE Europa

Club Esportiu Europa is a Spanish football team based in the city of Barcelona in the district of Gràcia, in the autonomous community of Catalonia.

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Cesc Fàbregas

Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas Soler (born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Spain national team.

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Copa de la Liga

The Copa de la Liga (League Cup in Spanish) was a Spanish football tournament created in 1982.

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Copa de la Reina de Fútbol

The Copa de la Reina (English: Queen's Cup) is an annual cup competition for Spanish women's association football teams organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

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Copa del Rey

The Copa del Rey (King's Cup) is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams.

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Copa Eva Duarte

The Copa Eva Duarte was a Spanish football tournament organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Generalísimo.

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Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team.

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David de Gea

David de Gea Quintana (born 7 November 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Manchester United and the Spain national team.

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David Silva

David Josué Jiménez Silva (born 8 January 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for English club Manchester City and the Spain national team.

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David Villa

David Villa Sánchez (born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York City and the Spain national team.

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Deportivo de La Coruña

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (English: Royal Sporting Club of La Coruña) is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña (known in Spanish as La Coruña), Galicia, Spain.

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Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona Franco (born 30 October 1960) is an Argentine retired professional footballer and manager.

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Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol

The Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol are the Spanish football regional divisions.

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El Clásico

El Clásico (El Clàssic,; "The Classic") is the name given in football to any match between fierce rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

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Emilio Butragueño

Emilio Butragueño Santos (born 22 July 1963) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

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Estanislau Basora

Estanislau Basora Brunet (also Estanislao; 18 November 1926 – 16 March 2012) was a Spanish footballer who played as a winger or striker.

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FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Feliciano Rivilla

Feliciano Muñoz Rivilla (21 August 1936 – 6 November 2017) was a Spanish footballer who played as a right back.

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Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás (born Ferenc Purczeld; 2 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

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Fernando Hierro

Fernando Ruiz Hierro (born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, sweeper or defensive midfielder, and is the coach of the Spain national team.

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Fernando Morientes

Fernando Morientes Sánchez (born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and is a current manager.

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Fernando Torres

Fernando José Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; French for "International Federation of Association Football") is an association which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer.

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FIFA Club World Cup

The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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FIFA Confederations Cup

The FIFA Confederations Cup is an international association football tournament for men's national teams, currently held every four years by FIFA.

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FIFA Futsal World Cup

The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, the indoor version of association football organized by FIFA.

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship for male players under the age of 20, organised by FIFA.

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FIFA Women's World Cup

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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FIFA World Rankings

The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Germany.

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Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics

The football at the 1920 Summer Olympics, was one of the 154 events at the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp.

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Football at the Mediterranean Games

Football has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951 for men.

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Football at the Summer Olympics

Association football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 and 1932.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

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Fox Soccer

Fox Soccer (formerly Fox Soccer Channel) was an American television specialty channel specializing in soccer, owned by 21st Century Fox's Fox Entertainment Group, which operated from 1997 to 2013.

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Francisco Gento

Francisco "Paco" Gento López (born 21 October 1933) is a former Spanish football player, who played as a left winger.

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Francoist Spain

Francoist Spain (España franquista) or the Franco regime (Régimen de Franco), formally known as the Spanish State (Estado Español), is the period of Spanish history between 1939, when Francisco Franco took control of Spain after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War establishing a dictatorship, and 1975, when Franco died and Prince Juan Carlos was crowned King of Spain.

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Gaizka Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (born 27 March 1974) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Galicia national football team

The Galicia national football team is the official football team of Galicia.

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Gerard Piqué

Gerard Piqué Bernabéu (born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Barcelona and the Spain national team.

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Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly referred to as Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia.

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Héctor Rial

José Héctor Rial Laguía (14 October 1928 – 24 February 1991) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Real Madrid between 1954 and 1961.

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Hristo Stoichkov

Hristo Stoichkov (Христо Стоичков,; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former footballer who is currently a football commentator for Univision Deportes.

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Huelva

Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia.

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Iker Casillas

Iker Casillas Fernández (born 20 May 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Porto.

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Institución Libre de Enseñanza

La Institución Libre de Enseñanza (ILE) or The Free Educational Institution was an educational project that developed in Spain for the half a century of about 1876–1936.

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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971.

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Intercontinental Cup (football)

The Intercontinental Cup, also known as European/South American Cup, and also Toyota Cup from 1980 to 2004 for commercial reasons by agreement with the automaker, was an official international football competition endorsed by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), contested between representative clubs from these confederations, usually the winners of the European Champions' Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League), and the South American Copa Libertadores namely was played by representatives clubs of most developed continents in the football world.

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Isidro Lángara

Isidro Lángara Galarraga (25 May 1912 in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa – 21 August 1992 in Andoain) was a Spanish football striker from the Basque Country.

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Jacinto Quincoces

Jacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces y López de Arbina (17 July 1905 in Barakaldo – 10 May 1997 in Valencia) was a Spanish football player and manager, as well as President of the Valencian Pilota Federation.

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Jesús Garay

Jesús Garay Vecino (10 September 1930 – 10 February 1995) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.

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Jesús María Pereda

Jesús María Pereda Ruiz de Temiño (15 June 1938 – 27 September 2011), also known as Chus Pereda, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager.

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Jesús María Zamora

Jesús María Zamora Ansorena (born 1 January 1955) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Joan Gamper

Hans Max Gamper-Haessig, retrieved 17 September 2016 (22 November 1877 – 30 July 1930), known in Spain as Joan Gamper, was a Swiss football pioneer, versatile athlete and club president.

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Joan Segarra

Joan Segarra Iracheta (15 November 1927 – 3 September 2008) was a Spanish footballer, captain of the "Barça of the Five Trophies", one of the best teams that FC Barcelona have had in their history.

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Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff OON (anglicised to Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and coach.

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Jordi Alba

Jordi Alba Ramos (born 21 March 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Barcelona and the Spain national team.

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José Antonio Camacho

José Antonio Camacho Alfaro (born 8 June 1955) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left back, and is the current manager of Gabon.

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José Ángel Iribar

José Ángel Iribar Cortajarena ("the poplar"; born 1 March 1943), nicknamed El Chopo, is a Spanish retired football goalkeeper and manager.

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José Luis Caminero

José Luis Pérez Caminero (born 8 November 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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José Luis Panizo

José Luis López Panizo (6 February 1922 – 14 February 1990) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

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José Santamaría

José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias (born 31 July 1929) is a retired football central defender and manager.

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Josep Samitier

Josep Samitier Vilalta (2 February 1902 – 4 May 1972), also known as José Samitier, was a Spanish footballer, manager and scout who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona, Madrid CF, OGC Nice, the Catalan XI and Spain.

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Juan Mata

Juan Manuel Mata García (born 28 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Manchester United and the Spain national team.

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Juanito (footballer, born 1954)

Juan Gómez González (10 November 1954 – 2 April 1992), known as Juanito, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

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Julen Guerrero

Julen Guerrero López (born 7 January 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played solely for Athletic Bilbao.

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Julio Salinas

Julio Salinas Fernández (born 11 September 1962) is a Spanish retired footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.

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La Liga

The Primera División, commonly known as La Liga and as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons with Santander, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system.

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Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year

The Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year is an award honouring the achievements of those teams who have demonstrated "supreme performance" in the world of sports.

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László Kubala

László Kubala Stecz (10 June 1927 – 17 May 2002), also referred to as Ladislav Kubala (in Slovak) or Ladislao Kubala (in Spanish), was a professional footballer, regarded as one of the best players in history; he is considered a symbol of Barcelona.

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Leonardo Cilaurren

Leonardo Cilaurren Uriarte (5 November 1912 – 9 December 1969) was a Spanish international footballer from Bilbao in the Basque Country who played professionally as a midfielder in Spain, Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico between 1929 and 1945.

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Liga de Fútbol Profesional

The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (National Professional Football League), also known as the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) and more commonly La Liga, is a national sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in Spain - the Primera and Segunda División.

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Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentine national team.

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List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season

This is an incomplete list of football clubs which have won four or more trophies in a single season.

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Luis Aragonés

José Luis Aragonés Suárez (28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish footballer and manager.

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Luis Arconada

Luis Miguel Arconada Etxarri (born 26 June 1954) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Luis del Sol

Luis del Sol Cascajares (born 6 April 1935) is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager.

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Luis Enrique (footballer)

Luis Enrique Martínez García (born 8 May 1970), known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish former professional footballer, and is a current manager.

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Luis Regueiro

Luis Regueiro Pagola (1 July 1908 – 6 December 1995), sometimes nicknamed Corso, was a footballer, and an Olympian from the Basque Country in the north of Spain.

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Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)

Luis Suárez Miramontes (born 2 May 1935), also known by the diminutive Luisito, is a Spanish former footballer and manager.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Martín Marculeta

Martín Marculeta Barbería (born 24 September 1907 in San Sebastián; died 19 November 1984) was a Spanish association footballer.

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Málaga CF

Málaga Club de Fútbol (Málaga Football Club), or simply Málaga, is a Spanish football team based in Málaga, Spain.

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Míchel (footballer)

José Miguel González Martín del Campo, known as Míchel (born 23 March 1963), is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder, and is a current manager.

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Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup (born 15 June 1964) is a Danish former professional footballer and the manager of Qatar Stars League club Al Rayyan.

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Miguel Ángel Nadal

Miguel Ángel Nadal Homar (born 28 July 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer.

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Paulino Alcántara

Paulino Alcántara Riestrá (7 October 1896 – 13 February 1964) was a Spanish Filipino football player and manager who played as a forward.

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Pep Guardiola

Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Manchester City.

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Pirri

José Martínez Sánchez (born 11 March 1945), nicknamed Pirri, is a retired Spanish footballer.

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Primera División (women)

The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, formerly Superliga Femenina, and known for reasons of sponsorship as Liga Femenina Iberdrola is the highest level of league competition for Spanish women's football.

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Quini

Enrique Castro González (23 September 1949 – 27 February 2018), known as Quini, was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

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Raúl (footballer)

Raúl González Blanco (born 27 June 1977), known as Raúl, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

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Racing de Santander

Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria.

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Rafael Gordillo

Rafael Gordillo Vázquez (born 24 February 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer.

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Rafael Moreno Aranzadi

Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (23 May 1892 – 1 March 1922), known as Pichichi, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

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Raymond Kopa

Raymond Kopa (birth name Raymond Kopaszewski; 13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017) was a French footballer, integral to the French national team of the 1950s.

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RC Celta de Vigo

Real Club Celta de Vigo (Royal Club Celta de Vigo), commonly known as Celta Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, currently playing in La Liga.

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RCD Espanyol

Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, or simply as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain.

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RCD Mallorca

Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca) is a Spanish football team based in Palma, in the Balearic Islands.

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Real Betis

Real Betis Balompié, SAD, more commonly referred to as Real Betis or just Betis, is a Spanish football club based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol ("Royal Madrid Football Club"), commonly known as Real Madrid, or simply as Real, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain.

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Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (Royal Society) or La Real, is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909.

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Real Unión

Real Unión Club de Irún, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France.

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Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza, S.A.D., commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a Spanish football team based in Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon.

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Recreativo de Huelva

Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Ricardo Zamora

Ricardo Zamora Martínez (21 January 1901 – 8 September 1978) was a Spanish footballer and manager.

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Rivaldo

Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known as Rivaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and the current president of Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube in Brazil.

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Roberto López Ufarte

Roberto López Ufarte (born 19 April 1958) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.

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Romário

Romário de Souza Faria (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Romário, is a Brazilian politician who previously achieved worldwide fame as a professional footballer.

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Ronaldinho

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Spanish club Barcelona.

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Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 18 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Royal Spanish Football Federation

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol) is the governing body of football in Spain.

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Santi Cazorla

Santiago "Santi" Cazorla González (born 13 December 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for English club Arsenal, as well as the Spain national team.

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Santillana (footballer)

Carlos Alonso González (born 23 August 1952), known as Santillana, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

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Segunda División

The Segunda División, officially known as La Liga 2 and stylized as La Liga 1|2|3 for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system.

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Segunda División B

Segunda División B (Second Division B) is the third level of the Spanish football league system currently divided into 4 groups of 20 teams each.

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Sergio Busquets

Sergio Busquets Burgos (born 16 July 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

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Sergio Ramos

Sergio Ramos García (born 30 March 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains both Real Madrid and the Spain national team.

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Sevilla FC

Sevilla Fútbol Club, S.A.D., or simply Sevilla, is Spain’s oldest sporting club solely devoted to football.

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Seville

Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spain national football team

The Spain national football team (Selección de fútbol de España) represents Spain in men's International association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.

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Spain national futsal team

The Spain national futsal team represents Spain in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

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Spain national under-23 football team

Since 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23.

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Spain women's national football team

The Spain women's national football team (Selección femenina de fútbol de España) represents Spain in international women's football.

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Spain women's national under-19 football team

The Spain women's national under-19 football team represents Spain in international football in under-19 categories and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

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Spanish football league system

The football league system in Spain consists of several leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation.

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Spanish Royal Federation Cup

The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes from the Preferente Regional who have failed to qualify or have been eliminated in the first round of the Copa del Rey.

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Sport in Spain

Sport in Spain in the second half of the 20th century has always been dominated by football.

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Sporting de Gijón

Real Sporting de Gijón S.A.D., commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, RSG or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias.

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Supercopa de España

The Supercopa de España or the Spanish Super Cup is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

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Telmo Zarra

Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya (20 January 1921 – 23 February 2006), known as Telmo Zarra or simply Zarra, was a Spanish football forward.

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Tercera División

Tercera División (Third Division) is the fourth level of the Spanish football league system.

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Tiki-taka

Tiki-taka or Tiqui-taca in Spanish is a style of play in football characterised by short passing and movement, working the ball through various channels, and maintaining possession.

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Treble (association football)

A treble in association football is achieved when a club team wins three trophies in a single season.

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UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA; Union des Associations Européennes de Football; Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände) is the administrative body for association football in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia.

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UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs.

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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (abbreviated as CWC) was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions.

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UEFA Euro 1984

The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984.

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UEFA Euro 2008

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations.

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UEFA Euro 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA.

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UEFA Europa League

The UEFA Europa League is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs.

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UEFA European Championship

The UEFA European Championship (known informally as the Euros) is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe.

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UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The UEFA European Under-17 Championship is an annual European association football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.

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UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship is an annual football competition for men organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA.

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UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as the UEFA Euro U-21s) is a football competition for men organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA.

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UEFA Futsal Championship

The UEFA Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations).

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UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the major UEFA competitions, the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and until 1999, the Cup Winners' Cup.

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UEFA Super Cup

The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

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UEFA Women's Championship

The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro and unofficially the "European Cup", held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA Confederation.

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UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship is a European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen.

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UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship is a competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age.

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Valencia CF

Valencia Club de Fútbol (València Club de Futbol; also known as Valencia CF, Valencia or Los Che) is a Spanish football club based in Valencia.

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Víctor Valdés

Víctor Valdés Arribas (born 14 January 1982) is a retired Spanish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Villarreal CF

Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish football club based in Villarreal, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community.

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Xabi Alonso

Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano (born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central midfielder.

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Xavi

Xavier Hernández Creus (born 25 January 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Qatari club Al Sadd SC.

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Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French professional football coach and former player who last managed Real Madrid.

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1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics (Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; Olympische Zomerspelen van de VIIe Olympiade), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.

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1982 FIFA World Cup

The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982.

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1999 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

The 1999 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup was the second UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup and was held in South Africa.

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2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams.

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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 June to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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Redirects here:

Football in spain, List of Spanish footballers, Spanish football.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Spain

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