EURO 2016 | SPAIN GROUP D

UEFA celebrated today the Group draw for the upcoming European Nations Championships to be held next year in France. Spain as head of serie, & defending Champion, has been matched up with Czech Republic, Turkey & Croatia in Group D.

The rest of match ups are below, in Spanish & easily understandable.




The Championship starts the 10th of June with the France - Romania game. Spain starts the

SPAIN WINS 0 - 1 UKRAINE | EURO 2016 RESULT

Spain travelled to the Ukraine to play their Group C qualifier for the upcoming Euro 2016 in France. Spain has already secured the Group top spot & thus has a direct ticket, while the Ukraine needed to win tonight to get a chance at the second spot & thus get into the play-offs between the other 2º placed teams in the other Groups.



With this situation Spanish Coach Del Bosque put on the

SPAIN 4 LUXEMBOURG 0 | EURO 2016 GROUP C RESULT

Spain played Luxembourg in their Group C Euro 2016 qualifier & won 4 - 0. The victory assures the top spot of the Group for Spain & its ticket for next years European Championship in France.




Spain began the night with the following 11 :
Casillas; Juanfran, Pique, Bartra, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Cesc, Cazorla; Silva (Mata), Pedro (Nolito) & Morata (Alcacer), 
with Luxembourg taking on an

SPAIN FOOTABLL TEAM LIST FOR UPCOMING EURO 2016 GROUP QUALIFIERS

Spanish National Football Selector & Coach Vicent Del Bosque handed in this afternoon the list of players that will represent Spain in the upcoming EURO 2016 Group qualifiers against Luxembourg (Logroño, 9th of Oct.) & the Ukraine (Kiev, 12th of October). The novelties are the return of Thiago, Iñigo Martinez, Bruno & Morata.




The full list of players:

Goalkeepers:

Iker Casillas (Oporto/POR)

SPAIN EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPION 2015

The "Golden Generation (1999)" of Spanish Basketball have put Spanish Sports back on top after proclaiming this evening the 2015 European Basketball Championship title. Spain defeated Lithuania 80 - 63 in a controlled Final from the Spaniards point of view.

Few gave Spain hopes of going so far after 2 defeats in their difficult Group, which included Serbia & Italy, however the team went from

MACEDONIA 0 SPAIN 1 | EURO 2016 GROUP C RESULT

Spain travelled to meet last placed on Group C Macedonia to finish with a 0 - 1 victory that cost the current European Champions. Thanks to an early (perhaps accidental) goal Spain managed the three points but showed little more as Macedonia placed a defensive wall which neutralized thereafter all the Spanish attempts.

The starting 11 Spanish Football Team tonight:

De Gea; Carvajal, Pique,

SPAIN 2 SLOVAKIA 0 | EURO 2016 GROUP C RESULT

Spain has defeated Slovakia 2 - 0 tonight in their Group C Euro 2016 qualifier. Important result for Spain as they regain the top spot of Group C with goal advantage over Slovakia. If Spain manages to win the remainder of their games  they should qualify directly into the Euro 2016 Finals next year in France.

The starting 11 line-up for Spain was the following:

Iker Casillas; Juanfran, Pique,

SPAIN LIST FOR UPCOMING EURO 2016 QUALIFIERS

Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque handed in his list of 23 players for the upcoming Euro 2016 Group qualifiers. Spain plays in the Spanish city of Oviedo Slovakia the 5th of September, to then travel to play Macedonia on the 8th of September.

Vital match against Slovakia where Spain is currently second in the Group behind them & needs a victory to take the top

BELARUS 0 - SPAIN 1 | EURO 2016 GROUP MATCH RESULT

Spain visited Belarus in their Euro 2016 qualifier in a must win situation, as they needed to secure the 2º place of the Group & have a chance of grabbing the 1º spot off Slovakia in the all important September Group game between both. 

The objective was achieved with a worked 0 - 1 victory over Belarus that had its moments of "danger" for Spain especially in the 2º half. Spain suffers a long

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST | BELARUS & COSTA RICA

Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque announced today the list of 24 players for the upcoming International Friendly match against Costa Rica (Leon, 11th of June) & the all important Euro 2016 Group qualifier against Belarus (Borisov 14th of June. 

The principal novelties are the names of two Sevilla FC players, goalkeeper Sergio Rico & midfielder Aleix Vidal.

SPAIN 1 UKRAINE 0 | EURO 2016 GROUP C MATCH RESULT

Spain hosted the Ukraine for there must win Group C qualifying match for the Euro 2016 competition in France. Both Nations came into this game with 9 points each, behind Group leader Slovenia with 12 points (now 15 after defeating Luxemburg tonight). A loss tonight by Spain would have made their qualification for France 2016 almost out of their reach, Spain managed the objective winning 1 - 0.

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST 24 PLAYERS FOR UKRAINE - HOLLAND GAMES

Spanish Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in this afternoon the list of 24 players that make up the Spanish National Football Team squad for upcoming two International matches. Spain plays next Friday 27th of March Ukraine in Seville in the Euro 2016 Group game, while on Tuesday the 31st of March they travel to Amsterdam to play Holland in an International Friendly.  

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM LIST OF PLAYERS FOR BELARUS & GERMANY

Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of players for the upcoming Euro 2016 Group match against Belarus (15 th of November) & Friendly International against current World Champions Germany (18th of November).

Novelties are the call up if Isco (back again), Camacho, Callejon, Nolito & Morata. The last - Morata from Juventus - is a surprise. The

SPAIN WINS 0 - 4 LUXEMBOURG | EURO 2016 GROUP QUALIFIER

After heavy local criticism after losing against Slovakia earlier in the week, Spain got back to winning ways defeating away Luxembourg 0 - 4 in their Euro 2016 Group qualifier. The Spanish Football Team Coach Vicente del Bosque made changes to the side leaving out Iker Casillas, Juanfran, Albiol & Cesc Fábregas, while starting with the following 11 players:



De Gea, Carvajal, Piqué, Bartra,

SPAIN LOSE 2 - 1 TO SLOVAKIA IN GROUP C EURO 2016 QUALIFIER

Slovakia take the top spot of Group C after defeating Spain at home 2 - 1 in the Euro 2016 qualifier. Surprise result after Spain had ball domination between 65 - 70 % with Slovakia defending & looking for the counter-attack. 
Spain has the same problem that seems to have no solution from Coach Vicente Del Bosque, the inability to score goals. Plus the "Diego Costa option" is not working at all,

SPAIN 1 - AUSTRIA 1 | EURO U-21 GROUP RESULT

Spain U-21 National Football Team has finished top of its Euro classification Group to join England, Denmark, Slovania, Croatia, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, France, Ukraine, Holland, Island & Serbia, as series head for next Friday home & away play-off match draws (to be played 9th & 14th Oct) to be held at the UEFA HQ. 

Spain drew 1 - 1 with Austria tonight with the visitors equalizing in

SPAIN 5 - MACEDONIA 1 | EURO 2016 GROUP C QUALIFIER

Spain began its Euro 2016 campaign with tonights Group C qualifier match against Macedonia in the City of Valencia (Spain). An important game as the Spanish Football National Team was under the microscope after their disastrous World Cup in Brazil, the exit of key veteran & historically irreplaceable players & a loss last week against France in a friendly. However this was official & the players

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST OF PLAYERS FOR FRANCE & MACEDONIA

Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of players that will represent Spain in the upcoming Friendly International game against France on the 4th of September & for the Euro 2016 Group qualifier against Macedonia on the 8th of September.




Here is the full list of players:
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas, David De Gea & Kiko Casilla.

Defenders:

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM, WHAT NEXT?

The Spain Football Team is back home after a disastrous World Cup 2014 campaign. Their elimination from the Group phase was humiliating & their poor exhibition is still an unknown. But the question now is, what next?

After some reflection & deep analysis some people have to assume responsibility  & embark on making some deep changes & determined decisions . Current Selector & Coach Vicente Del