Spain World Cup 2010

Spain takes a corner against Portugal in a Round of 16 match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The 2010 World Cup draw, which took place on 4 December 2009, placed Spain in Group H. Spain lost its first group stage match against Switzerland, 0–1. In their second match they defeated Honduras by 2 goals from David Villa. Their next match against Chile on 25 June was won 2–1. They advanced to the knock-out stage to defeat Portugal 1–0, reaching the Quarter Finals, in which they defeated Paraguay 1-0, scoring off of a goal by David Villa who put the ball in the back of the net after Pedro struck the ball off the post, reaching the Semi-Finals for the first time since 1950. They then advanced to the Final for the first time ever by defeating Germany 1-0 via a headed goal from Carles Puyol.

In the second half of extra time during the world cup final against the Netherlands, Andrés Iniesta scored a single goal, winning the world cup for Spain for the first time in their history. In this match Spain received 5 yellow cards, whilst the “Oranje” received 9. Spain won the world cup by only scoring 8 goals and conceding 2, which is the lowest by any world cup winners in both cases. Also, it is the only team not to have conceded a goal in its last four games. Spain is the only team that has won the world cup title after losing its opening game. Spain is the first European team to win a World Cup outside its continent. With its victory Spain automaticaly qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, but not for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup squad won the FIFA fair play award while some of its players also won awards.^[20] Goalkeeper Iker Casillas won the golden glove for only conceding two goals during the tournament. David Villa won the bronze ball and silver boot with a total of 5 goals and 1 assist. The Spanish defender, Sergio Ramos, topped the Castrol Index and 4 of his other teammates made it to the top ten list as well. Joan Capdevila got second, Carles Puyol with third, Gerard Pique with fifth and David Villa with sixth.

Coach: Vicente del Bosque

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
1	GK	Iker Casillas (c)	20 May 1981 (aged 29)	104	Real Madrid
2	DF	Raúl Albiol	4 September 1985 (aged 24)	23	Real Madrid
3	DF	Gerard Piqué	2 February 1987 (aged 23)	16	Barcelona
4	DF	Carlos Marchena	31 July 1979 (aged 30)	59	Valencia
5	DF	Carles Puyol	13 April 1978 (aged 32)	83	Barcelona
6	MF	Andrés Iniesta	11 May 1984 (aged 26)	43	Barcelona
7	FW	David Villa	3 December 1981 (aged 28)	58	Valencia
8	MF	Xavi	25 January 1980 (aged 30)	87	Barcelona
9	FW	Fernando Torres	20 March 1984 (aged 26)	73	Liverpool
10	MF	Cesc Fàbregas	4 May 1987 (aged 23)	49	Arsenal
11	DF	Joan Capdevila	3 February 1978 (aged 32)	46	Villarreal
12	GK	Víctor Valdés	14 January 1982 (aged 28)	1	Barcelona
13	MF	Juan Manuel Mata	28 April 1988 (aged 22)	8	Valencia
14	MF	Xabi Alonso	25 November 1981 (aged 28)	69	Real Madrid
15	DF	Sergio Ramos	30 March 1986 (aged 24)	60	Real Madrid
16	MF	Sergio Busquets	16 July 1988 (aged 21)	13	Barcelona
17	DF	Álvaro Arbeloa	17 January 1983 (aged 27)	15	Real Madrid
18	FW	Pedro	28 July 1987 (aged 22)	3	Barcelona
19	FW	Fernando Llorente	26 February 1985 (aged 25)	7	Athletic Bilbao
20	MF	Javi Martínez	2 September 1988 (aged 21)	2	Athletic Bilbao
21	MF	David Silva	8 January 1986 (aged 24)	36	Valencia
22	MF	Jesús Navas	21 November 1985 (aged 24)	6	Sevilla
23	GK	Pepe Reina	31 August 1982 (aged 27)	20	Liverpool