Spanish Soccer Flashcards
The Spanish national team won its first major international title after defeating this team in the 1964 European Championship (also held in Spain).
Soviet Union
Spain made it to the quarterfinals of the 1994 World Cup. Their loss was controversial because Italian defender Mauro Tassotti struck this Spanish player with his elbow, causing him to bleed profusely from the nose and mouth. The foul was not noticed by the referee.
Luis Enrique
Spain’s first major international victory since 1964 was UEFA 2008. In the final match they defeated Germany 1-0, the lone score being made by this player.
Fernando Torres
In the 2010 World Cup Spain became the third team to win outside the championship outside of their own continent. What are the other three (there are now four)?
Brazil (Sweden, Mexico, USA, Korea/Japan)
Argentina (Mexico)
Germany (Brazil)
This player scored the lone goal in Spain’s 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup final.
Andres Iniesta
This player holds the record for most appearances on the Spanish national team.
Iker Casillas
- Sergio Ramos
- Xavi
This player holds the title of highest goalscorer for the Spanish national team.
David Villa
- Raul Gonzalez
- Fernando Torres
“La Liga” is sponsored by this company, whose name is technically part of the league’s official name.
Santander
Only three of La Liga’s founding clubs have not been relegated from the Primera Division. What are they?
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao
This Liga team won its first title during the 1939-40 season under the name Atletico Aviacion.
Atletico Madrid
This team won its only title to date in 1946. That decade saw many team rosters decimated by the Spanish Civil War.
Sevilla
Real Madrid’s dominance throughout the middle of the century was interrupted by back-to-back victories by this club in 1981 and 1982.
Real Sociedad
Three Primera teams are located in/around Madrid, the latest being this team, which was promoted for the first time after the 2015-16 season.
CD Leganes
This manager and former player restored a crumbling Barcelona team, winning it four Liga championships between 1989-1994/
Johan Cruyff
This style of playing is characterized by short passing and movement and is most associated with Pep Guardiola’s tenure as Barcelona manager.
Tiki-taka
This is the name by which Barcelona’s youth academy is usually referred.
La Masia (de Can Planes)
This club won its first and only Liga title in the 1999-00 season but has remained a fixture in the league’s top performers, finishing in the top half of the league in 16 of 19 seasons over the past 20 years.
Deportivo de la Coruña
This is the only Spanish player to ever be voted Ballon d’Or. He played on Deportivo and Barcelona, the latter of which was he was playing for when he one the award in 1960.
Luis Suarez
This player is credited with being responsible for Real Madrid’s string of championships in the 1950s. In 1963, he was kidnapped and soon released by a Venezuelan revolutionary group during a Real Madrid tour of South America.
Alfredo di Stefano
The Pichichi Trophy is an awarded given by this Spanish sports publication to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season.
Marca
The rivalry between these two La Liga teams is often referred to as “Derby de la Communitat.”
Valencia, Villarreal
Though he brought Barcelona two Liga titles as manager from 1997-2000, he left the team after losing the title to Deportivo. His tenure was plagued by conflict with the media and players.
Louis Van Gaal
This Basque team was promoted to la Primera in 2014 and has the smallest stadium of all teams in the division with a capacity of 7,000.
Eibar
This Brazilian midfielder made his most club appearances as a member of Barcelona from 1997-2002. In 1999, he won the Ballon d’Or.
Rivaldo
Matches between Real Madrid and Barcelona are given this title.
El Clasico
In 2010, these three players who came through Barcelona’s youth academy were chosen as the three best players in the world in the FIFA Ballon d’Or awards.
Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi
This Hungarian footballer led Barcelona to success in the 1950s. There is a statue of him built outside of Camp Nou.
Laszlo Kubala
This Barcelona manager only spent a year with the team during the 1996-97 season. He was considered to be a short-term solution while Barcelona waited for another coach. Nevertheless, under his tenure the team deliver a “cup treble” (Copa Del Rey, UEFA Winners, Supercopa).
Bobby Robson
