Last update 10 January, 2014 por Julio Muñoz

The Spanish football team for many years it has been known by the nickname of the “Fury”. Sin embargo, few know that the origin of the nickname comes from the Olympic Games in Antwerp, back in 1920. España, already eliminated from the fight for the gold medal faced in their third match in Belgian land to Swedish.

Con 1-0 for Scandinavians who were primarily under wood to distribute the identity cards, in the minute 6 the second part was to produce the play where everything would be born. José María Belauste, Basque midfielder Athletic Bilbao, tired of the Swedish abruptness in the game would utter the magic words to kick for a foul: To my platoon (ball), Sabino, the brook! And I said and done. Sabino, His team mate Athletic, he threw the ball over the area, Belauste in control with his chest and was introduced with the same ball in the goal leaving three defenders ahead they could not stop him nor grabs.

Spain eventually won the match 2-1 and he managed to hang the silver medal, the first of three would get along history. That meant the championship was the first official match of selection against Denmark (28 of August of 1920) and the first victory thanks to the solitary goal from Patricio.

Since then, Fury has played 632 parties with a balance of 366 victories, 146 draws and 120 defeats. These are the most important meetings.

Spain best results
	Date	Match	Event	Resultado	Difference
1	21 de mayo, 1933	España – Bulgaria	Friendly	13 – 0	+13
2	21 from December, 1983	España – Malta	Euro 1984 (Q)	12 – 1	+11
3	20 de junio, 2013	España – Tahiti	Confederations 2013	10 – 0	+10
4	11 de marzo, 1934	España – Portugal	Mundial 1934 (Q)	9 – 0	+9
	19 from December, 1990	España – Albania	Euro 1992 (Q)
	27 de marzo, 1999	España – Austria	Euro 2000 (Q)
	5 de junio, 1999	España – San Marino	Euro 2000 (Q)
8	8 de septiembre, 1999	España – Chipre	Euro 2000 (Q)	8 – 0	+8
9	14 of April, 1929	España – Francia	Friendly	8 – 1	+7
	24 de noviembre, 1971	España – Chipre	Euro 1972 (Q)	7 – 0
11	30 de mayo, 1928	España – Mexico	JJ.OO 1928 1/8	7 – 1	+6
	1 de junio, 1952	España – Ireland	Friendly	6 – 0
	1 de noviembre, 1962	España – Rumania	Euro 1964 (Q)
	15 de octubre, 1969	España – Finland	Mundial 1970 (Q)
	6 de septiembre, 1995	España – Chipre	Euro 1996 (Q)
	31 de marzo, 1999	España – San Marino	Euro 2000 (Q)
	12 de octubre, 2005	España – San Marino	Mundial 2006 (Q)
	9 de junio, 2009	España – Azerbaiyán	Friendly
	8 de junio, 2010	España – Polonia	Friendly
	6 de septiembre, 2011	España – Liechtenstein	Euro 2012 (Q)

Spain worst results
	Date	Match	Event	Resultado	Difference
1	4 de junio, 1928	España – Italia	JJ.OO 1928 1/4 (R)	1 – 7	-6
	9 from December, 1931	España – Inglaterra	Friendly
3	13 de julio, 1950	España – Brasil	Mundial 1950 1/2	1 – 6	-5
4	13 de junio, 1963	España – Escocia	Friendly	2 – 6	-4
	19 of April, 1942	España – Italia	Friendly	0 – 4
	17 de noviembre, 2010	España – Portugal	Friendly