Fury was born in Antwerp

Last update 10 January, 2014 by Julio Muñoz

The Spanish football team for many years it has been known by the nickname of the “Fury”. However, few know that the origin of the nickname comes from the Olympic Games in Antwerp, back in 1920. Spain, 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	Result	Difference
1	21 of may, 1933	Spain – Bulgaria	Friendly	13 – 0	+13
2	21 from December, 1983	Spain – Malta	Euro 1984 (Q)	12 – 1	+11
3	20 June, 2013	Spain – Tahiti	Confederations 2013	10 – 0	+10
4	11 March, 1934	Spain – Portugal	World 1934 (Q)	9 – 0	+9
	19 from December, 1990	Spain – Albania	Euro 1992 (Q)
	27 March, 1999	Spain – Austria	Euro 2000 (Q)
	5 June, 1999	Spain – San Marino	Euro 2000 (Q)
8	8 September, 1999	Spain – Cyprus	Euro 2000 (Q)	8 – 0	+8
9	14 of April, 1929	Spain – France	Friendly	8 – 1	+7
	24 November, 1971	Spain – Cyprus	Euro 1972 (Q)	7 – 0
11	30 of may, 1928	Spain – Mexico	JJ.OO 1928 1/8	7 – 1	+6
	1 June, 1952	Spain – Ireland	Friendly	6 – 0
	1 November, 1962	Spain – Rumania	Euro 1964 (Q)
	15 October, 1969	Spain – Finland	World 1970 (Q)
	6 September, 1995	Spain – Cyprus	Euro 1996 (Q)
	31 March, 1999	Spain – San Marino	Euro 2000 (Q)
	12 October, 2005	Spain – San Marino	World 2006 (Q)
	9 June, 2009	Spain – Azerbaiyán	Friendly
	8 June, 2010	Spain – Poland	Friendly
	6 September, 2011	Spain – Liechtenstein	Euro 2012 (Q)

Spain worst results
	Date	Match	Event	Result	Difference
1	4 June, 1928	Spain – Italia	JJ.OO 1928 1/4 (R)	1 – 7	-6
	9 from December, 1931	Spain – England	Friendly
3	13 July, 1950	Spain – Brazil	World 1950 1/2	1 – 6	-5
4	13 June, 1963	Spain – Scotland	Friendly	2 – 6	-4
	19 of April, 1942	Spain – Italia	Friendly	0 – 4
	17 November, 2010	Spain – Portugal	Friendly