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Encyclopedia > Spanish Football Federation
Founded 1909
FIFA affiliation 1913
UEFA affiliation 1954
President
Ángel María Villar
Coach
Luis Aragonés (2004—)

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Fútbol, RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It organizes the Campeonato Nacional de Liga: the Primera División, the Segunda División and the Segunda División B. It also administers the Tercera División with the assistance of the regional football federations, the Campeonato de España/Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, the Copa Federación and the Spain national football team. It is based in Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. Image File history File links RFEF.PNG Summary Royal Spanish Football Federation pennant Licensing This is a logo of a corporation, team, or other organization related to sports, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The International Federation of Association Football (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association), commonly known by its acroymn, FIFA, is the international governing body of association football. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... José Luis Aragonés Suárez (born July 28, 1938, Hortaleza, Madrid), sometimes referred to as simply Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and current manager. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fútbol or balompié is the most popular sport in Spain. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional The Segunda División is the lower of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. ... Logo of the Real Federacion Española de Futbol The Segunda División B is a championship of the Spanish Football. ... The Tercera División is one of the lower levels of the Spanish Football League. ... The Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol are the spanish football lower divisions. ... The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams. ... The Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. ... ... First international Spain 1 - 0 Denmark (Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Biggest win Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933) Biggest defeat Italy 7 - 1 Spain (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928) England 7 - 1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1934) Best... Las Rozas de Madrid is a municipality in Madrid Province, Spain. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ...


External links

  • Official website
Football in Spain
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League competitions RFEF Cup competitions
Primera División Spain Copa del Rey
Segunda División U-21 Copa de la Liga
Segunda División B (4 groups) Clubs 1/Clubs 2 Supercopa de España
Tercera División (18 groups) List of venues Copa Federación
Divisiones Regionales Copa de Campeones Juvenil
División de Honor Juvenil (7 groups) Foreign players Copa del Rey Juvenil
Liga Nacional Juvenil (20 groups)
Superliga Femenina
Liga Nacional Femenina (6 groups)
International football
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FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes Fútbol or balompié is the most popular sport in Spain. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ... The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional The Segunda División is the lower of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. ... First International U-23: Yugoslavia 3-0 Spain Novi Sad, June 18, 1969 U-21:Yugoslavia 4-1 Spain Zagreb, October 9, 1976 Largest win Spain 14-0 San Marino El Ejido, February 8, 2005 Worst defeat Netherlands 5-0 Spain Utrecht, February 16, 1983 Records for competitive matches only. ... The Copa de la Liga (League Cup) was a Spanish football cup created in 1982. ... Logo of the Real Federacion Española de Futbol The Segunda División B is a championship of the Spanish Football. ... List of football clubs in Spain sorted by division: // First Division teams 2005-06 season Alavés Athletic Bilbao Barcelona Real Betis Cádiz Celta de Vigo Deportivo Espanyol Getafe Málaga Mallorca Atlético de Madrid Real Madrid Osasuna Racing de Santander Sevilla Real Sociedad Valencia Villarreal Real Zaragoza... The Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. ... The Tercera División is one of the lower levels of the Spanish Football League. ... ... The Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol are the spanish football lower divisions. ... The Copa de Campeones de Juvenil is the tournment created by the RFEF to determine the overall youth champion of Spain. ... The División de Honor Juvenil is the top level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 18 years old and under. ... This is a list of foreign players in La Liga. ... First Round (May 6 & 13) Danok Bak vs Deportivo Antiguoko vs Real Racing Celta vs Real Sociedad Galdar vs Málaga Sevilla vs Atlético Madrileño Real Madrid vs Real Betis Espanyol vs Valencia Albacete vs Barcelona Quarterfinal (May 20 & 27) Semifinal (June 3 & 10) Final (June 17) Categories... The Liga Nacional Juvenil is the second level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 18 years old and under. ... The Superliga is the highest level of league competition for Spanish womens football. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The International Federation of Association Football (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association), commonly known by its acroymn, FIFA, is the international governing body of association football. ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ... The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, held every two years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six continental championships, with one or more other teams invited, to bring the number of teams up to eight. ... The FIFA U-20 World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA World Youth Championship (the new name for the competition will be used for the first time in the 2007), is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Féd... The FIFA U-17 World Cup, formerly the FIFA U-17 World Championship and before the FIFA U-16 World Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Football (soccer) was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. ... The football (soccer) tournament was held at the every edition of All-Africa Games since 1965. ... A mens football (soccer) tournament was held every Pan American Games, womens tournament was only added began 1999. ... Football has been held since 1989 at the Island Games as a mens competition sport. ... The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for mens national teams in football (soccer). ... The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... This is a list of the mens national football (soccer) teams in the world. ... FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries. ...

     Asia: AFCAsian Cup
     Africa: CAFAfrican Cup of Nations
     North America: CONCACAFGold Cup
     South America: CONMEBOLCopa América
     Oceania: OFCNations Cup
     Europe: UEFAEuropean Championship
     Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
National Football Associations of Europe (UEFA)
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Albania | Andorra | Armenia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | England | Estonia | Faroe Islands | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Iceland | Republic of Ireland | Israel | Italy | Kazakhstan | Latvia | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | FYR Macedonia | Malta | Moldova | Montenegro | Netherlands | Northern Ireland | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | San Marino | Scotland | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Turkey | Ukraine | Wales The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel but including Australia. ... The AFC Asian Cup is a football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation. ... The 53 member CAF (Confederation of African Football) , (French : Confédération Africaine de Football) , (Arabic : الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة القدم) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations, CAF Confederation Cup and the African Champions League. ... The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ... CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ... The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national football (soccer) competition of the CONCACAF nations. ... CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in most of South America. ... The Copa América is the main national football competition in South America, and is run by CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation. ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... OFC Nations cup logo The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football... The NF-Board (Nouvelle Fédération-Board, unofficially Non-FIFA-Board) is a football association established for national teams that are not — and usually may not become — members of FIFA, usually because the participating nations do not have internationally recognised sovereign state status. ... The VIVA World Cup is an international football tournament organised by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for nations unaffiliated to FIFA, planned to be held every two years. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 19 KB) Summary This image is copy of World Map FIFA.png I added divisions in UK - England, Scotland & Wales. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... ć The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian: Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine or N/FSBiH) is the chief officiating body of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Football Association of the Czech Republic (ÄŒMFS) (Czech: ÄŒeskomoravský fotbalový svaz) is the governing body of football in the Czech Republic. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Football (soccer) governing bodies | Faroese football ... The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the organising body for the sport of association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM) (Macedonian: Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија) is the governing body of football in Republic of Macedonia. ... The Football Association of Montenegro is the football Association of the new Montenegro national football team, following the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. ... The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the organising body for football in Northern Ireland. ... The San Marino Football Federation (FSGC) (Italian: Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio) is the governing body of football in San Marino. ... The Scottish Football Association (SFA) is the governing body for the sport of football in Scotland. ... The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) (Serbian Cyrilic: Фудбалски савез Србије) is the governing body of football in Serbia, based in Belgrade. ... The Football Association of Wales is the governing body of football in Wales, being a member of both FIFA and UEFA. Established in 1876, it is the third-oldest association in the world, and is one of the four associations (with the English Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, the...


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