Royal Spanish Football Federation

Royal Spanish Football Federation
UEFA
	File:RFEF logo.svg
Founded	14 October 1909 (as Federación Española de Clubs de Football); 29 September 1913
Headquarters	Las Rozas de Madrid
FIFA affiliation	1904
UEFA affiliation	1954
President	Luis Rubiales
Website	rfef.es

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 as Federación Española de Clubs de Football,^[1] and officially founded on 29 September 1913.^[2]

It administers the competition committee (including the handling of the trophy) of the Campeonato Nacional de Liga: the Primera División and the Segunda División, even though they are organized by LaLiga. It organizes the Segunda División B as well as the Tercera División with the assistance of the regional football federations.

It is also responsible for appointing the management of the Spanish national football team (men's), women's, and youth national football teams. The Spain national futsal team, also belongs to the federation. As of May 2019, the federation has 21,148 registered clubs and 1,063,090 federated football players.^[3]

Competitions

The RFEF also organizes several competitions:

Honours

National football team

Men

FIFA World Cup

Winner (1): 2010
Fourth place (1): 1950

UEFA European Championship

Winner (3): 1964, 2008, 2012
Runner-up (1): 1984

Olympic Games

Gold Medal (1): 1992
Silver Medal (2): 1920, 2000

FIFA Confederations Cup

Runner-up (1): 2013
Third place (1): 2009

Women

UEFA Women's Championship

Fourth place (1): 1997

National youth teams

Men

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Winner (1): 1999
Runner-up (2): 1985, 2003

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Runner-up (4): 1991, 2003, 2007, 2017
Third place (2): 1997, 2009

UEFA U-21 Championship

Winner (5): 1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019
Runner-up (3): 1984, 1996, 2017
Third place (2): 1994, 2000

UEFA U-19/18 Championship (U-19 since 2002)

Winner (11): 1952, 1954, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
Runner-up (4): 1957, 1964, 1996, 2010
Third place (6): 1976, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001

UEFA U-17/16 Championship (U-17 since 2002)

Winner (9): 1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2017
Runner-up (6): 1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016
Third place (3): 1985, 1998, 2006

Women

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Runner-up (1): 2018

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Winner (1): 2018
Runner-up (1): 2014
Third place (2): 2010, 2016

UEFA Women's U-19 Championship

Winner (3): 2004, 2017, 2018
Runner-up (5): 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

UEFA Women's U-17 Championship

Winner (4): 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018
Runner-up (4): 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017
Third place (1): 2013

National futsal team

Men

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Winner (2): 2000, 2004
Runner-up (3): 1996, 2008, 2012

UEFA Futsal Championship

Winner (7): 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016
Runner-up (2): 1999, 2018

Women

UEFA Women's Futsal Championship

Winner (1): 2019

Territories

The RFEF consists of 19 regional and territorial federations, comprising the different Autonomous communities and cities in Spain.

Presidents

President	Years in power
Francisco García	1913–1916
Gabriel Maura	1916–1920
David Ormaechea	1921–1923
Gabriel Maura	1923–1924
Julián Olave	1924–1926
Antonio Bernabéu	1926–1927
Pedro Díez de Rivera (Marqués de Someruelos)	1927–1931
Leopoldo García	1931–1936
Julián Troncoso	1939–1940
Luis Saura	1940–1941
Javier Barroso	1941–1946
Jesús Rivero	1946–1947
Armando Muñoz Calero	1947–1950
Manuel Valdés	1950–1952
Sancho Dávila	1952–1954
Juan Touzón	1954–1956
Alfonso de la Fuente	1956–1960
Benito Pico	1960–1967
José Luis Costa	1967–1970
José Luis Pérez-Paya	1970–1975
Pablo Porta	1975–1984
José Luis Roca	1984–1988
Ángel María Villar	1988–2017
Juan Luis Larrea	2017–2018
Luis Rubiales	2018–

References

^ EFE (7 March 2010). "Le quiere quitar cuatro títulos históricos al Madrid y uno al Barcelona". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2010.
^ "Adidas presentó la nueva equipación de España". Real Federación Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
^ "Yearbook of Sports Statistics 2019" (PDF). www.culturaydeporte.gob.es. Ministry of Culture and Sport. May 2019. pp. 112 and 122.

External links

Official website RFEF Template:Es
Spain at FIFA site
Spain at UEFA site

[1] EFE (7 March 2010). "Le quiere quitar cuatro títulos históricos al Madrid y uno al Barcelona". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2010.

[2] "Adidas presentó la nueva equipación de España". Real Federación Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

[3] "Yearbook of Sports Statistics 2019" (PDF). www.culturaydeporte.gob.es. Ministry of Culture and Sport. May 2019. pp. 112 and 122.

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