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Spain national football B team

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Spain B
AssociationSpanish Football Federation
Most capsPepillo (9)
Top scorerManuel Badenes (8)
First international
Spain Spain B 5–2 Portugal B Portugal
(A Coruña, Spain; 20 March 1949)
Biggest win
Spain Spain B 7–1 Greece Greece
(Madrid, Spain; 13 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
Germany West Germany B 5–2 Spain B Spain
(Dortmund, West Germany; 14 June 1953)
Spain Spain B 2–5 West Germany B Germany
(Barcelona, Spain; 31 May 1956)

Spain B was a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Spain national football team. They commonly played matches against 'B' teams from other football associations, from 1949 to 1981.[1][2]

Early history

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Spain B's first game is considered by some to be the one on 29 May 1927 at the Metropolitan Stadium in Madrid, where they beat the Portugal A team 2-0, thanks to second-half goals from Francisco Moraleda and Manuel Valderrama. The team that started that day was Guillermo Eizaguirre, Miguel Garrobé, Emilio Perelló, Ramón Polo Pardo, Manuel Valderrama, Gonzalo, Domingo Carulla, Enrique Molina, Pedro Regueiro, Emili Sagi-Barba and Óscar, and the two substitutes that came after the break were Matías Aranzábal and Francisco Moraleda, with the latter scoring the opening goal.[3][4][5] However, the Spain B team was only officially created 22 years later, in 1949, by the hands of the then national coach, Guillermo Eizaguirre, who had been the starting goalkeeper in the 1927 match. A Coruña was the city chosen to host this team's first-ever match against the Portuguese, and the Spanish B team won again, 5-2. And those who have played for the Spanish side that day include the likes of a young Estanislau Basora, Silvestre Igoa (scored twice) and Miguel Muñoz, all of whom future Spanish stars.[6] The next game was played only four years later, in 1953, this time thanks to Ricardo Zamora (the then Spain coach), to give the possibility to test under-21 or less experienced players, in addition to those involved with the senior national team.

Mediterranean Cup

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Between 1953 and 1960 was when more games were held. A total of 17, divided between 8 friendlies and 9 Mediterranean Cup games. Spain B participated in the 1953-58 Mediterranean Cup, where they faced the A teams of Turkey, Egypt and Greece home and away, as well as the B teams of Italy and France, but Spain showed great character and won the tournament with 5 points to spare, finishing with 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, with their only loss in the tournament coming at the hands of Greece (0-2) in Athens on 13 March 1957, which was a huge upset as Spain had beat them 7-1 at home.[7] The top goal scorer of the tournament was Manuel Badenes with 8 goals courtesy of two pokers, the first in a 7-1 win over Greece on 13 March 1955 and the other in a 5-1 win over Egypt on 27 November of the same year. These 8 goals also makes him the all-time top goal scorer of the Spain B team.

1982 World Cup

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Preparing the squad for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, the then Spanish coach, José Santamaría and the then Spanish U-21 coach, Luis Suárez, put together a block of 7 Friendly tests throughout 1980 and 1981, and in this block, Javier Urruticoechea established himself as a goalkeeper, playing 5 of the 7 games. The squad of this B side was Javier Urruticoechea, Francisco García, Marcos Alonso, Juan José Rubio, Ricardo Gallego, Francisco Pineda, Antonio Maceda, Manuel Jiménez, Víctor Muñoz, Cundi, Periko Alonso, Pichi Alonso, Dani, Julio Alberto, Gerardo Miranda, Santillana and Juan José. The most recent fixture was a friendly against Poland B on 18 November 1981, which ended in a 2-0 with two goals from Pichi Alonso.[8]

Results

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29 May 1927 Friendly[a] Spain [a] 2 – 0  Portugal Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid
17:30 (UTC+1:00) Moraleda 61'
Valderrama 81'
Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee: England Thomas Crewe
20 March 1949 Friendly Spain  5–2  Portugal Riazor, A Coruña
Ontoria 7'
Igoa 15', 60'
Bazán 35'
Escudero 43'
Report Caiado 11'
Bentes 84'
Referee: Léon Boes (France)
14 June 1953 Friendly West Germany  5–2  Spain Rote Erde, Dortmund
Pfaff 32', 44'
Schäfer 34', 54', 58'
Report Ramoní 36', 39' Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
27 November 1955 1953-58 Mediterranean Cup Spain  5–1  Egypt Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Tejada 43'
Badenes 47', 70', 73', 87'
Report El-Hamouly 8' Referee: Armando Marchetti (Italy)
24 November 1957 Friendly Luxembourg  1–4  Spain Municipal, Luxembourg City
Mond 39' (pen.) Report Pepillo 16'
Peiró 20'
Tejada 50', 75'
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
16 October 1958 1953-58 Mediterranean Cup Spain  3–1  Italy La Romareda, Zaragoza
Peiró 25', 49', 50' Report Stacchini 59' Referee: Jean-Louis Groppi (France)
12 October 1960 Friendly Spain  4–3  Morocco Los Cármenes, Granada
16:30 Mateos 15', 23', 29'
Pepillo 17'
Report Akesbi 35', 80'
El Filali 39'
Referee: Abel Campos (Portugal)
24 September 1980 Friendly Spain  2–2  Hungary Nou Estadi, Valencia
Rubio 48' (pen.), 63' (pen.) Report Nagy 35'
Soos 44'
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
12 November 1980 Friendly Poland  0–0  Spain Stali Mielec, Mielec
Report Referee: Manfred Roßner (East Germany)
18 February 1981 Friendly France  0–0  Spain Municipal, Toulouse
Report Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)
15 April 1981 Friendly Hungary  1–3  Spain Gyöngyös
Borostyan 35' Report Dani 14'
Morán 23', 50'
Referee: Josef Marko (Czechoslovakia)
18 November 1981 Friendly Spain  2–0  Poland La Romareda, Zaragoza
Alonso 27', 88' (pen.) Report Referee: Franz Gächter (Switzerland)

Spain national football B team head to head

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Key
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Negative balance (more Losses)
Nationality From To P W D L Win %[b] GF GA GD
 France 1954 1981 5 4 1 0 90% 10 3 +7
 Portugal 1949 1964 3 2 1 0 83.33% 8 2 +6
 Luxembourg 1953 1957 2 2 0 0 100% 6 1 +5
 Egypt 1955 1957 2 2 0 0 100% 6 1 +5
 Italy 1956 1958 2 2 0 0 100% 4 1 +3
 Hungary 1980 1981 2 1 1 0 75% 5 3 +2
 Turkey 1957 1959 2 1 1 0 75% 2 0 +2
 Poland 1980 1981 2 1 1 0 75% 2 0 +2
 Morocco 1960 1960 2 1 1 0 75% 7 6 +1
 Greece 1955 1957 2 1 0 1 50% 7 3 +4
 West Germany 1953 1956 2 0 0 2 0% 4 10 –6
 England 1981 1981 1 1 0 0 100% 3 2 +1
 East Germany 1980 1980 1 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0
Total 28 18 7 3 76.79% 64 32 +32

Player records

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Top appearances

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Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) Caps
1 Pepillo Sevilla, Real Madrid 1955–1960 9
2 Enrique Collar Atlético Madrid 1955–1959 7
Manuel Mestre Valencia 1957–1960 7
4 Justo Tejada Barcelona 1954–1960 6
Ferran Olivella Barcelona 1956–1958 6
Francisco García Real Madrid 1980–1981 6
Manuel Jiménez Sporting Gijón 1980–1981 6
8 Campanal Sevilla 1953–1957 5
Antonio Argilés Espanyol 1953–1956 5
Joaquín Peiró Atlético Madrid 1956–1959 5
José Vicente Espanyol 1957–1960 5
Juan José Rubio Atlético Madrid 1980–1981 5
Javier Urruticoechea Espanyol 1980–1981 5

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Bs.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) Goals
1 Manuel Badenes Valencia 1955 8
2 Justo Tejada Barcelona 1954–1960 5
Joaquín Peiró Atlético Madrid 1956–1959 5
4 Pepillo Sevilla, Real Madrid 1955–1960 4
5 Enrique Mateos Real Madrid 1957–1960 3
Juan José Rubio Atlético Madrid 1980–1981 3
7 Silvestre Igoa Valencia 1949 2
Ramoní Sevilla 1953 2
Pablo Olmedo Celta Vigo 1955 2
Marcelino Martínez Zaragoza 1961 2
José María García Oviedo 1964 2
Pichi Alonso Zaragoza 1981 2
Enrique Morán Betis 1981 2

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Bs.

Honours

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Mediterranean Cup Champion: 1953-58

Notes

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  1. ^ a b In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid[3][4][5] on the same day as they played Italy in Rome.[9][10][11][12] The squad for the Italy game was more experienced and considered to be stronger, while several players in the Portugal match made their debuts; consequently the Spain team is considered to have been equivalent to its B team[2] (although they won their match while the A team lost theirs)[12] and thus not a full international, although the match is included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved.[13][14][15][16]
  2. ^ A draw counts as a ½ win

References

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  1. ^ "Spain national team: Selection B". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "¿Sabes qué era la Selección Absoluta B?" [Do you know what the Senior B Team was?]. SEFútbol (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "International football match: 29.05.1927 Spain* v Portugal". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "29/05/1927: España 2 - 0 Portugal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Spain v Portugal, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Selection B · Friendly · Sunday 20/03/1949". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 results". football.eu. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  8. ^ "España B Amistosos 1980". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. ^ "International football match: 29.05.1927 Italy v Spain". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. ^ "29/05/1927: Italia 2 - 0 España". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Italy v Spain, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Los españoles, gandaores en el Stadium y derrotadoes en Bolonia por tanteo de 2 a 0" [The Spaniards, winners in the Stadium and defeated in Bologna by score of 2 to 0]. La Voz (digital archive) (in Spanish). 30 May 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  13. ^ "España vs. Portugal: rivalidad y revancha" [Spain vs. Portugal: rivalry and revenge]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 June 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Regueiro: Pedro Regueiro Pagola [List of matches / Spain National Team]". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  15. ^ "National football team player: Jorge Vieira". EU-football.info. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Appearances for Portugal National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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