Spain national football B team

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.{{Cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=15142|title=International football match: 29.05.1927 Spain* v Portugal|website=EU-football.info|access-date=17 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340000|title=29/05/1927: España 2 - 0 Portugal|website=BDFutbol|access-date=17 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/spain-v-portugal-29-may-1927-223708/|title=Spain v Portugal, 29 May 1927|website=11v11.com|access-date=17 March 2019 }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340001 |title=Selection B · Friendly · Sunday 20/03/1949 |website=bdfutbol.com |accessdate=31 May 2022}} 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.

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.{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=MC-3 |title=Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 results |website=football.eu |accessdate=31 May 2022}} 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.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/tselespb1980amistosos.html |title=España B Amistosos 1980 |website=bdfutbol.com |accessdate=31 May 2022}}

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|date=29 May 1927

|time=17:30 (UTC+1:00)

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|score=2 – 0

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|round=Friendly{{efn|name=spa27|In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid on the same day as they played Italy in Rome.{{Cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5258|title=International football match: 29.05.1927 Italy v Spain|website=EU-football.info|access-date=17 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=300568|title=29/05/1927: Italia 2 - 0 España |website=BDFutbol|access-date=17 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-spain-29-may-1927-223707/|title=Italy v Spain, 29 May 1927|website=11v11.com|access-date=17 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000837612|title=Los españoles, gandaores en el Stadium y derrotadoes en Bolonia por tanteo de 2 a 0|trans-title=The Spaniards, winners in the Stadium and defeated in Bologna by score of 2 to 0 |language=es |work=La Voz (digital archive)|page=11|date=30 May 1927|access-date=17 March 2019 }} 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 (although they won their match while the A team lost theirs) 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/2010/06/26/futbol/mundial_2010/selecciones/espana/1277544029.html|title=España vs. Portugal: rivalidad y revancha|trans-title=Spain vs. Portugal: rivalry and revenge|language=es |work=Marca|date=26 June 2010|access-date=17 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/j11374.html?cat=SEL|title=Regueiro: Pedro Regueiro Pagola [List of matches / Spain National Team]|website=BDFutbol|access-date=18 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22196|title=National football team player: Jorge Vieira|website=EU-football.info|access-date=19 March 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/port-recintlp.html|title=Appearances for Portugal National Team|website=RSSSF|access-date=19 March 2019 }}}}

|team2={{fb|Portugal}}

|goals1=Moraleda {{goal|61}}
Valderrama {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

|attendance=30,000

|referee={{flagicon|England}} Thomas Crewe

|result=W

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|date=20 March 1949

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|time=

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|score=5–2

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|goals1=Ontoria {{goal|7}}
Igoa {{goal|15||60}}
Bazán {{goal|35}}
Escudero {{goal|43}}

|goals2=Caiado {{goal|11}}
Bentes {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Riazor, A Coruña

|attendance=

|referee=Léon Boes (France)

|result= W

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|date=6 May 1953

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|time= 18:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=Manchón {{goal|25}}
Buqué {{goal|28}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance=

|referee=Raymond Vicenti (France)

|result= W

}}

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|date=14 June 1953

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|FRG}}

|score=5–2

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|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=Pfaff {{goal|32||44}}
Schäfer {{goal|34||54||58}}

|goals2=Ramoní {{goal|36||39}}

|stadium=Rote Erde, Dortmund

|attendance=

|referee=Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)

|result= L

}}

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|date=30 May 1954

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA}}

|score=0–2

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|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Tejada {{goal|6}}
Arieta {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Saint Léon, Bayonne

|location=|attendance=

|referee=José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)

|result= W

}}

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|date=13 March 1955

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=7–1

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|team2={{fb|GRE|old}}

|goals1=Badenes {{goal|7||35||51||58}}
Olmedo {{goal|33||68}}
Maguregui {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Emmanouilidis {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Maurice Frédéric Guigue (France)

|result= W

}}

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|date=10 November 1955

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=3–1

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340006

|team2={{fb|FRA}}

|goals1=Domingo {{goal|15}}
Agustín {{goal|17}}
Collar {{goal|28}}

|goals2=Dalla Cieca {{goal|8}}

|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Eduardo Gouveia (Portugal)

|result= W

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|date=27 November 1955

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=5–1

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340007

|team2={{fb|EGY|1922}}

|goals1=Tejada {{goal|43}}
Badenes {{goal|47||70||73||87}}

|goals2=El-Hamouly {{goal|8}}

|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Armando Marchetti (Italy)

|result= W

}}

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|date=31 May 1956

|round=Friendly

|time= 17:30

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=2–5

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340008

|team2={{fb|FRG}}

|goals1=Bosch {{goal|56}}
Villaverde {{goal|85}}

|goals2=Biesinger {{goal|20}}
Gerritzen {{goal|30}}
Szymaniak {{goal|53}}
Schönhöft {{goal|77}}
Schröder {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Les Corts, Barcelona

|attendance=

|referee=Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

|result= L

}}

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|date=8 December 1956

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}}

|score=0–1

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340009

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Tejada {{goal|61}}

|stadium=Amsicora, Cagliari

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Sulhi Garan (Turkey)

|result= W

}}

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|date=8 March 1957

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|EGY|1922}}

|score=0–1

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340010

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Pepillo {{goal|10}}

|stadium=Cairo

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Giannis Daskalakis (Greece)

|result= W

}}

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|date=13 March 1957

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|GRE|old}}

|score=2–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340011

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=Yfantis {{goal|2}}
Panakis {{goal|43}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras, Athens

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Mario Maurelli (Italy)

|result= L

}}

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|date=6 November 1957

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|TUR}}

|score=0–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340012

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Mithatpaşa, Istanbul

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Jacob Schrieber (West Germany)

|result= D

}}

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|date=24 November 1957

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|LUX}}

|score=1–4

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340013

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=Mond {{goal|39|pen.}}

|goals2=Pepillo {{goal|16}}
Peiró {{goal|20}}
Tejada {{goal|50||75}}

|stadium=Municipal, Luxembourg City

|attendance=

|referee=Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

|result= W

}}

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|date=13 April 1958

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|POR}}

|score=0–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340014

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Nacional, Oeiras

|attendance=

|referee=Jean-Louis Groppi (France)

|result= D

}}

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|date=5 July 1958

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=2–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340016

|team2={{fb|TUR}}

|goals1=Peiró {{goal|40}}
Pepillo {{goal|82}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Atotxa, San Sebastián

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Marcel Lequesne (France)

|result= W

}}

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|date=16 October 1958

|round=1953-58 Mediterranean Cup

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=3–1

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340015

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=Peiró {{goal|25||49||50}}

|goals2=Stacchini {{goal|59}}

|stadium=La Romareda, Zaragoza

|location=

|attendance=

|referee=Jean-Louis Groppi (France)

|result= W

}}

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|date=15 May 1960

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|MAR}}

|score=3–3

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340017

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=Chicha {{goal|45|pen.}}
Baba {{goal|71}}
Abdallah {{goal|74}}

|goals2=Ruiz Sosa {{goal|16}}
Ribelles {{goal|56}}
Paredes {{goal|58}}

|stadium=Honneur, Casablanca

|attendance=

|referee=Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

|result= D

}}

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|date=12 October 1960

|round=Friendly

|time= 16:30

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=4–3

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340018

|team2={{fb|MAR}}

|goals1=Mateos {{goal|15||23||29}}
Pepillo {{goal|17}}

|goals2=Akesbi {{goal|35||80}}
El Filali {{goal|39}}

|stadium=Los Cármenes, Granada

|attendance=

|referee=Abel Campos (Portugal)

|result= W

}}

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|date=2 April 1961

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA}}

|score=0–2

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340019

|team2={{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Aguirre {{goal|14}}
Marcelino {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Municipal, Grenoble

|attendance=

|referee=Albert Guinard (Switzerland)

|result= W

}}

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|date=10 December 1961

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=3–2

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340020

|team2={{fb|FRA}}

|goals1=Adelardo {{goal|7}}
Bueno {{goal|11|pen.}}
Marcelino {{goal|53}}

|goals2=Lafranceschina {{goal|54}}
Rustichelli {{goal|85}}

|stadium=La Romareda, Zaragoza

|attendance=

|referee=Abel da Costa (Portugal)

|result= W

}}

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|date=15 November 1964

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score=3–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340021

|team2={{fb|POR}}

|goals1=José María {{goal|26|pen.|80|pen.}}
Arieta {{goal|85}}

|goals2=

|stadium=El Arcángel, Córdoba

|attendance=

|referee=Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

|result= W

}}

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|date=24 September 1980

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1977}}

|score=2–2

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340022

|team2={{fb|HUN}}

|goals1=Rubio {{goal|48|pen.|63|pen.}}

|goals2=Nagy {{goal|35}}
Soos {{goal|44}}

|stadium=Nou Estadi, Valencia

|attendance=

|referee=Paolo Casarin (Italy)

|result= D

}}

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|date=15 October 1980

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1977}}

|score=0–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340023

|team2={{fb|GDR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Lluís Sitjar, Palma

|attendance=

|referee=Daniel Lambert (France)

|result= D

}}

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|date=12 November 1980

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|POL|1928}}

|score=0–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340024

|team2={{fb|ESP|1977}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stali Mielec, Mielec

|attendance=

|referee=Manfred Roßner (East Germany)

|result= D

}}

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|date=18 February 1981

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|FRA}}

|score=0–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340025

|team2={{fb|ESP|1977}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Municipal, Toulouse

|attendance=

|referee=Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

|result= D

}}

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|date=25 March 1981

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP|1977}}

|score=3–2

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340026

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=Alonso {{goal|20}}
Rubio {{goal|37}}
Santillana {{goal|48}}

|goals2=Statham {{goal|66}}
Martin {{goal|76}}

|stadium=Los Cármenes, Granada

|attendance=

|referee=Hendrik van Ettekoven (Netherlands)

|result= W

}}

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|date=15 April 1981

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|HUN}}

|score=1–3

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340027

|team2={{fb|ESP|1977}}

|goals1=Borostyan {{goal|35}}

|goals2=Dani {{goal|14}}
Morán {{goal|23||50}}

|stadium=Gyöngyös

|attendance=

|referee=Josef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

|result= W

}}

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|date=18 November 1981

|round=Friendly

|time=

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP}}

|score=2–0

|report= https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340028

|team2={{fb|POL|1928}}

|goals1=Alonso {{goal|27||88|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=La Romareda, Zaragoza

|attendance=

|referee=Franz Gächter (Switzerland)

|result= W

}}

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

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

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