Spain men's national field hockey team

Spain
Nickname(s)	Redsticks
Association	Royal Spanish Hockey Federation; (Real Federación Española de Hockey)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Maximiliano Caldas
Assistant coach(es)	Juan Escarré; Bernar Herrera; Alejandro Iglesias; Borja Movellan; Aleix Sagrera
Manager	César Hernández
Captain	Álvaro Iglesias
Most caps	Quico Cortés (323)[1]
Top scorer	Santi Freixa (126)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	8 (14 October 2023)[2]
Highest	3 (2006, 2008–2009)
Lowest	11 (March 2015 – June 2016)
Olympic Games
Appearances	18 (first in 1928)
Best result	2nd (1980, 1996, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1971)
Best result	2nd (1971, 1998)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (1974, 2005)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroHockey Championships
Champions Trophy

The Spain men's national field hockey team represents Spain in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Spain.

Spain has competed in every World Cup since the first edition in 1971. They have won the EuroHockey Nations Championship twice and both the Champions Trophy and Champions Challenge once.[3]

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	did not participate
1920	did not participate
1928	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	3	8	Squad
1932	did not participate
1936	did not participate
1948	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	3	6	Squad
1952	did not participate
1956	did not participate
1960	3rd place game	3rd	6	4	1	1	11	4	Squad
1964	3rd place game	4th	9	4	3	2	18	9	Squad
1968	5th place game	6th	9	3	3	3	10	8	Squad
1972	7th place game	7th	9	3	4	2	11	11	Squad
1976	5th place game	6th	7	2	2	3	12	18	Squad
1980	Final	2nd	6	4	1	1	36	7	Squad
1984	7th place game	8th	7	2	1	4	11	13	Squad
1988	9th place game	9th	7	3	1	3	10	10	Squad
1992	5th place game	5th	7	5	0	2	19	12	Squad
1996	Final	2nd	7	5	0	2	17	9	Squad
2000	9th place game	9th	7	2	2	3	11	15	Squad
2004	3rd place game	4th	7	3	2	2	20	13	Squad
2008	Final	2nd	7	5	0	2	12	8	Squad
2012	5th place game	6th	6	2	2	2	10	15	Squad
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	6	3	1	2	14	8	Squad
2020	Quarter-finals	8th	6	1	2	3	10	13	Squad
Total	Best: 2nd place	18/24	119	39	27	53	238	187	–

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	Final	2nd	6	3	1	2	6	4	N/A
1973	5th place game	5th	7	5	0	2	17	5	N/A
1975	7th place game	8th	7	2	1	4	10	16
1978	5th place game	5th	8	5	1	2	11	5
1982	11th place game	11th	7	2	1	4	11	14
1986	5th place game	5th	7	4	1	2	14	16
1990	7th place game	8th	7	3	0	4	17	13
1994	9th place game	9th	7	2	2	3	10	9
1998	Final	2nd	7	5	1	1	19	7	Squad
2002	11th place game	11th	9	4	2	3	17	15	Squad
2006	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	3	0	18	11	Squad
2010	5th place game	5th	6	4	0	2	14	8	Squad
2014	7th place game	8th	6	1	3	2	10	13	Squad
2018	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	6	7	Squad
2023	Quarter-finals	6th	5	1	1	3	10	13	Squad
Total	Best: 2nd place	15/15	99	45	19	35	190	156	–

EuroHockey Championship

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1970	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	2	1	25	6
1974	Final	1st	6	5	1	0	12	1
1978	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	12	13
1983	3rd place game	4th	7	5	0	2	27	12
1987	7th place game	7th	7	2	2	3	18	12
1991	5th place game	5th	7	4	0	3	13	10
1995	7th place game	8th	7	3	1	3	13	11
1999	5th place game	5th	7	5	1	1	22	7
2003	Final	2nd	7	5	1	1	28	14
2005	Final	1st	5	4	0	1	16	10
2007	Final	2nd	5	1	2	2	14	11
2009	3rd place game	4th	5	3	0	2	14	9
2011	Group stage	6th	5	3	0	2	12	10
2013	Group stage	5th	5	3	1	1	19	10
2015	Group stage	6th	5	2	0	3	13	12
2017	Group stage	5th	5	3	1	1	8	10
2019	Final	2nd	5	2	1	2	11	16
2021	Group stage	5th	5	2	0	3	17	12
2023	Group stage	6th	5	2	0	3	14	14
Total	2 titles	18/18	112	61	14	37	308	200

Hockey World League

World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2012–13	10th	Semi-final	6	2	2	2	10	11
2014–15	10th	Semi-final	7	2	1	4	13	15
2016–17	6th	Semi-final	7	4	1	2	12	16
2016–17	6th	Final	5	2	0	3	6	13
Total	Best: 6th	Final	25	10	4	11	41	55

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019	7th	14	2	5	7	33	45	Squad
2020–21	9th	12	2	4	8	23	36	Squad
2021–22	7th	16	5	3	8	36	43	Squad
2022–23	5th	16	8	3	5	37	40	Squad
Total	Best: 5th	58	17	15	28	129	164

Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1978	5th	4	0	1	3	7	15
1980	6th	6	1	2	3	8	16
1981	5th	5	1	1	3	9	19
1982	did not participate
1982	did not participate
1984	6th	5	0	1	4	7	15
1985	did not participate
1986	did not participate
1987	6th	7	1	1	5	6	14
1988	5th	5	1	1	3	4	10
1989 until 1992	did not participate
1993	5th	6	1	0	5	7	16
1994	5th	6	1	2	3	13	18
1995	did not participate
1996	5th	6	1	2	3	11	16
1997	3rd	6	3	1	2	16	12
1998	5th	6	2	1	3	16	17
1999	4th	6	2	1	3	10	12
2000	4th	6	2	1	3	8	8
2001	did not participate
2002
2003
2004	1st	6	5	0	1	21	9
2005	3rd	6	4	0	2	18	14
2006	3rd	6	2	3	1	15	13
2007	5th	8	4	2	2	25	17
2008	2nd	6	3	1	2	15	11
2009	5th	6	1	2	3	22	28
2010	5th	6	2	2	2	16	19
2011	2nd	6	4	0	2	20	10
2012	Withdrew
2014	did not participate
2016
2018
Total	1 title	124	41	25	58	274	309

Champions Challenge

Champions Challenge record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001	did not participate
2003	1st	6	5	0	1	22	12
2007 until 2014	did not participate
Total	1 title	6	5	0	1	22	12

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 11 August 2023 for the 2023 EuroHockey Championship from 19 to 27 August 2023 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[4]

Head coach: Maximiliano Caldas

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	DF	Alejandro Alonso	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999	74	Tenis
6		Xavier Gispert	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999	55	Club Egara
7	FW	Enrique González	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996	184	Club de Campo
8	DF	Marc Recasens	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999	69	Club Egara
9	MF	Álvaro Iglesias	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	211	Club de Campo
10	FW	José Basterra	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	52	Club de Campo
12		Marc Reyné	(1999-05-18) 18 May 1999	44	Real Club de Polo
14	MF	Marc Miralles (Captain)	(1997-11-14) 14 November 1997	93	Real Club de Polo
15	MF	Jordi Bonastre	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000	50	Atlètic Terrassa
17	MF	Pepe Cunill	(2001-07-09) 9 July 2001	35	Atlètic Terrassa
18	FW	Joaquín Menini	(1991-08-18) 18 August 1991	43	Rotterdam
20	DF	Pau Cunill	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000	36	Atlètic Terrassa
21	GK	Adrian Rafi	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997	47	Barcelona
24	DF	Ignacio Rodríguez	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996	98	Club de Campo
29		Gerard Clapés	(2000-09-13) 13 September 2000	47	Club Egara
42	GK	Luis Calzado	(2000-11-15) 15 November 2000	18	Real Club de Polo
90		Borja Lacalle	(2001-05-21) 21 May 2001	35	Club de Campo
99		Rafael Vilallonga	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001	27	Club de Campo

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mario Garín	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992	89	Tenis	2023 World Cup
GK	Albert Perez	(1995-01-18) 18 January 1995	3	Club Egara	v. Ireland, 1 June 2022
GK	Rafa Álvarez	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998	2	Complutense	v. Netherlands, 18 January 2022

	César Curiel	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999	29	Complutense	2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona)
	Pere Amat	(2004-09-17) 17 September 2004	9	Club Egara	v. Germany, 5 July 2023
DF	Marc Vizcaino	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999	9	Atlètic Terrassa	v. Argentina, 5 March 2023
	Oriol Salvador	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995	9	Junior	2023 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers
DF	Ricardo Sánchez	(1992-12-04) 4 December 1992	124	Club de Campo	v. Australia, 18 July 2022
DF	Llorenç Piera	(1996-11-04) 4 November 1996	63	Real Club de Polo	v. Australia, 17 July 2022
MF	Joan Tarrés	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996	74	Atlètic Terrassa	v. Ireland, 26 June 2022
FW	Albert Béltran	(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993	101	Klein Zwitserland	v. Ireland, 1 June 2022
FW	Marc Boltó	(1995-11-21) 21 November 1995	95	HGC	v. Ireland, 1 June 2022
DF	Marc Serrahima	(1995-04-25) 25 April 1995	71	HGC	v. Ireland, 1 June 2022
	Alejandro Dávila	(1991-04-19) 19 April 1991	7	Tenis	v. Ireland, 1 June 2022
	Antonio Sanz	(1995-05-23) 23 May 1995	5	Complutense	v. Ireland, 1 June 2022
	Enrique Zorita	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999	4	Club de Campo	v. Ireland, 1 June 2022
	Marc Escudé	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998	2	Atlètic Terrassa	v. England, 4 February 2022

References

"Alegre, Oliva, Quemada y Cortés se despiden con orgullo de la selección". sport.es (in Spanish). Sport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
"FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
"Real Federación Española de Hockey – RFEH". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
"Lista La Convocatoria De La Absoluta Masculina Para El EuroHockey 2023". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Espanola de Hockey. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

External links

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[1] "Alegre, Oliva, Quemada y Cortés se despiden con orgullo de la selección". sport.es (in Spanish). Sport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[FIH_World_Rankings-2] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[3] "Real Federación Española de Hockey – RFEH". Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[4] "Lista La Convocatoria De La Absoluta Masculina Para El EuroHockey 2023". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Espanola de Hockey. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

Field hockey in Spain
National Teams	Men U21 Women U21
Men's competitions	División de Honor Copa del Rey
Women's competitions	División de Honor Copa de la Reina

Men's national field hockey teams of Europe (EHF)
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Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia