Spain men's national field hockey team

Spain
Nickname	Redsticks
Association	Royal Spanish Hockey Federation; (Real Federación Española de Hockey)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Coach	Frédéric Soyez
Assistant coach(es)	Eduardo Aguilar
Manager	César Hernández
Captain	Miguel Delas
Most caps	Sergi Enrique (306)[1]
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	9 (21 December 2020)[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	14 (first in 1971)
Best result	2nd (1971, 1998)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (1974, 2005)
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	Qualified
Total	Best: 2nd place	18/24	113	38	25	50	228	174	–

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	To be determined
Total	Best: 2nd place	14/14	94	44	18	32	176	143	–

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	Relegation pool	6th	5	3	0	2	12	10
2013	Relegation pool	5th	5	3	1	1	19	10
2015	Relegation pool	6th	5	2	0	3	13	12
2017	Relegation pool	5th	5	3	1	1	8	10
2019	Final	2nd	5	2	1	2	11	16
2021	Qualified
2023	To be determined
Total	2 titles	18/18	102	57	14	31	277	174

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	Qualified							Squad
Total	Best: 7th	14	2	5	7	33	45

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 4 February 2021 for the FIH Pro League match against Belgium on 5 February 2021.[4]

Caps updated as of 16 February 2020, after the match against New Zealand.

Head coach: Frederic Soyez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Quico Cortés	(1983-03-29) 29 March 1983	300	Club Egara
24	GK	Mario Garín	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992	59	Club de Campo

4	DF	Ricardo Sánchez	(1992-12-04) 4 December 1992	82	Club de Campo
20		Alejandro Alonso	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999	0	Tenis
23	DF	Josep Romeu	(1990-05-22) 22 May 1990	134	Club Egara

7	MF	Miquel Delas (Captain)	(1984-04-13) 13 April 1984	255	Barcelona
10	MF	Marc Sallés	(1987-05-06) 6 May 1987	241	Atlètic Terrassa
12	MF	Joan Tarrés	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996	51	Atlètic Terrassa
13	MF	David Alegre	(1984-09-06) 6 September 1984	272	Real Club de Polo
18	MF	Alejandro de Frutos	(1992-09-29) 29 September 1992	121	Club de Campo
21	MF	Viçens Ruiz	(1991-10-30) 30 October 1991	160	Real Club de Polo
28	MF	Marc Miralles	(1997-11-14) 14 November 1997	33	Real Club de Polo

11	FW	Roc Oliva	(1989-07-18) 18 July 1989	173	Real Club de Polo
17	FW	Xavi Lleonart	(1990-06-22) 22 June 1990	199	Real Club de Polo
18	FW	José Basterra	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	0	Club de Campo
22	FW	Albert Béltran	(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993	86	Atlètic Terrassa
25	FW	Pau Quemada	(1983-09-04) 4 September 1983	274	Club Egara
27	FW	Marc Boltó	(1995-11-21) 21 November 1995	71	Atlètic Terrassa

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	Rafa Álvarez	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998	1	Complutense	v. New Zealand, 16 February 2020
GK	Albert Pérez	(1995-01-18) 18 January 1995	1	Junior	v. Scotland, 21 July 2019

DF	Llorenç Piera	(1996-11-04) 4 November 1996	35	Real Club de Polo	v. New Zealand, 16 February 2020
DF	Marc Recasens	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999	11	Club Egara	v. New Zealand, 16 February 2020
DF	Marc Serrahima	(1995-04-25) 25 April 1995	69	HGC	v. Germany, 25 January 2020
DF	Sergi Enrique	(1987-09-22) 22 September 1987	314	Atlètic Terrassa	v. France, 26 October 2019
DF	Ignacio Rodríguez	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996	54	Tenis	v. France, 26 October 2019
DF	Ricardo Santana	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993	120	Leuven	v. Great Britain, 11 October 2019
DF	Marc Perellón	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997	36	Junior	v. India, 29 September 2019

MF	Álvaro Iglesias	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	140	Club de Campo	v. New Zealand, 16 February 2020
MF	Pepe Cunill	(2001-07-09) 9 July 2001	7	Atlètic Terrassa	v. New Zealand, 16 February 2020

FW	Diego Arana	(1988-09-12) 12 September 1988	57	Jolaseta	v. New Zealand, 16 February 2020
FW	Quique González	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996	112	Club de Campo	v. Netherlands, 31 January 2020

References

"Sergi Enrique se convierte en el jugador español con más internacionalidades". www.europapress.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
"FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
"Real Federación Española de Hockey – RFEH". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
"Lineups". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

External links

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[1] "Sergi Enrique se convierte en el jugador español con más internacionalidades". www.europapress.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[FIH_World_Rankings-2] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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

[4] "Lineups". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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)
Active	Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia