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)
Top scorer	Santi Freixa (126)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	8 (12 March 2024)
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[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

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
2024	qualified
Total	Best: 2nd place	19/25	119	39	27	53	238	187	–

World Cup[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following 18 players were named on 30 December 2023 for the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers from 13 to 21 January 2024 in Valencia, Spain.^[4]

Head coach: Maximiliano Caldas

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
32	GK	Rafa Revilla	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 26)	7	Club de Campo
42	GK	Luis Calzado	(2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 (age 23)	23	Real Club de Polo

2	DF	Alejandro Alonso	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 25)	79	Tenis
8	DF	Marc Recasens	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 24)	74	Real Club de Polo
15	DF	Jordi Bonastre	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 23)	55	Atlètic Terrassa
17	DF	Pepe Cunill	(2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 22)	40	Atlètic Terrassa
24	DF	Ignacio Rodríguez	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 27)	103	Club de Campo

6	MF	Xavier Gispert	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)	60	Club Egara
7	MF	Enrique González	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 27)	188	Club de Campo
14	MF	Marc Miralles (Captain)	(1997-11-14) 14 November 1997 (age 26)	98	Bloemendaal
29	MF	Gerard Clapés	(2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 23)	52	Oranje-Rood
91		Álvaro Portugal	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 23)	2	Club de Campo
99	MF	Rafael Vilallonga	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 22)	32	Club de Campo

9	FW	Álvaro Iglesias	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)	216	Club de Campo
10	FW	José Basterra	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)	57	Club de Campo
12	FW	Marc Reyné	(1999-05-18) 18 May 1999 (age 24)	49	Real Club de Polo
18	FW	Joaquín Menini	(1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 (age 32)	48	Rotterdam
90	FW	Borja Lacalle	(2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 (age 22)	40	Club de Campo

Recent call-ups[edit]

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	Adrian Rafi	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)	52	Barcelona	2023 EuroHockey Championship
GK	Mario Garín	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 31)	89	Tenis	2023 World Cup

DF	Pau Cunill	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 24)	41	Atlètic Terrassa	2023 EuroHockey Championship
MF	César Curiel	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 24)	29	Complutense	2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona)
	Pere Amat	(2004-09-17) 17 September 2004 (age 19)	9	Club Egara	v. Germany, 5 July 2023
DF	Marc Vizcaino	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 24)	9	Atlètic Terrassa	v. Argentina, 5 March 2023

References[edit]

^ "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. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Real Federación Española de Hockey – RFEH". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "España Ya Conoce a Sus Jugadores Y Jugadoras Para Afrontar El Preolímpico". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Espanola de Hockey. 30 December 2023.

External links[edit]

[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. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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

[4] "España Ya Conoce a Sus Jugadores Y Jugadoras Para Afrontar El Preolímpico". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Espanola de Hockey. 30 December 2023.

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v t e 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

v t e 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