Spain 26 (2024)

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At all levels, Spain are dominating football right now.

They also hold the two biggest titles in European club football, with Real Madrid and Barcelona winning last season's men's and women's Champions League respectively.

Boxing Day isn't the same in Spain as it is in the UK or other Commonwealth countries; it's not referred to as that and it's not a shopping holiday. What is celebrated on December 26th in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands is Saint Stephen's Day, known as well as the Feast of Saint Stephen.

UEFA'S EURO 2024 TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT

Marc Cucurella, Daniel Olmo, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Lamine Yamal, and Nico Williams were the six Spanish representatives.

UEFA has started a disciplinary process against Spain captain Alvaro Morata and player of the tournament Rodri for singing about a sovereignty claim on Gibraltar at the team's European Championship title celebration.

Having won one World Cup, one Nations League and three European Championship titles since 2008, Spain is the most successful European team of the 21st century. The team's achievements from 2008 to 2012 have led many experts and commentators to consider this era's squads one of the best ever teams in football history.

Thus, on 26th December, there is Saint Stephen, the first martyr of Christianity. While the Church remembers St Stephen for his religious value in the Catholic world, in 1947, the Italian State decided to make this day a public holiday to extend the Christmas festivities.

Apart from the national holidays, there are also two regional holidays and two local holidays, summing up to a total of 16 public holidays annually. In Spain it is traditional for public holidays to be called 'Red Days', this is because it was customary to mark them in red on the calendar.

In parts of Europe, such as several regions of Spain, the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, and the Republic of Ireland, 26 December is Saint Stephen's Day, which is considered the second day of Christmas.

Why is Gavi not at Euro 2024? Gavi suffered a serious knee injury in November that ended his season and ruled him out of the Euros.

Why Pedri is not playing with Spain? ›

The Spanish football federation later announced that Pedri had suffered an internal lateral sprain to his left-knee. The injury ruled Pedri out from the rest of the tournament. Fortunately Spain has a plethora of creative players and Olmo has filled in very nicely, taking them to the final against England.

Three-time winners Germany hosted the 17th UEFA European Championship in 2024. EURO 2024 was Germany's first major tournament as hosts since the 2006 FIFA World Cup and fixtures took place in ten host cities including the capital, Berlin.

Spanish national team coach Luis Enrique has named his 26 man squad for the World Cup in Qatar which includes no less than seven Barça players: Eric García, Jordi Alba, Pedri, Gavi, Busquets, Ferran Torres, Balde and Ansu Fati.

Spain's Unai Simón and England's Jordan Pickford arrive at the final having been two of the most consistent and reliable goalkeepers at Euro 2024 and they are both remarkably similar in their records at the tournament. Simón, 27, is able to play as an auxiliary defender and is comfortable with the ball at his feet.

Spain became European champions as hosts in 1964, in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, in 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, and in 2024 in Germany. They are currently the only team with four titles, the only side to win two consecutive editions and the only side to ever win all seven matches in a single tournament (2024).

Newly crowned European champions Spain have risen five places to third in the latest FIFA rankings published on Thursday after a 2-1 victory over England in Sunday's final earned them a record fourth Euro title and their first major trophy in 10 years.

The Spanish team has now won a record fourth continental title. After his team's first Euro 2024 victory against Croatia (3-0) in Berlin, Luis de la Fuente made a promise.

Both belong to the strongest football nations of the world, and have met a total of 40 times (of which 11 matches were competitive) which resulted in 6 victories for Portugal, 17 draws, and 17 victories for Spain.

At this tournament it is Germany who come out on top of many of the statistics. As well as scoring the most goals (10 to Spain's nine), they have had more possession (62% to 58.5%), and also edge things in terms of passing accuracy (92.2% to 91%).