Spain Preview
Spain cemented their position as the best side in the world after winning back-to-back major tournaments at Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010. They boast an array of hugely talented stars who have been playing at the top level for many years. Spain head into the tournament on the back of a flawless qualification campaign and they will be aiming to become the first team to retain the trophy.
Spain won Euro 2012 Group C after collecting seven points from their three games, with runners-up Italy the only side they dropped points against. They went on to beat France 2-0 in the quarter-finals and will now play Portugal for a place in the Final.
Spain, alongside Germany, are the favourites in the Euro 2012 Outright Odds.
Euro 2012 Group C Matches
All times are BST (British Summer Summer)
10th June 2012
Spain 1-1 Italy
14th June 2012
Spain 4-0 Republic of Ireland
18th June 2012
Croatia 0-1 Spain - PGE Arena
Saturday 23rd June 2012
Spain 2-0 France
Key players
Where to start? It really is a case of take your pick from a catalogue of world class players who are capable of influencing any game that Spain play. Spain's midfield is particularly strong with the duo Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta orchestrating matters. In attack they will have to do without the injured David Villa but they can still look to the likes of Fernando Llorente and Fernando Torres. Spain also have a solid goalkeeper in Iker Casillas and a strong defensive backbone in Gerard Pique.
Spain European Championships Previous Form
Spain have won the European Championships twice; most recently in 2008 and also back in 1964 when they hosted the tournament.
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
| 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 |
Spain Squad
Goalkeepers
Iker Casillas
Víctor Valdés
Pepe Reina
Defenders
Sergio Ramos
Gerard Piqué
Jordi Alba
Álvaro Arbeloa
Raúl Albiol
Juanfran
Javi Martínez
Midfielders
Xavi Hernández
Sergio Busquets
Xabi Alonso
David Silva
Santi Cazorla
Jesús Navas
Cesc Fàbregas
Andrés Iniesta
Strikers
Fernando Llorente
Juan Mata
Fernando Torres
Pedro Rodríguez
Álvaro Negredo
Spain Group I Qualification Results
- Leichtenstein 0-4 Spain
- Spain 3-1 Lithuania
- Scotland 2-3 Spain
- Spain 2-1 Czech Republic
- Lithuania 1-3 Spain
- Spain 6-0 Leichtenstein
- Czech Republic 0-2 Spain
- Spain 3-1 Scotland