Netherland VS Spain

Spain

The Spanish national football team represents Spain in international football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The Spanish side is commonly referred to as La Roja (The Red One).

Spain are the reigning European champions, having won the UEFA European Championship in 2008. Spain also won the European Nations' Cup in 1964 and reached the UEFA Euro 1984 Final. Spain has qualified for the FIFA World Cup thirteen times, reaching fourth place in the 1950 tournament. In July 2008 Spain rose to the top of the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in its history, becoming the sixth nation to top this ranking, and the first who has never won the World Cup. Between November 2006 and June 2009 Spain went undefeated for a record tying 35 consecutive matches before their loss to the United States, a record shared with Brazil, including a record 15-game winning streak.

Netherland

The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB).

They won Euro '88 and reached three World Cup finals in 1974, 1978, and recently in 2010. They lost both finals in the '70s however, to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of their success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed Clockwork Orange for its precision passing.

In the Netherlands the team is colloquially referred to as Oranje (orange), a tribute to the Dutch Royal Family, the House of Orange-Nassau. The team is frequently referred to as Holland, even though Holland is only one region of the Netherlands.