Spain national football B team

Spain B was a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Spain national football team. They commonly played matches against 'B' teams from other football associations, from 1949 to 1981.[1][2]

Spain B

Association	Spanish Football Federation
Most caps	Pepillo (9)
Top scorer	Manuel Badenes (8)
First international
Spain B 5–2 Portugal B (A Coruña, Spain; 20 March 1949)
Biggest win
Spain B 7–1 Greece (Madrid, Spain; 13 March 1955)
Biggest defeat
West Germany B 5–2 Spain B (Dortmund, West Germany; 14 June 1953) Spain B 2–5 West Germany B (Barcelona, Spain; 31 May 1956)

Results

20 March 1949 Friendly	Spain	5–2	Portugal	Riazor, A Coruña
	Ontoria  7' Igoa  15', 60' Bazán  35' Escudero  43'	Report	Caiado  11' Bentes  84'	Referee: Léon Boes (France)

6 May 1953 Friendly	Spain	2–0	Luxembourg	Mestalla, Valencia
18:00	Manchón  25' Buqué  28'	Report		Referee: Raymond Vicenti (France)

14 June 1953 Friendly	West Germany	5–2	Spain	Rote Erde, Dortmund
	Pfaff  32', 44' Schäfer  34', 54', 58'	Report	Ramoní  36', 39'	Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)

30 May 1954 Mediterranean Cup	France	0–2	Spain	Saint Léon, Bayonne
		Report	Tejada  6' Arieta  88'	Referee: José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)

13 March 1955 Mediterranean Cup	Spain	7–1	Greece	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
	Badenes  7', 35', 51', 58' Olmedo  33', 68' Maguregui  82'	Report	Emmanouilidis  37'	Referee: Maurice Frédéric Guigue (France)

10 November 1955 Mediterranean Cup	Spain	3–1	France	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
	Domingo  15' Agustín  17' Collar  28'	Report	Dalla Cieca  8'	Referee: Eduardo Gouveia (Portugal)

27 November 1955 Mediterranean Cup	Spain	5–1	Egypt	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
	Tejada  43' Badenes  47', 70', 73', 87'	Report	El-Hamouly  8'	Referee: Armando Marchetti (Italy)

31 May 1956 Friendly	Spain	2–5	West Germany	Les Corts, Barcelona
17:30	Bosch  56' Villaverde  85'	Report	Biesinger  20' Gerritzen  30' Szymaniak  53' Schönhöft  77' Schröder  88'	Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

8 December 1956 Mediterranean Cup	Italy	0–1	Spain	Amsicora, Cagliari
		Report	Tejada  61'	Referee: Sulhi Garan (Turkey)

8 March 1957 Mediterranean Cup	Egypt	0–1	Spain	, Cairo
		Report	Pepillo  10'	Referee: Giannis Daskalakis (Greece)

13 March 1957 Mediterranean Cup	Greece	2–0	Spain	Leoforos Alexandras, Athens
	Yfantis  2' Panakis  43'	Report		Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

6 November 1957 Mediterranean Cup	Turkey	0–0	Spain	Mithatpaşa, Istanbul
		Report		Referee: Jacob Schrieber (West Germany)

24 November 1957 Friendly	Luxembourg	1–4	Spain	Municipal, Luxembourg City
	Mond  39' (pen.)	Report	Pepillo  16' Peiró  20' Tejada  50', 75'	Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

13 April 1958 Friendly	Portugal	0–0	Spain	Nacional, Oeiras
		Report		Referee: Jean-Louis Groppi (France)

16 October 1958 Mediterranean Cup	Spain	3–1	Italy	La Romareda, Zaragoza
	Peiró  25', 49', 50'	Report	Stacchini  59'	Referee: Jean-Louis Groppi (France)

5 July 1959 Mediterranean Cup	Spain	2–0	Turkey	Atotxa, San Sebastián
	Peiró  40' Pepillo  82'	Report		Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

15 May 1960 Friendly	Morocco	3–3	Spain	Honneur, Casablanca
	Chicha  45' (pen.) Baba  71' Abdallah  74'	Report	Ruiz Sosa  16' Ribelles  56' Paredes  58'	Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

12 October 1960 Friendly	Spain	4–3	Morocco	Los Cármenes, Granada
16:30	Mateos  15', 23', 29' Pepillo  17'	Report	Akesbi  35', 80' El Filali  39'	Referee: Abel Campos (Portugal)

2 April 1961 Friendly	France	0–2	Spain	Municipal, Grenoble
		Report	Aguirre  14' Marcelino  68'	Referee: Albert Guinard (Switzerland)

10 December 1961 Friendly	Spain	3–2	France	La Romareda, Zaragoza
	Adelardo  7' Bueno  11' (pen.) Marcelino  53'	Report	Lafranceschina  54' Rustichelli  85'	Referee: Abel da Costa (Portugal)

15 November 1964 Friendly	Spain	3–0	Portugal	El Arcángel, Córdoba
	José María  26' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Arieta  85'	Report		Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

24 September 1980 Friendly	Spain	2–2	Hungary	Nou Estadi, Valencia
	Rubio  48' (pen.), 63' (pen.)	Report	Nagy  35' Soos  44'	Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

15 October 1980 Friendly	Spain	0–0	East Germany	Lluís Sitjar, Palma
		Report		Referee: Daniel Lambert (France)

12 November 1980 Friendly	Poland	0–0	Spain	Stali Mielec, Mielec
		Report		Referee: Manfred Roßner (East Germany)

18 February 1981 Friendly	France	0–0	Spain	Municipal, Toulouse
		Report		Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

25 March 1981 Friendly	Spain	3–2	England	Los Cármenes, Granada
	Alonso  20' Rubio  37' Santillana  48'	Report	Statham  66' Martin  76'	Referee: Hendrik van Ettekoven (Netherlands)

15 April 1981 Friendly	Hungary	1–3	Spain	, Gyöngyös
	Borostyan  35'	Report	Dani  14' Morán  23', 50'	Referee: Josef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

18 November 1981 Friendly	Spain	2–0	Poland	La Romareda, Zaragoza
	Alonso  27', 88' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Franz Gächter (Switzerland)

Spain national football B team head to head

Key

	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (more Losses)

Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %[lower-alpha 1]	GF	GA	GD
France	1954	1981	5	4	1	0	90%	10	3	+7
Portugal	1949	1964	3	2	1	0	83.33%	8	2	+6
Luxembourg	1953	1957	2	2	0	0	100%	6	1	+5
Egypt	1955	1957	2	2	0	0	100%	6	1	+5
Italy	1956	1958	2	2	0	0	100%	4	1	+3
Hungary	1980	1981	2	1	1	0	75%	5	3	+2
Turkey	1957	1959	2	1	1	0	75%	2	0	+2
Poland	1980	1981	2	1	1	0	75%	2	0	+2
Morocco	1960	1960	2	1	1	0	75%	7	6	+1
Greece	1955	1957	2	1	0	1	50%	7	3	+4
West Germany	1953	1956	2	0	0	2	%	4	10	–6
England	1981	1981	1	1	0	0	100%	3	2	+1
East Germany	1980	1980	1	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0
Total			28	18	7	3	76.79%	64	32	+32

Player records

Top appearances

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	Caps
1	Pepillo	Sevilla, Real Madrid	1955–1960	9
2	Enrique Collar	Atlético Madrid	1955–1959	7
	Manuel Mestre	Valencia	1957–1960	7
4	Justo Tejada	Barcelona	1954–1960	6
	Ferran Olivella	Barcelona	1956–1958	6
	Francisco García	Real Madrid	1980–1981	6
	Manuel Jiménez	Sporting Gijón	1980–1981	6
8	Campanal	Sevilla	1953–1957	5
	Antonio Argilés	Espanyol	1953–1956	5
	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid	1956–1959	5
	José Vicente	Espanyol	1957–1960	5
	Juan José Rubio	Atlético Madrid	1980–1981	5
	Javier Urruticoechea	Espanyol	1980–1981	5

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Bs.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	Goals
1	Manuel Badenes	Valencia	1955	8
2	Justo Tejada	Barcelona	1954–1960	5
	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid	1956–1959	5
4	Pepillo	Sevilla, Real Madrid	1955–1960	4
5	Enrique Mateos	Real Madrid	1957–1960	3
	Juan José Rubio	Atlético Madrid	1980–1981	3
7	Silvestre Igoa	Valencia	1949	2
	Ramoní	Sevilla	1953	2
	Pablo Olmedo	Celta Vigo	1955	2
	Marcelino Martínez	Zaragoza	1961	2
	José María García	Oviedo	1964	2
	Pichi Alonso	Zaragoza	1981	2
	Enrique Morán	Betis	1981	2

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Bs.

Notes

1. A draw counts as a ½ win

References

1. "Spain national team: Selection B". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
2. "¿Sabes qué era la Selección Absoluta B?" [Do you know what the Senior B Team was?]. SEFútbol (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

External links

• La Selección Española y sus Entradas