Spain soccer is believed to share a hundred year old legacy. The game is being played for a hundred years already which gives scale to the century old football clubs in Spain. This made them celebrate its 100 years as a club. Even though the history of soccer in Spain is considered to be old, it does not always been an edge for them to be fortunate and gain major achievements with this type of game. They only had one European championship in the history of soccer in Spain.
You may also recognize some well known soccer players of soccer team in Spain like Luis Suarez, Alfredo Di Stefano, Kubala and famous goal keeper Zamora. The latest set of well known soccer players in Spain are Santillana, Butragueno and Michel which were assessed as the brightest stars of soccer players in Spain.
Soccer in Spain may not have a huge success in the national level, but its soccer clubs have more success on the international stage. Even before the Second World War, the famous soccer championship teams of Spain include Barcelona and Real Madrid.
This past few years Spain soccer team shows some progress during the 1998 World Cup tournaments. The team has reached the quarter finals with impressive playing moves which made them won eight matches and at the same times draws other two of their qualifying games. But just recently, they lost with great down fall next to France.
Even though soccer in Spain is not that glorious as others, it is still treated with great respect because of its famous heritage in the world of soccer sports.