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The two main football teams in Spain are F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Real Madrid are the most successful club in Spain with a total of 70 trophies, including 31 Ligas and 9 European Cups - the club was voted the best club of the 20th century by FIFA during the millennium celebrations.

With 163,000 members, FC Barcelona is the most popular club in the world and their trophy haul is also impressive - 56 trophies including 19 Ligas and 2 European Cups. (I have included the 2008-09 Liga title in this statistic but not the 2009 Champions League or Copa del Rey titles, as they are yet to be played.)

The two clubs are so important because they represent two different views of Spain.

Madrid represent the capital, centralism and have often been supported by the Spanish government, whilst FC Barcelona are the flagship of Catalonia and its more democratic, federal view of the Spanish state.

This simplification is elaborated on in the three articles I have added as links.

More facts about Spain:

Nickname:La Roja [the red one]

Assocation:Royal Spanish Football Federation

Head Coach:Vicente del Bosque

Captain:Iker Casillas

Most Caps:Andoni Zubizarreta

Top Scorer:David Villa

Home Staduim:Various

Fifa Code:ESP

Fifa Ranking:1

Highest Fifa Ranking:1 [July 2008 - June 2009 October 2009-March 2010,July 2010

World cup

Appearances:13 [first in 1934]

Best result:2010 Winners

European Championship

Appearances:8[First in 1964]

Best Result:Winners [1964 and 2008]

Confederations

Appearances:1 [First in 2009]

Best Result:3rd place,2009

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