Spain national football team results (unofficial matches)

In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid[2][3][4] on the same day as they played Italy in Rome.[5][6][7][8] The squad for the Italy game was more experienced and considered to be stronger, while several players in the Portugal match made their debuts; consequently the side that played Portugal is considered to have been equivalent to a Spain B team[9] (although they won their match while the 'A team' lost theirs)[8] and thus not a full international, although the match is included in some media articles relating to the Portugal–Spain football rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved[10][11][12][13] (this is not included in Marca's 74 matches).

Spain  v  Portugal

29 May 1927 Unofficial friendly[2][3][4]	Spain	2–0	Portugal	Madrid
17:30	Moraleda 61' Valderrama 81'	[8]		Stadium: Metropolitano Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Thomas Crewe

Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, no official matches were played by Spain until 1941.[14] The vast majority of the squad in 1936[15] either originated from the Basque provinces, or played for FC Barcelona in Catalonia, both of which were initially within Republican territory in the conflict. The Basque players formed their own quasi-national team and left Spain to play a long series of exhibition matches on tour around Eastern Europe[16] and Latin America[17] to provide funds and exposure for local causes, and Barcelona did likewise;[18] most of the players in both groups never returned.[14] Back in Spain, as the Nationalist side took control of more of the country, General Franco saw the opportunity to use football as a positive propaganda tool, and arranged for a match to be played in his home region of Galicia against Portugal, whose leader Salazar was supportive of Francoist Spain.[14][19][20][21] Recognition was granted by FIFA at short notice and the match took place in Vigo in November 1937. In contrast to Portugal's settled squad, the Spain pool was hastily assembled from the best available players in Nationalist areas, and Portugal won for their first victory over their neighbours.[19][20][22][23] A return match was arranged for the following January in Lisbon, also won by Portugal,[14][24][21] and which attracted attention when three local players refused to give the Roman salute before kick-off; they were initially imprisoned, but were soon released due to the political influence held by the hierarchy of the club they played for, Belenenses.[19][20] The matches are not considered official, but are included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved.[10][25][13]

• In February 1938, the Spain squad played further unofficial matches in North Africa (Ceuta, Tétouan[26] and Melilla)[27] against a team representing Spanish Morocco, to raise funds for the many local troops involved in the war.

1937

Spain  v  Portugal

28 November 1937 Unofficial friendly[14][19][20][22][23]	Spain	1–2	Portugal	Balaídos, Vigo
	Gallart 76'	[28][29]	Pinga 59' Alfredo Valadas 75'	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

1938

Cádiz CF v  Spain

2 January 1938 Unofficial friendly

Cádiz CF

1–5

Spain

Málaga Combined v  Spain

17 January 1938 Unofficial friendly

Málaga Combined

1–3

Spain

Recreativo Granada v  Spain

9 January 1938 Unofficial friendly

Recreativo Granada

0–3

Spain

Seville XI v  Spain

17 January 1938 Unofficial friendly

Seville XI

1–3

Spain

Seville XI v  Spain

17 January 1938 Unofficial friendly

Seville XI

1–1

Spain

Portugal  v  Spain

30 January 1938 Unofficial friendly[14][19][20][24]	Portugal	1–0	Spain	Campo das Salésias, Lisbon
	Pinga 40'	[30][31]		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Francesco Mattea

Spanish Morocco v  Spain

6 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26]	Spanish Morocco	1–3	Spain	Estadio Municipal, Ceuta
	Ferre	Report	Vergara Campanal I	Referee: Tovar

Spanish Morocco v  Spain

13 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26]	Spanish Morocco	2–5	Spain	La Hípica, Tétouan
	Tatono Torrontegui	Report	Campanal I Epi Vergara	Referee: Guerrero

Melilla XI v  Spain

20 February 1938 Unofficial friendly[26]	Melilla XI	0–7	Spain	La Hípica, Melilla
		Report		Referee: Cesáreo González

In the run-up to the 1950 FIFA World Cup, Spain played two unofficial friendly matches against Mexico, minus the players taking part in the 1950 Copa del Generalísimo Final (including Athletic Bilbao's prolific goalscorer Zarra).[32] Many of the locals were hostile to the Spanish political regime and the second match ended in controversy when the final whistle was blown as a shot which would have won the match for Spain was on its way to goal; Spanish supporters threw objects at the Mexican players as they left the field. The fallout was a major contributory factor in Asturias and Real Club España, two of the most successful teams in Mexican football and both with strong links to Spain, withdrawing from the professional ranks.[32] A few weeks later, the touring Hungária team (made up of players who had defected from the communist regimes in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, led by Ladislao Kubala)[33][34] played twice in Madrid against an approximation of the Spain World Cup squad, with the right-wing Franco government happy to co-operate with those fleeing from left-wing ideologies for political reasons.

Mexico  v  Spain

26 May 1950 (1950-05-26) Friendly[32]	Mexico	1–3	Spain	Mexico City
	Navarro 24'	Report	Juncosa 61' César 65', 75'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes

Mexico  v  Spain

28 May 1950 (1950-05-28) Friendly[32]	Mexico	0–0	Spain	Mexico City
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Referee: C. Esteva

Spain  v Hungária

8 June 1950 (1950-06-08) Friendly	Spain	1–2	Hungária	Madrid
	Igoa 15'	Report	Otto 10' Marik 55'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Referee: R. Galende Pascual

Spain  v Hungária

14 June 1950 (1950-06-14) Friendly	Spain	6–3	Hungária	Madrid
	Zarra 5', 19', 25' Gainza 20' Marik (o.g) Juncosa	Report	Kubala 77' Nagy 52'	Referee: N. De la Cruz Hernández

• A friendly match between Equatorial Guinea and Spain in November 2013[35] was declared void by FIFA a month later due to a procedural error in confirming the use of a local referee.[36] However, the RFEF includes the match and player statistics in its records, and these are usually counted in other sources (e.g. Juanfran Torres scored his only international goal in the fixture).[37] Therefore, this match is included in the 2010–19 results and overall head-to-head record lists.