Spanish Football

Real Federacion Espanola De Futbol is the governing body in Spanish Football, which overseas the national team and "La Liga" which is the equvilant of our Football League in England. The oldest football team in spain is the Huelva Recreation Club formed on 23rd December 1889. The history of spanish football has its origins with British shipyard workers and miners who formed Bilbao Football Club in the early 1890s, also another British link were Basque students returning from Britain formed the Athletic Club in 1898. The British influence continued in the names like "Recreation Club" and "Athletic Club.
The most sucessful Spanish clubs are Barcelona and Real Madrid, and there has been approx 19 managers of the national team , the most recent being Vincente del Bosque, manager since 2008