SPAIN - HOME SHIRT 2010
La Roja (The Red One) represent one of international football's greatest modern dynasties. Based in Madrid, Spain's national team is renowned for its elegant, possession-based style and its extraordinary era of dominance from 2008 to 2012.
This home shirt was worn throughout 2010, including at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The design featured Spain's classic red base with subtle yellowy orange and blue accents on the crest and trim - a kit that would soon become one of the most iconic shirts in football history.
At the 2010 World Cup, Spain arrived in South Africa as reigning European champions, hungry to lift their first ever FIFA World Cup. Under head coach Vicente del Bosque, La Roja made the worst possible start - a stunning 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in their opener - but recovered with back-to-back wins over Honduras (2-0) and Chile (2-1) to top Group H. The knockout rounds then produced four consecutive 1-0 victories: David Villa eliminated Portugal in the round of 16, Villa again knocked out Paraguay in the quarter-finals, and Carles Puyol's thunderous header dispatched Germany in the semi-final. In the final at Soccer City, Johannesburg, against the Netherlands, Andrés Iniesta's 116th-minute volley settled an extra-time epic 1-0 to crown Spain world champions for the first time ever - the "Dani Jarque, siempre con nosotros" message revealed in Iniesta's shirt celebration remaining one of the great moments in football history.
The tournament was a showcase for the best of Spanish football's golden generation. David Villa finished as Spain's top scorer with five goals, equalling the Golden Boot tally of Müller, Sneijder, and Forlán. Captain Iker Casillas conceded only twice all tournament en route to the Golden Glove, while Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Xabi Alonso and Sergio Busquets ran the show in midfield. Spain became the first European nation in history to lift the World Cup outside their own continent.
As of 2026, Spain will be hoping to emulate 2008 and 2010 where they won the Euros followed by the World Cup - and they are well placed to do so. They've been drawn in a favourable group - Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, and Cape Verde alongside themselves. Their young squad from 2024 has developed and are ready to strike on the World stage this time.
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