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Spain 2-0 Republic of Ireland

Roberto Soldado and Juan Mata are the goalscorers as Spain beat the Republic of Ireland 2-0 in a friendly in New York.

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Spain Squad

Goalkeepers

1 Casillas
12 Valdes
23 Reina

Defenders

2 Albiol
3 Pique
5 Azpilicueta
15 Sergio Ramos
17 Arbeloa
18 Jordi Alba
19 Monreal

Midfielders

4 Javi Martinez
6 Iniesta
8 Xavi
10 Fabregas
13 Mata
16 Busquets
20 Cazorla
21 Silva
22 Jesus Navas

Forwards

7 Villa
9 Torres
11 Pedro
14 Soldado

UEFA Euro 2012

8th June - 1st July 2012

Finished:	Winners
Top Scorer:	Fernando Torres (3)

Results

Sun 1 July 2012 - Euro 2012 Final

Spain 4 - 0 Italy FT

Wed 27 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Semi-Final

Portugal 0 - 0 Spain FT
Spain win 4-2 on penalties

Sat 23 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Quarter-Final

Spain 2 - 0 France FT

Mon 18 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Group C

Croatia 0 - 1 Spain FT

Thu 14 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Group C

Spain 4 - 0 R. of Ireland FT

Sun 10 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Group C

Spain 1 - 1 Italy FT

Latest Football

Sun 16 Jun 2013 - Confederations Cup

Spain 2 - 1 Uruguay FT

Wed 12 Jun 2013 - International Friendlies

Spain 2 - 0 R. of Ireland FT

Sat 8 Jun 2013 - International Friendlies

Spain 2 - 1 Haiti FT

Tue 26 Mar 2013 - World Cup Qualifying - European

France 0 - 1 Spain FT

Thu 20 Jun 2013 - Confederations Cup

Spain v Tahiti 20:00

Sun 23 Jun 2013 - Confederations Cup

Nigeria v Spain 20:00

Fri 6 Sep 2013 - World Cup Qualifying - European

Finland v Spain

World Cup Qualifying - European

Group A

World Cup Qualifying - European Group A summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Belgium	7	11	19
No movement 2	Croatia	7	6	16
No movement 3	Serbia	7	0	7
No movement 4	Wales	6	-8	6
Moving up 5	Scotland	7	-5	5
Moving down 6	Macedonia	6	-4	4

Group B

World Cup Qualifying - European Group B summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Italy	6	8	14
No movement 2	Bulgaria	6	7	10
No movement 3	Czech Rep.	6	2	9
Moving up 4	Armenia	6	-2	6
Moving down 5	Denmark	6	-3	6
No movement 6	Malta	6	-12	3

Group C

World Cup Qualifying - European Group C summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Germany	6	15	16
No movement 2	Austria	6	10	11
Moving up 3	Sweden	6	4	11
Moving down 4	R. of Ireland	6	2	11
No movement 5	Kazakhstan	6	-13	1
No movement 6	Faroe Islands	6	-18	0

Group D

World Cup Qualifying - European Group D summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Netherlands	6	18	18
No movement 2	Hungary	6	5	11
No movement 3	Romania	6	0	10
No movement 4	Turkey	6	0	7
No movement 5	Estonia	6	-6	6
No movement 6	Andorra	6	-17	0

Group E

World Cup Qualifying - European Group E summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Switzerland	6	7	14
No movement 2	Albania	6	1	10
No movement 3	Iceland	6	-1	9
No movement 4	Norway	6	0	8
No movement 5	Slovenia	6	-2	6
No movement 6	Cyprus	6	-5	4

Group F

World Cup Qualifying - European Group F summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

Moving up 1	Portugal	7	6	14
Moving down 2	Russia	5	7	12
Moving down 3	Israel	6	7	11
Moving up 4	Azerbaijan	7	-6	4
Moving down 5	Northern Ireland	5	-4	3
No movement 6	Luxembourg	6	-10	3

Group G

World Cup Qualifying - European Group G summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Bosnia-H	6	20	16
No movement 2	Greece	6	3	13
No movement 3	Slovakia	6	2	9
No movement 4	Lithuania	6	-4	5
No movement 5	Latvia	6	-8	4
No movement 6	Liechtenstein	6	-13	2

Group H

World Cup Qualifying - European Group H summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Montenegro	7	7	14
No movement 2	England	6	18	12
Moving up 3	Ukraine	6	6	11
Moving down 4	Poland	6	5	9
No movement 5	Moldova	7	-7	5
No movement 6	San Marino	6	-29	0

Group I

World Cup Qualifying - European Group I summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Spain	5	6	11
No movement 2	France	5	4	10
No movement 3	Finland	5	0	6
No movement 4	Georgia	5	-4	4
No movement 5	Belarus	6	-6	4

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