Spain men's national field hockey team

The Spain men's national field hockey team represents Spain in international men's field hockey competitions. It is controlled by the Royal Spanish Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Spain.

Spain

Nickname(s)	Redsticks
Association	Royal Spanish Hockey Federation (Real Federación Española de Hockey)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Maximiliano Caldas
Assistant coach(es)	Bernardino Herrera Borja Movellan Oriol Torras
Manager	César Hernández
Captain	Marc Miralles
Most caps	Quico Cortés (323)[1]
Top scorer	Santi Freixa (126)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	4 2 (19 August 2025)[2]
Highest	3 (2006, 2008–2009)
Lowest	11 (March 2015 – June 2016)
Olympic Games
Appearances	19 (first in 1928)
Best result	2nd (1980, 1996, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1971)
Best result	2nd (1971, 1998)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (1974, 2005)
Medal record Men's field hockey Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 3 1 World Cup 0 2 1 EuroHockey Championships 2 3 2 Champions Trophy 1 2 3 Total 3 10 7 Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team 1996 Atlanta Team 2008 Beijing Team 1960 Rome Team World Cup 1971 Barcelona 1998 Utrecht 2006 Mönchengladbach EuroHockey Championships 1974 Madrid 2005 Leipzig 2003 Barcelona 2007 Manchester 2019 Antwerp 1970 Brussels 2025 Mönchengladbach Champions Trophy 2004 Lahore 2008 Rotterdam 2011 Auckland 1997 Adelaide 2005 Chennai 2006 Terrassa

Spain has competed in every European Championship or World Cup, and has qualified consistently since 1960 for the Olympic Games. They also have won medals in these three main international competitions: six at European Championships (two-time winners), three at World Cups (two-time finalists) and four at Olympic Games (three silvers and a bronze).

Tournament record

Olympic Games Olympic record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad 1908 did not participate 1920 1928 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 3 8 Squad 1932 did not participate 1936 1948 Group stage 11th 3 0 1 2 3 6 Squad 1952 did not participate 1956 1960 3rd place game 3rd 6 4 1 1 11 4 Squad 1964 3rd place game 4th 9 4 3 2 18 9 Squad 1968 5th place game 6th 9 3 3 3 10 8 Squad 1972 7th place game 7th 9 3 4 2 11 11 Squad 1976 5th place game 6th 7 2 2 3 12 18 Squad 1980 Final 2nd 6 4 1 1 36 7 Squad 1984 7th place game 8th 7 2 1 4 11 13 Squad 1988 9th place game 9th 7 3 1 3 10 10 Squad 1992 5th place game 5th 7 5 0 2 19 12 Squad 1996 Final 2nd 7 5 0 2 17 9 Squad 2000 9th place game 9th 7 2 2 3 11 15 Squad 2004 3rd place game 4th 7 3 2 2 20 13 Squad 2008 Final 2nd 7 5 0 2 12 8 Squad 2012 5th place game 6th 6 2 2 2 10 15 Squad 2016 Quarter-finals 5th 6 3 1 2 14 8 Squad 2020 Quarter-finals 8th 6 1 2 3 10 13 Squad 2024 3rd place game 4th 8 3 1 4 15 20 Squad Total Best: 2nd place 19/25 127 42 28 57 253 207 – World Cup World Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad 1971 Final 2nd 6 3 1 2 6 4 N/A 1973 5th place game 5th 7 5 0 2 17 5 N/A 1975 7th place game 8th 7 2 1 4 10 16 1978 5th place game 5th 8 5 1 2 11 5 1982 11th place game 11th 7 2 1 4 11 14 1986 5th place game 5th 7 4 1 2 14 16 1990 7th place game 8th 7 3 0 4 17 13 1994 9th place game 9th 7 2 2 3 10 9 1998 Final 2nd 7 5 1 1 19 7 Squad 2002 11th place game 11th 9 4 2 3 17 15 Squad 2006 3rd place game 3rd 7 4 3 0 18 11 Squad 2010 5th place game 5th 6 4 0 2 14 8 Squad 2014 7th place game 8th 6 1 3 2 10 13 Squad 2018 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 6 7 Squad 2023 Quarter-finals 6th 5 1 1 3 10 13 Squad / 2026 Qualified Total Best: 2nd place 16/16 99 45 19 35 190 156 – EuroHockey Championship EuroHockey Championship record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 1970 3rd place game 3rd 7 4 2 1 25 6 1974 Final 1st 6 5 1 0 12 1 1978 3rd place game 4th 7 3 1 3 12 13 1983 3rd place game 4th 7 5 0 2 27 12 1987 7th place game 7th 7 2 2 3 18 12 1991 5th place game 5th 7 4 0 3 13 10 1995 7th place game 8th 7 3 1 3 13 11 1999 5th place game 5th 7 5 1 1 22 7 2003 Final 2nd 7 5 1 1 28 14 2005 Final 1st 5 4 0 1 16 10 2007 Final 2nd 5 1 2 2 14 11 2009 3rd place game 4th 5 3 0 2 14 9 2011 Group stage 6th 5 3 0 2 12 10 2013 Group stage 5th 5 3 1 1 19 10 2015 Group stage 6th 5 2 0 3 13 12 2017 Group stage 5th 5 3 1 1 8 10 2019 Final 2nd 5 2 1 2 11 16 2021 Group stage 5th 5 2 0 3 17 12 2023 Group stage 6th 5 2 0 3 14 14 2025 3rd place game 3rd 5 3 0 2 15 8 2027 Qualified Total 2 titles 21/21 117 64 14 39 323 208 Hockey World League World League record Season Position Round Pld W D* L GF GA 2012–13 10th Semi-final 6 2 2 2 10 11 2014–15 10th Semi-final 7 2 1 4 13 15 2016–17 6th Semi-final 7 4 1 2 12 16 Final 5 2 0 3 6 13 Total Best: 6th Final 25 10 4 11 41 55 FIH Pro League FIH Pro League record Season Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad 2019 7th 14 2 5 7 33 45 Squad 2020–21 9th 12 2 4 8 23 36 Squad 2021–22 7th 16 5 3 8 36 43 Squad 2022–23 5th 16 8 3 5 37 40 Squad 2023–24 7th 16 4 1 11 36 43 Squad 2024–25 3rd 16 8 3 5 39 28 Squad Total Best: 5th 80 29 19 44 201 235

Champions Trophy Champions Trophy record Year Position Pld W D* L GF GA 1978 5th 4 0 1 3 7 15 1980 6th 6 1 2 3 8 16 1981 5th 5 1 1 3 9 19 1982 did not participate 1982 1984 6th 5 0 1 4 7 15 1985 did not participate 1986 1987 6th 7 1 1 5 6 14 1988 5th 5 1 1 3 4 10 1989 until 1992 did not participate 1993 5th 6 1 0 5 7 16 1994 5th 6 1 2 3 13 18 1995 did not participate 1996 5th 6 1 2 3 11 16 1997 3rd 6 3 1 2 16 12 1998 5th 6 2 1 3 16 17 1999 4th 6 2 1 3 10 12 2000 4th 6 2 1 3 8 8 2001 did not participate 2002 2003 2004 1st 6 5 0 1 21 9 2005 3rd 6 4 0 2 18 14 2006 3rd 6 2 3 1 15 13 2007 5th 8 4 2 2 25 17 2008 2nd 6 3 1 2 15 11 2009 5th 6 1 2 3 22 28 2010 5th 6 2 2 2 16 19 2011 2nd 6 4 0 2 20 10 2012 Withdrew 2014 did not participate 2016 2018 Total 1 title 124 41 25 58 274 309 Champions Challenge Champions Challenge record Year Position Pld W D* L GF GA 2001 did not participate 2003 1st 6 5 0 1 22 12 2007 until 2014 did not participate Total 1 title 6 5 0 1 22 12

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Players

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Maximiliano Caldas

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	DF	Alejandro Alonso	(1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 26)	117	Tenis
5	DF	Jordi Bonastre	(2000-08-07)7 August 2000 (aged 25)	88	Atlètic Terrassa
6	MF	Xavier Gispert	(1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 26)	83	Canberra Chill
8	DF	Marc Recasens	(1999-09-13)13 September 1999 (aged 25)	113	Rotterdam
9	FW	Álvaro Iglesias	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 32)	241	Club de Campo
10	FW	José Basterra	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 28)	90	Royal Léopold
11	MF	Gerard Clapés	(2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 24)	89	Oranje-Rood
12	FW	Marc Reyné (Captain)	(1999-05-18)18 May 1999 (aged 26)	83	Braxgata
14	MF	Marc Miralles	(1997-11-14)14 November 1997 (aged 27)	131	Bloemendaal
15	GK	Luis Calzado	(2000-11-15)15 November 2000 (aged 24)	61	Real Club de Polo
16	GK	Rafael Revilla	(1998-02-16)16 February 1998 (aged 27)	26	Club de Campo
17	DF	Pepe Cunill	(2001-07-09)9 July 2001 (aged 24)	81	Atlètic Terrassa
18	FW	Joaquín Menini	(1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 33)	83	Rotterdam
21	FW	Borja Lacalle	(2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 24)	71	Oranje-Rood
22	MF	Pol Cabré-Verdiell	(2003-04-22)22 April 2003 (aged 22)	18	Atlètic Terrassa
23	DF	Marc Vizcaino	(1999-04-30)30 April 1999 (aged 26)	27	HC 's-Hertogenbosch
26	MF	Bruno Font	(2004-11-15)15 November 2004 (aged 20)	46	Junior FC
28	FW	Nicolás Álvarez	(2003-01-04)4 January 2003 (aged 22)	19	Real Sociedad

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Adrian Rafi	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 28)	54	Mannheimer HC	v.  Belgium, 1 June 2024
DF	Pau Cunill	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 25)	44	Atlètic Terrassa	v.  Argentina, 2 June 2024
MF	Enrique González	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 29)	188	Club de Campo	v.  Germany, 12 June 2024
MF	César Curiel	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 26)	33	Complutense	v.  Argentina, 2 June 2024
FW	Pere Amat	(2004-09-17) 17 September 2004 (age 20)	20	Club Egara	v.  Germany, 12 June 2024
FW	Andreas Rafi	(2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 23)	31	Mannheimer HC	v.  Argentina, 2 June 2024
FW	Antonio Sanz	(1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 30)	18	Complutense	v.  Argentina, 2 June 2024

See also

• Spain women's national field hockey team
• Spain men's national under-21 field hockey team