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Association football is the most popular sport, and a widespread passion in Spain. Football is the sport with the most registered players (a total of 874,093 of which 829,220 are men and 44,873 women), and most registered clubs (a total of 21,649) among all Spanish sport federations according to data issued by the sports administration of Spain’s government in 2014. In a survey of sports habits of the Spanish population made in 2010, football was the second most popular recreational sport practised by the population (17.9%). A total of 75.9% of people said they had ever bought tickets to attend a football match. In addition, a total of 67.3% of the people said that they saw all, almost all, many, or some of the football matches broadcast on television. In another survey made in 2014, the practice of football decreased to 14% of the population, being overtaken by other sports, such as running, cycling and swimming for recreation. However, in this survey football was still the sport that interests the majority of Spain’s people (48%). A total of 67% of the population said they were fans or had sympathy for a particular club. In addition, 74.9% said they watched, whenever possible, the matches broadcast on television regarding their favorite teams; and 42.4% had, flags, badges or objects of their favorite teams. Data of this survey confirmed the widespread impression that most of Spain’s people are supporters of Real Madrid (37.9%) or FC Barcelona (25.4%), and the other teams have fewer supporters nationwide, as Atlético de Madrid (6.1%), Valencia CF (3.5%), Athletic Bilbao (3.3.) or Real Betis (3.2%).〔 A relationship between football, politics, identity and attitudes towards regionalism in Spain has also been reported.〔 The Royal Spanish Football Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Fútbol) is the national governing body, and it organises two Cup competitions (the Copa del Rey, and the Supercopa de España), and the Spain national football team. The ''Liga de Fútbol Profesional'' (LFP) (English: Professional Football League), integrated by a total of 42 football clubs, forms part of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) but has autonomy in its organisation and functioning. It is responsible for the organisation of state football leagues, in coordination with RFEF. The Spanish national football team have won the FIFA World Cup once, and has also been successful in the UEFA European Championship and the Olympic tournament. The biggest success achieved by the Spain national football team was the historic treble winning three tournaments in a row: UEFA European Championship in 2008, FIFA World Cup in 2010, and UEFA European Championship in 2012. The men's national teams of Spain, in all categories, have won a total of 26 titles in FIFA, UEFA, and Olympic tournaments. The First Division of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, commonly known in the English-speaking world as La Liga, is one of the strongest football league in Europe and the world. At club level, the Spanish football clubs have won a total of 63 international tournaments. They are the most successful in different current European competitions, such as UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and UEFA Europa League (shared record with Italian teams); and they also were the most successful in the extinct Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.〔 The characteristic football style of play developed by FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national football team is Tiki-taka. This football style is characterised by possessing the ball for large portions of the game, moving the ball quickly from one player to the next, with short and quick passes, keeping the ball away from your opponent, and then to deliver that killer pass to score goal. Professional football in Spain is a sociocultural event that make a significant contribution to the Spanish economy in terms of both demand and supply. In economic terms, during 2013 professional football generated more than €7.6 billion including direct, indirect and induced effects, representing 0.75% of Spanish GPD. Moreover, as a result of financial crisis in the last years, many Spanish football clubs in the top two divisions have been facing serious economic troubles due to pay the bank debts. In addition, the European Union authorities have warned to Spanish authorities in order to halt public funding of debt-ridden clubs. Spain national futsal team is one of the strongest teams in the world, being six times champion in the UEFA Futsal Championship, and two times champion in the FIFA Futsal World Championship.〔 ==History== Modern football was introduced to Spain in the late 19th century by a combination of mostly British immigrant workers, visiting sailors and Spanish students coming from Britain. The oldest football clubs in Spain are Recreativo de Huelva and Sevilla FC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The British Newspaper Archive )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】The Courier )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】Marca )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】Evening Times )〕 Although Gimnàstic de Tarragona was formed in 1886, the club did not form an actual football team until 1914. The first official football game played in Spain took place in Seville on March 8, 1890 at the ''Tablada Hippodrome''. Sevilla FC played against Huelva Recreation. With the exception of two Spanish players on the Huelva team and another two players on the Seville team, all the players on both sides were British. Sevilla FC won 2-0 that first official match in Spain.〔 In the Basque Country during the early 1890s, British shipyard workers and miners formed the ''Bilbao Football Club'' and Basque students returning from Britain founded the ''Athletic Club'' in 1898.〔〔 This early British influence was reflected in the use of English names such as ''Recreation Club'', ''Athletic Club'' and ''Football Club''.〔 In Catalonia, which had the most developed industry in Spain, there was an important British colony. The first games played by Britishmen and Catalan people who had studied in the United Kingdom were documented in 1982 in Barcelona.〔 However, the first official and registered football club was Palamós FC (Costa Brava, North of Catalonia) in 1898.〔 The Swiss Hans Gamper founded FC Barcelona in November 29, 1899.〔 Other clubs were founded in 1900 like Sant Andreu, Hispania FC, and the Sociedad Española de Foot-ball (1 year later the founders changed their name for Real Club Deportivo Español).〔 The Catalan Football Federation (Catalan: Federació Catalana de Futbol), responsible for administering football in Catalonia, was the first football association founded in Spain. It was formed on November 11, 1900 as the Football Association of Catalonia (Catalan: Football Associació de Catalunya).〔 The Catalan Football Federation organised the Catalan football championship (Catalan: Campionat de Catalunya) that was the first football competition in Spain.〔 In Madrid the first games were promoted by Institución Libre de Enseñanza (ILE) (English: Free Educational Institution), an educational and cultural center. The first club of Madrid was Football Club Sky, founded in 1897, but the club separated into two new clubs in 1890. Then, several clubs also emerged in Madrid, most notably ''Madrid Football Club'', founded in 1902 by Catalan brothers Juan and Carlos Padrós.〔 The Copa del Rey (English: King’s Cup) competition was founded in 1903, one year after a previous football tournament named Coronation Cup. It was Spain's football national Championship from 1903 until the establishment of the League Championship in 1928. The Spanish Federation of Football Clubs was formed in 1909, but there were discrepancies between the member clubs years later, and some of the clubs formed other association called Royal Spanish Union of Clubs of Foot-ball. Finally, the two associations reached an agreement and the Royal Spanish Football Federation was founded in 1913, which allowed the Spanish football to enter in FIFA. In these years, Athletic was the most dominant club in the country, and the first idols in Spain began to appear, like Pichichi and Paulino Alcántara.〔 The Spanish national football team was created in 1920 on the occasion of the dispute of the Olympic Games in Antwerp.〔〔 The importance of the success of the Spanish national team in the Olympic games, which won the silver medal, was huge in the development of football as mass social event in Spain.〔 The interest on football grew, more people attended to the stadiums, more informations about football appeared in the newspapers, and football was used as element of national prestige and political propaganda. After the Olympic triumph, football was more popular among Spanish fans, the attendances to the stadiums increased, and the pressure of professionalism grew. Spanish football turned professional in 1925. An agreement between several clubs was made on November 23, 1928 which officially established Spain's national football division, and the birth of the Spanish League. The first league championship began in 1929.〔 The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) brought disruption to the national competitions. Although Spanish League was suspended the Catalan and Valencian clubs continued contesting in the Mediterranean League in early 1937. FC Barcelona later toured Mexico and the USA raising support for the Spanish Republic.〔 The Spanish League and the Cup were restored in the 1939/40 season after Civil War had ended. Franco’s regime, a fascist political system, began to use football as a propaganda tool for the new regime. In 1941, as part of his policy of eradicating regional identities, the Franco’s regime banned the use of non-Castilian names. As a result, many clubs that had chosen English prefixes previously, such as Athletic or Football club, had to amend their initial names, for other Castilian (as Atlético, or Club de Fútbol). The Catalan Championship was banned and the Catalan shield taken from FC Barcelona’s badge. Spanish football began to rebuild slowly after the War, but Spain’s isolated international position meant they did not properly re-enter International football until 1950.〔 Later, Franco’s regime was able to use the football, based on the European triumphs of Real Madrid in the 1950s, for political purposes. In this manner, Real Madrid was used as a Spanish brand of success, to promote Spain’s image abroad, as well as the pride of being Spanish in the country itself.〔 Spain was selected as host of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Until the 1984/85 season the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) was responsible for organizing the league tournament. Since then, the competition was organized by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP)(English: Professional Football League), an independent body which was formed at the initiative of the clubs themselves after disagreements with the RFEF regarding the management professionalization and economic division of the League benefits. Since the entry into force of Spanish Law 10/1990, almost all of the clubs competing professionally in Spain are actually companies under the legal status of sports companies, whose ownership is in the hands of its shareholders. Only three professional clubs (Athletic Club, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid) kept its original structure, such as sports clubs directly controlled by their members. After the appearance of private television in Spain, football clubs hugely increased its income thanks to the lucrative contracts to broadcast matches on television. This allowed them to hire many of the best players in the world, but most of the clubs also increased vastly their spending. In the last years La Liga is living in a big financial turmoil. Although the two big powerful clubs, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, are at the top in Forbes’ football rich list, the rest of Spanish clubs are weighing down by a colossal debt around €4.1bn. For this reason, most of the clubs had to cut their budgets drastically. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Football in Spain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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