Although the predecessor of modern football is certainly emerged in Western Europe, historians still can not find a clear reference that would show that this game was the first well in a particular country in this field.
England, France and Spain have all the possible candidates, and despite the fact that the English and French developed the game to a higher rate (with England to host the first Football Association, the team first, and the first set of common rules for playing football), Spain was not far away.
Spanish Football History - Foundations
Following the example of English, who have formed the organization of football in 1863, Spain set foot in the creation of one of them, including the name of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF in Spanish) in 1909.
The governing body of football basically run the new Spanish team in the first place, whose players were taken in the semi-professional competitions and a local rare in different regions of Spain at that time.
In 1927, when football began to grow internationally, with the new FIFA planning the first World Cup Jose Maria Acha, a director at Arenas Club Roldan sent to the idea of creating a national league in Spain, engulfing all top teams in local leagues. It took almost a year to complete all the details in the national league, but in 1928 the first tournament of the Liga was finally played.
Initially, 10 teams were selected to play in this league. Most of them were past winners of the Copa del Rey, Spanish Cup, which dated from the league in Spain.
These clubs continued to write the history of Spanish football were the FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arenas Club de Getxo, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Aviacion (Atletico Madrid), RCD Espanyol, CE Europe and Racing Santander. The last four have not won the Spanish Cup, but were runners-up, so they were given a place in the newly formed league.
England, France and Spain have all the possible candidates, and despite the fact that the English and French developed the game to a higher rate (with England to host the first Football Association, the team first, and the first set of common rules for playing football), Spain was not far away.
Spanish Football History - Foundations
Following the example of English, who have formed the organization of football in 1863, Spain set foot in the creation of one of them, including the name of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF in Spanish) in 1909.
The governing body of football basically run the new Spanish team in the first place, whose players were taken in the semi-professional competitions and a local rare in different regions of Spain at that time.
In 1927, when football began to grow internationally, with the new FIFA planning the first World Cup Jose Maria Acha, a director at Arenas Club Roldan sent to the idea of creating a national league in Spain, engulfing all top teams in local leagues. It took almost a year to complete all the details in the national league, but in 1928 the first tournament of the Liga was finally played.
Initially, 10 teams were selected to play in this league. Most of them were past winners of the Copa del Rey, Spanish Cup, which dated from the league in Spain.
These clubs continued to write the history of Spanish football were the FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arenas Club de Getxo, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Aviacion (Atletico Madrid), RCD Espanyol, CE Europe and Racing Santander. The last four have not won the Spanish Cup, but were runners-up, so they were given a place in the newly formed league.
