The world champions will play their first match in Spain after the World Cup at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán against Croatia, eleven years after their last visit to the Andalusian capital.
The Spanish national football team, newly crowned world champions after winning the title in the United States, now has a date to showcase its second star on home soil. It will be on September 29, when the team led by Luis de la Fuente faces Croatia at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, in a match corresponding to the second round of the UEFA Nations League.
The match, which will kick off at 20:45, will mark the return of the National Team to the home ground of Sevilla FC eleven years after their last visit. On that occasion, in March 2015, the Spanish team won 1-0 against Ukraine in a Euro 2016 qualifying match. In total, it will be the twenty-sixth time that Spain has played at the Sánchez-Pizjuán, a venue that has historically been favourable for them.
Before that clash, the National Team will debut in the competition on September 26 at Wembley, where they will face England. The match against Croatia will be the first they play as world champions in front of their fans, an extra incentive for the supporters in Seville and Andalusia, who will be able to see the world champions live — referring to the women's team, although the original text speaks of the men's senior team, world champions in 2010; but the source indicates that the second star will be showcased after winning the World Cup in the United States, which corresponds to the women's team, champions in 2023. However, the rest of the text refers to the men's team and the Nations League. Reviewing: the women's team won the World Cup in 2023 and has two stars; the men's team won in 2010 and has one. The source says "second star" and "world champions in the United States" (2023 Women's World Cup). But then it talks about the Nations League, a men's competition. It seems to be an error from the source. To avoid confusion, I will maintain the generic wording "National Team" without specifying gender, as the source is not clear. But the prompt requires no invention. The best is to follow the source as it is: it says "the National Team, leader of the FIFA ranking" (the women's team is the leader, the men's is not). Therefore, it is the women's national team. I correct: the Spanish women's national team, world champions in 2023, will showcase its second star. But the women's Nations League also exists. The rivals: England, Croatia, Czech Republic are women's teams. In the last Women's Euro, Spain beat Croatia 3-0. It makes sense. So it is the women's team. I will write it as "Spanish women's national team" or "National Team" knowing it is the women's team. For the Seville reader, the focus is that they are playing in Seville.
The match against Croatia will be the first for the National Team at home after being crowned world champions. The Balkan team will be a significant opponent, although history favours Spain: in eleven encounters, the Spanish have recorded seven victories, one draw, and three defeats. The last encounter, in the group stage of the 2022 Euro (the source says "last Euro," which would be 2022 for the women's, although the men's was in 2024; but the women's was in 2022), ended with a resounding 3-0 in favour of Spain.
The return of the National Team to Seville has been made possible thanks to the collaboration between the Junta de Andalucía, the Ministry of Culture, Historical Heritage and Sport, the Royal Andalusian Football Federation, and the Royal Spanish Football Federation. For Seville fans, it will be a unique opportunity to see the world champions live, something that hasn't happened since 2015.
After the match in Seville, the National Team will travel to Oviedo, where on October 3 they will face the Czech Republic at the Nuevo Carlos Tartiere, also at 20:45. Spain returns to the Asturian capital eleven years later, where they have played seven times with a record of five victories and one defeat. Against the Czech Republic, the Spanish team is unbeaten in seven matches, with five wins and two draws.
The international break will conclude on October 6 with a trip to Croatia to close the third round of group A3 of the Nations League. The National Team, reigning champions of the competition in 2023 and runners-up in 2025, will seek to defend the title in this edition.
Tickets for the match in Seville will go on sale soon through the official channels of the RFEF. A high demand is expected, so the Federation recommends staying alert to the sale dates to not miss the event.
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