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The Spain Euro 2024 squad has a great opportunity to repeat the achievements of what their predecessors managed in both 2008 and 2012, as they prepare for Sunday's final. Coming into

Euro 2024, Spain weren't massively fancied. Their defence looked too shaky, their attack a little toothless and the manager untested at the elite level. How wrong everyone was. After

six games, Spain have been comfortably the most impressive team at the tournament, with their quality on sharp display throughout. Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Nico Williams, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo

and Aymeric Laporte have all shown just how good they are - heck, even ridiculed left-back Marc Cucurella has had somewhat of a redemption arc in Germany this summer. You may like England

now stand in the way of _La Roja _and the European Championship trophy, with Sunday's final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin set to be an absolute corker. Both sides have completely

different styles, which promises to provide an excellent match-up on the day. It's been relatively straightforward for Spain to reach the final, too. While the group stages initially

looked difficult, they proved it was anything but. Spain followed their 3-0 opening day victory against Croatia up with a hard-fought, but well-deserved, 1-0 win over Italy in their second

match. This not only secured their spot in the knockout stages, but also their status as group winners. That's because Croatia and Albania could only manage a draw in their respective

game, with head-to-head records used at Euro 2024 to differentiate teams level on points. That didn't stop the much-changed Spain side from dispatching Albania in their final group

game, either, as manager Luis de la Fuente named a largely different team from the one that had worked so well for him earlier in the tournament. In doing so, their players were refreshed

and well-rested ahead of facing Georgia in the last 16 - and it showed.  Sure, the quarter-final against Germany was a nervy affair which went into extra-time, but players continue to pop up

for _La Roja_ that seems to suggest fortune is on their side this tournament. Dani Olmo bagged first against Germany before the hosts managed to fight back with the help of their home

crowd. In extra-time, though, Mikel Merino popped up with an essential header to help Spain into the final four - suggesting they're the side to stop at this tournament.  The best

features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. Then, in the semis against France, they accepted going 1-0 down by hitting back through a brilliant Yamal strike

from outside the box, before Olmo bagged the winner in the 25th minute. Talk about staying calm under pressure - especially when they were without regular defenders Dani Carvajal and Robin

Le Normand, too.  _FourFourTwo_ will bring you all the latest on the Spain Euro 2024 squad when we have it, as well as details on every other side at the tournament, how to watch each game,

and who is set to plunder the most goals. _VIDEO: __HOW SPAIN'S LAMINE YAMAL JUST DESTROYED FRANCE_ SPAIN EURO 2024 SQUAD SPAIN EURO 2024 SQUAD: THE FINAL 26-MAN TEAM * GK: Alex Remiro

(Real Sociedad) * GK: David Raya (Arsenal) * GK: Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao) * DF: Alex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen) * DF: Aymeric Laporte (Al Nassr) * DF: Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) * DF:

Daniel Vivian (Athletic Bilbao) * DF: Jesus Navas (Sevilla) * DF: Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) * DF: Nacho (Real Madrid) * DF: Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad) * MF: Alex Baena (Villarreal) *

MF: Fabian Ruiz (France Paris Saint-Germain) * MF: Fermin Lopez (Barcelona) * MF: Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad) * MF: Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad) * MF: Pedri (Barcelona) * MF: Rodri

(Manchester City) * FW: Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) * FW: Ayoze Perez (Real Betis) * FW: Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) * FW: Ferran Torres (Barcelona) * FW: Joselu (Real Madrid) * FW: Lamine

Yamal (Barcelona) * FW: Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) * FW: Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao) SPAIN EURO 2024 SQUAD NUMBERS Swipe to scroll horizontally Spain Euro 2024 squad numbers NO.

PLAYER POS 1 David Raya GK 2 Dani Carvajal DF 3 Robin Le Normand DF 4 Daniel Vivian DF 5 Nacho DF 6 Mikel Merino MF 7 Alvaro Morata FW 8 Fabian Ruiz MF 9 Ayoze Perez FW 10 Dani Olmo FW 11

Ferran Torres FW 12 Alex Grimaldo DF 13 Alex Remiro GK 14 Aymeric Laporte DF 15 Alex Baena MF 16 Rodri MF 17 Nico Williams FW 18 Martin Zubimendi MF 19 Lamine Yamal FW 20 Pedri MF 21 Mikel

Oyarzabal FW 22 Jesus Navas DF 23 Unai Simon GK 24 Marc Cucurella DF 25 Fermin Lopez MF 26 Joselu FW SPAIN FIXTURES AND RESULTS June 15: SPAIN 3-0 CROATIA, _Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany

_June 20: SPAIN 1-0 ITALY, _Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany _June 24: ALBANIA 0-1 SPAIN, _Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany_ June 30: SPAIN 4-1 GEORGIA, _RheinEnergieStadion,

Cologne, Germany_ July 5: SPAIN 2-1 (A.E.T) GERMANY, _MHPArena, Stuttgart, Germany_ July 9: SPAIN 2-1 FRANCE, _Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany_ July 14: SPAIN V ENGLAND, _Olympiastadion,

Berlin, Germany_ SPAIN EURO 2024 TOP SCORERS 3 GOALS: Dani Olmo 2 GOALS: Fabian Ruiz 1 GOAL: Alvaro Morata, Dani Carvajal, Ferran Torres, Rodri, Nico Williams, Mikel Merino, Lamine Yamal

SPAIN EURO 2024 YELLOW CARDS AND SUSPENSIONS With yellow cards wiped after the quarter-finals, no Spain player is suspended for the final. Robin Le Normand and Dani Carvajal served their

one-match suspenions in the semis.  SPAIN MANAGER: LUIS DE LA FUENTE The Spain boss has taken a slightly unconventional route to the job: he's not managed at club level since a brief

spell in charge of Alaves in 2011, but spent eight years charge of three different Spanish national youth levels. Hey, if it worked for England... Luis de la Fuente has been part of the

Spanish FA fabric for a decade as a Euros-winning manager of the Under-19s and then the U21s. As senior coach, he has mined both cohorts for players.  Since replacing Luis Enrique in 2022,

the ex-Athletic Bilbao left-back has gone Basque to basics to make La Roja more direct, but possession is still paramount. SPAIN'S STAR PLAYER RODRI Rodri hadn't finished a

competitive fixture on the losing side for club nor country in more than a year before the FA Cup final against Manchester United - a run that stretched back 60-plus matches to Spain's

2023 defeat to Scotland at Hampden Park. The 27-year-old Manchester City midfielder is the fulcrum around which the myriad creative waifs sprinkle their magic. Rodri is also one of the

leaders in a Spain side with plenty of youth around it, having been named as vice-captain behind Morata for the tournament.