Spain’s Luis de la Fuente sets all-time unbeaten record across World Cup and Euro tournaments

Spain’s head coach Luis de la Fuente has done something no manager in international football history has managed: 13 consecutive unbeaten matches across the World Cup and European Championship combined. Twelve wins and a single draw, stretching from the 2023 Nations League through Euro 2024 and into the ongoing 2026 World Cup quarterfinals.

The streak in context

De la Fuente took over Spain’s senior squad on December 8, 2022, replacing Luis Enrique after a disappointing World Cup exit in Qatar. What followed was one of the most dominant runs in the history of international tournament football.

Spain won the UEFA Nations League in 2023. Then they captured Euro 2024, beating England in the final in Berlin. Now, at the 2026 World Cup, the squad has marched into the quarterfinals without dropping a single match.

Thirteen games. Twelve victories. One draw. Zero losses.

No previous manager in football history had strung together an unbeaten run of this length across the sport’s two biggest tournaments.

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