Sergio Busquets - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Spanish player, who obtained 143 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

  1   1- 4-09	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
  2   9- 6-09	Baki    	Azerbaijan	6-0	
  3  17- 6-09	Bloemfontein	Iraq    	1-0	Confederations Cup
  4  20- 6-09	Bloemfontein	South Africa	2-0	Confederations Cup
  5  28- 6-09	Rustenburg	South Africa	3-2	Confederations Cup
  6  12- 8-09	Skopje  	Macedonia	3-2	
  7   5- 9-09	La Coruña	Belgium 	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
  8  14-10-09	Zenica  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
  9  14-11-09	Madrid  	Argentina	2-1	
 10  18-11-09	Wien    	Austria 	5-1	
 11   3- 3-10	Saint-Denis	France  	2-0	
 12  29- 5-10	Innsbruck	Saudi Arabia	3-2	
 13   8- 6-10	Murcia  	Poland  	6-0	
 14  16- 6-10	Durban  	Switzerland	0-1	World Cup
 15  21- 6-10	Johannesburg	Honduras	2-0	World Cup
 16  25- 6-10	Pretoria	Chile   	2-1	World Cup
 17  29- 6-10	Cape Town	Portugal	1-0	World Cup
 18   3- 7-10	Johannesburg	Paraguay	1-0	World Cup
 19   7- 7-10	Durban  	Germany 	1-0	World Cup
 20  11- 7-10	Johannesburg	Netherlands	1-0	World Cup
 21  11- 8-10	Cd. de México	Mexico  	1-1	
 22   3- 9-10	Vaduz   	Liechtenstein	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 23   7- 9-10	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-4	
 24   8-10-10	Salamanca	Lithuania	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 25  12-10-10	Glasgow 	Scotland	3-2	European Ch. Qual.
 26  17-11-10	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-4	
 27   9- 2-11	Madrid  	Colombia	1-0	
 28  25- 3-11	Granada 	Czech Republic	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 29   4- 6-11	Foxboro 	United States	4-0	
 30   7- 6-11	Puerto La Cruz	Venezuela	3-0	
 31  10- 8-11	Bari    	Italy   	1-2	
 32   2- 9-11	Saint Gallen	Chile   	3-2	
 33   6- 9-11	Logroño 	Liechtenstein	6-0	European Ch. Qual.
 34   7-10-11	Praha   	Czech Republic	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 35  11-10-11	Alicante	Scotland	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 36  12-11-11	London  	England 	0-1	
 37  15-11-11	San José	Costa Rica	2-2	
 38  29- 2-12	Málaga  	Venezuela	5-0	
 39   5- 6-12	Sevilla 	China   	1-0	
 40  10- 6-12	Gdansk  	Italy   	1-1	European Champ.
 41  14- 6-12	Gdansk  	Ireland 	4-0	European Champ.
 42  18- 6-12	Gdansk  	Croatia 	1-0	European Champ.
 43  23- 6-12	Donetsk 	France  	2-0	European Champ.
 44  27- 6-12	Donetsk 	Portugal 	0-0 [1]	European Champ.
 45   1- 7-12	Kyiv    	Italy   	4-0	European Champ.
 46  15- 8-12	Bayamón 	Puerto Rico	2-1	
 47   7- 9-12	Pontevedra	Saudi Arabia	5-0	
 48  11- 9-12	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 49  12-10-12	Minsk   	Belarus 	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 50  16-10-12	Madrid  	France  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 51  14-11-12	Cd. de Panamá	Panama  	5-1	
 52   6- 2-13	Doha    	Uruguay 	3-1	
 53  22- 3-13	Gijón   	Finland 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 54  26- 3-13	Saint-Denis	France  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 55  11- 6-13	New York	Ireland 	2-0	
 56  16- 6-13	Recife  	Uruguay 	2-1	Confederations Cup
 57  23- 6-13	Fortaleza	Nigeria 	3-0	Confederations Cup
 58  27- 6-13	Fortaleza	Italy    	0-0 [2]	Confederations Cup
 59  30- 6-13	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	0-3	Confederations Cup
 60  11-10-13	Palma de Mall.	Belarus 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 61  15-10-13	Albacete	Georgia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 62  16-11-13	Malabo  	Equat. Guinea 	2-1 [*]	
 63  19-11-13	Johannesburg	South Africa	0-1	
 64   5- 3-14	Madrid  	Italy   	1-0	
 65  30- 5-14	Sevilla 	Bolivia  	2-0	
 66   7- 6-14	Washington DC	El Salvador	2-0	
 67  13- 6-14	Salvador	Netherlands	1-5	World Cup
 68  18- 6-14	Rio de Janeiro	Chile   	0-2	World Cup
 69   4- 9-14	Saint-Denis	France  	0-1	
 70   8- 9-14	Valencia	Macedonia	5-1	European Ch. Qual.
 71   9-10-14	Zilina  	Slovakia	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
 72  12-10-14	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 73  15-11-14	Huelva  	Belarus 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 74  18-11-14	Vigo    	Germany 	0-1	
 75  27- 3-15	Sevilla 	Ukraine 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 76  11- 6-15	León    	Costa Rica	2-1	
 77  14- 6-15	Barysau 	Belarus 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 78   5- 9-15	Oviedo  	Slovakia	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 79   8- 9-15	Skopje  	Macedonia	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 80   9-10-15	Logroño 	Luxembourg	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 81  12-10-15	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 82  13-11-15	Alicante	England 	2-0	
 83   1- 6-16	Salzburg  	South Korea     6-1
 84   7- 6-16	Getafe  	Georgia         0-1
 85  13- 6-16	Toulouse  	Czech Republic  1-0  	European Champ.
 86  17- 6-16	Nice    	Turkey          3-0   	European Champ.
 87  21- 6-16	Bordeaux	Croatia         1-2	European Champ.
 88  27- 6-16	Saint-Denis	Italy           0-2	European Champ.
 89   1- 9-16	Brussel 	Belgium  	2-0
 90   5- 9-16	León    	Liechtenstein	8-0	World Cup Qualifier
 91   6-10-16	Torino  	Italy   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 92   9-10-16	Shkodër 	Albania 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 93  12-11-16	Granada 	Macedonia	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 94  15-11-16	London  	England 	2-2
 95  24- 3-17	Gijón   	Israel  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 96  28- 3-17	Saint-Denis	France  	2-0	
 97  11- 6-17	Skopje   	Macedonia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier 
 98   2- 9-17	Madrid  	Italy   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier 
 99   5- 9-17	Vaduz   	Liechtenstein	8-0	World Cup Qualifier 
100   9-10-17	Jerusalem	Israel  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier 
101  11-11-17	Málaga  	Costa Rica	5-0
102  14-11-17	St. Peterburg	Russia  	3-3
103   9- 6-18	Krasnodar	Tunisia         1-0
104  15- 6-18   Sochi           Portugal        3-3	World Cup
105  20- 6-18   Kazan           Iran            1-0	World Cup
106  25- 6-18   Kaliningrad     Morocco         2-2	World Cup
107   1- 7-18   Moskva          Russia          1-1 [3] World Cup
108   8- 9-18	London  	England 	2-1	Nations League
109  11- 9-18	Elche		Croatia 	6-0	Nations League
110  15-10-18   Sevilla		England 	2-3	Nations League
111  15-11-18  	Zagreb		Croatia 	2-3	Nations League
112  23- 3-19	Valencia	Norway  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
113  10- 6-19	Madrid		Sweden   	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
114   5- 9-19	Bucuresti	Romania  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
115  12-10-19	Oslo		Norway  	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
116  18-11-19	Madrid		Romania  	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
117   3- 9-20   Stuttgart 	Germany  	1-1	Nations League
118   7-10-20   Lisboa  	Portugal 	0-0 
119  10-10-20   Madrid   	Switzerland 	1-0	Nations League
120  14-11-20   Basel   	Switzerland 	1-1	Nations League
121  28- 3-21	Tbilisi		Georgia  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
122  31- 3-21	Sevilla		Kosovo  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
123   4- 6-21	Madrid  	Portugal  	0-0
124  23- 6-21	Sevilla 	Slovakia	5-0	European Champ.
125  28- 6-21	København	Croatia 	5-3	European Champ.
126   2- 7-21	St. Peterburg	Switzerland  	1-1 [4] European Champ.
127   6- 7-21	London  	Italy   	1-1 [5] European Champ.
128   2- 9-21	Solna   	Sweden  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
129   8- 9-21	Prishtinë	Kosovo  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
130   6-10-21	Milano   	Italy   	2-1	Nations League
131  10-10-21	Milano   	France  	1-2	Nations League
132  11-11-21	Athinai  	Greece  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
133  14-11-21	Sevilla  	Sweden  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
134   2- 6-22	Sevilla 	Portugal	1-1	Nations League
135   5- 6-22	Praha   	Czech Republic	2-2	Nations League
136   9- 6-22	Genève  	Switzerland	1-0	Nations League
137  12- 6-22	Málaga  	Czech Republic	2-0	Nations League
138  24- 9-22	Zaragoza	Switzerland	1-2	Nations League
139  27- 9-22	Braga   	Portugal	1-0	Nations League
140  23-11-22	Doha    	Costa Rica	7-0	World Cup
141  27-11-22	Al-Khor 	Spain   	1-1	World Cup
142   1-12-22	Doha    	Japan   	1-2	World Cup
143   5-12-22	Doha    	Morocco  	0-0 [6]	World Cup

[*] this match is not recognised as a full international by FIFA but it is
    official for the Spanish federation.

[1] Spain won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Spain won 7-6 on penalty kicks.
[3] Spain lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Spain won 3-1 on penalty kicks.
[5] Spain lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[6] Spain lost 0-3 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   143	  98   24   21	315-  112     220      76.92

Types of Matches
Friendlies		43
World Cup Qualifier	25
European Ch. Qualifier	22
World Cup		17
Nations League		15
European Championship	14
Confederations Cup	 7

Total caps:            143


Goals:	
Cap 70	1 goal
Cap 73	1 goal

Total	2 goals

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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