History of Iberia (airline) War, mainly in its Madrid - Barcelona line, although a great part of the planes of its fleet were requisitioned by the Spanish Republican Air Force and used as military transports. As the name "Iberia" was still registered, it was used anew when airline operations began in 1937 in territory held by the rebel faction during the Spanish Civil War. In 1939, after the end of the conflict, the planes belonging to LAPE's fleet were repainted with the Iberia airline livery. When the Iberia company fully restarted operations following the Civil War, it became a purely domestic airline. It won
History of the Spain national football team against the first two opponents, and a 2–1 win over Romania, Spain confirmed their place in the quarter-finals with a match with hosts England at London's Wembley Stadium, which finished goalless and Spain eventually fell 4–2 in the shootout. In his second World Cup as Spain's coach, Clemente led his team undefeated through their qualifying group in which Yugoslavia and Czech Republic were the other contenders. Spain qualified with fourteen other European sides in the first ever thirty-two team World Cup. Drawn into Group D at the final tournament, Spain's opponents consisted of Nigeria and Paraguay, as well as previous