Theoretical and methodological foundations of the organization of sports selection of Spanish football players

In the final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which was held on the fields of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa), the Spanish national team defeated the national team of the Netherlands and became the world champion for the first time in its history. The basis of the Spanish championship team was made up of pupils of the world-famous Barcelona football academy "La Masia". The football academy of the Spanish-Catalan "Barcelona" with the name "La Masia" was founded in 1979, but received real recognition in the 90s of the twentieth century. At that time, the main professional team of the Barcelona football club as a head coach was headed by the Dutchman Johan Cruyff. It was the "Flying Dutchman", as the three-time Ballon d'Or winner was then called the best player in Europe, who introduced a systematic approach and a general educational methodology for educating young people into the activities of the Barcelona academy. The purpose of the study is to determine the features of the organization, conduct and scientific and methodological support of the process of teaching the game and sports selection and game orientation of football players in Spain. The study of the phenomenon of Spanish football as a successful long-term sports project is an important aspect of a systematic approach to solving the problems of sports selection and game orientation of football players in Ukraine.