They are currently coached by Jo Bonfrere, the former South Korea coach fired in 2005 despite leading the team through qualification for the 2006 World Cup.
This was a man who had scored his country's first ever World Cup goal and at times had dragged the team through qualification.
OK, perhaps Spain are not quite as good as they were sometime between winning Euro 2008 and South Africa 2010 but they came through qualification unbeaten.
If that looks simple, of course that belies reality; the world champions have once again been imperious during a glide through qualification.
"I am delighted to have worked with Martin and his team through qualification for the Euros, and I and all of the staff in the association look forward to working with them into the future".
Of course, the US men's team failed to make it through qualification for the Rio Olympics, meaning it is now eight years since they last appeared at the Games.
Not only did they cruise through qualification without dropping a point, they also boast a cluster of attackers who come into this tournament in peak form – Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder in particular.
Not since Fabio Capello's England sailed through qualification for the 2010 World Cup finals with a game to spare has the procession to a tournament looked so easy with Roy Hodgson's side having won Euro 2016 Group E with two games left.
After he won titles as a coach in Croatia, Zlatko's finest hour in international management was steering his national team, with Niko in the side, undefeated through qualification for the 2006 World Cup finals where, in English style, they went out in the first round.
This much we know: Ireland's captain, then a 30-year-old volatile driving force who had almost single-handedly dragged his country through qualification for Japan and South Korea 2002 out of a group containing Portugal and Holland, decided to leave the camp out of frustration at poor preparation but then changed his mind.
