A grand reception awaits the Spanish national team.

The Spanish national team will receive a warm welcome on Monday upon their return from North America, with around a million people expected to gather in Madrid to celebrate the team's second World Cup victory in history, after their win on Sunday in the final against the defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time.

This victory has sparked a wave of national pride in football-obsessed Spain, as many young fans have never seen the men's team lift the World Cup, with their only title achieved 16 years ago at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

However, sadness overshadowed the atmosphere of national euphoria on Monday after local authorities announced the death of a teenager following the collapse of a fountain that he had climbed with others to celebrate the victory in the west of the country.

The squad of coach Luis de la Fuente is scheduled to arrive in Madrid at 12:50 PM (10:50 AM GMT), and it is expected that King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will be there to welcome the players, as they were also present on Sunday at the MetLife Stadium.

An open-top bus will be waiting for the players to take part in a celebratory parade through Madrid starting at 4:30 PM.

The central government representative in Madrid, Francisco Martín, told Spanish state television that the parade will start from the vicinity of the Moncloa Palace, the official residence of the Prime Minister, and will end at Cibeles Square, which is the traditional gathering place for Spanish national team fans and their celebrations.

Martín expected around a million people to line the parade route, with additional security measures and enhanced transport services to accommodate the crowds, noting that 2,050 police officers and 400 Civil Guard personnel will be deployed.

However, the exact timeline for the celebrations had not been fully confirmed in the early hours of Monday morning, especially after it was previously announced that Pedro Sánchez would make a brief visit to Algeria before returning to Spain in the afternoon.

The royal palace has also not yet confirmed whether the king will participate in the celebrations.

These scenes are expected to evoke memories of the celebrations that followed Spain's first World Cup victory in 2010, when the streets of Madrid were filled with hundreds of thousands of fans who came out to welcome the team upon their return from South Africa.

While the country awaits the arrival of the team, celebrations continued throughout Sunday night from Madrid to the smallest Spanish villages.