English archdeacon following the Spanish team (6)
I believe the answer is:
eleven
'team' is the definition.
(eleven is a kind of team)
'english archdeacon following the spanish' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'archdeacon' becomes 'ven' (abbreviation for The Venerable).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'e'+'ven'='even'
'even' put after 'el' is 'ELEVEN'.
(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "Number killed in the Peterloo massacre" , "Cardinal" , "Football or cricket team?" , "1 and 1?" , "Time for morning coffee" .)