Spain national under-21 football team





















Spain Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)
La Rojita (The Little Red [One])
AssociationRoyal Spanish Football Federation
Confederation
UEFA (Europe)
Head coachLuis de la Fuente
Most caps

Gerard Deulofeu (36)
Top scorer
Gerard Deulofeu (17)
FIFA codeESP
















First colours














Second colours


First international

 Yugoslavia 4–1 Spain 
(Zagreb, Yugoslavia; 9 October 1976)
Biggest win

 Spain 14–0 San Marino 
(El Ejido, Spain; 8 February 2005)
Biggest defeat

 Netherlands 5–0 Spain 
(Utrecht, Netherlands; 16 February 1983)
Records for competitive matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1982)
Best resultWinners (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013)


The 2011 winning team


The Spain national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Spain and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The team, nicknamed La Rojita (The Little Red [One]),[1] competes in the biennial UEFA European Under-21 Championship.


Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Spanish under-21 team was formed. Spain has a fantastic record (competition winners four times and runners-up twice); having consecutively won the 2011 and 2013 Championships. Only Italy with five titles has won the competition more often than Spain.


Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Spain's brief record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown, though in actuality, Spain played only three competitive U-23 matches. The first was in the "under-23 Challenge", which they lost, while the next two were in a two-team qualification "group" for the 1972 competition (facing the Soviet Union team, they lost 2–1 at home then drew 1–1 away and failed to qualify. Spain did not enter a team in the other two U-23 competitions, but have been ever present in under-21 competitions).


Spain's youth development programs has been challenging the South American dominance in the FIFA U-17 World Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In fact, 20 of the Spanish 23-man squad that won the Euro 2008 came through the ranks of the youth teams; most of them had won titles at the youth level as well. Most important club which delivered the team's players for this tournament was FC Twente from the Netherlands.




Contents





  • 1 Competitive record

    • 1.1 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record



  • 2 Individual awards


  • 3 Player records

    • 3.1 Top appearances


    • 3.2 Top goalscorers



  • 4 Recent results


  • 5 Forthcoming fixtures


  • 6 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

    • 6.1 Group phase



  • 7 Players

    • 7.1 Current squad


    • 7.2 Recent callups



  • 8 Former squads


  • 9 See also


  • 10 Notes


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links




Competitive record



UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record


























































































































































































Year
Round
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA

Europe 1978
Qualifying Stage420258

Europe 1980
Qualifying Stage412142

Europe 1982
Quarter-Finals6501145

Europe 1984
Runners-up1052311
11

Europe 1986
Champions1071218
9

Europe 1988
Quarter-Finals8422104

Europe 1990
Quarter-Finals640254

Europe 1992
Qualifying Stage732265

France 1994
Third Place1292121
9

Spain 1996
Runners-up14103134
14

Romania 1998
Champions11101021
6

Slovakia 2000
Third Place14113031
7

Switzerland 2002
Qualification Playoffs10613159

Germany 2004
Qualification Playoffs10622175

Portugal 2006
Qualifying Stage10622378

Netherlands 2007
Qualification Playoffs421184

Sweden 2009
Group Stage131012277

Denmark 2011
Champions15122131
8

Israel 2013
Champions15141047
5

Czech Republic 2015
Qualification Playoffs10721258

Poland 2017
Runners-up17114244
13
Total13/212101453431431
151

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.


  • Gold background color indicates first-place finish. Silver background color indicates second-place finish. Bronze background color indicates third-place finish.

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.


Individual awards


In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.




















Year

Golden Player

Golden Boot

Europe 1986

Manolo Sanchís


Romania 1998

Francesc Arnau


Denmark 2011

Juan Mata

Adrián

Israel 2013

Thiago

Álvaro Morata

Poland 2017

Dani Ceballos

Saúl


Player records



Top appearances








































































Rank
Player
Club(s)
Year(s)
U-21 Caps
1Gerard Deulofeu
Barcelona, Everton, Sevilla, Milan
2012–201736
2Iker MuniainAthletic Bilbao2011–201431
3Santiago Denia
Albacete, Atlético Madrid
1992–199627
 David de Gea
Atlético Madrid, Manchester United
2009–201327
 Jorge Meré
Sporting Gijón, FC Köln
2015–27
6XaviBarcelona1998–200125
 Diego CapelSevilla2007–201125
 Saúl
Atlético Madrid, Rayo Vallecano
2013–201725
9Dani Ceballos
Betis, Real Madrid
2015–24
 Óscar
Barcelona, Albacete
1992–199624
 Javi MartínezAthletic Bilbao2007–201124
 Borja Mayoral
Real Madrid, VfL Wolfsburg, Levante
2015–24
 Óliver
Atlético Madrid, Villarreal, Porto
2013–201624

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Under-21s.



Top goalscorers

























































Rank
Player
Club(s)
Year(s)
U-21 Goals
1Gerard Deulofeu
Barcelona, Everton, Sevilla, Milan
2012–201717
2RodrigoBenfica2011–201315
3Isco
Málaga, Real Madrid
2011–201414
 Borja Mayoral
Real Madrid, VfL Wolfsburg, Levante
2015–14
5Álvaro Morata
Real Madrid, Juventus
2013–201413
6Óscar
Barcelona, Albacete
1992–199612
7MunirBarcelona2014–201610
8Pablo Couñago
Celta, Recreativo, Ipswich Town
1999–20019
 Adrián
Deportivo, Alavés, Málaga, Atlético Madrid
2007–20119
 Saúl
Atlético Madrid, Rayo Vallecano
2013–20179

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Under-21s.


  • Caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2018


Recent results
































































































































Date
Competition
Location
Opponent
Result
Scorers
23 March 2017

Friendly

Murcia, Spain

 Denmark
3–1

Merino Goal 22', Saúl Goal 70', Suárez Goal 81'
27 March 2017

Friendly

Rome, Italy

 Italy
2–1

Saúl Goal 34', Mayoral Goal 38'
17 June 2017

2017 UEFA U-21 group stage

Gdynia, Poland

 Macedonia
5–0

Saúl Goal 10', Asensio Goal 16', 54', 72', Deulofeu Goal 35' (pen.)
20 June 2017

2017 UEFA U-21 group stage

Gdynia, Poland

 Portugal
3–1

Saúl Goal 21', Sandro Goal 65', Williams Goal 90+3'
23 June 2017

2017 UEFA U-21 group stage

Bydgoszcz, Poland

 Serbia
1–0

Suárez Goal 38'
27 June 2017

2017 UEFA U-21 semifinals

Kraków, Poland

 Italy
3–1

Saúl Goal 53', 65', 74'
30 June 2017

2017 UEFA U-21 Final

Kraków, Poland

 Germany
0–1

1 September 2017

Friendly

Toledo, Spain

 Italy
3–0

Merino Goal 23', Mayoral Goal 45+1', Meré Goal 81'
5 September 2017

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Tallinn, Estonia

 Estonia
1–0

Soler Goal 65'
10 October 2017

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Poprad, Slovakia

 Slovakia
4–1

Merino Goal 26', Oyarzabal Goal 49', Rodri Goal 56', Ceballos Goal 69'
9 November 2017

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Murcia, Spain

 Iceland
1–0

Fabián Goal 36'
14 November 2017

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Cartagena, Spain

 Slovakia
5–1

Ceballos Goal 38', 55', 61', Córdoba Goal 53', Mayoral Goal 86'
22 March 2018

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Portadown, Northern Ireland

 Northern Ireland
5–3

Oyarzabal Goal 15', 44', Mayoral Goal 47', 75', 84'
27 March 2018

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Ponferrada, Spain

 Estonia
3–1

Fabián Goal 8', Mayoral Goal 37', 51'
6 September 2018

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Córdoba, Spain

 Albania
3–0

Oyarzabal Goal 5', Mayoral Goal 56', Mir Goal 90+2'
11 September 2018

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Albacete, Spain

 Northern Ireland
1–2

Rafa Mir Goal 90+2'
11 October 2018

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Tirana, Albania

 Albania
1–0

Rafa Mir Goal 84'
16 October 2018

2019 UEFA U-21 qualification

Reykjavík, Iceland

 Iceland
7–2

Oyarzabal Goal 24' (pen.), Rafa Mir Goal 25', 40', Gunnarsson Goal 45+2' (o.g.), Carlos Soler Goal 54' Mayoral Goal 87', Fabián Goal 90'
14 November 2018

Friendly

Logroño, Spain

 Denmark
4–1

Mayoral Goal 25', 32', 55', Meré Goal 45'
19 November 2018

Friendly

Caen, France

 France
1–1

Oyarzabal Goal 10' (pen.)


Forthcoming fixtures






Date
Competition
Location
Opponent


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship



Group phase


Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2




























































































































Pos
Team

[
  • v

  • t

  • e

]


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification













1

 Spain
10
9
0
1
31
10
+21
27

Final tournament

—

1–2

5–1

1–0

3–0

3–1
2

 Northern Ireland
10
6
2
2
15
11
+4
20



3–5
—

1–0

0–0

1–0

4–2
3

 Slovakia
10
6
0
4
17
18
−1
18


1–4

1–0
—

0–2

4–1

2–0
4

 Iceland
10
3
2
5
16
19
−3
11


2–7

0–1

2–3
—

2–3

5–2
5

 Albania
10
1
4
5
9
17
−8
7


0–1

1–1

2–3

0–0
—

0–0
6

 Estonia
10
0
2
8
11
24
−13
2


0–1

1–2

1–2

2–3

2–2
—
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers


Players



Current squad


The following players were named in the squad for friendly matches against Denmark and France, at 14 and 19 November 2018.[2]
All caps and goals as of 19 November 2018.
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No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
1

1GK

Unai Simón

(1997-06-11) 11 June 1997 (age 21)
8
0

Spain Athletic Bilbao
13

1GK

Antonio Sivera

(1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 (age 22)
5
0

Spain Alavés
23

1GK

Iván Villar

(1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 21)
0
0

Spain Celta
2

2DF

Sergi Palencia

(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 22)
2
0

France Bordeaux
3

2DF

Angeliño

(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 22)
2
0

Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
4

2DF

Unai Núñez

(1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 (age 22)
10
0

Spain Athletic Bilbao
5

2DF

Jorge Meré (Captain)

(1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 21)
27
3

Germany 1. FC Köln
6

2DF

Jorge Sáenz

(1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 (age 22)
2
0

Spain Tenerife
12

2DF

Martín Aguirregabiria

(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 22)
1
0

Spain Alavés
14

2DF

Aarón Martín

(1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 21)
9
0

Germany Mainz
7

3MF

Carlos Soler

(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 22)
14
2

Spain Valencia
8

3MF

Fabián Ruiz

(1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 22)
10
3

Italy Napoli
10

3MF

Mikel Oyarzabal

(1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 21)
18
6

Spain Real Sociedad
11

3MF

Alfonso Pedraza

(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 22)
11
0

Spain Villarreal
15

3MF

Pape Cheikh Diop

(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 21)
3
0

France Lyon
16

3MF

Marc Roca

(1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 22)
3
0

Spain Espanyol
20

3MF

José Ángel Pozo

(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 22)
1
0

Spain Rayo Vallecano
21

3MF

Álex Pozo

(1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 20)
1
0

Spain Granada
9

4FW

Borja Mayoral

(1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 21)
24
14

Spain Levante
17

4FW

Dani Olmo

(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 20)
4
0

Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
18

4FW

Carlos Fernández

(1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 22)
3
0

Spain Deportivo La Coruña
19

4FW

Rafa Mir

(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 21)
6
5

Spain Las Palmas


Recent callups


The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.








































































































































Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
Latest call-up

GK

Dani Martín

(1998-07-08) 8 July 1998 (age 20)
0
0

Spain Sporting Gijón
v.  Iceland, 16 October 2018

GK

Juan Soriano

(1997-08-23) 23 August 1997 (age 21)
1
0

Spain Sevilla
v.  Northern Ireland, 11 September 2018

DF

Jesús Vallejo

(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 22)
16
0

Spain Real Madrid
v.  Iceland, 16 October 2018

DF

Pol Lirola

(1997-08-13) 13 August 1997 (age 21)
2
0

Italy Sassuolo
v.  Iceland, 16 October 2018

DF

Francis Guerrero

(1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 22)
1
0

Spain Betis
v.  Northern Ireland, 11 September 2018

DF

Junior Firpo

(1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 22)
1
0

Spain Betis
v.  Northern Ireland, 11 September 2018

DF

Pablo Maffeo

(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 21)
5
0

Germany Stuttgart
v.  Northern Ireland, 11 September 2018

DF

Toni Lato

(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 21)
4
0

Spain Valencia
v.  Estonia, 27 March 2018

MF

Fran Beltrán

(1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 20)
1
0

Spain Celta
v.  Denmark, 14 November 2018

MF

Pablo Fornals

(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 23)
10
0

Spain Villarreal
v.  Iceland, 16 October 2018

MF

Igor Zubeldia

(1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 21)
2
0

Spain Real Sociedad
v.  Iceland, 16 October 2018

MF

Brais Méndez

(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 22)
2
0

Spain Celta
v.  Northern Ireland, 11 September 2018

MF

Mikel Merino

(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 22)
13
3

Spain Real Sociedad
v.  Northern Ireland, 11 September 2018

MF

Dani Ceballos

(1996-08-07) 7 August 1996 (age 22)
24
6

Spain Real Madrid
v.  Estonia, 27 March 2018

MF

Adama Traoré

(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 23)
2
0

England Wolverhampton
v.  Estonia, 27 March 2018

MF

Aleix García

(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 22)
1
0

Spain Girona
v.  Estonia, 27 March 2018

FW

Jordi Mboula

(1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 19)
0
0

France Monaco
v.  Northern Ireland, 11 September 2018

FW

Iñigo Córdoba

(1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 21)
2
1

Spain Athletic Bilbao
v.  Estonia, 27 March 2018
Notes
  • Players in italics are still active at international level.


  • INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.


  • PRE = Not part of the current squad but present in a preliminary list.


Former squads


  • 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain

  • 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain

  • 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain

  • 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain

  • 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain

  • 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain

  • 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain

  • 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain


See also


  • Spain national football team

  • Spain national under-23 football team

  • Spain national under-20 football team

  • Spain national under-19 football team

  • Spain national under-18 football team

  • Spain national under-17 football team

  • Spain national under-16 football team

  • Spain national under-15 football team

  • Spain national youth football team


Notes





References




  1. ^ "La sub 21 regresa al lugar donde nació el 'tiqui-taca'" [The under-21 team returns to the birthplace of tiki-taka] (in Spanish). MARCA. 2011-06-09..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "Convocatoria de la Sub-21 para los encuentros ante Dinamarca y Francia" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 8 November 2018.




External links





  • Official website by RFEF


  • Tournament archive at UEFA


  • Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments at RSSSF











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