Spain national under-17 football team

Spain national under-17 football team
Medal record
Men's under-17 football
U-17 World Cup
U-17 European Championship

Spain Under-17
Nickname(s)	La Rojita (The Little Red One); La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)
Association	Royal Spanish Football Federation ; (Real Federación Española de Fútbol – RFEF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Santiago Denia
Most caps	Abel Ruiz (37)
Top scorer	Abel Ruiz (27)
FIFA code	ESP
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Spain 1–0 Uruguay ; (Livorno, Italy; 18 August 1991)
Biggest win
	Spain 13–0 New Zealand ; (Ismaïlia, Egypt; 15 September 1997)
Biggest defeat
	England 4–1 Spain ; (Gladsaxe, Denmark; 10 May 2002); England 5–2 Spain ; (Kolkata, India; 28 october 2017) Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up: 1991, 2003, 2007, 2017
European Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	Champions: 2007, 2008, 2017

The Spain national under-17 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.

Considered one of the strongest national team in under 17 level, Spain has participated in 9 out of 14 World Cup tournaments. Spain hold the record of playing the most finals without ever winning the tournament, having finished as runners-up on four occasions.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	13	5
1993	Did not qualify
1995	Group stage	13th	3	1	1	1	4	4
1997	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	22	6
1999	Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	7	2
2001	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	4	6
2003	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	16	10
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	3	0	13	6
2009	Third place	3rd	7	5	1	1	18	10
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	0	2	12	9
2019	To be determined
Total	9/14	9th	48	30	8	10	109	58

UEFA European U-17 Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2002	Fourth place	8	5	2	1	21	11
2003	Runners-up	8	5	2	1	21	9
2004	Runners-up	8	5	1	2	19	7
2005	Elite round	3	2	1	0	3	1
2006	Third place	8	5	2	1	19	5
2007	Champions	8	6	2	0	12	3
2008	Champions	11	8	3	0	29	9
2009	Group stage	9	4	5	0	14	4
2010	Runners-up	11	9	0	2	37	7
2011	Elite round	6	5	0	1	18	6
2012	Elite round	6	4	2	0	17	4
2013	Elite round	6	3	0	3	9	8
2014	Elite round	6	4	1	1	8	2
2015	Quarter-finals	11	5	6	0	14	5
2016	Runners-up	12	8	4	0	18	6
2017	Champions	12	8	3	1	30	9
Total	11/16	133	86	34	13	289	96

*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.

Honours

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Runners-up (4): 1991, 2003, 2007, 2017
Third place (2): 1997, 2009

UEFA U-17/16 Championship (U-17 since 2002)

Winners (9): 1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2017
Runners-up (6): 1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016
Third place (3): 1985, 1998, 2006

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Year	Golden Player
2004	Cesc Fàbregas
2007	Bojan Krkić

In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at FIFA World Cup Under-17 Football Championship.

Year	Golden Player	Golden Shoe
1997	Sergio Santamaría	David Rodríguez Fraile
2003	Cesc Fàbregas	Cesc Fàbregas
2009		Borja Bastón

Player records

Top appearances

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-17 caps
1	Abel Ruiz	Barcelona	2015–2017	37
2	Ignacio Camacho	Atlético Madrid	2006–2007	25
3	Albert Dalmau	Barcelona	2008–2009	23
	Manu Morlanes	Villarreal	2014–2016	23
5	Sergio Gómez	Barcelona	2016–2017	22
	Borja	Atlético Madrid	2008–2009	22
	Ferran Torres	Valencia	2016–2017	22
8	David Rodríguez	Atlético Madrid	2002–2003	21
	Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	2009–2011	21
	Hugo Guillamón	Valencia	2016–2017	21
	Isco	Valencia	2008–2009	21
	Javi García	Real Madrid	2003–2005	21
	Jaime Gavilán	Valencia	2001–2003	21
	Koke	Atlético Madrid	2008–2009	21

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-17s.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-17 goals
1	Abel Ruiz	Barcelona	2015–2017	27
2	Jonathan Soriano	Espanyol	2001–2003	18
3	Bojan Krkić	Barcelona	2006–2007	16
4	Paco Alcácer	Valencia	2009–2010	14
5	David Rodríguez	Atlético Madrid	2002–2003	13
6	Borja	Atlético Madrid	2008–2009	12
	Roberto Soldado	Real Madrid	2001–2003	12
8	Jaime Gavilán	Valencia	2001–2003	10
9	Sandro Ramírez	Barcelona	2011–2012	9
10	Sergio Gómez	Barcelona	2016–2017	8

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-17s.

Current squad

The following players have been called up to participate in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship^[1]

*Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

Head coach: Santiago Denia

Number	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Arnau Tenas	(2001-05-30) 30 May 2001	Barcelona
13	1GK	Joan García	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	Espanyol

2	2DF	Richard Dionkou	(2001-10-10) 10 October 2001	Manchester City
3	2DF	Miguel Gutiérrez	(2001-07-27) 27 July 2001	Real Madrid
4	2DF	Eric García	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001	Manchester City
5	2DF	Ismael Armenteros	(2001-04-07) 7 April 2001	Real Madrid
12	2DF	Xavi Estacio	(2001-03-24) 24 March 2001	Valencia
14	2DF	Alejandro Pérez	(2001-01-07) 7 January 2001	Espanyol
17	2DF	Jon Pacheco	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001	Real Sociedad

6	3MF	Iván Morante	(2001-01-15) 15 January 2001	Villarreal
7	3MF	Alejandro Baena	(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001	Villarreal
8	3MF	Arnau Puigmal	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001	Manchester United
15	3MF	Xavier Sintes	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	Mallorca
16	3MF	Óscar Castro	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001	Atlético Madrid
18	3MF	Adrián Bernabé	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001	Manchester City

9	4FW	Sergio Camello	(2001-02-10) 10 February 2001	Atlético Madrid
10	4FW	Nabil Touaizi	(2001-02-01) 1 February 2001	Manchester City
11	4FW	Bryan Gil	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001	Sevilla
19	4FW	Nils Mortimer	(2001-06-11) 11 June 2001	Barcelona
20	4FW	Víctor Mollejo	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001	Atlético Madrid

Former squads

References

↑ "Estos son los 20 convocados para la Eurocopa Sub-17" (in Spanish).

External links

siemprecantera (in Spanish)
Spanish under 17 at Soccer-Spain
Tournament archive at fifa.com
Tournament archive at uefa.com
UEFA U-17 European Championship at rsssf

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[1] "Estos son los 20 convocados para la Eurocopa Sub-17" (in Spanish).

Medal record
Men's under-17 football
U-17 World Cup
	1991 Italy	Team
	1997 Egypt	Team
	2003 Finland	Team
	2007 South Korea	Team
	2009 Nigeria	Team
	2017 India	Team
U-17 European Championship
	2003 Portugal	Team
	2004 France	Team
	2006 Luxembourg	Team
	2007 Belgium	Team
	2008 Turkey	Team
	2010 Liechtenstein	Team
	2016 Azerbaijan	Team
	2017 Croatia	Team

Spain national football team
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Venues	Ciudad del Fútbol Home venues
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World Cup Finals	Summary 1934 1950 1962 1966 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
UEFA Euro Finals	Summary 1964 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics
Rivalries	Rivalry with France Rivalry with Italy Rivalry with Portugal
Other RFEF teams	Men under-23 under-21 under-20 under-19 under-18 under-17 under-16 under-15 Women results under-20 under-19 under-17