Spain national under-19 football team

Spain Under-19
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 Santi Denia (2018–)
Most caps Aarón Ñíguez (23)
Top scorer Juan Mata (12)
FIFA code ESP
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Spain 2–0 Switzerland  
(Monzón, Spain; 3 October 2001)
Biggest win
 Spain 8–1 Cyprus 
(Torrevieja, Spain; 28 May 2006)
Biggest defeat

 Turkey 3–0 Spain 
(Chiajna, Romania; 26 July 2011)
 England 3–0 Spain 
(Burton upon Trent, England; 24 March 2017)

Records for competitive matches only.
European Under-19 Championship
Appearances 11 (first in 2002)
Best result Winners (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Spain national under-19 football team
Medal record
U-19 European Championship
2002 Norway Team
2004 Switzerland Team
2006 Poland Team
2007 Austria Team
2010 France Team
2011 Romania Team
2012 Estonia Team
2015 Greece Team

The Spain national under-19 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.

Competitive Record

UEFA European Under-19 Championship Record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Norway 2002Champions10910324
Liechtenstein 2003Second qualifying round311132
Switzerland 2004Champions8620175
Northern Ireland 2005Elite Round320151
Poland 2006Champions8710327
Austria 2007Champions8530165
Czech Republic 2008Group Stage9522187
Ukraine 2009Group Stage9603217
France 2010Runners-up118122510
Romania 2011Champions11911348
Estonia 2012Champions86201710
Lithuania 2013Semi-Finals7511115
Hungary 2014Elite Round320164
Greece 2015Champions8611225
Germany 2016Elite Round311133
Georgia (country) 2017Elite Round320173
Total11/1611280171526986

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Year Golden Player Golden Boot
Norway 2002 Fernando Torres Fernando Torres
Switzerland 2004 Juanfran
Poland 2006 Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno
France 2010 Dani Pacheco
Romania 2011 Álex Fernández Álvaro Morata
Estonia 2012 Gerard Deulofeu Jesé
Greece 2015 Marco Asensio Borja Mayoral

Player records

Top Appearances

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-19 Caps
1Aarón ÑíguezValencia, Xerez, Iraklis2006–200823
2Emilio NsueMallorca2006–200821
3Jorge PulidoAtlético Madrid2008–201020
 Juanmi JiménezMálaga2011–201220
5Gerard DeulofeuBarcelona2011–201219
6César AzpilicuetaOsasuna2007–200818
 Daniel AquinoMurcia2007–200918
 Carlos FernándezSevilla2013–201518
 Antonio MarínAlmería2013–201518
 Aarón MartínEspanyol2014–201618

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-19s.

Top Goalscorers

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-19 Goals
1Juan MataReal Madrid2006–200712
2Alberto BuenoReal Madrid2006–200711
 Álvaro MorataReal Madrid2010–201111
 Borja MayoralReal Madrid2014–201611
5Aarón ÑíguezValencia, Xerez, Iraklis2006–20088
 Pablo SarabiaReal Madrid, Getafe2010–20118
 Juanmi JiménezMálaga2011–20128
 Marco AsensioMallorca, Real Madrid2014–20158
9Sergio GarcíaBarcelona2001–20027
 Emilio NsueMallorca2006–20087
 Francisco MéridaArsenal, Real Sociedad2007–20097
 Isco AlarcónValencia2010–20117
 Paco AlcácerValencia2011–20127

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-19s.

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Andorra, Belarus and Switzerland, at 10, 13 and 16 October 2018.[1]
All caps and goals as of 10 October 2018.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Álvaro Fernández (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 1 0 Spain Málaga
13 1GK Arnau Tenas (2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 0 0 Spain Barcelona

2 2DF Víctor Gómez (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 1 0 Spain Espanyol
3 2DF Juan Miranda (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 3 0 Spain Barcelona
4 2DF Hugo Guillamón (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 1 0 Spain Valencia
5 2DF Víctor Chust (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 1 0 Spain Real Madrid
12 2DF Ricard Sánchez (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 1 0 Spain Atlético Madrid
15 2DF Aitor Paredes (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 0 0 Spain Athletic Bilbao
20 2DF Miguel Gutiérrez (2001-07-27) 27 July 2001 0 0 Spain Real Madrid

6 3MF Antonio Blanco (2000-07-23) 23 July 2000 1 0 Spain Real Madrid
8 3MF Mohamed Aiman (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 0 0 Spain Real Madrid
10 3MF Sergio Gómez (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 2 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
14 3MF Álvaro García (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 1 0 Spain Albacete
17 3MF Iván Jaime (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 1 1 Spain Málaga

7 4FW Ferran Torres (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 6 3 Spain Valencia
9 4FW Abel Ruiz (C) (2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 4 4 Spain Barcelona
11 4FW Nacho Díaz (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 1 0 Spain Villarreal
16 4FW Roberto López (2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 1 1 Spain Real Sociedad
18 4FW Luis Forcén (2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 1 0 Spain Zaragoza
19 4FW Pelayo Morilla (2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 1 1 Spain Sporting Gijón

Former squads

See also

References

  1. "Convocatoria de la Sub-19 para el Minitorneo de Clasificación" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 2 October 2018.
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