Spain national under-20 football team

Spain Under-20
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 Luis de la Fuente (2013–)
Most caps Pablo Couñago (13)
Jaime Gavilán (13)
Francisco Jusué (13)
Top scorer Adrián (10)
FIFA code ESP
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Spain 2–1 France 
(Radès, Tunisia; 28 June 1977)
Biggest win
 Spain 8–0 Tahiti 
(Cairo, Egypt; 25 September 2009)
Biggest defeat

 Argentina 3–0 Spain 
(Doha, Qatar; 25 April 1995)

Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 15 (first in 1977)
Best result Winners (1999)
Spain national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 World Cup
1985 Soviet Union Team
1999 Nigeria Team
2003 United Arab Emirates Team
Spain national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara, Italy Team

The Spain national under-20 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the governing body for football in Spain.

Competitive Record

FIFA World Youth Championship Record / FIFA U-20 World Cup

     Champions       Runners-Up       Third Place       Fourth Place

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977Group Stage7th311133
Japan 1979Quarter-Finals6th421132
Australia 1981Group Stage13th302157
Mexico 1983Did Not Qualify
Soviet Union 1985Runners-Up2nd622288
Chile 1987Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989Group Stage15th310247
Portugal 1991Quarter-Finals7th421183
Australia 1993Did Not Qualify
Qatar 1995Fourth Place4th64021912
Malaysia 1997Quarter-Finals7th5401103
Nigeria 1999Champions1st7520165
Argentina 2001Did Not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003Runners-Up2nd750284
Netherlands 2005Quarter-Finals7th5401174
Canada 2007Quarter-Finals5th5320138
Egypt 2009Round Of 1611th4301143
Colombia 2011Quarter-Finals5th5320134
Turkey 2013Quarter-Finals6th540194
New Zealand 2015Did Not Qualify
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Total1 Championship15/217243131615077

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year Golden Boot
Soviet Union 1985 Sebastián Losada
Fernando Gómez
Qatar 1995 Joseba Etxeberria
Nigeria 1999 Pablo Couñago

Player records

Top appearances

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-20 Caps
1Pablo CouñagoCelta Vigo, Numancia1998–199913
 Jaime GavilánValencia, Tenerife2003–200513
 Francisco JusuéOsasuna1998–199913
4Pablo OrbaizOsasuna1998–199912
 Israel PuertoSevilla2012–201312
 Rubén SuárezSporting Gijón1998–199912
7Sergio GarcíaBarcelona200311
 AarónRangers, Celta Vigo200911
 Dani ParejoReal Madrid, Getafe200911
 Carlos PeñaBarcelona200311
 JuanfranReal Madrid2003–200511

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-20s.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-20 Goals
1AdriánDeportivo200710
 Joseba EtxeberriaReal Sociedad19957
 Sergio GarcíaBarcelona20037
 AarónRangers, Celta Vigo20097
5Pablo CouñagoCelta Vigo, Numancia1998–19996
6Fernando LlorenteAthletic Bilbao20055
 JeséReal Madrid20135
 Álvaro VázquezEspanyol20115
9Emilio NsueCastellón, Real Sociedad20094
 David SilvaEibar20054
 Ismael UrzaizReal Madrid1989–19914

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-20s.

Former squads

See also

References

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