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

Luis de la Fuente (2013–)

Most caps

Aarón Ñíguez (23)

Top scorer

Juan Manuel 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)

Records for competitive matches only.

European Under-19 Championship

Appearances

10 (First in 2002)

Best result

Winners (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)

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

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
2002	Champions	10	9	1	0	32	4
2003	Second qualifying round	3	1	1	1	3	2
2004	Champions	8	6	2	0	17	5
2005	Elite Round	3	2	0	1	5	1
2006	Champions	8	7	1	0	32	7
2007	Champions	8	5	3	0	16	5
2008	Group Stage	9	5	2	2	18	7
2009	Group Stage	9	6	0	3	21	7
2010	Runners-up	11	8	1	2	25	10
2011	Champions	11	9	1	1	34	8
2012	Champions	8	6	2	0	17	10
2013	Semi-Finals	7	5	1	1	11	5
2014	Elite Round	3	2	0	1	6	4
Total	10/13	98	71	15	12	237	75

*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
2002	Fernando Torres
2004	Juanfran
2006	Alberto Bueno
2011	Álex Fernández
2012	Gerard Deulofeu

Players

Top Appearances

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-19 Caps
1	Aarón Ñíguez	Valencia, Xerez, Iraklis	2006–2008	23
2	Emilio Nsue	Mallorca	2006–2008	21
3	Jorge Pulido	Atlético Madrid	2008–2010	20
4	Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	2011–2012	19
4	Juanmi Jiménez	Málaga	2011–2012	19
6	Daniel Aquino	Murcia	2007–2009	18
6	César Azpilicueta	Osasuna	2007–2008	18
8	Francisco Mérida	Arsenal, Real Sociedad	2007–2009	17
9	Paco Alcácer	Valencia	2011–2012	16
9	Markel Bergara	Real Sociedad	2004–2005	16
9	Mikel San José	Athletic Bilbao, Liverpool	2007–2008	16
9	Pablo Sarabia	Real Madrid, Getafe	2010–2011	16

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
1	Juan Mata	Real Madrid	2006–2007	12
2	Alberto Bueno	Real Madrid	2006–2007	11
2	Álvaro Morata	Real Madrid	2010–2011	11
4	Juanmi Jiménez	Málaga	2011–2012	8
4	Aarón Ñíguez	Valencia, Xerez, Iraklis	2006–2008	8
4	Pablo Sarabia	Real Madrid, Getafe	2010–2011	8
7	Isco Alarcón	Valencia	2010–2011	7
7	Paco Alcácer	Valencia	2011–2012	7
7	Sergio García	Barcelona	2001–2002	7
7	Francisco Mérida	Arsenal, Real Sociedad	2007–2009	7
7	Emilio Nsue	Mallorca	2006–2008	7

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

Recent results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
10 October 2013	Friendly	Budapest, Hungary	Portugal	1 – 1	Santi Mina 50'
12 October 2013	Friendly	Budapest, Hungary	Slovakia	0 – 0
14 October 2013	Friendly	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	4 – 1	Santi Mina 24', 65', 73', Calero 44'
5 March 2014	Friendly	Katwijk, Netherlands	Netherlands	1 – 2	Santi Mina 79'
15 April 2014	Friendly	Daimiel, Spain	Serbia	4 – 0	Stevanovic 42' (o.g.), Bustos 43', Muñoz 48', 70'
31 May 2014	2014 UEFA EURO U-19 Elite round	Vigo, Spain	Denmark	3 – 1	Sandro 33' (pen.), Munir 74', Lopez Cabrera 90+2'
2 June 2014	2014 UEFA EURO U-19 Elite round	Vigo, Spain	Lithuania	2 – 0	Munir 31', Sandro 90' (pen.)
5 June 2014	2014 UEFA EURO U-19 Elite round	Vigo, Spain	Germany	1 – 3	Munir 6'
13 November 2014	Friendly	Katerini, Greece	Germany	2 – 0	Asensio 52', Adrián Marín 55'
15 November 2014	Friendly	Veria, Greece	France	5 – 1	Asensio 16', 19', Adrián Marín 25', 48', Nahuel 30'
17 November 2014	Friendly	Katerini, Greece	Greece	3 – 2	Concha 34', Rivera 49', Mayoral 82'

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers

Current squad

The following players have been called up to participate for the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship to be played through 20 July –1 August 2013.^[1]

National team caps and goals correct as of 29 July 2013.

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

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alfonso Herrero	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994	3	0	Real Madrid
13	1GK	Rubén Blanco	(1995-07-25) 25 July 1995	7	0	Celta

2	2DF	Héctor Bellerín	(1995-03-18) 18 March 1995	5	0	Arsenal
3	2DF	José Gayá	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995	4	0	Valencia
5	2DF	Borja López	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994	8	0	Sporting Gijón
18	2DF	Jaime Sánchez	(1995-06-06) 6 June 1995	7	0	Real Madrid
16	2DF	Rubén Duarte	(1995-10-18) 18 October 1995	5	0	Espanyol
15	2DF	Julio César Rodríguez	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995	2	0	Sporting Gijón

4	3MF	Pablo Íñiguez	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	7	0	Villarreal
6	3MF	José Rodríguez (c)	(1994-12-16) 16 December 1994	8	1	Real Madrid
7	3MF	Álvaro Vadillo	(1994-09-12) 12 September 1994	7	1	Betis
14	3MF	Lucas Torró	(1994-07-05) 5 July 1994	3	0	Real Madrid
10	3MF	Federico Vico	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994	8	3	Anderlecht
11	3MF	Moi Gómez	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994	8	1	Villarreal

17	4FW	Adama Traoré	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	6	0	Barcelona
8	4FW	Álex Serrano	(1995-02-06) 6 February 1995	3	1	Sporting Gijón
9	4FW	Iker Hernández	(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994	6	2	Real Sociedad
12	4FW	Sandro Ramírez	(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995	4	2	Barcelona

Former squads

2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain
2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads – Spain

References

↑ Los 18 elegidos para la afrontar la Ronda Élite Sub-19; RFEF (Spanish)

External links

siemprecantera (Spanish)
Tournament archive at uefa.com
UEFA U-19 European Championship at rsssf

Spain national football team

General	History Managers

Venues	Ciudad del Fútbol Home venues

Statistics	Results and Fixtures Records Head to head World Cup record

Players	20+ caps captains World Cup & Euro Championship squads Other categories

World Cup Finals	Summary 1934 1950 1962 1966 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

UEFA Euro Finals	Summary 1964 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics

Other RFEF teams	Men Under-23 Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Women Under-19

Football in Spain

AFE ANEF CTA CSD COE LFP RFEF

National teams	Men's national team U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 Women's national team U-19

League system	Primera División Segunda División Segunda División B (4 groups) Tercera División (18 groups 1–9, 10–18) Divisiones Regionales

Women's league system	Primera División Segunda División (7 groups) Ligas Regionales

Youth league system	División de Honor Juvenil (7 groups) Liga Nacional Juvenil (21 groups)

Domestic cups	Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga (defunct) Copa Eva Duarte (replaced) Supercopa de España Copa Federación

Women's domestic cups	Copa de la Reina

Youth domestic cups	Copa de Campeones Juvenil Copa del Rey Juvenil

Clubs Stadiums Records Foreign players Champions

National under-19 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001

Tournaments	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954 Italy 1955 Hungary 1956 Spain 1957 Luxembourg 1958 Bulgaria 1959 Austria 1960 Portugal 1961 Romania 1962 England 1963 Netherlands 1964 West Germany 1965 Yugoslavia 1966 Turkey 1967 France 1968 East Germany 1969 Scotland 1970 Czechoslovakia 1971 Spain 1972 Italy 1973 Sweden 1974 Switzerland 1975 Hungary 1976 Belgium 1977 Poland 1978 Austria 1979 East Germany 1980 West Germany 1981 Finland 1982 England 1983 Soviet Union 1984 Yugoslavia 1986 Czechoslovakia 1988 Hungary 1990 Germany 1992 England 1993 Spain 1994 Greece 1995 France 1996 Iceland 1997 Cyprus 1998 Sweden 1999 Germany 2000 Finland 2001

Qualification	1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Squads	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-19 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018

Qualification	2002 2003 (First, Second) 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014