Spain national under-18 football team

Spain Under-18

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

Julen Lopetegui (2010–)

Most caps

Javier Delgado (23)
José Luis Gallardo (23)
Sebastián Nadal (23)

Top scorer

Chuzo (13)

FIFA code

ESP

First colours

Second colours

First international

Spain 4 – 1 England

(Barcelona, Spain; 15 April 1952)

Biggest win

Spain 9 – 0 Andorra

(Cadiz, Spain; 12 March 1999)

Biggest defeat

Romania 5 – 1 Spain
(Graz, Austria; 20 April 1960)
England 5 – 1 Spain
(Walsall, England; 22 July 1993)

Records for competitive matches only.

European Under-18 Championship

Appearances

14 (First in 1981)

Best result

Winners (1995)

Spain national under-18 football team
Medal record

U-18 European Championship
	1990 Hungary	Team
	1993 England	Team
	1994 Spain	Team
	1995 Greece	Team
	1996 France & Luxembourg	Team
	1997 Iceland	Team
	2001 Finland	Team

Spain national under-18 football team
Medal record

UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
	1997 Portugal	Team
	1999 South Africa	Team
	2001 Italy	Team
	2003 Egypt	Team
	2005 Turkey	Team

The Spain national under-18 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

FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18 Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1948	Did Not Enter
1949
1950
1951
1952	Champions	2	1	1	0	4	1
1953	Fourth Place	4	2	0	2	13	7
1954	Champions	5	4	1	0	14	3
Total	3/7	11	7	2	2	31	11

UEFA Youth Tournament Under-18 Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1955	Group stage	3	2	1	0	8	3
1956	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1957	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	18	5
1958	Group stage	3	2	1	0	7	4
1959	Group stage	3	2	0	1	10	2
1960	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	8
1961	Fourth Place	4	1	1	2	10	9
1962	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
1963	Qualifying round	2	0	1	1	4	5
1964	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	10	7
1965	Group stage	2	0	1	1	2	3
1966	Fourth Place	5	2	1	2	6	6
1967	Group stage	5	1	0	4	6	8
1968	Qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2
1969	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
1970	Qualifying round	4	2	0	2	7	10
1971	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
1972	Fourth Place	5	2	3	0	11	4
1973	Qualifying round	4	1	1	2	7	7
1974	Group stage	5	2	2	1	3	3
1975	Qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2
1976	Third Place	7	5	1	1	17	4
1977	Qualifying round	4	1	2	1	5	3
1978	Group stage	5	3	1	1	7	3
1979	Qualifying round	2	1	0	1	3	4
1980	Group stage	5	4	0	1	9	2
Total	18/26	94	41	21	32	162	115

UEFA European Under-18 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1981	Fourth Place	7	3	4	0	12	5
1982	Second round	5	1	1	3	7	6
1983	Second round	5	2	1	2	4	3
1984	Second round	5	2	1	2	7	6
1986	First round	6	2	2	2	7	8
1988	Fourth Place	9	7	0	2	22	4
1990	Third Place	9	6	1	2	17	9
1992	Qualifying round	6	0	3	3	2	9
1993	Third Place	8	6	1	1	22	12
1994	Third Place	4	3	0	1	14	8
1995	Champions	8	7	1	0	24	9
1996	Runners-up	8	4	3	1	12	3
1997	Third Place	8	5	2	1	13	7
1998	Group stage	9	7	0	2	18	10
1999	Group stage	8	3	4	1	20	7
2000	Intermediary round	5	3	1	1	11	2
2001	Third Place	8	6	1	1	19	8
Total	14/17	118	67	26	25	231	116

UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1997	Runners-up	5	2	2	1	9	6
1999	Champions	5	4	1	0	14	3
2001	Champions	4	3	1	0	9	1
2003	Champions	4	4	0	0	16	1
2005	Third Place	4	4	0	0	9	0
Total	5/5	22	17	4	1	57	11

*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.

Players

Top appearances

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-18 Caps
1	Javier Delgado	CF Damm Barcelona	1988–1990	23
1	José Luis Gallardo	Espanyol	1988–1990	23
1	Sebastián Nadal	Mallorca, Atlético Madrid	1979–1982	23
4	Luis Carlos Cuartero	Zaragoza	1993–1994	22
4	Mario Alberto Rosas	Barceloona	1996–1999	22
6	Juan Luis Bernal	Real Betis	1989–1991	21
6	Gonzalo Colsa	Racing de Santander	1996–1998	21
6	Gerardo García	Real Madrid	1991–1993	21
6	Míchel	Real Madrid	1980–1981	21
6	Javier López Vallejo	Osasuna	1991–1994	21
6	Luis Márquez	Real Betis	1988–1990	21

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-18s.

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-18 Goals
1	Chuzo	Atlético Madrid	1957–1958	13
2	Alberto Aguilá	Real Madrid	1987–1988	12
3	Míchel	Real Madrid	1980–1981	11
4	Javi Moreno	Barcelona	1992–1993	10
4	Fernando Morientes	Albacete	1993–1994	10
6	Jorge Perona	Barcelona	2000–2001	9
7	Carlitos	Sevilla	1994–1995	7
7	Pepe Gálvez	Mallorca	1991–1993	7
7	Gerardo	Real Madrid	1991–1993	7
7	José Miguel Martín Criado	Real Madrid	1986–1988	7
7	Sebastián Nadal	Mallorca, Atlético Madrid	1979–1982	7
7	Alberto Rivera	Real Madrid	1995–1996	7

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-18s.

Recent results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
29 January 2013	XXXIX Copa del Atlántico	Maspalomas, Spain	Mexico	1 – 1	Calero 35'
1 February 2013	XXXIX Copa del Atlántico	Las Palmas, Spain	Portugal	2 – 1	Mina 62', Ramírez 73'

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers

Current squad

The following players have been called up to participate in the XXXIX Torneo Copa del Atlántico to be played from 29 January to 1 February.^[1]

National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2013.

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Ander Cantero	(1995-01-09) 9 January 1995	2	0	Osasuna
1GK	Alejandro Remiro	(1995-03-24) 24 March 1995	0	0	Athletic
2DF	Rubén Duarte	(1995-10-18) 18 October 1995	2	0	Espanyol
2DF	José Luis Gayà	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995	2	0	Valencia
2DF	Julio César Rodríguez	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995	1	0	Sporting Gijón
2DF	Iván Sáez	(1995-01-26) 26 January 1995	2	0	Real Madrid
2DF	Jaime Sánchez	(1995-06-06) 6 June 1995	2	0	Real Madrid
2DF	Ignacio Vidal	(1995-01-24) 24 January 1995	1	0	Valencia
3MF	Álvaro Bustos	(1995-06-26) 26 June 1995	2	0	Sporting Gijón
3MF	Iván Calero	(1995-04-21) 21 April 1995	2	1	Atlético Madrid
3MF	Antonio Jesús Cotán	(1995-09-19) 19 September 1995	1	0	Sevilla
3MF	Óscar Gil	(1995-06-14) 14 June 1995	1	0	Athletic
3MF	Unai López	(1995-10-30) 30 October 1995	1	0	Athletic
3MF	Borja Martínez	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	2	0	Atlético Madrid
3MF	Sergi Samper	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995	2	0	Barcelona
4FW	Santiago Mina	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995	2	1	Celta
4FW	Sandro Ramírez	(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995	2	1	Barcelona
4FW	Álex Serrano	(1995-02-06) 6 February 1995	2	0	Sporting Gijón

References

↑ Convocatoria para el Torneo Copa del Atlántico; RFEF (Spanish)

External links

siemprecantera (Spanish)
Tournament archive at uefa.com
UEFA U-18 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 Hat-tricks

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-20 Under-19 Under-17

Football in Spain

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-20
- U-19
- U-17

League system

Level 1	Primera División

Level 2	Segunda División

Level 3	Segunda División B (4 groups)

Level 4	Tercera División (18 groups)

Levels 5–10	Divisiones Regionales (Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Basque Canary Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile and León Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Ceuta, Melilla)

Women's league system

Level 1	Primera División

Level 2	Segunda División (7 groups)

Levels 3–5	Ligas Regionales (Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic, Basque, Canary, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, Valencia, Ceuta, Melilla)

Youth league system

División de Honor Juvenil (7 groups)
Liga Nacional Juvenil (21 groups)

Domestic cups

Women's domestic cups

Copa de la Reina

Youth domestic cups

National under-18 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

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 Republic of Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Former nation: Soviet Union

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 2017

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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