Spain national under-20 football team

Spain Under-20

Nickname(s)	La Roja (The Red One)
Association	Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Luis Milla (2008–)
Most caps	Pablo Couñago (13) Jaime Gavilán (13) Francisco Javier Jusué (13)
Top scorer	Joseba Etxeberria (7) Sergio García (7)) Aarón Ñíguez (7)
FIFA code	ESP
Home colours Away colours
First international
Spain 2 – 1  France (Radès, Tunisia; June 28, 1977)
Biggest win
Spain 8 – 0  Tahiti (Cairo, Egypt; September 25, 2009)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 3 – 0  Spain (Doha, Qatar; April 25, 1995) Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 1977)
Best result	Winners (1999)

The Spain national under-20 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Real Federación Española de Fútbol, the governing body for football in Spain.

Competitive Record

FIFA World Youth Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	First roud	3	1	1	1	3	3
1979	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	3	2
1981	First round	3	0	2	1	5	7
1983	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Runners-up	6	2	2	2	8	8
1987	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	First round	3	1	0	2	4	7
1991	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	8	3
1993	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	19	12
1997	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	10	3
1999	Champions	7	5	2	0	16	5
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Runners-up	7	5	0	2	8	4
2005	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	17	4
2007	Quarter-finals	5	3	2	0	13	8
2009	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	14	3
2011
Total	13/17	62	36	11	15	128	69

*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 FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year	Golden Boot
1985	Sebastián Losada Fernando Gómez
1995	Joseba Etxeberria
1999	Pablo Couñago

Players

Most caps

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

Most goals

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

Recent results

Date	Competition	Location	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
April 14, 2009	Friendly	Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	0 – 2	Spain	Iván Bolado  7', Aarón  44'
April 16, 2009	Friendly	Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	2 – 0	Spain
June 25, 2009	Mediterranean Games	Francavilla al Mare, Italy	Spain	2 – 2	Tunisia	Sassi  29' (og), Aarón  67'
June 29, 2009	Mediterranean Games	Francavilla al Mare, Italy	Spain	3 – 0	Albania	Kike  11', Aarón  12', Botía  77'
July 1, 2009	Mediterranean Games	Teramo, Italy	France	1 – 2	Spain	Nsue  42', Laguardia  51'
July 4, 2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	Italy	1 – 2	Spain	Nsue  76', Calderoni  90+5' (og)
September 17, 2009	Friendly	Las Rozas, Spain	Spain	1 – 0	Honduras	Ander Herrera  50'
September 25, 2009	2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Cairo, Egypt	Spain	8–0	Tahiti	Aarón  11'  15', Nsue  17'  32', Fran Mérida  74', Kike  79'  86', Ander Herrera  89'
September 28, 2009	2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Cairo, Egypt	Nigeria	0–2	Spain	Fran Mérida  33'  83' (p)
October 1, 2009	2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Cairo, Egypt	Venezuela	0–3	Spain	Parejo  12', Aarón  26' (p), Ander Herrera  77'
October 5, 2009	2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Cairo, Egypt	Spain	1 – 3	Italy	Aarón  66' (p)

Current squad

• The following players have been called up to participate in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt^{[1] [2] [3]}. All participating players shall be born on or after 1 January 1989.

• Caps and goals as of 1 October 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Sergio Asenjo 28 June 1989 (1989-06-28) (age 20) 4 0 Atlético Madrid 2 DF César Azpilicueta 28 August 1989 (1989-08-28) (age 20) 5 0 Osasuna 3 DF José Ángel Valdés 5 September 1989 (1989-09-05) (age 20) 10 0 Sporting Gijón 4 DF Álvaro Domínguez 15 May 1989 (1989-05-15) (age 20) 1 0 Atlético Madrid 5 DF Alberto Botía 27 January 1989 (1989-01-27) (age 20) 8 1 Sporting de Gijón 6 MF Marcos Gullón 20 February 1989 (1989-02-20) (age 20) 7 0 Villarreal 7 MF Aarón Ñíguez 26 April 1989 (1989-04-26) (age 20) 11 7 Celta de Vigo 8 MF Ander Herrera 14 September 1989 (1989-09-14) (age 20) 10 3 Real Zaragoza 9 FW Enrique García 'Kike' 25 November 1989 (1989-11-25) (age 20) 7 3 Real Murcia 10 MF Daniel Parejo 16 April 1989 (1989-04-16) (age 20) 11 1 Getafe 11 MF Jordi Alba 21 March 1989 (1989-03-21) (age 20) 9 0 Valencia 12 DF Andreu Fontàs 14 November 1989 (1989-11-14) (age 20) 9 0 Barcelona 13 GK Tomás Mejías 30 January 1989 (1989-01-30) (age 20) 6 0 Real Madrid 14 DF Víctor Laguardia 5 November 1989 (1989-11-05) (age 20) 9 1 Real Zaragoza 15 DF Dídac Vilà 9 June 1989 (1989-06-09) (age 20) 6 0 Espanyol 16 MF Oriol Romeu 24 September 1991 (1991-09-24) (age 18) 3 0 Barcelona 17 MF Francisco Mérida 4 March 1990 (1990-03-04) (age 19) 6 3 Arsenal 18 FW Óscar de Marcos 14 April 1989 (1989-04-14) (age 20) 3 0 Athletic Bilbao 19 FW Iago Falqué 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) (age 19) 1 0 Bari 20 FW Emilio Nsue 30 September 1989 (1989-09-30) (age 20) 10 4 Real Sociedad 21 GK Diego Mariño 9 May 1990 (1990-05-09) (age 19) 1 0 Villarreal

Former squads

• 2007 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 2005 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 2003 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 1999 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 1997 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 1995 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 1991 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 1989 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain
• 1985 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Spain

See also

• Spain national football team
• Spain national under-21 football team
• Spain national under-19 football team
• Spain national under-17 football team
• Spain national youth football team

References

External links

• siemprecantera (Spanish)
• Spanish under 20 at Soccer-Spain
• Tournament archive at fifa.com
• FIFA U-20 World Cup at rsssf
• Squad listings of winning teams at rsssf

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