Spain national under-21 football team

Spain national under-21 football team
Medal record
U-21 European Championship

Spain Under-21
Nickname(s)	La Rojita (The Little Red [One])
Association	Royal Spanish Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Luis de la Fuente
Captain	Marc Cucurella
Most caps	Gerard Deulofeu (36)
Top scorer	Gerard Deulofeu (17)
FIFA code	ESP
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Yugoslavia 4–1 Spain ; (Zagreb, Yugoslavia; 9 October 1976)
Biggest win
	Spain 14–0 San Marino ; (El Ejido, Spain; 8 February 2005)
Biggest defeat
	Netherlands 5–0 Spain ; (Utrecht, Netherlands; 16 February 1983) Records for competitive matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1982)
Best result	Winners (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019)
Medal record
Medal record
U-21 European Championship

The Spain national under-21 football team are the under-21s of Spain. It is currently controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1978	Qualifying Stage	4	2	0	2	5	8
1980	Qualifying Stage	4	1	2	1	4	2
1982	Quarter-Finals	6	5	0	1	14	5
1984	Runners-up	10	5	2	3	11	11
1986	Champions	10	7	1	2	18	9
1988	Quarter-Finals	8	4	2	2	10	4
1990	Quarter-Finals	6	4	0	2	5	4
1992	Qualifying Stage	7	3	2	2	6	5
1994	Third Place	12	9	2	1	21	9
1996	Runners-up	14	10	3	1	34	14
1998	Champions	11	10	1	0	21	6
2000	Third Place	14	11	3	0	31	7
2002	Qualification Playoffs	10	6	1	3	15	9
2004	Qualification Playoffs	10	6	2	2	17	5
2006	Qualifying Stage	10	6	2	2	37	8
2007	Qualification Playoffs	4	2	1	1	8	4
2009	Group Stage	13	10	1	2	27	7
2011	Champions	15	12	2	1	31	8
2013	Champions	15	14	1	0	47	5
2015	Qualification Playoffs	10	7	2	1	25	8
2017	Runners-up	17	11	4	2	44	13
2019	Champions	15	13	0	2	45	16
Total	14/22	225	157	34	33	476	167

*Denotes draws including 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.

Player records

Top appearances

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-21 Caps
1	Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona, Everton, Sevilla, Milan	2012–2017	36
2	Borja Mayoral	Real Madrid, VfL Wolfsburg, Levante	2015–2019	31
	Jorge Meré	Sporting Gijón, FC Köln	2015–2019	31
	Iker Muniain	Athletic Bilbao	2011–2014	31
5	Dani Ceballos	Betis, Real Madrid	2015–2019	29
6	Santiago Denia	Albacete, Atlético Madrid	1992–1996	27
	David de Gea	Atlético Madrid, Manchester United	2009–2013	27
8	Diego Capel	Sevilla	2007–2011	25
	Mikel Oyarzabal	Real Sociedad	2017–2019	25
	Saúl	Atlético Madrid, Rayo Vallecano	2013–2017	25
	Xavi	Barcelona	1998–2001	25

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Under-21s.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-21 Goals
1	Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona, Everton, Sevilla, Milan	2012–2017	17
2	Borja Mayoral	Real Madrid, VfL Wolfsburg, Levante	2015–2019	16
3	Rodrigo	Benfica	2011–2013	15
4	Isco	Málaga, Real Madrid	2011–2014	14
5	Álvaro Morata	Real Madrid, Juventus	2013–2014	13
6	Óscar	Barcelona, Albacete	1992–1996	12
7	Munir	Barcelona	2014–2016	10
8	Pablo Couñago	Celta, Recreativo, Ipswich Town	1999–2001	9
	Adrián	Deportivo, Alavés, Málaga, Atlético Madrid	2007–2011	9
	Saúl	Atlético Madrid, Rayo Vallecano	2013–2017	9

Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it too in the Under-21s.

Caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2020.

Recent results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
6 September 2020	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	1–0	Dani Olmo 28' (pen.)
10 September 2020	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Castellón, Spain	Montenegro	2–0	Dani Olmo 3', 9'
10 October 2019	Friendly	Córdoba, Spain	Germany	1–1	Manu García 10'
15 October 2019	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	2–0	Buñuel 34', Cucurella 62'
14 November 2019	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Alcorcón, Spain	FYR Macedonia	3–0	Manu García 7', Serafimov 47' (o.g.), Pedrosa 87'
19 November 2019	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	1–1	Óscar 50'
3 September 2020	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Skopje, North Macedonia	FYR Macedonia	1–0	Hugo Duro 84' (pen.)
8 October 2020	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Tórsvøllur, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	2–0	Brahim Díaz 51', 90+1'
13 October 2020	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Alcorcón, Spain	Kazakhstan	3–0	Guillamón 65', Dani Gómez 71', 85'
12 November 2020	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Marbella, Spain	Faroe Islands	2–0	Pedrosa 67', Roberto López 87'
17 November 2020	2021 UEFA U-21 qualification	Marbella, Spain	Israel	3–0	Roberto López 65' (pen.), Barrenetxea 75', Moncayola 89'
24 March 2021	2021 UEFA U-21 group stage	Maribor, Slovenia	Slovenia	3–0	Puado 53', Gonzalo Villar 54', Miranda 89'
27 March 2021	2021 UEFA U-21 group stage	Maribor, Slovenia	Italy	0–0
30 March 2021	2021 UEFA U-21 group stage	Celje, Slovenia	Czech Republic	2–0	Dani Gómez 69', 78'

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
31 May 2021	2021 UEFA U-21 quarter-finals	Maribor, Slovenia	Croatia

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Group phase

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Players

The current players of the Spain Under-21s.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Álvaro Fernández	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 25)	8	0	Huesca
13	1GK	Josep Martínez	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 25)	3	0	RB Leipzig
23	1GK	Álex Domínguez	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Las Palmas

2	2DF	Pipa	(1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 25)	6	0	Huddersfield Town
3	2DF	Adrià Pedrosa	(1998-05-13) 13 May 1998 (age 25)	8	2	Espanyol
4	2DF	Hugo Guillamón	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 23)	7	1	Valencia
5	2DF	Jorge Cuenca	(1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 23)	10	0	Almería
7	2DF	Alejandro Pozo	(1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 24)	9	0	Eibar
12	2DF	Juan Miranda	(2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 23)	5	1	Betis
14	2DF	Óscar Mingueza	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Barcelona B

6	3MF	Martín Zubimendi	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 24)	5	0	Real Sociedad
8	3MF	Fran Beltrán	(1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 24)	13	0	Celta Vigo
10	3MF	Gonzalo Villar	(1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 25)	8	1	Roma
11	3MF	Marc Cucurella	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 25)	9	1	Getafe
15	3MF	Jon Moncayola	(1998-05-13) 13 May 1998 (age 25)	7	1	Osasuna
16	3MF	Manu García	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 25)	8	2	Sporting Gijón
20	3MF	Riqui Puig	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 24)	4	0	Barcelona

9	4FW	Abel Ruiz	(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 23)	6	0	Braga
17	4FW	Brahim Díaz	(1999-08-03) 3 August 1999 (age 24)	6	2	Milan
18	4FW	Javi Puado	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 25)	8	1	Espanyol
19	4FW	Dani Gómez	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 25)	8	4	Levante
21	4FW	Ander Barrenetxea	(2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 21)	3	1	Real Sociedad
22	4FW	Yeremi Pino	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Villarreal

Recent callups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Iñaki Peña	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 22)	1	0	Barcelona B	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
GK	Dani Martín	(1998-07-08) 8 July 1998 (age 22)	3	0	Betis	v. North Macedonia, 3 September 2020

DF	Mateu Morey^INJ	(2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Borussia Dortmund	v. Under-21 EURO, 19 March 2021
DF	Pedro Porro	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 21)	7	0	Sporting CP	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
DF	Enrique Clemente	(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 22)	3	0	Logroñés	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
DF	Manu Hernando	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 22)	2	0	Ponferradina	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
DF	Manu Sánchez	(2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 (age 20)	1	0	Osasuna	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
DF	Fran García	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 21)	1	0	Rayo Vallecano	v. Kazakhstan, 13 October 2020

MF	Óscar Rodríguez	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 22)	8	1	Sevilla	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
MF	Pedri	(2002-11-25) 25 November 2002 (age 18)	4	0	Barcelona	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
MF	Carles Aleñá	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 23)	3	0	Getafe	v. North Macedonia, 3 September 2020

FW	Roberto López	(2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 (age 21)	2	2	Real Sociedad	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
FW	Bryan Gil	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Eibar	v. Israel, 17 November 2020
FW	Antoñín	(2000-04-16) 16 April 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Rayo Vallecano	v. Kazakhstan, 13 October 2020
FW	Andrés Martín	(1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 21)	7	0	Rayo Vallecano	v. North Macedonia, 3 September 2020
FW	Hugo Duro	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 22)	1	1	Real Madrid B	v. North Macedonia, 3 September 2020
FW	Valery Fernández	(1999-11-23) 23 November 1999 (age 21)	0	0	Girona	v. North Macedonia, 3 September 2020

Notes

Players in italics are still active at international level.
^INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
^PRE = Not part of the current squad but present in a preliminary list.
^COV = Not part of the current squad due to testing positive in SARS-CoV-2.

Former squads

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain
1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads – Spain