Spain national under-20 football team

Spain U-20
Nickname(s)La Rojita (The Little Red One)
La Furia Roja
(the red fury)
AssociationRoyal Spanish Football Federation
(Real Federación Española de Fútbol – RFEF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Most capsPablo Couñago
Jaime Gavilán
Francisco Jusué
(13 each)
Top scorerAdrián (5)
FIFA codeESP
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)
 Brazil 3–0 Spain 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; February 1, 1998)
Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1977)
Best resultWinners (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

  Champions    Runners-up    Fourth Place

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1977 Group stage 7th 3 1 1 1 3 3
1979 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1* 1 3 2
1981 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 5 7
1983 Did not qualify
1985 Runners-up 2nd 6 2 2* 2 8 8
1987 Did not qualify
1989 Group stage 15th 3 1 0 2 4 7
1991 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 1 1 8 3
1993 Did not qualify
1995 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 19 12
1997 Quarter-finals 7th 5 4 0 1 10 3
1999 Champions 1st 7 5 2* 0 16 5
2001 Did not qualify
2003 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 0 2 8 4
2005 Quarter-finals 7th 5 4 0 1 17 4
2007 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 2* 0 13 8
2009 Round of 16 11th 4 3 0 1 14 3
2011 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 2* 0 13 4
2013 Quarter-finals 6th 5 4 0 1 9 4
2015 Did not qualify
2017
2019
2023
2025 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 1 2 6 7
2027 To be determined
Total 1 title 16/24 77 45 14 18 156 84

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1991 did not enter
1993
1997 Fourth place 4th 4 1 1 2 2 4
2001 did not qualify
2005 See Spain national under-23 football team
2009 Gold medalists 1st 4 3 1 0 9 4
2013 did not enter
2018 See Spain national under-18 football team
Total 1 Gold medal 2/6 8 4 2 2 11 8

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

Player records

Top appearances

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-20 Caps
1 Pablo Couñago Celta Vigo, Numancia 1998–1999 13
  Jaime Gavilán Valencia, Tenerife 2003–2005 13
  Francisco Jusué Osasuna 1998–1999 13
4 Pablo Orbaiz Osasuna 1998–1999 12
  Israel Puerto Sevilla 2012–2013 12
  Rubén Suárez Sporting Gijón 1998–1999 12
7 Sergio García Barcelona 2003 11
  Aarón Rangers, Celta Vigo 2009 11
  Dani Parejo Real Madrid, Getafe 2009 11
  Carlos Peña Barcelona 2003 11
  Juanfran Real Madrid 2003–2005 11

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
1 Adrián Deportivo 2007 10
  Joseba Etxeberria Real Sociedad 1995 7
  Sergio García Barcelona 2003 7
  Aarón Rangers, Celta Vigo 2009 7
5 Pablo Couñago Celta Vigo, Numancia 1998–1999 6
6 Fernando Llorente Athletic Bilbao 2005 5
  Jesé Real Madrid 2013 5
  Álvaro Vázquez Espanyol 2011 5
9 Emilio Nsue Castellón, Real Sociedad 2009 4
  David Silva Eibar 2005 4
  Ismael Urzaiz Real Madrid 1989–1991 4

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

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, between 27 September – 19 October 2025.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2025, after the match against Colombia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Fran González (2005-06-24) 24 June 2005 5 0 Real Madrid
13 1GK Raúl Jiménez (2006-02-16) 16 February 2006 1 0 Valencia
21 1GK Vicent Abril (2005-02-15) 15 February 2005 1 0 Valencia

2 2DF Pau Navarro (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 5 0 Villarreal
3 2DF Julio Díaz (2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 7 0 Atlético Madrid
4 2DF Álvaro Cortés (2005-03-17) 17 March 2005 3 0 Barcelona
5 2DF Andrés Cuenca (2007-06-11) 11 June 2007 7 0 Barcelona
16 2DF Jesús Fortea (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 5 0 Real Madrid
20 2DF Diego Aguado (2007-02-07) 7 February 2007 3 0 Real Madrid

6 3MF Izan Merino (2006-04-15) 15 April 2006 4 0 Málaga
7 3MF Rayane Belaid (2005-02-11) 11 February 2005 7 1 Atlético Madrid
8 3MF Rodri Mendoza (2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 6 0 Elche
12 3MF Thiago Pitarch (2007-08-03) 3 August 2007 6 0 Real Madrid
15 3MF Cristian Perea (2005-08-17) 17 August 2005 4 0 Real Madrid
18 3MF Peio Canales (2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 3 0 Racing Santander

9 4FW Adrián Liso (2005-04-02) 2 April 2005 6 0 Getafe
10 4FW Iker Bravo (2005-01-13) 13 January 2005 5 2 Udinese
11 4FW David Mella (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 7 0 Deportivo La Coruña
14 4FW Joel Roca (2005-06-07) 7 June 2005 3 0 Girona
17 4FW Pablo García (2006-06-13) 13 June 2006 5 2 Real Betis
19 4FW Jan Virgili (2006-07-26) 26 July 2006 7 1 Mallorca

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Spain's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Honours

Titles


Former squads

See also

References

  1. ^ "Estos son los 21 futbolistas que defenderán a España en el Mundial de Chile" (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Fútbol. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.