Spain national under-21 football team

Football team of Spain

The 2011 succeed team The Spain national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Spain and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The team, nicknamed La Rojita ( The Little Red [ One ] ), [ 1 ] competes in the biennial UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Following the realignment of UEFA ‘s young competitions in 1976, the spanish under-21 team was formed. Spain has a strong record ( rival winners five times and runner-up twice ) ; having consecutively won the 2011 and 2013 Championships. They hold the joint read with Italy for the most wins of the contest.

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Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a biennial competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Spain ‘s brief record in the preceding U-23 competitions is besides shown, though in actuality, Spain played only three competitive U-23 matches. The first was in the “ under-23 challenge ”, which they lost, while the next two were in a two-team qualification “ group ” for the 1972 rival ( facing the Soviet Union team, they lost 2–1 at home then drew 1–1 away and failed to qualify. Spain did not enter a team in the other two U-23 competitions, but have been ever present in under-21 competitions ). Spain ‘s youth development programs has been challenging the south american dominance in the FIFA U-17 World Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In fact, 20 of the spanish 23-man team that won the Euro 2008 came through the ranks of the youth teams ; most of them had won titles at the youth level american samoa well .

competitive record [edit ]

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	15	11	2	2	43	12
2019	Champions	15	13	0	2	45	16
2021	Semifinals	15	12	2	1	27	3
2023
Total	15/23	238	170	34	34	502	169

*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.

individual awards [edit ]

In addition to team victories, spanish players have won individual awards at UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship .

musician records [edit ]

top appearances [edit ]

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

top goalscorers [edit ]

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

Caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2020.

holocene results [edit ]

Forthcoming fixtures [edit ]

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent

2023 UEFA european Under-21 Championship [edit ]

Group phase [edit ]

Rules for classification: Updated to match ( einsteinium ) played on 16 November 2021. reservoir : UEFA Rules for classification : Tiebreakers

Players [edit ]

The come players were called up for the 2023 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Malta and Russia, from 12 to 16 November 2021. [ 2 ]
Caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021, after the pit against Russia

holocene call-ups [edit ]

The following players have been called up for the team within the last twelve months and are hush eligible to represent .

Spain national under-21 football team – Wikipedia