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Spain national under-17 football team

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The Spain national under-17 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.

Spain Under-17
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)
Head coachVacant
Most capsAbel Ruiz (38)
Top scorerAbel Ruiz (25)
FIFA codeESP
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Spain 1–0 Uruguay 
(Livorno, Italy; 18 August 1991)
Biggest win
 Spain 13–0 New Zealand 
(Ismaïlia, Egypt; 15 September 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 1–6 France 
(Goiânia, Brazil; 11 November 2019)
Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1991)
Best resultRunners-up (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)
European Championship
Appearances13 (first in 2002)
Best resultChampions (2007, 2008, 2017)
Spain national under-17 football team
Medal record
Men's under-17 football
U-17 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1991 Italy Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Egypt Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Finland Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 South Korea Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Nigeria Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 India Team
U-17 European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2003 Portugal Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Luxembourg Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgium Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Turkey Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Liechtenstein Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Azerbaijan Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Croatia Team
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Spain women's national under-17 football team.

Considered one of the strongest national team in under 17 level, Spain has participated in 9 out of 14 World Cup tournaments. Spain hold the record of playing the most finals without ever winning the tournament, having finished as runners-up on four occasions.

Competitive recordEdit

FIFA U-17 World Cup recordEdit

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1991 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 13 5
  1993 did not qualify
  1995 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 4 4
  1997 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 22 6
  1999 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 7 2
  2001 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 4 6
  2003 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 16 10
  2005 did not qualify
  2007 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 3 0 13 6
  2009 Third place 3rd 7 5 1 1 18 10
  2011 did not qualify
  2013
  2015
  2017 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 0 2 17 10
  2019 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 10 8
  2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2023 to be determined
Total 10/16 4th 53 33 9 11 124 67

UEFA European U-17 Championship recordEdit

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
  2002 Fourth place 8 5 2 1 21 11
  2003 Runners-up 8 5 2 1 21 9
  2004 Runners-up 8 5 1 2 19 7
  2005 Elite round 3 2 1 0 3 1
  2006 Third place 8 5 2 1 19 5
  2007 Champions 8 6 2 0 12 3
  2008 Champions 11 8 3 0 29 9
  2009 Group stage 9 4 5 0 14 4
  2010 Runners-up 11 9 0 2 37 7
  2011 Elite round 6 5 0 1 18 6
  2012 Elite round 6 4 2 0 17 4
  2013 Elite round 6 3 0 3 9 8
  2014 Elite round 6 4 1 1 8 2
  2015 Quarter-finals 11 5 6 0 14 5
  2016 Runners-up 12 8 4 0 18 6
  2017 Champions 12 8 3 1 30 9
  2018 Quarter-finals 10 5 3 2 16 8
  2019 Semifinals 11 8 1 2 20 6
  2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2021
  2022 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 6 3
  2023 to be determined
  2024
Total 14/20 156 100 39 18 331 113

*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.

HonoursEdit

Individual awardsEdit

In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Year Golden Player
  2004 Cesc Fàbregas
  2007 Bojan Krkić

In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at FIFA World Cup Under-17 Football Championship.

Year Golden Player Golden Shoe
  1997 Sergio Santamaría David Rodríguez Fraile
  2003 Cesc Fàbregas Cesc Fàbregas
  2009 Borja Bastón

Player recordsEdit

Top appearancesEdit

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-17 caps
1 Abel Ruiz Barcelona 2015–2017 38
2 Ignacio Camacho Atlético Madrid 2006–2007 25
3 Albert Dalmau Barcelona 2008–2009 23
  Manu Morlanes Villarreal 2014–2016 23
5 Sergio Gómez Barcelona 2016–2017 22
  Borja Atlético Madrid 2008–2009 22
  Ferran Torres Valencia 2016–2017 22
8 David Rodríguez Atlético Madrid 2002–2003 21
  Gerard Deulofeu Barcelona 2009–2011 21
  Hugo Guillamón Valencia 2016–2017 21
  Isco Valencia 2008–2009 21
  Javi García Real Madrid 2003–2005 21
  Jaime Gavilán Valencia 2001–2003 21
  Koke Atlético Madrid 2008–2009 21

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-17s.

Top goalscorersEdit

Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-17 goals
1 Abel Ruiz Barcelona 2015–2017 25
2 Jonathan Soriano Espanyol 2001–2003 18
3 Bojan Krkić Barcelona 2006–2007 16
4 Paco Alcácer Valencia 2009–2010 14
5 David Rodríguez Atlético Madrid 2002–2003 13
6 Borja Atlético Madrid 2008–2009 12
  Roberto Soldado Real Madrid 2001–2003 12
8 Jaime Gavilán Valencia 2001–2003 10
9 Sandro Ramírez Barcelona 2011–2012 9
10 Sergio Gómez Barcelona 2016–2017 8

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-17s.

Current squadEdit

As of 24 May 2022
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ferrán Quetglas (2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 (age 17) 7 0   Mallorca
13 1GK Nono (2005-02-26) 26 February 2005 (age 18) 6 0   Barcelona
2 2DF Carles Sogorb (2005-08-23) 23 August 2005 (age 17) 4 1   Mallorca
3 2DF Yusi (2005-10-07) 7 October 2005 (age 17) 13 0   Real Madrid
4 2DF Javier Boñar (2005-06-03) 3 June 2005 (age 17) 8 2   Atlético Madrid
5 2DF Yarek Gasiorowski (2005-01-12) 12 January 2005 (age 18) 14 1   Valencia
14 2DF Wassim Keddari (2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 18) 10 0   Espanyol
17 2DF Iván Garriel (2005-04-03) 3 April 2005 (age 17) 7 0   Real Valladolid
6 3MF Gerard Hernández (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 17) 11 0   Barcelona
7 3MF Pol Fortuny (2005-03-11) 11 March 2005 (age 18) 6 1   Real Madrid
8 3MF Dani Pérez (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 17) 12 0   Real Betis
12 3MF Mahamadou Susoho (2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 18) 5 0   Manchester City
15 3MF Dani Rodríguez (2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 17) 5 2   Barcelona
16 3MF Antonio David Moreno (2005-10-11) 11 October 2005 (age 17) 12 0   Real Madrid
18 3MF Rodrigo Mendoza (2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 (age 18) 6 1   Elche
19 3MF Víctor Moreno (2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 (age 17) 12 2   Villarreal
20 3MF Miguel Carvalho (2005-03-09) 9 March 2005 (age 18) 11 4   Espanyol
9 4FW Álvaro Ginés (2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 (age 18) 10 3   Real Madrid
10 4FW Iker Bravo (2005-01-13) 13 January 2005 (age 18) 14 11   Bayer Leverkusen
11 4FW David Mella (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 (age 17) 13 4   Deportivo La Coruña

Former squadsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "¡No te pierdas detalle del Europeo sub-17! Sumérgete en el DOSIER con los datos de nuestros internacionales" (PDF) (in Spanish). Seleccion Espanola de Futbol. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

External linksEdit

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