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 youth competitions in 1976, the spanish under-21 team was formed. Spain has a strong read ( competition winners five times and runner-up doubly ) ; having consecutively won the 2011 and 2013 Championships. They hold the joint record with Italy for the most wins of the contest.
Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the begin 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 entirely three competitive U-23 matches. The first was in the “ under-23 challenge ”, which they lost, while the future two were in a two-team reservation “ group ” for the 1972 competition ( 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 introduce 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 young teams ; most of them had won titles at the youth level equally 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 summation to team victories, spanish players have won individual awards at UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship .
actor 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 .
circus tent goalscorers [edit ]
Note: Club(s) represents all the clubs that players played in at the time they did it besides in the Under-21s .
- Caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2020.
recent 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. generator : UEFA Rules for classification : Tiebreakers
Players [edit ]
The following 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 match against Russia
Read more: Lille OSC
holocene call-ups [edit ]
The following players have been called up for the team within the final twelve months and are still eligible to represent .
- Notes
- Players in italics have played at senior 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.