Spain national under-16 football team

Spain Under-16

Nickname(s)

La Rojita (The Little Red One)
La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)

Association

Royal Spanish Football Federation
(Real Federación Española de Fútbol – RFEF)

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Santiago Denia (2010–)

Most caps

Ángel Cuéllar (26)

Top scorer

Diego Amores Fuentes (50)

FIFA code

ESP

First colours

Second colours

First international

Spain 5 – 1 Portugal

(Mérida, Spain; 23 December 1980)

Biggest win

Spain 7 – 0 Luxembourg
(Fraga, Spain; 3 April 1985)

Spain 7 – 0 Liechtenstein

(Alcalá, Spain; 28 February 1990)

Biggest defeat

France 3 – 0 Spain
(Gottsdorf, Austria; 1 May 1996)

Records for competitive matches only.

European Under-16 Championship

Appearances

16 (first in 1985)

Best result

Winners (1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001)

Spain national under-16 football team
Medal record

U-16 European Championship
	1985 Hungary	Team
	1986 Greece	Team
	1988 Spain	Team
	1991 Spain	Team
	1992 Cyprus	Team
	1995 Belgium	Team
	1997 Germany	Team
	1998 Scotland	Team
	1999 Czech Republic	Team
	2001 England	Team

Spain's national under-16 football team represents Spain in international football for children under 16 and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, which is the governing body for football in Spain.

Competitive Record

FIFA U-16 World Cup Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
Total	0/3	-	-	-	-	-	-

UEFA European U-16 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1982	Qualifying round	4	2	0	2	8	6
1984	Qualifying round	6	4	0	2	12	3
1985	Third Place	7	4	3	0	14	0
1986	Champions	7	6	1	0	18	2
1987	Qualifying round	2	0	1	1	2	4
1988	Champions	5	3	2	0	8	2
1989	Fourth place	7	3	2	2	12	9
1990	Group stage	5	4	0	1	14	2
1991	Champions	7	5	1	1	17	6
1992	Runners-up	7	5	1	1	18	6
1993	Quarterfinals	6	3	1	2	6	4
1994	Group stage	7	5	1	1	18	7
1995	Runners-up	8	7	0	1	14	3
1996	Group stage	5	3	0	2	13	5
1997	Champions	8	6	2	0	21	6
1998	Third Place	8	4	2	2	10	7
1999	Champions	8	8	0	0	26	2
2000	Quarterfinals	6	4	0	2	15	6
2001	Champions	8	6	1	1	16	3
Total	16/19	121	82	18	21	262	83

* Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

** Gold background colour indicates first place finish. Silver background colour indicates second place finish. Bronze background colour indicates third place finish. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Top Appearances

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-16 Caps
1	Ángel Cuéllar	Betis	1987–1989	26
2	Julio Iglesias	Barcelona	1987–1989	21
2	Álvaro Pérez	Athletic Bilbao	1990–1992	21
4	Curro Montoya	Hércules, Valencia	1992–1993	20
4	Diego Ribera	Valencia	1992–1993	20
6	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	1996–1998	19
6	Enrique Medina	Manises, Valencia	1990–1991	19
6	Francisco Rufete	Atlético Benejúzar, Barcelona	1992–1993	19
6	Carlos Sierra 'Sandro'	Tenerife, Real Madrid	1990–1991	19
10	Carlos Castro	Sevilla	1990–1991	18
10	Juan Carlos Gutiérrez	La Cruz Villanovense, Barcelona	1990–1991	18
10	Jero Miñarro	Lorca CF, Valencia	1992–1994	18
10	Líbero Parri	Valencia	1998–1999	18
10	Iván Pérez	Real Madrid	1991–1992	18

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-16s.

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-16 Goals
1	Diego Ribera	Valencia	1992–1993	20
2	Iván Pérez	Real Madrid	1991–1992	13
3	Ángel Cuéllar	Betis	1987–1989	11
3	Joseba Etxeberria	Real Sociedad	1992–1994	11
3	David Rodríguez	Atlético Madrid	2001–2002	11
3	Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid	2001	11
7	Álvaro Pérez	Athletic Bilbao	1990–1992	9
8	Jorge Perona	Barcelona	1998–1999	8
9	Oskitz Estefania	Real Sociedad	2001–2002	7
9	Julen Guerrero	Athletic Bilbao	1989–1990	7
9	Miguel Mateos	Real Madrid	1996–1997	7

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-16s.

Recent results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
15 February 2012	Friendly	Las Rozas, Spain	England	0 – 1
21 February 2012	Friendly	Las Rozas, Spain	Germany	1 – 2	David 70'
23 February 2012	Friendly	Las Rozas, Spain	Germany	4 – 1	Cornejo 10', Manresa 30', 67', Delgado 80'
22 May 2012	Friendly	Kerzers, Switzerland	Switzerland	2 – 1	Pozo 34', Borja 69'
24 May 2012	Friendly	Fribourg, Switzerland	Switzerland	0 – 0

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers

Current squad

The following players have been called up to participate in a double friendly match against Switzerland that will be played on 22 and 24 of May 2012.^[1]
National team caps and goals correct as of 24 May 2012.

*Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Santiago Canedo	(1996-02-23) 23 February 1996	4	0	Atlético Madrid
1GK	Estanislao Marcellán	(1996-04-02) 2 April 1996	1	0	Real Sociedad
2DF	Nicolás Cañizares	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996	2	0	Rayo Vallecano
2DF	Juan Manuel García	(1997-01-18) 18 January 1997	1	0	Barcelona
2DF	Juan José Manresa	(1996-01-27) 27 January 1996	5	2	Real Madrid
2DF	Antonio Marín	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996	5	0	Almería
2DF	Omar Oliveros	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	3	0	Sporting Gijón
2DF	Rodrigo Tarín	(1996-07-05) 5 July 1996	8	0	Barcelona
2DF	Arnau Vega	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997	3	0	Villarreal
3MF	Marco Asensio	(1996-01-21) 21 January 1996	2	0	Mallorca
3MF	Aleix Febas	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	4	0	Real Madrid
3MF	Javier Fernández	(1996-02-20) 20 February 1996	4	0	Deportivo
3MF	Joaquín Fernández	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996	5	0	Almería
3MF	Rodrigo Hernández	(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996	2	0	Atlético Madrid
3MF	Fernando Pérez	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	2	0	Plasencia
3MF	Borja Sánchez	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996	4	1	Oviedo
3MF	Adama Traoré	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	5	0	Barcelona
4FW	José Antonio Cornejo	(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996	5	1	Málaga
4FW	Yelko Pino	(1996-10-30) 30 October 1996	5	0	Celta
4FW	José Ángel Pozo	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996	2	1	Manchester City

Former squads

References

↑ Convocatoria Selección Sub-16 para los encuentros ante Suiza; RFEF (Spanish)

External links

siemprecantera (Spanish)
Spanish under 16 at Soccer-Spain
Tournament archive at fifa.com
Tournament archive at uefa.com
UEFA U-16 European Championship at rsssf

Spain national football team

General	History Managers

Venues	Ciudad del Fútbol Home venues

Statistics	Results and Fixtures Records Head to head World Cup record Hat-tricks

Players	20+ caps captains World Cup & Euro Championship squads Other categories

World Cup Finals	Summary 1934 1950 1962 1966 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

UEFA Euro Finals	Summary 1964 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics

Rivalries	Rivalry with Italy Rivalry with Portugal

Other RFEF teams	Men Under-23 Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Women Results Under-20 Under-19 Under-17

Football in Spain

National teams

Men's national team
- U-23
- U-21
- U-20
- U-19
- U-18
- U-17
- U-16
- U-15
Women's national team
- U-20
- U-19
- U-17

League system

Level 1	Primera División

Level 2	Segunda División

Level 3	Segunda División B (4 groups)

Level 4	Tercera División (18 groups)

Levels 5–10	Divisiones Regionales (Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Basque Canary Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile and León Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Ceuta, Melilla)

Women's league system

Level 1	Primera División

Level 2	Segunda División (7 groups)

Levels 3–5	Ligas Regionales (Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic, Basque, Canary, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, Valencia, Ceuta, Melilla)

Youth league system

División de Honor Juvenil (7 groups)
Liga Nacional Juvenil (21 groups)

Domestic cups

Women's domestic cups

Copa de la Reina

Youth domestic cups

National under-16 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Republic of Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Former nation: Soviet Union

FIFA U-16 World Championship / U-17 World Cup

Tournaments	China 1985 Canada 1987 Scotland 1989 Italy 1991 Japan 1993 Ecuador 1995 Egypt 1997 New Zealand 1999 Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Finland 2003 Peru 2005 South Korea 2007 Nigeria 2009 Mexico 2011 UAE 2013 Chile 2015 India 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Team appearances Records and statistics

UEFA European U-16 and U-17 Championship

Under-16 era, 1982–2001

Tournaments	Italy 1982 West Germany 1984 Hungary 1985 Greece 1986 France 1987 Spain 1988 Denmark 1989 East Germany 1990 Switzerland 1991 Cyprus 1992 Turkey 1993 Republic of Ireland 1994 Belgium 1995 Austria 1996 Germany 1997 Scotland 1998 Czech Republic 1999 Israel 2000 England 2001

Qualification	1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Squads	1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-17 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Denmark 2002 Portugal 2003 France 2004 Italy 2005 Luxembourg 2006 Belgium 2007 Turkey 2008 Germany 2009 Liechtenstein 2010 Serbia 2011 Slovenia 2012 Slovakia 2013 Malta 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Azerbaijan 2016 Croatia 2017 England 2018 Republic of Ireland 2019 Estonia 2020

Qualification	2002 2003 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017 2018

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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