Spanish national football team (U-20 men)

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Spain
Spanish national soccer team logo
Nickname (s) La Rojita
Association Real Federación Española de Fútbol
confederacy UEFA
Head coach Julen Lopetegui (since 2010)
Record scorer Joseba Etxeberria
Sergio García
Aarón Ñíguez
(7 goals each)
Record player Pablo Couñago
Jaime Gavilán
Francisco Javier Jusué
(13 games each)
FIFA code ESP
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match
Spain 2-1 France
( Radès , Tunisia ; June 28, 1977)
Biggest win
Spain 8-0 Tahiti
( Cairo , Egypt ; September 25, 2009)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 3-0 Spain
( Doha , Qatar ; April 25, 1995)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 15 ( first : 1977 )
Best results World Champion 1999
(As of June 19, 2014)

The Spanish U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of Spanish soccer players. It is subject to the Spanish football association Real Federación Española de Fútbol and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations or at the U-20 World Cup .

The team's greatest successes were the 1999 world championship title in Nigeria and the 1985 and 2003 runner-up world championship titles .

Participation in U20 soccer world championships

TunisiaTunisia 1977 Preliminary round
JapanJapan 1979 Quarter finals
AustraliaAustralia 1981 Preliminary round
MexicoMexico 1983 not qualified
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1985 2nd place
ChileChile 1987 not qualified
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 1989 Preliminary round
PortugalPortugal 1991 Quarter finals
AustraliaAustralia 1993 not qualified
QatarQatar 1995 4th Place
MalaysiaMalaysia 1997 Quarter finals
NigeriaNigeria 1999 World Champion
ArgentinaArgentina 2001 not qualified
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2003 2nd place
NetherlandsNetherlands 2005 Quarter finals
CanadaCanada 2007 Quarter finals
EgyptEgypt 2009 Round of 16
ColombiaColombia 2011 Quarter finals
TurkeyTurkey 2013 Quarter finals
New ZealandNew Zealand 2015 not qualified
Korea SouthSouth Korea 2017
PolandPoland 2019