The Spain national under-20 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the governing body for football in Spain.
Competitive Record FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions Runners-up Fourth Place YearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA 1977Group stage7th311133 1979Quarter-finals6th421*132 1981Group stage13th302157 1983Did not qualify 1985Runners-up2nd622*288 1987Did not qualify 1989Group stage15th310247 1991Quarter-finals7th421183 1993Did not qualify 1995Fourth place4th64021912 1997Quarter-finals7th5401103 1999Champions1st752*0165 2001Did not qualify 2003Runners-up2nd7502 84 2005Quarter-finals7th5401174 2007Quarter-finals5th532*0138 2009Round of 1611th4301143 2011Quarter-finals5th532*0134 2013Quarter-finals6th540194 2015Did not qualify 2017 2019 2023 2025Quarter-finals8th521267 2027QualifiedTotal1 title16/247745141815684 *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Spain's U-20 World Cup matchesYearRoundScoreResult1977Group stage 2–1 WonGroup stage 1–1 DrawGroup stage 0–1 Lost1979Group stage 1–0 WonGroup stage 2–1 WonGroup stage 0–1 LostQuarter-finals 0–0 Draw1981Group stage 2–2 DrawGroup stage 1–1 DrawGroup stage 2–4 Lost1985Group stage 0–0 DrawGroup stage 0–2 LostGroup stage 4–2 WonQuarter-finals 2–1 WonSemi-finals 2–2 DrawFinal 0–1 Lost1989Group stage 2–1 WonGroup stage 0–2 LostGroup stage 2–4 Lost1991Group stage 1–0 WonGroup stage 6–0 WonGroup stage 0–0 DrawQuarter-finals 1–3 Lost1995Group stage 5–1 WonGroup stage 2–1 WonGroup stage 6–3 WonQuarter-finals 4–1 WonSemi-finals 0–3 LostThird Place Match 2–3 Lost1997Group stage 2–1 WonGroup stage 2–1 WonGroup stage 4–0 WonRound of 16 2–0 WonQuarter-finals 0–1 Lost1999Group stage 0–0 DrawGroup stage 2–0 WonGroup stage 3–1 WonRound of 16 3–2 WonQuarter-finals 1–1 DrawSemi-finals 3–1 WonFinal 4–0 Won2003Group stage 1–2 LostGroup stage 2–0 WonGroup stage 1–0 WonRound of 16 1–0 WonQuarter-finals 2–1 WonSemi-finals 1–0 WonFinal 0–1 Lost2005Group stage 3–1 WonGroup stage 7–0 WonGroup stage 3–0 WonRound of 16 3–0 WonQuarter-finals 1–3 Lost2007Group stage 2–2 DrawGroup stage 2–1 WonGroup stage 4–2 WonRound of 16 4–2 WonQuarter-finals 1–1 Draw2009Group stage 8–0 WonGroup stage 2–0 WonGroup stage 3–0 WonRound of 16 1–3 Lost2011Group stage 4–1 WonGroup stage 2–0 WonGroup stage 5–1 WonRound of 16 0–0 DrawQuarter-finals 2–2 Draw2013Group stage 4–1 WonGroup stage 1–0 WonGroup stage 2–1 WonRound of 16 2–1 WonQuarter-finals 0–1 Lost2025Group stage 0–2 LostGroup stage 2–2 DrawGroup stage 1–0 WonRound of 16
Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games recordYearRoundPosition* 1991did not enter 1993 1997Fourth place4th411224 2001did not qualify 2005See Spain national under-23 football team 2009Gold medalists1st431094 2013did not enter 2018See Spain national under-18 football teamTotal1 Gold medal2/68422118
Individual awards In addition to team victories, Spanish players have won individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.
YearGolden Boot 1985Sebastián LosadaFernando Gómez 1995Joseba Etxeberria 1999Pablo Couñago
Player records
Top appearances Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-20 Caps1Pablo CouñagoCelta Vigo, Numancia1998–199913 Jaime GavilánValencia, Tenerife2003–200513 Francisco JusuéOsasuna1998–1999134Pablo OrbaizOsasuna1998–199912 Israel PuertoSevilla2012–201312 Rubén SuárezSporting Gijón1998–1999127Sergio GarcíaBarcelona200311 AarónRangers, Celta Vigo200911 Dani ParejoReal Madrid, Getafe200911 Carlos PeñaBarcelona200311 JuanfranReal Madrid2003–200511
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-20s.
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club(s) Year(s) U-20 Goals1AdriánDeportivo200710 Joseba EtxeberriaReal Sociedad19957 Sergio GarcíaBarcelona20037 AarónRangers, Celta Vigo200975Pablo CouñagoCelta Vigo, Numancia1998–199966Fernando LlorenteAthletic Bilbao20055 JeséReal Madrid20135 Álvaro VázquezEspanyol201159Emilio NsueCastellón, Real Sociedad20094 David SilvaEibar20054 Ismael UrzaizReal Madrid1989–19914
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-20s.
Current squad The following players were called up for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, between 27 September – 19 October 2025.
Caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2025, after the match against Colombia.
Head-to-head record The following table shows Spain's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. OpponentWin %Total
Honours Titles FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions (1): 1999. Runners-up (2): 1985, 2003
Former squads 2013 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 2011 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 2009 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 2007 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 2005 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 2003 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1999 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1997 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1995 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1991 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1989 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1985 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1981 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1979 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain 1977 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads – Spain
See also Spain national football team Spain national under-23 football team Spain national under-21 football team Spain national under-19 football team Spain national under-18 football team Spain national under-17 football team Spain national under-16 football team Spain national under-15 football team Spain national youth football team
References
External links siemprecantera Tournament archive at fifa.com FIFA U-20 World Cup at rsssf Squad listings of winning teams at rsssf