Spanish Under-19 squad named for Elite Round of qualifying

Spain have announced the 18 man squad to convene upon the ‘Soccer City’ of Las Rozas at a training camp, before moving onto Switzerland for the Elite Round of qualifying for the U-19 European Championships. Those very Championships are held in Romania this summer, from July 1^st until August 20^th.

Las Rozas will be camp from May 22^nd until 28^th as training takes place, before boarding a flight to Switzerland where they’ll take part in the tournament from May 29^th until June 6^th. Julen Lopetegui will overlook the U-19 as usual, after recently being handed a year extension to his contract with the National Team.

The squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Fernando Pacheco Flores (Real Madrid), Edgar Badia (Espanyol)

Defenders: Ignasi Miquel (Arsenal), Sergi Gómez, Marc Muniesa (both Barcelona), Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid), Albert Blázquez, Jordi Amat (both Espanyol)

Midfielders: Koke (Atletico Madrid), Rafinha, Sergi Roberto (both Barcelona), Pablo Sarabia (Real Madrid), Rubén Pardo Gutiérrez (Real Sociedad), Isco (Valencia)

Attackers: Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid), Paco Alcacer (Valencia), Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) Luis Alberto (Sevilla)

Match schedule for the Spanish Under-19 Elite Round:

31.05.2011

Spain – Switzerland, 19.00, Estadio Juan Antonio Samaranch (Lausanne)

02.06.2011

Spain – Montenegro, 15:30, Estadio Juan Antonio Samaranch (Lausanne)

05.06.2011

England – Spain, 17:00, Estadio Colovray (Nyon)

All times are Spanish local.

Tags: European Championships, Spain, Under-19