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| Nickname(s) | La Rojita (The Little Red One) La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) | ||
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| Association | Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol – RFEF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Hernán Pérez | ||
| Most caps | Abel Ruiz (38) | ||
| Top scorer | Abel Ruiz (25) | ||
| FIFA code | ESP | ||
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| First international | |||
 Spain 1–0 Uruguay  (Livorno, Italy; 18 August 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Spain 13–0 New Zealand  (Ismaïlia, Egypt; 15 September 1997) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Spain 1–6 France  (Goiânia, Brazil; 11 November 2019) Records for competitive matches only. | |||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1991) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 15 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2007, 2008, 2017) | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's under-17 football | ||
| U-17 World Cup | ||
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1991 Italy | Team |
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1997 Egypt | Team |
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2003 Finland | Team |
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2007 South Korea | Team |
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2009 Nigeria | Team |
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2017 India | Team |
| U-17 European Championship | ||
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2003 Portugal | Team |
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2004 France | Team |
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2006 Luxembourg | Team |
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2007 Belgium | Team |
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2008 Turkey | Team |
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2010 Liechtenstein | Team |
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2016 Azerbaijan | Team |
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2017 Croatia | Team |
The Spain national under-17 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.
Considered one of the strongest national teams in under 17 level, Spain has participated in 9 out of 14 World Cup tournaments. Spain hold the record of playing the most finals without ever winning the tournament, having finished as runners-up on four occasions.