International Matches - Under 17

Under 17 friendly internationals

Spain's under 17 side organised friendly fixtures against USA and Romania in February 2009 in preparation for next month's European qualifiers.


Spain 2 - USA 1

Spain: Kilian (Edgar 46'); Dalmau, Saborit (Albert 77'), Mongil (Amat 70'), Sergi Gómez, Koke (Alex 54'), Sarabia, Pardo, Kevin (Luque 46'), Borja (Rubén 64'), Izco (Muñain 46').
USA: Edwards; Watts, Polar, Kitchen, Duran, Zavaleta, Jerome (Davis 88'), Renken (Lletget 65'), McInerney, Luis Gil (Gyau 65'), Carlos Martínez (Palodichuk 46').

Goals: 1-0. 20. Borja; 1-1. 76. McInerney; 2-1. 90. Sergi.

Madrid. Spain's under 17 side beat USA in a friendly match which served as a warm up for next month's European qualifiers. Barcelona's Sergi won it for the youngsters in the last minute after McInerney had cancelled out an earlier goal from Atlético's Borja. Spain play a couple more friendlies against Romania later this month before the qualifiers, which will take place in the Benidorm region.


Spain played two friendly games against Romania in Madrid on 24 and 26 February as pre-tournament training for the European qualifiers.

Spain 2 - Romania 0

Spain: Ricardo; Albert, Girón, Amat (Santi García 41'), Blanchart, Alex (Pedro Mba 41'), Reina, Pardo, Sobrino (Marc Nierga 60'), Portu (Sergi 52'), Carmona (Toni Soler 52').

Goals: 1-0. 18. Sobrino; 2-0. 38. Alex (pen).


Spain 0 - Romania 0

Spain: Edgar Badía; Albert, Blanchart, Alex (Portu 56'), Carmona (Toni Soler 55'), Saborit, Santi, Pedro Mba, Sergio Roberto (Pardo 41', Reina 66'), Sobrino (Marc Nierga 41'), Kevin.

Goals: None.


Players called up for friendly matches:

Keepers: Edgar (Espanyol), Ricardo Alonso (Real Madrid), Kilian (Villarreal);
Defenders: Ignaci Pons (Arsenal), Jon Auternetxe and Saborit (Athletic Bilbao), Blanchar, Dalmau and Sergi Gómez (Barcelona), Albert and Amat (Espanyol), Santiago García (Murcia), Tomás Girón (Real Madrid), Mongil (Valladolid);
Midfielders: Koke (Atlético Madrid), Adriá Carmona, Manuel Reina and Sergio Robert (Barcelona), Luque (Racing Santander), Alex and Sarabia (Real Madrid), Pardo (Real Sociedad), Pedro Mba (Sampdoria), Antonio Soler (Villarreal);
Forwards: Muñain (Athletic Bilbao), Borja "Bastón" (Atlético Madrid), Marc Nierga (Espanyol), Rubén (Real Madrid), Cristián Portugués and Izco (Valencia), Kevin (Zaragoza).

Also called up for first training session: Víctor Alvarez (Espanyol), Eduardo Ramos (Málaga), Juan Muñiz (Sporting Gijón), Antonio Amaro (Salamanca).