Spain's under 17 coach Santi Denía has called up 18 players for the upcoming European Championship qualifying round, which will be played in Montenegro later this month. As well as the hosts, Spain have fixtures against Malta and Poland. The top two will go through to the Elite round, with the winners of that stage qualifying for May's finals in Slovenia. (06.10.11)
Keepers: Rubén Blanco (Celta), Ander
Cantero (Osasuna);
Defenders: Alejandro Grimaldo and
Rodrigo Tarín (both Barcelona), Iván Sáez (Real Madrid),
Salvador Ruíz (Valencia), Ramón Bueno (Villarreal);
Midfielders: Borja Martínez (Atlético
Madrid), Iker Undabarrena and Oscar Gil (both Athletic Bilbao), Héctor
Bellerín (Arsenal), Sergi Samper (Barcelona), Alvaro Bustos (Sporting
Gijón);
Forwards: Sandro Ramírez
(Barcelona), Samuel Castillejo (Málaga), José Ángel Pozo
(Real Madrid), Juan Jesús Arguez (Sevilla), Alejandro Serrano (Sporting
Gijón).
PS Francisco José Rodríguez Gaitán (Real Madrid) has replaced Arsenal's Héctor Bellerín in the squad.