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Wednesday, 28 February 2001
A Nationwide International Friendly Match

England 3 Spain 0 [1-0]

Match Summary
England Squad
Spain Squad
Team Records
 
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The Spain Squad for the match against England  February 2001
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G
Fernandez Antuna, Abelardo 19 April 1970 30 D FC Barcelona 53 3
Baraja Vegas, Ruben 11 July 1975 25 M Valencia CF SAD 3 1
Canizares Ruiz, Jose Santiago 18 December 1969 31 G Valencia CF SAD

26

0

Casillas Fernandez, Iker 20 May 1981 19 G Real Madrid CF

6

5 GA

Etxeberria Lizardi, Joseba Andoni

5 September 1977 23 F Athletic Club 32 8
Guardiola Sala, Josep 18 January 1971 30 M FC Barcelona 40 5
Ruiz Hierro, Fernando 23 March 1968 32 D Real Madrid CF 76 25

Hierro was forced to withdraw from the squad after realising he was suspended.

Helguera Bujia, Ivan 28 March 1975 25 M Real Madrid CF

15

0

Moreno Valera, Javier

10 September 1974 26 F Deportivo Alaves SAD

0

0

Martinez Garcia, Luis Enrique 8 May 1970 30 M FC Barcelona

52

12

Garcia Diaz, Manuel Pablo 25 January 1976 25 D RC Deportivo La Coru�a SAD

5

0

Mendieta Zabala, Gaizka 27 March 1974 26 M Valencia CF SAD

22

4

Paco
 
Jemez Martin, Francisco
18 April 1970 30 D RC Deportivo La Coru�a SAD

19

0

Paco was a late call into the squad as a replacement for the suspended Hierro, on 26 February.

Gonzalez Blanco, Raul 27 June 1977 23 F Real Madrid CF

40

18

Fernandez Romero, Enrique 23 June 1971 29 D RC Deportivo La Coru�a SAD

1

0

Barjuan Esclusa, Sergi

28 December 1971 29 D FC Barcelona

51

1

Vergara Diez-Caballero, Unai

20 January 1977 24 D Villarreal CF SAD

0

0

Urzaiz Aranda, Ismael

7 October 1971 29 F Athletic Club

24

8

Sanchez del Amo, Victor

23 February 1976 25 M RC Deportivo La Coru�a SAD

2

0

Squad details correct up to and including Spain's match against Netherlands on 15 November 2000.

Diary

Friday, 23 February 2001 - Spain coach Jose Antonio Camacho announces an eighteen-man squad on Friday for the friendly match against England at Villa Park on Wednesday. The Spanish first division's top scorer Javi Moreno of Alaves and young defender Unai Bergara of Villarreal were named in Spain's squad for the first time Moreno has impressed this season, notching 16 league goals for the modest Basque side who reached the last eight of the UEFA Cup with a 2-0 over Italian giants Inter Milan on Thursday. Barcelona playmaker Pep Guardiola returns to midfield after recovering from injury, while the in-form Victor of Deportivo Coruna gets a recall along with his team mate Enrique Romero. Real Oviedo keeper Esteban has been displaced by Valencia's Santiago Canizares who will line up alongside Real Madrid's Iker Casillas. Canizares has been instrumental in Valencia's miserly defence that conceded only 16 league goals this season. Up front, Camacho has kept faith with the Athletic Bilbao pairing of Ismael Urzaiz and Joseba Etxeberria who will join the ever-present Raul and debutant Moreno. Celta Vigo's Brazilian-born striker Catanha, who has been in inconsistent form, and Real Madrid pair Pedro Munitis and Guti, who have been unable to hold down places in their side, are among eight players left out of the squad from Spain's 2-1 defeat in a friendly last November against the Netherlands.

Monday, 26 February 2001 - Captain Fernando Hierro was withdrawn from the squad after FIFA told the Spanish FA that he had to serve a one-game ban for his sending-off in Spain's last game, against Netherlands in November. Paco, of Real Zaragoza has replaced him.

Spain Form: last six games
L L W W D L   f 8:a 10 success: 43%
449 25 June 2000 - Spain 1 France 2 [1-2]
Stadion Jan Breydel, Brugge
Mendieta (pen)
Zidane, Djorkaeff
ECF NL
450 16 August 2000 - Germany 4 Spain 1 [1-0]
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Scholl (2), Vickler (2)
Raul
Fr AL
451 2 September 2000 -
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 Spain 2
[1-1]
Stadion Kosevo, Sarajevo
Baljic
Gerard, Etxeberria
WCP AW
452 7 October 2000 - Spain 2 Israel 0 [1-0]
Estadio Santiago Bernab�u, Madrid
Gerard, Hierro HW
453 11 October 2000 - Austria 1 Spain 1 [1-1]
Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien
Baur
Baraja
AD
454 15 November 2000 - Netherlands 2 Spain 1 [0-0]
Estadio Olimpico, Sevilla
Hasselbaink, de Boer
Hierro
Fr HL
Hierro

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