La Selección Española Squad for the matches against England and Croatia  September 2018
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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
3. Albiol Tortajada, Raúl	4 September 1985	33	DM	SSC Napoli, Italy	51	0
12. Alonso Mendoza, Marcos	28 December 1990	27	LB	Chelsea FC, England	1	0
13. Arrizabalaga Revuelta, Kepa	3 October 1994	23	G	Chelsea FC, England	1	0
20. Asensio Willemsen, Marco	21 January 1996	22	AM	Real Madrid CF	15	0
17. Aspas Juncal, Iago	1 August 1987	31	F	RC Celta de Vigo	13	6
	Aspas replaced Costa on 3 September
14. AzpIlićueta Tanco, César	28 August 1989	29	LB	Chelsea FC, England	22	0
5. Busquets Burgos, Sergio	16 July 1988	30	DM	FC Barcelona	107	2
				Eight appearances for Catalonia
2. Carvajal Ramos, Daniel	11 January 1992	26	RB	Real Madrid CF	18	0
21. Ceballos Fernández, Daniel	7 August 1996	22	CM	Real Madrid CF	0	0
Costa da Silva, Diego	7 October 1988 in Lagarto, Brazil	29	F	Club Atlético de Madrid	24	10
	Costa withdrew from the squad on 3 September because of personal problems
1. de Gea Quintana, David	7 November 1990	27	G	Manchester United FC, England	33	0
18. Gayà Peña, José Luis	25 May 1995	23	LB	Valencia CF	0	0
22. Isco	21 April 1992	26	AM	Real Madrid CF	32	11
Alarcon Sanchez, Francisco Roman
Llorente Ríos, Diego Javier	16 August 1993	25	CB	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	1	0
	Llorente withdrew from the squad on 6 September
23. López Sabata, Pau	13 December 1994	23	G	Real Betis Balompié	0	0
				One appearance for Catalonia
6. Martínez Berridi, Iñigo	17 May 1991	27	CD	Athletic Club	6	0
				Six appearances for Basque Country
7. Morata Martin, Alvaro Borja	23 October 1992	25	F	Real Madrid CF	23	13
4. Nacho	18 January 1990	28	CD	Real Madrid CF	19	1
Fernández Iglesias, José Ignacio
15. Ramos Garcia, Sergio	30 March 1986	32	CD	Real Madrid CF	156	13
19. Roberto Carnicer, Sergi	7 February 1992	26	FB/M	FC Barcelona	3	1
				Six appearances for Catalonia
16. Rodri	22 June 1996	22	M	Club Atlético de Madrid	1	0
Hernández Cascante, Rodrigo
9. Machado, Rodrigo Moreno	6 March 1991 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	27	F	Valencia CF	9	2
8. Ñíguez Esclápez, Saúl	21 November 1994	23	C/DM	Club Atlético de Madrid	10	0
11. Suso	19 November 1993	24	AM	AC Milan, Italy	1	0
Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, Jesús Joaquín
10. do Nascimento, Thiago Alcântara	11 April 1991 in San Pietro Vernotico, Italy	27	CM	FC Bayern München, Germany	31	2

Squad details correct up to and including Spain's match against Russia on 1 July 2018.
Tallies from Sefutbol

Diary

Friday, 31 August 2018 - Spanish coach Luis Enrique has picked his first squad for the upcoming inaugural Nations League matches against England and Croatia. Jordi Alba is the most notable omission from the 23-man squad. Gerard Piqué, David Silva and Andres Iniesta have all retired from international football. Koke and Iago Aspas have also been omitted. There are five representatives from the Premier League, four from Chelsea, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Cesar AzpIlićueta, Alvaro Morata and the returning Marcos Alonso. The fifth, Manchester United's goalkeeper, David de Gea, is expected to retain the number one jersey, despite an indifferent World Cup Finals.

Monday, 3 September 2018 - Diego Costa has withdrawn from Spain's squad over "personal reasons", the Spanish Football Federation says. Atlético Madrid's 29-year-old former Chelsea striker will be replaced by Celta Vigo forward Iago Aspas, 31.

Wednesday, 5 September 2018 - The squad numbers are revealed.

Thursday, 6 September 2018 - Spanish Federation has announced the departure of Diego Llorente back to his club. The Real Sociedad defender was summoned by Luis Enrique in spite of his injury, as the coach wanted his new squad to bond with one another. The coach has been very aware of Llorente's injury and depends on him for the future of the national team. Llorente has done recovery work in Las Rozas and has attended all the teamtalks with Luis Enrique.

Friday, 7 September 2018 - The Spanish squad leave for England via the Aeropuerto Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas in Madrid. They arrive at London-Luton Airport in Luton three hours later.

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