La Selección Española European Championship Squad  July 2024
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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
15. Baena Rodríguez, Alejandro	20 July 2001	22	A/LM	Villarreal CF	5	1
2. Carvajal Ramos, Daniel	11 January 1992	32	RB	Real Madrid CF	48	1
24. Cucurella Saseta, Marc	22 July 1998	25	LB	Chelsea FC, England	9	0
12. Grimaldo García, Alejandro	20 September 1995	28	LB	BVB Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany	6	0
9. Joselu	27 March 1990 in Stuttgart, West Germany	30	F	Al Gharafa FC, Saudi Arabia	34	1
Mato Sanmartín, José Luis				has one appearance for Galicia
14. Laporte, Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alphonse	27 May 1994 in Agen, France	30	CD	Al Nassr FC, Saudi Arabia	34	1
				has several France youth level appearances
3. Le Normand, Robin Aimé Robert	11 November 1996 in Pabu, France	27	CD	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	16	1
25. López Marín, Fermín	11 May 2003	21	M	FC Barcelona	2	0
6. Merino Zazón, Mikel	22 June 1996	28	M	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	27	2
7. Morata Martin, Alvaro Borja	23 October 1992	31	F	Club Atlético de Madrid	79	36
4. Nacho	18 January 1990	34	CD	Al Qadsiah FC, Saudi Arabia	28	1
Fernández Iglesias, José Ignacio
22. Navas González, Jesús	21 November 1985	38	RB	Sevilla FC	56	5
10. Olmo Carvajal, Daniel	7 May 1998	26	A/LM	RB Leipzig, Germany	38	11
21. Oyarzabal Ugarte, Mikel	21 April 1997	27	F	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	36	11
				also has one appearance with Basque Country
20. Pedri	25 November 2002	21	CM	FC Barcelona	24	2
González López, Pedro	Pedri is unavailable after suffering a knee injury on 5 July
26. Pérez Gutiérrez, Ayoze	29 July 1993	30	A/LM	Real Betis Balompié	2	1
1. Raya Martín, David	15 September 1995	28	G	Arsenal FC, England	6	0
13. Remiro Gargallo, Alejandro	24 March 1995	29	G	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	1	0
16. Rodri	22 June 1996	28	DM	Manchester City FC, England	55	4
Hernández Cascante, Rodrigo
8. Ruiz Peña, Fabián	3 April 1996	28	M	Paris Saint-Germain FC, France	28	4
23. Simón Mendibil, Unai	11 June 1997	27	G	Athletic Club	45	0
11. Torres García, Ferran	29 February 2000	24	F	FC Barcelona	46	20
5. Vivian Moreno, Daniel	5 July 1999	25	CD	Athletic Club	4	0
				also has one appearance with Basque Country
17. Williams Arthuer, Nicholas	12 July 2002	21	F	Athletic Club	19	3
19. Yamal Nasraoui Ebana, Lamine	13 July 2007	16	RF	FC Barcelona	13	3
18. Zubimendi Ibáñez, Martín	2 February 1999	25	DM	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	9	0

Squad details correct up to and including Spain's match against France on 9 July 2024.
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Diary

Monday, 27 May 2024 - Within the presence of three legends of Spanish football, José Ángel Iribar, Joan Capdevila and Fernando Torres, all of whom are European champions with Spain, in the Luis Aragonés room at the Ciudad del Fútbol was the setting chosen to unveil Spain's provisional squad for the European Championships. The national coach, Luis de la Fuente, after a lively chat with the three European champions, unveiled the list of 29 players who will train under his orders before the final squad moves onto the German town of Donaueschingen, which will serve as Spain's base camp for the tournament. Before that, the national team will host Andorra on Wednesday 5 June in Badajoz and four days later Northern Ireland in Palma, thus completing their preparations before setting off for Germany to continue their preparations for their competition opener against Croatia at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Saturday 15 June.

Saturday, 1 June 2024 - The Spain squad find themselves 43 days and 2141 kilometres from their dreams. The Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas saw the start of the training camp for a Spain team that is going for their fourth European Championships Trophy in Germany. A lot of work and excitement ahead for a national team as it held its first training session this afternoon. Coach Luis de la Fuente has today greeted the 23 players who have reported for duty with the Spain squad so far. However, Real Madrid players Dani Carvajal, Nacho Fernández and Joselu Mato are still training with their clubs in the build up to the Champions League final and will join the team over the coming few days. Centre-back Aymeric Laporte is also due to report for duty late because of his participation in the Saudi Arabian Cup final. In addition, the Navarrese duo of Mikel Merino and Nico Williams will not join the squad yet due to family reasons.

Sunday, 2 June 2024 - The arrival of Mikel Merino and Nico Williams in the early afternoon, greeted by Luis de la Fuente, who had already received 25 of the 29 players called up to the provisional Spain squad.

Monday, 3 June 2024 - 25 players are out training in Las Rozas. In the afternoon, they are joined by Juan Carlos Unzué, a former Spanish youth goalkeeper, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2020, and has never shied away from stepping forward over the years to raise awareness of the struggle of ALS sufferers and explain a disease that is still unknown to so many.

Tuesday, 4 June 2024 - A few minutes before six o'clock this evening, Spanish Time, the Iberia plane carrying the national team took off from Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport bound for Badajoz, where it is landed fifty minutes later  at the Talavera la Real Air Base before they headed to their team hotel in the Badajoz capital. They will stay until the match against Andorra.
RFEF announce that Heach Coach Luis de la Fuente and his coaching staff, have extended their contracts.

Wednesday, 5 June 2024 - Spain 5 Andorra 0 - Spain's scored a glut of goals and the happiness on the faces of the fans as they left the Nuevo Vivero stadium to the rhythm of 'Mi gran noche' is the picture of hope for a European Championships just around the corner. Spain's penultimate match on home soil against a combative and well-organised Andorra in Badajoz was an encounter full of positives for the home side. With the fans cheering from the opening whistle, Luis de la Fuente fielded a team full of new faces, making six changes and exploring plenty of alternatives in the squad. The debut of Tenerife's Ayoze Pérez provided the impetus needed to open up a gap in the Pyrenean wall that remained insurmountable until midway through the first half, when the Betis striker latched onto Cubarsí's through ball to open the scoring for the Reds. The hosts went into the break with that slender lead of one goal to nil after a Morata goal was disallowed for offside. However, they came out after the break having made changes, and with them came the appearance of more openings that Spain’s attacking talent was able to capitalise on. Among the players in on the goalmouth action was Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored his first hat-trick for Spain. And among the debutants, Huelva's Fermín López, whose direct play, elusiveness on the ball and ability to offer something different, shattered Andorra's resistance. It was goals scored by Oyarzabal and Ferran Torres from two Fermín assists that brought an end to the scoring. Then it was the moment for Raphael’s famous song 'Mi gran noche' to boom around the stadium in celebration and singalong smiles.
Aymeric Laporte arrived at the Ciudad del Fútbol this afternoon.

Thursday, 6 June 2024 - Nacho Fernández, Dani Carvajal and Joselu Mato arrived at the Ciudad del Fútbol this morning for the final two training sessions at the federation's facilities with all the 29 players.

Friday, 7 June 2024 - On the day the Spanish squad is revealed, the Royal Spanish Football Federation unveiled the call-ups in an original way that has counted on the backing and enthusiastic collaboration of the best Spanish sportsman in history. Rafael Nadal, winner of 22 Grand Slam titles, 5 Davis Cups and double Olympic gold in tennis, gave way to the friends and relatives of each of the players called up so that they themselves can reveal the names of the footballers travelling to the European Championships in Germany. However, Barcelona's 17-year-old defender Pau Cubarsi has been left out of Spain's final squad for Euro 2024. Midfielders Marcos Llorente and Aleix Garcia of Atletico Madrid and Girona respectively also miss out on a place after Luis de la Fuente cut his provisional squad down to 26. Former Newcastle and Leicester City forward Ayoze Perez, who scored on his international debut on Wednesday, will travel to Germany. The Premier League players are Manchester City midfielder Rodri, Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella and Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya.
Afterwards, a few minutes before six o'clock in the evening, the Iberia plane carrying the national team took off from Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport bound for Mallorca, where it landed an hour later at Palma de Mallorca airport and then headed straight to their team hotel in the Balearic capital, where they will stay until the day after the match against Northern Ireland.

Saturday, 8 June 2024 - Spain 5 Northern Ireland 1 - Northern Ireland's three-game unbeaten run came to an end with a comprehensive 5-1 defeat by Spain at the Son Moix Stadium. Michael O'Neill's side had taken the lead through a Daniel Ballard header in only the second minute of the game, but the quality of their hosts was evident throughout, most notably in a first half when they found the net four times. On a night when 16-year-old Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal again impressed, Spain would level the game through Pedri just 10 minutes after falling behind. Goals from Álvaro Morata, another from Pedri and Fabián Ruiz had Spain 4-1 up at the break, with substitute Mikel Oyarzabal adding the only goal of the second half. Morata is now Spain's fourth record goalscorer.

Sunday, 9 June 2024 - A few minutes before five o'clock this afternoon, the Iberia A321 Cantabria aircraft carrying the Spanish players took off from Palma de Mallorca airport bound for the German city of Stuttgart, where it is landed shortly before half past seven. The players and coaching staff were met in the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg by a delegation from Uefa and the local Stuttgart authorities. After their official reception, the entire Spanish travelling party continued their journey by road to the small town of Donaueschingen, where their base hotel is located for the duration of the Finals.

Monday afternoon, 10 June 2024 - Luis de la Fuente conducted his first training session on Germany soil at SV Aasen's training ground as his side continue with their preparations for the opening match against Croatia on Saturday at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Tuesday-Friday, 11-14 June 2024 - Training continues at SV Aasen is the squad continue to prepare for their opening match with Croatia on Saturday night.

Saturday, 15 June 2024 - Spain 3 Croatia 0 - Spain made an emphatic start to their quest to win a fourth European Championship with an impressive victory over Croatia at Olympiastadion Berlin. First-half goals by Alvaro Morata, Fabian Ruiz and Dani Carvajal essentially settled the outcome before the break and, although Croatia offered little, this must still go down as a statement win for La Roja. Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal became the youngest player in men's Euros history when he started the game at the age of 16 years and 338 days, but it was Spain’s most experienced player who gave them the lead, silencing the Croatia fans who poured into Germany’s capital this weekend. Ruiz collected the ball on the halfway line and had time to look up and thread a perfect pass for Morata to gallop through and slot past Dominik Livakovic for his 36th goal for his country. After waiting almost half an hour for the breakthrough, Luis de la Fuente’s side took just over three minutes to extend their lead. This time, it was Ruiz who found the net, beating two men when he was fed the ball on the edge of the area and firing in a shot that nicked off Josip Sutalo on its way past Livakovic. Croatia came close to pulling a goal back when Josko Gvardiol’s drilled shot beat Unai Simon but also eluded Ante Budimir, who tried to divert it in as it flew wide of the far post. But Spain continued to attack and wrapped up the points in first-half stoppage time when Yamal’s cross was turned home by Carvajal, who had stayed up following a corner. A goal for the teenager to go with that assist was all that was missing, with Livakovic superbly denying him from close range early in the second half.

Thursday, 20 June 2024 - Spain 1 Italy 0 - Spain secured their spot in the last 16 of Euro 2024 with a scintilating performance against defending champions Italy in Gelsenkirchen. They created countless chances and were utterly dominant but won by a narrow scoreline thanks to an own goal by Riccardo Calafiori in the second half. After being kept at bay by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma for almost an hour, Alvaro Morata's flick-on was poked in by the knee of the unfortunate Calafiori. There was no response from Italy, who were comfortably second best, despite playing their part in a captivating match. Two European giants meeting in the group stage of the tournament meant there were high hopes and it lived up to its billing with an electric opening half. Spain were the ones delivering most of the eye-catching stuff, moving the ball around beautifully with intensity and creativity, while Italy succeeded in keeping them out - but only just. They had Donnarumma to thank as he made three excellent saves, tipping over Pedri’s header in the first two minutes, before later denying Fabian Ruiz and Morata. Spain’s Nico Williams should have scored when he headed wide, then struck the crossbar, but he put in an impressive display alongside teenage sensation Lamine Yamal, 16, who played with freedom, curling an effort narrowly wide later on. Italy had just three touches in the opposition box in the first half and not a single shot on target, and did not up their game after the break. There were glimpses of a threat on the counter-attack but it was Spain who continued to rack up the chances - Pedri and Morata coming close again as they cruised into the last 16 with two wins from two matches, having not conceded.

Monday, 24 June 2024 - Albania 0 Spain 1 - Spain maintained their 100% record at Euro 2024 as they defeated and eliminated Albania – a result that meant England, France and the Netherlands all secured last-16 places. Former Manchester City forward Ferran Torres, now at Barcelona, gave a much-changed Spain side the lead in the 13th minute, finishing low first time from Dani Olmo's pass with the ball bouncing in off the post. Kristjan Asllani's powerful 25-yard strike for Albania drew a fine save from Spain goalkeeper David Raya, who spent last season at Arsenal on loan from Brentford. Raya also did well to keep out Fulham striker Armando Broja's shot on the turn, as Albania could not find an equaliser and finished bottom of Group B. The substitutions he later made ensured every outfield player in their 26-man squad featured during their opening three matches.

Sunday, 30 June 2024 - Spain 4 Georgia 1 - Spain set up a blockbuster quarter-final tie with Euro 2024 hosts Germany by surviving an early scare to ease past Georgia. Playing in their first major tournament, Georgia had to soak up heavy pressure from Spain early on but stunned those watching on at Cologne Stadium when they took a surprise lead after 18 minutes. Spain defender Robin le Normand poked Otar Kakabadze's curling cross into his own net, finishing off a devastating counter-attack and silencing supporters behind their goal. Substitutes warming up sprinted over to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who led Georgia's celebrations in the corner. It sparked confidence in Georgia but Spain's pressure eventually paid off when Manchester City's Rodri drilled a shot into the bottom corner - beating goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who had another outstanding overall display.

Friday, 5 July 2024 - Spain 2 Germany 1 - Spain kept themselves on course to win a fourth European Championship as Mikel Merino's 119th-minute goal sent them into the semi-finals and eliminated hosts Germany following a pulsating encounter at Stuttgart Arena. This was the most anticipated match of the tournament so far as it put together the resurgent home nation against arguably the best-performing side to date at Euro 2024 - and it certainly lived up to expectation. Played with aggression, tension and drama the contest barely let those watching pause for breath from the moment Dani Olmo gave Spain the lead six minutes into the second half. The substitute side-footed home a cross from 16-year-old star Lamine Yamal - his third assist of the Euros - and his strike opened up a game that had been played with caution until then. Germany hit the post through their own substitute Niclas Fullkrug, but equalised in the final minute of normal time when Florian Wirtz sent a thunderous strike in off the post to send the home fans wild. Mikel Oyarzabal and Wirtz then sent efforts agonisingly wide in extra time, Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon superbly clawed away a Fullkrug header while Germany had penalty appeals dismissed after the ball struck Marc Cucurella's hand in the box. But with seconds remaining of a thrilling tie, Real Sociedad forward Merino thumped home a header to send Spain into the semi-finals, where they will face France in Munich on Tuesday, 9 July. Full-back Dani Carvajal was sent off just before the end for a second yellow card, but it was not enough to spoil the Spanish celebrations as fans and players greeted the final whistle with joy and relief.

Saturday, 6 July 2024 - Following tests carried out on Pedri González, the Canary Islands-born midfielder has suffered a grade 2 internal lateral sprain in his left knee. The player will remain with his teammates until the end of the current Euro 2024 campaign.

Tuesday, 9 July 2024 - Spain 2 France 1 - Lamine Yamal became the youngest goalscorer in European Championship history as Spain beat France in an absorbing contest to reach the final of Euro 2024. After Randal Kolo Muani headed in Kylian Mbappe's cross to give France an early lead, Yamal curled home a stunning strike from outside the box to write his name into the record books by scoring at the age of 16 years and 362 days. Yamal's goal came in the 21st minute, and Spain were ahead just four minutes later as Dani Olmo's shot was turned home by France defender Jules Kounde. France had to come out fighting after a thrilling first half - and they did just that, with Aurelien Tchouameni having a header saved and Mbappe denied from an ambitious effort. The France captain, playing without a face mask for the first time since breaking his nose at the start of the tournament, had a big chance to equalise late on - but he shot high over the bar in a moment that summed up his recent form. While Spain have been the most attacking side at the tournament to date, here they showed they have the defence to match as they stayed on course for a fourth European Championship title.

Spain Form: last six games
W W W W W W  f 13:a 4  success: 100%
752	15 June 2024 - Spain 3 Croatia 0 [3-0] Olympiastadion, Berlin	Morata, Fabián, Carvajal	ECF	NW
753	20 June 2024 - Spain 1 Italy 0 [1-1] Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen	Calafiori OG		NW
754	24 June 2024 - Albania 0 Spain 1 [1-1] Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf	Torres		NW
755	30 June 2024 - Spain 4 Georgia 1 [1-1] RheinEnergie Stadion, Köln	Rodri, Ruiz, Williams, Olmo Le Normand OG		NW
756	5 July 2024 - Spain 2 Germany 1 [0-0]ᴭᵀ MHPArena, Stuttgart	Olmo, Merino Wirtz		AW
		Dani Carvajal
757	9 July 2024 - Spain 2 France 1 [2-1] AllianzArena, München	Yamal, Olmo Kolo Muani		NW

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