Argentina National Football Team (U-20 Men)
Nickname (s) | Albicelestes |
Association | Asociación del Fútbol Argentino |
confederacy | CONMEBOL |
Head coach | Fernando Batista |
captain | Lisandro Magallán |
FIFA code | ARG |
(As of June 21, 2014) |
The Argentina U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of Argentine soccer players . It is subject to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, at the U-20 South American Championship and the U-20 World Cup .
The team is the record U-20 world champion with six titles in 1979 , 1995 , 1997 , 2001 , 2005 and 2007 . She also won the U-20 South American Championship five times ( 1967 , 1997 , 1999 , 2003 and 2015 ).
Participation in U-20 soccer world championships
1977 | not qualified |
1979 | World Champion |
1981 | Preliminary round |
1983 | 2nd place |
1985 | not qualified |
1987 | not qualified |
1989 | Quarter finals |
1991 | Preliminary round |
1993 | disqualified |
1995 | World Champion |
1997 | World Champion |
1999 | Round of 16 |
2001 | World Champion |
2003 | 4th Place |
2005 | World Champion |
2007 | World Champion |
2009 | not qualified |
2011 | Quarter finals |
2013 | not qualified |
2015 | Preliminary round |
2017 | |
2019 | Round of 16 |
Participation in U-20 football South American championships
1954 | not participated |
1958 | 2nd place |
1964 | 6th place |
1967 | winner |
1971 | Semifinals |
1974 | 4th Place |
1975 | 3rd place |
1977 | Preliminary round |
1979 | 2nd place |
1981 | 3rd place |
1983 | 3rd place |
1985 | Preliminary round |
1987 | 3rd place |
1988 | 3rd place |
1991 | 2nd place |
1992 | excluded from the tournament |
1995 | 2nd place |
1997 | winner |
1999 | winner |
2001 | 2nd place |
2003 | winner |
2005 | 3rd place |
2007 | 2nd place |
2009 | 6th place |
2011 | 3rd place |
2013 | Preliminary round |
2015 | winner |
2017 | 4th Place |
Well-known former players
(Selection)
- Pablo Aimar
- Sergio Aguero
- Nicolás Burdisso
- Jorge Burruchaga
- Gabriel Calderón
- Esteban Cambiasso
- Ricardo Centurión
- Franco Costanzo
- Ramón Díaz
- Ángel Di María
- Fernando Gago
- Luciano Galletti
- Sergio Goycochea
- Luis Islas
- Diego Maradona
- Javier Mascherano
- Lionel Messi
- Juan Román Riquelme
- Maxi Rodríguez
- Sergio Romero
- Oscar Ruggeri
- Walter Samuel
- Javier Saviola
- Diego Simeone
- Juan Pablo Sorin
- Carlos Tévez