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
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not qualified |
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World Champion |
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Preliminary round |
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2nd place |
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not qualified |
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not qualified |
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Quarter finals |
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Preliminary round |
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disqualified |
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World Champion |
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World Champion |
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Round of 16 |
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World Champion |
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4th Place |
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World Champion |
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World Champion |
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not qualified |
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Quarter finals |
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not qualified |
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Preliminary round |
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Round of 16 |
Participation in U-20 football South American championships
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not participated |
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2nd place |
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6th place |
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winner |
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Semifinals |
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4th Place |
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3rd place |
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Preliminary round |
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2nd place |
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3rd place |
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3rd place |
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Preliminary round |
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3rd place |
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3rd place |
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2nd place |
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excluded from the tournament |
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2nd place |
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winner |
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winner |
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2nd place |
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winner |
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3rd place |
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2nd place |
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6th place |
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3rd place |
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Preliminary round |
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winner |
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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