Uruguayan National Football Team (U-20 Men)
Nickname (s) | Charrúas La Celeste Olímpica La Celeste |
Association | Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol |
confederacy | CONMEBOL |
Head coach | Juan Verzeri |
captain | Emiliano Velázquez |
Home stadium | Estadio Centenario |
FIFA code | URU |
(As of June 20, 2014) |
The Uruguayan U-20 national soccer team is a national team of Uruguayan soccer players. It is subject to the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at the U-20 South American Championship and the U-20 World Championship .
The team achieved their best result at a world championship in 1997 and 2013 when they became vice world champions.
The team was also eight times South American champions ( 1954 , 1958 , 1964 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981 and 2017 ).
Participation in U-20 soccer world championships
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4th Place |
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3rd place |
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Quarter finals |
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Quarter finals |
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not qualified |
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not qualified |
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not qualified |
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Preliminary round |
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Quarter finals |
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not qualified |
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2nd place |
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4th Place |
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not qualified |
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not qualified |
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not qualified |
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Round of 16 |
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Round of 16 |
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Preliminary round |
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2nd place |
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Round of 16 |
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4th Place |
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Round of 16 |
Participation in U-20 football South American championships
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winner |
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winner |
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winner |
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Preliminary round |
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2nd place |
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2nd place |
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winner |
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winner |
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winner |
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winner |
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2nd place |
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4th Place |
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4th Place |
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Preliminary round |
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3rd place |
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2nd place |
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withdrawn |
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4th Place |
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2nd place |
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Preliminary round |
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5th place |
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5th place |
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3rd place |
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3rd place |
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2nd place |
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3rd place |
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3rd place |
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winner |