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
1977 | 4th Place |
1979 | 3rd place |
1981 | Quarter finals |
1983 | Quarter finals |
1985 | not qualified |
1987 | not qualified |
1989 | not qualified |
1991 | Preliminary round |
1993 | Quarter finals |
1995 | not qualified |
1997 | 2nd place |
1999 | 4th Place |
2001 | not qualified |
2003 | not qualified |
2005 | not qualified |
2007 | Round of 16 |
2009 | Round of 16 |
2011 | Preliminary round |
2013 | 2nd place |
2015 | Round of 16 |
2017 | 4th Place |
2019 | Round of 16 |
Participation in U-20 football South American championships
1954 | winner |
1958 | winner |
1964 | winner |
1967 | Preliminary round |
1971 | 2nd place |
1974 | 2nd place |
1975 | winner |
1977 | winner |
1979 | winner |
1981 | winner |
1983 | 2nd place |
1985 | 4th Place |
1987 | 4th Place |
1988 | Preliminary round |
1991 | 3rd place |
1992 | 2nd place |
1995 | withdrawn |
1997 | 4th Place |
1999 | 2nd place |
2001 | Preliminary round |
2003 | 5th place |
2005 | 5th place |
2007 | 3rd place |
2009 | 3rd place |
2011 | 2nd place |
2013 | 3rd place |
2015 | 3rd place |
2017 | winner |