Argentina national under-20 football team
association football club
The Argentina national under-20 football team is a youth national team of Argentina. They represent Argentina at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and at the South American Youth Championship.
| Nickname(s) | Albicelestes (White and Sky blue) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Argentine Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Fernando Batista | ||
| Captain | Nehuén Pérez | ||
| FIFA code | ARG | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
 Argentina 5–0  Venezuela(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 27 February 1951) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Argentina 8–1  United States(São Paulo, Brazil; 4 May 1963) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Uruguay 5–1 Argentina(Quito, Ecuador; March 8, 1981)  Brazil 4–0 Argentina(Quito, Ecuador; March 5, 1981) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 16 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result |  Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007) | ||
| South American Youth Championship | |||
| Appearances | 27 (first in 1958) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015) | ||
Competitive record
South American Youth Championship Record
| Year | Round | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1954 | Did Not Participate | |||||||
 1958 | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |
 1964 | Sixth Place | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
 1967 | Champions | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| 1971 | Third Place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1974 | Fourth Place | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
 1975 | Third Place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| 1977 | Sixth Place | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1979 | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
 1981 | Third Place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |
 1983 | Third Place | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | |
| 1985 | Fifth Place | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1987 | Third Place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
| 1988 | Third Place | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | |
| 1991 | Runners-up | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | |
| 1992 | Disqualified | |||||||
| 1995 | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1997 | Champions | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |
| 1999 | Champions | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | |
| 2001 | Runners-up | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
| 2003 | Champions | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |
| 2005 | Third Place | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | |
| 2009 | Sixth Place | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| 2011 | Third Place | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |
| 2013 | Seventh Place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2015 | Champions | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | |
| 2017 | Fourth Place | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | |
| 2019 | Runners-up | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |
| 2021 | TBD | |||||||
| Total | 27/29 | 190 | 95 | 54 | 41 | 317 | 183 | |
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Honours
Competitive
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
- South American Championship U-20
Champions (5): 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015
Runners-up (7): 1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019
Third Place (8): 1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011- Fourth Place (2): 1974, 2017
Individual awards
FIFA U-20 World Cup
| Year | Golden Ball | Golden Boot |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Diego Maradona | Ramón Díaz |
| 2001 | Javier Saviola | Javier Saviola |
| 2005 | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi |
| 2007 | Sergio Agüero | Sergio Agüero |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Year(s) | Total Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi [1] | 2005 | 14 |
| 2 | Fernando Cavenaghi | 2003 | 12 |
| 3 | Javier Saviola | 2001 | 11 |
| 4 | Luciano Galletti | 1999 | 10 |
| Giovanni Simeone | 2015 | ||
| 5 | Ramón Díaz | 1979 | 8 |
| Bernardo Romeo | 1997 | ||
| 6 | Diego Maradona | 1979 | 7 |
| Juan Esnaider | 1991 | ||
| Román Riquelme | 1997 | ||
| Pablo Aimar | 1997–99 | ||
| Marcelo Torres | 2017 | ||
| Lautaro Martínez | 2017 | ||
| 7 | Leonardo Biagini | 1995 | 6 |
| Sergio Agüero | 2007 | ||
| Ángel Correa | 2016 |
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