Argentina U-17 | |
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Badge Size: | 100 |
Fifa Trigramme: | ARG |
Nickname: | Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue) Los Cebollitas (Little Onions) Los Pibes (The Kids) |
Association: | (Argentine Football Association) |
Confederation: | CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) |
Coach: | Diego Placente |
Captain: | Ezequiel Báez |
Most Caps: | Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, Oscar Ustari |
Top Scorer: | Fernando Gatti, Hernán Peirone |
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Largest Loss: | 4–0 (Nagoya, Japan; 24 August 1993) 4–0 (Chillan, Chile; 21 October 2015) |
Regional Name: | FIFA U-17 World Cup |
Regional Cup Apps: | 15 |
Regional Cup First: | 1985 |
Regional Cup Best: | Third place (1991, 1995, 2003) |
2Ndregional Name: | South American U-17 Championship |
2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 19 |
2Ndregional Cup First: | 1985 |
2Ndregional Cup Best: | Champions (1985, 2003, 2013, 2019) |
The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.
Argentina has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups, finishing in third place three times and fourth place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship four times.
Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Emiliano Martínez, Fernando Redondo, Nestor Fabbri, Roberto Bonano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Franco Constanzo, Leonardo Biagini, Luciano Galletti, Marcelo Gallardo, Esteban Cambiasso, Gabriel Milito, Ezequiel González, Aldo Duscher, Lucas Biglia, Eduardo Salvio, Maxi López, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez.
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA | ||
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1985 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
1987 | did not qualify | |||||||||
1989 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
1991 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
1993 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
1995 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | ||
1997 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
1999 | did not qualify | |||||||||
2001 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||
2003 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
2005 | did not qualify | |||||||||
2007 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
2009 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
2011 | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
2013 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | ||
2015 | Group stage | 24th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
2017 | did not qualify | |||||||||
2019 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | |||
2025 | to be determined | |||||||||
Total | 15/20 | 5th | 72 | 34 | 15 | 23 | 117 | 89 | ||
Year | Round | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA | |
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1985 | Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |
1986 | Fourth place | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |
1988 | Runners-up | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
1991 | Third place | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |
1993 | Third place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |
1995 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |
1997 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | |
1999 | Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
2001 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |
2003 | Champions | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
2005 | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
2007 | Third place | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |
2009 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
2011 | Third place | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | |
2013 | Champions | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |
2015 | Runners-up | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | |
2017 | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
2019 | Champions | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |
2023 | Third place | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |
Total | 19/19 | 136 | 73 | 33 | 30 | 250 | 134 |
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
The following 21 players are called up to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1]
Caps and goals as of 12 September 2023, after the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.