Argentina national under-20 football team

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.

Argentina Under-20
Nickname(s)Albicelestes
(White and Sky blue)
AssociationArgentine Football Association
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachFernando Batista
CaptainNehuén Pérez
FIFA codeARG
First colours
Second colours
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
Appearances16 (first in 1979)
Best result1 Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances27 (first in 1958)
Best result1 Champions (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015)

Competitive record

1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Competitive

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • South American Championship U-20
    • 1 Champions (5): 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015
    • 2 Runners-up (7): 1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019
    • 3 Third Place (8): 1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011
    • Fourth Place (2): 1974, 2017

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
1Lionel Messi [1]200514
2Fernando Cavenaghi200312
3Javier Saviola200111
4Luciano Galletti199910
Giovanni Simeone2015
5Ramón Díaz19798
Bernardo Romeo1997
6Diego Maradona19797
Juan Esnaider1991
Román Riquelme1997
Pablo Aimar1997–99
Marcelo Torres2017
Lautaro Martínez2017
7Leonardo Biagini19956
Sergio Agüero2007
Ángel Correa2016

References

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