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.

### FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

|Year|Round|Position|GP|W|D*|L|GS|GA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|_Did Not Qualify_||||||||
|1979|**Champions**|**1st**|6|6|0|0|20|2|
|1981|First Round|9th|3|1|1|1|3|3|
|1983|**Runners-up**|**2nd**|6|5|0|1|13|2|
|1985|_Did Not Qualify_||||||||
|1987|_Did Not Qualify_||||||||
|1989|Quarter-Finals|7th|4|1|0|3|3|4|
|1991|First Round|14th|3|0|1|2|2|6|
|1993|_Disqualified_||||||||
|1995|**Champions**|**1st**|6|5|0|1|12|3|
|1997|**Champions**|**1st**|7|6|0|1|15|7|
|1999|Second Round|16th|4|1|1|2|2|5|
|2001|**Champions**|**1st**|7|7|0|0|27|4|
|2003|**Fourth Place**|**4th**|7|5|0|2|12|8|
|2005|**Champions**|**1st**|7|6|0|1|12|5|
|2007|**Champions**|**1st**|7|6|1|0|16|2|
|2009|_Did Not Qualify_||||||||
|2011|Quarter-Finals|8th|5|3|2|0|6|1|
|2013|_Did Not Qualify_||||||||
|2015|First Round|20th|3|0|2|1|4|5|
|2017|First Round|17th|3|1|0|2|6|5|
|2019|Round of 16|12th|4|2|1|1|10|6|
|2021|_TBD_||||||||
|**Total**|**16/22**|**2nd**|**82**|**55**|**9**|**18**|**163**|**68**|

### South American Youth Championship Record

|Year|Round|GP|W|D<sup>1</sup>|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**|

<sup>1</sup>Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

### Competitive

- **FIFA U-20 World Cup**
    - ** Champions (6):** 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007
    - Runners-up (1): 1983
    - Fourth Place (1): 2003
- **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

## Top goalscorers

|width=50px|Rank|width=300px|Player|width=100px|Year(s)|width=100px|Total Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|Lionel Messi|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|||||||

## Related pages

- Argentina national football team

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Argentina Under-20
- **badge size**: 200px
- **fifa trigramme**: ARG
- **nickname**: _Albicelestes_
(White and Sky blue)
- **association**: Argentine Football Association
- **confederation**: CONMEBOL (South America)
- **coach**: Fernando Batista
- **captain**: Nehuén Pérez
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- **first game**: 5–0
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 27 February 1951)
- **largest win**: 8–1
(São Paulo, Brazil; 4 May 1963)
- **largest loss**: 5–1
(Quito, Ecuador; March 8, 1981)

4–0
(Quito, Ecuador; March 5, 1981)
- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 16
- **regional cup first**: 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979
- **regional cup best**: Champions (1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979, 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1995, 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1997, 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2001, 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2005, 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2007)
- **2ndregional name**: South American Youth Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 27
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1958 South American U-20 Championship, 1958
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champions (1967 South American U-20 Championship, 1967, 1997 South American U-20 Championship, 1997, 1997 South American U-20 Championship, 1999, 2003 South American U-20 Championship, 2003, 2015 South American Youth Football Championship, 2015)