Uruguay national under-20 football team

The **Uruguay national under-20 football team** represents Uruguay in international football completions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and the South American Youth Championship. They won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.

### FIFA U-20 World Cup

|colspan=9|FIFA U-20 World Cup Record||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|**Fourth Place**|**4th**|**5**|**3**|**1**|**1**|**6**|**5**|
|1979|**Third Place**|**3rd**|**6**|**4**|**1**|**1**|**10**|**3**|
|1981|Quarter-Finals|5th|4|3|0|1|6|2|
|1983|Quarter-Finals|5th|4|2|1|1|7|5|
|1985|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|1987|||||||||
|1989|||||||||
|1991|Group Stage|15th|3|0|1|2|0|7|
|1993|Quarter-Finals|6th|4|2|1|1|6|5|
|1995|_Banned_||||||||
|1997|**Runners-up**|**2nd**|**7**|**4**|**2**|**1**|**14**|**6**|
|1999|**Fourth Place**|**4th**|**7**|**2**|**2**|**3**|**7**|**8**|
|2001|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|2003|||||||||
|2005|||||||||
|2007|Round of 16|12th|4|1|1|2|4|6|
|2009|Round of 16|11th|4|2|1|1|7|5|
|2011|Group Stage|18th|3|0|2|1|1|2|
|2013|**Runners-up**|**2nd**|7|4|2|1|10|3|
|2015|Round of 16|12th|4|1|2|1|3|3|
|2017|**Fourth Place**|4th|7|3|4|0|7|3|
|2019|Round of 16|13th|4|3|0|1|8|4|
|2023|**Champions**|**1st**|**7**|**6**|**0**|**1**|**12**|**3**|
|2025|_To be determined_||||||||

### South American Youth Football Championship

|colspan=11|South American Youth Football Championship record||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1954|**Champions**||
|1958|**Champions**||
|1964|**Champions**||
|1967|Group Stage||
|1971|Runners-up||
|1974|Runners-up||
|1975|**Champions**||
|1977|**Champions**||
|1979|**Champions**||
|1981|**Champions**||
|1983|Runners-up||
|1985|Fourth Place||
|1987|Fourth Place||
|1988|||
|1991|Third Place||
|1992|Runners-up||
|1995|_Did not participate_||
|1997|Fourth Place||
|1999|Runners-up||
|2001|First Group Stage||
|2003|Final Group||
|2005|Final Group||
|2007|Third Place||
|2009|Third Place||
|2011|Runners-up||
|2013|Third Place||
|2015|Third Place||
|2017|**Champions**||
|2019|Third Place||
|2023|Runners-up||

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Uruguay under-20
- **badge size**: 150px
- **fifa trigramme**: URU
- **nickname**: _Cains_
_La Celeste Olímpica_ (The Olympic Sky Blue)
 _La Celeste_ (The Sky Blue)
 _ La Más Linda (The Most Beautiful)_
 _Los Charruas_
- **association**: Uruguayan Football Association
- **confederation**: CONMEBOL (South America)
- **coach**: Fabián Coito
- **captain**: Joaquín Lavega
- **home stadium**: Estadio Centenario
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup, U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 16
- **regional cup first**: 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979
- **regional cup best**: **Champions** (2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2023)
- **2ndregional name**: South American Youth Football Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 29
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1954 South American Youth Championship, 1954
- **2ndregional cup best**: **Champions** (1954 South American Youth Championship, 1954, 1958 South American Youth Championship, 1958, 1964 South American Youth Championship, 1964, 1975 South American Youth Championship, 1975, 1977 South American Youth Championship, 1977, 1979 South American Youth Championship, 1979, 1981 South American Youth Championship, 1981, 2017 South American Youth Football Championship, 2017)