Argentina national under-17 football team

The **Argentina national under-17 football team** represents Argentina in youth international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup where their best placing is third place three times. They have won the South American Under-17 Football Championship four times.

### FIFA U-17 World Cup

|Year|Round|Position|GP|W|D<sup>1</sup>|L|GS|GA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|
|2023|**Fourth place**|**4th**|**7**|**4**|**1**|**2**|**19**|**9**|
|2025|_to be determined_||||||||
|**Total**|**15/20**|**5th**|**72**|**34**|**15**|**23**|**117**|**89**|

### South American U-17 Championship

|Year|Round|GP|W|D<sup>1</sup>|L|GS|GA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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**|

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

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Argentina U-17
- **badge**: Argentine Football Association logo.svg
- **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 FIFA U-16 World Championship, 1985
- **regional cup best**: Third place (1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1991, 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1995, 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 2003)
- **2ndregional name**: South American Under-17 Football Championship, South American U-17 Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 19
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1985 South American Under-16 Football Championship, 1985
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champions (1985 South American Under-16 Football Championship, 1985, 2003 South American Under-17 Football Championship, 2003, 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship, 2013, 2019 South American Under-17 Football Championship, 2019)