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.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record
YearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA 1977Did Not Qualify 1979Champions1st6600202   1981First Round9th311133    1983Runners-up2nd6501132 1985Did Not Qualify 1987Did Not Qualify  1989Quarter-Finals7th410334    1991First Round14th301226  1993Disqualified 1995Champions1st6501123   1997Champions1st7601157    1999Second Round16th411225   2001Champions1st7700274    2003Fourth Place4th7502128   2005Champions1st7601125  2007Champions1st7610162    2009Did Not Qualify  2011Quarter-Finals8th532061 2013Did Not Qualify  2015First Round20th302145 2017First Round17th310265 2019Round of 1612th4211106  2021TBD Total16/222nd825591816368

South American Youth Championship Record
YearRoundGPWD1LGSGA 1954Did Not Participate 1958Runners-up52211610    1964Sixth Place612345   1967Champions623197  1971Third Place530273    1974Fourth Place512235 1975Third Place522176 1977Sixth Place402235 1979Runners-up6321101 1981Third Place63121112 1983Third Place75111710 1985Fifth Place412153 1987Third Place631299 1988Third Place8602135 1991Runners-up73311210 1992Disqualified 1995Runners-up7511103 1997Champions9531187 1999Champions9801213 2001Runners-up9531136 2003Champions9621155 2005Third Place9540194 2007Runners-up9351158 2009Sixth Place91531013 2011Third Place9612159 2013Seventh Place411267 2015Champions9711247 2017Fourth Place93421514 2019Runners-up9513106 2021TBD Total27/29190955441317183

1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours
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

Individual awards
FIFA U-20 World Cup
YearGolden BallGolden Boot1979Diego MaradonaRamón Díaz2001 Javier Saviola Javier Saviola2005Lionel MessiLionel Messi2007Sergio Agüero Sergio Agüero

Top goalscorers
 Rank Player  Year(s) Total Goals 1 Lionel Messi   2005 14 2 Fernando Cavenaghi  2003  12  3 Javier Saviola2001 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

References

Category:National under-20 football teams
Category:Football in Argentina
Category:National sports teams of Argentina