Argentina national under-20 football team
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Argentina Under 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Albicelestes (White and Sky blue) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Association | Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Sergio Batista | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Matías Cahais | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | ARG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Argentina 5 - 0 Venezuela (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 27 February 1951) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Argentina 8 - 1 USA (Sao Paulo, Brazil; 4 May 1963) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uruguay 5 - 1 Argentina (Quito, Ecuador; 8 January 1981) |
Medal record | |||
---|---|---|---|
U-20 World Cup | |||
Gold | 1979 Japan | Team | |
Silver | 1983 Mexico | Team | |
Gold | 1995 Qatar | Team | |
Gold | 1997 Malaysia | Team | |
Gold | 2001 Argentina | Team | |
Gold | 2005 Netherlands | Team | |
Gold | 2007 Canada | Team |
Argentina national U-20 football team has been the most successful nation in the FIFA World Youth Championship winning a record six times. Argentina has participated in twelve of the 16 World Cup events, since the Japan 1979 edition, which it won. Its most recent participation was its sixth title, in Canada 2007. Argentina has obtained 4 South American Youth Championships.
Contents[hide] |
[edit] Competitive Record
[edit] FIFA World Youth Championship Record
Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | Did not participate | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1979 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
1981 | First round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
1983 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
1985 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1987 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1989 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
1991 | First round | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
1993 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1995 | Champions | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
1997 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 |
1999 | Second round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
2001 | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
2003 | Semi-finals | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
2005 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
2007 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
Total | 12/16 | 67 | 49 | 4 | 14 | 137 | 49 |
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Gold background color indicates first place finish. Silver background color indicates second place finish.
[edit] Former squads
- 2007 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Argentina
- 2005 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Argentina
- 2003 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Argentina
- 2001 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1999 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1997 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - Argentina
[edit] See also
International football
|
|||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||
|