Argentina national under-20 football team

Argentina Under-20
Nickname(s) Albicelestes
(White and Sky blue)
Association Argentine Football Association
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Walter Perazzo
Captain Germán Pezzella
FIFA code ARG
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Argentina 5–0  Venezuela
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 27 February 1951)
Biggest win
 Argentina 8–1  United States
(São Paulo, Brazil; 4 May 1963)
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 5–1  Argentina
(Quito, Ecuador; 8 January 1981)

The Argentina national under-20 football team is the representative of Argentina in FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Argentina is the most successful nation in the FIFA World Youth Championship, winning the competition a record six times. The team has participated in twelve of the 16 World Championship events, since the 1979 edition, which they won. Argentina has also won four South American Youth Championships.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the youth teams, including Sergio Agüero, Pablo Aimar, Nicolás Burdisso, Esteban Cambiasso, Ángel di María, Ramón Díaz, Fernando Gago, Diego Maradona, Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Juan Román Riquelme, Maximiliano Rodríguez, Walter Samuel, Javier Saviola and Carlos Tévez among others.

Contents

Competitive record

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 3
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 Disqualified - - - - - -
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
2009 Did not qualify - - - - - -
2011 Quarter-finals 5 3 2 0 6 1
Total 13/18 72 52 6 14 143 52

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Argentine players have won many individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Year Golden Ball Golden Boot
1979 Diego Maradona Ramón Díaz
2001 Javier Saviola Javier Saviola
2005 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi
2007 Sergio Agüero Sergio Agüero

Current squad

The following players were called for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1][2] Only players born in or after 1 January 1991 are eligible for the competition.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Esteban Andrada January 26, 1991 (1991-01-26) (age 21) 9 0 Lanús
12 GK Rodrigo Rey March 8, 1991 (1991-03-08) (age 20) River Plate
21 GK Damián Martínez September 2, 1992 (1992-09-02) (age 19) Arsenal
2 DF Germán Pezzella June 27, 1991 (1991-06-27) (age 20) 13 3 River Plate
18 DF Leandro González Pirez February 26, 1992 (1992-02-26) (age 20) 11 0 River Plate
6 DF Leonel Galeano August 2, 1991 (1991-08-02) (age 20) 5 0 Independiente
4 DF Hugo Nervo January 6, 1991 (1991-01-06) (age 21) 7 0 Arsenal
14 DF Adrián Martínez February 13, 1992 (1992-02-13) (age 20) San Lorenzo
3 DF Nicolás Tagliafico August 31, 1992 (1992-08-31) (age 19) 7 1 Banfield
13 DF Lucas Kruspzky April 6, 1992 (1992-04-06) (age 19) 0 0 Independiente
5 MF Ezequiel Cirigliano January 24, 1992 (1992-01-24) (age 20) 13 1 River Plate
17 MF Rodrigo Battaglia July 12, 1991 (1991-07-12) (age 20) 8 0 Huracán
7 MF Matías Laba December 11, 1991 (1991-12-11) (age 20) 0 0 Argentinos Juniors
8 MF Roberto Pereyra January 7, 1991 (1991-01-07) (age 21) 4 0 Udinese Calcio
16 MF Lucas Villafáñez October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04) (age 20) 0 0 Independiente
10 MF Erik Lamela March 4, 1992 (1992-03-04) (age 19) 4 3 AS Roma
15 MF Alan Ruiz August 19, 1993 (1993-08-19) (age 18) 0 0 Gimnasia LP
11 FW Juan Iturbe June 4, 1993 (1993-06-04) (age 18) 9 4 Porto
20 FW Carlos Luque March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01) (age 19) 0 0 Colón
19 FW Agustín Vuletich November 3, 1991 (1991-11-03) (age 20) 2 0 Vélez Sársfield
9 FW Facundo Ferreyra March 14, 1991 (1991-03-14) (age 20) 7 4 Banfield

Former squads

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lista de buena fe para el Mundial Sub 20 de Colombia" (in Spanish). AFA. 2011-07-14. http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14685:lista-de-buena-fe-para-el-mundial-sub-20-de-colombia&catid=166:seleccion-sub-20&Itemid=68. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
  2. ^ "Lista de Argentina para Mundial Sub 20Lista de Argentina para Mundial Sub 20" (in Spanish). ESPNDeportes. 2011-07-14. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1336737&s=fut&type=story. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
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