Argentina national under-17 football team

The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Argentina Under 17

Nickname(s)	Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue)
Association	Argentine Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Pablo Aimar
Captain	Ezequiel Báez
Most caps	Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, and Oscar Ustari
Top scorer	Fernando Gatti and Hernán Peirone
FIFA code	ARG
First colours Second colours
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 4–0 Argentina  (Nagoya, Japan; 24 August, 1993)  Germany 4–0 Argentina  (Chillan, Chile; , 21 October 2015)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1985)
Best result	Third Place (1991, 1995, 2003)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1985, 2003, 2013, 2019)

Argentina has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups in which they finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth Place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship 4 times.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Fernando Redondo, Nestor Fabbri, Roberto Bonano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Franco Constanzo, Leonardo Biagini, Luciano Galletti, Marcelo Gallardo, Esteban Cambiasso, Gabriel Milito, Ezequiel González, Aldo Duscher, Lucas Biglia, Eduardo Salvio, Maxi López, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez among others.

Honours

Competitive

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Third Place (3): 1991, 1995, 2003
  • Fourth Place (2): 2001, 2013

• South American Championship U-17
  • Champions (4): 1985, 2003, 2013, 2019
  • Runners-up (6): 1988, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2015
  • Third Place (4): 1991, 1993, 2007, 2011
  • Fourth Place (2): 1986, 1999

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup Year Round Position GP W D^1 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 15 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 2021 To be determined Total 14/18 5th 65 30 14 21 101 80

South American Championship U-17 Year Round GP W D^1 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 13 10 2021 TBD Total 18/18 127 68 31 28 235 126

¹Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2019 South American U-17 Championship.

Manager: Pablo Aimar

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Rocco Ríos Novo	4 June 2002 (aged 16)	Lanús
2	DF	Francisco Flores	11 January 2002 (aged 17)	San Lorenzo
3	DF	Bruno Amione	3 January 2002 (aged 17)	Belgrano
4	DF	Kevin Lomónaco	8 January 2002 (aged 17)	Lanús
5	MF	David Ayala	26 July 2002 (aged 16)	Estudiantes de La Plata
6	DF	Julián Aude	24 March 2003 (aged 15)	Lanús
7	FW	Exequiel Zeballos	24 April 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
8	MF	Juan Sforza	14 February 2002 (aged 17)	Newell's Old Boys
9	FW	Matías Godoy	10 January 2002 (aged 17)	Atlético de Rafaela
10	MF	Matías Palacios	10 May 2002 (aged 16)	San Lorenzo
11	FW	Franco Orozco	9 January 2002 (aged 17)	Lanús
12	GK	Federico Losas	28 March 2002 (aged 16)	Chacarita Juniors
13	DF	Valentín Benítez	26 March 2002 (aged 16)	Newell's Old Boys
14	DF	Tomás Lecanda	29 January 2002 (aged 17)	River Plate
15	MF	Ignacio Fernández	25 July 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
16	MF	Cristian Medina	1 June 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
17	FW	Santiago Simón	13 June 2002 (aged 16)	River Plate
18	FW	Juan Pablo Krilanovich	7 April 2002 (aged 16)	Lanús
19	MF	Alan Velasco	27 July 2002 (aged 16)	Independiente
20	MF	Luciano Ferreyra	19 February 2002 (aged 17)	Rosario Central
21	DF	Luciano Vera	9 February 2002 (aged 17)	River Plate
22	MF	Ricardo Martínez	5 September 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
23	GK	Agustín Gómez	16 January 2002 (aged 17)	River Plate

See also

• Argentina national football team
• Argentina national under-20 football team
• South American Under-17 Football Championship

References