Argentina national under-17 football team

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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, Oscar Ustari
Top scorer	Fernando Gatti, 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)

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

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 D1 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 2021 To be determined Total 14/18 5th 65 30 14 21 98 80

South American U-17 Championship[] Year Round GP W D1 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	1GK	Rocco Ríos Novo	(2002-06-04)4 June 2002 (aged 16)	Atlanta United 2
2	2DF		(2002-01-11)11 January 2002 (aged 17)	San Lorenzo
3	2DF	Bruno Amione	(2002-01-03)3 January 2002 (aged 17)	Hellas Verona
4	2DF	Kevin Lomónaco	(2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 17)	Lanús
5	3MF	David Ayala	(2002-07-26)26 July 2002 (aged 16)	Estudiantes
6	2DF	Julián Aude	(2003-03-24)24 March 2003 (aged 15)	Lanús
7	4FW	Exequiel Zeballos	(2002-04-24)24 April 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
8	3MF	Juan Sforza	(2002-02-14)14 February 2002 (aged 17)	Newell's Old Boys
9	4FW	Matías Godoy	(2002-01-10)10 January 2002 (aged 17)	Argentinos Juniors
10	3MF	Matías Palacios	(2002-05-10)10 May 2002 (aged 16)	Basel
11	4FW	Franco Orozco	(2002-01-09)9 January 2002 (aged 17)	Lanús
12	1GK	Federico Losas	(2002-03-28)28 March 2002 (aged 16)	Chacarita Juniors
13	2DF		(2002-03-26)26 March 2002 (aged 16)	Newell's Old Boys
14	2DF	Tomás Lecanda	(2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 17)	River Plate
15	3MF		(2002-07-25)25 July 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
16	3MF	Cristian Medina	(2002-06-01)1 June 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
17	4FW	Santiago Simón	(2002-06-13)13 June 2002 (aged 16)	River Plate
18	4FW	Juan Pablo Krilanovich	(2002-04-07)7 April 2002 (aged 16)	Lanús
19	3MF	Alan Velasco	(2002-07-27)27 July 2002 (aged 16)	Independiente
20	3MF	Luciano Ferreyra	(2002-02-19)19 February 2002 (aged 17)	Rosario Central
21	2DF	Luciano Vera	(2002-02-09)9 February 2002 (aged 17)	Dunajská Streda
22	3MF		(2002-09-05)5 September 2002 (aged 16)	Boca Juniors
23	1GK		(2002-01-16)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[]