Uruguay national under-20 football team

Uruguay under-20
Nickname(s)	Cains; La Celeste Olímpica (The Olympic Sky Blue) ; La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
Association	Uruguayan Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Vacant
Home stadium	Estadio Centenario
FIFA code	URU
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up, 1997, 2013
South American Youth Football Championship
Appearances	28 (first in 1954)
Best result	Winners, 1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017

Uruguay national under-20 football team represents Uruguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and the South American Youth Football Championship.

Results and fixtures[]

Win Draw Loss

2021[]

29 October 2021 (2021-10-29) Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Uruguay	San Rafael, Costa Rica
		Report	De Los Santos 51'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Fedefútbol-Plycem

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) Friendly	Costa Rica	1–2	Uruguay	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Aguilera 9'	Report	Duarte 34', 39'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Friendly	Honduras	3–0	Uruguay	Siguatepeque, Honduras
	Arzú 24', 84' Aceituno 60'	Report		Stadium: Complejo Casa de la H

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) Friendly	Honduras	2–1	Uruguay	Siguatepeque, Honduras
	Aceituno 10' Mencía 50'	Report	Abreu 47'	Stadium: Complejo Casa de la H

8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) Copa Raúl Coloma Rivas	Chile	1–1	Uruguay	La Calera, Chile
17:00 UTC−3	Conelli 75'	Report	Abreu 79'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar

10 December 2021 (2021-12-10) Copa Raúl Coloma Rivas	Uruguay	1–2	Colombia	La Calera, Chile
20:30 UTC−3	Martin	Report	Ángel	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar

12 December 2021 (2021-12-12) Copa Raúl Coloma Rivas	Uruguay	3–1	Paraguay	La Calera, Chile
20:30 UTC−3	Díaz 7' (pen.) Rodríguez 33' De Los Santos 36' (pen.)	Report	García 2'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar

Competitive record[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup[]

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Fourth Place	4th	5	3	1	1	6	5
1979	Third Place	3rd	6	4	1	1	10	3
1981	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	3	0	1	6	2
1983	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	5
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987
1989
1991	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	0	7
1993	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	5
1995	Banned
1997	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	14	6
1999	Fourth Place	4th	7	2	2	3	7	8
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	4	6
2009	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	7	5
2011	Group Stage	18th	3	0	2	1	1	2
2013	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	10	3
2015	Round of 16	12th	4	1	2	1	3	3
2017	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	4	0	7	3
2019	Round of 16	13th	4	3	0	1	8	4
2021	To be determined
Total	15/22	0 titles	73	34	21	18	96	67

South American Youth Football Championship[]

South American Youth Football Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
1954	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	066.67
1958	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	13	9	+4	040.00
1964	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	066.67
1967	Group Stage	7th	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	025.00
1971	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	060.00
1974	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	050.00
1975	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	9	3	+6	050.00
1977	Champions	1st	7	4	3	0	11	2	+9	057.14
1979	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	1	+11	083.33
1981	Champions	1st	7	5	1	1	17	8	+9	071.43
1983	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	14	12	+2	057.14
1985	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	1	3	10	11	−1	042.86
1987	Fourth Place	4th	7	4	1	2	13	9	+4	057.14
1988	First Group Stage	10th	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	000.00
1991	Third Place	3rd	7	3	4	0	13	5	+8	042.86
1992	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	050.00
1995	Did not participate
1997	Fourth Place	4th	9	4	4	1	14	8	+6	044.44
1999	Runners-up	2nd	9	4	3	2	13	7	+6	044.44
2001	First Group Stage	7th	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	025.00
2003	Final Group	5th	9	4	1	4	16	12	+4	044.44
2005	Final Group	5th	9	2	5	2	13	10	+3	022.22
2007	Final Group	3rd	9	4	2	3	13	11	+2	044.44
2009	Final Group	3rd	9	6	1	2	21	16	+5	066.67
2011	Final Group	2nd	9	4	2	3	10	11	−1	044.44
2013	Final Group	3rd	9	4	3	2	15	12	+3	044.44
2015	Final Group	3rd	9	5	2	2	15	5	+10	055.56
2017	Champions	1st	9	6	2	1	18	8	+10	066.67
2019	Final Group	3rd	9	4	2	3	10	8	+2	044.44
2021	TBD
Total	29/30	8 Titles	190	95	56	39	320	201	+119	050.00

Minor tournaments[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
2010 Copa Integración Latinoamericana	Fourth Place	4th	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	033.33
2010 Copa Alcaldía de Medellín	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	033.33
2010 Copa Aerosur	Sixth Place	6th	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	000.00
2010 100 Años de la Camiseta Celeste trophy	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
	Champions	1st	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
2012 Copa Provincia del Chaco	Third Place	3rd	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
Total	—	1 Title	15	4	7	4	16	16	+0	026.67

FIFA World Cup matches[]

World Cup matches (By team)
Team	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
United States	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	075.00
Portugal	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Ghana	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	033.33
Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	033.33
Hungary	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Poland	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
England	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
South Korea	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Spain	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5	033.33
Mali	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Argentina	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Guinea	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Belgium	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Morocco	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Germany	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Honduras	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
France	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Australia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Japan	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Romania	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Syria	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Zambia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total	51	23	13	15	68	54	+14	045.10

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 33 players were called up to take part in the training camp from 28 February to 2 March 2022.^[1]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	José Arbio	(2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 (age 19)	River Plate Montevideo
1GK	Facundo Machado	(2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 18)	Nacional
1GK	Ángel Maciel	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 18)	Defensor Sporting
1GK	Randall Rodríguez	(2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 18)	Peñarol

2DF	Mateo Antoni	(2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 (age 18)	Nacional
2DF	Mathías De Ritis	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 19)	Peñarol
2DF	Joaquín Ferreira	(2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 18)	Peñarol
2DF	Alan Matturro	(2004-10-11) 11 October 2004 (age 17)	Defensor Sporting
2DF	Santiago Otegui	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 19)	Nacional
2DF	Germán Peralta	(2004-01-17) 17 January 2004 (age 18)	Nacional
2DF		(2004-06-26) 26 June 2004 (age 17)	Liverpool Montevideo
2DF	Mateo Ponte	(2003-05-24) 24 May 2003 (age 18)	Danubio
2DF	Agustín Rodríguez	(2003-07-15) 15 July 2003 (age 18)	Peñarol
2DF		(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 18)	Liverpool Montevideo
2DF	Mateo Urrutia	(2003-06-02) 2 June 2003 (age 18)	Montevideo City Torque

3MF	Facundo Bernal	(2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 (age 18)	Defensor Sporting
3MF	Fabricio Díaz	(2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 19)	Liverpool Montevideo
3MF	Pablo Furtado	(2004-02-04) 4 February 2004 (age 18)	Boston River
3MF	Franco González	(2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 17)	Danubio
3MF	Joaquín Lavega	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 17)	River Plate Montevideo
3MF	Santiago Milano	(2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 19)	Montevideo City Torque
3MF	Ignacio Sosa	(2003-08-31) 31 August 2003 (age 18)	Fénix
3MF	Martín Suárez	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 17)	Montevideo Wanderers

4FW	Matías Abaldo	(2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 17)	Defensor Sporting
4FW	Juan Cruz De Los Santos	(2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 19)	River Plate Montevideo
4FW	Anderson Duarte	(2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 (age 18)	Defensor Sporting
4FW	Diago Fernández	(2005-12-25) 25 December 2005 (age 16)	Fénix
4FW	Andrés Ferrari	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 19)	Defensor Sporting
4FW		(2003-11-16) 16 November 2003 (age 18)	Rentistas
4FW		(2004-10-18) 18 October 2004 (age 17)	Racing Club Montevideo
4FW	Luciano Rodríguez	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 18)	Progreso
4FW	Augusto Scarone	(2004-06-03) 3 June 2004 (age 17)	Nacional
4FW	Nicolás Siri	(2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 17)	Montevideo City Torque

Recent call-ups[]

The following eligible players have also been called up to the squad in past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Martín Coirolo	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 18)	Montevideo City Torque

2DF		(2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 (age 18)	Racing Club Montevideo
2DF	Sebastián Boselli	(2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 18)	Defensor Sporting
2DF	Vittorio Magno	(2003-02-21) 21 February 2003 (age 19)	Montevideo City Torque
2DF	Fabricio Vidal	(2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 19)	River Plate Montevideo

3MF	Kevin Alaníz	(2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 19)	Fénix
3MF	Juan Martín	(2003-09-28) 28 September 2003 (age 18)	Montevideo City Torque
3MF		(2003-06-14) 14 June 2003 (age 18)	Defensor Sporting

4FW	Diego Abreu	(2003-08-27) 27 August 2003 (age 18)	Defensor Sporting
4FW	Nahuel De Armas	(2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 19)	Peñarol
4FW	Martín Fernández	(2003-06-23) 23 June 2003 (age 18)	Boston River
4FW	Nicolás Fernández	(2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 19)	Rentistas
4FW	Guillermo López	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 19)	Nacional
4FW	Rodrigo Pérez	(2003-10-17) 17 October 2003 (age 18)	Plaza Colonia

References[]

^ "La selección sub-20 trabajará con 33 futbolistas desde el lunes" (in Spanish). 25 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

[1] "La selección sub-20 trabajará con 33 futbolistas desde el lunes" (in Spanish). 25 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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