Argentina national under-20 football team

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Argentina Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
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
 Mexico 4–1  Argentina
(Ibadan, Nigeria; April 15, 1999)

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, Jorge Burruchaga, Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Juan Román Riquelme, Oscar Ruggeri, Gabriel Calderon, Sergio Goycochea, Sergio Romero, Maximiliano Rodríguez, Luis Islas, Luciano Galletti, Juan Sorin, Franco Constanzo, Walter Samuel, Javier Saviola, Jorge Borelli, Leonardo Biagini, Diego Simeone and Carlos Tévez among others.


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[edit] Competitive record

[edit] FIFA World Youth Championship Record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not participate - - - - - -
Japan 1979 Champions 6 6 0 0 20 2
Australia 1981 First round 3 1 1 1 3 3
Mexico 1983 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 13 2
Soviet Union 1985 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Chile 1987 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 1989 Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 3 4
Portugal 1991 First round 3 0 1 2 2 6
Australia 1993 Disqualified - - - - - -
Qatar 1995 Champions 6 5 0 1 12 3
Malaysia 1997 Champions 7 6 0 1 15 7
Nigeria 1999 Second round 4 1 1 2 2 5
Argentina 2001 Champions 7 7 0 0 27 4
United Arab Emirates 2003 Semi-finals 7 5 0 2 12 8
Netherlands 2005 Champions 7 6 0 1 12 5
Canada 2007 Champions 7 6 1 0 16 2
Egypt 2009 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Colombia 2011 Quarter-finals 5 3 2 0 6 1
Total 13/18 72 52 6 14 143 52

[edit] 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

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

[edit] Former squads

Argentina U-20 team at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

[edit] See also

[edit] 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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