Argentina national under-17 football team

The Argentina national under-17 football team represents Argentina in youth international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup where their best placing is third place three times. They have won the South American Under-17 Football Championship four times.

Argentina U-17

Nickname(s)	Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue) Los Cebollitas (Little Onions) Los Pibes (The Kids)
Association	Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation)
Head coach	Diego Placente
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	15 (first in 1985)
Best result	Third place (1991, 1995, 2003)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1985, 2003, 2013, 2019)
Medal record U-17 World Cup 1991 Italia Team 1995 Ecuador Team 2003 Finland Team

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 2023 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1 2 19 9 2025 to be determined Total 15/20 5th 72 34 15 23 117 89

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 14 10 2023 Third place 9 5 2 2 15 8 Total 19/19 136 73 33 30 250 134

¹Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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