Argentina national under-20 football team

Argentina Under-20
Nickname(s)	Albicelestes; (White and Sky blue)
Association	Argentine Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Fernando Batista
Captain	Nehuén Pérez
FIFA code	ARG
First colours	Second 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
	Uruguay 5–1 Argentina; (Quito, Ecuador; March 8, 1981) ; Brazil 4–0 Argentina; (Quito, Ecuador; March 5, 1981)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	27 (first in 1958)
Best result	Champions (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015)

The Argentina national under-20 football team is a youth national team of Argentina. They represent Argentina at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and at the South American Youth Championship.

Competitive record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	20	2
1981	First Round	9th	3	1	1	1	3	3
1983	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	13	2
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987	Did Not Qualify
1989	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	0	3	3	4
1991	First Round	14th	3	0	1	2	2	6
1993	Disqualified
1995	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	12	3
1997	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	15	7
1999	Second Round	16th	4	1	1	2	2	5
2001	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	27	4
2003	Fourth Place	4th	7	5	0	2	12	8
2005	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	12	5
2007	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	16	2
2009	Did Not Qualify
2011	Quarter-Finals	8th	5	3	2	0	6	1
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015	First Round	20th	3	0	2	1	4	5
2017	First Round	17th	3	1	0	2	6	5
2019	Round of 16	12th	4	2	1	1	10	6
2021	TBD
Total	16/22	2nd	82	55	9	18	163	68

Year	Round	GP	W	D¹	L	GS	GA
1954	Did Not Participate
1958	Runners-up	5	2	2	1	16	10
1964	Sixth Place	6	1	2	3	4	5
1967	Champions	6	2	3	1	9	7
1971	Third Place	5	3	0	2	7	3
1974	Fourth Place	5	1	2	2	3	5
1975	Third Place	5	2	2	1	7	6
1977	Sixth Place	4	0	2	2	3	5
1979	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	10	1
1981	Third Place	6	3	1	2	11	12
1983	Third Place	7	5	1	1	17	10
1985	Fifth Place	4	1	2	1	5	3
1987	Third Place	6	3	1	2	9	9
1988	Third Place	8	6	0	2	13	5
1991	Runners-up	7	3	3	1	12	10
1992	Disqualified
1995	Runners-up	7	5	1	1	10	3
1997	Champions	9	5	3	1	18	7
1999	Champions	9	8	0	1	21	3
2001	Runners-up	9	5	3	1	13	6
2003	Champions	9	6	2	1	15	5
2005	Third Place	9	5	4	0	19	4
2007	Runners-up	9	3	5	1	15	8
2009	Sixth Place	9	1	5	3	10	13
2011	Third Place	9	6	1	2	15	9
2013	Seventh Place	4	1	1	2	6	7
2015	Champions	9	7	1	1	24	7
2017	Fourth Place	9	3	4	2	15	14
2019	Runners-up	9	5	1	3	10	6
2021	TBD
Total	27/29	190	95	54	41	317	183

¹Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA U-20 World Cup
- 01 Champions (6): 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007
- 02 Runners-up (1): 1983
- Fourth Place (1): 2003
South American Championship U-20
- 01 Champions (5): 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015
- 02 Runners-up (7): 1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019
- 03 Third Place (8): 1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011
- Fourth Place (2): 1974, 2017

Rank	Player	Year(s)	Total Goals
1	Lionel Messi ^[1]	2005	14
2	Fernando Cavenaghi	2003	12
3	Javier Saviola	2001	11
4	Luciano Galletti	1999	10
4	Giovanni Simeone	2015	10
5	Ramón Díaz	1979	8
5	Bernardo Romeo	1997	8
6	Diego Maradona	1979	7
	Juan Esnaider	1991
	Román Riquelme	1997
	Pablo Aimar	1997–99
	Marcelo Torres	2017
	Lautaro Martínez	2017
7	Leonardo Biagini	1995	6
	Sergio Agüero	2007
	Ángel Correa	2016

The Argentine team that won the 1979 World Youth Championship
Argentina playing against Brazil in the 1983 World Cup final, where they lost 1–0
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The brawl that took place in the Argentina-Portugal match at the 1991 World Cup
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Ariel Ibagaza carrying the ball in the final, Argentina 2–0 Brazil, 1995 World Cup
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Captain Juan Pablo Sorín holding the trophy won at the 1995 FIFA championship. Besides him, coach José Pekerman. Under his guidance, the team won three world titles
Lionel Messi is the all-time top goalscorer of Argentina U-20 national team with 14 goals