Uruguay national under-17 football team
The Uruguay national under-17 football team represents Uruguay in youth international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup six titles with their best placing being runners-up at the 2011 tournament.
| Nickname(s) | Charrúas Gorriones Celestes (Sky Blue Sparrows) La Celeste (The Sky Blue) | ||
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| Association | Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (Uruguayan Football Association) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Edgardo López Báez | ||
| FIFA code | URU | ||
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| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1991) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up  (2011) | ||
| South American U-17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 19 (first in 1985) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1991, 2005, and 2011) | ||
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 World Cup
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 1985 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1987
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 1989
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 1991 |
Group Stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 1993 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1995
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 1997
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 1999 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
 2001 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2003
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 2005 |
Group Stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
 2007 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2009 |
Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
 2011 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
 2013 |
Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
 2015 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2017
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 2019
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Cancelled | |||||||
 2023 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 6/20 | 0 Titles | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 33 |
South American Under-17 Football Championship
| South American Under-17 Football Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1985 |
Fifth Place | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |
| 1986 |
Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1988 |
Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
 1991 |
Runners-up | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | |
 1993 |
Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1995 |
Third Place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |
| 1997 |
Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
 1999 |
Third Place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |
| 2001 |
Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
 2003 |
Fourth Place | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |
 2005 |
Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |
| 2007 |
Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2009 |
Third Place | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| 2011 |
Runners-up | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |
| 2013 |
Fourth Place | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | |
| 2015 |
Fifth Place | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |
| 2017 |
Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2019 |
Sixth Place | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |
| 2023 |
Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Total | 19/19 | 116 | 54 | 24 | 40 | 208 | 139 | |
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.