Argentina national under-17 football team

Argentina Under-17
Nickname(s)	Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue)
Association	Argentine Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
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	14 (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

The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Argentina has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups in which they finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth Place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship 4 times.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Fernando Redondo, Nestor Fabbri, Roberto Bonano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Franco Constanzo, Leonardo Biagini, Luciano Galletti, Marcelo Gallardo, Esteban Cambiasso, Gabriel Milito, Ezequiel González, Aldo Duscher, Lucas Biglia, Eduardo Salvio, Maxi López, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez among others.

Honours

Competitive

FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Third Place (3): 1991, 1995, 2003
- Fourth Place (2): 2001, 2013
South American Championship U-17
- Champions (4): 1985, 2003, 2013, 2019
- Runners-up (6): 1988, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2015
- Third Place (5): 1991, 1993, 2007, 2011, 2023
- Fourth Place (2): 1986, 1999

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	qualified
Total	14/18	5th	65	30	14	21	98	80

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.

Current squad

The following 23 players are called up to the squad for the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.[1]

Caps and goals as of 27 October 2022, after the game against Ecuador.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Froilán Díaz	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006	4	0	Unión de Sunchales
23	1GK	Lorenzo Luchino	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006	0	0	Sevilla
12	1GK	Enrique Maza	(2007-02-28) 28 February 2007	0	0	Atlético Tucumán

4	2DF	Dylan Gorosito	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006	6	0	Boca Juniors
14	2DF	Tobías Palacio	(2006-11-11) 11 November 2006	5	0	Argentinos Juniors
6	2DF	Juan Villalba	(2006-03-15) 15 March 2006	4	0	Vélez Sarsfield
15	2DF	Ulises Giménez	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006	3	0	River Plate
13	2DF	Octavio Ontivero	(2008-02-28) 28 February 2008	1	0	Lanús
3	2DF	Axel Cabellos	(2006-11-18) 18 November 2006	0	0	Racing Club
16	2DF	Gonzalo Escudero	(2007-04-01) 1 April 2007	0	0	Racing Club

19	3MF	Kevin Gutiérrez	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006	5	0	Rosario Central
	3MF	Camilo Rey Domenech	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006	5	0	Boca Juniors
20	3MF	Mariano Gerez	(2006-01-19) 19 January 2006	4	0	Lanús
11	3MF	Santiago López	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006	2	0	Independiente
8	3MF	Gustavo Albarracín	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006	1	0	Talleres
10	3MF	Claudio Echeverri	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006	1	0	River Plate
22	3MF	Maximiliano Porcel	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006	1	0	Vélez Sarsfield
21	3MF	Valentino Acuña	(2006-01-27) 27 January 2006	0	0	Newell's Old Boys
15	3MF	Juan Giménez	(2006-04-27) 27 April 2006	0	0	Rosario Central

9	4FW	Agustiín Ruberto	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006	5	4	River Plate
18	4FW	Alejo Sarco	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006	5	3	Vélez Sarsfield
7	4FW	Ian Subiabre	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007	1	0	River Plate
17	4FW	Benjamín Acosta	(2006-02-08) 8 February 2006	0	0	Lanús

References

"Sub 17: convocados para el Sudamericano en Ecuador" (in Spanish). Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

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[1] "Sub 17: convocados para el Sudamericano en Ecuador" (in Spanish). Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.