Argentina national under-17 football team

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

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, finishing in third place three times and fourth place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship four times.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Emiliano Martínez, 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.

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.

Honours

Competitive

FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Third Place (3): 1991, 1995, 2003

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

Current squad

The following 21 players are called up to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[1]

Caps and goals as of 12 September 2023, after the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Froilán Díaz	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 18)	9	0	Unión de Santa Fe
12	1GK	Jeremías Florentín	(2006-09-01) 1 September 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Talleres
21	1GK	Franco Villalba	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Vélez Sarsfield

2	2DF	Ulises Giménez	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)	7	0	River Plate
3	2DF	Octavio Ontivero	(2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Lanús
4	2DF	Dylan Gorosito	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Boca Juniors
6	2DF	Juan Manuel Villalba	(2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18)	7	0	Vélez Sarsfield
13	2DF	Valente Pierani	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Estudiantes de La Plata
14	2DF	Tobías Palacio	(2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 18)	10	0	Argentinos Juniors
15	2DF	Juan Giménez	(2006-04-27) 27 April 2006 (age 18)	8	1	Rosario Central
16	2DF	Thiago Laplace	(2006-04-03) 3 April 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Lanús

5	3MF	Mariano Gerez	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)	8	0	Lanús
8	3MF	Gustavo Albarracín	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18)	8	0	Talleres
17	3MF	Valentino Acuña	(2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 18)	8	0	Newell's Old Boys
18	3MF	Kevin Gutiérrez	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18)	11	1	Rosario Central
20	3MF	Franco Mastantuono	(2007-08-14) 14 August 2007 (age 17)	0	0	River Plate

7	4FW	Ian Subiabre	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17)	8	0	River Plate
9	4FW	Agustín Ruberto	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 18)	10	3	River Plate
10	4FW	Claudio Echeverri	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)	10	5	River Plate
11	4FW	Santiago López	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)	11	4	Independiente
19	4FW	Maher Carrizo	(2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Vélez Sarsfield

References

^ "Sub 17: convocados para el Mundial de Indonesia" [U17: squad for the World Cup in Indonesia] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[1] "Sub 17: convocados para el Mundial de Indonesia" [U17: squad for the World Cup in Indonesia] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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