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	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 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.

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	15/19	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.

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

Current squad

The following 23 players are called up to the squad for a training camp ahead of the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1]

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Froilán Díaz	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006	9	0	Unión de Santa Fe
1GK	Jeremías Florentín		0	0	Talleres
1GK	Franco Villalba	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006	0	0	Vélez Sarsfield
2DF	Ulises Giménez	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006	7	0	River Plate
2DF	Agustin Obregon	(2006-02-11) 11 February 2006	0	0	River Plate
2DF	Tobías Palacio	(2006-11-11) 11 November 2006	10	0	Argentinos Juniors
2DF	Juan Giménez	(2006-04-27) 27 April 2006	8	1	Rosario Central
2DF	Valente Pierani	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006	1	0	Estudiantes de La Plata
2DF	Juan Manuel Villalba	(2006-03-15) 15 March 2006	7	0	Vélez Sarsfield
2DF	Gonzalo Escudero	(2007-04-01) 1 April 2007	3	0	Racing
2DF	Axel Cabellos	(2006-11-18) 18 November 2006	6	0	Racing
2DF	Thiago Laplace	(2006-04-03) 3 April 2006	0	0	Lanús
3MF	Mariano Gerez	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006	8	0	Lanús
3MF	Gustavo Albarracín	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006	8	0	Talleres
3MF	Valentino Acuña	(2006-01-27) 27 January 2006	8	0	Newell's Old Boys
3MF	Kevin Gutiérrez	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006	11	1	Rosario Central
3MF	Franco Mastantuono	(2007-08-14) 14 August 2007	0	0	River Plate
4FW	Claudio Echeverri	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006	10	5	River Plate
4FW	Maher Carrizo	(2006-02-19) 19 February 2006	0	0	Vélez Sarsfield
4FW	Felipe Rodríguez-Gentile	(2006-10-04) 4 October 2006	0	0	Preston North End
4FW	Agustín Ruberto	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006	10	3	River Plate
4FW	Mateo Sciancalepore	(2006-02-07) 7 February 2006	0	0	Espanyol
4FW	Santiago López	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006	11	4	Independiente
4FW	Ian Subiabre	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007	8	0	River Plate
4FW	Alex Valdez Chamarro	(2006-06-13) 13 June 2006	0	0	Lanús
4FW	Tomás Pérez	(2006-04-27) 27 April 2006	0	0	Lanús
4FW	Gianluca Prestianni	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006	5	2	Vélez Sarsfield

References

"Sub 17: segundo entrenamiento de la semana" (in Spanish). Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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[1] "Sub 17: segundo entrenamiento de la semana" (in Spanish). Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.