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Argentina U-20

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	vacant
Captain	Agustín Giay
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	17 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	28 (first in 1958)
Best result	Champions (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015)
Medal record FIFA U-20 World Cup 1979 Japan Team 1995 Qatar Team 1997 Malaysia Team 2001 Argentina Team 2005 Netherlands Team 2007 Canada Team 1983 Mexico Team
Website	afa.com.ar/selecciones

The Argentina national under-20 football team is the representative of Argentina in FIFA-sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Argentina is the most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the competition a record six times. The team has participated in 17 of the 23 World Championship events, since the 1979 edition, which they won. Argentina has also won five South American Youth Championships.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the youth teams, including Sergio Agüero, Pablo Aimar, Nicolás Burdisso, Esteban Cambiasso, Ángel Di María, Ramón Díaz, Fernando Gago, Diego Maradona, Jorge Burruchaga, Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Juan Román Riquelme, Oscar Ruggeri, Gabriel Calderón, Sergio Goycochea, Sergio Romero, Maxi Rodríguez, Luis Islas, Luciano Galletti, Juan Pablo Sorín, Franco Costanzo, Walter Samuel, Javier Saviola, Jorge Borelli, Leonardo Biagini, Diego Simeone, Carlos Tevez, Erik Lamela, Éver Banega, Manuel Lanzini, and Pablo Piatti.

History

1979: The first world title

Argentina did not participate in the first FIFA World Youth Championship in Tunisia, but appeared at the next edition held in Japan. The team, coached by César Luis Menotti with the help of Ernesto Duchini (who had previously chosen the players and working with them), won the tournament, showing a fine style of play consisting of high possession of the ball, diverse kinds of passes, dribbling, a solid defense and a powerful offensive line that scored a total of 20 goals in the tournament. Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz were the team's most notable players. The tournament was also the first official championship played by Maradona in a national team. After his frustration of 1978, Maradona made the most of his performances during the tournament, being the best player of the team due to his passing moves, dribblings to rivals, his accuracy to shot free kicks and the six goals he scored.

Before every match, Diego played with the ball, putting it on his neck or his shoulders while the Japanese people couldn't stop applauding him. When I would see this, I would say to myself: "Wow, and the show hasn't even started yet".

Argentina debuted in Group B, thrashing Indonesia 5–0 in their first match, beating Yugoslavia 1–0 in the second and defeating Poland in the third match, 4–1. The youth squad finished first in the group with ten goals scored and only one conceded. En route to the final, Argentina hammered Algeria 5–0, then defeated arch-rival Uruguay 2–0. In the final against the Soviet Union on 7 September, the team won 3–1, becoming the World Youth Champions for the first time. Ramón Díaz won the Golden Shoe as the topscorer, with eight goals, while Maradona was awarded the Golden Ball as best player of the tournament.

Apart from Maradona and Díaz, other notable players of the team were Juan Simón, Hugo Alves, Gabriel Calderón, Juan Barbas and Osvaldo Escudero. That team is still regarded as one of the best Argentine national squads ever.

1981–91: The dark decade

Argentina attended the next tournament, hosted by Australia in 1981. They were defeated 2–1 by hosts Australia, then achieved a draw with England (1–1) and beat Cameroon 1–0. Argentina did not qualify to the next stage, however, earning only three points after three matches played.

The team made a much better performance at the 1983 championship in Mexico, reaching the final with Brazil. On the first round, Argentina thrashed China PR 5–0, then defeated Austria 3–0 and beat Czechoslovakia 2–0. The team finished first in the group with zero goals conceded. In the quarter-finals, Argentina defeated Netherlands 2–1 (after Marco van Basten had opened the scored for the Oranje) and Poland 1–0 in the semi-finals. On 19 June 1983, Argentina played the final against Brazil, falling 1–0 at the Estadio Azteca. The team was coached by Carlos Pachamé, designated by the Senior team coach, Carlos Bilardo, to work with youth players.

Some of the players of that team were goalkeeper Luis Islas, defenders Fabián Basualdo, Jorge Theiler, Carlos Enrique; midfielders Mario Vanemerak, Oscar Acosta and Roberto Zárate; and forwards Claudio García, Jorge Luis Gabrich and Oscar Dertycia.

Argentina did not qualify for the 1985 and 1987 championships (played in the Soviet Union and Chile respectively), but the team participated in the tournament held in Saudi Arabia as one of the three qualified in the South American championship. Argentina was defeated by Spain in the first match. The team recovered winning the second game to Norway 2–0, but although it lost the last match to Iraq, Argentina qualified for the second round. In the knockout stage, the team was beaten 1–0 by Brazil.

For the 1991 championship held in Portugal, Argentina was coached by Reinaldo Merlo, who was designated by then-senior coach Alfio Basile as it had been in the precedent era.

Argentina made its worst campaign in youth tournaments, finishing last in their group with only one point earned from three matches. The team lost to Korea united team 1–0 in the first match, then were defeated by hosts Portugal 3–0 in a match where three Argentine players (Claudio París, Mauricio Pellegrino and Juan Esnáider) were sent off for their rough play which culminated in a brawl on the pitch between both teams. As a result, FIFA punished the Argentina Football Association (AFA) with a two-year suspension, as well as a one-year suspension for Esnáider and a two-year suspension for Norberto Recassens (one of the representatives of the AFA), both of whom insulted the referees in their dressing room at the end of the match.

Some of the players that took part of that team were goalkeeper Leonardo Díaz, defenders Diego Cocca, Mauricio Pochettino and Pellegrino; midfielders París, Walter Paz Hugo Morales and Christian Bassedas; and forwards Marcelo Delgado and Esnáider.

Pékerman era: the golden years

Because it was banned, Argentina did not participate in the 1993 World Cup in Australia. The Argentina Football Association (AFA) had opted to name a new coach entirely independent from the senior team coach as had been until then. Selected was José Pékerman, who, despite not having much previous experience, convinced the AFA to hire him.

The good results were immediate: Argentina won the first World Cup contested with Pékerman as coach, held in 1995 in Qatar. In the first stage, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 1–0, then lost to Portugal 1–0 followed by a 4–2 win over Honduras, securing a second-place finish and progression to the quarter-finals, where they thrashed Cameroon by 4–0. In semi-finals, Argentina beat Spain 3–0 then defeated Brazil 2–0 in the final, exacting revenge from the 1983 tournament where the Brazilians won.

Some of its most notable players were Juan Pablo Sorín, Joaquín Irigoytía, Federico Domínguez, Mariano Juan, Ariel Ibagaza, Leonardo Biagini and Walter Coyette.

Argentina won its third title at the 1997 championship, hosted by Malaysia. The team defeated Hungary 3–0 and Canada 2–1, but lost to Australia 4–3. Argentina passed to the round of 16 where they defeated England 2–1. In quarter-finals, Argentina eliminated Brazil after winning 2–0, then beat the Republic of Ireland 1–0 in the semi-finals. In the final match, played on 5 July 1997, the squad defeated Uruguay 2–1 to win its third championship. The team also received the FIFA Fair Play Award in recognition to the good behaviour showed on the field.

Argentina showed the talent of notable players such as Leonardo Franco, Fabián Cubero, Leandro Cufré, Walter Samuel, Diego Placente, Esteban Cambiasso, Pablo Aimar, Juan Román Riquelme and Bernardo Romeo, many of them with already many matched played in the Primera División when the tournament began.

The performance during the 1999 World Championship in Nigeria was not so good. Argentina finished 3rd of 4 in the group, winning over Kazakhstan 1–0 at the debut but with a game lost to Ghana (1-0) and a 0–0 draw with Croatia. On the round of 16, Argentina was largely defeated at the hands Mexico by 4-1 and eliminated from the tournament.

In 2001 Argentina hosted its first Youth Championship. The team won its fourth title, the third championship in seven years. Argentina debuted in the José Amalfitani Stadium (the venue where the team played all its games in Buenos Aires) defeating Finland 1–0. The next game Argentina thrashed Egypt 7–1 (with three goals by Javier Saviola), and closed its participation in Group A by smashing Jamaica by 5–1. In the knockout round, Argentina successively eliminated China (2–1), France (3–1) and Paraguay (5–0), winning the tournament with a convincing 3–0 over Ghana at the final, played on 8 July at Vélez Sársfield. Argentina won its fourth youth title unbeaten, scoring 27 goals in 7 matches, conceding 4. River Plate's forward Javier Saviola was awarded with the Golden Shoe (as the topscorer with 11) and Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament. Likewise, Argentina was awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award for the second-straight time. Apart from the multi-awarded Saviola, the national squad had a powerful team with most of its players being experienced playing at the domestic first division, notably Nicolás Burdisso, Leonardo Ponzio, Julio Arca, Leandro Romagnoli, Mauro Rosales, Andrés D'Alessandro and Maxi Rodríguez.

The 2001 championship was the last title won with Pékerman as coach, closing a brilliant era that brought back the prestige to Argentine football.

2003–07: The success continues

After the departure of Pékerman, former goalkeeper Hugo Tocalli was designed to replace him. With Tocalli as coach, Argentina made its debut at 2003 championship defeating Spain 2–1. The team also beat Uzbekistan (by the same score) and Mali (3–1). Argentina finished first and unbeaten the first stage. In the round of 16, the national squad beat Egypt 2–1, then defeated United States 2-1 but Argentina lost to Brazil 1–0 at the semifinals. The team was also defeated by Colombia in the 3rd place match so Argentina finished in the 4th position of the general table. Striker Fernando Cavenaghi was the top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals.

In 2004, Pékerman was appointed to coach the Argentina senior team ahead of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. One year later, Tocalli left the youth team to join Pékerman's coaching staff on the senior squad, so Francisco Ferraro was designated coach, won its fifth title at the World championship hosted by the Netherlands. Argentina lost to the United States in the first match, won against Egypt (2–1) and Germany (1–0) to qualify for the next stage. From the round of 16 to the semi-finals, Argentina successively eliminated Colombia (2–1), Spain (3–1) and Brazil (2–1) reaching the finals for the sixth time. On 2 July 2005, Argentina defeated Nigeria 2–1 in the final to win its fifth youth championship. Both goals were scored by Lionel Messi from the penalty spot. Messi was the leader of the team and his magical performances resulted in him winning both the top scorer and best player's awards.

In the 2005 team's squad, Lionel Messi was the star player and had already been a La Liga champion with FC Barcelona in the 2004–05 season. Other notable players for Argentina in that year were goalkeeper Oscar Ustari; defenders Ezequiel Garay and Julio Barroso, midfielders Pablo Zabaleta, Fernando Gago and Lucas Biglia and forwards Sergio Agüero and Neri Cardozo.

Two years later, the team won its second straight title at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, hosted by Canada. After a 0–0 draw in the debut with the Czech Republic, Argentina smashed Panama 6–0 and defeated North Korea 1–0 to secure qualification to the second round. In the knockout stage, Argentina eliminated Poland (3–1), followed by Mexico (1–0) and Chile (3–0) en route to the final. In the final, played on 22 July, Argentina won its sixth title after defeating the Czechs 3–1. Sergio Agüero, the top scorer of the championship with six goals, was also awarded the Golden Ball as best player. Other notable players on the squad were goalkeeper Sergio Romero, midfielders Éver Banega and Maxi Moralez and forwards Ángel Di María, Mauro Zárate and Pablo Piatti.

Since 2009: Struggle

Argentina's successful performances could not be repeated at the following seven U-20 World Cups. The team failed to qualify twice (2009, 2013) and was eliminated from the group stage on two occasions (2015, 2017).

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup 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 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 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 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 17th 3 1 0 2 6 5 2019 Round of 16 12th 4 2 1 1 10 6 2023 9th 4 3 0 1 10 3 2025 To be determined Total 17/24 2nd 86 58 9 19 173 71

South American Championship U-20 Record Year Round GP W D 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 2023 Eighth place 4 1 0 3 3 6 Total 28/30 194 96 54 44 320 189

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Argentine players have won many individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups.

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
• Match dates: 20 May – 26 May 2023

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Federico Gomes Gerth	(2004-03-05)5 March 2004 (aged 19)	Tigre
2	2DF	Lautaro Di Lollo	(2004-03-10)10 March 2004 (aged 19)	Boca Juniors
3	2DF	Valentín Barco	(2004-07-23)23 July 2004 (aged 18)	Boca Juniors
4	2DF	Agustín Giay	(2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (aged 19)	San Lorenzo
5	3MF	Federico Redondo	(2003-01-18)18 January 2003 (aged 20)	Inter Miami
6	2DF	Valentín Gómez	(2003-06-26)26 June 2003 (aged 19)	Vélez Sarsfield
7	4FW	Juan Gauto	(2004-06-02)2 June 2004 (aged 18)	Basel
8	3MF	Máximo Perrone	(2003-01-07)7 January 2003 (aged 20)	Las Palmas
9	4FW	Alejo Véliz	(2003-09-19)19 September 2003 (aged 19)	Tottenham Hotspur
10	3MF	Valentín Carboni	(2005-03-05)5 March 2005 (aged 18)	Monza
11	4FW	Matías Soulé	(2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 20)	Frosinone
12	1GK	Lucas Lavagnino	(2004-08-22)22 August 2004 (aged 18)	River Plate
13	2DF	Tomás Avilés	(2004-02-03)3 February 2004 (aged 19)	Inter Miami
14	3MF	Mateo Tanlongo	(2003-08-12)12 August 2003 (aged 19)	Copenhagen
15	2DF	Román Vega	(2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 19)	Argentinos Juniors
16	4FW	Luka Romero	(2004-11-18)18 November 2004 (aged 18)	Milan
17	1GK	Nicolás Cláa	(2004-08-05)5 August 2004 (aged 18)	Lanús
18	4FW	Brian Aguirre	(2003-01-06)6 January 2003 (aged 20)	Newell's Old Boys
19	3MF	Gino Infantino	(2003-05-19)19 May 2003 (aged 20)	Fiorentina
20	3MF	Ignacio Miramón	(2003-06-12)12 June 2003 (aged 19)	Lille
21	4FW	Ignacio Maestro Puch	(2003-08-13)13 August 2003 (aged 19)	Atlético Tucumán

Top goalscorers

Honours

• FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • Champions (6): 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007
  • Runners-up (1): 1983
• South American Championship U-20
  • Champions (5): 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015
  • Runners-up (7): 1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019
  • Third Place (8): 1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011
• Pan American Games
  • Gold Medal (1): 2003
• Toulon Tournament
  • Champions (2): 1975, 1998
  • Runners-up (2): 1983, 1999
  • Third Place (2): 2003, 2009
• Granatkin Memorial
  • Champions (1): 2019

Notes

1. CONMEBOL teams (included Argentina) played that tournament with their U-20 squads.

Former squads

FIFA World Cup

• 2023
• 2019
• 2017
• 2015
• 2011
• 2007
• 2005
• 2003
• 2001
• 1999
• 1997
• 1995
• 1991
• 1989
• 1983
• 1981
• 1979

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Argentina's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Algeria	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Australia	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	000.00
Austria	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00
Brazil	6	3	0	3	6	4	+2	050.00
Cameroon	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
China	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Colombia	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Croatia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	066.67
England	4	1	2	1	3	5	−2	025.00
Egypt	4	4	0	0	13	3	+10	100.00
Finland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
France	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Germany	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	033.33
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Guinea	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Honduras	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Hungary	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Iraq	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Korea	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Mali	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	050.00
Mexico	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	066.67
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
North Korea	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Norway	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Panama	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6	050.00
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Poland	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00
Portugal	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	025.00
Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
South Africa	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
South Korea	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
Soviet Union	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Spain	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	075.00
United States	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Yugoslavia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total	86	58	9	19	173	71	+102	067.44

See also

• Argentina national football team
• Argentina national futsal team
• Argentina Olympic football team
• Argentina national under-17 football team
• Argentina national under-15 football team

Bibliography

• World Youth Cup (U-20) Overview (with links to each tournament) at RSSSF

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External links

• Official website

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Ramírez Copa Presidente de la Nación Copa Británica Copa Juan Domingo Perón Copa Suecia Copa Centenario de la AFA Copa Campeonato Copa Bicentenario Copa de la Superliga Trofeo Campeones (SAF) Copa de la Liga Profesional Rivalries Superclásico Avellaneda Córdoba La Plata Rosario Santa Fe Lists Champions (Primera) Honours won Clubs Footballers Regional leagues Stadiums Women's Copa Federal (es) Primera División A Primera División B Primera División C Torneo del Interior Femenino (es) Related topics Big Five British clubs tours Exeter City tour Creole football Footballer of the Year Iglesia Maradoniana New Maradona Sistine Chapel of Football Torneos de Verano Alexander Watson Hutton Categories Clubs Disaffiliated teams Players (men) Players (women) Expatriate footballers Managers Referees Venues Category Commons v t e Football in South America (CONMEBOL) Argentina (AFA) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Argentina Supercopa Argentina Copa de la Liga Profesional Trofeo de Campeones Supercopa Internacional Bolivia (FBF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team División Profesional Copa Bolivia Brazil (CBF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil Supercopa do Brasil Chile (FFC) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-17) Primera División Copa Chile Supercopa de Chile Colombia (FCF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera A Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Ecuador (FEF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team Serie A Copa Ecuador Supercopa Ecuador Paraguay (APF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Paraguay Supercopa Paraguay Peru (FPF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team Primera División Uruguay (AUF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-17) Primera División Copa Uruguay Supercopa Uruguaya Venezuela (FVF) Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Venezuela National team competitions Men Copa América Copa América Centenario Pre-Olympic Tournament Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Superclásico de las Américas Copa América de Futsal Futsal Finalissima Futsal World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Futsal Championship Under-17 Futsal Championship Copa América de Beach Soccer Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship South American Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games Women Copa América Femenina Women's Finalissima Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship Defunct Panamerican Championship Club competitions Men Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores Under-20 Intercontinental Cup Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer Women Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal Defunct Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Champions' Supercup J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa Related topics Footballer of the Year Coach of the Year Top-division clubs Club competition winning teams UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding Category Commons v t e FIFA U-20 World Cup winners 1977:  Soviet Union 1979:  Argentina 1981:  Germany 1983:  Brazil 1985:  Brazil 1987:  Yugoslavia 1989:  Portugal 1991:  Portugal 1993:  Brazil 1995:  Argentina 1997:  Argentina 1999:  Spain 2001:  Argentina 2003:  Brazil 2005:  Argentina 2007:  Argentina 2009:  Ghana 2011:  Brazil 2013:  France 2015:  Serbia 2017:  England 2019:  Ukraine 2023:  Uruguay

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