Argentina national under-17 football team

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

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	16 (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 1991 Italia Team 1995 Ecuador Team 2003 Finland Team

Argentina has participated in 15 of the 19 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 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 Qualified Total 16/20 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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the friendly against Qatar on 20 May 2025.^[1]

Caps and goals as of 11 April 2025, after the match against Paraguay.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Juan Manuel Centurión	(2008-06-12) 12 June 2008 (age 17)	4	0	Independiente
	1GK	Ramiro Buratti	(2008-03-04) 4 March 2008 (age 17)	0	0	River Plate
	2DF	Matías Satas	(2008-02-28) 28 February 2008 (age 17)	9	0	Boca Juniors
	2DF	Thiago Yánez	(2008-03-06) 6 March 2008 (age 17)	9	0	Argentinos Juniors
	2DF	Misael Zalazar	(2008-03-12) 12 March 2008 (age 17)	9	0	Talleres
	2DF	Mateo Martínez	(2008-04-27) 27 April 2008 (age 17)	7	0	Racing Club
	2DF	Joaquín Salas	(2008-01-14) 14 January 2008 (age 17)	6	0	Talleres
	2DF	Fernando Closter	(2008-07-18) 18 July 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Independiente
	2DF	Siro Di Niro		0	0	Lanús
	2DF	Lucio Ferrari	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Talleres
	2DF	Ehitan Morales		0	0	Lanús
	2DF	Ramiro Scandolo		0	0	Vélez Sarsfield
	3MF	Tomás Parmo	(2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 (age 17)	11	2	Independiente
	3MF	Juan Cruz Meza	(2008-03-14) 14 March 2008 (age 17)	9	2	River Plate
	3MF	Alejandro Tello	(2008-02-08) 8 February 2008 (age 17)	8	0	Racing Club
	3MF	Uriel Ojeda	(2008-03-22) 22 March 2008 (age 17)	7	3	San Lorenzo
	3MF	Felipe Pujol	(2008-05-23) 23 May 2008 (age 17)	6	0	Vélez Sarsfield
	3MF	Tomás Nosei		0	0	Vélez Sarsfield
	3MF	Thaiel Peralta	(2008-09-21) 21 September 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Huracán
	3MF	Joaquin Pimentel	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Lanús
	3MF	Ramiro Tulián	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Belgrano
	4FW	Thomás De Martis	(2008-06-26) 26 June 2008 (age 17)	11	9	Lanús
	4FW	Álex Verón	(2008-10-24) 24 October 2008 (age 16)	11	3	Vélez Sarsfield
	4FW	Joaquín Piñeyro	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 17)	4	2	Boca Juniors
	4FW	Kevin Ferreira		0	0	Boca Juniors
	4FW	Facundo Jainikoski	(2008-03-15) 15 March 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Argentinos Juniors

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Agustín Martínez	(2008-02-25) 25 February 2008 (age 17)	4	0	Talleres	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
GK	Dylan Martínez	(2008-04-30) 30 April 2008 (age 17)	2	0	River Plate	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
DF	Benjamín Fariña	(2008-07-29) 29 July 2008 (age 17)	6	0	Lanús	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
DF	Bautista González	(2008-06-19) 19 June 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Independiente	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
DF	Santiago Silveira	(2008-04-24) 24 April 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Argentinos Juniors	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
MF	Santiago Espíndola	(2008-03-17) 17 March 2008 (age 17)	6	0	River Plate	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
MF	Jerónimo Gómez Mattar	(2008-08-07) 7 August 2008 (age 17)	5	3	Newell's Old Boys	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
MF	Matías Acevedo	(2008-02-09) 9 February 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Racing Club	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025
MF	Francisco Baridó		1	0	Juventus	v.  Paraguay, 11 April 2025

See also

• Argentina national football team
• Argentina national futsal team
• Argentina Olympic football team
• Argentina national under-20 football team
• Argentina national under-15 football team