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36-457: In the twenty-three editions of the tournament held, twelve nations have won the title. Argentina U20 is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Brazil U20 with five titles. Portugal U20 and Serbia U20 have both won two titles (with the latter winning once as Yugoslavia U20 ), while Ghana U20 , Germany U20 , Spain U20 , France U20 , England U20 , Ukraine U20 , Russia U20 (as

72-521: 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

108-419: 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

144-771: 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. Because it

180-399: A brilliant era that brought back the prestige to Argentine football. 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,

216-469: 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

252-420: 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

288-653: Is an Argentine former football goalkeeper who won the FIFA World Cup with Argentina in 1986 . He played for the Argentina national team , Independiente , Estudiantes de La Plata and León . Islas started his career as a goalkeeper in Chacarita Juniors in the early 1980s. He earned his nickname el loco ("crazy") because of his flair and temperament. In late 1982 Islas was transferred to Estudiantes . There, he alternated with Carlos Bertero in

324-496: 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

360-465: 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,

396-498: The 2008 event . The next edition is planned to be held in 2025 in Chile . 24 national teams appear in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champion, have to qualify in the youth championships of the six confederations. The host country automatically qualifies. All continental confederations except for the OFC (Oceania) have made an appearance in the final match of

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432-551: The USSR U20 ) and Uruguay U20 have won the title once each. A corresponding event for women's teams, the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup , began in 2002 with the name "FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship" and an age limit of 19. The age limit for the women's competition was changed to 20 beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship , and the competition was renamed as a "World Cup" in 2007 in preparation for

468-539: 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

504-601: 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

540-821: 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 . Argentina did not participate in

576-570: 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

612-470: 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 . 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

648-605: The country joined the AFC in 2006. The following awards are now presented: Argentina national under-20 football team 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

684-407: 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

720-706: 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

756-595: 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

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792-468: 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

828-466: 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

864-602: 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

900-409: 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

936-596: 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". Osvaldo Rinaldi, remembering his teammate Maradona's performance at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina debuted in Group B, thrashing Indonesia 5–0 in their first match, beating Yugoslavia 1–0 in

972-529: The team that won the Nacional championship title in 1983. He was transferred to Independiente in 1986 and played for two years. He then went to Atlético Madrid in 1988 but did not play a game and was loaned to CD Logroñés . He came back to Independiente in 1990 and helped the team win the Clausura 1994 and two international titles. He retired in 2003 after playing 241 games for Independiente. Islas

1008-574: 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

1044-477: 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. Argentina attended the next tournament, hosted by Australia in 1981 . They were defeated 2–1 by hosts Australia, then achieved

1080-401: 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

1116-537: The tournament. To date, CONMEBOL (South America) leads with twelve titles, followed by UEFA (Europe) with ten titles and CAF (Africa) with one title. Teams from the AFC (Asia) and CONCACAF (North America, Central America, Caribbean) have made the tournament final four times, but were defeated by strong UEFA sides. No current OFC member has ever made the semifinals; Australia reached the semifinals as an OFC member in 1991 and 1993, finishing fourth on both occasions, before

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1152-616: 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

1188-623: 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

1224-516: 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

1260-504: Was eliminated from the group stage on two occasions (2015, 2017). Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks . In addition to team victories, Argentine players have won many individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups. The following table shows Argentina's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup . Luis Islas Luis Alberto Islas Ranieri (born 22 December 1965 in Buenos Aires , Argentina )

1296-418: Was part of Argentina's Youth Football Team that finished runner-up at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship . Islas was the substitute goalkeeper during the 1986 World Cup , which Argentina won. Angry that he was still a substitute for Nery Pumpido , he resigned the national team just before the 1990 World Cup . Pumpido was injured in the second match during that cup, so third goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea

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