Argentina national under-17 football team
| Nickname(s) | Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue) | ||
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| Association |
Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Miguel Angel Lemme | ||
| Captain | Ezequiel Báez | ||
| Most caps | Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, and Oscar Ustari | ||
| Top scorer | Fernando Gatti and Hernán Peirone | ||
| FIFA code | ARG | ||
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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 13 of the 16 FIFA U-17 World Cups in which finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth twice.Argentina also has won the South American Under-17 Football Championship 3 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.
Honours
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 World Cup
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 1985 | Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
 1987 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1989 | Quarter-Finals | 6th | 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 |
| Total | 13/16 | 61 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 90 | 75 | |
Current Squad
The following players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Manager: 
Miguel Ángel Lemme
| # | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Franco Petroli | 11 June 1998 (aged 17) | River Plate
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| 2 | DF | Julián Ferreyra | 22 April 1998 (aged 17) | Argentinos Juniors
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| 3 | DF | Luis Olivera | 24 October 1998 (aged 16) | River Plate
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| 4 | DF | Matías Escudero | 27 December 1998 (aged 16) | Racing
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| 5 | MF | Julián Chicco | 13 January 1998 (aged 17) | Boca Juniors
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| 6 | DF | Facundo Pardo | 12 August 1998 (aged 17) | Newell's Old Boys
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| 7 | MF | Gianluca Mancuso | 3 February 1998 (aged 17) | Vélez Sarsfield
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| 8 | MF | Pablo Enrique Ruíz | 20 December 1998 (aged 16) | San Lorenzo
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| 9 | FW | Federico Vietto | 30 March 1998 (aged 17) | Racing
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| 10 | MF | Exequiel Palacios | 5 October 1998 (aged 17) | River Plate
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| 11 | FW | Santiago Armin Gutiérrez | 19 February 1998 (aged 17) | River Plate
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| 12 | GK | Federico Bonansea | 13 March 1998 (aged 17) | Belgrano
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| 13 | DF | Héctor David Martínez | 21 January 1998 (aged 17) | River Plate
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| 14 | DF | Tiago Ruíz Díaz | 24 July 1998 (aged 17) | Newell's Old Boys
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| 15 | DF | Juan Antonio Di Lorenzo | 6 July 1998 (aged 17) | Independiente
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| 16 | MF | Lucas Pizzatti | 13 September 1998 (aged 17) | Argentinos Juniors
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| 17 | FW | Germán Berterame | 13 November 1998 (aged 16) | San Lorenzo
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| 18 | FW | Tomás Conechny | 30 March 1998 (aged 17) | San Lorenzo
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| 19 | FW | Matias Roskopf | 14 January 1998 (aged 17) | Boca Juniors
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| 20 | FW | Ricardo Rodríguez | May 10, 1998 (aged 17) | Universidad Católica
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| 21 | GK | Marcos Peano | 15 October 1998 (aged 17) | Unión
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| 22 | FW | Lucas Ferraz Vila | 18 February 1998 (aged 17) | River Plate |
See also
- Argentina national football team
- Argentina national under-20 football team
- South American Under-17 Football Championship
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