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1979 Youth backing [edit ]
The team that won its first backing in 1979.
Argentina did not participate of the first young person championship held in Tunisia. The first base appearance of a national team in an under-20 competition was two years subsequently at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Tokyo. The team, coached by César Luis Menotti with the serve of Ernesto Duchini ( who had previously chosen the players and working with them ), [ 1 ] won the tournament showing a fine style of playing consisting in high self-control of the ball, short and long passes, dribblings, a solid defense and a herculean offense trace that scored a total of 20 goals along the tournament. Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz were the team ‘s leaders and most noteworthy players of the police squad. The tournament was besides the first gear official backing played by Maradona in a national team. After his frustration of 1978, Maradona made the most of his performances during the tournament, being the playmaker of the team due to his passing moves, dribblings to rivals, his accuracy to shot spare 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 could n’t stop applauding him. When I would see this, I would say to myself : “ Wow, and the express has n’t even started even ” .
Osvaldo Rinaldi about his teammate Maradona remembering the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship [ 1 ]
Argentina debuted in Group B thrashing Indonesia 5–0 in the first match, beating Yugoslavia 1–0 in the second and defeating Poland in the third match, 4–1. The young police squad finished first in the group with ten-spot goals scored and alone one conceded. En route to the final, Argentina hammered Algeria 5–0, then defeated arch-rival Uruguay 2–0. In the concluding 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 musician of the tournament. [ 2 ] apart from Maradona and Díaz, other celebrated players of the team were Juan Simón, Hugo Alves, Gabriel Calderón, Juan Barbas and Osvaldo Escudero. That team is silent regarded as one of the best argentine national squads ever. [ 3 ]
1981–91 : The benighted ten [edit ]
Argentina attended the next tournament, hosted by Australia in 1981. The squad was defeated by the local server ( 2–1 ), then achieving a draw with England ( 1–1 ) and beating Cameroon 2–1. Argentina did not qualify to the adjacent stage, however, earning merely three points after three matches played. The national team made a much better operation at the 1983 backing hosted by Mexico, reaching the concluding with Brazil. On the foremost orotund, Argentina thrashed China 5–0, then widely defeated Austria ( 3–0 ) and beat Czechoslovakia in the last game, 2–0. The team finished first in the group with zero goals conceded. In the quarter-finals, Argentina defeated Netherlands 2–1 ( after Marco avant-garde 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. [ 4 ] The team was coached by Carlos Pachamé, designated by the Senior team coach, Carlos Bilardo, to work with young 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. [ 5 ] Argentina did not qualify to play the 1985 and 1987 championships ( played in the Soviet Union and Chile respectively ), but the team participated in the tournament apply in Saudi Arabia as one of the three qualified in the south american english championship. Argentina was defeated by Spain in the first base meet. The team recovered winning the moment crippled to Norway 2–0, but although it lost the last match to Iraq, Argentina qualified for the moment round. In the hard 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 bus Alfio Basile as it had been in the precedent era. Argentina made its worst campaign in young person tournaments, finishing final in their group with merely one point earned from three matches. The team lost to South Korea 1–0 in the first match, then were defeated by hosts Portugal 3–0 in a equal where three Argentine players ( Claudio París, Mauricio Pellegrino and Juan Esnáider ) were sent off for their pugnacious play which culminated in a brawl on the pitch between both teams. As a result, FIFA punished the Argentina Football Association ( AFA ) with a biennial suspension, arsenic well as a annual suspension for Esnáider and a biennial suspension for Norberto Recassens ( one of the representatives of the AFA ), both of whom insulted the referees in their dress room at the end of the catch. [ 6 ] Some of the players that took separate 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. [ 7 ]
Pékerman era : the gold years [edit ]
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 bus wholly autonomous 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 phase, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 1–0, then lost to Portugal 1–0 followed by a 4–2 acquire over Honduras, securing a second-place ending and progress 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 retaliation from the 1983 tournament where the Brazilians won. Some of its most noteworthy players were Juan Pablo Sorín, Joaquín Irigoytía, Federico Domínguez, Mariano Juan, Ariel Ibagaza, Leonardo Biagini and Walter Coyette. [ 8 ]
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Argentina won its third title at the 1997 backing, 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 concluding couple, played on 5 July 1997, the squad defeated Uruguay 2–1 to win its third championship. The team besides received the FIFA Fair Play Award in recognition to the good demeanor showed on the field. Argentina showed the endowment of luminary 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. [ 9 ] The performance during the 1999 World Championship in Nigeria was not sol dear. 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 beginning Youth Championship. The team won its one-fourth claim, the third base backing 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 following game Argentina thrashed Egypt 7–1 ( with three goals by Javier Saviola ), and closed its engagement in Group A by smashing Jamaica by 5–1. In the hard 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 young style 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 musician 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 team had a potent team with most of its players being experience act at the domestic first division, notably Nicolás Burdisso, Leonardo Ponzio, Julio Arca, Leandro Romagnoli, Mauro Rosales, Andrés D’Alessandro and Maxi Rodríguez. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The 2001 championship was the last deed won with Pékerman as coach, closing a brainy era that brought back the prestige to Argentine football .
2003–07 : The success continues [edit ]
After the passing of Pékerman, former goalkeeper Hugo Tocalli was designed to replace him. With Tocalli as passenger car, Argentina made its debut at 2003 championship defeating Spain 2–1. The team besides beat Uzbekistan ( by the same score ) and Mali ( 3–1 ). Argentina finished first gear and unbeaten the first stage. In the round of 16, the national police squad beat Egypt 2–1, then defeated United States 2-1 but Argentina lost to Brazil 1–0 at the semifinals. The team was besides defeated by Colombia in the third place match so Argentina finished in the 4th situation of the general table. Forward Fernando Cavenaghi was the topscorer of the tournament with 4 goals. In 2004, Pékerman was appointed to coach the Argentina aged team ahead of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. [ 12 ] One year later, Tocalli left the youth team to join Pékerman ‘s coaching staff on the senior squad, so Francisco Ferraro was designated passenger car, [ 13 ] won its fifth claim 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 following 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 one-sixth prison term. On 2 July 2005, Argentina defeated Nigeria 2–1 in the concluding to win its fifth youth championship. Both goals were scored by Lionel Messi from the penalty smudge. [ 14 ] Messi was the drawing card of the team and his charming performances resulted in him winning both the top scorekeeper and best player ‘s awards. [ 15 ] In the 2005 team ‘s squad, Lionel Messi was the star player and had already been a La Liga supporter with FC Barcelona in the 2004–05 season. early celebrated 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 deed at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, hosted by Canada. After a 0–0 draw in the debut with Czech Republic, Argentina smashed Panama 6–0 and defeated North Korea [ 16 ] 1–0 to secure qualification to the second turn. In the knockout stage, Argentina eliminated Poland ( 3–1 ), followed by Mexico ( 1–0 ) and Chile ( 3–0 ) en road to the concluding. In the final examination, played on 22 July, Argentina won its sixth championship after defeating the Czech Republic 3–1. Sergio Agüero, the peak scorer of the championship with six goals, was besides awarded the Gold Ball as best actor. other celebrated players on the police squad were goalkeeper Sergio Romero ; midfielders Éver Banega, Maxi Moralez and Ángel Di María ; and forwards Mauro Zárate and Pablo Piatti .
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1Draws include smasher matches decided on punishment kicks .
person awards [edit ]
In addition to team victories, Argentine players have won many individual awards at FIFA World Youth Cups .
current team [edit ]
The following players will take part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Head bus : 
Fernando Batista
top goalscorers [edit ]
Lionel Messi is the all-time top goalscorer of Argentina U-20 national team with 14 goals
Honours [edit ]
competitive [edit ]
Former squads [edit ]
See besides [edit ]
bibliography [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
- ^[18]CONMEBOL teams (included Argentina) played that tournament with their U-20 squads.
References [edit ]
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