Uruguay national under-20 football team

Uruguay national under-20 football team represents Uruguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and the South American Youth Football Championship.

Uruguay under-20

Nickname(s)	Cains La Celeste Olímpica (The Olympic Sky Blue) La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
Association	Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Gustavo Ferreyra
Captain	Bruno Méndez
Home stadium	Estadio Centenario
FIFA code	URU
First colours Second colours
Biggest defeat
Spain 6–0 Uruguay  (Lisboa, Portugal; June 18, 1991)  Brazil 6–0 Uruguay  (Arequipa, Perú; February, 2011)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up, 1997, 2013
South American Youth Football Championship
Appearances	28 (first in 1954)
Best result	Winners, 1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Fourth Place	4th	5	3	1	1	6	5
1979	Third Place	3rd	6	4	1	1	10	3
1981	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	3	0	1	6	2
1983	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	5
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987
1989
1991	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	0	7
1993	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	5
1995	Banned
1997	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	14	6
1999	Fourth Place	4th	7	2	2	3	7	8
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	4	6
2009	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	7	5
2011	Group Stage	18th	3	0	2	1	1	2
2013	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	10	3
2015	Round of 16	12th	4	1	2	1	3	3
2017	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	4	0	7	3
2019	Round of 16	13th	4	3	0	1	8	4
2021	To be determined
Total	15/22	0 titles	73	34	21	18	96	67

South American Youth Football Championship

South American Youth Football Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
1954	Champions	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	066.67
1958	Champions	5	2	3	0	13	9	+4	040.00
1964	Champions	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	066.67
1967	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	025.00
1971	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	060.00
1974	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	050.00
1975	Champions	6	3	3	0	9	3	+6	050.00
1977	Champions	7	4	3	0	11	2	+9	057.14
1979	Champions	6	5	1	0	12	1	+11	083.33
1981	Champions	7	5	1	1	17	8	+9	071.43
1983	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	14	12	+2	057.14
1985	Fourth Place	7	3	1	3	10	11	−1	042.86
1987	Fourth Place	7	4	1	2	13	9	+4	057.14
1988	First Group Stage	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	000.00
1991	Third Place	7	3	4	0	13	5	+8	042.86
1992	Runners-up	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	050.00
1995	Did not participate
1997	Fourth Place	9	4	4	1	14	8	+6	044.44
1999	Runners-up	9	4	3	2	13	7	+6	044.44
2001	First Group Stage	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	025.00
2003	Final Group	9	4	1	4	16	12	+4	044.44
2005	Final Group	9	2	5	2	13	10	+3	022.22
2007	Final Group	9	4	2	3	13	11	+2	044.44
2009	Final Group	9	6	1	2	21	16	+5	066.67
2011	Final Group	9	4	2	3	10	11	−1	044.44
2013	Final Group	9	4	3	2	15	12	+3	044.44
2015	Final Group	9	5	2	2	15	5	+10	055.56
2017	Champions	9	6	2	1	18	8	+10	066.67
2019	Final Group	9	4	2	3	10	8	+2	044.44
2021	TBD
Total	29/30	190	95	56	39	320	201	+119	050.00

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
2010 Copa Integración Latinoamericana	Fourth Place	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	033.33
2010 Copa Alcaldía de Medellín	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	033.33
2010 Copa Aerosur	Sixth Place	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	000.00
2010 100 Años de la Camiseta Celeste trophy	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
2011 Suwon Cup	Champions	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
2012 Copa Provincia del Chaco	Third Place	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
Total	—	15	4	7	4	16	16	+0	026.67

FIFA World Cup matches

World Cup matches (By team)
Team	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
United States|	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	075.00
Portugal|	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Ghana|	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	033.33
Brazil|	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	033.33
Hungary|	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Poland|	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
England|	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
Soviet Union|	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
South Korea|	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Spain|	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5	033.33
Mali|	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Argentina|	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Guinea|	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Belgium|	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Morocco|	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Uzbekistan|	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Malaysia|	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Germany|	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Honduras|	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Jordan|	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Qatar|	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Paraguay|	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
France|	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
New Zealand|	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Ivory Coast|	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Australia|	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Japan|	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Romania|	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Cameroon|	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Syria|	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Zambia|	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total	51	23	13	15	68	54	+14	045.10

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up to attend training camp from 30 November to 2 December 2020 as part of preparations for 2021 South American U-20 Championship.[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	GK	Lukas González	11 February 2002	River Plate Salto
	GK	Enzo López	11 March 2001	Montevideo Wanderers
	DF	Emiliano Aires	20 April 2001	Progreso
	DF	Emiliano Álvarez	6 February 2001	Defensor Sporting
	DF	José Ávila	19 May 2003	Racing Montevideo
	DF	Gaston Bártora	3 May 2002	Defensor Sporting
	DF	Marco Mancebo	2 May 2001	Defensor Sporting
	DF	Fredy Martínez	1 May 2001	Danubio
	DF	Mateo Pereyra	12 January 2001	Nacional
	DF	Matías Rocha	13 February 2001	Defensor Sporting
	MF	Valentín Rodríguez	13 June 2001	Peñarol
	MF	Agustín Da Rocha	25 January 2002	Nacional
	MF	Esteban Da Silva	10 March 2001	Cerrito
	MF	Matías Ocampo	14 March 2002	Defensor Sporting
	MF	Vicente Poggi	11 July 2002	Defensor Sporting
	MF	Damián Silva	22 March 2001	Defensor Sporting
	MF	Joaquín Valiente	13 April 2001	Defensor Sporting
	FW	Máximo Alonso	7 May 2002	Peñarol
	FW	Agustín Álvarez Martínez	19 May 2001	Peñarol
	FW	Alexander González	8 August 2002	Deportivo Maldonado
	FW	Facundo Milán	3 February 2001	Defensor Sporting
	FW	Rodrigo Muniz	1 September 2001	Deportivo Maldonado

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	GK	Guillermo Centurión	23 July 2001	Nacional
	GK	Fabrizio Correa	18 January 2001	River Plate Montevideo
	GK	Ignacio Suárez	5 February 2002	Nacional
	GK	Randall Rodríguez	29 November 2003	Peñarol
	GK	Francisco Coirolo	9 June 2001	Montevideo City Torque
	DF	Lucas Monzón	29 September 2001	Danubio
	DF	Renzo Orihuela	4 April 2001	Nacional
	DF	Lautaro Pertusatti	21 July 2001	Nacional
	DF	Enzo Siri	9 March 2002	Danubio
	DF	Gonzalo Pérez	4 January 2001	Liverpool
	DF	Joaquín Sosa	10 January 2002	Nacional
	DF	Pedro Milans	24 March 2002	Juventud
	MF	Kevin Alaníz	30 January 2003	Fénix
	MF	César Araújo	2 April 2001	Montevideo Wanderers
	MF	Santiago Cartagena	1 September 2002	Nacional
	MF	Fabricio Díaz	3 February 2003	Liverpool
	MF	Martín Fernández	8 May 2001	Liverpool
	MF	Facundo Silvera	18 November 2001	Danubio
	MF	Manuel Ugarte	11 April 2001	Famalicão
	MF	Rodrigo Marín	20 February 2001	Defensor Sporting
	MF	Logan Ponce	25 January 2002	River Plate Montevideo
	FW	Matías Arezo	21 November 2002	River Plate Montevideo
	FW	Thiago Borbas	7 April 2002	River Plate Montevideo
	FW	Franco Pérez	1 August 2001	Rentistas
	FW	Juan Manuel Gutiérrez	4 February 2002	Almería
	FW	Cristian Olivera	17 April 2002	Almería

See also

• Uruguay national football team
• Uruguay national under-17 football team
• Uruguay national under-23 football team
• South American Youth Football Championship

References

1. "Las selecciones juveniles retoman los entrenamientos" (in Spanish). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.