Argentina U-17
| Nickname(s) | Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
| Appearances | 13 (first in 1985) |
| Best result | Third Place  : 1991, 1995 and 2003
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| South American U-17 Championship | |
| Appearances | 16 (first in 1985) |
| Best result | Winners  : 1985, 2003, and 2013
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The 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 17 FIFA U-17 World Cups in which they finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth Place twice. Argentina has also 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.
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
The following players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
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