Uruguay under-20

Nickname(s)

Cains
La Celeste Olímpica (The Olympic Sky Blue)
La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
La Más Linda (The Most Beautiful)
Los Charruas

Association

Uruguayan Football Association

Confederation

CONMEBOL (South America)

Head coach

Vacant

Home stadium

Estadio Centenario

FIFA code

URU

First colours

Second colours

U-20 World Cup

Appearances

16 (first in 1979)

Best result

Champions (2023)

South American Youth Football Championship

Appearances

29 (first in 1954)

Best result

Champions (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017)

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.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss

2023

22 January 2023 (2023-01-22) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Chile	0–3	Uruguay	Cali, Colombia
		Report	Díaz 4' L. Rodríguez 7' Damián García 39'	Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali Referee: Braulio Machado (Brazil)

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Uruguay	3–0	Venezuela	Cali, Colombia
	L. Rodríguez 24', 65' Díaz 42'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)

26 January 2023 (2023-01-26) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Uruguay	4–1	Bolivia	Cali, Colombia
	A. Rodríguez 68', 80', 90+6' Díaz 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Pablo Luján 5' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali Referee: Antonio Carvalho (Portugal)

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Ecuador	1–1	Uruguay	Cali, Colombia
	Cuero 13'	Report	Rodrigo Chagas 15'	Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Uruguay	1–0	Colombia	Bogotá, Colombia
	Fa. González 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Campín Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Uruguay	2–1	Ecuador	Bogotá, Colombia
	Díaz 35' (pen.) L. Rodríguez 85'	Report	Medina 13'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Techo Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

6 February 2023 (2023-02-06) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Venezuela	1–4	Uruguay	Bogotá, Colombia
	Alcócer 34' (pen.)	Report	Díaz 18' (pen.) A. Rodríguez 35', 78' Sosa 44'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Braulio Machado (Brazil)

9 February 2023 (2023-02-09) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Uruguay	1–0	Paraguay	Bogotá, Colombia
	L. Rodríguez 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Techo Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

12 February 2023 (2023-02-12) 2023 South American U-20 Championship	Brazil	2–0	Uruguay	Bogotá, Colombia
	Andrey Santos 84' Pedro 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Campín Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

10 May 2023 (2023-05-10) Friendly	Uruguay	1–0	Honduras	Montevideo, Uruguay
	L. Rodríguez 15'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Belvedere Referee: Ruben Umpiérrez

13 May 2023 (2023-05-13) Friendly	Uruguay	2–0	Uzbekistan	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Díaz 68' (pen.) Duarte 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Anibal Vogrincic

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E	Uruguay	4–0	Iraq	La Plata, Argentina
	Abaldo 38' Ferrari 48' Hassan 62' (o.g.) Matturro 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 5,176 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E	Uruguay	2–3	England	La Plata, Argentina
	Fr. González 38' Abaldo 90+9'	Report	Humphreys 22' Devine 45+4' Gyabi 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 27,231 Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E	Tunisia	0–1	Uruguay	Mendoza, Argentina
		Report	Fr. González 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 6,497 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

1 June 2023 (2023-06-01) 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Round Of 16	Gambia	0–1	Uruguay	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
		Report	Duarte 65'	Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Attendance: 7,644 Referee: François Letexier (France)

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04) 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Quarter-Final	United States	0–2	Uruguay	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
		Report	Duarte 21' Wynder 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Attendance: 18,474 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08) 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Semi-Final	Uruguay	1–0	Israel	La Plata, Argentina
	Duarte 61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 27,860 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11) 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final	Uruguay	1–0	Italy	La Plata, Argentina
	L. Rodríguez 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 38,297 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Competitive record

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
2023	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	12	3
2025	To be determined
Total	16/23	1 titles	80	40	21	19	108	70

South American Youth Football Championship

South American Youth Football Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
1954	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	066.67
1958	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	13	9	+4	040.00
1964	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	066.67
1967	Group Stage	7th	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	025.00
1971	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	060.00
1974	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	050.00
1975	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	9	3	+6	050.00
1977	Champions	1st	7	4	3	0	11	2	+9	057.14
1979	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	12	1	+11	083.33
1981	Champions	1st	7	5	1	1	17	8	+9	071.43
1983	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	14	12	+2	057.14
1985	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	1	3	10	11	−1	042.86
1987	Fourth Place	4th	7	4	1	2	13	9	+4	057.14
1988	First Group Stage	10th	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	000.00
1991	Third Place	3rd	7	3	4	0	13	5	+8	042.86
1992	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	050.00
1995	Did not participate
1997	Fourth Place	4th	9	4	4	1	14	8	+6	044.44
1999	Runners-up	2nd	9	4	3	2	13	7	+6	044.44
2001	First Group Stage	7th	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	025.00
2003	Final Group	5th	9	4	1	4	16	12	+4	044.44
2005	Final Group	5th	9	2	5	2	13	10	+3	022.22
2007	Third Place	3rd	9	4	2	3	13	11	+2	044.44
2009	Third Place	3rd	9	6	1	2	21	16	+5	066.67
2011	Runners-up	2nd	9	4	2	3	10	11	−1	044.44
2013	Third Place	3rd	9	4	3	2	15	12	+3	044.44
2015	Third Place	3rd	9	5	2	2	15	5	+10	055.56
2017	Champions	1st	9	6	2	1	18	8	+10	066.67
2019	Third Place	3rd	9	4	2	3	10	8	+2	044.44
2023	Runners-up	2nd	9	7	1	1	19	6	+13	077.78
Total	29/30	8 Titles	208	106	59	43	349	214	+135	050.96

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	+/–	%
2010 Copa Integración Latinoamericana	Fourth Place	4th	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	033.33
2010 Copa Alcaldía de Medellín	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	033.33
2010 Copa Aerosur	Sixth Place	6th	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	000.00
2010 100 Años de la Camiseta Celeste trophy	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
2011 Suwon Cup	Champions	1st	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
2012 Copa Provincia del Chaco	Third Place	3rd	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
Total	—	1 Title	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 15 players are called up for the training camp from 11 December 2023 as part of preparations for 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.^[1]

Caps and goals^[a] as of 11 June 2023, after the match against Italy.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Kevin Martínez	(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Danubio

2DF	Paolo Calione	(2006-05-22) 22 May 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Nacional
2DF	Juan Rodríguez	(2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Peñarol
2DF	Patricio Pacífico	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Defensor Sporting

3MF	Mauricio Amaro	(2005-07-19) 19 July 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Defensor Sporting
3MF	Erico Cuello	(2005-05-25) 25 May 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Defensor Sporting
3MF	Thiago Helguera	(2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Nacional
3MF	Silvio López	(2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Peñarol
3MF	Mateo Peralta	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Danubio

4FW	Joaquín Lavega	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 18)	5	1	River Plate Montevideo
4FW	Lucas Agazzi	(2005-05-02) 2 May 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Defensor Sporting
4FW	Agustín Albarracín	(2005-08-29) 29 August 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Montevideo Wanderers
4FW	Faustino Barone	(2006-05-11) 11 May 2006 (age 17)	0	0	River Plate Montevideo
4FW	Rodrigo Dudok	(2007-05-23) 23 May 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Defensor Sporting
4FW	Facundo Techera	(2006-04-05) 5 April 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Defensor Sporting

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Randall Rodríguez	(2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 20)	39	0	Peñarol	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
GK	José Arbío	(2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 (age 21)	6	0	River Plate Montevideo	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
GK	Facundo Machado	(2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Nacional	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

DF	Mathías De Ritis	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 20)	39	0	Peñarol	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Mateo Ponte	(2003-05-24) 24 May 2003 (age 20)	36	3	Botafogo	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Sebastián Boselli	(2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 20)	27	0	River Plate	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Facundo González	(2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 20)	21	1	Sampdoria	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Mateo Antoni	(2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 (age 20)	20	1	Nacional	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Alan Matturro	(2004-10-11) 11 October 2004 (age 19)	15	1	Genoa	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Valentín Gauthier	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 20)	11	0	Juventud	Training camp; April 2023
DF	Rodrigo Cabrera	(2004-08-07) 7 August 2004 (age 19)	9	0	Defensor Sporting	Training camp; April 2023
DF	Ignacio Rodríguez	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)	10	0	Liverpool Montevideo	2023 South American U-20 Championship ^INJ

MF	Ignacio Sosa	(2003-08-31) 31 August 2003 (age 20)	40	2	Peñarol	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Franco González	(2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 19)	37	3	Peñarol	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Damián García	(2003-07-15) 15 July 2003 (age 20)	37	1	Peñarol	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Rodrigo Chagas	(2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 20)	33	2	Nacional	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Fabricio Díaz	(2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 20)	32	10	Al-Gharafa	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Santiago Homenchenko	(2003-08-30) 30 August 2003 (age 20)	13	0	Peñarol	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

FW	Luciano Rodríguez	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 20)	39	11	Liverpool Montevideo	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Juan Cruz de los Santos	(2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 20)	36	4	River Plate Montevideo	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Anderson Duarte	(2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 (age 19)	26	8	Defensor Sporting	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Andrés Ferrari	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 21)	25	7	Villarreal B	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Matías Abaldo	(2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 19)	22	2	Gimnasia LP	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Nicolás Siri	(2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 19)	16	0	Montevideo City Torque	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Emiliano Rodríguez	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 20)	15	2	Boston River	Training camp; April 2023
FW	Renzo Sánchez	(2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 (age 19)	26	5	Nacional	2023 South American U-20 Championship
FW	Álvaro Rodríguez	(2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 (age 19)	8	5	Real Madrid	2023 South American U-20 Championship
^PRE Preliminary squad ^INJ Injured

Coaching staff

As of 18 August 2022^[2]

Position	Name
Head coach	Marcelo Broli
Assistant coach	Diego Pérez
Goalkeeping coach	Ignacio Bordad
Physical trainers	Diego Estavillo Santiago Ferro
Video analyst	Kevin Beckmann

Honours

FIFA U-20 World Cup:
- Champions (1): 2023
- Runners-up (2): 1997, 2013
- Third place (1): 1979

South American Youth Football Championship:
- Winners (8): 1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017
- Runners-up (7): 1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011, 2023
- Third place (6): 1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019

Notes

References

External links

Football in Uruguay

National teams

Men	Senior Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach
Women	Main U-17

League system

Current	Men's Primera División Segunda División Primera División Amateur Liga Metropolitana Amateur Women's Primera División Segunda División Tercera División
Defunct	Federación Uruguaya de Football (Primera División (FUF)) 1926 Torneo Consejo Provisorio Liga Uruguaya de Football Amateur Segunda División Amateur Segunda División (1903) Divisional Intermedia Divisional Extra

Domestic Cups

Current	Copa Uruguay Supercopa Uruguaya
Defunct	Copa de Competencia Copa de Honor Copa Albion Copa León Peyrou Torneo de Honor Torneo Competencia Torneo Cuadrangular Campeonato Nacional General Artigas Torneo Fermín Garicoits Torneo de Copa Alfredo Lois Torneo Ciudad de Montevideo Liguilla Pre-Libertadores Torneo Campeones Olímpicos Liga Mayor

National sports teams of Uruguay

National sports teams of Uruguay
Badminton Basketball M M U/19 M U/17 M 3x3 W W U/17 W 3x3 Beach handball M W Beach soccer Cricket Field hockey M W Football M M U/23 M U/20 M U/17 W W U/17 Futsal Handball M W Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union M M U/20 M7 Tennis M W Volleyball M W Water polo
Olympics Paralympics Deaflympics Pan American Games

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina (AFA)

Bolivia (FBF)

Brazil (CBF)

Chile (FFC)

Colombia (FCF)

Ecuador (FEF)

Paraguay (APF)

Peru (FPF)

Uruguay (AUF)

Venezuela (FVF)

National team
competitions

Men	Copa América Copa América Centenario Pre-Olympic Tournament Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Superclásico de las Américas Copa América de Futsal Futsal Finalissima Futsal World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Futsal Championship Under-17 Futsal Championship Copa América de Beach Soccer Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship South American Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games
Women	Copa América Femenina Women's Finalissima Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship
Defunct	Panamerican Championship

Club competitions

Men	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores Under-20 Intercontinental Cup Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Women	Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal
Defunct	Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Champions' Supercup Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa