Uruguay national under-20 football team

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
Captain	Joaquín Lavega
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	30 (first in 1954)
Best result	Champions (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017)
Medal record
FIFA U-20 World Cup

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. They are the former reigning FIFA U-20 World Champions.

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

2024

12 November Friendly	Uruguay	1–2	Peru	Montevideo
				Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central

14 November Friendly	Uruguay	0–0	Peru	Montevideo
				Stadium: Estadio Parque Capurro

4 December Friendly	Uruguay	3–2	Liga MX U19	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

17 December Friendly	Uruguay	6–0	Flores	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

17 December Friendly	Uruguay	6–0	Lavalleja	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

19 December Friendly	Uruguay	3–1	Canelones del Este	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

19 December Friendly

Uruguay

2–0

Colonia Interior

Uruguay

29 December Friendly	Uruguay	2–1	San José Capital	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

29 December Friendly	Uruguay	1–1	Colonia Capital	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

2025

7 January Friendly	Uruguay	2–2	Bolivia	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

9 January Friendly	Uruguay	3–0	Bolivia	Barros Blancos
				Stadium: Complejo Celeste

16 January Friendly	Uruguay	2–3	Gimnasia LP	Montevideo
				Stadium: Estadio Centenario

25 January 2025 South American U-20 Championship First Stage	Chile	1–2	Uruguay	Barquisimeto
	Ramos 16'	Report	Machado 8' Rossel 90+6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare Referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)

27 January 2025 South American U-20 Championship First Stage	Uruguay	6–0	Paraguay	Barquisimeto
	Severo 14' Petit 26', 31' Machado 62' Crucci 67' Barbas 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare Referee: Maximiliano Ramírez (Argentina)

29 January 2025 South American U-20 Championship First Stage	Uruguay	2–0	Peru	Barquisimeto
	Machado 6' Pacífico 13'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare Referee: Alex Cajas (Ecuador)

31 January 2025 South American U-20 Championship First Stage	Venezuela	1–0	Uruguay	Barquisimeto
	Andrade 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare Referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)

4 February 2025 South American U-20 Championship Final Stage	Uruguay	0–1	Brazil	Caracas
		Report	Pedro 74'	Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)

7 February 2025 South American U-20 Championship Final Stage	Uruguay	3–4	Argentina	Caracas
	Lavega 60', 75' Crucci 86'	Report	Echeverri 38', 45+3' Carrizo 52', 69'	Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

10 February 2025 South American U-20 Championship Final Stage	Chile	1–1	Uruguay	Caracas
	Román 65'	Report	Rodríguez 45'	Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium Referee: Maximiliano Ramírez (Argentina)

13 February 2025 South American U-20 Championship Final Stage	Paraguay	1–0	Uruguay	Caracas
	Paoli 52'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Referee: José Cabero (Chile)

16 February 2025 South American U-20 Championship Final Stage	Uruguay	1–3	Colombia	Puerto La Cruz
15:00 UTC−4	Severo 13'	Report	N. Villarreal 6' González 15' Sarabia 39'	Stadium: Jose Antonio Anzoategui Stadium Referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)

Coaching staff

As of 29 June 2025^[1]

Position	Name
Head coach	Vacant
Assistant coach	Diego Pérez
Goalkeeping coach	Ignacio Bordad

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players are called up for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.^[2]

Caps and goals^[a] correct as of 16 February 2025, after the match against Colombia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kevin Martínez	(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005	23	0	Danubio
12	1GK	Federico Bonilla	(2005-07-12) 12 July 2005	15	0	Nacional
23	1GK	Felipe Ortiz	(2007-11-06) 6 November 2007	2	0	Deportivo Maldonado

2	2DF	Nicolás Ramos	(2005-04-01) 1 April 2005	17	1	Houston Dynamo
3	2DF	Paolo Calione	(2006-05-22) 22 May 2006	15	1	Nacional
4	2DF	Lucas Agazzi	(2005-05-02) 2 May 2005	26	1	Defensor Sporting
5	2DF	Juan Rodríguez	(2005-05-30) 30 May 2005	14	1	Cagliari
6	2DF	Patricio Pacífico	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006	22	2	Defensor Sporting
13	2DF	Facundo González	(2005-05-10) 10 May 2005	22	2	Racing Montevideo
15	2DF	Alfonso Montero	(2007-02-23) 23 February 2007	13	0	Juventus

8	3MF	Thiago Helguera	(2006-03-26) 26 March 2006	13	0	Mirandés
14	3MF	Mateo Peralta	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006	16	1	Danubio
16	3MF	Erico Cuello	(2005-05-25) 25 May 2005	13	0	Defensor Sporting
17	3MF	Mauro Zalazar	(2005-04-13) 13 April 2005	20	1	Schalke 04
18	3MF	Germán Barbas	(2007-09-17) 17 September 2007	26	5	Peñarol
20	3MF	Lucas Pino	(2005-10-30) 30 October 2005	14	1	Montevideo City Torque
22	3MF	Bruno Calcagno	(2005-04-02) 2 April 2005	17	0	Mallorca

7	4FW	Joaquín Lavega (captain)	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005	23	7	Fluminense
9	4FW	Renzo Machado	(2005-09-21) 21 September 2005	21	7	Liverpool Montevideo
10	4FW	Gonzalo Petit	(2006-09-21) 21 September 2006	19	7	Mirandés
11	4FW	Agustín Albarracín	(2005-08-29) 29 August 2005	24	6	Boston River
19	4FW	Esteban Crucci	(2006-07-05) 5 July 2006	21	5	Montevideo Wanderers
21	4FW	Alejandro Severo	(2005-08-27) 27 August 2005	19	6	Racing Montevideo

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



Notes ^INJ = Withdrew due to injury ^PRE = Preliminary squad ^WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

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	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
Total	16/25	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	Banned
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
2025	Final Group	5th	9	3	1	5	15	12	+3	033.33
Total	30/31	8 Titles	217	109	60	48	364	226	+138	050.23

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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Uruguay's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Australia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Belgium	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Brazil	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	025.00
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
England	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
France	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Gambia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Germany	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Ghana	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	033.33
Guinea	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Honduras	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Hungary	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Iraq	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	050.00
Israel	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Italy	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	066.67
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Japan	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Mali	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	000.00
Mexico	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Morocco	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	066.67
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Norway	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Poland	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	066.67
Portugal	5	2	3	0	5	3	+2	040.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Romania	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Serbia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
South Africa	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
South Korea	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
Spain	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5	033.33
Syria	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
United States	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	080.00
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Zambia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total	80	40	21	19	108	70	+38	050.00

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

COTIF L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament:
- Winners (2): 2003, 2024
- Runners-up (1): 2022
- Third place (3): 1996, 2002, 2008

Notes

^ Statistics here are calculated with the help of articles published in Uruguayan Football Association's official website, posts from official X account and other reliable websites.

References

^ "Fabián Coito es el elegido para dirigir la sub-20". 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Sudamericano sub-20: Uruguay anunció los 23 futbolistas convocados, con cinco del exterior" (in Spanish). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

External links

Official website

[3] Statistics here are calculated with the help of articles published in Uruguayan Football Association's official website, posts from official X account and other reliable websites.

[1] "Fabián Coito es el elegido para dirigir la sub-20". 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

[2] "Sudamericano sub-20: Uruguay anunció los 23 futbolistas convocados, con cinco del exterior" (in Spanish). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

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