Nicaragua national under-20 football team

Nicaragua Under 20
Nickname(s)	Los Pinoleros, Albiazules
Association	Nicaraguan Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Mario Alfaro
FIFA code	NCA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Costa Rica 1 - 5 Nicaragua ; (Panama City, Panama; March 5, 1962)
Biggest win
	Nicaragua 8 - 0 U.S. Virgin Islands ; (Managua, Nicaragua; February 15, 2020)
Biggest defeat
	El Salvador 8 - 0 Nicaragua ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982); Costa Rica 8 - 0 Nicaragua ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 19, 1982); Records for competitive; matches only.

The Nicaragua Under 20s football team, more commonly known as La Azulita, is controlled by Nicaraguan Football Federation and represents Nicaragua in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	To be determined
Total	0/23	0	0	0	0	0	0

UNCAF preliminary round

Year	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	Withdrew
1998	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
2001	4/4	3	1	0	2	4	8	Did not qualify
2003	5/5	4	0	1	3	3	18	Did not qualify
2005	5/5	4	0	0	4	3	11	Did not qualify
2007	3/3	2	0	0	2	4	11	Did not qualify
/ 2009	3/3	2	0	0	2	0	11	Did not qualify
/ 2011	3/3	2	0	0	2	0	5
/ 2013	2/3	2	1	0	1	3	3	Qualified
	7/9	19	2	1	16	17	67

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1962	Round 1	4	0	2	2	2	12
1964	Round 1	4	0	2	2	1	7
1970	Did not participate
1973	Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	8
1974	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	5
1976	Second Round	5	1	1	3	4	12
1978	Did not participate
1980	Did not participate
1982	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	18
1984	Did not participate
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994	Round 1	2	0	0	2	1	8
1996	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	12
1998	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Round 1	2	0	0	2	1	8
Total	1 Round 2	28	2	6	20	16	90

Current players

No.	Pos.	Player	Caps	Goals
1	1GK	Rendell Hodgson	0	0
12	1GK	Jordan Luna
5	2DF	Jason Downs
2	2DF	Ender Rivas
4	2DF	Marlon Ukles
6	2DF	Oscar Balladares
7	2DF	Jesser Escobar
3	2DF	Yader Bonilla
8	3MF	Eudis Gutierrez
13	3MF	Kevin Serapio
14	3MF	Yasser Ortiz
11	3MF	Edson Cuadra
15	4FW	Neftali Navarrete
17	4FW	Bryan Garcia
16	4FW	Kelthon Moreno
18	4FW	Ariagner Smith

Current technical staff

Head coach: Mario Alfaro
Assistant coach: Tyron Acevedo
Goalkeeper coach: Carlos Mendieta
Doctor: Curpertino Borrell

External links

FENIFUT – Nicaraguan Football Federation

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National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.