2013 South American U-17 Championship

The 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Argentina 2013) was the 15th U-17 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Argentina.

This tournament gave four berths to the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which was held in United Arab Emirates.

Choice and background
Argentina was chosen as host country, as agreed at a meeting of the executive committee of CONMEBOL on 18 March 2011 at the headquarters of South American football being located in Luque, Paraguay. The meeting lasted about 3 hours and during that time it was decided to have Argentina as the headquarters for both the 2013 South American U-17 and U-20 Tournaments in 2013.

Teams

 * (hosts)
 * (holders)
 * (holders)

Venues
A total of two cities hosted the tournament.

Match officials
The list of referees selected for the tournament was announced on 9 March 2013 by CONMEBOL's Referee Commission. The referees were:

🇦🇷 Germán Delfino 🇦🇷 Silvio Trucco
 * Assistant: Gustavo Rossi

🇧🇴 José Jordán
 * Assistant: Wilson Arellano

🇧🇷 Péricles Cortez 🇧🇷 Paulo César de Oliveira
 * Assistant: Fabrício Vilarinho

Julio Bascuñán Carlos Ulloa
 * Assistant: Raúl Orellana
 * Assistant: Juan Maturana

🇨🇴 Adrián Vélez
 * Assistant: Alexander Guzmán

🇪🇨 Roddy Zambrano
 * Assistant: Luis Vera

Ulises Mereles
 * Assistant: Juan Zorrilla

🇵🇪 Diego Haro
 * Assistant: Braulio Cornejo

Fernando Falce
 * Assistant: Gabriel Popovits

🇻🇪 José Argote 🇻🇪 Marlon Escalante
 * Assistant: Luis Murillo


 * 1.Included in Final Stage.

First stage
When teams finished level on points, the final order was determined according to:
 * 1) superior goal difference in all matches
 * 2) greater number of goals scored in all group matches
 * 3) better result in matches between the tied teams
 * 4) drawing of lots

Group A
Venue: Estadio Provincial Juan Gilberto Funes, San Luis

Group B
Venue: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Final stage
Venue: Estadio Provincial Juan Gilberto Funes, San Luis

Goalscorers

 * 8 goals
 * Franco Acosta


 * 7 goals
 * 🇻🇪 Andrés Ponce


 * 6 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Kenedy
 * 🇵🇾 Antonio Sanabria


 * 5 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Sebastián Driussi


 * 4 goals
 * 🇵🇾 Jesús Medina
 * Alan Kevin Méndez


 * 3 goals
 * 🇵🇪 Beto da Silva
 * 🇵🇪 Renzo Garcés
 * Franco Nicolás Pizzichillo


 * 2 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Iván Leszczuk
 * 🇦🇷 Franco Pérez
 * 🇦🇷 Matías Sánchez
 * 🇦🇷 Leonardo Suárez
 * 🇧🇷 Boschilia
 * 🇧🇷 Mosquito
 * 🇵🇪 Dangelo Artiaga
 * Marcio Benítez
 * Gonzalo Latorre


 * 1 goal
 * 🇦🇷 Marcos Astina
 * 🇦🇷 Marcelo Storm
 * 🇦🇷 Leandro Vega
 * 🇧🇴 Carmelo Algarañaz
 * 🇧🇴 Saúl Aquino
 * 🇧🇴 José Armando Flores
 * 🇧🇷 Abner
 * 🇧🇷 Caio Rangel
 * 🇧🇷 Ewandro
 * 🇧🇷 Lincoln
 * Bryan Carvallo
 * Kevin Medel
 * Sebastián Vegas
 * 🇨🇴 Marlos Moreno
 * 🇨🇴 Joao Rodríguez
 * 🇨🇴 Gustavo Torres
 * 🇪🇨 Daniel Porozo
 * 🇵🇾 Alex Cáceres
 * 🇵🇾 Santiago López
 * 🇵🇾 Ronaldo Martínez
 * 🇵🇾 José Sanabria
 * Fabrizio Buschiazzo
 * 🇻🇪 Ronaldo Peña


 * Own goals
 * 🇦🇷 Leandro Vega (playing against Ecuador)
 * 🇵🇾 Santiago López (playing against Argentina)