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

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

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.

The referees were:[3] Germán Delfino Silvio Trucco José Jordán Péricles Cortez Paulo César de Oliveira Julio Bascuñán Carlos Ulloa Adrián Vélez Roddy Zambrano Ulises Mereles Diego Haro Fernando Falce José Argote Marlon Escalante