Argentina national football team
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The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA).
Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, and currently #1 in FIFA ranking, having won 2 World Cups in 1978 and 1986. Argentina has been runners up twice in both the 1930 World Cup and 1990 World Cup. Argentina has also won the Copa América a record 14 times, tied with Uruguay. Moreover, Argentina has also won the Confederations Cup and the gold medal at the Olympic football tournament in 2004. Prior to that occasion Argentina had obtained two silver medals in the 1928 and 1996 editions. On other levels of international competition Argentina has won the FIFA U-20 World Cup a record six times. The FIFA U-17 World Cup is the only FIFA international competition yet to be obtained.
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[edit] History
La Selección, also known as the Albicelestes (Light blue and whites), has appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4-2 to Uruguay. Argentina won in their next final in 1978, beating the Netherlands 3-1. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3-2 victory over West Germany. Their most recent World Cup final was in 1990, which they lost 1-0 to Germany by a much disputed penalty.
Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it fourteen times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946.
Argentina also won six of the fourteen football competitions at the Pan American Games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 and 2003.
Argentina also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992. Argentina also won the Olympics football gold medal in Athens 2004.[1]
In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time.[2]
[edit] World Cup 2006
Argentina had been eliminated at the group stage at Korea/Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup, although they had been among the pre-tournament favourites. There was a high expectation of a better performance in the Germany 2006.
Argentina qualified for the knockout stages with wins over Ivory Coast (2-1) and Serbia and Montenegro (6-0), and a 0-0 draw with the Netherlands.
In the round of sixteen, Argentina defeated Mexico national football team 2-1 in extra-time, the winning goal by Maxi Rodríguez winning an online poll organised by FIFA, as the best goal of the World Cup [1]. In the quarter final, they lost 4-2 in a penalty shootout against hosts Germany after a 1-1 draw. A brawl erupted between the Argentines and Germans after the game ended. Unused substitute Leandro Cufré was sent off for kicking Per Mertesacker, while Maxi Rodríguez hit Bastian Schweinsteiger from behind. Following an investigation of video evidence, FIFA doled out 4-game and 2-game suspensions for Cufre and Rodriguez, respectively. Germany's Torsten Frings was suspended for the semifinal match for punching Julio Ricardo Cruz.
Shortly after the elimination, coach José Pekerman resigned from his position. AFA appointed Alfio Basile, who had previously managed the national side during the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Copa América 2007
Argentina was the only team to win all three games in the Group stages - beating United States, Colombia and Paraguay. After convincing victories over Peru and Mexico in the quarter final and semi final respectively, they were favourites to beat Brazil in the final, but were defeated 0-3.
[edit] Competitive record
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| Copa America/South American Championship record | |||||||
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| Total: 14 Titles | |||||||
| Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | ||
| Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg 1916 | Second place | Image:Flag of Peru.svg 1939 | Withdrew | Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1967 | Second place | ||
| Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1917 | Second place | Image:Flag of Chile.svg 1941 | Champions | 1975 | Round 1 | ||
| Image:Flag of Brazil.svg 1919 | Third place | Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1942 | Second place | 1979 | Round 1 | ||
| Image:Flag of Chile.svg 1920 | Second place | Image:Flag of Chile.svg 1945 | Champions | 1983 | Round 1 | ||
| Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg 1921 | Champions | Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg 1946 | Champions | Image:Flag of Argentina.svg 1987 | Fourth place | ||
| Image:Flag of Brazil.svg 1922 | Fourth place | Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg 1947 | Champions | Image:Flag of Brazil.svg 1989 | Third place | ||
| Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1923 | Second place | Image:Flag of Brazil.svg 1949 | Withdrew | Image:Flag of Chile.svg 1991 | Champions | ||
| Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1924 | Second place | Image:Flag of Peru.svg 1953 | Withdrew | Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg 1993 | Champions | ||
| Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg 1925 | Champions | Image:Flag of Chile.svg 1955 | Champions | Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1995 | Quarter-finals | ||
| Image:Flag of Chile.svg 1926 | Second place | Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1956 | Third place | Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg 1997 | Quarter-finals | ||
| Image:Flag of Peru.svg 1927 | Champions | Image:Flag of Peru.svg 1957 | Champions | Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg 1999 | Quarter-finals | ||
| Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg 1929 | Champions | Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg 1959 | Champions | Image:Flag of Colombia.svg 2001 | Withdrew | ||
| Image:Flag of Peru.svg 1935 | Second place | Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg 1959 | Second place | Image:Flag of Peru.svg 2004 | Second place | ||
| Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg 1937 | Champions | Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg 1963 | Third place | Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg 2007 | Second place | ||
[edit] Pan American Games record
- 1951 - Champions
- 1955 - Champions
- 1959 - Champions
- 1963 - Second place
- 1967 - Round 1
- 1971 - Third place
- 1979 - Third place
- 1983 - Round 1
- 1987 - Third place
- 1991 - Did not enter
- 1995 - Champions
- 1999 - Did not enter
- 2003 - Champions
- 2007 - Round 1
[edit] Kit Evolution
[edit] Managers
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[edit] Players
[edit] Current Squad
The following players were named for Round 3 and Round 4 of the World Cup 2010 Preliminary Round against Bolivia and Colombia, respectively.[2]
Caps included the match against Venezuela on 16 October 2007.
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[edit] Recent call-ups
Here is the players call-up after Copa America, caps and goals as of before the Norway match
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[edit] Previous squads
- 2007 Copa América - Argentina
- 2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Argentina
- 2002 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1998 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1994 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1990 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1986 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1982 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1978 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1974 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1966 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1962 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1958 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1934 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
- 1930 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina
[edit] Most capped players
As of November 20, 2007, the ten players with the most caps for Argentina are:
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 1. | Javier Zanetti | 1994 - present | 117 | 5 |
| 2. | Roberto Ayala | 1994 - 2007 | 115 | 7 |
| 3. | Diego Simeone | 1988 - 2002 | 106 | 11 |
| 4. | Oscar Ruggeri | 1983 - 1994 | 97 | 7 |
| 5. | Diego Maradona | 1977 - 1994 | 91 | 34 |
| 6. | Ariel Ortega | 1993 - 2003 | 86 | 17 |
| 7. | Gabriel Batistuta | 1991 - 2002 | 78 | 56 |
| 8. | Juan Pablo Sorín | 1995 - 2006 | 75 | 11 |
| 9. | Américo Gallego | 1975 - 1982 | 73 | 3 |
| 10. | Daniel Passarella | 1976 - 1986 | 70 | 22 |
[edit] Top goalscorers
As of July 16, 2007, the ten players with the most goals for Argentina are:
| # | Name | Career | Goals | Caps |
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| 1. | Gabriel Batistuta | 1991 - 2002 | 56 | 78 |
| 2. | Hernán Crespo | 1995 - present | 35 | 64 |
| 3. | Diego Maradona | 1977 - 1994 | 34 | 91 |
| 4. | Luis Artime | 1961 - 1967 | 24 | 25 |
| 5. | Leopoldo Luque | 1975 - 1981 | 22 | 45 |
| = | Daniel Passarella | 1976 - 1986 | 22 | 70 |
| 7. | José Sanfilippo | 1956 - 1962 | 21 | 28 |
| = | Herminio Masantonio | 1935 - 1942 | 21 | 19 |
| 9. | Mario Kempes | 1973 - 1982 | 20 | 43 |
| 10. | Norberto Méndez | 1945 - 1956 | 19 | 31 |
| = | José Manuel Moreno | 1936 - 1950 | 19 | 34 |
| = | René Pontoni | 1942 - 1947 | 19 | 19 |
[edit] Notable players
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[edit] Facts
- Argentina and Uruguay hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries.[citations needed] The two teams have faced each other 161 times since 1901. The first match against Uruguay was the first official international match to be played outside Britain.[3]
- Marcelo Trobbiani was a member of the Argentina world cup squad in 1986, but he only managed two minutes of play in the entire tournament, he came on in the 88th minute of the World Cup Final against West Germany. This two minutes of football equalled the world record for the shortest World Cup career set by Tunisia's Khemais Labidi in 1978.
- In the 2006 World Cup Leandro Cufré was given a red card and sent off after the end of the Quarter Final game with Germany for his part in the brawl after the match, even though he was a substitute and had not participated in the game itself. It is the only occasion of a player being sent off in a FIFA World Cup match after the final whistle. Four years earlier, in the 2002 World Cup Claudio Caniggia was sent off for swearing at a match official from the substitute bench.
[edit] See also
- Vamos vamos Argentina
- Argentina national under-20 football team
- Argentina and Brazil football rivalry
- Argentina and England football rivalry
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/football/3607296.stm
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid=113242.html
- ^ Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1889, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1904 and the USA did not play one until 1916.
[edit] External links
- Official website, at the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino's website
- RSSSF archive of results 1901-2002
- RSSSF archive of results 1999-
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- RSSSF archive of coaches 1901-90
- Russian company and Argentine national team:common features
- youtube - Argentine Football 1930-present
[edit] Titles
| Preceded by 1974 West Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg | World Champions 1978 (First title) | Succeeded by 1982 Italy Image:Flag of Italy.svg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by 1982 Italy Image:Flag of Italy.svg | World Champions 1986 (Second title) | Succeeded by 1990 West Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by Inaugural Champion | Confederations Cup Champions 1992 (First title) | Succeeded by 1995 Denmark Image:Flag of Denmark.svg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by 1920 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | South American Champions 1921 (First title) | Succeeded by 1922 Brazil Image:Flag of Brazil.svg |
| Preceded by 1924 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | South American Champions 1925 (Second title) | Succeeded by 1926 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg |
| Preceded by 1926 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | South American Champions 1927 (Third title) 1929 (Fourth title) | Succeeded by 1935 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg |
| Preceded by 1935 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | South American Champions 1937 (Fifth title) | Succeeded by 1939 Peru Image:Flag of Peru.svg |
| Preceded by 1939 Peru Image:Flag of Peru.svg | South American Champions 1941 (Sixth title) | Succeeded by 1942 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg |
| Preceded by 1942 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | South American Champions 1945 (Seventh title) 1946 (Eighth title) 1947 (Ninth title) | Succeeded by 1949 Brazil Image:Flag of Brazil.svg |
| Preceded by 1953 Paraguay Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg | South American Champions 1955 (Tenth title) | Succeeded by 1956 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg |
| Preceded by 1956 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | South American Champions 1957 (Eleventh title) 1959 (Twelfth title) | Succeeded by 1959 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg |
| Preceded by 1989 Brazil Image:Flag of Brazil.svg | South American Champions 1991 (Thirteenth title) 1993 (Fourteenth title) | Succeeded by 1995 Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg |
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