Argentina national football team
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Nickname(s) | [La Albiceleste] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (The White and Sky Blue) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Alejandro Sabella | ||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Lionel Messi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Javier Zanetti (145) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Gabriel Batistuta (56) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti | ||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | ARG | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current | 5 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
Highest | 1 (March 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lowest | 20 (August 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() (Montevideo, Uruguay; May 16, 1901)[1][1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() (Montevideo, Uruguay; January 22, 1942) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() (Helsingborg, Sweden; June 15, 1958)
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World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 15 (first in 1930) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Champions, 1978 and 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Copa América | |||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 39 (first in 1916) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Champions, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA Confederations Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Champions, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The Argentina national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro Sabella.
La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes (sky 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 appearance in 1978, beating the Netherlands, 3–1. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3–2 victory over West Germany. They again made the World Cup finals in 1990, and lost, 1–0, to Germany by penalty kick in the 85th minute. Argentina will make their fifth appearance in a World Cup final in 2014, again facing Germany. Argentina's World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, and Carlos Bilardo in 1986.
Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and the Argentine olympic team won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.[3]
Argentina and France are the only two national teams that have won the three most important men's titles recognized by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament. They have both also won their respective continental championship (Copa América for Argentina, and UEFA European Championship for France).[4][5]
Argentina is known for having rivalries with Brazil, Uruguay, Germany and England due to historic occurrences with one another throughout Football history.[6][7]
Argentina also won six of the 14 football competitions at the Pan American Games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 and 2003.
In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time.[8]
History
The first match ever recorded by Argentina was against Uruguay.[a] The game was held in Montevideo on May 16, 1901 and Argentina won, 3–2. During the first years of its existence, the Argentina national team only played friendly matches against other South American teams. The reasons for this varied, including long travel times between countries and World War I.[11]
La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes (sky 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's World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, and Carlos Bilardo in 1986.
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. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and an Argentina team (with only three players of over 23 years of age included in the squad) won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.[12]
Argentina also won six of the 14 football competitions at the Pan American Games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 and 2003.
In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time.[13]
Kit history
Argentina has been wearing white and light blue in vertical stripes jersey, black shorts and white/black socks. The away kits usually are in dark blue tones, varying the colors of shorts and socks.
Nevertheless, Argentina wore other uniforms a few times. One of them was on 3 June 1919 in Rio de Janeiro playing the "Roberto Chery Cup" against Brazil. That time Argentina wore a light blue kit, similar to Uruguay.[14] The trophy was established by Brazilian Football Confederation for the benefit of Roberto Chery's relatives. Chery was Uruguay's substitute goalkeeper and died during the 1919 South American Championship after collapsing in a game against Chile.[15]
In the 1958 World Cup, Argentina wore the yellow IFK Malmo's jersey in the match against West Germany as the team didn't bring away uniforms to Sweden.[16]
Home
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1901 |
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Away
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1919 [14] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1958 [16] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1978 |
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Strip manufacturer
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Managers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Alejandro_Sabella_2012.jpeg/250px-Alejandro_Sabella_2012.jpeg)
From 19241 to date:
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Notes:
- 1 There is no recorded information about who were the managers in 1901–24 and 1930–35 (with the exception of Pascucci, credited just for one match played on May 27, 1934.[17]
Fixtures and results
The following are Argentina's results and fixtures since Alejandro Sabella took over on 3 August 2011, after the 2011 Copa America.[18]
Win Draw Loss
Friendlies
September 2, 2011 | Venezuela ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Kolkata, India |
19:00 UTC+5:30 | Report | Otamendi ![]() |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 94,000 Referee: Dinesh Nair (India) |
September 6, 2011 | Argentina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
19:00 UTC+06:00 | Higuaín ![]() di María ![]() Elderson ![]() |
Report | Obasi ![]() |
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Akbar Bakhshizadeh (Iran) |
September 14, 2011 2011 Superclásico de las Américas | Argentina ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Córdoba, Argentina |
21:50 UTC−03:00 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 26,897 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile) |
September 28, 2011 2011 Superclásico de las Américas | Brazil ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Belém, Brazil |
21:50 UTC−03:00 | Lucas ![]() Neymar ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estádio Olímpico do Pará (Mangueirão) Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) |
February 29, 2012 | Switzerland ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Bern, Switzerland |
20:30 UTC+01:00 | Shaqiri ![]() |
Report | Messi ![]() |
Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany) |
June 9, 2012 | Brazil ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | New Jersey, United States |
21:00 UTC+01:00 | Rômulo ![]() Oscar ![]() Hulk ![]() |
Report | Messi ![]() Fernández ![]() |
Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 81,994 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States) |
August 15, 2012 | Germany ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Frankfurt, Germany |
20:45 UTC+02:00 | Höwedes ![]() |
Report | Messi ![]() Khedira ![]() di María ![]() |
Stadium: Commerzbank Arena Attendance: 48,808 Referee: Jonas Eriksson |
September 19, 2012 2012 Superclásico de las Américas | Brazil ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Goiânia, Brazil |
Paulinho ![]() Neymar ![]() |
Report | Juan Manuel Martínez ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio Serra Dourada Attendance: 37,871 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) |
November 14, 2012 | Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Report | Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain) |
November 21, 2012 2012 Superclásico de las Américas | Argentina ![]() | 2–1 (3–4 p) | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Scocco ![]() ![]() |
Report | Fred ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando "La Bombonera" Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile) | |
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Martínez ![]() Montillo ![]() Domínguez ![]() Scocco ![]() Orión ![]() |
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February 6, 2013 | Sweden ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Solna, Sweden |
20:30 UTC+01:00 | J. Olsson ![]() Elm ![]() |
Report | Higuaín ![]() Agüero ![]() |
Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 49,646 Referee: Antony Gautier (France) |
June 14, 2013 | Guatemala ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
20:00 UTC−06:00 | Report | Messi ![]() Fernández ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras) |
August 14, 2013 | Italy ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Rome, Italy |
Insigne ![]() |
Report | Higuaín ![]() Banega ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) |
November 15, 2013 | Ecuador ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | New Jersey, United States |
Report | Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada) |
November 18, 2013 | Argentina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | St. Louis, United States |
Agüero ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Busch Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States) |
March 5, 2014 | Romania ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Bucharest, Romania |
Report | Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) |
June 4, 2014 | Argentina ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palacio ![]() Mascherano ![]() M. Rodríguez ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay) |
June 7, 2014 | Argentina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | La Plata, Argentina |
Álvarez ![]() Messi ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay) |
September 3, 2014 | Germany ![]() | v | ![]() | Dusseldorf, Germany |
Report | Stadium: Esprit Arena |
October 11, 2014 2014 Superclásico de las Américas | Argentina ![]() | v | ![]() | Beijing, China |
Stadium: Beijing National Stadium |
October 14, 2014 | Hong Kong ![]() | v | ![]() | So Kon Po, Hong Kong |
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium |
2014 World Cup qualifiers
October 7, 2011 Round 1 | Argentina ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
20:10 UTC-3 | Higuaín ![]() Messi ![]() |
Report | M. Fernández ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 26,161 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) |
October 11, 2011 Round 2 | Venezuela ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela |
20:20 UTC−04:30 | Amorebieta ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 35,600 Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay) |
November 11, 2011 Round 3 | Argentina ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
17:00 UTC-3 | Lavezzi ![]() |
Report | Moreno ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 27,592 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador) |
November 15, 2011 Round 4 | Colombia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Barranquilla, Colombia |
16:00 UTC-5 | Pabón ![]() |
Report | Messi ![]() Agüero ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil) |
June 2, 2012 Round 5 | Argentina ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
19:30 UTC-3 | Agüero ![]() Higuaín ![]() Messi ![]() Di María ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru) |
September 7, 2012 Round 7 | Argentina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Córdoba, Argentina |
20:10 UTC-3 | Di María ![]() Higuaín ![]() Messi ![]() |
Report | Fabbro ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil) |
September 11, 2012 Round 8 | Peru ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Lima, Peru |
20:25 UTC-5 | Zambrano ![]() |
Report | Higuaín ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 34,111 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) |
October 12, 2012 Round 9 | Argentina ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Mendoza, Argentina |
21:00 UTC−3 | Messi ![]() Agüero ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 31,997 Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil) |
October 16, 2012 Round 10 | Chile ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Santiago, Chile |
21:05 UTC-3 | Gutiérrez ![]() |
Report | Messi ![]() Higuaín ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay) |
March 22, 2013 Round 11 | Argentina ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
21:00UTC-3 | Higuain ![]() Messi ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Victor Carillo (Peru) |
March 26, 2013 Round 12 | Bolivia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | La Paz, Bolivia |
16:00 UTC-4 | Martins ![]() |
Banega ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile) |
June 7, 2013 Round 13 | Argentina ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 44,807 Referee: Marlon Escalante (Venezuela) |
June 11, 2013 Round 14 | Ecuador ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Quito, Ecuador |
Castillo ![]() |
Report | Agüero ![]() |
Stadium: Quito, Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay) |
September 10, 2013 Round 16 | Paraguay ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() | Asunción, Paraguay |
Núñez ![]() Santa Cruz ![]() |
Report | Messi ![]() Agüero ![]() Di María ![]() M. Rodríguez ![]() |
Stadium: Asunción, Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile) |
October 11, 2013 Round 17 | Argentina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Lavezzi ![]() Palacio ![]() |
Report | Pizarro ![]() |
Stadium: Buenos Aires, Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador) |
October 15, 2013 Round 18 | Uruguay ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Montevideo, Uruguay |
01:30 | C. Rodríguez ![]() Suárez ![]() Cavani ![]() |
M. Rodríguez ![]() |
Stadium: Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Referee: Marcelo Henrique (Brazil) |
2014 FIFA World Cup
June 15, 2014 Group Stage | Argentina ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
19:00 UTC-3 | Kolašinac ![]() Messi ![]() |
Report | Ibišević ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: 74,738 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)[19] |
June 21, 2014 Group Stage | Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
13:00 UTC-3 | Messi ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estádio Mineirão Attendance: 57,698 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) |
June 25, 2014 Group Stage | Nigeria ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
13:00 UTC-3 | Musa ![]() |
Report | Messi ![]() Rojo ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 43,285 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) |
July 1, 2014 Round of 16 | Argentina ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | São Paulo, Brazil |
13:00 UTC-3 | Di María ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Arena de São Paulo Attendance: 63,255 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) |
July 5, 2014 Quarterfinals | Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Brasília, Brazil |
13:00 UTC-3 | Higuaín ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Attendance: 68,551 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) |
July 9, 2014 Semifinals | Netherlands ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | ![]() | São Paulo, Brazil |
17:00 UTC-3 | Report | Stadium: Arena de São Paulo Attendance: 61,606 Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey) | ||
Penalties | ||||
Vlaar ![]() Robben ![]() Sneijder ![]() Kuyt ![]() |
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July 13, 2014 Final | Germany ![]() | 1-0 | ![]() | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
16:00 UTC-3 | 1 | Report | 0 | Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã |
Recent and forthcoming matches
see also 2010–11 Argentina national team results.
see also 2011–12 Argentina national team results.
see also 2012–13 Argentina national team results.
see also 2013–14 Argentina national team results.
Players
Current squad
On June 2, 2014, Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella named the 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[20]
Caps and goals updated as of July 9, 2014 after the match against the Netherlands.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Sergio Romero | February 22, 1987 | 54 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Agustín Orión | January 26, 1981 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | GK | Mariano Andújar | July 30, 1983 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Ezequiel Garay | October 10, 1986 | 25 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Hugo Campagnaro | June 27, 1980 | 16 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Pablo Zabaleta | January 16, 1985 | 43 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Martín Demichelis | December 20, 1980 | 41 | 2 | ![]() |
16 | DF | Marcos Rojo | March 20, 1990 | 28 | 1 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Federico Fernández | February 21, 1989 | 30 | 2 | ![]() |
23 | DF | José María Basanta | April 3, 1984 | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | MF | Fernando Gago | April 10, 1986 | 55 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Lucas Biglia | January 30, 1986 | 25 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Ángel di María | February 14, 1988 | 52 | 10 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Enzo Pérez | February 22, 1986 | 10 | 1 | ![]() |
11 | MF | Maxi Rodríguez | January 2, 1981 | 57 | 16 | ![]() |
13 | MF | Augusto Fernández | April 10, 1986 | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
14 | MF | Javier Mascherano | June 8, 1984 | 105 | 3 | ![]() |
19 | MF | Ricardo Álvarez | April 12, 1988 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Gonzalo Higuaín | December 10, 1987 | 43 | 22 | ![]() |
10 | FW | Lionel Messi (Captain) | June 24, 1987 | 93 | 42 | ![]() |
18 | FW | Rodrigo Palacio | February 5, 1982 | 27 | 3 | ![]() |
20 | FW | Sergio Agüero | June 2, 1988 | 56 | 21 | ![]() |
22 | FW | Ezequiel Lavezzi | May 3, 1985 | 37 | 4 | ![]() |
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Óscar Ustari | July 3, 1986 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Emanuel Mammana | February 10, 1996 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Nicolás Otamendi | February 12, 1988 | 16 | 1 | ![]() |
2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad |
DF | Lisandro Ezequiel López | September 1, 1989 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Gabriel Mercado | March 18, 1987 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Gino Peruzzi | February 9, 1992 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Lucas Orbán | February 3, 1989 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Facundo Roncaglia | February 10, 1987 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Fabricio Coloccini | January 22, 1982 | 39 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Sebastián Domínguez | July 29, 1980 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Cristian Ansaldi | September 20, 1986 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Santiago Vergini | August 3, 1988 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Éver Banega | June 29, 1988 | 24 | 2 | ![]() |
2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad |
MF | José Sosa | June 19, 1985 | 19 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Fabián Rinaudo | May 15, 1987 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Érik Lamela | March 4, 1992 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Rodrigo Braña | March 7, 1979 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Leandro Somoza | January 26, 1981 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Francisco Cerro | February 9, 1988 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Franco Di Santo | April 7, 1989 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad |
FW | Mauro Icardi | February 19, 1993 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Previous squads
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
Gold Silver Bronze
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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Round 1 | 9th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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Group Stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
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10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
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Quarter-Finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
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Did Not Qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
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Round 2 | 8th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
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Champions | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | Qualified as hosts | |||||
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Round 2 | 11th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | Qualified as defending champions | |||||
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Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 2 | 3(2*) | 2 | 5 | 4 | Qualified as defending champions | |||||
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Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
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Quarter-Finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 13 |
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Group Stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 |
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Quarter-Finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 2(1*) | 0 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 |
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5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1* | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 15 |
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Total | 2 Titles | 16/20 | 76 | 42 | 14 | 20 | 131 | 83 | 118 | 68 | 29 | 21 | 216 | 111 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Darker color indicates win, normal color indicates lost.
- **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
FIFA Confederations Cup
Gold Silver Bronze
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Champions | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | Squad |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Squad |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Squad |
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Total | 1 Title | 3/9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | - |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
South American ChampionshipGold Silver Bronze Fourth Place
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Copa AméricaGold Silver Bronze
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Summer OlympicsGold Silver Bronze
Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992. See Argentina Olympic football team. |
Pan American Games
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Honours
- FIFA World Cup (2): 1978, 1986
- FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1992
- South American Championship / Copa America (14): 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946,[b] 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993.
Other Awards
- Artemio Franchi Trophy (1): 1993
- Panamerican Championship (1): 1960
- Copa Newton (17) [c] 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1976
- Copa Lipton (18): [c] 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1976, 1992
- Copa Julio A. Roca (4): [d] 1923, 1939–40, 1940, 1971 [21]
- Nations' Cup (1): 1964
- Copa Kirin (1): 1992
- Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo 1910 (1): 1910
Most capped players
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As of July 9, 2014, the ten players with the most caps for Argentina are:
Rank. | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Javier Zanetti | 1994–2011 | 145 | 5 |
2 | Roberto Ayala | 1994–2007 | 115 | 7 |
3 | Diego Simeone | 1988–2002 | 106 | 11 |
4 | Javier Mascherano | 2003–present | 104 | 3 |
5 | Oscar Ruggeri | 1983–1994 | 97 | 7 |
6 | Lionel Messi | 2005–present | 92 | 42 |
7 | Diego Maradona | 1977–1994 | 91 | 34 |
8 | Ariel Ortega | 1993–2010 | 87 | 17 |
9 | Gabriel Batistuta | 1991–2002 | 78 | 56 |
10 | Juan Pablo Sorín | 1996–2006 | 76 | 11 |
Top goalscorers
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As of July 9, 2014, the ten players with the most goals for Argentina are:
Rank. | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Avg/Game |
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1 | Gabriel Batistuta | 1991–2002 | 56 | 78 | 0.718 |
2 | Lionel Messi | 2005–present | 42 | 92 | 0.457 |
3 | Hernán Crespo | 1995–2007 | 35 | 64 | 0.555 |
4 | Diego Maradona | 1977–1994 | 34 | 91 | 0.374 |
5 | Luis Artime | 1961–1967 | 24 | 25 | 0.960 |
6 | Leopoldo Luque | 1975–1981 | 22 | 45 | 0.488 |
Daniel Passarella | 1976–1986 | 22 | 70 | 0.314 | |
Gonzalo Higuaín | 2009–present | 22 | 42 | 0.524 | |
9 | Herminio Masantonio | 1935–1942 | 21 | 19 | 1.105 |
José Sanfilippo | 1956–1962 | 21 | 29 | 0.724 | |
Sergio Agüero | 2006–present | 21 | 55 | 0.382 |
Gallery
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Américo Tesoriere played for Argentina between 1919 and 1925.
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Guillermo Stábile played in the 1930 World Cup and managed the team from 1939 to 1960.
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Norberto Méndez, all-time top scorer of the Copa América with 17 goals.
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Silvio Marzolini played in the 1962 and 1966 World Cup.
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Mario Kempes, the top scorer in the 1978 World Cup.
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Diego Maradona lead the team to the 1986 World Cup victory.
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Claudio Caniggia, Competed in three World Cups.
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Diego Simeone played 106 matches and took part of 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
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Roberto Ayala played in 10 tournaments from 1994 to 2007, also spent time as captain.
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Hernán Crespo, is the third top scorer of Argentina with 35 goals.
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Juan Sebastián Verón played 73 matches from 1996 till 2010.
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Lionel Messi is the second top scorer of Argentina with 42 goals in 89 matches.
Notable matches
- Argentina and Uruguay hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries.[1] The two teams have faced each other 198 times since 1901. The first match against Uruguay was the first official international match to be played outside the United Kingdom.[22]
- 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.
Rivalries
Brazil
Argentina have a long rivalry with their South American neighbours. The two teams are by far the most successful in South America.
Germany
Argentina have played Germany in three World Cup finals. The teams also have played in knockout stages in 2006 and 2010.
England
A rivalry stemming from the infamous Falklands War, Argentina and England had numerous confrontations in the World Cup, notably their match in 1986 where Diego Maradona scored two goals against England.
See also
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- Argentina and Brazil football rivalry
- Argentina–England football rivalry
- Argentina national football team head to head
- Argentina national under-17 football team
- Argentina national under-20 football team
- Argentina national under-23 football team
- Vamos vamos Argentina
Notes
- ^ Some versions stated that the team that faced Argentina was Albion FC based on the initial line-up had 9 players from that club. In fact, it was the first match disputed by an Uruguayan national team.[9][10]
- ^ Extra edition
- ^ a b Played between Argentina and Uruguay.
- ^ Played between Argentina and Brazil.
References
- ^ a b Pelayes, Héctor Darío (September 24, 2010). "ARGENTINA-URUGUAY Matches 1902–2009". RSSSF. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ After 1988, the tournament has been restricted to squads with no more than 3 players over the age of 23, and these matches are not regarded as part of the national team's record, nor are caps awarded.
- ^ "Football gold for Argentina". BBC News. August 28, 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ "– Argentina on". FIFA. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "– Tournaments". FIFA. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ Wetzel, Dan (July 1, 2010). "War of words renews Argentina-Germany rivalry – FBINTL – Yahoo! Sports". G.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Great Footballing Rivalries : Argentina vs. Uruguay « SportsKeeda". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "– Argentina first for first time". FIFA. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ ""Historia del Fútbol Uruguayo" at Deportes en Uruguay". Deportesenuruguay.eluruguayo.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ ""Reasons for excluding or including full "A" internationals (1901–1910) at IFFHS". Iffhs.de. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ "los comienzos (1901–1930)", AFA official site". "AFA. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ "Football gold for Argentina". BBC News. August 28, 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ "– Argentina first for first time". Fifa.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ a b "Copa Roberto Chery, Brasil 3 – Argentina 3" at IFFHS
- ^ Publicado por Federico Mauccione Pérez (February 26, 2004). ""El 3 de Julio de 1919, la Selección de Brasil vistió la camiseta de Peñarol", GloriosoMirasol.com". Gloriosomirasolfm.blogspot.com.ar. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ a b "En el placard: Argentina de amarillo 1958". Enunabaldosa.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ Argentina national team archive at RSSSF
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bra/fixturesresults/gender=m/index.html
- ^ "Referee designations for matches 9–11" (PDF). fifa.com. June 13, 2014.
- ^ "Argentina World cup squad: Carlos tevez left out".
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(help) - ^ "Copa Julio Roca at RSSSF". Rsssf.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1886, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1904 and the USA did not play one until 1916.
External links
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