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Argentina
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)[La Albiceleste] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (The White and Sky Blue)
AssociationAsociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachAlejandro Sabella
CaptainLionel Messi
Most capsJavier Zanetti (145)
Top scorerGabriel Batistuta (56)
Home stadiumEstadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
FIFA codeARG
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current5 Increase 2
Highest1 (March 2007)
Lowest20 (August 1996)
First international
 Uruguay 2–3 Argentina Argentina
(Montevideo, Uruguay; May 16, 1901)[1][1]
Biggest win
 Argentina 12–0 Ecuador 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; January 22, 1942)
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina Argentina
(Helsingborg, Sweden; June 15, 1958)

Argentina Argentina 0–5 Colombia 
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; September 5, 1993)

 Bolivia 6–1 Argentina Argentina
(La Paz, Bolivia; April 1, 2009)
World Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1930)
Best resultChampions, 1978 and 1986
Copa América
Appearances39 (first in 1916)
Best resultChampions, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1992)
Best resultChampions, 1992
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Men's football[2]
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team

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

Main article: History of the Argentina national football team
Further information: Football in Argentina

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
1911–1974
1930
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
1999
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2011
2014
2014 Alternate

Away

1919 [14]
1958 [16]
1978
1982
1986
1994
1998
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2011
2014

Strip manufacturer

Manufacturer Period
Germany Adidas 1973–1979
France Le Coq Sportif 1980–1989
Germany Adidas 1990–1998
England Reebok 1999–2001
Germany Adidas 2001–present

Managers

Alejandro Sabella, current coach since 2011. As coach of Argentina he played 40 matches (26 wins - 4 defeats and 9 draws)

From 19241 to date:

Dates Name
1924–25 Argentina Ángel Vázquez
1926–27 Argentina Jorge Valderrama
1927–28 Argentina José Lago Millán
1928–29 Argentina Francisco Olazar
1929–30 Argentina Francisco Olazar & Argentina Juan José Tramutola
1934 Italy Felipe Pascucci
1934–37 Argentina Manuel Seoane
1937–39 Argentina Ángel Fernández Roca
1939–60 Argentina Guillermo Stábile
1960–61 Argentina Victorio Spinetto
1962–63 Argentina Juan Carlos Lorenzo
Dates Name
1963 Argentina Alejandro Galán
1963–64 Argentina Horacio Torres
1964–68 Argentina José María Minella
1968 Italy Renato Cesarini
1968–69 Argentina Humberto Maschio
1969 Argentina Adolfo Pedernera
1969–72 Argentina Juan José Pizzuti
1972–74 Argentina Omar Sívori
1974 Argentina Vladislao Cap
1974–83 Argentina César Luis Menotti
1983–90 Argentina Carlos Bilardo
Dates Name
1990–94 Argentina Alfio Basile
1994–98 Argentina Daniel Passarella
1998–04 Argentina Marcelo Bielsa
2004–06 Argentina José Pékerman
2006–08 Argentina Alfio Basile
2008–10 Argentina Diego Maradona
2010–11 Argentina Sergio Batista
2011–present Argentina Alejandro Sabella

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  Argentina Kolkata, India
19:00 UTC+5:30 Report Otamendi 70' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 94,000
Referee: Dinesh Nair (India)
September 6, 2011 Argentina  3–1  Nigeria Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 UTC+06:00 Higuaín 24'
di María 26'
Elderson 66' (o.g.)		 Report Obasi 47' Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Akbar Bakhshizadeh (Iran)
September 14, 2011 2011 Superclásico
de las Américas		 Argentina  0–0  Brazil 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  Argentina Belém, Brazil
21:50 UTC−03:00 Lucas 53'
Neymar 75'		 Report Stadium: Estádio Olímpico do Pará (Mangueirão)
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
February 29, 2012 Switzerland  1–3  Argentina Bern, Switzerland
20:30 UTC+01:00 Shaqiri 49' Report Messi 20', 88', 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
June 9, 2012 Brazil  3–4  Argentina New Jersey, United States
21:00 UTC+01:00 Rômulo 23'
Oscar 56'
Hulk 72'		 Report Messi 32', 34', 84'
Fernández 75'		 Stadium: MetLife Stadium
Attendance: 81,994
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
August 15, 2012 Germany  1–3  Argentina Frankfurt, Germany
20:45 UTC+02:00 Höwedes 82' Report Messi 52'
Khedira 45' (o.g.)
di María 73'		 Stadium: Commerzbank Arena
Attendance: 48,808
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
September 19, 2012 2012 Superclásico
de las Américas		 Brazil  2–1  Argentina Goiânia, Brazil
Paulinho 26'
Neymar 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Juan Manuel Martínez 20' Stadium: Estádio Serra Dourada
Attendance: 37,871
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
November 14, 2012 Saudi Arabia  0–0  Argentina 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)		  Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scocco 81' (pen.) 89' Report Fred 83' Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando "La Bombonera"
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Penalties
Martínez soccer ball with red X
Montillo soccer ball with red X
Domínguez soccer ball with check mark
Scocco soccer ball with check mark
Orión soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Neves
soccer ball with check mark Jean
soccer ball with check mark Carlinhos
soccer ball with red X Fred
soccer ball with check mark Neymar
February 6, 2013 Sweden  2–3  Argentina Solna, Sweden
20:30 UTC+01:00 J. Olsson 17'
Elm 90+5'		 Report Higuaín 3', 23'
Agüero 19'		 Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 49,646
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
June 14, 2013 Guatemala  0–4  Argentina Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00 UTC−06:00 Report Messi 15', 40', 49'
Fernández 36'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
August 14, 2013 Italy  1–2  Argentina Rome, Italy
Insigne 75' Report Higuaín 21'
Banega 49'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
November 15, 2013 Ecuador  0–0  Argentina New Jersey, United States
Report Stadium: MetLife Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)
November 18, 2013 Argentina  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina St. Louis, United States
Agüero 39', 65' Report Stadium: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)
March 5, 2014 Romania  0–0  Argentina Bucharest, Romania
Report Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
June 4, 2014 Argentina  3–0  Trinidad and Tobago Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palacio 45'
Mascherano 51'
M. Rodríguez 64'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
June 7, 2014 Argentina  2–0  Slovenia La Plata, Argentina
Álvarez 12'
Messi 76'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)
September 3, 2014 Germany  v  Argentina Dusseldorf, Germany
Report Stadium: Esprit Arena
October 11, 2014 2014 Superclásico
de las Américas		 Argentina  v  Brazil Beijing, China
Stadium: Beijing National Stadium
October 14, 2014 Hong Kong  v  Argentina So Kon Po, Hong Kong
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium

2014 World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
October 7, 2011 Round 1 Argentina  4–1  Chile Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:10 UTC-3 Higuaín 7', 51', 62'
Messi 25'		 Report M. Fernández 59' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 26,161
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
October 11, 2011 Round 2 Venezuela  1–0  Argentina Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
20:20 UTC−04:30 Amorebieta 61' Report Stadium: Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui
Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)
November 11, 2011 Round 3 Argentina  1–1  Bolivia Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00 UTC-3 Lavezzi 60' Report Moreno 55' Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 27,592
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
November 15, 2011 Round 4 Colombia  1–2  Argentina Barranquilla, Colombia
16:00 UTC-5 Pabón 45' Report Messi 61'
Agüero 84'		 Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
June 2, 2012 Round 5 Argentina  4–0  Ecuador Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:30 UTC-3 Agüero 20'
Higuaín 30'
Messi 32'
Di María 76'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru)
September 7, 2012 Round 7 Argentina  3–1  Paraguay Córdoba, Argentina
20:10 UTC-3 Di María 2'
Higuaín 31'
Messi 63'		 Report Fabbro 17' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)
September 11, 2012 Round 8 Peru  1–1  Argentina Lima, Peru
20:25 UTC-5 Zambrano 22' Report Higuaín 38' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 34,111
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
October 12, 2012 Round 9 Argentina  3–0  Uruguay Mendoza, Argentina
21:00 UTC−3 Messi 65', 79'
Agüero 75'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Attendance: 31,997
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)
October 16, 2012 Round 10 Chile  1–2  Argentina Santiago, Chile
21:05 UTC-3 Gutiérrez 90' Report Messi 28'
Higuaín 31'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
March 22, 2013 Round 11 Argentina  3–0  Venezuela Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:00UTC-3 Higuain 29', 59'
Messi 45' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Victor Carillo (Peru)
March 26, 2013 Round 12 Bolivia  1–1  Argentina La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 UTC-4 Martins 25' Banega 44' Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
June 7, 2013 Round 13 Argentina  0–0  Colombia 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  Argentina Quito, Ecuador
Castillo 17' Report Agüero 4' (pen.) Stadium: Quito, Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
September 10, 2013 Round 16 Paraguay  2–5  Argentina Asunción, Paraguay
Núñez 18'
Santa Cruz 85'		 Report Messi 12' (pen.), 52' (pen.)
Agüero 32'
Di María 49'
M. Rodríguez 90'		 Stadium: Asunción, Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
October 11, 2013 Round 17 Argentina  3–1  Peru Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lavezzi 23', 35'
Palacio 47'		 Report Pizarro 21' Stadium: Buenos Aires, Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
October 15, 2013 Round 18 Uruguay  3–2  Argentina Montevideo, Uruguay
01:30 C. Rodríguez 6'
Suárez 34' (pen.)
Cavani 49'		 M. Rodríguez 14', 41' Stadium: Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Referee: Marcelo Henrique (Brazil)

2014 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup
June 15, 2014 Group Stage Argentina  2–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19:00 UTC-3 Kolašinac 3' (o.g.)
Messi 65'		 Report Ibišević 85' Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã
Attendance: 74,738
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)[19]
June 21, 2014 Group Stage Argentina  1–0  Iran Belo Horizonte, Brazil
13:00 UTC-3 Messi 90+1' Report Stadium: Estádio Mineirão
Attendance: 57,698
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
June 25, 2014 Group Stage Nigeria  2–3  Argentina Porto Alegre, Brazil
13:00 UTC-3 Musa 4', 47' Report Messi 3', 45+1'
Rojo 50'		 Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio
Attendance: 43,285
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
July 1, 2014 Round of 16 Argentina  1–0 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland São Paulo, Brazil
13:00 UTC-3 Di María 118' Report Stadium: Arena de São Paulo
Attendance: 63,255
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
July 5, 2014 Quarterfinals Argentina  1–0  Belgium Brasília, Brazil
13:00 UTC-3 Higuaín 8' 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)		  Argentina São Paulo, Brazil
17:00 UTC-3 Report Stadium: Arena de São Paulo
Attendance: 61,606
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey)
Penalties
Vlaar soccer ball with red X
Robben soccer ball with check mark
Sneijder soccer ball with red X
Kuyt soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Messi
soccer ball with check mark Garay
soccer ball with check mark Agüero
soccer ball with check mark Rodríguez
July 13, 2014 Final Germany  1-0  Argentina 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

See also: Argentina international footballers

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
1 1GK Sergio Romero (1987-02-22) February 22, 1987 (age 37) 54 0 Monaco Monaco
12 1GK Agustín Orión (1981-01-26) January 26, 1981 (age 43) 3 0 Argentina Boca Juniors
21 1GK Mariano Andújar (1983-07-30) July 30, 1983 (age 41) 10 0 Italy Catania
2 2DF Ezequiel Garay (1986-10-10) October 10, 1986 (age 37) 25 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
3 2DF Hugo Campagnaro (1980-06-27) June 27, 1980 (age 44) 16 0 Italy Internazionale
4 2DF Pablo Zabaleta (1985-01-16) January 16, 1985 (age 39) 43 0 England Manchester City
15 2DF Martín Demichelis (1980-12-20) December 20, 1980 (age 43) 41 2 England Manchester City
16 2DF Marcos Rojo (1990-03-20) March 20, 1990 (age 34) 28 1 Portugal Sporting
17 2DF Federico Fernández (1989-02-21) February 21, 1989 (age 35) 30 2 Italy Napoli
23 2DF José María Basanta (1984-04-03) April 3, 1984 (age 40) 12 0 Mexico Monterrey
5 3MF Fernando Gago (1986-04-10) April 10, 1986 (age 38) 55 0 Argentina Boca Juniors
6 3MF Lucas Biglia (1986-01-30) January 30, 1986 (age 38) 25 0 Italy Lazio
7 3MF Ángel di María (1988-02-14) February 14, 1988 (age 36) 52 10 Spain Real Madrid
8 3MF Enzo Pérez (1986-02-22) February 22, 1986 (age 38) 10 1 Portugal Benfica
11 3MF Maxi Rodríguez (1981-01-02) January 2, 1981 (age 43) 57 16 Argentina Newell's Old Boys
13 3MF Augusto Fernández (1986-04-10) April 10, 1986 (age 38) 9 1 Spain Celta Vigo
14 3MF Javier Mascherano (1984-06-08) June 8, 1984 (age 40) 105 3 Spain Barcelona
19 3MF Ricardo Álvarez (1988-04-12) April 12, 1988 (age 36) 8 1 Italy Internazionale
9 4FW Gonzalo Higuaín (1987-12-10) December 10, 1987 (age 36) 43 22 Italy Napoli
10 4FW Lionel Messi (Captain) (1987-06-24) June 24, 1987 (age 37) 93 42 Spain Barcelona
18 4FW Rodrigo Palacio (1982-02-05) February 5, 1982 (age 42) 27 3 Italy Internazionale
20 4FW Sergio Agüero (1988-06-02) June 2, 1988 (age 36) 56 21 England Manchester City
22 4FW Ezequiel Lavezzi (1985-05-03) May 3, 1985 (age 39) 37 4 France Paris Saint-Germain

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
GK Óscar Ustari (1986-07-03) July 3, 1986 (age 38) 2 0 Argentina Newell's Old Boys v.  Italy, August 14, 2013
DF Emanuel Mammana (1996-02-10) February 10, 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Argentina River Plate v.  Slovenia, June 7, 2014
DF Nicolás Otamendi (1988-02-12) February 12, 1988 (age 36) 16 1 Spain Valencia 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad
DF Lisandro Ezequiel López (1989-09-01) September 1, 1989 (age 34) 4 0 Portugal Benfica 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad
DF Gabriel Mercado (1987-03-18) March 18, 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Argentina River Plate 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad
DF Gino Peruzzi (1992-02-09) February 9, 1992 (age 32) 4 0 Italy Catania v.  Romania, March 5, 2014
DF Lucas Orbán (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989 (age 35) 1 0 France Bordeaux v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 18, 2013
DF Facundo Roncaglia (1987-02-10) February 10, 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Italy Fiorentina v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 18, 2013
DF Fabricio Coloccini (1982-01-22) January 22, 1982 (age 42) 39 1 England Newcastle United v.  Uruguay, October 15, 2013
DF Sebastián Domínguez (1980-07-29) July 29, 1980 (age 44) 8 0 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield v.  Uruguay, October 15, 2013
DF Cristian Ansaldi (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986 (age 37) 3 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Peru, October 11, 2013
DF Santiago Vergini (1988-08-03) August 3, 1988 (age 36) 1 0 England Sunderland v.  Paraguay, September 10, 2013
MF Éver Banega (1988-06-29) June 29, 1988 (age 36) 24 2 Spain Valencia 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad
MF José Sosa (1985-06-19) June 19, 1985 (age 39) 19 1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad
MF Fabián Rinaudo (1987-05-15) May 15, 1987 (age 37) 4 0 Portugal Sporting 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad
MF Érik Lamela (1992-03-04) March 4, 1992 (age 32) 6 0 England Tottenham Hotspur v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 18, 2013
MF Rodrigo Braña (1979-03-07) March 7, 1979 (age 45) 9 0 Argentina Quilmes v.  Uruguay, October 15, 2013
MF Leandro Somoza (1981-01-26) January 26, 1981 (age 43) 4 0 Argentina Lanús v.  Uruguay, October 15, 2013
MF Francisco Cerro (1988-02-09) February 9, 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Argentina Racing v.  Italy, August 14, 2013
FW Franco Di Santo (1989-04-07) April 7, 1989 (age 35) 3 0 Germany Werder Bremen 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad
FW Mauro Icardi (1993-02-19) February 19, 1993 (age 31) 1 0 Italy Internazionale v.  Uruguay, October 15, 2013

Previous squads

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

  Gold    Silver    Bronze  

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 18 9 – – – – – –
Italy 1934 Round 1 9th 1 0 0 1 2 3 – – – – – –
France 1938 Withdrew
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Group Stage 13th 3 1 0 2 5 10 4 3 0 1 10 2
Chile 1962 10th 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 11 3
England 1966 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 3 1 0 9 2
Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify 4 1 1 2 4 6
West Germany 1974 Round 2 8th 6 1 2 3 9 12 4 3 1 0 9 2
Argentina 1978 Champions 1st 7 5 1 1 15 4 Qualified as hosts
Spain 1982 Round 2 11th 5 2 0 3 8 7 Qualified as defending champions
Mexico 1986 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 14 5 6 4 1 1 12 6
Italy 1990 Runners-up 2nd 7 2 3(2*) 2 5 4 Qualified as defending champions
United States 1994 Round of 16 10th 4 2 0 2 8 6 8 4 2 2 9 10
France 1998 Quarter-Finals 6th 5 3 1* 1 10 4 16 8 6 2 23 13
South Korea Japan 2002 Group Stage 18th 3 1 1 1 2 2 18 13 4 1 42 15
Germany 2006 Quarter-Finals 6th 5 3 2(1*) 0 11 3 18 10 4 4 29 17
South Africa 2010 5th 5 4 0 1 10 6 18 8 4 6 23 20
Brazil 2014 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1* 1 8 4 16 9 5 2 35 15
Russia 2018 TBD
Qatar 2022 TBD
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  

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 7 1 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1995 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 5 3 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1997 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1999
South KoreaJapan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 10 10 Squad
South Africa 2009 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017 TBD
Qatar 2021 TBD
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.

Honours

Other Awards

Most capped players

Javier Zanetti is the most capped player in the history of Argentina with 145 caps.

As of July 9, 2014, the ten players with the most caps for Argentina are:

Rank. Name Career Caps Goals
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

Gabriel Batistuta is the top goalscorer in the history of Argentina with 56 goals.

As of July 9, 2014, the ten players with the most goals for Argentina are:

Rank. Player Career Goals Caps Avg/Game
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

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

Main article: Argentina-Brazil football rivalry

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

Main article: Argentina-England football rivalry

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argentina.

Notes

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ Extra edition
  3. ^ a b Played between Argentina and Uruguay.
  4. ^ Played between Argentina and Brazil.

References

  1. ^ a b Pelayes, Héctor Darío (September 24, 2010). "ARGENTINA-URUGUAY Matches 1902–2009". RSSSF. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Football gold for Argentina". BBC News. August 28, 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "– Argentina on". FIFA. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. ^ "– Tournaments". FIFA. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  6. ^ 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]
  7. ^ "Great Footballing Rivalries : Argentina vs. Uruguay « SportsKeeda". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  8. ^ "– Argentina first for first time". FIFA. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  9. ^ ""Historia del Fútbol Uruguayo" at Deportes en Uruguay". Deportesenuruguay.eluruguayo.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  10. ^ ""Reasons for excluding or including full "A" internationals (1901–1910) at IFFHS". Iffhs.de. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  11. ^ "los comienzos (1901–1930)", AFA official site". "AFA. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  12. ^ "Football gold for Argentina". BBC News. August 28, 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  13. ^ "– Argentina first for first time". Fifa.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Copa Roberto Chery, Brasil 3 – Argentina 3" at IFFHS
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ a b "En el placard: Argentina de amarillo 1958". Enunabaldosa.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  17. ^ Argentina national team archive at RSSSF
  18. ^ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bra/fixturesresults/gender=m/index.html
  19. ^ "Referee designations for matches 9–11" (PDF). fifa.com. June 13, 2014.
  20. ^ "Argentina World cup squad: Carlos tevez left out". {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  21. ^ "Copa Julio Roca at RSSSF". Rsssf.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  22. ^ 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.
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