Argentina national football team

Argentina

Nickname(s)	La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue)
Association	Argentine Football Association (AFA)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Gerardo Martino
Captain	Lionel Messi
Most caps	Javier Zanetti (143)[1]
Top scorer	Gabriel Batistuta (56)
Home stadium	Antonio Vespucio Liberti (El Monumental)
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	2 (5 February 2016)
Highest	1 (March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July–October 2015)
Lowest	18 (August 1996)
Elo ranking
Current	2 (10 July 2015)
Highest	1 (July 2007)
Lowest	18 (June 1990)
First international
Uruguay 2–3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)[2]
Biggest win
Argentina 12–0 Ecuador  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 May 1958) Bolivia 6–1 Argentina (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009)
World Cup
Appearances	16 (First in 1930)
Best result	Champions, 1978 and 1986
Copa América
Appearances	40 (First in 1916)
Best result	Champions, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993
Confederations Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1992)
Best result	Champions, 1992

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.

La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes (sky blue and whites), has appeared in five 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 at extra time, 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 West Germany after conceding a penalty kick in the 85th minute. Argentina made their fifth appearance in a World Cup final in 2014, again losing to Germany, 1–0 during extra-time. 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, England and Germany 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.

History

The first match ever recorded by Argentina was against Uruguay.^{[lower-alpha 1]} The game was held in Montevideo on 16 May 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.^[10]

La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes (sky blue and whites), has appeared in five 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 2014, which they lost, 1–0, to Germany. Previous to this their last 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.^[11]

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.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14]

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.^[15]

Home

1901	1911–1974	1930	1975	1978
1982	1986	1990	1994	1998
1999	2002	2004	2006	2008
2010	2011	2014	2015

Away

1919 [13]	1958 [15]	1978	1982
1986	1994	1998	2002	2004
2006	2008	2010	2011	2014

Managers

The first Argentina national team manager was Ángel Vázquez, appointed in 1924. Guillermo Stábile is the manager with the most matches coaching the team (127).^[16] The complete list of managers is:^[17][18]

Dates Name 1924–25 Ángel Vázquez 1927–28 José Lago Millán 1928–29 Francisco Olazar 1929–30 Francisco Olazar & Juan J. Tramutola 1934 Felipe Pascucci 1934–37 Manuel Seoane 1937–39 Ángel Fernández Roca 1939–60 Guillermo Stábile 1960–61 Victorio Spinetto 1962–63 Juan Carlos Lorenzo

Dates Name 1963 Alejandro Galán 1963–64 Horacio Torres 1964–68 José María Minella 1968 Renato Cesarini 1968–69 Humberto Maschio 1969 Adolfo Pedernera 1969–72 Juan José Pizzuti 1972–74 Omar Sívori 1974 Vladislao Cap 1974–83 César Luis Menotti 1983–90 Carlos Bilardo

Dates Name 1990–94 Alfio Basile 1994–98 Daniel Passarella 1998–04 Marcelo Bielsa 2004–06 José Pékerman 2006–08 Alfio Basile 2008–10 Diego Maradona 2010–11 Sergio Batista 2011–14 Alejandro Sabella 2014– Gerardo Martino

^[19]

Results and fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss

2016

2017

Players

Current squad

The following players are in the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) games against Brazil on 12 November and Colombia on 17 November.^[20][21]
Caps and goals updated as of November 17, 2015 after the match against Colombia.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Sergio Romero (1987-02-22) 22 February 1987 70 0 Manchester United 12 1GK Nahuel Guzmán (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 6 0 UANL 23 1GK Agustín Marchesín (1988-03-16) 16 March 1988 2 0 Santos Laguna 15 2DF Martín Demichelis (1980-12-20) 20 December 1980 49 2 Manchester City 16 2DF Marcos Rojo (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 41 2 Manchester United 17 2DF Nicolás Otamendi (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 30 1 Manchester City 13 2DF Ramiro Funes Mori (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 5 0 Everton 4 2DF Gino Peruzzi (1992-06-09) 9 June 1992 5 0 Boca Juniors 21 2DF Emmanuel Más (1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 4 0 San Lorenzo 2 2DF Jonathan Maidana (1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 2 0 River Plate 3 2DF Gabriel Mercado (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 2 0 River Plate 14 3MF Javier Mascherano (captain) (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 122 3 Barcelona 10 3MF Ángel Di María (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 70 15 Paris Saint-Germain 19 3MF Éver Banega (1988-06-29) 29 June 1988 38 4 Sevilla 6 3MF Lucas Biglia (1986-01-30) 30 January 1986 37 1 Lazio 8 3MF Enzo Pérez (1986-02-22) 22 February 1986 16 1 Valencia 11 3MF Érik Lamela (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 15 1 Tottenham Hotspur 20 3MF Nicolás Gaitán (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 12 2 Benfica 5 3MF Matías Kranevitter (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 3 0 Atlético Madrid 9 4FW Gonzalo Higuaín (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 54 25 Napoli 22 4FW Ezequiel Lavezzi (1985-05-03) 3 May 1985 48 7 Paris Saint-Germain 18 4FW Ángel Correa (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 3 1 Atlético Madrid 7 4FW Paulo Dybala (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 3 0 Juventus

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 Mariano Andújar (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 11 0 Estudiantes 2015 Copa América GK Gerónimo Rulli (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 0 0 Real Sociedad v.  Ecuador, 31 March 2015 DF Facundo Roncaglia (1987-02-10) 10 February 1987 10 0 Fiorentina v.  Brazil, 12 November 2015 SUS DF Pablo Zabaleta (1985-01-16) 16 January 1985 54 0 Manchester City v.  Brazil, 12 November 2015 INJ DF Ezequiel Garay (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 32 0 Zenit St. Petersburg v.  Brazil, 12 November 2015 INJ DF Milton Casco (1988-04-11) 11 April 1988 2 0 River Plate v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2015 DF Gonzalo Rodríguez (1984-10-04) 4 October 1984 7 1 Fiorentina v.  Mexico, 8 September 2015 DF Federico Fernández (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 31 3 Swansea City 2015 Copa América preliminary squad DF Lucas Orbán (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 2 0 Valencia 2015 Copa América preliminary squad DF Mateo Musacchio (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 3 0 Villarreal v.  Ecuador, 31 March 2015 MF Javier Pastore (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 27 2 Paris Saint-Germain v.  Brazil, 12 November 2015 INJ MF Roberto Pereyra (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 10 0 Juventus v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2015 MF Fernando Gago (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 60 0 Boca Juniors v.  Mexico, 8 September 2015 MF Maxi Rodríguez (1981-01-02) 2 January 1981 57 16 Newell's Old Boys 2015 Copa América preliminary squad MF Federico Mancuello (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 2 1 Flamengo 2015 Copa América preliminary squad FW Carlos Tevez (1984-02-05) 5 February 1984 76 13 Boca Juniors v.  Brazil, 12 November 2015 INJ FW Sergio Agüero (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 69 32 Manchester City v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2015 INJ FW Lionel Messi (captain) (1987-06-24) 24 June 1987 105 49 Barcelona v.  Ecuador, 5 October 2015 INJ

^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^SUS Suspended in official matches.

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
1930	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	0	18	9		–	–	–	–	–	–
1934	Round 1	9th	1	0	0	1	2	3		–	–	–	–	–	–
1938	Withdrew
1950
1954
1958	Group Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	5	10		4	3	0	1	10	2
1962	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	3		2	2	0	0	11	3
1966	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	4	2		4	3	1	0	9	2
1970	Did Not Qualify									4	1	1	2	4	6
1974	Round 2	8th	6	1	2	3	9	12		4	3	1	0	9	2
1978	Champions	1st	7	5	1	1	15	4		Qualified as hosts
1982	Round 2	11th	5	2	0	3	8	7		Qualified as defending champions
1986	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	14	5		6	4	1	1	12	6
1990	Runners-up	2nd	7	2	3(2*)	2	5	4		Qualified as defending champions
1994	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	8	6		8	4	2	2	9	10
1998	Quarter-Finals	6th	5	3	1*	1	10	4		16	8	6	2	23	13
2002	Group Stage	18th	3	1	1	1	2	2		18	13	4	1	42	15
2006	Quarter-Finals	6th	5	3	2(1*)	0	11	3		18	10	4	4	29	17
2010	Quarter-Finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	6		18	8	4	6	23	20
2014	Runners-Up	2nd	7	5	1*	1	8	4		16	9	5	2	35	15
2018	To Be Determined
2022
Total	2 Titles	16/20	77	42	14	21	131	84	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

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	7	1	Squad
1995	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	5	3	Squad
1997	Did Not Qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	10	10	Squad
2009	Did Not Qualify
2013
2017
2021	TBD
Total	1 Title	3/10	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 Championship

South American Championship
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1916	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	7	2
1917	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	5	3
1919	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	7	7
1920	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	4	2
1921	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	5	0
1922	Fourth Place	4th	4	2	0	2	6	3
1923	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	6	6
1924	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	2	0
1925	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	11	4
1926	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	14	3
1927	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	15	4
1929	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	9	1
1935	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	8	5
1937	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	14	5
1939	Withdrew
1941	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	10	2
1942	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	21	6
1945	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	22	5
1946	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	3
1947	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	28	4
1949	Withdrew
1953	Withdrew
1955	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	18	6
1956	Third Place	3rd	5	3	0	2	5	3
1957	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	25	6
1959	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	19	5
1959	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	9	9
1963	Third Place	3rd	6	3	1	2	15	10
1967	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	12	3
Total	12 Titles	26/29	113	81	15	17	314	107

Copa América

Copa América
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1975	Group Stage	5th	4	2	0	2	17	4
1979	Group Stage	8th	4	1	1	2	7	6
1983	Group Stage	6th	4	1	3	0	5	4
1987	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	1	2	5	4
1989	Third Place	3rd	7	2	3	2	2	4
1991	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	16	6
1993	Champions	1st	6	2	4	0	6	4
1995	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	8	6
1997	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	1	2	1	4	3
1999	Quarter-Finals	8th	4	2	0	2	6	6
2001	Withdrew
2004	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	16	6
2007	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	16	6
2011	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	3	0	5	2
2015	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	3	0	10	3
2016	TBD
2019	TBD
Total	2 Titles	13/14	70	33	23	14	123	64

Olympics record

Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1908	Did Not Enter
1912
1920
1924
1928	Silver Medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	25	7
1936	Did Not Participate
1948
1952
1956
1960	Quarter-Finals	7th	3	2	0	1	6	4
1964	Group Stage	10th	2	0	1	1	3	4
1968	Did Not Qualify
1972
1976
1980	Qualified and Withdrew
1984	Did Not Qualify
1988	Gold Medal	1st	8	4	0	0	15	0
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996	Gold Medal	1st	6	3	2	1	13	6
2000	Did Not Qualify
2004	Gold Medal	1st	6	6	0	0	17	0
2008	Gold Medal	1st	6	6	0	0	11	2
2012	Did Not Qualify
2016	Qualified
2020	TBD
Total	2 Gold Medals 2 Silver Medal	7/25	32	21	5	6	78	28

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992. See Argentina Olympic football team.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1951	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	16	2
1955	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	23	7
1959	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	20	4
1963	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	1	0	18	3
1967	Round 1	5th	3	1	1	1	7	3
1971	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	7	2
1975	Third Place	3rd	3	2	1	0	9	1
1979	Third Place	3rd	4	2	2	0	3	0
1983	Round 1	5th	2	0	0	2	0	4
1987	Third Place	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	3
1991	Did not Qualify
1995	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	10	4
1999	Did not Qualify
2003	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	10	5
2007	Round 1	9th	3	0	2	1	1	3
2011	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	6	2
2015	Did not Enter
2019	TBD
Total	6 Titles	14/16	60	46	10	6	134	43

Honours

Senior team

• FIFA World Cup (2): 1978, 1986
• FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1992
• South American Championship / Copa América (14): 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946,^{[lower-alpha 2]} 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993
• Artemio Franchi Trophy (1): 1993
• Panamerican Championship (1): 1960
• Copa Newton (17) ^{[lower-alpha 3]} 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1976
• Copa Lipton (18): ^{[lower-alpha 3]} 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1976, 1992
• Copa Julio A. Roca (4): ^{[lower-alpha 4]} 1923, 1939–40, 1940, 1971 ^[22]
• Nations' Cup (1): 1964
• Copa Kirin (2): 1992, 2003

Youth and Olympic teams

• Summer Olympic Games (2): 2004, 2008
• FIFA U-20 World Cup (6): 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007
• Pan American Games (6): 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003
• South American Youth Championship (5): 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015
• South American Under-17 Football Championship (3): 1985, 2003, 2013
• Toulon Tournament (2): 1975, 1998

Records and statistics

Most capped players

As of 17 November 2015, the ten players with the most caps^[1] for Argentina are:

Rank.	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Javier Zanetti	1994–2011	143	5
2	Javier Mascherano	2003–present	122	3
3	Roberto Ayala	1994–2007	115	7
4	Diego Simeone	1988–2002	106	11
5	Lionel Messi	2005–present	105	49
6	Oscar Ruggeri	1983–1994	97	7
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
	Carlos Tevez	2004–present	76	13

Top goalscorers

As of 17 November 2015, the ten players with the most goals for Argentina are:

Rank.	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Avg/Game
1	Gabriel Batistuta (list)	1991–2002	56	78	0.718
2	Lionel Messi (list)	2005–present	49	105	0.472
3	Hernán Crespo	1995–2007	35	64	0.555
4	Diego Maradona	1977–1994	34	91	0.374
5	Sergio Agüero (list)	2006–present	32	68	0.478
6	Gonzalo Higuaín	2009–present	25	54	0.463
7	Luis Artime	1961–1967	24	25	0.960
8	Daniel Passarella	1976–1986	23	70	0.328
9	Leopoldo Luque	1975–1981	22	45	0.488
	José Sanfilippo	1956–1962	22	29	0.759

World Cup winning captains

Year	Name	Caps	Goals
1978	Daniel Passarella	70	23
1986	Diego Maradona	91	34

Individual stats

• Most goals scored in all International competitions, including friendlies: 56 – Gabriel Batistuta, 1991–2002
• Most goals scored in all International competitions (including 4 goals in FIFA Confederations Cup): 37 – Gabriel Batistuta, 1991–2001
• Most goals scored in all International competitions (not including qualification and FIFA Confederations Cup goals): 23 – Gabriel Batistuta, 1991–2001
• Most goals scored in International friendlies: 24 – Lionel Messi, 2005–
• Most goals scored in one calendar year: 12 – Lionel Messi, 2012, Gabriel Batistuta, 1998
• Most goals scored in one FIFA World Cup qualification: 10 – Lionel Messi, 2005–
• Most goals scored in all FIFA World Cup qualification: 19 – Hernán Crespo, 1995–2007
• Most goals scored in one FIFA World Cup Finals: 8 – Guillermo Stábile, 1930
• Most goals scored in all FIFA World Cup Finals: 10 – Gabriel Batistuta, 1991–2001
• Most goals scored in one FIFA Confederations Cup: 4 – Luciano Figueroa, 2004–2005
• Most goals scored in all FIFA Confederations Cup: 4 – Gabriel Batistuta, 1991–2001, Luciano Figueroa, 2004–2005
• Most goals scored in one Copa America era: 6 – Gabriel Batistuta, 1991–2001
• Most goals scored in all Copa America era: 13 – Gabriel Batistuta, 1991–2001
• Most goals scored in one South American Championship: 9 – Humberto Maschio, 1956–1957
• Most goals scored in all South American Championship: 17 – Norberto Méndez, 1945–1956
• Most goals scored in one Football Summer Olympics: 9 – Domingo Tarasconi, 1922–1929
• Most goals scored in all Football Summer Olympics: 9 – Domingo Tarasconi, 1922–1929
• Most goals scored in all U-20 International competitions, including friendlies: 14 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2005
• Most goals scored in all U-20 International competitions: 11 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2005, Javier Saviola, 2001
• Most goals scored in one FIFA U-20 World Cup Finals: 11 – Javier Saviola, 2001
• Most goals scored in all FIFA U-20 World Cup Finals: 11 – Javier Saviola, 2001
• Most goals scored in one South American Youth Football Championship: 9 – Luciano Galletti, 1999
• Most Man of the Match awards in one FIFA World Cup: 4 – Lionel Messi
• Most Man of the Match awards at FIFA World Cup Finals: 5 – Lionel Messi
• Most Man of the Match awards in one Copa America: 4 – Lionel Messi
• Most Man of the Match awards in Copa America matches: 6 – Lionel Messi
• Oldest player that have ever scored a goal: 36 years and 7 months old in 2010 against Greece – Martín Palermo
• Oldest player that have scored a goal at FIFA World Cup Finals: 36 years and 7 months old in 2010 against Greece – Martín Palermo
• Oldest player that have scored a goal at South American Championship/Copa America:
• Youngest player that have ever scored a goal: 18 years and 8 months old in 1979 against Scotland – Diego Maradona
• Youngest player that have ever scored a goal at FIFA World Cup Finals: 18 years and 357 days old in 2006 against Serbia and Montenegro – Lionel Messi
• Youngest player that have ever captained the team at FIFA World Cup Finals: 22 years and 363 days old in 2010 against Greece – Lionel Messi
• Youngest player to ever reach 100 caps: 27 years and 362 days old in 2015 against Jamaica – Lionel Messi
• Youngest player that have scored a goal at South American Championship/Copa America: 18 years and 10 months old in 1979 against Brazil – Diego Maradona
• Only player that have scored against all 9 South American nations: Lionel Messi, against Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
• Players that have scored the most in a match at any competition: 5 – 1925 Manuel Seoane, 1941 Juan Marvezzi
• Players that have scored the most in a match at International friendlies:
• Players that have scored in all 3 matches in the group stage in one FIFA World Cup: Omar Orestes Corbatta in 1958 and Lionel Messi in 2014
• Players that have scored the most in a match at FIFA World Cup: 3 – 1930 Guillermo Stábile, 1994 & 1998 Gabriel Batistuta, 2010 Gonzalo Higuaín
• Players that have scored the most in a match at South American Championship/Copa America: 5 – 1925 Manuel Seoane, 1941 Juan Marvezzi
• Players that have won the FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 8 – goals in 1930– Guillermo Stábile, 6 goals in 1978– Mario Kempes
• Players that have won the Copa America era Golden Shoe: 4  goals in 1975– Leopoldo Luque, 3 goals in 1983– Jorge Burruchaga, 6 goals in 1991– Gabriel Batistuta, 4 goals in 1995– Gabriel Batistuta
• Players that have won the South American Championship Golden Shoe: 3  goals in 1921– Julio Libonatti, 4 goals in 1922– Julio Francia, 3 goals in 1923– Valdino Aguirre, 6 goals in 1925– Manuel Seoane, 7 goals in 1927– Alfredo Carricaberry & Segundo Luna, 4 goals in 1935– Herminio Masantonio, 5 goals in 1941– Juan Marvezzi, 7 goals in 1942– Herminio Masantonio & José Manuel Moreno, 6 goals in 1945– Norberto Méndez, 8 goals in 1955– Rodolfo Micheli, 9 goals in 1957– Humberto Maschio, 5 goals in 1959– José Sanfilippo, 5 goals in 1967– Luis Artime
• Players that have won the Football Summer Olympics Golden Shoe: 9  goals in 1928– Domingo Tarasconi, 6 goals in 1996– Hernán Crespo, 8 goals in 2004– Carlos Tevez

Gallery

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  Américo Tesoriere played for Argentina between 1919 and 1925.

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  Cesáreo Onzari scored the first "olympic goal" vs. Uruguay in 1924.

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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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  Daniel Passarella played 12 years for the national team.

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  Mario Kempes was the top scorer in the 1978 World Cup.

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  Oscar Ruggeri played three World Cups in 11 years with the team.

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  Diego Maradona played four World Cups, winning the 1986 title.

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  Claudio Caniggia competed in three World Cups.

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  Diego Simeone played 106 matches and took part in the 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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  Gabriel Batistuta top scorer of Argentina with 56 goals in 78 matches.

Notable matches

• Argentina and Uruguay hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries.^[2] 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.^[23]
• 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 and fierce rivalry with their South American neighbours.

England

With a rivalry stemming from the 1966 World Cup and intensified by the Falklands War of 1982, Argentina and England have had numerous confrontations in World Cup tournaments. Perhaps the most notable was the quarter-final match in 1986, where Diego Maradona scored two goals against England.

Germany

Argentina have played Germany in three FIFA World Cup finals. In 1986 and 1990 the two teams played each other in two consecutive World Cup finals. After that, in 2006, Argentina lost on penalties after a 1–1 draw and lost again in 2010, this time with a 4–0 victory for Germany. They played each other for the third consecutive World Cup when they met at the 2014 World Cup final match, where they were defeated by 1–0. After the 2014 World Cup, they defeated Germany by 4–2 in a friendly match.

Uruguay

Argentina has a long-standing rivalry with their neighbors, that came into existence from the early South American Championships, the 1928 Summer Olympics and the first World Cup final, held in 1930.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argentina.

• 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

References

External links

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• Argentina FIFA

Argentina national football team Established 1901 (1901) General Body History Football in Argentina Personnel Chairman: Luis Segura Manager: Gerardo Martino Teams Senior U-20 U-17 Olympic Venues Monumental (Buenos Aires) Estadio Unico (La Plata) Senior Titles World Cup (2) 1978, 1986 Confederations (1) 1992 Copa América (14) 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993 Newton Cup (17) 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1976 Lipton Cup (18) 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1976, 1992 Roca Cup (4) 1923, 1939–40, 1940, 1971 Other 1964 Nations' Cup 1993 Artemio Franchi Trophy 1992, 2003 Kirin Cup 1960 Panamerican Youth titles World Cup (6) 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007 South American (5) 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015 Olympic Medals (4) Gold (2) 2004 2008 Silver (2) 1928 1996 Rivalries Brazil England Uruguay Argentine Football Association

Argentina national football team matches Summer Olympics Final 1928 FIFA World Cup Finals 1930 1978 1986 1990 2014 FIFA Confederations Cup Finals 1992 (King Fahd Cup) 1995 (King Fahd Cup) 2005 Copa América Finals 1993 2004 2007 2015 FIFA World Cup play-offs Final 1994 Superclásico de las Américas 2011 2012 2014 Other matches Argentina 2–1 England (1986)

Argentina squads – FIFA World Cup Argentina squad – 1930 FIFA World Cup Runners-up GK Bossio GK Botasso FW Cherro MF Chividini FW Demaría DF Della Torre MF J. Evaristo FW M. Evaristo FW Ferreira MF Monti DF Muttis MF Orlandini DF Paternoster FW Perinetti FW Peucelle DF Piaggio FW Scopelli FW Spadaro FW Stábile MF Suárez FW Varallo MF Zumelzú Coach: Olazar & Tramutola Argentina squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup MF Albarracín DF Astudillo DF Belis DF Chimento FW Devincenzi GK Freschi FW Galateo GK Grippa FW Irañeta FW Izzeta MF López MF Lorenzo MF Nehin DF Pedevilla FW Pérez FW Rúa MF Urbieta Sosa FW Wilde Coach: Pascucci Argentina squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Carrizo 2 Dellacha (c) 3 Vairo 4 Lombardo 5 Rossi 6 Varacka 7 Corbatta 8 Prado 9 Menéndez 10 Rojas 11 Labruna 12 Musimessi 13 Pérez 14 Edwards 15 Acevedo 16 Mouriño 17 Ramos Delgado 18 Boggio 19 Avio 20 Infante 21 Sanfilippo 22 Cruz Coach: Stábile Argentina squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Roma 2 Ramos Delgado 3 Marzolini 4 Sainz 5 Sacchi 6 Páez 7 Facundo 8 Pando 9 Pagani 10 Sanfilippo 11 Belén 12 Domínguez 13 Rossi 14 Mariotti 15 Navarro (c) 16 Rattín 17 Albrecht 18 Cap 19 Sosa 20 Oleniak 21 Abeledo 22 González Coach: Lorenzo Argentina squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup 1 Roma 2 Irusta 3 Gatti 4 Perfumo 5 Varacka 6 Calics 7 Marzolini 8 Ferreiro 9 Simeone 10 Rattín (c) 11 Pastoriza 12 Albrecht 13 López 14 Chaldú 15 Solari 16 González 17 Sarnari 18 Rojas 19 Artime 20 Onega 21 Más 22 Tarabini Coach: Lorenzo Argentina squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup 1 Carnevali 2 Ayala 3 Babington 4 Balbuena 5 Bargas 6 Brindisi 7 Carrascosa 8 Chazarreta 9 Glaria 10 Heredia 11 Houseman 12 Fillol 13 Kempes 14 Perfumo (c) 15 Poy 16 Sá 17 Squeo 18 Telch 19 Togneri 20 Wolff 21 Santoro 22 Yazalde Coach: Cap Argentina squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st title) 1 Alonso 2 Ardiles 3 Baley 4 Bertoni 5 Fillol 6 Gallego 7 L. Galván 8 R. Galván 9 Houseman 10 Kempes 11 Killer 12 Larrosa 13 La Volpe 14 Luque 15 Olguín 16 Ortiz 17 Oviedo 18 Pagnanini 19 Passarella (c) 20 Tarantini 21 Valencia 22 Villa Coach: Menotti Argentina squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Ardiles 2 Baley 3 Barbas 4 Bertoni 5 Calderón 6 Díaz 7 Fillol 8 Galván 9 Gallego 10 Maradona 11 Kempes 12 Hernández 13 Olarticoechea 14 Olguín 15 Passarella (c) 16 Pumpido 17 Santamaría 18 Tarantini 19 Trossero 20 Valdano 21 Valencia 22 Van Tuyne Coach: Menotti Argentina squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd title) 1 Almirón 2 Batista 3 Bochini 4 Borghi 5 Brown 6 Passarella 7 Burruchaga 8 Clausen 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Valdano 12 Enrique 13 Garré 14 Giusti 15 Islas 16 Olarticoechea 17 Pasculli 18 Pumpido 19 Ruggeri 20 Tapia 21 Trobbiani 22 Zelada Coach: Bilardo Argentina squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Pumpido (Comizzo) 2 Batista 3 Balbo 4 Basualdo 5 Bauza 6 Calderón 7 Burruchaga 8 Caniggia 9 Dezotti 10 Maradona (c) 11 Fabbri 12 Goycochea 13 Lorenzo 14 Giusti 15 Monzón 16 Olarticoechea 17 Sensini 18 Serrizuela 19 Ruggeri 20 Simón 21 Troglio 22 Cancelarich Coach: Bilardo Argentina squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Chamot 4 Sensini 5 Redondo 6 Ruggeri 7 Caniggia 8 Basualdo 9 Batistuta 10 Maradona (c) 11 Medina Bello 12 Islas 13 Cáceres 14 Simeone 15 Borelli 16 Díaz 17 Ortega 18 Pérez 19 Balbo 20 Rodríguez 21 Mancuso 22 Scoponi Coach: Basile Argentina squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Roa 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Pineda 5 Almeyda 6 Sensini 7 C. López 8 Simeone (c) 9 Batistuta 10 Ortega 11 Verón 12 Burgos 13 Paz 14 Vivas 15 Astrada 16 Berti 17 Cavallero 18 Balbo 19 Crespo 20 Gallardo 21 Delgado 22 Zanetti Coach: Passarella Argentina squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Burgos 2 Ayala 3 Sorín 4 Pochettino 5 Almeyda 6 Samuel 7 C. López 8 Zanetti 9 Batistuta 10 Ortega 11 Verón (c) 12 Cavallero 13 Placente 14 Simeone 15 Husaín 16 Aimar 17 G. López 18 K. González 19 Crespo 20 Gallardo 21 Caniggia 22 Chamot 23 Bonano Coach: Bielsa Argentina squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Abbondanzieri 2 Ayala 3 Sorín (c) 4 Coloccini 5 Cambiasso 6 Heinze 7 Saviola 8 Mascherano 9 Crespo 10 Riquelme 11 Tevez 12 Franco 13 Scaloni 14 Palacio 15 Milito 16 Aimar 17 Cufré 18 Rodríguez 19 Messi 20 Cruz 21 Burdisso 22 González 23 Ustari Coach: Pékerman Argentina squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Pozo 2 Demichelis 3 C. Rodríguez 4 Burdisso 5 Bolatti 6 Heinze 7 Di María 8 Verón 9 Higuaín 10 Messi 11 Tevez 12 Garcé 13 Samuel 14 Mascherano (c) 15 Otamendi 16 Agüero 17 Gutiérrez 18 Palermo 19 Milito 20 M. Rodríguez 21 Andújar 22 Romero 23 Pastore Coach: Maradona Argentina squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Romero 2 Garay 3 Campagnaro 4 Zabaleta 5 Gago 6 Biglia 7 Di María 8 Pérez 9 Higuaín 10 Messi (c) 11 M. Rodríguez 12 Orión 13 A. Fernández 14 Mascherano 15 Demichelis 16 Rojo 17 F. Fernández 18 Palacio 19 Álvarez 20 Agüero 21 Andújar 22 Lavezzi 23 Basanta Coach: Sabella

Argentina squads – FIFA Confederations Cup Argentina squad – 1992 King Fahd Cup Winners (1st title) 1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Altamirano 4 Basualdo 5 Redondo 6 Ruggeri (c) 7 Caniggia 8 Villarreal 9 Batistuta 10 Simeone 11 Cagna 12 Islas 14 Acosta 15 Borelli 16 García 18 Craviotto 20 Rodríguez 21 Cancelarich Coach: Basile Argentina squad – 1995 King Fahd Cup Runners-up 1 Bossio 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Fabbri 7 Ortega 8 Escudero 9 Batistuta 10 Espina (c) 11 Rambert 12 Burgos 13 Rotchen 14 Arruabarrena 15 Vivas 16 Jiménez 17 Gallardo 18 López 19 Crespo 20 Bassedas Coach: Passarella Argentina squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Franco 2 Samuel 3 Sorín (c) 4 Zanetti 5 Cambiasso 6 Heinze 7 Tevez 8 Riquelme 9 Saviola 10 Aimar 11 Delgado 12 Lux 13 G. Rodríguez 14 Milito 15 Placente 16 Coloccini 17 Bernardi 18 Santana 19 M. Rodríguez 20 Demichelis 21 Figueroa 22 Galletti 23 Caballero Coach: Pékerman

Argentina squads – Summer Olympics Argentina squad – 1928 Summer Olympics – Silver medal DF Bidoglio GK Bossio MF Calandra FW Carricaberry FW Cherro GK Díaz DF Evaristo FW Ferreira FW Gainzarain DF Helman MF Luna DF Médici MF Monti MF Ochoa DF Orlandini FW Orsi DF Paternoster FW Perducca MF Perinetti FW Tarasconi DF Weihmuller DF Zumelzú Coach: Lago Argentina men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Silver medal 1 Cavallero 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Almeyda 6 Sensini 7 C. López 8 Simeone (c) 9 Crespo 10 Ortega 11 Delgado 12 Morales 13 Bossio 14 Paz 15 Bassedas 16 Pineda 17 G. López 18 Gallardo Coach: Passarella Argentina men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists 1 Caballero 2 Ayala (c) 3 Burdisso 4 Coloccini 5 Mascherano 6 Heinze 7 Saviola 8 Delgado 9 Figueroa 10 Tevez 11 K. Gonzalez 12 Rosales 13 Medina 14 Rodríguez 15 D'Alessandro 16 L. González 17 M. González 18 Lux Coach: Bielsa Argentina men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists 1 Ustari 2 Garay 3 Monzón 4 Zabaleta 5 Gago 6 Fazio 7 Sosa 8 Banega 9 Lavezzi 10 Riquelme (c) 11 Di María 12 Pareja 13 Acosta 14 Mascherano 15 Messi 16 Agüero 17 Buonanotte 18 Romero 22 Navarro Coach: Batista

Argentina squads – Copa América Argentina squad – 1925 South American Championship Winners (2nd title) FW Bianchi DF Bidoglio FW Cerrotti FW De los Santos MF Fortunatto FW Garassini FW Irurieta MF Médici DF Muttis FW Sánchez FW Seoane FW Tarasconi GK Tesoriere MF Vaccaro Coach: Tesoriere Argentina squad – 1927 South American Championship Winners (3rd title) DF Bidoglio GK Bossio FW Carricaberry GK Díaz MF Evaristo FW Ferreira MF Fossa FW Luna FW Maglio MF Monti FW Ochoa FW Orsi DF Recanatini FW Seoane MF Zumelzú Coach: Millon Argentina squad – 1929 South American Championship Winners (4th title) MF Bartolucci GK Bossio GK Botasso MF Chalú FW Cherro MF Chividini DF Cuello MF J. Evaristo FW M. Evaristo FW Fassora FW Ferreira MF Orlandini DF Paternoster FW Perinetti FW Peucelle DF Piaggio FW Rivarola FW Seoane DF Tarasconi FW Tarrío MF Zumelzú Coach: Olazar & Tramutola Argentina squad – 1937 South American Championship Winners (5th title) GK Bello MF Blotto FW Cherro MF Colombo DF Cuello FW De la Mata FW Emeal GK Estrada DF Fazio FW Ferreyra FW García FW Guaita DF Iribarren MF Lazzatti MF Martínez MF Minella FW Peucelle MF Sastre FW Scopelli DF Tarrío FW Varallo FW Zozaya Coach: Seoane Argentina squad – 1941 South American Championship Winners (6th title) FW Alarcón DF Alberti FW Arregui FW Arrieta MF Batagliero FW Belén DF Coletta MF Colombo MF Esperón GK Estrada FW García FW Gayol DF Gilli GK Gualco FW Marvezzi MF Minella FW Moreno FW Pedernera DF Salomón FW Sastre MF Sbarra MF Videla Coach: Stábile Argentina squad – 1945 South American Championship Winners (7th title) GK Bello FW Boyé MF Colombo FW De la Mata DF De Zorzi DF Espinoza FW Farro FW Ferraro MF Fógel FW Loustau FW Martino FW Méndez FW Muñoz DF Palma FW Pelegrina MF Perucca MF Pescia FW Pontoni GK Ricardo DF Salomón DF Sastre MF Sosa DF Yebra Coach: Stábile Argentina squad – 1946 South American Championship Winners (8th title) FW Boyé FW De la Mata MF Fonda FW Labruna FW Loustau DF Marante FW Martino FW Méndez GK Ogando MF Ongaro FW Pedernera MF Pescia FW Pontoni MF Ramos DF Rodríguez DF Salomón FW Salvini DF Sobrero MF Sosa MF Strembel FW Sued GK Vacca Coach: Stábile Argentina squad – 1947 South American Championship Winners (9th title) FW Boyé FW Campana FW Cerviño DF Colman GK Cozzi GK Diano FW Di Stéfano FW Fernández DF Gutiérrez FW Loustau DF Marante FW Méndez FW Moreno DF Palma MF Perucca MF Pescia FW Pontoni MF Rossi DF Sastre DF Sobrero FW Sued DF Yácono Coach: Stábile Argentina squad – 1957 South American Championship Winners (11th title) FW Angelillo MF Benegas FW Brookes FW Castro FW Corbatta FW Cruz FW De Bourgoing DF Dellacha GK Domínguez MF Giménez MF Guidi DF Iñigo FW Juárez MF Mantegari FW Maschio DF Pizarro GK Roma MF Rossi FW Sanfilippo MF Schadlein FW Sívori DF Vairo Coach: Stábile Argentina squad – 1959 South American Championship (Argentina) Winners (12th title)  Belén  Bertoldi  Brookes  Callá  Cap  Cardoso  Corbatta  Griffa  Griguol  Güenzatti  Lombardo  Manfredini  Mouriño  Murúa  Nardiello  Negri  Nuín  Pizzuti  Rodríguez  Simeone  Sosa  Varacka Coach: Barreiro, Della Torre & Spinetto Argentina squad – 1967 South American Championship Runners-up 1 Acevedo 2 Albrecht 3 Artime 4 Bernao 5 Calics 6 Carone 7 Gonzalez 8 Marzolini 9 Mas 10 Ovejero 11 Raffo 12 Rattín (c) 13 Rojas 14 Roma 15 Rosl 16 Sarnari 17 Veira 18 Viberti Coach: Lopes Argentina squad – 1975 Copa América 1 Ardiles 2 Asad 3 Bóveda 4 Gallego 5 Gatti 6 Kempes 7 D.Killer 8 M.Killer 9 Luque 10 Pavoni 11 Pavón 12 Rebottaro 13 Valdano 14 Valencia 15 Zanabria Coach: Menotti Argentina squad – 1979 Copa América 1 Barbas 2 Bochini 3 Bordón 4 Castro 5 Coscia 6 Maradona 7 Fortunato 8 Gaitán 9 Díaz 10 Larraquy 11 López 12 Gáspari 13 Ocaño 14 Passarella (c) 15 Saporiti 16 Valencia 17 Van Tuyne 18 Vidallé Coach: Menotti Argentina squad – 1983 Copa América DF Brown DF Bujedo MF Burruchaga DF Camino DF Clausen GK Fillol (c) FW Gareca DF Garré MF Giusti MF Insúa DF Jorge MF Marangoni DF Mouzo FW Márcico MF Olarticoechea MF Ponce GK Pumpido FW Ramos MF Rinaldi MF Russo MF Sabella DF Trossero Coach: Bilardo Argentina squad – 1987 Copa América Fourth Place 1 Alfaro 2 Batista 3 Caniggia 4 Dertycia 5 Brown 6 Díaz 7 Funes 8 Acosta 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Percudani 12 Siviski 13 Garré 14 Giusti 15 Islas 16 Olarticoechea 17 Pasculli 18 Goycochea 19 Ruggeri 20 Tapia 21 Theiler 22 Bartero Coach: Bilardo Argentina squad – 1989 Copa América Third Place 1 Pumpido 2 Batista 3 Alfaro Moreno 4 Balbo 5 Brown 6 Basualdo 7 Burruchaga 8 Caniggia 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Calderón 12 Clausen 13 Díaz 14 Enrique 15 Giusti 16 Monzón 17 Ruggeri 18 Islas 19 Sensini 20 Troglio 21 Gorosito 22 Falcioni Coach: Bilardo Argentina squad – 1991 Copa América Winners (13th title) 1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Enrique 4 Basualdo 5 Astrada 6 Ruggeri (c) 7 Caniggia 8 Franco 9 Batistuta 10 Simeone 11 Latorre 12 Lanari 13 Gamboa 14 Craviotto 15 Altamirano 16 García 17 Zapata 18 Medina Bello 19 Mohamed 20 Rodríguez 21 Giunta 22 Cancelarich Coach: Basile Argentina squad – 1993 Copa América Winners (14th title) 1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Altamirano 4 F. Basualdo 5 Redondo 6 Ruggeri (c) 7 Medina Bello 8 Franco (J. Basualdo) 9 Batistuta 10 Simeone 11 Gorosito 12 Islas 13 Cáceres 14 Craviotto 15 Borelli 16 García 17 Zapata 18 Acosta 19 Zamora 20 Rodríguez 21 Scoponi 22 Mancuso Coach: Basile Argentina squad – 1995 Copa América 1 Cristante 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Cáceres 7 Balbo 8 Simeone 9 Batistuta 10 Gallardo 11 Berti 12 Bossio 13 Altamirano 14 Schürrer 15 Fabbri 16 Astrada 17 Escudero 18 Espina (c) 19 Ortega 20 Acosta 21 Borrelli 22 Burgos Coach: Passarella Argentina squad – 1997 Copa América 1 Bassedas 2 Berizzo 3 Berti 4 Calderón 5 Cardoso 6 Cardozo 7 Cruz 8 Delgado 9 Gallardo (c) 10 González 11 Husaín 12 López 13 Martínez 14 Monserrat 15 Ojeda 16 Pellegrino 17 Pineda 18 Posse 19 Roa 20 Rotchen 21 Vivas 22 Zapata Coach: Passarella Argentina squad – 1999 Copa América 1 Burgos 2 Ayala 3 Sorín 4 Ibarra 5 Simeone (c) 6 Samuel 7 Barros Schelotto 8 Zanetti 9 Palermo 10 Ortega 11 López 12 Bizzarri 13 Vivas 14 Pochettino 15 Berizzo 16 Guglielminpietro 17 Husaín 18 Cagna 19 Calderón 20 Aimar 21 González 22 Riquelme Coach: Bielsa Argentina squad – 2004 Copa América Runners-up 1 Abbondanzieri 2 Ayala (c) 3 Sorín 4 Quiroga 5 Mascherano 6 Heinze 7 Saviola 8 Zanetti 9 Figueroa 10 D'Alessandro 11 Tevez 12 Cavallero 13 Placente 14 Rodriguez 15 Fernández 16 L. González 17 M. González 18 K. González 19 Delgado 20 Medina 21 Rosales 22 Coloccini Coach: Bielsa Argentina squad – 2007 Copa América Runners-up 1 Abbondanzieri 2 Ayala (c) 3 Díaz 4 Ibarra 5 Gago 6 Heinze 7 Palacio 8 Zanetti 9 Crespo 10 Riquelme 11 Tevez 12 Carrizo 13 González 14 Mascherano 15 G. Milito 16 Aimar 17 Burdisso 18 Messi 19 Cambiasso 20 Verón 21 D. Milito 22 Orión Coach: Basile Argentina squad – 2011 Copa América 1 Carrizo 2 Garay 3 Zabaleta 4 Burdisso 5 Cambiasso 6 G. Milito 7 Di María 8 Zanetti 9 Higuaín 10 Messi 11 Tevez 12 Andújar 13 Pareja 14 Mascherano (c) 15 Biglia 16 Agüero 17 Rojo 18 Pastore 19 Banega 20 Gago 21 Lavezzi 22 D. Milito 23 Romero Coach: Batista Argentina squad – 2015 Copa América Runners-up 1 Romero 2 Garay 3 Roncaglia 4 Zabaleta 5 Gago 6 Biglia 7 Di María 8 Pereyra 9 Higuaín 10 Messi (c) 11 Agüero 12 Guzmán 13 Casco 14 Mascherano 15 Demichelis 16 Rojo 17 Otamendi 18 Tevez 19 Banega 20 Lamela 21 Pastore 22 Lavezzi 23 Andújar (Marchesín) Coach: Martino

Argentina national football team – managers Vázquez (1924–25) Lago Millán (1927–28) Olazar (1928–29) Olazar & Tramutola (1929–30) Pascucci (1934) Seoane (1934–37) Fernández Roca (1937–39) Stábile (1939–60) Spinetto (1960–61) D'Amico (1961) Lorenzo (1962) Rossi (1962) López (1962) D'Amico (1963) Minella (1964–65) Zubeldía (1965) Lorenzo (1966) López (1967) Faraone (1967) Cesarini (1967–68) Minella (1968) Maschio (1969) Pedernera (1969) Pizzuti (1970–72) Sívori (1972–73) Cap (1974) Menotti (1974–82) Bilardo (1982–90) Basile (1990–94) Passarella (1994–98) Bielsa (1998–2004) Pékerman (2004–06) Basile (2006–08) Maradona (2008–10) Batista (2010–11) Sabella (2011–14) Martino (2014–)

FIFA World Cup winners 1930:  Uruguay 1934:  Italy 1938:  Italy 1950:  Uruguay 1954:  West Germany 1958:  Brazil 1962:  Brazil 1966:  England 1970:  Brazil 1974:  West Germany 1978:  Argentina 1982:  Italy 1986:  Argentina 1990:  West Germany 1994:  Brazil 1998:  France 2002:  Brazil 2006:  Italy 2010:  Spain 2014:  Germany

Copa América - Champions 1916:  Uruguay 1917: Uruguay 1919:  Brazil 1920: Uruguay 1921:  Argentina 1922: Brazil 1923: Uruguay 1924: Uruguay 1925: Argentina 1926: Uruguay 1927: Argentina 1929: Argentina 1935: Uruguay 1937: Argentina 1939:  Peru 1941: Argentina 1942: Uruguay 1945: Argentina 1946: Argentina 1947: Argentina 1949: Brazil 1953:  Paraguay 1955: Argentina 1956: Uruguay 1957: Argentina 1959: Argentina 1959: Uruguay 1963:  Bolivia 1967: Uruguay 1975: Peru 1979: Paraguay 1983: Uruguay 1987: Uruguay 1989: Brazil 1991: Argentina 1993: Argentina 1995: Uruguay 1997: Brazil 1999: Brazil 2001:  Colombia 2004: Brazil 2007: Brazil 2011: Uruguay 2015:  Chile

FIFA Confederations Cup - Champions 1992:  Argentina 1995:  Denmark 1997:  Brazil 1999:  Mexico 2001:  France 2003: France 2005: Brazil 2009: Brazil 2013: Brazil

FIFA World Cup hosts 1930:  Uruguay 1934:  Italy 1938:  France 1950:  Brazil 1954:   Switzerland 1958:  Sweden 1962:  Chile 1966:  England 1970:  Mexico 1974:  West Germany 1978:  Argentina 1982:  Spain 1986:  Mexico 1990:  Italy 1994:  United States 1998:  France 2002:  South Korea &  Japan 2006:  Germany 2010:  South Africa 2014:  Brazil 2018:  Russia 2022:  Qatar

Football in Argentina Argentine Football Association National teams Senior team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17 Women's League system Current: Primera División Primera B Nacional Primera B Federal A Primera C Primera D Regional leagues Fútbol Femenino Defunct: Intermedia Argentino A Argentino B Domestic cups Current: Copa Argentina Supercopa Argentina Copa Campeonato Defunct: Copa de Honor MCBA Copa Jockey Club Copa La Nación Copa Ibarguren Copa Estímulo Copa de Competencia (AAm) Copa Adrián C. Escobar Copa de Competencia (LAF) Copa Beccar Varela Copa Gral. P. Ramírez Copa de Competencia Británica Copa Suecia Copa Centenario de la AFA Years 1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1902 1903 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 Awards Footballer of the Year Top scorers Lists Footballers Clubs Venues All-Time Table Torneos de Verano Champions (League) Champions (Cups) Clubs Players Rivalries Expatriate footballers Managers Referees Venues Women's Players

National football teams of South America (CONMEBOL) Men's Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Women's Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela U-20 Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela U-17 Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

International association football FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Asia AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF) Africa CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU) North America, Central America and the Caribbean CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 South America CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15 Oceania OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17 Europe UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Non-FIFA NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

National sports teams of Argentina Association football men men's u-23 men's u-20 men's u-17 women Badminton Baseball Basketball men men's u-19 women Beach handball men women Beach soccer Cricket men women Field hockey men women Futsal men Handball men women Ice hockey men women Inline hockey Polo Roller derby Roller hockey men women Rugby league men Rugby Union 15s 7s Softball women women's u-19 Table Tennis Squash men women Tennis men women Volleyball men women Water polo men women