Argentina national football team
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Template:National football team The Argentina national football team is one of the most successful national football teams, having won two World Cups and one Olympic Title. Argentina and Uruguay hold the record for the most international matches played against two countries, there have been 161 matches played against each other since 1901. The first match against Uruguay was the first official international match to be played outside Britain. (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.)
Argentina has appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4-2 to Uruguay. They won the final at their next attempt in 1978, beating the Netherlands 3-1 and also won in 1986 (led by Diego Maradona), a 3-2 victory over West Germany. Their last final was in 1990, which they lost 1-0 to West Germany.
Argentina have been very successful in Copa América, winning it eleven times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. Besides the 2004 Gold Medal at the Olympic Games, Argentina won the Silver Medal in 1928 and 1996.
Since the competition's creation in 1977, Argentina won four titles of the World Youth Championship, in 1979 (with Maradona), 1995, 1997 and 2001. They also won the Confederations Cup in 1992.
On June 8, 2005, they qualified for their 14th World Cup.
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World Cup record
- 1930 - Runners-up
- 1934 - Round 1
- 1938 - Withdrew
- 1950 - Withdrew
- 1954 - Did not enter
- 1958 - Round 1
- 1962 - Round 1
- 1966 - Quarterfinals
- 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1974 - Round 2
- 1978 - Champions
- 1982 - Round 2
- 1986 - Champions
- 1990 - Runners-up
- 1994 - Round 2
- 1998 - Quarterfinals
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2006 - Qualified
Copa América record
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Famous Players
- Gabriel Batistuta
- Claudio Caniggia
- Hernán Crespo
- Alfredo Di Stefano (also played for Colombia and Spain)
- Mario Kempes
- Diego Maradona
- Daniel Passarella
- Fernando Redondo
- Juan Román Riquelme
- Javier Saviola
- Diego Simeone
- Juan Sebastián Verón
- Javier Zanetti
External links
- Official website, at the Argentine Football Association's website (http://www.afa.org.ar/)
- RSSSF archive of results 1901-2002 (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg-intres.html)
- RSSSF archive of results 1999- (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg-intres-bielsa.html)
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html)
- RSSSF archive of coaches 1901-90 (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-coach-triv.html)
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