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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.
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.[2]
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).[3][4]
Argentina is known for having rivalries with Brazil, Uruguay, England and Germany due to historic occurrences with one another throughout football history.[5][6]
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.[7]
The first match ever recorded by Argentina was against Uruguay.[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]
In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time.[12]
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]
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]
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The following are Argentina's results and fixtures for the last nine months, and the next six months.
Win Draw Loss
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]
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
Silver Bronze
Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992. See Argentina Olympic football team.
As of October 8, 2015, the ten players with the most caps[22] for Argentina are:
As of September 8, 2015, the ten players with the most goals for Argentina are:
Américo Tesoriere played for Argentina between 1919 and 1925.
Cesáreo Onzari scored the first "olympic goal" vs. Uruguay in 1924.
Guillermo Stábile played in the 1930 World Cup and managed the team from 1939 to 1960.
Norberto Méndez, all-time top scorer of the Copa América with 17 goals.
Silvio Marzolini played in the 1962 and 1966 World Cup.
Daniel Passarella played 12 years for the national team.
Mario Kempes was the top scorer in the 1978 World Cup.
Diego Maradona lead the team to the 1986 World Cup victory.
Oscar Ruggeri played three World Cups in 11 years with the team.
Claudio Caniggia competed in three World Cups.
Diego Simeone played 106 matches and took part in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
Roberto Ayala played in 10 tournaments from 1994 to 2007, also spent time as captain.
Hernán Crespo is the third top scorer of Argentina with 35 goals.
Gabriel Batistuta top scorer of Argentina with 56 goals in 78 matches.
Argentina have a long and fierce rivalry with their South American neighbours.
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.
Argentina have played Germany in three FIFA World Cup finals. In 2006 and 2010 the two teams played each other in two consecutive World Cup quarterfinals, where Argentina lost on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 2006 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.
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.
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