|
| Name | Argentina | | Nickname | La Albiceleste (The White and Sky blue) | | Association | Asociación del Fútbol Argentino
(Argentine Football Association) | | Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | | Head coach | Alejandro Sabella | | Captain | Lionel Messi | | Most caps | Javier Zanetti (145) | | Top scorer | Gabriel Batistuta (56) | | Home stadium | El Monumental,
Mario A. Kempes,
Estadio Único | | FIFA code | ARG | | FIFA ranking | 10 | | Highest FIFA ranking | 1 (March 2007, October 2007 � June 2008) | | Lowest FIFA ranking | 24 (August 1996) | | Elo ranking | 7 | | Highest Elo ranking | 1 (most recently in July 2007, 34 times in total) | | Lowest Elo ranking | 28 (June 1990) | | First international | Unofficial: Uruguay 2 � 3 Argentina
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)
Official: Uruguay 0 � 6 Argentina
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902) | | Biggest win | Argentina 12 � 0 Ecuador
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) | | Biggest defeat | Czechoslovakia 6 � 1 Argentina
(Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958)
Uruguay 5 � 0 Argentina
(Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959)
Argentina 0 � 5 Colombia
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)
Bolivia 6 � 1 Argentina
(La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009) | | Appearances | 15 | | First World Cup | 1930 | | Best result | Winners, 1978 and 1986 | | Copa América | | Appearances | 38 | | First apps. | 1916 | | Best result | Winners, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993 | | Appearances | 3 | | First apps. | 1992 | | Best result | Winners, 1992 |
|
|
The Argentina national football team ( ) represents Argentina in association 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. Argentina has won the Copa América tournament 14 times. The team is currently tenth in the FIFA World Rankings.
Argentina has twice won the FIFA World Cup, in 1978 and 1986. Along with Brazil and Spain, they are the only teams that have won the competition outside their continental zone. Argentina has also won the Copa América (top continental competition) 14 times, the Confederations Cup in 1992 and the Olympic tournament in 2004 and 2008.
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 Football Championship for France).
|
|
|
RSS