Argentina national football team 454699 224859002 2008-07-10T18:58:46Z 76.187.201.248 /* Recent call-ups */ {{Infobox National football team | Name = Argentina | Badge = Argentina national football team logo.gif | FIFA Trigramme = ARG | Nickname = ''Albicelestes'' (White and Sky blue) | Association = ''[[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino]]''<br>(Argentine Football Association) | Confederation = [[CONMEBOL]] ([[South America]]) | Coach = {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Alfio Basile]] | Captain = [[Javier Zanetti]] | Most caps = [[Javier Zanetti]] (122) | Top scorer = [[Gabriel Batistuta]] (56) | Home Stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti|El Monumental]] | FIFA Rank = [[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 6 | FIFA max = 1 | FIFA max date = March 2007, October 2007-June 2008 | FIFA min = 24 | FIFA min date = August 1996 | Elo Rank = 2 | Elo max = 1 | Elo max date = | Elo min = 28 | Elo min date = June 1990 <!-- First Kit --> | pattern_la1 = _blackline | pattern_b1 = _3stripesonwhite | pattern_ra1 = _blackline | leftarm1 = 33CCFF | body1 = 33CCFF | rightarm1 = 33CCFF | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = FFFFFF <!-- Second Kit --> | pattern_la2 = _white_stripes2 | pattern_b2 = | pattern_s1 = _arga06 | pattern_ra2 = _white_stripes2 | leftarm2 = 000033 | body2 = 000033 | rightarm2 = 000033 | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = 000033 | First game = {{fb|Uruguay}} 2 - 3 {{fb-rt|Argentina}}<br>([[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]; [[16 May]] [[1901]]) | Largest win = {{fb|Argentina}} 12 - 0 {{fb-rt|Ecuador}}<br>([[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]; [[22 January]] [[1942]]) | Largest loss = {{fb|Czechoslovakia}} 6 - 1 {{fb-rt|Argentina}}<br>([[Helsingborg]], [[Sweden]]; [[15 June]] [[1958]])<br> {{fb|Uruguay}} 5 - 0 {{fb-rt|Argentina}}<br>([[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]; [[16 December]] [[1959]])<br>{{fb|Argentina}} 0 - 5 {{fb|Colombia}}<br />([[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]; [[5 September]] [[1993]]) | World cup apps = 14 | World cup first = 1930 | World cup best = Winners, [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] | Regional name = [[Copa América]] | Regional cup apps = 37 | Regional cup first = [[South American Championship 1916|1916]] | Regional cup best = Winners, [[South American Championship 1921|1921]], [[South American Championship 1925|1925]], [[South American Championship 1927|1927]], [[South American Championship 1929|1929]],<br>[[South American Championship 1937|1937]], [[South American Championship 1941|1941]], [[South American Championship 1945|1945]], [[South American Championship 1946|1946]], [[South American Championship 1947|1947]],<br>[[South American Championship 1955|1955]], [[South American Championship 1957|1957]], [[South American Championship 1959 (Argentina)|1959]], [[Copa América 1991|1991]], [[Copa América 1993|1993]] | Confederations cup apps = 3 | Confederations cup first = 1992 | Confederations cup best = Winners, [[King Fahd Cup 1992|1992]] }} The '''Argentina national football team''' is the national [[football (soccer)|football]] team of [[Argentina]] and is controlled by the [[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino]] (AFA). Argentina has the record for most international titles.<ref>http://www.afa.org.ar/?m=news&n=7</ref> Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, and is currently sixth in the [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA world rankings]].<ref>http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=171</ref> The team has twice won the [[FIFA World Cup]], in [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], and were runners up in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]. Argentina has won the [[Copa América]] 14 times, a record shared with [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], and won the [[Confederations Cup]] in [[King Fahd Cup 1992|1992]]. Argentina and [[France national football team|France]] are the only national teams in the world which have won the four most important titles organized by [[FIFA]]: World Cup, Gold medal in football in the Olympic Games, Confederations Cup, and the Continental Cup (Copa America for Argentina, and [[UEFA European Football Championship]] for France). <ref>http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=arg/index.html</ref> <ref>http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/index.html</ref> ==History== ''La Selección'', also known as the ''Albicelestes'' (Light blue and whites), has appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], which they lost 4-2 to [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]. Argentina won in their next final in [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], beating the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] 3-1. Argentina, led by [[Diego Maradona]] won again in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], a 3-2 victory over [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]. Their most recent World Cup final was in [[Football World Cup 1990|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. Argentina also won six of the fourteen [[Football at the Pan American Games|football competitions at the Pan American Games]], winning in [[Football at the 1951 Pan American Games|1951]], [[Football at the 1955 Pan American Games|1955]], [[Football at the 1959 Pan American Games|1959]], [[Football at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971]], [[Football at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995]] and [[Football at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003]]. Argentina also won the [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] and the [[Kirin Cup]], both in 1992. Argentina also won the [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympics]] football gold medal in [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/football/3607296.stm BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Football | Football gold for Argentina<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the [[FIFA World Rankings]] for the first time.<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid=113242.html FIFA.com - Argentina first for first time<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===World Cup 2006=== Argentina had been eliminated at the group stage at Korea/Japan [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], although they had been among the pre-tournament favourites. There was a high expectation of a better performance in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|Germany 2006]]. Argentina qualified for the knockout stages with wins over [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] (2-1) and [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]] (6-0), and a 0-0 draw with the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]. In the round of sixteen, Argentina defeated [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] 2-1 in extra-time, the winning goal by [[Maxi Rodríguez]] winning an online poll organised by FIFA, as the best goal of the World Cup [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bgt.html]. In the quarter final, they lost 4-2 in a penalty shootout against hosts [[Germany national football team|Germany]] after a 1-1 draw. A brawl erupted between the Argentines and Germans after the game ended. Unused substitute [[Leandro Cufré]] was sent off for kicking [[Per Mertesacker]], while [[Maxi Rodríguez]] hit [[Bastian Schweinsteiger]] from behind. Following an investigation of video evidence, FIFA doled out 4-game and 2-game suspensions for Cufre and Rodriguez, respectively. Germany's [[Torsten Frings]] was suspended for the semifinal match for punching [[Julio Ricardo Cruz]]. Shortly after the elimination, coach [[José Pekerman]] resigned from his position. AFA appointed [[Alfio Basile]], who had previously managed the national side during the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]. ===Copa América 2007=== Argentina won all three games in the group stage, beating [[United States national soccer team|United States]], [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] and [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]. After convincing victories over [[Peru national football team|Peru]] and [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] in the quarter final and semi final respectively, they were favourites to beat [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the final, but were defeated 0-3. ==Competitive record== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=9|[[FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup Record]] |- !Year !Round !Position !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA |- |- bgcolor=silver |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||Second Place||'''2'''||5||4||0||1||18||9 |- |{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||Round 1||9||1||0||0||1||2||3 |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||''Withdrew''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||''Withdrew''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||''Withdrew''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||Round 1||13||3||1||0||2||5||10 |- |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||Round 1||10||3||1||1||1||2||3 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||Quarter-finals||5||3||2||1||1||4||2 |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||Round 2||8||6||1||2||3||9||12 |- bgcolor=gold |style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||7||5||1||1||15||4 |- |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||Round 2||12||5||2||0||3||8||7 |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] ||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||7||6||1||0||14||5 |- |- bgcolor=silver |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||Second Place||'''2'''||7||2||3||2||5||4 |- |{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||Round 2||9||4||2||0||2||8||6 |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||Quarter-finals||6||5||3||1||1||10||4 |- |{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||Round 1||18||3||1||1||1||2||2 |- |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Quarter-finals||6||5||3||2||0||11||3 |- |'''Total'''||14/18||'''2 Titles'''||65||33||13||19||113||74 |} {{col-2}}<div style="text-align:left"> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=9|[[FIFA Confederations Cup ]] |- !Year !Round !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA |-bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]]||'''Champions'''||2||2||0||0||7||1 |- |- bgcolor=silver |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]||Second Place||3||1||1||1||5||3 |- |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |- bgcolor=silver |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]||Second Place||5||2||2||1||10||10 |- |{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |'''Total'''||'''1 Title'''||10||5||3||2||22||14 |} :''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].'' :''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.'' {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|football]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]] | [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} {{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} {{MedalBottom}} {{col-end}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=9|[[Copa América]] |- !colspan=8|Total: 14 Titles |- !Year !Position !width="2%" rowspan="48"| !Year !Position !width="2%" rowspan="48"| !Year !Position |- |bgcolor=silver style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1916|1916]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1939|1939]]||''Withdrew''||bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1967|1967]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place |- |bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1917|1917]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1941|1941]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||[[Copa América 1975|1975]]||Round 1 |- |bgcolor="#cc9966"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[South American Championship 1919|1919]]||bgcolor="#cc9966"|Third place||bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1942|1942]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||[[Copa América 1979|1979]]||Round 1 |- |bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1920|1920]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1945|1945]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||[[Copa América 1983|1983]]||Round 1 |- |bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1921|1921]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1946|1946]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Copa América 1987|1987]]|||Fourth place |- |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[South American Championship 1922|1922]]||Fourth place||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[South American Championship 1947|1947]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||bgcolor="#cc9966"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Copa America 1989|1989]]||bgcolor="#cc9966"|Third place |- |bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1923|1923]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[South American Championship 1949|1949]]||''Withdrew''||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Copa America 1991|1991]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1924|1924]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1953|1953]]||''Withdrew''||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Copa America 1993|1993]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1925|1925]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1955|1955]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Copa America 1995|1995]]||Quarter-finals |- |bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1926|1926]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||bgcolor="#cc9966"|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1956|1956]]||bgcolor="#cc9966"|Third place||{{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Copa America 1997|1997]]||Quarter-finals |- |bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1927|1927]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1957|1957]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Copa America 1999|1999]]||Quarter-finals |- |bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1929|1929]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1959 (Argentina)|1959]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Copa America 2001|2001]]||''Withdrew'' |- |bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1935|1935]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[South American Championship 1959 (Ecuador)|1959]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place||bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Copa America 2004|2004]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place |- |bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1937|1937]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||bgcolor="#cc9966"|{{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[South American Championship 1963|1963]]||bgcolor="#cc9966"|Third place||bgcolor=silver|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Copa America 2007|2007]]||bgcolor=silver|Second place |- |} ===[[Pan American Games]] record=== *[[Football at the 1951 Pan American Games|1951]] - '''Champions''' *[[Football at the 1955 Pan American Games|1955]] - '''Champions''' *[[Football at the 1959 Pan American Games|1959]] - '''Champions''' *[[Football at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963]] - Second place *[[Football at the 1967 Pan American Games|1967]] - Round 1 *[[Football at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971]] - Third place *[[Football at the 1979 Pan American Games|1979]] - Third place *[[Football at the 1983 Pan American Games|1983]] - Round 1 *[[Football at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987]] - Third place *[[Football at the 1991 Pan American Games|1991]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995]] - '''Champions''' *[[Football at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003]] - '''Champions''' *[[Football at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007]] - Round 1 ==Kit Evolution== {| | {{Football kit box | align = left | pattern_la = | pattern_b = | align = left | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = 808080 | title = 1901-1910 }} | {{Football kit box | align = left | pattern_la = _white_stripes| pattern_b = _whitestripes| pattern_ra = _white_stripes| leftarm = 33CCFF | body = 33CCFF | rightarm = 33CCFF | shorts = 000000 | socks = FFFFFF| title = 1911-present }} |} <gallery> Image:ArgentinaShirt1978WorldCup.jpg|<center>World Cup 1978</center> Image:ArgentinaShirt1994WorldCup.jpg|<center>World Cup 1994</center> Image:ArgentinaShirt1998WorldCup.jpg|<center>World Cup 1998</center> Image:ArgentinaShirt2002preWorldCup.jpg|<center>Pre World Cup 2002</center> Image:ArgentinaShirt2002WorldCup.jpg|<center>World Cup 2002</center> Image:ArgentinaShirt2004Olympics.jpg|<center>Olympics 2004</center> Image:ArgentinaShirt2006WorldCup.jpg|<center>World Cup 2006</center> </gallery> ==Managers== {| |valign="top"| || *1924-1925 [[Angel Vázquez]] *1927-1928 [[José Lago Millán]] *1928-1929 [[Francisco Olazar]] *1929-1930 [[Olazar-Tramutola]] *1934-1934 [[Felipe Pascucci]] *1934-1937 [[Manuel Seoane]] *1937-1939 [[Ángel Fernández Roca]] *1939-1960 [[Guillermo Stábile]] *1960-1961 [[Victorio Spinetto]] || *1961-1961 [[José D'Amico]] *1962-1963 [[Juan Carlos Lorenzo]] *1963-1963 [[Alejandro Galán]] *1963-1964 [[Horacio Amable Torres]] *1964-1968 [[José María Minella]] *1968-1968 [[Renato Cesarini]] *1968-1969 [[Humberto Dionisio Maschio]] *1969-1969 [[Adolfo Pedernera]] *1969-1972 [[Juan José Pizzuti]] || *1972-1974 [[Omar Sivori|Enrique Omar Sívori]] *1974-1974 [[Vladislao Cap]] *1974-1983 [[César Luis Menotti]] *1983-1990 [[Carlos Bilardo]] *1990-1994 [[Alfio Basile]] *1994-1998 [[Daniel Passarella]] *1998-2004 [[Marcelo Bielsa]] *2004-2006 [[José Pekerman]] *2006-present [[Alfio Basile]] |} ==Players== ===Current Squad=== The following players were named for World Cup qualification matches against [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in June, 2008. caps and goals as of [[May 23]] [[2008]]. {{nat fs g start}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Roberto Abbondanzieri]]|age={{birth date and age|1972|8|19}}|caps=44|goals=0|club=[[Getafe CF|Getafe]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Fabricio Coloccini]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|1|22}}|caps=27|goals=1|club=[[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Jonathan Bottinelli]] |age={{birth date and age|1984|9|14}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]|clubnat=Argentina}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Nicolás Burdisso]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|4|12}}|caps=19|goals=2|club=[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Fernando Gago]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|4|10}}|caps=14|goals=0|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriel Heinze]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|3|19}}|caps=43|goals=2|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Maxi Rodríguez]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|1|2}}|caps=24|goals=6|club=[[Atlético Madrid]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Javier Zanetti]]|age={{birth date and age|1973|8|10}}|caps=121|goals=5|club=[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Julio Ricardo Cruz]]|age={{birth date and age|1974|10|10}}|caps=18|goals=3|club=[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Juan Román Riquelme]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|6|24}}|caps=44|goals=17|club=[[Club Atletico Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]]|clubnat=Argentina}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Sergio Agüero]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|6|2}}|caps=7|goals=2|club=[[Atlético Madrid]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Juan Pablo Carrizo]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|5|6}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|1|22}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=[[Villarreal CF]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Javier Mascherano]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|6|8}}|caps=37|goals=2|club=[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|clubnat=England}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Rodrigo Palacio]]|age={{Birth date and age|1982|2|5}}|caps=7|goals=1|club=[[Club Atlético Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]]|clubnat=Argentina}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Sebastián Battaglia]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|8|11}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Club Atletico Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]]|clubnat=Argentina}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jonás Gutiérrez]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|05|7}} |caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle]]|clubnat=England}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Lionel Messi]]|age={{birth date and age|1987|6|24}}|caps=27|goals=9|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Oscar Ustari]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|7|3}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Getafe CF|Getafe]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Pablo Zabaleta]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|1|16}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[RCD Espanyol]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Martin Demichelis]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|12|20}}|caps=9|goals=1|club=[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]|clubnat=Germany}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Esteban Cambiasso]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|8|18}}|caps=40|goals=3|club=[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Éver Banega]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|6|29}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Valencia CF]]|clubnat=Spain}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[José Ernesto Sosa]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|6|19}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]|clubnat=Germany}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Juan Sebastián Verón]]|age={{birth date and age|1975|3|9}}|caps=60|goals=9|club=[[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]|clubnat=Argentina}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Fernando Cavenaghi]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|9|21}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Girondins de Bordeaux]]|clubnat=France}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Lisandro Lopez]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|3|2}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[FC Porto]]|clubnat=Portugal}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Carlos Tévez]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|2|5}}|caps=38|goals=7|club=[[Manchester United F.C.|Man. Utd.]]|clubnat=England}} {{nat fs end}} ===Recent call-ups=== Here is the players call-up after Copa America, caps and goals as of before the Norway match {{nat fs g start}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriel Milito]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|9|7}}|caps=32|goals=1|club=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|clubnat=Spain|other=v. Egypt in March 08}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Lucho González]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|1|19}}|caps=40|goals=5|club=[[FC Porto]]|clubnat=Portugal|other=v. Egypt in March 08}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Ezequiel Lavezzi]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|5|3}}|caps=4|goals=1|club=[[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]|clubnat=Italy|other=v. Egypt in March 08}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Mariano Gonzalo Andújar|Mariano Andújar]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|7|30}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]|clubnat=Argentina|other=WCQ v. Colombia, Nov 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Agustín Orión]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|6|26}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]|clubnat=Argentina|other=WCQ v. Colombia, Nov 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Hugo Ibarra]]|age={{birth date and age|1974|4|1}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[Club Atletico Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]]|clubnat=Argentina|other=WCQ v. Colombia, Nov 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Federico Insúa]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|1|3}}|caps=17|goals=0|club=[[Club América|América]]|clubnat=Mexico|other=WCQ v. Colombia, Nov 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Germán Denis]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|9|10}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Club Atletico Independiente|Independiente]]|clubnat=Argentina|other=WCQ v. Colombia, Nov 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Daniel Díaz]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|3|13}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Getafe CF|Getafe]]|clubnat=Spain|other=WCQ v. Venezuela, Oct 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Fernando Belluschi]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|9|10}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Olympiacos]]|clubnat=Greece|other=WCQ v. Venezuela, Oct 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Montenegro]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|3|28}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Club Atletico Independiente|Independiente]]|clubnat=Argentina|other=WCQ v. Venezuela, Oct 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Javier Saviola]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|12|11}}|caps=40|goals=11|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=Spain|other=WCQ v. Venezuela, Oct 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Cristian Raúl Ledesma]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|12|29}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Olympiacos]]|clubnat=Greece|other=v. Australia in Sep 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Ezequiel Garay]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|10|10}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]]|clubnat=Spain|other=v. Norway in Aug 07}} {{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Diego Milito]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|6|12}}|caps=14|goals=4|club=[[Real Zaragoza]]|clubnat=Spain|other=v. Norway in Aug 07}} {{nat fs end}} ===Previous squads=== *[[Copa América 2007 squads#Argentina|2007 Copa América - Argentina]] *[[2006 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Argentina|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[2002 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|2002 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1998 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1994 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1994 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1990 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1990 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1986 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1986 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1982 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1982 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1978 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1978 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1974 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1974 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1966 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1966 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1962 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1962 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1958 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1958 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1934 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1934 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] *[[1930 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|1930 FIFA World Cup squads - Argentina]] ===Most capped players=== As of [[June 18]], [[2008]], the ten players with the most caps for Argentina are: {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |- !# !Name !Career !Caps !Goals |- |1. |align="left"|[[Javier Zanetti]] |1994 - present |122 |5 |- |2. |align="left"|[[Roberto Ayala]] |1994 - 2007 |115 |7 |- |3. |align="left"|[[Diego Simeone]] |1988 - 2002 |106 |11 |- |4. |align="left"|[[Oscar Ruggeri]] |1983 - 1994 |97 |7 |- |5. |align="left"|[[Diego Maradona]] |1977 - 1994 |91 |34 |- |6. |align="left"|[[Ariel Ortega]] |1993 - 2003 |86 |17 |- |7. |align="left"|[[Gabriel Batistuta]] |1991 - 2002 |78 |56 |- |8. |align="left"|[[Juan Pablo Sorín]] |1995 - 2006 |76 |12 |- |9. |align="left"|[[Américo Gallego]] |1975 - 1982 |73 |3 |- |10. |align="left"|[[Daniel Passarella]] |1976 - 1986 |70 |22 |} ===Top goalscorers=== As of [[July 16]], [[2007]], the ten players with the most goals for Argentina are: {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |- !# !Name !Career !Goals !Caps |- |1. |align="left"|[[Gabriel Batistuta]] |1991 - 2002 |56 |78 |- |2. |align="left"|[[Hernán Crespo]] |1995 - present |36 |65 |- |3. |align="left"|[[Diego Maradona]] |1977 - 1994 |34 |91 |- |4. |align="left"|[[Luis Artime]] |1961 - 1967 |24 |25 |- |5. |align="left"|[[Leopoldo Luque]] |1975 - 1981 |22 |45 |- |= |align="left"|[[Daniel Passarella]] |1976 - 1986 |22 |70 |- |7. |align="left"|[[José Sanfilippo]] |1956 - 1962 |21 |29 |- |= |align="left"|[[Herminio Masantonio]] |1935 - 1942 |21 |19 |- |9. |align="left"|[[Mario Kempes]] |1973 - 1982 |20 |43 |- |10. |align="left"|[[Norberto Méndez]] |1945 - 1956 |19 |31 |- |= |align="left"|[[José Manuel Moreno]] |1936 - 1950 |19 |34 |- |= |align="left"|[[René Pontoni]] |1942 - 1947 |19 |19 |} ===Notable players=== <!-- Famous players are famous players, no matter when they played. Please refrain from changing this--> {| width=100% |width=33% valign="top"| *[[Sergio Agüero]] (2007-) *[[Matías Almeyda]] (1996-2005) *[[Antonio Angelillo]] (also played for [[Italy national football team|Italy]]) (1957) *[[Osvaldo Ardiles]] (1974-1982) *[[Roberto Ayala]] (1995-2007) *[[Abel Balbo]] (1988-1998) *[[Gabriel Batistuta]] (1991-2003) *[[Claudio Borghi]] (1983-1986) *[[Jorge Burruchaga]] (1983-1990) *[[Claudio Caniggia]] (1988-2002) *[[Amadeo Carrizo]] (1946-1958) *[[José Chamot]] (1991-2002) *[[Hernán Crespo]] (1995-) *[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] (also played for [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]]) (1947) *[[Ramón Díaz]] (1979-1982) *[[Ubaldo Fillol]] (1972-1985) *[[Marcelo Gallardo]] (1995-2002) *[[Américo Gallego]] (1975-1982) *[[Sergio Goycochea]] (1989-1995) *[[Gabriel Heinze]] (2004-) *[[Mario Kempes]] (1974-1982) *[[Claudio López]] (1995-2004) *[[Diego Maradona|Diego Armando Maradona]] (1977-1994) *[[Juan Ramon Rocha]] (1975-1980) *[[Silvio Marzolini]] (1961-1970) |width=33% valign="top"| *[[José Manuel Moreno]] (1940-1947) *[[Javier Mascherano]] (2001-) *[[Lionel Messi]] (2005-) *[[Diego Milito]] (2005-) *[[Gabriel Milito]] (2004-) *[[Luis Monti]] (also played for [[Italy national football team|Italy]]) (1924-1931) *[[Julio Olarticoechea]] (1982-1990) *[[Ariel Ortega]] (1993-2004) *[[Daniel Passarella]] (1974-1986) *[[Roberto Perfumo]] (1960-1974) *[[Diego Placente]] (1997-2005) *[[Antonio Rattín]] (1959-1966) *[[Fernando Redondo]] (1991-1996) *[[Juan Román Riquelme]] (1997-) *[[Oscar Ruggeri]] (1982-1994) *[[Javier Saviola]] (2003-) *[[Roberto Néstor Sensini]] (1987-2003) *[[Diego Simeone]] (1991-2003) *[[Omar Sivori]] (also played for [[Italy national football team|Italy]]) (1956-1957) *[[Guillermo Stábile]] (1924-1934) *[[Carlos Tévez]] (2004-) *[[Jorge Valdano]] (1980-1990) *[[Juan Sebastián Verón]] (1995-) *[[Ricardo Villa]] (1974-1982) *[[Javier Zanetti]] (1994-) |} ==Facts== [[Image:Seleccion argentina 1964.jpg|thumb|right|350px|1964 line-up for the Nations' Cup]] *Argentina and [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries.{{Facts|date=February 2007}} The two teams have faced each other 161 times since 1901. The first match against Uruguay was the first official international match to be played outside the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>Although [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] and the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] played two internationals in 1885 and 1889, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1904 and the USA did not play one until 1916.</ref> *[[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 [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]. This two minutes of football equalled the world record for the shortest World Cup career set by [[Tunisia national football team|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. ==See also== *''[[Vamos vamos Argentina]]'' *[[Argentina national under-20 football team]] *[[Argentina national under-23 football team]] *[[Argentina and Brazil football rivalry]] *[[Argentina and England football rivalry]] ==Footnotes== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.afa.org.ar/ Official website, at the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino's website] *[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1901-2002] *[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg-intres-bielsa.html RSSSF archive of results 1999-] *[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers] *[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-coach-triv.html RSSSF archive of coaches 1901-90] {{Football in Argentina}} {{fb start}} {{International Football}} {{CONMEBOL teams}} {{1930 FIFA World Cup finalists}} {{1978 FIFA World Cup finalists}} {{1986 FIFA World Cup finalists}} {{2006 FIFA World Cup finalists}} {{FWC Winners}} {{ArgentinaNationalTeams}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Football in Argentina|National team]] [[Category:Argentina national football team| ]] [[Category:FIFA World Cup-winning countries]] [[Category:National sports teams of Argentina|Football]] [[ar:منتخب الأرجنتين لكرة القدم]] [[ca:Selecció de futbol d'Argentina]] [[cs:Argentinská fotbalová reprezentace]] [[da:Argentinas fodboldlandshold]] [[de:Argentinische Fußballnationalmannschaft]] [[et:Argentina jalgpallikoondis]] [[el:Εθνική Αργεντινής (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών)]] [[es:Selección de fútbol de Argentina]] [[eo:Argentina nacia teamo de futbalo]] [[eu:Argentinako futbol selekzio nazionala]] [[fa:تیم ملی فوتبال آرژانتین]] [[fr:Équipe d'Argentine de football]] [[ko:아르헨티나 축구 국가대표팀]] [[hr:Argentinska nogometna reprezentacija]] [[id:Tim nasional sepak bola Argentina]] [[it:Nazionale di calcio dell'Argentina]] [[he:נבחרת ארגנטינה בכדורגל]] [[ka:არგენტინის ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები]] [[lv:Argentīnas futbola izlase]] [[lt:Argentinos vyrų futbolo rinktinė]] [[hu:Argentin labdarúgó-válogatott]] [[ml:അര്‍ജന്റീനയുടെ ഫുട്ബോള്‍ ടീം]] [[nl:Argentijns voetbalelftal]] [[ja:サッカーアルゼンチン代表]] [[no:Argentinas herrelandslag i fotball]] [[pl:Reprezentacja Argentyny w piłce nożnej]] [[pt:Seleção Argentina de Futebol]] [[ro:Echipa naţională de fotbal a Argentinei]] [[ru:Сборная Аргентины по футболу]] [[sk:Argentínske národné futbalové mužstvo]] [[sr:Фудбалска репрезентација Аргентине]] [[fi:Argentiinan jalkapallomaajoukkue]] [[sv:Argentinas herrlandslag i fotboll]] [[th:ฟุตบอลทีมชาติอาร์เจนตินา]] [[vi:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Argentina]] [[tr:Arjantin Millî Futbol Takımı]] [[uk:Збірна Аргентини з футболу]] [[bat-smg:Argentėnas futbuola rinktėnė]] [[zh:阿根廷國家足球隊]]