Argentine national soccer team

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Argentina
Argentina
Argentina national team logo
Nickname (s) La Albiceleste
(The White and Sky Blue)
La Celeste y Blanca
(The Sky Blue and White)
Association Asociación del Fútbol Argentino
confederacy CONMEBOL
Technical sponsor Adidas
Head coach Lionel Scaloni (since 2019)
captain Lionel Messi
Record scorer Lionel Messi (68)
Record player Javier Mascherano (147)
Home stadium Monumental
FIFA code ARG
FIFA rank 9. (1623 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international game Uruguay 0-6 Argentina ( Montevideo , Uruguay ; July 20, 1902)
UruguayUruguay ArgentinaArgentina
Biggest win Argentina 12-0 Ecuador ( Montevideo , Uruguay ; January 22, 1942)
ArgentinaArgentina EcuadorEcuador
Biggest defeats Argentina 1: 6 Czechoslovakia ( Helsingborg , Sweden ; June 15, 1958) Bolivia 6: 1 Argentina ( La Paz , Bolivia ; April 1, 2009) Argentina 0: 5 Uruguay ( Guayaquil , Ecuador ; December 16, 1959) Argentina 0 : 5 Colombia ( Buenos Aires , Argentina ; September 5, 1993) Spain 6: 1 Argentina ( Madrid , Spain ; March 27, 2018)
ArgentinaArgentina CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia

BoliviaBolivia ArgentinaArgentina

ArgentinaArgentina UruguayUruguay

ArgentinaArgentina ColombiaColombia

SpainSpain ArgentinaArgentina
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 17 ( first : 1930 )
Best results World Champion: 1978 , 1986
South American Championship
Participation in the finals 40 ( first : 1916 )
Best results Copa America CupSouth American champions: 1921 , 1925 , 1927 , 1929 , 1937 , 1941 , 1945 , 1946 , 1947 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1991 , 1993
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals 3 ( first : 1992 )
Best results Confederations Cup Winner: 1992
Olympic games
silver 1928
(As of July 23, 2019)
The 1928 silver medalists
Passarella world cup.jpg
Diego Maradona, 1986.
Argentine national football team 2018

The Argentine national soccer team is one of the most successful national soccer teams in the world with two world championship titles ( 1978 and 1986 ) and three runner-up world championship titles ( 1930 , 1990 , 2014 ) . Argentina won the Copa America 14 times, making them the second most successful team in this competition after Uruguay (15 titles). The last title win at the Copa America came in 1993. She won the King Fahd Cup in 1992 , the forerunner of the Confederations Cup . In 1928 she won the silver medal at the Olympic Games . In addition, the Olympic selection, which included many senior national players, won the gold medal in 2004 and 2008 .

history

The first international match of an Argentine soccer team took place on May 16, 1901 in Montevideo , the capital of Uruguay , and ended 3-2 for Argentina. Since the Argentine team only had players who did not belong to the responsible Argentina Association Football League , the game was not recognized as an official international match . The Argentines won their first official international match on July 20, 1902 in Montevideo 6-0 against Uruguay.

Carlos Edgard Dickinson scored the first goal in Argentine football history.

They won the first of a total of 17 official titles in 1921 when they won the forerunner of the Copa America , the Campeonato Sudamericano . In 1910 Argentina had already won the unofficial South American Championship. They have been fourteen times winners of the Copa America, twice world champions and once confederation cup winners (1992, then King Fahd Cup). A U23 team reinforced with senior national players also won two Olympic championships (2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing ). The senior national team succeeded in winning the Olympic silver medal in 1928 .

In 1978 , the Argentines won a soccer World Cup in their own country for the first time. They repeated this success in 1986 .

Balance sheets

Great title

Participation in the Summer Olympics

Argentina won the silver medal in the only participation of the national team in the 1928 Olympic Games. From 1952 onwards , the A national teams no longer took part, but instead amateur teams, and finally , since 1992 , an expanded U-23 selection. Argentina participated in a total of seven Olympic soccer tournaments. The Olympic selection won gold in 2004 and 2008 , and in 1996 it was silver. Argentina could not qualify for the 2012 Olympic football tournament , in 2016 they were eliminated after the preliminary round, and in 2020 they will be represented again.

1908 in London did not take part, the association was only admitted to FIFA in 1912
1912 in Stockholm not participated
1920 in Antwerp not participated
1924 in Paris not participated
1928 in Amsterdam silver
1936 in Berlin not participated
1948 in London not participated

Participation in soccer world championships

Argentina have reached the World Cup finals 16 times and so far failed to qualify once. Argentina became world champions twice.

1930 in Uruguay Vice world champion
1934 in Italy Round of 16
1938 in France withdrawn
1950 in Brazil withdrawn
1954 in Switzerland not participated
1958 in Sweden Preliminary round
1962 in Chile Preliminary round
1966 in England Quarter finals
1970 in Mexico not qualified
1974 in Germany Second final round
1978 in Argentina World Champion
1982 in Spain Second final round
1986 in Mexico World Champion
1990 in Italy Vice world champion
1994 in the USA Round of 16
1998 in France Quarter finals
2002 in South Korea / Japan Preliminary round
2006 in Germany Quarter finals
2010 in South Africa Quarter finals
2014 in Brazil Vice world champion
2018 in Russia Round of 16

Participation of Argentina in the Confederations Cup

Argentina took part in the first two editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup when it was still called the King Fahd Cup, reached the final in each of the three competitions, but only won the title the first time.

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1992 Saudi Arabia final Saudi Arabia winner Alfio Basile Gabriel Batistuta along with Bruce Murray top scorer
1995 Saudi Arabia final Denmark Second Daniel Passarella
1997 Saudi Arabia not qualified
1999 Mexico not qualified
2001 South Korea / Japan not qualified
2003 France not qualified
2005 Germany final Brazil Second José Pekerman
2009 South Africa not qualified
2013 Brazil not qualified
2017 Russia not qualified
  1. According to the all-time ranking 1992–2009 [1] (PDF; 1.8 MB)

Records

General

With 201 internationals against Uruguay (of which FIFA counts 183), the Argentine team leads the list of the most frequent international pairings, in 8th place are the games Argentina against Brazil (101 times, of which FIFA 95 counts). Of the world champions, Argentina played the most games against the other world champions, but more than half of them against Uruguay.

Argentina's biggest win is also the biggest win for a South American team.

Record players and record goal scorers

As of October 13, 2019. Bold : active players.

Record players after appearances
No. Games player Period Gates title
1 147 Javier Mascherano 2003-2018 03 Olympic champion : 2004 , 2008
2 143 Javier Zanetti 1994-2011 05 Pan American Games 1995
3 138 Lionel Messi 2005– active 70 Olympic champion 2008
4th 114 Roberto Ayala 1994-2007 07th Pan American Games 1995
5 104 Diego Simeone 1988-2002 11 Copa América 1991 , Copa América 1993
6th 102 Ángel Di María 2008- active 20th Olympic champion 2008
7th 097 Sergio Aguero 2006– active 42 Olympic champion 2008
097 Óscar Ruggeri 1983-1994 07th Football World Cup 1986 , Copa America 1993
9 096 Sergio Romero 2009- active 00 Olympic champion 2008
10 091 Diego Maradona 1977-1994 34 Soccer World Cup 1986
Record goal scorers
No. Gates player Period Games Title as goalscorer
1 70 Lionel Messi 2005– active 138
2 54 Gabriel Batistuta 1991-2002 077 TSK: Copa América 1991 , Copa América 1995 , King Fahd Cup 1992
3 42 Sergio Aguero 2006– active 097
4th 35 Hernán Crespo 1995-2007 064
5 34 Diego Maradona 1977-1994 091
6th 32 Gonzalo Higuaín 2009-2018 075
7th 24 Luis Artime 1961-1967 025th TSK: Campeonato Sudamericano 1967
8th 22nd Leopoldo Luque 1975-1981 045 TSK: Copa America 1975
22nd Daniel Passarella 1976-1986 070
10 21st Herminio Masantonio 1935-1942 019th TSK: Campeonato Sudamericano 1935 , Campeonato Sudamericano 1942
21st José Sanfilippo 1956-1952 029

Squad

The following players were called up for the two official FIFA games in November 2019 (October 31, 2019).

position Surname birthday Games Gates society debut
goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín March 16, 1988 7th 0 PortugalPortugalFC Porto 2019
goalkeeper Esteban Andrada 01/26/1991 2 0 ArgentinaArgentinaBoca Juniors 2019
goalkeeper Juan Musso 05/06/1994 1 0 ItalyItalyUdinese Calcio 2019
goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez 09/02/1992 0 0 EnglandEnglandArsenal FC 2019
Defense Nicolás Otamendi 02/12/1988 68 4th EnglandEnglandManchester City 2009
Defense Marcos Rojo 03/20/1990 61 3 EnglandEnglandManchester United 2011
Defense Nicolás Tagliafico 08/31/1992 23 0 NetherlandsNetherlandsAjax Amsterdam 2017
Defense Germán Pezzella 06/27/1991 14th 2 ItalyItalyAC Florence 2017
Defense Juan Foyth 01/12/1998 9 0 EnglandEnglandTottenham Hotspur 2018
Defense Renzo Saravia 06/16/1993 8th 0 PortugalPortugalFC Porto 2018
Defense Walter Kannemann 03/14/1991 6th 0 BrazilBrazilGremio Porto Alegre 2018
Defense Nehuén Pérez 06/24/2000 0 0 BrazilBrazilFC Famalicão 2019
midfield Marcos Acuña 10/28/1991 25th 0 PortugalPortugalSporting Lisbon 2016
midfield Leandro Paredes 06/29/1994 22nd 3 FranceFranceParis Saint-Germain 2017
midfield Giovani Lo Celso 04/09/1996 20th 2 EnglandEnglandTottenham Hotspur 2017
midfield Roberto Pereyra 01/07/1991 19th 2 EnglandEnglandWatford FC 2014
midfield Rodrigo De Paul 05/24/1994 15th 0 ItalyItalyUdinese Calcio 2018
midfield Guido Rodríguez 04/12/1994 7th 0 MexicoMexicoClub America 2019
midfield Nicolás Domínguez 06/28/1998 3 1 ArgentinaArgentinaCA Velez Sarsfield 2019
midfield Lucas Ocampos 07/11/1994 2 2 SpainSpainSevilla FC 2019
Storm Lionel Messi (C)Captain of the crew 06/24/1987 136 68 SpainSpainFC Barcelona 2005
Storm Sergio Aguero 06/02/1988 96 40 EnglandEnglandManchester City 2006
Storm Paulo Dybala 11/15/1993 28 2 ItalyItalyJuventus Turin 2015
Storm Lautaro Martínez 08/22/1997 15th 9 ItalyItalyInter Milan 2018
Storm Lucas Alario 10/08/1992 6th 3 GermanyGermanyBayer Leverkusen 2016
Storm Nicolás González April 6, 1998 1 0 GermanyGermanyVfB Stuttgart 2019

International matches against national teams from German-speaking countries

No. date place Home team result Visiting team Occasion / special features
01 06/08/1958 Malmo ( )SwedenSweden ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 3 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG World Cup preliminary round
02 07/16/1966 Birmingham ( )EnglandEngland Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG 0-0 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina World Cup preliminary round
03 07/19/1966 Sheffield ( )EnglandEngland ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland World Cup preliminary round
04th 02/14/1973 Munich Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG 2: 3 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
05 07/03/1974 Gelsenkirchen ( )Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 1 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR World Cup intermediate round
06th 06/05/1977 Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 3 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG
07th 07/12/1977 Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2-0 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR
08th 09/12/1979 Berlin Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG 2: 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
09 May 21, 1980 Vienna AustriaAustria Austria 1: 5 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
10 December 16, 1980 Cordoba ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 5-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
11 01/01/1981 Montevideo ( )UruguayUruguay ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2: 1 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG Mundialito , Argentina ended
Germany's longest series
of games without a loss by winning (23 games)
12 March 24, 1982 Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 1 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG
13 09/01/1984 Bern SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 0: 2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
14th 09/12/1984 Dusseldorf Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG 1: 3 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1st international match in Germany under
team boss Franz Beckenbauer
15th 06/29/1986 Mexico City ( )MexicoMexico ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 3: 2 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG World Cup final
16 December 16, 1987 Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1-0 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG
17th 04/02/1988 Berlin Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG 1-0 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Four-country tournament , game for 3rd place
18th 05/03/1990 Vienna AustriaAustria Austria 1: 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
19th 05/08/1990 Bern SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
20th 07/08/1990 Rome ( )ItalyItaly GermanyGermany FRG 1-0 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina World Cup final
21st 12/15/1993 Miami ( )United StatesUnited States ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2: 1 GermanyGermany Germany
22nd 04/17/2002 Stuttgart GermanyGermany Germany 0: 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
23 02/09/2005 Dusseldorf GermanyGermany Germany 2: 2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
24 06/21/2005 Nuremberg GermanyGermany Germany 2: 2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Confederation Cup preliminary round
25th 06/30/2006 Berlin GermanyGermany Germany 1: 1 a.d. 4: 2 i. E. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina World Cup quarter-finals
26th 06/02/2007 Basel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
27 03/03/2010 Munich GermanyGermany Germany 0: 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
28 07/03/2010 Cape Town ( )South AfricaSouth Africa ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 0: 4 GermanyGermany Germany World Cup quarter-finals, last international match
under coach Diego Maradona
29 02/29/2012 Bern SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 3 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
30th 08/15/2012 Frankfurt am Main GermanyGermany Germany 1: 3 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
31 07/01/2014 Sao Paulo ( )BrazilBrazil ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 0 a.d. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland World Cup round of 16
32 07/13/2014 Rio de Janeiro ( )BrazilBrazil GermanyGermany Germany 1: 0 a.d. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina World Cup final
33 09/03/2014 Dusseldorf GermanyGermany Germany 2: 4 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
34 09/10/2019 Dortmund GermanyGermany Germany 2: 2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina

National coach

So far all national coaches have been Argentinians.

Term of office National coach
1924-1925 Ángel Vázquez
1927-1928 José Millán
1929 Francisco Olazar
1929-1930 Francisco Olazar and Juan José Tramutola
1934 Felipe Pascucci
1935-1937 Manuel Seoane
1938-1939 Ángel Roca
1939-1958 Guillermo Stábile
1940 Guillermo Stábile and Carlos Calocero
1959 Victorio Spinetto , José Della Torre and José Barreiro
1959 José Manuel Moreno
1960 Guillermo Stábile
1960-1961 Victorio Spinetto
1961 José D'Amico
1962 Juan Lorenzo
1962 Néstor Rossi
1962 Jim Lopes
1963 Horacio Torres
1963 José D'Amico
1964-1965 José Minella
1965 Osvaldo Zubeldía
1966 Juan Lorenzo
1967 Jim Lopes
1967 Carmelo Faraone
1967-1968 Renato Cesarini
1968 José Minella
1969 Humberto Maschio
1969 Adolfo Pedernera
1970-1972 Juan Pizzuti
1972-1973 Omar Sívori
1973 Miguel Ignomiriello
1973 Omar Sívori
1973 Omar Sívori and Miguel Ignomiriello
1973 Omar Sívori
1974 Vladislao cap
1974-1975 César Luis Menotti
1975 César Luis Menotti and Miguel Antonio Juárez
1975-1982 César Luis Menotti
1979 Federico Sacchi (interim trainer)
1983-1990 Carlos Bilardo
1991-1994 Alfio Basile
1993 Reinaldo Merlo (interim trainer)
1994-1998 Daniel Passarella
1999-2004 Marcelo Bielsa
2004-2006 José Pekerman
2006-2008 Alfio Basile
2008-2010 Diego Maradona
2010-2011 Sergio Batista
2011-2014 Alejandro Sabella
2014-2016 Gerardo Martino
2016-2017 Edgardo Bauza
2017-2018 Jorge Sampaoli
2018– Lionel Scaloni

Jerseys

For years Argentina did not assign shirt numbers at world championships according to player position, but alphabetically according to player names; it was not until the 1980s, when Diego Maradona claimed 10, that the usual system was used. Later, the number 10 was no longer given in honor of Maradona. However, this failed because of the FIFA, as this requires consecutive numbering from 1 to 23 for the World Cup and thus not awarding the 10 would lead to the loss of a player nomination.

penalties shoot

Argentina has played the most penalty shootouts at world championships . The Argentines only lost one out of five. In contrast, the record looks worse at the Copa America: five out of eight were lost, including three finals. They also lost once in a friendly game. They lost a total of seven penalty shoot-outs. Only Zambia (17 out of 35) and Malawi have lost more penalty shoot-outs. The most frequent opponent was Brazil, against which one of four penalty shootouts was won.

date opponent occasion output Successful Argentine shooters Argentine miss shooters Successful Argentine goalkeeper particularities
March 22, 1977 Iran 1964Iran Iran 75th Real Madrid Cup 4: 1 unknown
May 22, 1979 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 75th birthday of FIFA 8: 7 unknown
August 31, 1988 BrazilBrazil Brazil Friendly match in Los Angeles 2: 5 unknown unknown
June 30, 1990 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia World Cup quarter-finals 3: 2 José Serrizuela , Jorge Burruchaga , Gustavo Dezotti Diego Maradona , Pedro Troglio Sergio Goycochea (2) Dragan Stojković shot the crossbar
3rd July 1990 ItalyItaly Italy World Cup semi-finals 4: 3 José Serrizuela , Jorge Burruchaga , Julio Olarticoechea , Diego Maradona Sergio Goycochea (2)
June 27, 1993 BrazilBrazil Brazil Copa America quarterfinals 6: 5 Néstor Gorosito , Gabriel Batistuta , Diego Simeone , Leonardo Rodríguez , Beto Acosta , Jorge Borelli Sergio Goycochea
June 30, 1993 ColombiaColombia Colombia Copa America semi-finals 6: 5 Néstor Gorosito , Diego Simeone , Leonardo Rodríguez , Beto Acosta , Ramón Medina Bello , Jorge Borelli Sergio Goycochea
July 17, 1995 BrazilBrazil Brazil Copa America quarterfinals 2: 4 Hugo Pérez , Beto Acosta Diego Simeone , Néstor Fabbri ?
June 30, 1998 EnglandEngland England World Cup round of 16 4: 3 Sergio Berti , Juan Sebastián Verón , Marcelo Gallardo , Roberto Ayala Hernán Crespo Carlos Roa (2)
July 25, 2004 BrazilBrazil Brazil Copa America final 2: 4 Kily González , Juan Pablo Sorín Andrés D'Alessandro , Gabriel Heinze
June 26, 2005 MexicoMexico Mexico Confederation Cup semifinals 6: 5 Juan Román Riquelme , Maxi Rodríguez , Pablo Aimar , Luciano Galletti , Juan Pablo Sorín Esteban Cambiasso German Lux
June 30, 2006 GermanyGermany Germany World Cup quarter-finals 2: 4 Julio Cruz , Maxi Rodríguez Roberto Ayala , Esteban Cambiasso
July 16, 2011 UruguayUruguay Uruguay Copa America quarterfinals 4: 5 Lionel Messi , Nicolás Burdisso , Javier Pastore , Gonzalo Higuaín Carlos Tevez
July 9. 2014 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands World Cup semi-finals 4: 2 Lionel Messi , Ezequiel Garay , Sergio Agüero , Maxi Rodríguez Sergio Romero (2)
June 26, 2015 ColombiaColombia Colombia Copa America quarterfinals 5: 4 Lionel Messi , Ezequiel Garay , Éver Banega , Ezequiel Lavezzi , Carlos Tévez Lucas Biglia , Marcos Rojo Sergio Romero (3)
4th July 2015 ChileChile Chile Copa America final 1: 4 Lionel Messi Gonzalo Higuaín , Éver Banega
June 26, 2016 ChileChile Chile Copa America final 2: 4 Javier Mascherano , Sergio Aguero Lionel Messi , Lucas Biglia Sergio Romero

Nicknames

In German-speaking media, the team is often referred to by the nickname Gauchos . However, this is not used in Argentina itself. There she has no other common nicknames besides la Albiceleste (the white and sky blue).

Awards

The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport voted the Argentine national team in 1978 and 1986 " World Team of the Year ".

See also

Web links

Commons : Argentina National Soccer Team  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ¡Furor por la Albiceleste! afa.com.ar, accessed March 25, 2019 (Spanish)
  2. La Celeste y Blanca en el corazón afa.com.ar, accessed on March 25, 2019 (Spanish)
  3. The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  4. El primer Uruguay-Argentina fue el jueves 16 de mayo de 1901. Retrieved May 8, 2019 (Spanish).
  5. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament without Argentina", from February 13, 2011
  6. a b rsssf.com: Argentina - Record International Players
  7. Lista de convocados de la Selección Mayor y Sub 23 para la doble fecha FIFA de noviembre. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (es-AR).
  8. rsssf.com: Malawi - List of International Matches
  9. Karl H. Huba: Football World Championships 1930 to today: Reports, statistics and top photos , Copress Sport 2009, p. 67
  10. Kicker Sportmagazin (ed.): Football World Cup South Africa 2010 , Copress Sport 2010, p. 33