Soccer World Cup 1966 / Argentina

This article covers the Argentina national team at the 1966 World Cup .

qualification

Argentina prevailed as expected in qualifying group 13. With Paraguay and Bolivia you had two opponents, both of whom were considered a class worse than the gauchos . With three wins and a goalless draw against Paraguay, they qualified well.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	9: 2	7: 1
2	Paraguay	3: 5	3: 5
3	Bolivia	4: 9	2: 6

August 1, 1965	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Paraguay	3: 0 (3: 0)
August 8, 1965	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Argentina	0-0
17th August 1965	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Bolivia	4: 1 (3: 0)	Bernao, Onega, Vargas 55 '
August 29, 1965	La Paz	Bolivia	-	Argentina	1: 2 (1: 2)	R. Delgado (own goal), Artime

Argentine contingent

No.	Surname	Club at the beginning of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Antonio Roma	CA Boca Juniors	07/13/1932	4th	0	0
2	Rolando Irusta	CA Lanus	03/27/1938	0	0	0
3	Hugo Gatti	CA River Plate	08/19/1944	0	0	0
Defender
4th	Roberto Perfumo	Racing Club	10/03/1942	4th	0	0
5	José Varacka	CA San Lorenzo	05/27/1932	0	0	0
6th	Oscar Calics	CA San Lorenzo	11/18/1939	1	0	0
7th	Silvio Marzolini	CA Boca Juniors	04/10/1940	4th	0	0
8th	Roberto Ferreiro	CA Independiente	04/25/1935	4th	0	0
12	José Albrecht	CA San Lorenzo	08/23/1941	4th	0	1
midfield player
9	Carmelo Simeone	CA Boca Juniors	09/22/1933	0	0	0
10	Antonio Rattín	CA Boca Juniors	May 16, 1937	4th	0	1
11	José Pastoriza	CA Independiente	May 23, 1942	0	0	0
13	Nelson López	CA Banfield	06/24/1941	0	0	0
15th	Jorge Solari	CA River Plate	11/11/1941	4th	0	0
20th	Ermindo Onega	CA River Plate	04/30/1940	4th	1	0
striker
14th	Mario Chaldu	CA San Lorenzo	06/06/1942	0	0	0
16	Alberto Mario González	CA Boca Juniors	08/21/1941	4th	0	0
17th	Juan Carlos Sarnari	CA River Plate	01/22/1942	0	0	0
18th	Alfredo Rojas	CA Boca Juniors	02/20/1937	0	0	0
19th	Luis Artime	CA Independiente	12/12/1938	4th	3	0
21st	Óscar Mas	CA River Plate	October 29, 1946	4th	0	0
22nd	Aníbal Tarabini	CA Independiente	08/04/1941	0	0	0
Trainer
	Juan Carlos Lorenzo		10/22/1922

Argentina team matches

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	7: 1	5: 1
2	Argentina	5: 2	5: 1
3	Spain	4: 5	2: 4
4th	Switzerland	1: 9	0: 6

Preliminary round
Spain	-	Argentina	1: 2 (0: 0)
Germany	-	Argentina	0-0
Argentina	-	Switzerland	2: 0 (0: 0)
Quarter finals
England	-	Argentina	1: 0 (0: 0)