Soccer World Cup 2010 / Argentina

This article covers the Argentina national soccer team at the 2010 Soccer World Cup .

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in South Africa through the qualifying games of the South American football association CONMEBOL .

All ten teams that belonged to the South American association CONMEBOL played against each other in a single group stage with a home and away leg, with a total of 18 matches. The four best-placed teams qualified directly for the finals of the 2010 World Cup, with the fifth-placed team competing against the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualification for a final place. Argentina rose directly to the finals in fourth.

Group stage

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	33:11	34
2	Chile	32:22	33
3	Paraguay	24:16	33
4th	Argentina	23:20	28
5	Uruguay	28:20	24
6th	Ecuador	22:26	23
7th	Colombia	14:18	23
8th	Venezuela	23:29	22nd
9	Bolivia	22:36	15th
10	Peru	11:34	13

October 13, 2007 : Argentina 2-0 Chile (2-0)

October 16, 2007 : Venezuela - Argentina 0-2 (0-2)

November 17, 2007 : Argentina - Bolivia 3-0 (1-0)

November 20, 2007 : Colombia - Argentina 2: 1 (0: 1)

June 15, 2008 : Argentina - Ecuador 1: 1 (0: 0)

June 18, 2008 : Brazil 0-0 Argentina

September 6, 2008 : Argentina - Paraguay 1: 1 (0: 1)

September 10, 2008 : Peru - Argentina 1: 1 (0: 0)

October 11, 2008 : Argentina 2-1 Uruguay (2-1)

October 15, 2008 : Chile 1-0 Argentina (1-0)

March 28, 2009 : Argentina - Venezuela 4-0 (1-0)

April 1, 2009 : Bolivia - Argentina 6: 1 (3: 1)

June 6, 2009 : Argentina - Colombia 1: 0 (0: 0)

June 10, 2009 : Ecuador - Argentina 2: 0 (0: 0)

September 5, 2009 : Argentina 1-3 Brazil (0-2)

September 9, 2009 : Paraguay 1-0 Argentina (1-0)

October 10, 2009 : Argentina - Peru 2: 1 (0: 0)

October 14, 2009 : Uruguay 0-1 Argentina (0-0)

Argentine contingent

National coach Diego Maradona announced his final 23-man squad on May 20, 2010. Fabricio Coloccini ( Newcastle United ), Juan Manuel Insaurralde ( CA Newell's Old Boys ), José Ernesto Sosa ( Estudiantes de La Plata ), Jesús Dátolo ( Olympiacos Piraeus ), Ezequiel Lavezzi ( SSC Napoli ) and Sebastián were made up of 30 players Blanco ( CA Lanús ) and Juan Mercier ( Argentinos Juniors ) deleted.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Diego Pozo	CA Colón	02/16/1978	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Mariano Andújar	Catania Calcio	07/30/1983	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Sergio Romero	AZ Alkmaar	02/22/1987	5	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Martín Demichelis	FC Bayern Munich	December 20, 1980	5	1	0	0	0
3	Clemente Rodríguez	Estudiantes de La Plata	07/31/1981	1	0	0	0	0
4th	Nicolás Burdisso	AS Roma	04/12/1981	5	0	0	0	0
6th	Gabriel Heinze	Olympique Marseille	04/19/1978	4th	1	1	0	0
12	Ariel Garcé	CA Colón	07/14/1979	0	0	0	0	0
13	Walter Samuel	Inter Milan	03/23/1978	2	0	0	0	0
15th	Nicolás Otamendi	CA Vélez Sarsfield	02/12/1988	3	0	1	0	0
midfield player
5	Mario Bolatti	AC Florence	02/17/1985	2	0	1	0	0
7th	Ángel Di María	Benfica Lisbon	02/14/1988	5	0	0	0	0
8th	Juan Sebastián Verón	Estudiantes de La Plata	03/09/1975	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Javier Mascherano	Liverpool FC	06/08/1984	4th	0	2	0	0
17th	Jonás Gutiérrez	Newcastle United	07/05/1983	3	0	2	0	0
20th	Maxi Rodríguez	Liverpool FC	01/02/1981	5	0	0	0	0
23	Javier Pastore	US Palermo	06/20/1989	3	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Gonzalo Higuaín	real Madrid	12/10/1987	4th	4th	0	0	0
10	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	06/24/1987	5	0	0	0	0
11	Carlos Tévez	Manchester City	02/05/1984	4th	2	0	0	0
16	Sergio Aguero	Atlético Madrid	06/02/1988	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Martin Palermo	CA Boca Juniors	07/11/1973	1	1	0	0	0
19th	Diego Milito	Inter Milan	06/12/1979	2	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Diego Maradona		10/30/1960

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	7: 1	9
2	South Korea	5: 6	4th
3	Greece	2: 5	3
4th	Nigeria	3: 5	1

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Argentine national team met in Group B against Nigeria , South Korea and Greece .

• Saturday June 12, 2010; 16:00 in Johannesburg (Ellis Park Stadium) Argentina - Nigeria 1: 0 (1: 0)
  

• Thursday June 17, 2010; 1:30 p.m. in Johannesburg (Soccer City) Argentina - South Korea 4: 1 (2: 1)
  

• Tuesday June 22, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Polokwane Greece - Argentina 0: 2 (0: 0)
  

Final round

Round of 16

The Argentine selection won the group in Group B and met Mexico , the runner-up in Group A , in the round of 16 .

• Sunday June 27, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Johannesburg (Soccer City) Argentina - Mexico 3: 1 (2: 0)
    

Quarter finals

• Saturday, July 3, 2010; 16:00 in Cape Town Argentina - Germany 0: 4 (0: 1)
    

Web links

• All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Squad Argentina ( Memento from June 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )