Argentina national football team

Argentina
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" > Argentina
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/a/a4/Afa_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/170?cb=20190309214728" alt="Afa logo" class="" data-image-key="Afa_logo.png" data-image-name="Afa logo.png" width="170" height="170" >
Nickname(s)	La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue)
Association	Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" > Lionel Scaloni
Captain	Lionel Messi
Most caps	Javier Mascherano (147)
Top scorer	Lionel Messi (65)
Ground	El Monumental ; Mario Alberto Kempes
FIFA code	ARG
FIFA ranking	5 <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/c/c1/Steady2.svg.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/11?cb=20140822225124" alt="Steady" class="" data-image-key="Steady2.svg.png" data-image-name="Steady2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" > (7 June 2018)
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July – October 2015, April 2016 – April 2017)
Lowest FIFA ranking	24 (August 1996)
Elo ranking	13 <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/0/04/Decrease2.svg.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/11?cb=20140811133113" alt="Decrease" class="" data-image-key="Decrease2.svg.png" data-image-name="Decrease2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" > 2 (30 June 2018)
Highest Elo ranking	1 (July 2007, May – July 2017)
Lowest Elo ranking	26 (June 1990)
First international	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/31/Flag_of_Uruguay.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130622142155" alt="Flag of Uruguay.gif" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Uruguay.gif" data-image-name="Flag of Uruguay.gif" width="22" height="15" > Uruguay 2-3 Argentina <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" >; (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)
Biggest win	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" > Argentina 12–0 Ecuador <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/9/96/Flag_of_Ecuador.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20131006105547" alt="Flag of Ecuador.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Ecuador.png" data-image-name="Flag of Ecuador.png" width="22" height="11" >; (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942)
Biggest defeat	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/5/5b/Flag_of_Czech.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130623154804" alt="Flag of Czech.jpg" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Czech.jpg" data-image-name="Flag of Czech.jpg" width="22" height="15" > Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" >; (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958); <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/3/31/Flag_of_Uruguay.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130622142155" alt="Flag of Uruguay.gif" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Uruguay.gif" data-image-name="Flag of Uruguay.gif" width="22" height="15" > Uruguay 5–0 Argentina <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" >; (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959); <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/5/56/Flag_of_Bolivia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130715091326" alt="Flag of Bolivia.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Bolivia.png" data-image-name="Flag of Bolivia.png" width="22" height="15" > Bolivia 6–1 Argentina <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" >; (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009); <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/41/Flag_of_Spain.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621114431" alt="Flag of Spain.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Spain.png" data-image-name="Flag of Spain.png" width="22" height="15" > Spain 6–1 Argentina <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" >; (Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018); <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/f/f8/Flag_of_Colombia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130714204046" alt="Flag of Colombia.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Colombia.png" data-image-name="Flag of Colombia.png" width="22" height="15" > Colombia 5–0 Argentina <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Argentina.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621121327" alt="Flag of Argentina.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Argentina.png" data-image-name="Flag of Argentina.png" width="22" height="14" >; (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)
World Cup appearances	17 (First in 1930)
Best result	Winners <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/e/e6/Gold_medal_icon.svg.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/14?cb=20130807195303" alt="Gold medal icon.svg" class="" data-image-key="Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" data-image-name="Gold medal icon.svg.png" width="14" height="14" > , 1978 and 1986
Copa América appearances	41 (First in 1916)
Best result	Winners <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/e/e6/Gold_medal_icon.svg.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/14?cb=20130807195303" alt="Gold medal icon.svg" class="" data-image-key="Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" data-image-name="Gold medal icon.svg.png" width="14" height="14" > , 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/5/54/Argentina_2018_Home.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/100?cb=20180609130622" alt="Argentina 2018 Home" class="" data-image-key="Argentina_2018_Home.png" data-image-name="Argentina 2018 Home.png" width="100" height="100" ><img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/2/27/Argentina_2018_Away.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/100?cb=20180609130619" alt="Argentina 2018 Away" class="" data-image-key="Argentina_2018_Away.png" data-image-name="Argentina 2018 Away.png" width="100" height="100" >

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The Argentina national football team is the national association football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association, the government body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires and their current manager is Jorge Sampaoli.

La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes, has appeared in five World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930. Argentina won in their next final appearance in 1978, beating the Netherlands at extra time, 3–1. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3–2 victory over West Germany. Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The team also won the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup.

History

Main article: History of the Argentina national football team

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Copa América

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2017

2018 FIFA WCQ 31 August 2017	Uruguay	0–0	Argentina	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:00 (UTC−3)		Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

2018 FIFA WCQ 5 September 2017	Argentina	1–1	Venezuela	Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:30 (UTC−3)	Feltscher 54' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Murillo 51'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

2018 FIFA WCQ 5 October 2017	Argentina	0–0	Peru	Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:30 (UTC−3)		Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando Attendance: 47,960 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

2018 FIFA WCQ 10 October 2017	Ecuador	1–3	Argentina	Quito, Ecuador
18:30 (UTC−5)	R. Ibarra 1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Messi 11', 19', 62'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Friendly 11 November 2017	Russia	0–1	Argentina	Moscow, Russia
16:00 (UTC+3)		Report	Agüero 86'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 78,750 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Friendly 14 November 2017	Argentina	2–4	Nigeria	Krasnodar, Russia
19:30 (UTC+3)	Banega 27' Agüero 36'	Report	Iheanacho 44' Iwobi 52', 73' Idowu 54'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

2018

Friendly 23 March 2018	Italy	0–2	Argentina	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (UTC±0)		Report	Banega 75' Lanzini 85'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Friendly 27 March 2018	Spain	6–1	Argentina	Madrid, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 12' Isco 27', 52', 74' Thiago 55' Aspas 73'	Report	Otamendi 39'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 65,541 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Friendly 29 May 2018	Argentina	4–0	Haiti	Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:00 (UTC–3)	Messi 17' (pen.), 58', 66' Agüero 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Arnaldo Ariel Samaniego (Paraguay)

2018 World Cup 16 June 2018	Argentina	1–1	Iceland	Moscow, Russia
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Agüero 19'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Finnbogason 23'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2018 World Cup 21 June 2018	Argentina	0–3	Croatia	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Rebić 53' Modrić 80' Rakitić 90+1'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2018 World Cup 26 June 2018	Nigeria	1–2	Argentina	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Moses 51' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Messi 14' Rojo 86'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2018 World Cup 30 June 2018	France	4–3	Argentina	Kazan, Russia
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Griezmann 13' (pen.) Pavard 57' Mbappé 64', 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Di María 41' Mercado 48' Agüero 90+3'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 42,873 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Friendly 7 September 2018	Argentina	v	Guatemala	Los Angeles, United States
20:00 (PST)				Stadium: Los Angeles Coliseum

Friendly 11 September 2018	Colombia	v	Argentina	East Rutherford, United States
20:00 (EST)				Stadium: MetLife Stadium

Friendly October 2018	United States	v	Argentina	TBD
		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and preceding warm-up matches.
Caps and goals correct as of: 30 June 2018, after the match against France

#	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Nahuel Guzmán	10 February 1986 (1986-02-10) (age 34)	6	0	UANL
12	1GK	Franco Armani	16 October 1986 (1986-10-16) (age 34)	2	0	River Plate
23	1GK	Willy Caballero	28 September 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 39)	5	0	Chelsea

2	2DF	Gabriel Mercado	18 March 1987 (1987-03-18) (age 33)	23	4	Sevilla
3	2DF	Nicolás Tagliafico	31 August 1992 (1992-08-31) (age 28)	8	0	Ajax
4	2DF	Cristian Ansaldi	20 September 1986 (1986-09-20) (age 34)	5	1	Torino
6	2DF	Federico Fazio	17 March 1987 (1987-03-17) (age 33)	10	1	Roma
8	2DF	Marcos Acuña	28 October 1991 (1991-10-28) (age 28)	11	0	Sporting CP
16	2DF	Marcos Rojo	20 March 1990 (1990-03-20) (age 30)	59	3	Manchester United
17	2DF	Nicolás Otamendi	12 February 1988 (1988-02-12) (age 32)	58	4	Manchester City

5	3MF	Lucas Biglia	30 January 1986 (1986-01-30) (age 34)	58	1	Milan
7	3MF	Éver Banega	29 June 1988 (1988-06-29) (age 32)	65	6	Sevilla
11	3MF	Ángel Di María	14 February 1988 (1988-02-14) (age 32)	97	20	Paris Saint-Germain
13	3MF	Maximiliano Meza	15 January 1992 (1992-01-15) (age 28)	6	0	Independiente
14	3MF	Javier Mascherano	8 June 1984 (1984-06-08) (age 36)	147	3	Hebei China Fortune
15	3MF	Enzo Pérez	22 February 1986 (1986-02-22) (age 34)	26	1	River Plate
18	3MF	Eduardo Salvio	13 July 1990 (1990-07-13) (age 30)	11	0	Benfica
20	3MF	Giovani Lo Celso	9 April 1996 (1996-04-09) (age 24)	5	0	Paris Saint-Germain
22	3MF	Cristian Pavón	21 January 1996 (1996-01-21) (age 24)	9	0	Boca Juniors

9	4FW	Gonzalo Higuaín	10 December 1987 (1987-12-10) (age 32)	75	31	Juventus
10	4FW	Lionel Messi (captain)	24 June 1987 (1987-06-24) (age 33)	128	65	Barcelona
19	4FW	Sergio Agüero	2 June 1988 (1988-06-02) (age 32)	89	39	Manchester City
21	4FW	Paulo Dybala	15 November 1993 (1993-11-15) (age 26)	13	0	Juventus

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Sergio Romero	22 February 1987 (1987-02-22) (age 33)	94	0	Manchester United	2018 FIFA World Cup ^INJ
GK	Agustín Marchesín	16 March 1988 (1988-03-16) (age 32)	3	0	América	v. Nigeria, 14 November 2017
GK	Gerónimo Rulli	20 May 1992 (1992-05-20) (age 28)	0	0	Real Sociedad	v. Venezuela, 5 September 2017

DF	Ramiro Funes Mori	5 March 1991 (1991-03-05) (age 29)	19	1	Everton	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
DF	Germán Pezzella	27 June 1991 (1991-06-27) (age 29)	2	0	Fiorentina	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
DF	Fabricio Bustos	28 April 1996 (1996-04-28) (age 24)	2	0	Independiente	v. Spain, 27 March 2018
DF	Emiliano Insúa	7 January 1989 (1989-01-07) (age 31)	5	0	VfB Stuttgart	v. Nigeria, 14 November 2017
DF	Emanuel Mammana	10 February 1996 (1996-02-10) (age 24)	3	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v. Nigeria, 14 November 2017 ^INJ
DF	Milton Casco	11 April 1988 (1988-04-11) (age 32)	2	0	River Plate	v. Ecuador, 10 October 2017
DF	Nicolás Pareja	19 January 1984 (1984-01-19) (age 36)	1	0	Sevilla	v. Venezuela, 5 September 2017
DF	Javier Pinola	24 February 1983 (1983-02-24) (age 37)	2	0	River Plate	v. Uruguay, 31 August 2017

MF	Manuel Lanzini	15 February 1993 (1993-02-15) (age 27)	4	1	West Ham United	2018 FIFA World Cup ^INJ
MF	Leandro Paredes	29 June 1994 (1994-06-29) (age 26)	3	1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
MF	Guido Pizarro	26 February 1990 (1990-02-26) (age 30)	3	0	UANL	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
MF	Pablo Pérez	8 October 1985 (1985-10-08) (age 35)	1	0	Boca Juniors	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
MF	Rodrigo Battaglia	12 July 1991 (1991-07-12) (age 29)	0	0	Unattached	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
MF	Ricardo Centurión	19 January 1993 (1993-01-19) (age 27)	0	0	Racing	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
MF	Matías Kranevitter	21 May 1993 (1993-05-21) (age 27)	9	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v. Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF	Fernando Belluschi	10 September 1983 (1983-09-10) (age 37)	5	0	San Lorenzo	v. Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF	Alejandro Gómez	15 February 1988 (1988-02-15) (age 32)	4	1	Atalanta	v. Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF	Emiliano Rigoni	4 February 1993 (1993-02-04) (age 27)	4	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v. Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF	Fernando Gago	10 April 1986 (1986-04-10) (age 34)	61	0	Boca Juniors	v. Ecuador, 10 October 2017 ^INJ
MF	Javier Pastore	20 June 1989 (1989-06-20) (age 31)	29	2	Roma	v. Venezuela, 5 September 2017
MF	Augusto Fernández	10 April 1986 (1986-04-10) (age 34)	16	1	Beijing Renhe	v. Uruguay, 31 August 2017

FW	Diego Perotti	26 July 1988 (1988-07-26) (age 32)	5	0	Roma	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
FW	Mauro Icardi	19 February 1993 (1993-02-19) (age 27)	4	0	Internazionale	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
FW	Lautaro Martínez	22 August 1997 (1997-08-22) (age 23)	1	0	Internazionale	2018 FIFA World Cup ^PRE
FW	Ángel Correa	9 March 1995 (1995-03-09) (age 25)	8	1	Atlético Madrid	v. Spain, 27 March 2018
FW	Darío Benedetto	17 May 1990 (1990-05-17) (age 30)	3	0	Boca Juniors	v. Ecuador, 10 October 2017
FW	Lautaro Acosta	14 March 1988 (1988-03-14) (age 32)	2	0	Lanús	v. Ecuador, 10 October 2017 ^INJ
FW	Joaquín Correa	13 August 1994 (1994-08-13) (age 26)	3	1	Sevilla	v. Venezuela, 5 September 2017

^INJ Withdrew due to injury
^PRE Preliminary squad
^RET Retired from the national team
^SUS Suspended

Current coaching staff

Alumni

Former players

Main article: List of Argentine international players

Managers

Main article: List of Argentina international managers

Honours

Note: The list above is only for the Senior team.

FIFA World Cup (2): 1978, 1986
FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1992
South American Championship / Copa America (14): 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993.

Other Awards

Artemio Franchi Trophy (1): 1993
Panamerican Championship (1): 1960
Copa Newton (17) 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1976
Copa Lipton (18): 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1976, 1992
Copa Julio A. Roca (4): 1923, 1939–40, 1940, 1971
Nations' Cup (1): 1964
Copa Kirin (1): 1992
Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo 1910 (1): 1910

External links

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Football in Argentina

League competitions	The AFA	Cup competitions
Primera División	Argentina	Copa Argentina
Primera B Nacional	(U-20) (U-17)	Supercopa Argentina
Primera B Metropolitana	List of clubs	Copa Campeonato
Primera C Metropolitana	List of stadiums
Primera D Metropolitana	(by capacity)
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	Records

FIFA World Cup winners
1930: Uruguay · 1934: Italy · 1938: Italy · 1950: Uruguay · 1954: West Germany · 1958: Brazil · 1962: Brazil · 1966: England · 1970: Brazil · 1974: West Germany · 1978: Argentina · 1982: Italy · 1986: Argentina · 1990: West Germany · 1994: Brazil · 1998: France · 2002: Brazil · 2006: Italy · 2010: Spain · 2014: Germany · 2018: France ·

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FIFA Confederations Cup finals Champions
1992: Argentina · 1995: Denmark · 1997: Brazil · 1999: Mexico · 2001: France · 2003: France · 2005: Brazil · 2009: Brazil · 2013: Brazil · 2017: Germany ·

FIFA World Cup hosts
1930: Uruguay · 1934: Italy · 1938: France · 1950: Brazil · 1954: Switzerland · 1958: Sweden · 1962: Chile · 1966: England · 1970: Mexico · 1974: West Germany · 1978: Argentina · 1982: Spain · 1986: Mexico · 1990: Italy · 1994: United States · 1998: France · 2002: South Korea & Japan · 2006: Germany · 2010: South Africa · 2014: Brazil · 2018: Russia · 2022: Qatar

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Argentina – 1982 FIFA World Cup
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Argentina – 1994 FIFA World Cup
1. Goycochea 2. Vázquez 3. Chamot 4. Sensini 5. Redondo 6. Ruggeri 7. Caniggia 8. Basualdo 9. Batistuta 10. Maradona (c) 11. Medina Bello 12. Islas 13. Cáceres 14. Simeone 15. Borelli 16. Díaz 17. Ortega 18. Pérez 19. Balbo 20. Rodríguez 21. Mancuso 22. Scoponi Manager: Alfio Basile

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Argentina – 1999 Copa América
1. Burgos 2. Ayala 3. Sorín 4. Ibarra 5. Simeone (c) 6. Samuel 7. Barros Schelotto 8. Zanetti 9. Palermo 10. Ortega 11. López 12. Bizzarri 13. Vivas 14. Pochettino 15. Berizzo 16. Guglielminpietro 17. Husaín 18. Cagna 19. Calderón 20. Aimar 21. González 22. Riquelme Manager: Alfio Basile

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Argentina – 2004 Copa América
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Argentina – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
1. Franco 2. Samuel 3. Sorín (c) 4. Zanetti 5. Cambiasso 6. Heinze 7. Tevez 8. Riquelme 9. Saviola 10. Aimar 11. Delgado 12. Lux 13. G. Rodríguez 14. Milito 15. Placente 16. Coloccini 17. Bernardi 18. Santana 19. M. Rodríguez 20. Demichelis 21. Figueroa 22. Galletti 23. Caballero Manager: José Pékerman

Argentina – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals
1. Abbondanzieri 2. Ayala 3. Sorín (c) 4. Coloccini 5. Cambiasso 6. Heinze 7. Saviola 8. Mascherano 9. Crespo 10. Riquelme 11. Tevez 12. Franco 13. Scaloni 14. Palacio 15. Milito 16. Aimar 17. Cufré 18. Rodríguez 19. Messi 20. Cruz 21. Burdisso 22. González 23. Ustari Manager: José Pékerman

Argentina – 2007 Copa América
1. Abbondanzieri 2. Ayala (c) 3. Díaz 4. Ibarra 5. Gago 6. Heinze 7. Palacio 8. Zanetti 9. Crespo 10. Riquelme 11. Tevez 12. Carrizo 13. González 14. Mascherano 15. G. Milito 16. Aimar 17. Burdisso 18. Messi 19. Cambiasso 20. Verón 21. D. Milito 22. Orión Manager: Alfio Basile

Argentina – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals
1. Pozo 2. Demichelis 3. C. Rodríguez 4. Burdisso 5. Bolatti 6. Heinze 7. Di María 8. Verón 9. Higuaín 10. Messi 11. Tévez 12. Garcé 13. Samuel 14. Mascherano 15. Otamendi 16. Kun Agüero 17. Jonás 18. Palermo 19. Milito 20. M. Rodríguez 21. Andújar 22. Romero 23. Pastore Manager: Diego Maradona

Argentina – 2011 Copa América
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Argentina – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Runner up
1. Romero 2. Garay 3. Campagnaro 4. Zabaleta 5. Gago 6. Biglia 7. Di María 8. Pérez 9. Higuaín 10. Messi (c) 11. Rodríguez 12. Orión 13. A. Fernández 14. Mascherano 15. Demichelis 16. Rojo 17. F. Fernández 18. Palacio 19. Álvarez 20. Agüero 21. Andújar 22. Lavezzi 23. Basanta Manager: Alejandro Sabella

Argentina – 2015 Copa América
1. Romero 2. Garay 3. Roncaglia 4. Zabaleta 5. Gago 6. Biglia 7. Di María 8. Pereyra 9. Higuaín 10. Messi (c) 11. Agüero 12. Guzmán 13. Casco 14. Mascherano 15. Demichelis 16. Rojo 17. Otamendi 18. Tevez 19. Banega 20. Lamela 21. Pastore 22. Lavezzi 23. Andújar (Marchesín) Manager: Gerardo Martino

Argentina – Copa América Centenario
1. Romero 2. Maidana 3. Roncaglia 4. Mercado 5. Kranevitter 6. Biglia 7. Di María 8. Fernández 9. Higuaín 10. Messi (c) 11. Agüero 12. Guzmán 13. Funes Mori 14. Mascherano 15. Cuesta 16. Rojo 17. Otamendi 18. Lamela 19. Banega 20. Gaitán 21. Pastore 22. Lavezzi 23. Andújar Manager: Gerardo Martino

Argentina – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16
1. Guzmán 2. Mercado 3. Tagliafico 4. Ansaldi 5. Biglia 6. Fazio 7. Banega 8. Acuña 9. Higuaín 10. Messi (c) 11. Di María 12. Armani 13. Meza 14. Mascherano 15. Lanzini* 15. Pérez* 16. Rojo 17. Otamendi 18. Salvio 19. Agüero 20. Lo Celso 21. Dybala 22. Pavón 23. Caballero Manager: Jorge Sampaoli

Argentina

Nickname(s)	La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue)
Association	Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Lionel Scaloni
Captain	Lionel Messi
Most caps	Javier Mascherano (147)
Top scorer	Lionel Messi (65)
Ground	El Monumental Mario Alberto Kempes
FIFA code	ARG
FIFA ranking	5 (7 June 2018)
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July – October 2015, April 2016 – April 2017)
Lowest FIFA ranking	24 (August 1996)
Elo ranking	13 2 (30 June 2018)
Highest Elo ranking	1 (July 2007, May – July 2017)
Lowest Elo ranking	26 (June 1990)
First international	Uruguay 2-3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)
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) Bolivia 6–1 Argentina (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009) Spain 6–1 Argentina (Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018) Colombia 5–0 Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)
World Cup appearances	17 (First in 1930)
Best result	Winners , 1978 and 1986
Copa América appearances	41 (First in 1916)
Best result	Winners , 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993

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