History Argentina national football team




the first match ever recorded argentina against uruguay. game held in montevideo on 16 may 1901 , argentina won 3–2. during first years of existence, argentina national team played friendly matches against other south american teams. reasons varied, including long travel times between countries , world war i.


la selección (national team), known albicelestes (sky blue , whites), has appeared in 5 world cup finals, including first final in 1930, lost, 4–2, uruguay. argentina won in next final in 1978, beating netherlands, 3–1. argentina, led diego maradona won again in 1986, 3–2 victory on west germany. recent world cup final in 2014, lost 1–0 germany. previous last world cup final in 1990, lost, 1–0, germany disputed penalty. argentina s world cup winning managers césar luis menotti in 1978, , carlos bilardo in 1986.


argentina has been successful in copa américa, winning 14 times , winning south american championships in 1941, 1945 , 1946. team won fifa confederations cup , kirin cup, both in 1992, , argentina team (with 3 players of on 23 years of age included in squad) won olympics football tournaments in athens 2004 , beijing 2008.


argentina won 6 of 14 football competitions @ pan american games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 , 2003.


in march 2007, argentina reached top of fifa world rankings first time.








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