Equip with Argentina of football

|- | colspan=" 2" style=" text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; " bgcolor=" white" | |- | Colors | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Blue sky, white and black |- | Nickname | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Albiceleste |- | Trainer | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Alfio Basile |- | Classification FIFA | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 3rd (May 2007) |- | Record of selections | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Javier Zanetti : 116 |- | Better striker | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Gabriel Batistuta : 56 |- | First official match | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| May 16th 1901
Uruguay 3 - 2 Argentina |- | broader victory | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| January 22nd 1942
Argentine 12 - 0 Ecuador |- | broader defeat | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| December 16th 1959
Argentine 0 - 5 Uruguay
September 5th 1993
Argentine 0 - 5 Colombia |- | World cup | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Final stages : 13
Vainquor in 1978
et 1986 |- | Copa America | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Winner in 1921, 1925,
1927, 1929, 1937, 1947,
1955, 1957, 1959, 1991
et 1993 |- | Olympic Games | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Better result:
médaille of gold in 2004 |- |bgcolor=" white" | |bgcolor=" white" | |}

The team of Argentine of football is consisted a selection of best the Footballeur S Argentinian S under the aegis of the '' Asociación del Fútbol Argentino ''. It was classified in the forefront of FIFA in June 2007.

The Argentinian selection is called the albiceleste (white and blue sky) according to the colors of sound Maillot and the national Drapeau.

Argentina is the single selection in the world to have gained all the international competitions organized by the FIFA: World cup, Olympic Games, Cut of the Confederations, Cross regional (Copa America in the case of Argentina) and World cup Hopes.

History

Years 1920-1930: competition with Uruguay

Argentina gains its first international title in 1921 with the Copa América. It is today the team most often victorious in this test with the Uruguay (14 victories).

The Celeste will be besides the principal rival of Argentina until the Thirties, not only in Copa America but also within the framework of the Olympic Games: with the Plays of 1928 in Amsterdam, Argentina obtains the money medal, behind Uruguay, gold medal.

It will be again beaten (4-2) by its rival at the time of the finale of the first disputed world cup with Montevideo in 1930.

The players high-speed motorboats of the Albicelestes are at the time Guillermo Stábile (better striker of the edition 1930), Luis Monti, Mario Evaristo or Francisco Varallo.

Four years later in 1934, Argentina is presented in Italy without Stábile (exiled in Europe) nor Monti (which carries from now on the colors of the Italian team) and fails as of its first tower vis-a-vis the Sweden.

Years 1940-1950: the fold in South America

Following the failure of 1934, Argentina decided not to take part in the three World ones which followed (1938, 1950 and 1954). This decision deprived it of a world recognition which tightened the arms to him. Indeed Argentina of these years was a frightening team with in her center several players of the legendary team River Punt called Máquina (9 championships between 1941 and 1957). Among them, Jose Manuel Moreno, Adolfo Pedernera and Ángel Labruna.

Argentina folded up itself on the South American continent by limiting its international appearances to the Copa America, test which it will not less gain than six times between 1941 and 1957.

From 1958 at the years 1970: mitigated results

The Argentinian ones made their return to the world cup in 1958 in Sweden. They did not manage to exceed the first turn just like four years later with the Chile, in spite of the presence in their rows of the striker Jose Francisco Sanfilippo.

At the time of the World cup 1966, with players as Shine Artime, Ermindo Onega or Antonio Rattín, the Argentine crosses this time the first turn (in particular after a nice success vis-a-vis the Spain).

In quarterfinal it was eliminated by the country host, the England, with Wembley on the score of 1-0. This match during which the Argentinian captain Rattín was expelled as of the 35e minute remained famous for its hard play.

Parallel to these performances mitigated out of world cup, Argentina also lost its continental leadership (only one Copa America in 1959 gained in residence).

Years 1970-1980: the golden age and the Menotti-Bilardo competition

Just like the years 1960, years 1970 were particularly favorable to the Argentinian clubs (4 victories of Independiente, 2 of Boca Juniors and one of Estudiantes in Copa Libertadores). But with the difference of the previous decade the national selection was not remains and rose about it with the performance level of its clubs.

A turn of heating in 1974

After having missed the World 1970 in Mexico (flown over by its Brazilian rival ), Argentina was presented to the World cup 1974 with young players like Mario Kempes or Rene Houseman framed by more senior players like Hector Yazalde and Roberto Perfumo.

Eliminated in quarterfinal after a snap undergone vis-a-vis the Netherlands from Johan Cruyff (0-4), Argentina was then 4 years old in front of it to prepare its world cup, which it was going to organize for the first time.

The Menotti era: dedication to residence

The mission of gaining the supreme title is entrusted by the generals to the capacity to young a 39 year old trainer, César Luis Menotti. This one hesitates a time to rest over very young a 18 year old player of the name of Diego Maradona. It finally gives up selecting the wonder and fact confidence with players like Daniel Passarella, Oswaldo Ardiles, Daniel Bertoni or Mario Kempes, which makes a misfortune in Liga Spanish with FC Valence.

Argentina finishes only second of its group of the first turn (behind the Italy which beats it 1-0 in Buenos Aires and in front of the France and the Hungary) but at the time of the second tower it beats the Poland clearly (2-0), division points with the Brésil (0-0) before master key six goals with the Peru. This score river makes it possible Argentinian to precede their Brazilian rivals with the difference in goal and to be qualified for the final.

Author of 4 goals in 3 matches of the second turn (whereas there had remained dumb at the time of the 3 first matches), Mario Kempes is also the man of the finale: its doubled against the Netherlands offers to its country its first world cup in a Monumental stage of Buenos Aires where steal of the thousands of papellitos (final score: 3-1 after prolongations).

César Luis Menotti is always with the head of the selection which unloads in Spain with for mission of preserving its title at the time of the World cup 1982. In spite of Diego Maradona, this time impossible to circumvent, the Argentinian ones leave the competition with the second round after two defeats against the Italy (2-1) and the Brésil (3-1). For Maradona, expelled against Brazil, this first World is to be forgotten.

The couple gaining Bilardo-Maradona

Four years later, Maradona which makes from now on the happiness of the Italian club of Naples, unloads in Mexico within an Argentinian team which does not have the appearance of a favorite inevitably. The new selector is Carlos Bilardo. It has a realistic philosophy of football opposed to that of Menotti, follower of the good game. The country is cut into two, the partisans of Menotti on a side, those of Bilardo of the other.

For this last, the effectiveness passes above all but it had the intelligence to associate with a player of exception as Diego Maradona the ten players whom it was necessary to allow the Albiceleste to gain their second world cup. Among them, one finds in particular the attacker Jorge Valdano, the medium Jorge Burruchaga or the defender Oscar Ruggeri.

After 4 first matches without history, Argentina successfully passes the test English in quarterfinal by gaining 2-1 thanks to two goals of Maradona all to the image of the character: one with the hand without the knowledge of the referee (cf the article Hand of God) and another after an extraordinary slalom in the middle of unfavourable defense, a goal which will be elected the most beautiful goal of all the history of the world cup. After having easily drawn aside the Belgium in semi-final (2-0, doubled of Maradona), Argentina gains the final vis-a-vis the FRG with the Stade Azteca of Mexico City (3-2).

If this success front door all the mark of Diego Maradona it also makes it possible Carlos Bilardo to join César Luis Menotti in the heart of the Argentinian supporteurs.

In Italy at the time of the World cup 1990, Argentina at the time of gaining a third world cup in 12 years (exploit only carried out by the Brazil between 1958 and 1970). In spite of a missed departure (a defeat at the time of the match of opening vis-a-vis the Cameroun), the team of Bilardo goes up in mode throughout the competition by beating a puffing Brésil in eighth, the Yugoslavia in quarters (with the shootings with the goal) and especially the country host, the Italy still with the shootings with the goal with the stage San Paolo of Naples, in a match in charge of symbol for Maradona.

Finally with Rome, the FRG of Lothar Matthäus prevents Argentina from gaining a third cut, by being essential 1-0 over a debatable penalty. The Argentinian ones finish the match with two expelled and during the handing-over of the prices, Maradona is decried by the Roman public which had already whistled the Argentinian anthem.

After Maradona

Starting from the World 1994 with the the United States, the team of Argentina must learn how to do without Diego Maradona. Admittedly this one disputed - and gained - the two first matches but it is then excluded by FIFA for doping. Argentina will not go back from there: it loses against the Romania (3-2) in eighth of finale.

A few years before a new generation of footballers taken along by Gabriel Batistuta, Fernando Redondo or Diego Simeone started to be essential. With them, Argentina joins again with the victory in Copa America in 1991 (32 years after its last success) and in 1993.

Thereafter, this generation reinforced by players like Marcelo Gallardo, Ariel Ortega, Javier Zanetti or Roberto Ayala, manages to gain of title, neither out of world cup (Argentina of the selector Daniel Passarella is eliminated in quarterfinal from the Mondial 1998 by the Netherlands) nor in Copa America.

After eliminating heats brilliances, Argentina however has the appearance of a big favorite in 2002. But once unloaded with the Japan, it will fail inexplicably as of the first turn, losing in particular against the England 1-0).

In 2006, pulled by Jose Pekerman, Argentina of Hernan Crespo and Juan Roman Riquelme carries out a course in conformity with its row at the time of the Mondial in Germany. After a thundering departure symbolized by a victory 6-0 against Serbia-Montenegro, it stops in quarterfinal vis-a-vis the Germany, beaten after the meeting of the shootings to the goal. This World cup will be also marked by the blossoming of a young wonder resembling curiously Maradona, Lionel Messi.

Apart from the world cup, the Argentine nevertheless was distinguished these last years at the time of the Olympic Games (open since 1984 to the professional players, provided that a great majority of them have less than 23 years). After the money medal obtained with the Plays of Atlanta in 1996, the Argentinian ones gain the gold medal with the Jeux of Athens in 2004.

Prize list

Course in World cup

• 1930 : Finale
• 1934: Eighth of finale
• 1938: Not registered
• 1950: Not registered
• 1954: Not registered
• 1958: 1st turn
• 1962: 1st turn
• 1966: Quarterfinal
• 1970: Preliminary round
• 1974: 2nd turn
• 1978: Victorious
• 1982: 2nd turn
• 1986: Victorious
• 1990: Finale
• 1994: Eighth of finale
• 1998: Quarterfinal
• 2002: 1st turn
• 2006: Quarterfinal

Course in Copa America

Chief technical officers

Principal players of yesterday and today

See also: List of international Argentinian of football

See also: List of international Argentinian of football in activity

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Mediums

Assailing

Current manpower

Les players carrying of the numbers is selected for the Copa América 2007

Records

chiffres at November 18th, 2007