| Federation
founded: 1893 |
| FIFA
member since: 1912 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Beaten
finalist |
| 1934 - First
round exit |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not participate |
| 1958 - First
round exit |
| 1962 - First
round exit |
| 1966 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Second
phase exit |
| 1978 - CHAMPIONS |
| 1982 - Seond
phase exit |
| 1986 - CHAMPIONS |
| 1990 - Beaten
finalist |
| 1994 - Second
round exit |
| 1998 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 2002 - First
round exit |
| 2006 - Quarterfinal exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
65
|
| Won |
33
|
| Drawn |
13
|
| Lost |
19
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| Goals for |
113
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| Goals against |
74
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| Points |
112
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Argentina
are 4th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
6-0 vs Peru
in 1978 and 6-0 vs Serbia & Montenegro 2006.
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Biggest
defeat:
1-6 vs Czechoslovakia
in 1958.
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Overall
topscorer:
Gabriel Batistuta,
10 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Diego Maradona,
21 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
1978
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1930 1R France W 1-0
1R Mexico W 6-3
1R Chile W 3-1
SF United States W 6-1
F Uruguay L 2-4
1934 1R Sweden L 2-3
1958 1R West Germany L 1-3
1R Northern Ireland W 3-1
1R Czechoslovakia L 1-6
1962 1R Bulgaria W 1-0
1R England L 1-3
1R Hungary D 0-0
1966 1R Spain W 2-1
1R West Germany D 0-0
1R Switzerland W 2-0
QF England L 0-1
1974 1R Poland L 2-3
1R Italy D 1-1
1R Haiti W 4-1
2Ph Netherlands L 0-4
2Ph Brazil L 1-2
2Ph East Germany D 1-1
1978 1R Hungary W 2-1
1R France W 2-1
1R Italy L 0-1
2Ph Poland W 2-0
2Ph Brazil D 0-0
2Ph Peru W 6-0
F Netherlands [aet] W 3-1
1982 1R Belgium L 0-1
1R Hungary W 4-1
1R El Salvador W 2-0
2Ph Italy L 1-2
2Ph Brazil L 1-3
1986 1R South Korea W 3-1
1R Italy D 1-1
1R Bulgaria W 2-0
2R Uruguay W 1-0
QF England W 2-1
SF Belgium W 2-0
F West Germany W 3-2
1990 1R Cameroon L 0-1
1R Soviet Union W 2-0
1R Romania D 1-1
2R Brazil W 1-0
QF Yugoslavia [3-2 ap] D 0-0
SF Italy [4-3 ap] D 1-1
F West Germany L 0-1
1994 1R Greece W 4-0
1R Nigeria W 2-1
1R Bulgaria L 0-2
2R Romania L 2-3
1998 1R Japan W 1-0
1R Jamaica W 5-0
1R Croatia W 1-0
2R England [4-3 ap] D 2-2
QF Netherlands L 1-2
2002 1R Nigeria W 1-0
1R England L 0-1
1R Sweden D 1-1
2006 1R Côte d'Ivoire W 2-1
1R Serbia & Montenegro W 6-0
1R Netherlands D 0-0
2R Mexico [aet] W 2-1
QF Germany [2-4 ap] D 1-1
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