| Federation
founded: 1893 |
| FIFA
member since: 1912 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 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 |
| 2010 - Quarterfinal exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
70
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| Won |
37
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| Drawn |
13
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| Lost |
20
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| Goals for |
123
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| Goals against |
80
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| Points |
124
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Argentina
are 4th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
6-0 vs Peru
in 1978 and 6-0 vs Serbia & Montenegro in 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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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part and ARGENTINA
chose to participate.
1934
Chile withdrew so ARGENTINA
had walkover and qualified for Italy 1934.
1938
ARGENTINA did not participate in
the qualifying rounds.
1950
ARGENTINA did not participate in
the qualifying rounds.
1954
ARGENTINA did not participate in
the qualifying rounds.
1958
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
06.Oct 57 Bolivia 2-0 ARGENTINA
13.Oct 57 Chile 0-2 ARGENTINA
20.Oct 57 ARGENTINA 4-0 Chile
27.Oct 57 ARGENTINA 4-0 Bolivia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ARGENTINA 4 3 0 1 10- 2 6
2.Bolivia 4 2 0 2 6- 6 4
3.Chile 4 1 0 3 2-10 2
ARGENTINA qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
04.Dec 60 Ecuador 3-6 ARGENTINA
18.Dec 60 ARGENTINA 5-0 Ecuador
ARGENTINA qualified for Chile 1962.
1966
(CONMEBOL Group 3)
01.Aug 65 ARGENTINA 3-0 Paraguay
08.Aug 65 Paraguay 0-0 ARGENTINA
17.Aug 65 ARGENTINA 4-1 Bolivia
29.Aug 65 Bolivia 1-2 ARGENTINA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ARGENTINA 4 3 1 0 9- 2 7
2.Paraguay 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
3.Bolivia 4 1 0 3 4- 9 2
ARGENTINA qualified for England 1966.
1970
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
27.Jul 69 Bolivia 3-1 ARGENTINA
03.Aug 69 Peru 1-0 ARGENTINA
24.Aug 69 ARGENTINA 1-0 Bolivia
31.Aug 69 ARGENTINA 2-2 Peru
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Peru 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5
2.Bolivia 4 2 0 2 5- 6 4
3.ARGENTINA 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3
ARGENTINA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
09.Sep 73 ARGENTINA 4-0 Bolivia
16.Sep 73 Paraguay 1-1 ARGENTINA
23.Sep 73 Bolivia 0-1 ARGENTINA
07.Oct 73 ARGENTINA 3-1 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ARGENTINA 4 3 1 0 9- 2 7
2.Paraguay 4 2 1 1 8- 5 5
3.Bolivia 4 0 0 4 1-11 0
ARGENTINA qualified for West Germany 1974.
1978
ARGENTINA qualified automatically
as host nation.
1982
ARGENTINA qualified automatically for
Spain 1982 as defending champions.
1986
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
26.May 85 Venezuela 2-3 ARGENTINA
02.Jun 85 Colombia 1-3 ARGENTINA
09.Jun 85 ARGENTINA 3-0 Venezuela
16.Jun 85 ARGENTINA 1-0 Colombia
23.Jun 85 Peru 1-0 ARGENTINA
30.Jun 85 ARGENTINA 2-2 Peru
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ARGENTINA 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9
2.Peru 6 3 2 1 8- 4 8
3.Colombia 6 2 2 2 6- 6 6
4.Venezuela 6 0 1 5 5-15 1
ARGENTINA qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
ARGENTINA qualified automatically for
Italy 1990 as defending champions.
1994
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
01.Aug 93 Peru 0-1 ARGENTINA
08.Aug 93 Paraguay 1-3 ARGENTINA
18.Aug 93 Colombia 2-1 ARGENTINA
22.Aug 93 ARGENTINA 2-1 Peru
29.Aug 93 ARGENTINA 0-0 Paraguay
05.Sep 93 ARGENTINA 0-5 Colombia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Colombia 6 4 2 0 13- 2 10
2.ARGENTINA 6 3 1 2 7- 9 7
3.Paraguay 6 1 4 1 6- 7 6
4.Peru 6 0 1 5 4-12 1
ARGENTINA required to play off against
winner of Oceania and North/Central America
runner-up for one spot in the World Cup.
31.Oct 93 Australia 1-1 ARGENTINA
17.Nov 93 ARGENTINA 1-0 Australia
ARGENTINA qualified for USA 1994.
1998
(CONMEBOL league)
24.Apr 96 ARGENTINA 3-1 Bolivia
02.Jun 96 Ecuador 2-0 ARGENTINA
07.Jul 96 Peru 0-0 ARGENTINA
01.Sep 96 ARGENTINA 1-1 Paraguay
09.Oct 96 Venezuela 2-5 ARGENTINA
15.Dec 96 ARGENTINA 1-1 Chile
12.Jan 97 Uruguay 0-0 ARGENTINA
12.Feb 97 Colombia 0-1 ARGENTINA
02.Apr 97 Bolivia 2-1 ARGENTINA
30.Apr 97 ARGENTINA 2-1 Ecuador
08.Jun 97 ARGENTINA 2-0 Peru
06.Jul 97 Paraguay 1-2 ARGENTINA
20.Jul 97 ARGENTINA 2-0 Venezuela
10.Sep 97 Chile 1-2 ARGENTINA
12.Oct 97 ARGENTINA 0-0 Uruguay
16.Nov 97 ARGENTINA 1-1 Colombia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ARGENTINA 16 8 6 2 23-13 30
2.Paraguay 16 9 2 5 21-14 29
3.Colombia 16 8 4 4 23-15 28
4.Chile 16 7 4 5 32-18 25
5.Peru 16 7 4 5 19-20 25
6.Ecuador 16 6 3 7 22-21 21
7.Uruguay 16 6 3 7 18-21 21
8.Bolivia 16 4 5 7 18-21 17
9.Venezuela 16 0 3 13 8-41 3
ARGENTINA qualified for France 1998.
2002
(CONMEBOL league)
29.Mar 00 ARGENTINA 4-1 Chile
26.Apr 00 Venezuela 0-4 ARGENTINA
04.Jun 00 ARGENTINA 1-0 Bolivia
29.Jun 00 Colombia 1-3 ARGENTINA
19.Jul 00 ARGENTINA 2-0 Ecuador
26.Jul 00 Brazil 3-1 ARGENTINA
16.Aug 00 ARGENTINA 1-1 Paraguay
03.Sep 00 Peru 1-2 ARGENTINA
08.Oct 00 ARGENTINA 2-1 Uruguay
15.Nov 00 Chile 0-2 ARGENTINA
28.Mar 01 ARGENTINA 5-0 Venezuela
25.Apr 01 Bolivia 3-3 ARGENTINA
03.Jun 01 ARGENTINA 3-0 Colombia
15.Aug 01 Ecuador 0-2 ARGENTINA
05.Sep 01 ARGENTINA 2-1 Brazil
07.Oct 01 Paraguay 2-2 ARGENTINA
08.Nov 01 ARGENTINA 2-0 Peru
14.Nov 01 Uruguay 1-1 ARGENTINA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.ARGENTINA 18 13 4 1 42-15 43
2.Ecuador 18 9 4 5 23-20 31
3.Brazil 18 9 3 6 31-17 30
4.Paraguay 18 9 3 6 29-23 30
5.Uruguay 18 7 6 5 19-13 27
6.Colombia 18 7 6 5 20-15 27
7.Bolivia 18 4 6 8 21-33 18
8.Peru 18 4 4 10 14-25 16
9.Venezuela 18 5 1 12 18-44 16
10.Chile 18 3 3 12 15-27 12
ARGENTINA qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(CONMEBOL league)
06.Sep 03 ARGENTINA 2-2 Chile
09.Sep 03 Venezuela 0-3 ARGENTINA
15.Nov 03 ARGENTINA 3-0 Bolivia
19.Nov 03 Colombia 1-1 ARGENTINA
30.Mar 04 ARGENTINA 1-0 Ecuador
02.Jun 04 Brazil 3-1 ARGENTINA
06.Jun 04 ARGENTINA 0-0 Paraguay
04.Sep 04 Peru 1-3 ARGENTINA
09.Oct 04 ARGENTINA 4-2 Uruguay
13.Oct 04 Chile 0-0 ARGENTINA
17.Nov 04 ARGENTINA 3-2 Venezuela
26.Mar 05 Bolivia 1-2 ARGENTINA
30.Mar 05 ARGENTINA 1-0 Colombia
04.Jun 05 Ecuador 2-0 ARGENTINA
08.Jun 05 ARGENTINA 3-1 Brazil
03.Sep 05 Paraguay 1-0 ARGENTINA
09.Oct 05 ARGENTINA 2-0 Peru
12.Oct 05 Uruguay 1-0 ARGENTINA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 18 9 7 2 35-17 34
2.ARGENTINA 18 10 4 4 29-17 34
3.Ecuador 18 8 4 6 23-19 28
4.Paraguay 18 8 4 6 23-23 28
5.Uruguay 18 6 7 5 23-28 25
6.Colombia 18 6 6 6 24-16 24
7.Chile 18 5 7 6 18-22 22
8.Venezuela 18 5 3 10 20-28 18
9.Peru 18 4 6 8 20-28 18
10.Bolivia 18 4 2 12 20-37 14
ARGENTINA qualified for Germany 2006.
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