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Albicelestes<br>(''White and Sky blue'')
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Argentine Football Association
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José Pekerman ( 2004 -)
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Diego Simeone (106)
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Gabriel Batistuta (56)
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Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina<br />( Montevideo , Uruguay 16 May , 1901 )
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Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador <br />( Montevideo , Uruguay 22 January , 1942 )
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Czechoslovakia 6 - 1 Argentina<br />( Helsingborg , Sweden 15 June , 1958 )<br /> Uruguay 5 - 0 Argentina<br />( Guayaquil , Ecuador 16 December , 1959 )<br />Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia <br />( Buenos Aires , Argentina 5 September , 1993 )
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1930
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Winners, 1978 and 1986
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Copa América
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The is the national
Football team of
Argentina and is controlled by the
Argentine Football Association .
Argentina is one of the most successful national
Football teams, having won two
World Cup s and one
Olympic Title . Argentina and
Uruguay hold the record for the most international matches played against two countries, there have been 161 matches played against each other since
1901 . The first match against Uruguay was the first official international match to be played outside
Britain . (Although
Canada and the
United States played two internationals in
1885 and
1886 , neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until
1904 and the USA did not play one until
1916 .)
Argentina has appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in
1930 , which they lost 4-2 to Uruguay. They won the final at their next attempt in
1978 , beating the
Netherlands 3-1 and also won in
1986 (led by
Diego Maradona ), a 3-2 victory over
West Germany . Their last final was in
1990 , which they lost 1-0 to West Germany.
Argentina have been very successful in
Copa América , winning it eleven times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in
1941 ,
1945 and
1946 .
Besides the
2004 Gold Medal at the
Olympic Games , Argentina won the Silver Medal in
1928 and
1996 .
It also won the
Confederations Cup and the
Kirin Cup , both in
1992 .
Since the competition's creation in
1977 , Argentina have won five titles in the
World Youth Championship :
Three of these titles were won by the current national coach Jose Pekerman (1995,1997 and 2001).
A pre-tournament favourite again at Korea/Japan , they were eliminated earlier than expected to the surprise of many, losing in a memorable game against
England in the most hotly anticipated match of the entire opening stage.
On
June 8 2005 , they qualified for their 14th World Cup Finals appearance by beating arch rivals
Brazil 3-1 in
Buenos Aires .
