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Argentina (ARG)
- FIFA Trigramme: ARG
- Country: Argentina
- Country (official name): Republica Argentina
- Continent: South America
- Capital: Buenos Aires
- Major cities: Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, La
Plata, Mar del Plata, San Miguel de Tucumán
- Currency: Argentine peso
- Official languages: Spanish
- Motto: not known
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Standings |
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Group C |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
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ARG |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
7 |
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NED |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
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CIV |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
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SCG |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
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| Founded |
1893 |
| Affiliated |
1912 |
| WC participations |
13 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990,
1994, 1998, 2002) |
| WC honours |
2-time FIFA World Cup winners (1978, 1986), 2-time FIFA World Cup
runners-up (1930, 1990). |
| Continental Titles |
Copa America 14 times (1921, 1925, 1927, 1927, 1937,
1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993), Pan American Cup
6 times (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003)
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Facts
- Argentina reached the Final in their first FIFA World Cup™ in
1930, losing 2-4 to Uruguay. Between 1929 and 1959, the team won the
Copa America 12 times, but FIFA World Cup success still eluded them
until.
- The breakthrough for the Albiceleste came in 1978 when they
lifted the FIFA World Cup for the first time on home soil. Mario
Kempes scored twice in a memorable Final against Holland. Argentina
repeated the feat.
- in 1986 thanks to the genius of Diego Maradona. They reached the
Final again in 1990, only to see an Andi Brehme penalty seal victory
for Germany.
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