Argentina national football team
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Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina. They are nicknamed La Albiceleste (the blue and whites).
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Nickname(s) | La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blues) | |||||||||||
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Association | Argentine Football Association (AFA) | |||||||||||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | |||||||||||
Head coach | Lionel Scaloni | |||||||||||
Captain | Lionel Messi | |||||||||||
Most caps | Lionel Messi(167) | |||||||||||
Top scorer | Lionel Messi (94) | |||||||||||
Home stadium | Antonio V. Liberti (Buenos Aires) Alberto J. Armando (Buenos Aires) Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza) Mario Alberto Kempes (Córdoba) Único Madre de Ciudades (Santiago del Estero) | |||||||||||
FIFA code | ARG | |||||||||||
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FIFA ranking | ||||||||||||
Current | 2 1 (22 December 2022)[1] | |||||||||||
Highest | 1 | |||||||||||
Lowest | 24 | |||||||||||
First international | ||||||||||||
Uruguay 0–6 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 Jul 1902) [2] | ||||||||||||
Biggest win | ||||||||||||
Argentina 12–0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) | ||||||||||||
Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Bolivia 6–1 Argentina (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009) Spain 6–1 Argentina (Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018) | ||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||
Appearances | 17 (first in 1930) | |||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1978, 1986) | |||||||||||
Copa América | ||||||||||||
Appearances | 42 (first in 1916) | |||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993, 2021) | |||||||||||
Panamerican Championship | ||||||||||||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1956) | |||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1960) | |||||||||||
Intercontinental Cup of Nations | ||||||||||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1993) | |||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1993) | |||||||||||
Confederations Cup | ||||||||||||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1992) | |||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1992) | |||||||||||
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