Argentina National Football Team

The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA). Argentina has the world record for most international titles won by any national team.

Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, and is currently sixth in the FIFA world rankings. The team has twice won the FIFA World Cup, in 1978 and 1986. Argentina has won the Copa América 14 times, a record shared with Uruguay, won the Confederations Cup in 1992 and the Olympic Football Tournament in 2004 and 2008.

Argentina and France are the only national teams which have won the three most important men's titles organized by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament. They have both also won their respective continental championship (Copa América for Argentina, and UEFA European Football Championship for France).


Competitive record

FIFA World Cup Record
1930 - Second Place
1934 - Round 1
1938 - Withdrew
1950 - Withdrew
1954 - Withdrew
1958 - Round 1
1962 - Round 1
1966 - Quarter-finals
1970 - Did Not Qualify
1974 - Round 2
1978 - Champions
1982 - Round 2
1986 - Champions
1990 - Second Place
1994 - Round 2
1998 - Quarter-finals
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Quarter-finals
2010 - Qualified

FIFA Confederations Cup record
1992 - Champions
1995 - Second Place
1997 - Did Not Qualify
1999 - Did Not Qualify
2001 - Did Not Qualify
2003 - Did Not Qualify
2005 - Second Place
2009 - Did Not Qualify

Olympic medal record
Men's football
Silver - 1928 Amsterdam Team
Silver - 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold - 2004 Athens Team
Gold - 2008 Beijing Team

Copa América
1916 - Second place
1917 - Second place
1919 - Third place
1920 - Second place
1921 - Champions
1922 - Fourth place
1923 - Second place
1924 - Second place
1925 - Champions
1926 - Second place
1927 - Champions
1929 - Champions
1935 - Second place
1937 - Champions
1939 - Withdrew
1941 - Champions
1942 - Second place
1945 - Champions
1946 - Champions
1947 - Champions
1949 - Withdrew
1953 - Withdrew
1955 - Champions
1956 - Third place
1957 - Champions
1959 - Champions
1959 - Second place
1963 - Third place
1967 - Second place
1975 - Round 1
1979 - Round 1
1983 - Round 1
1987 - Fourth place
1989 - Third place
1991 - Champions
1993 - Champions
1995 - Quarter-finals
1997 - Quarter-finals
1999 - Quarter-finals
2001 - Withdrew
2004 - Second place
2007 - Second place

Pan American Games record
1951 - Champions
1955 - Champions
1959 - Champions
1963 - Second place
1967 - Round 1
1971 - Champions
1975 - Third place
1979 - Third place
1983 - Round 1
1987 - Third place
1991 - Did not enter
1995 - Champions
1999 - Did not enter
2003 - Champions
2007 - Round 1

Olympics Record
1896 - No football tournament
1900-1920 - Did Not Participate
1924 - Did Not Qualify
1928 - Runners-up
1932 - No football tournament
1936-1956 - Did Not Qualify
1960 - Round 1
1964 - Round 1
1968-1984 - Did Not Qualify
1988 - Quarter-finals
1992 - Did Not Qualify
1996 - Runners-up
2000 - Did Not Qualify
2004 - Champions
2008 - Champions