Argentina Team Profile World Cup 2010

The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Argentina has won most international titles by any national team - 19, a record shared with Uruguay.

Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, and is currently eighth 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 recognized 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).

Argentina Team Profile Matches Road to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Argentina 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0
Bolivia 6–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1
Brazil 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0
Chile 1–0 4–0 0–3 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–2
Colombia 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Ecuador 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–1
Paraguay 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Peru 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0
Uruguay 0–1 5–0 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 6–0 1–1
Venezuela 0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–2


Argentina team last standing position 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34
Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33
Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33
Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28
Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24
Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23
Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23
Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22
Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15
Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13

Argentina Team Record in FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Second Place 2 5 4 0 1 18 9
Italy 1934 Round 1 9 1 0 0 1 2 3
1938 to 1954 Withdrew - - - - - - -
Sweden 1958 Round 1 13 3 1 0 2 5 10
Chile 1962 Round 1 10 3 1 1 1 2 3
England 1966 Quarter-finals 5 4 2 1 1 4 2
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
West Germany 1974 Round 2 8 6 1 2 3 9 12
Argentina 1978 Champions 1 7 5 1 1 15 4
Spain 1982 Round 2 12 5 2 0 3 8 7
Mexico 1986 Champions 1 7 6 1 0 14 5
Italy 1990 Second Place 2 7 2 3 2 5 4
United States 1994 Round of 16 9 4 2 0 2 8 6
France 1998 Quarter-finals 6 5 3 1 1 10 4
South KoreaJapan 2002 Round 1 18 3 1 1 1 2 2
Germany 2006 Quarter-finals 6 5 3 2 0 11 3
South Africa 2010 Qualified






Total 15/19 2 Titles 65 33 13 19 113 74


 

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