Nickname(s) | La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue) |
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Association | Argentine Football Association (AFA) |
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) |
Head coach | Edgardo Bauza |
Captain | Lionel Messi |
Most caps | Javier Zanetti (143) |
Top scorer | Lionel Messi (57) |
Home stadium | Antonio Vespucio Liberti (El Monumental) |
FIFA code | ARG |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 1 (22 December 2016) |
Highest | 1 (March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July–October 2015, April 2016 - present) |
Lowest | 24 (August 1996) |
Elo ranking | |
Current | 2 (1 December 2016) |
Highest | 1 (July 2007, May–July 2016) |
Lowest | 18 (June 1990) |
First international | |
Uruguay 2–3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) |
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Biggest win | |
Argentina 12–0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009) |
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World Cup | |
Appearances | 16 (first in 1930) |
Best result | Champions, 1978 and 1986 |
Copa América | |
Appearances | 41 (first in 1916) |
Best result | Champions, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993 |
Confederations Cup | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1992) |
Best result | Champions, 1992 |
Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina
(Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 May 1958)
Uruguay 5–0 Argentina
(Guayaquil, Ecuador; 6 December 1959)
Argentina 0–5 Colombia
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)