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Argentina National Football Team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and Sky Blue'), they are the reigning world champions, having won the most recent World Cup in 2022. Overall, Argentina has appeared in a World Cup final six times; a record surpassed only by Brazil and Germany; Argentina played in the first ever final in 1930, which they lost 4–2 to their South American rival Uruguay. Argentina's next final appearance came 48 years later, in 1978, when the team captained by Daniel Passarella defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in extra time, being crowned world champions for the first time. Captained by Diego Maradona, Argentina won their second World Cup eight years later, in 1986, with a 3–2 final victory over West Germany. They reached the final once more under the guidance of Maradona, in 1990, but were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Torneo Regional Federal and Primera D), including domestic cups: Copa Argentina, Copa de la Liga Profesional and the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional. The body also manages all the Argentina national teams, including the Senior, U-20, U-17, U-15, Olympic and women's squads. Secondly, it also organizes the women's, children, youth, futsal, and other local leagues. The AFA also organised all the Primera División championships from 1893 to 2016–17. From the 2017–18 season the "Superliga Argentina", an entity which was administrated independently and had its own statute, took over the Primera División championships. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the top men's football tournament contested among national teams from South America. It is the oldest still-running continental football competition, as well as the third most watched in the world. The competition determines the champions of South America. Since the 1990s, teams from North America and Asia have also been invited to compete. Since 1993, the tournament has generally featured 12 teams—all 10 CONMEBOL teams and two additional teams from other confederations. Mexico participated in every tournament between 1993 and 2016, with one additional team drawn from CONCACAF, except for 1999, when AFC team Japan filled out the 12-team roster, and 2019, which featured Japan and Qatar. The 2016 version of the event, Copa América Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
The South American Championship 1959 was a football tournament held in Argentina, and won by Argentina with Brazil as runner-up. Colombia and Ecuador withdrew from the tournament. Pelé from Brazil was named best player of the tournament and was the top scorer with 8 goals. Venues Squads Final round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Result Goalscorers With eight goals, Pelé of Brazil is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 86 goals were scored by 36 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. ;8 goals * Pelé ;6 goals * José Aveiro ;5 goals * Paulo Valentim * Miguel Angel Loayza ;4 goals * Rubén Héctor Sosa ;3 goals * Juan José Pizzuti * Oreste Corbatta * Raúl Belén * Didi * Cayetano Ré * Héctor Demarco * José Sasía * Vladas Douksas ;2 goals * Pedro Eugenio Callá * Pedro Waldemar Manfredini * Máximo Alcócer * Juan Soto Mura * Leonel Sán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 South American Championship
The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as runners-up. Bolivia, and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals each. Summary Managed by Guillermo Stábile, Argentina won the tournament with a team widely considered one of the best squads in its history,Los ángles carasucias ''El Gráfico'' 8 February 2018 and the first "legendary team" of Argentina since its inception in 1901. The attacking line (nicknamed ''Carasucias'') was composed of , |
1955 South American Championship
The South American Championship 1955 was a football tournament held in Chile and won by Argentina with Chile as runners-up. Brazil, Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Rodolfo Micheli from Argentina became top scorer of the tournament with 8 goals. Squads Venues Final round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Result Goal scorers 8 Goals * Rodolfo Micheli 6 Goals * Enrique Hormazabal * Gómez Sánchez 5 Goals * Maximo Rolón 4 Goals * Manuel Muñoz 3 Goals * José Borello * Ángel Labruna * Jorge Robledo * René Meléndez * Isidro Matute * Julio Abbadie * Américo Galván * Óscar Míguez 2 Goals * Ernesto Grillo * Díaz Zambrano 1 Goal * Ricardo Bonelli * Carlos Cecconato * Ramírez Banda * Washington Villacreses * Eulogio Martínez * Salvador Villalba * Guillermo Barbadillo * Félix Castillo * Cornelio Heredia * Roberto Castillo * Alberto Terry * Carlos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 South American Championship
The 1947 South American Championship was the 20th South American Championship for national teams, and was organized by CONMEBOL. It marked the first time Ecuador hosted the tournament, which hosted all the matches in Estadio George Capwell in Guayaquil. Argentina won the tournament to obtain their ninth South American title. Brazil withdrew from the tournament. Format Each team played the teams in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of the tournament will be crowned the champions. Squads For a complete list of participating squads see: '' 1947 South American Championship squads'' Venues Final round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Result Goal scorers 8 Goals * Nicolás Falero 6 Goals * Alfredo Di Stéfano * Norberto M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 South American Championship
The nineteenth edition of the South American Championship in football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 12 January to 10 February. This tournament, an ''extra'' edition with no trophy handed to the winners, is considered official by CONMEBOL. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru withdrew from the tournament. Venues Squads Final round Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Result Goal scorers 7 Goals * José M. Medina 5 goals * Ángel Labruna * Norberto Méndez * Zizinho 4 goals * Juan Villalba 3 goals * Heleno * Araya * Atilio Cremaschi 2 goals * Adolfo Pedernera * Juan C. Salvini * Miguel Peredo * Chico * Jair 1 goal * Vicente De la Mata * Félix Loustau * Rinaldo Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 South American Championship
The eighteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from 14 January to 28 February. This tournament was an ''extra'' edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by CONMEBOL. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru withdrew from the tournament. Squads For a complete list of participating squads see: '' 1945 South American Championship squads'' Venues Final round Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Result Goal scorers 6 goals * Norberto Méndez * Heleno 5 goals * Ademir * Juan Alcántara * Atilio García 4 goals * Rinaldo Martino * René Pontoni * Guillermo Clavero * Vícto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 South American Championship
The sixteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from 2 February to 4 March. With the purpose of celebrating the fourth centenary of Santiago's foundation by Pedro de Valdivia, Chile requested to host this tournament's edition. Because of that, this edition is considered ''extra'' (no trophy was handed to the winners). The participating countries were Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. Squads Venues Final round Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Result Goal scorers 5 goals * Juan Marvezzi 3 goals * José Manuel Moreno * Teodoro Fernández * Ismael Rivero 2 goals * Raúl Pérez * Enrique Sorrel 1 goal * Enrique García * Antonio Sastre * Armando Contreras * Raúl Toro * Cés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 South American Championship
The fourteenth edition of the South American Championship of football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 27 December 1936 to 1 February 1937. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay thus making this the first edition in which more than five teams took part of the event. Bolivia, and Colombia (a new CONMEBOL member) withdrew from the tournament. Squads For a complete list of participants squads see: '' 1937 South American Championship squads'' Venues Final round Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat. As Brazil and Argentina finished tied in points, a playoff was required to determine the champion. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Play-off Result Goal scorers 7 goals * Raúl Toro 5 goals * Alberto Zozaya * Severino Varela 4 goals * Luisinho * Patesko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 South American Championship
The twelfth edition of the South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1 to 17 November 1929. The 1928 edition was postponed due to the participation of Chile, Uruguay and Argentina in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Uruguay and Argentina won gold and silver respectively. The participating countries were Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, while Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile withdrew from the tournament. Argentina won its fourth continental title. ''El Gráfico'', 1 July 2019 Squads For a complete list of participants squads see: '' |
1927 South American Championship
The eleventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from 30 October to 27 November 1927. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. This was the first South American Championship in which Peru participated. The tournament was also used as a qualifier for the 1928 Summer Olympics and both Argentina and Uruguay were subsequently invited to enter that competition. The Argentina team departed from Retiro railway station to Chilean city Valparaíso, where they joined Uruguayan players to board a ship to the port of Callao, Lima. They arrived in Peru after eight days of trip. by Humberto Recanatini on ''El Gráfico'', 1927 Squads |
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