Nicknames : Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue)

Association : Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association)

Confederation : CONMEBOL (South America)

Head Coach : Alejandro Sabella

Captain : Lionel Messi

Most Caps : Javier Zanetti (126)

Top Scorer : Gabriel Batistuta (56)

Home Stadium : El Monumental

FIFA Code : ARG

FIFA Ranking : 7

Highest FIFA Ranking : 1 (March 2007, October 2007-June 2008)

Lowest FIFA Ranking : 24 (August 1996)

World Cup winner : 2 (1978 and 1986)

Copa America winner : 14 (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959,
1991, 1993)

Confederation Cup winner : 1992

Official website : http://www.afa.org.ar/

Legend player :



Full name : Diego Armando Maradona

Date of Birth : October 30, 1960

International Caps : 91

International Goals : 34

Current star player :



Full name : Lionel Andrés Messi

Date of birth : 24 June, 1987

International Caps : 33

International Goals : 10


Next Match :
Friendlies, 19 Nov 08
Scotland - Argentina 0-1

Friendlies, 11 Feb 09
France - Argentina 0-2

World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL, 28 Mar 09
Argentina - Venezuela 4-0

World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL, 1 Apr 09
Bolivia - Argentina 6-1

World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL, 7 Jun 09
Colombia - Argentina 0-1

World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL, 11 Jun 09
Ecuador - Argentina 2-0

This post has been edited by GrandElf: Jun 18 2015, 11:08 AM

1st supporter reporting in.. die hard fan of argentina since maradona era.. hehehehehe

reporting in....

not a fan, but know argentinian football quite well..im impressed with the number of emerging stars from argentina..imo, they have the best set of youngsters in the world..quite a bright future for them..

and i used to love to watch riquelme play too

but the most unfortunate thing is all their hot prospect youngster play attacking side.. and they still lack of good defender and goalkeeper till now:(

sometimes i wonder...their under 21 squad always win the youth world cup....but their senior squad cant repeat that form...since the 1986 world cup...

argentina fan reporting in

our ranking drop to no 7 ?

This post has been edited by zamarano: Oct 15 2008, 12:30 PM

Argentina and Diego fan reporting in!

lolz...didn know tat got many argie fans here......
btw pls do help me on the update of this thread.....thx....

yea...gotta agree that our bright future lies with the attacking side.....the defend really so so only recently.....hope tat will improve in the future......

our ranking drop to 7 due to the euro2008 and our team performance which ended in a consecutive draw.....

This post has been edited by GrandElf: Oct 15 2008, 12:49 PM

good thread,for the 1st time we have South America national team here
i enjoy the way Argentina play
back in 1997 i had a chance to see Argentina juniors team training at Kuantan, Riquelme and Aimar in the squad at that time

i think got Saviola as well

haha,when we will get Brazil thread?

imo, while they should do better in defensive area, they also got a very promising GK in ustari..i believe he will be world class in the future..and they also have several decent young GK also..such as sergio romero and carrizo..and of course they still have abbondanzieri as their 1st choice

so am i, and i predict they will continue their trademark passing play in a distant future as they have the players required..

i am hoping gago will do well for argentina in future..he really have the talent

oh yeah, kinda sad, where is AIMAR???

This post has been edited by matyrze: Oct 15 2008, 02:33 PM

that time was world youth cup in malaysia...right??? i remember watch the final between argentina and uruguay at stadium shah alam that time....they are really impressive...the player from that youth squad that i know at that time is pablo aimar....but now he is not good like his younger day...guess his peak time has passed already...

that 11 years ago,player like Quintana and Bernardo Romeo also dissapear already
sometime i also thinking why Argentina can deliver in WC while easily can win WC U21 and WC U17,they just like Spain,have good young team but senior team can deliver in WC

coz the other U21 national squad is not good as argentina.. but when its come to senior squad, experienced player will have advantage at some stage..(like italy national team).. plus, there is no balance between defending and attacking side in argentina national team.. they have a very fast and skillfull attacking side, but when they got counter attack by opponent, they can't defend well.. i hope someday they will be an argentine player who play as good as Terry in defending side..

FIXED!!!


yeah...their young squad especially under 21 is da best in da world...but their senior squad is not that good..

another thing...they lack of big n tall defender....their defender is world class but lack of height...like gabriel milito n roberto ayala(is he still playing???)

This post has been edited by skystrike: Oct 15 2008, 03:16 PM

yea...he still playing in 1 of the club in the argentine league.....a legend defender for argentina....his boot got spring n can jump so high everytime......

btw, i personally dun prefer abbondazerri (dunno how to spell ) to be argie no 1 GK.....i didnt c any confidence in his eye every1.....better giv ustari the chance......

reporting in, a fan since distefano... lol!

Argentina forced to field team without Riquelme

Argentina will finally find out whether or not they can play better without enigmatic midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme when they face Chile in their World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.

Riquelme has been ever-present in the nine matches of the campaign so far but, after several lethargic displays, an increasing number of critics have been clamouring for coach Alfio Basile to field a team without him.

Basile, who has publicly confessed his admiration for the former Barcelona and Villarreal player, has been forced by circumstances to oblige after Riquelme picked up a second yellow card in Saturday's 2-1 win over Uruguay and is suspended.

"Of course, it's an important loss for the team," said captain Javier Zanetti. "He's a player who can make a difference at any moment, especially from a set piece.

"Fortunately, we are lucky enough as a country to have a lot of top level players, so there won't be any problem in covering his absence."

Forward Carlos Tevez is also suspended while striker Sergio Aguero, midfielder Javier Mascherano and defender Martin Demichelis are doubtful.

Aguero's eventual absence could force Basile to again bow to the critics and field a conventional target man in Diego Milito.

Argentina finally ended a run of six successive draws on Saturday although their performance was lacklustre as they were dragged into a vicious kicking match by their neighbours. Basile's side are third in the 10-team group with 16 points.

The match will pit Basile's team against their former coach Marcelo Bielsa, who during his six years with Argentina rarely gave Riquelme much of a look-in.

As Chile coach, Bielsa has boldly put his faith in a crop of young players. So far, his team have performed inconsistently but are fourth in the 10-team table with 13 points.

The hosts have two of their regular three-man defence, Gonzalo Jara and Ismael Fuentes, suspended after being sent off in Sunday's 1-0 loss in Ecuador, along with midfielder Roberto Cereceda and forward Alexis Sanchez who have been booked twice.

The gifted but temperamental Jorge Valdivia, who has completed a 10-match international suspension for indiscipline at last year's Copa America, is expected to get another chance in midfield.

Teams:

Chile: Claudio Bravo; Gary Medel, Waldo Ponce, Marco Estrada; Arturo Vidal, Carlos Carmona, Jorge Valdivia, Gonzalo Fierro, Mark Gonzalez; Humberto Suazo, Jean Beausejour Argentina: Juan Pablo Carrizo; Javier Zanetti, Nicolas Burdisso, Martin Demichelis, Gabriel Heinze; Javier Mascherano, Esteban Cambiasso, Cristian Ledesma, Angel Di Maria; Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero or Diego Milito

Source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=230043&cc=4716

This post has been edited by GrandElf: Oct 15 2008, 05:51 PM