ARGENTINEAN WORLD CUP TEAM 2006

 

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The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association.

 

Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams, having won two World Cups and one Olympic Title. Argentina and Uruguay hold the record for the most international matches played against two countries, there have been 161 matches played against each other since 1901. The first match against Uruguay was the first official international match to be played outside Britain. (Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1886, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1904 and the USA did not play one until 1916.)

 

Argentina has appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4-2 to Uruguay. They won the final at their next attempt in 1978, beating the Netherlands 3-1 and also won in 1986 (led by Diego Maradona), a 3-2 victory over West Germany. Their last final was in 1990, which they lost 1-0 to West Germany.

 

Argentina have been very successful in Copa América, winning it eleven times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946.

 

Besides the 2004 Gold Medal at the Olympic Games, Argentina won the Silver Medal in 1928 and 1996.

 

It also won the Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992.

 

Since the competition's creation in 1977, Argentina have won five titles in the World Youth Championship :

 

  • Japan, 1979 with Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz

  • Qatar, 1995 with Juan Pablo Sorín

  • Malaysia, 1997 with Juan Román Riquelme, Esteban Cambiasso, and Pablo Aimar

  • Argentina, 2001 with Javier Saviola, and Andrés D'Alessandro

  • Netherlands, 2005 with Lionel Messi, and Sergio Agüero

 

Three of these titles were won by the current national coach Jose Pekerman (1995,1997 and 2001).

 

A pre-tournament favourite again at Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup, they were eliminated earlier than expected to the surprise of many, losing in a memorable game against England in the most hotly anticipated match of the entire opening stage.

 

On June 8, 2005, they qualified for their 14th World Cup Finals appearance by beating arch rivals Brazil 3-1 in Buenos Aires.

 

 

2006 World Cup Squad

 

Head Coach:  José Pekerman


No.

Pos.

Player

DoB/Age

Caps

Club

1

GK

 Roberto Abbondanzieri

19 August 1972

21

 Boca Juniors

2

DF

 Roberto Ayala

14 April 1973

99

 Valencia

3

DF

 Juan Pablo Sorín

5 May 1976

70

 Villarreal

4

DF

 Fabricio Coloccini

22 January 1982

18

 Deportivo La Coruna

5

MF

 Esteban Cambiasso

18 August 1980

19

 Internazionale

6

DF

 Gabriel Heinze

19 April 1978

24

 Manchester United

7

FW

 Javier Saviola

11 December 1981

30

 Sevilla FC -on loan from Barcelona

8

MF

 Javier Mascherano

8 June 1984

14

 Corinthians

9

FW

 Hernán Crespo

5 July 1975

55

 Chelsea

10

MF

 Juan Román Riquelme

26 June 1978

30

 Villarreal

11

FW

 Carlos Tévez

5 February 1984

19

 Corinthians

12

GK

 Leo Franco

29 May 1977

2

 Atletico Madrid

13

MF

 Lionel Scaloni

16 May 1978

5

 West Ham Utd. on loan from Deportivo

14

FW

 Rodrigo Palacio

5 February 1982

2

 Boca Juniors

15

DF

 Gabriel Milito

9 July 1980

13

 Real Zaragoza

16

MF

 Pablo Aimar

3 November 1979

38

 Valencia CF

17

DF

 Leandro Cufré

9 May 1978

2

 A.S. Roma

18

MF

 Maxi Rodríguez

2 January 1981

10

 Atletico Madrid

19

FW

 Lionel Messi

24 June 1987

3

 Barcelona

20

FW

 Julio Ricardo Cruz

10 October 1974

13

 Internazionale

21

DF

 Nicolás Burdisso

12 April 1981

4

 Internazionale

22

MF

 Lucho González

19 January 1981

24

 FC Porto

23

GK

 Oscar Ustari

3 July 1986

0

 Independiente

 

 

 

 

 

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Argentina

 

Shirt badge/Association crest

Nickname

Albicelestes
(
White and Sky blue)

Association

Argentine Football Association

Coach

José Pekerman (2004-)

Most caps

Diego Simeone (106)

Top scorer

Gabriel Batistuta (56)

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Home colours
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Away colours

First international
Uruguay 2 - 3 Argentina
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)

Largest win
Argentina 12 - 0 Ecuador
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942)

Worst defeat
Czechoslovakia 6 - 1 Argentina
(Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958)
Uruguay 5 - 0 Argentina
(Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959)
Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)

World Cup

Appearances

14 (First in 1930)

Best result

Winners, 1978 and 1986

Copa América

Appearances

37 (First in 1916)

 

 

 

 

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LINKS and REFERENCES

 

 

  1. During the World Cup, many of the stadiums will be officially known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadium names unless the stadium sponsors are also official FIFA sponsors. For example, Allianz Arena will be known during the competition as "FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich" (or in German: "FIFA WM-Stadion München"). These new names are reflected in the table. Of the twelve hosting stadia, all but one (Leipzig) are in the former West Germany.

  2. Draw seedings

  3. http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/eu/fifa/regen.pdf FIFA official tournament rules (PDF)

  4. Guardian article on 'Group of Death'

  5. FOX Sports article on 'Group of Death'

  6. Official 2006 FIFA World Cup rules

  7. FIFA report on official song

  8. World Cup ticket sales, Which?

  9. ESPN Star broadcasts in Asian countries such as Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.

  10. STAR TV description of ESPN

  11. ESPN Star corporate information

  12. For the first time ever, the state broadcaster RAI lost the bid for broadcasting. However, by law, it must broadcast all of the Italy national team games.

  13. HD will be available for free both in the terrestrial network and by Canal Digital satellite

 



 

 

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