Argentina Football

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Argentina Football History

The Argentine Association Football League (in English) was founded on February 21 1893 (thus it is the oldest in South America and one of the oldest to be formed outside Europe), to be later renamed Argentine Football Association in 1903, and translated into Association Argentina de Football (Argentine Football Association) in 1912.

The parallel Federation Argentina de Football (Argentine Football Federation), founded in 1912, joined the Association Argentina de Football, as well as did the 1919 founded Association Amateurs de Football (Amateur Football Association) in 1926.

In 1926 it was again renamed to Association Amateur de Argentina de Football (Argentine Amateur Football Association), but with the professionalization of the sport in 1931 it was named Association de Football Amateur y Professionals (Amateur and Professional Football Association). The first round of the first professional championship was on May 31 1931.

The Liga Argentina de Football (Argentine Football League), founded in 1931 merged with the Association de Football Amateur y Professionals on November 3, 1934, into what is still today the Association de Football Argentino (Argentine Football Association).

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Team Honors:

1. 2  time FIFA World Cup - (1978, 1986)

2. 14 time Copa America - (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993)

3. 1 time FIFA Confederations Cup - (1992)

4. 1 time Olympic Games - (2004)

5. 5 time U-20 FIFA World Cup - (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005)

National team history:-(World Cup Record)

• 1930 -  Runners-up
• 1934 -  Round 1
• 1938 -  Withdrew
• 1950 -  Withdrew
• 1954 -  Did not enter
• 1958 -  Round 1
• 1962 -  Round 1
• 1966 -  Quarter-finals
• 1970 -  Did not qualify
• 1974 -  Round 2
• 1978 -  Champions
• 1982 -  Round 2
• 1986 -  Champions
• 1990 -  Runners-up
• 1994 -  Round 2
• 1998 -  Quarterfinals
• 2002 -  Round 1
• 2006 -  Quarterfinals
• Best World Cup result: Champions (1978, 1986)
• World Cup Appearances: 14 (1st appearance in 1930)

           

Copa America Record:

1. 1916 - Runners-up
2. 1917 - Runners-up
3. 1919 - Third Place
4. 1920 - Runners-up
5. 1921 - Champions
6. 1922 - Fourth Place
7. 1923 - Runners-up
8. 1924 - Runners-up
9. 1925 - Champions
10. 1926 - Runners-up
11. 1927 - Champions
12. 1929 - Champions
13. 1935 - Runners-up
14. 1937 - Champions
15. 1939 - Withdrew
16. 1941 - Champions
17. 1942 - Runners-up
18. 1945 – Champions
19. 1946 – Champions
20. 1947 - Champions
21. 1949 - Withdrew
22. 1953 - Withdrew
23. 1955 - Champions
24. 1956 - Third Place
25. 1957 - Champions
26. 1959 - Champions
27. 1963 - Third Place
28. 1967 - Runners-up
29. 1975 - Round 1
30. 1979 - Round 1
31. 1983 - Round 1
32. 1987 - Fourth Place
33. 1989 - Third Place
34. 1991 - Champions
35. 1993 - Champions
36. 1995 - Quarterfinals
37. 1997 - Quarterfinals
38. 1999 - Quarterfinals
39. 2001 - Withdrew
40. 2004 - Runners-up

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