World Cup Appearance :
16 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Highest Finish:World Cup Final
Star Players:Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Javier Mascherano, Gonzalo Higuain
Titles:1
FIFA Ranking Position:5
Coach:Alejandro Sabella (since August 2011)
Population: 40.2 million (UN 2009)
Area: 2.78 million sq/km
Capital: Buenos Aires
Currency: Argentine Peso
Federation: Argentine Football Association (AFA), founded 1893, affiliated to Fifa in 1912.
Registered players: 331,810
Kit colours:Sky blue and white striped shirts, black shorts and white socks
Team nickname: La Albicelestes (The White And Sky Blue)
World Cup appearances: 16 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
World Cup record: winner (1978, 1986), finalist (1930, 1990), quarter-finalist (1966, 1998, 2006, 2010), second round (1974, 1982, 1994), first round (1934, 1958, 1962, 2002)
Copa America: winners (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993), finalists (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1967, 2004, 2007), third place (1919, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1989), fourth place (1922, 1987)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won the South America zone qualifying group with 32 points ahead of Colombia on 30, Chile on 28, Ecuador on 25 and Uruguay on 25 after 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats with 35 goals for and 15 against
Top clubs: River Plate, Boca Juniors, Velez Sarfield, San Lorenzo, Estudiantes de La Plata
Population: 40.2 million (UN 2009)
Area: 2.78 million sq/km
Capital: Buenos Aires
Currency: Argentine Peso
Federation: Argentine Football Association (AFA), founded 1893, affiliated to Fifa in 1912.
Registered players: 331,810
Kit colours:Sky blue and white striped shirts, black shorts and white socks
Team nickname: La Albicelestes (The White And Sky Blue)
World Cup appearances: 16 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
World Cup record: winner (1978, 1986), finalist (1930, 1990), quarter-finalist (1966, 1998, 2006, 2010), second round (1974, 1982, 1994), first round (1934, 1958, 1962, 2002)
Copa America: winners (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993), finalists (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1967, 2004, 2007), third place (1919, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1989), fourth place (1922, 1987)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won the South America zone qualifying group with 32 points ahead of Colombia on 30, Chile on 28, Ecuador on 25 and Uruguay on 25 after 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats with 35 goals for and 15 against
Top clubs: River Plate, Boca Juniors, Velez Sarfield, San Lorenzo, Estudiantes de La Plata