FIFA World Cup<\/STRONG>
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (2): 1978, 1986, 2022
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (3): 1930, 1990, 2014

South American Championship \/ Copa America<\/STRONG>
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (15): 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (Argentina), 1991, 1993, 2021
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (14): 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third Place (5): 1919, 1956, 1963, 1989, 2019
Fourth Place (2): 1922, 1987

FIFA Confederations Cup<\/STRONG>
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1992
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2): 1995, 2005

CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions<\/STRONG>
Champions (2): 1993, 2022

Intercontinental Cup of Nations<\/STRONG>
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1993

Panamerican Championship<\/STRONG>
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1960
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 1956

Summer Olympics<\/STRONG>
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal (2): 2004, 2008
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal (2): 1928, 1996

Pan American Games<\/STRONG>
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal (5): 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 (record senior team)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal (1): 1963
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal (3): 1975, 1979, 1987<\/P>","CDD49FE9965EE16A":"","DF1F83E13127F6C1":"Lionel Sebastian Scaloni","435426036942DBEA7AAF62FDF12D923A":"","0DC344593C67F298":"580","25BD2818C5CA7DE1EF956094CD415371":"

Lionel Sebastian Scaloni (born 16 May 1978) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the coach of the Argentina national team. A player of wide range, he operated as a right-back or right midfielder.

He spent most of his professional career with Deportivo in Spain, amassing totals of 258 games and 15 goals over 10 seasons in La Liga with three teams. He also played several years in Italy, with Lazio and Atalanta.

Scaloni won seven caps for Argentina between 2003 and 2006, and was part of their 2006 World Cup squad. He later became a manager, notably leading the national team to the 2021 Copa America CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup title.<\/P>","480882DFDB04CD6B51949E56E163439C":"0","E7D2F501BA5F9F82CBF994866126F3A8":"

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.

La Selección (lit.\u2009'The Selection'), also nicknamed La Albiceleste ('The White and Sky Blue'), 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 ultimately beaten 1–0 by West Germany. Led by Lionel Messi, Argentina made their fifth final appearance in 2014, losing to Germany 1–0 after extra time. In 2022, again captained by Messi, they were crowned champions for the third time, the fourth-most of any country, beating France 4–2 on penalties, following a 3–3 draw after extra time. The team's World Cup–winning managers are Cesar Luis Menotti in 1978, Carlos Bilardo in 1986 and Lionel Scaloni in 2022. Since the Golden Ball for tournament's best player has been officially awarded by FIFA from 1982, Argentina players have won it thrice; Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2014 and 2022. Argentines Guillermo Stabile and Mario Kempes both won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer, in 1930 and 1978, respectively.

Argentina has also been very successful in the Copa America, winning it 15 times, a record it shares with Uruguay, most recently winning the 2021 edition. The team also won the inaugural FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992. Argentina is the most successful team in the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, having won it twice, in 1993 and 2022. Furthermore, Argentina is known for having rivalries with Brazil, Uruguay, England, Germany and the Netherlands. As of 2022, Argentina holds the record for most official titles won by a men's national team with 22. Individually for Argentina, Lionel Messi is the all-time most-capped player with 172 games and the highest goalscorer with 98 goals.<\/P>","9313EC01B36593E9":"1144","26AEE84946AA3EE0753F3100E62B970B":"Sevilla","2FCA3E5C341526AA":"1","C0FE8DFCAA690E72":"http:\/\/www.afa.org.ar","80B37F2A697D8EFD":"27.44","F130A460B61EDB83511FAE53BCCB265B":"Sevilla","8D5A204CDEF7148F16FFC2E9FB1EE211":"1978-5-16","160343B2F56DD1006D4E7F061757C207":"","480882DFDB04CD6BE39EA745DB9708F3FDC1AF08E10C208A":"1","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Argentina","2AC3E7C85928CE18A3090AFF171DB8C9":"2018-8-2","8CFBF2FE25EFB09A":"

First international
<\/STRONG>Uruguay 2–3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; May 16, 1901)

Biggest win
<\/STRONG>Argentina 12–0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; January 22, 1942)

Biggest defeat
<\/STRONG>Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; June 15, 1958)
Bolivia 6–1 Argentina (La Paz, Bolivia; April 1, 2009)
<\/P>

Spain 6–1 Argentina (Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018)

Most caps
<\/STRONG>Lionel Messi (151)

Top scorer
<\/STRONG>Lionel Messi (76)<\/DIV>","F54BDD5A0D63E83FD0B4671C8FED08AE":"Argentina","168A56ED2BB242F4":"info@afa.org.ar","A1A3C2B16933D2932CAA0F59CAFD2D37A7D990F044C6143D":"1893","7316390EDD0778189C728D1A7D275848":"Argentina","6F57BC549B91E4F9B6527BF7F4BF203F":"80kg","2CED97379BA5D88CE40611752FB01FA2":"
Player<\/U><\/STRONG>

Deportivo<\/STRONG>
La Liga: 1999–2000
Copa del Rey: 2001–02
Supercopa de España: 2002

West Ham<\/STRONG>
FA Cup runner-up: 2005–06

Argentina<\/STRONG>
FIFA World Youth Championship: 199

Manager<\/U><\/STRONG>

Argentina<\/STRONG>
Copa America: 2021
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022
FIFA World Cup: 2022<\/P>","EC5D596A5D80446F935E9C751DEF66E8":"182cm","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Argentina","AFC96B2FF8428221":"Buenos Aires","e_index":4};