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The Argentina national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Argentina), nicknamed La Albiceleste ('The White and Sky Blue'), represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina.
La Albiceleste The White and Sky-Blue The Argentinian flag has 3 equal stripes, the white and blue stripe represent the sky clouds and the yellow sun in the middle. [1] Bolivia: La Verde The Green In 1957, the Bolivian Football Federation decided to use one of the colors in the Flag of Bolivia.
Argentina before playing its first official Uruguay, on July 20, 1902. This is also the first photo recorded of an Argentina national team. Although the first match ever recorded by an Argentine side was played on 16 May 1901 against Uruguay, this is not considered an official game due to the match was not organized by Uruguay's Football Association but by Albion FC in its home field, "Paso ...
Like their men's counterpart, the women's team has been known or nicknamed "La Albiceleste" (The White and Sky Blue). Women's football in Argentina remains largely in the shadow of the men in terms of play development and fan support; in women's sports in Argentina, field hockey and volleyball are also more popular.
It marked a significant achievement in Argentina's defeat, as La Albiceleste are a two-time world champion, and at that time an undefeated two-time champion of the 1991 and 1993 Copa América tournaments along with the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup. In addition, Argentina's six-year undefeated streak on home soil was broken.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Lionel Messi () : 112 191 0.59 2005–present: 2 Gabriel Batistuta () : 56 78 0.72 1991–2002: 3 Sergio Agüero: 41 101 0.41
Estadio Mâs Monumental, [4] [1] [5] popularly known as River Plate Stadium, Monumental de Núñez, or simply El Monumental, is a stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Located in the neighborhood of Belgrano (although popular belief wrongly states that the stadium is in the Núñez district), [6] the stadium is owned and operated by Club Atlético River Plate.
La Selección (The Selection) La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue) Association: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association) Confederation: CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) Head coach: Vacant: Captain: Thiago Almada: Most caps: Javier Mascherano (20) Top scorer: Domingo Tarasconi, Adolfo Gaich (9 each ...