Current FIFA World Ranking: 6th
FIFA Trigram: ARG
2010 World Cup Qualifying: Finished 4th in CONMEBOL Final Round Group (8-6-4; 23 GF, 20 GA)
World Cup Finals Appearances: 15 – 1930 (2nd), 1934 (9th), 1958 (13th), 1962 (10th), 1966 (5th), 1974 (8th), 1978 (1st), 1982 (11th), 1986 (1st), 1990 (2nd), 1994 (10th), 1998 (6th), 2002 (18th), 2006 (6th), 2010
Record vs. USA: 6-2-1
Head Coach: Diego Maradona
Championship Honors: FIFA World Cup (1978, 1986), FIFA Confederations Cup (1992), Copa America (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993)
Leading World Cup Qualifying Scorers: Sergio Agüero, Lionel Messi, Juan Roman Riquelme (4)
Key Players: Sergio Agüero (Atletico Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan)
Language: Spanish
Led by national icon Diego Maradona, Argentina had a tumultuous qualifying campaign and eventually qualified for the FIFA World Cup by virtue of a final day victory against Uruguay … The 1-0 win in Montevideo was the first Albiceleste victory in Uruguay for 33 years … One of only two teams, along with France, to have won the World Cup, Confederations Cup and the Olympic Gold Medal … One of six teams, along with the USA, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Korea Republic and Spain, to have qualified for six consecutive World Cups since 1990 … Has played the USA twice during this World Cup cycle, winning 4-1 at the 2007 Copa America and drawing 0-0 at Giants Stadium in June of 2008 … Forward Lionel Messi captured the 2009 Ballon d'Or in recent voting in France, the first Argentinean to win the award
