10 Interesting Facts about Argentina Football

1. The Argentine Football Association (AFA) was formed in 1893 and is the eighth-oldest in the world.

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2. Argentina played its first match on May 16, 1901. She beat Uruguay 2: 3.

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3. The Argentina national team is one of the eight to have won the FIFA World Cup, having done so in 1978, 1986, and 2022

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4. They were runners-up in the years 1930, 1990 and 2014.

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5. The most expensive player is Lionel Messi. His market value is EUR 180 million (approx., in 2018).

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6. The Most Famous Soccer players from Argentine: Lionel Messi, Diego Armando Maradona (also known as The god of football) and Alfredo Di Stefano.

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7. Players of Argentina are called “Albiceleste” and “La Celeste y Blanca”

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8. Argentina's FIFA Worldwide Ranking is 4th

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9. There are over 2,600,000 players (331,000 registered) and 3,337 clubs in Argentina.

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10. Biggest Losses - Argentina has lost 6-1 to Czechoslovakia (1958), Bolivia (2009) and Spain (2018) three times.

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