| Germany 2006: |
| ARGENTINA |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 3rd |
| ARGENTINA NEWS |
| Argentina started as the freight train of South America. Unfortunatly the train seemed to derail somewhat towards the end of the campaign losing three of their last five matches. Previous to that their only loss was to long time rival Brazil. Argentina found they came second based on the goal difference but that didn't stop goal poacher Hernan Crespo from nabbing seven goals during the campaign. Crespo proved far and away he was the best Argentine in fromt of goal, four goals higher than Juan Riqueme, Pablo Aimar and Confederations Cup star Luciano Figueroa (left). |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 2nd |
| After 18 Rounds |
| Top Scorers |
| Hernan Crespo |
| 7 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 2-2 |
| Chile |
| Drew |
| 06-Sep-03 |
| 3-0 |
| Venezuela |
| Dft |
| 09-Sep-03 |
| 3-0 |
| Bolivia |
| Dft |
| 15-Nov-03 |
| 1-1 |
| Colombia |
| Drew |
| 19-Nov-03 |
| 1-0 |
| Dft |
| 30-Mar-04 |
| 1-3 |
| Lost To |
| 02-Jun-04 |
| 0-0 |
| Drew |
| 06-Jun-04 |
| 3-1 |
| Peru |
| Dft |
| 04-Sep-04 |
| 4-2 |
| Uruguay |
| Dft |
| 09-Oct-04 |
| 0-0 |
| Chile |
| Drew |
| 13-Oct-04 |
| 3-2 |
| Venezuela |
| Dft |
| 17-Nov-04 |
| 2-1 |
| Bolivia |
| Dft |
| 26-Mar-05 |
| 1-0 |
| Colombia |
| Dft |
| 30-Mar-05 |
| 0-2 |
| Lost To |
| 04-Jun-05 |
| 3-1 |
| Dft |
| 08-Jun-05 |
| 0-1 |
| Lost To |
| 03-Sep-05 |
| 2-0 |
| Peru |
| Dft |
| 09-Oct-05 |
| 0-1 |
| Uruguay |
| Lost To |
| 12-Oct-05 |
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| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| ARGENTINA'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors, Argentina) |
| Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid, Spain) |
| Defenders |
| Roberto Ayala (Valencia, Spain) |
| Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan, Italy) |
| Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain) |
| Leandro Cufre (Roma, Italy) |
| Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United, England) |
| Gabriel Milito (Zaragoza, Spain) |
| Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal, Spain) |
| Midfielders |
| Pablo Aimar (Valencia, Spain) |
| Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan, Italy) |
| Luis Gonzalez (Porto, Portugal) |
| Javier Mascherano (Corinthians, Brazil) |
| Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Spain) |
| Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid, Spain) |
| Forwards |
| Hernan Crespo (Chelsea, England) |
| Julio Cruz (Inter Milan, Italy) |
| Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Spain) |
| Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors, Argentina) |
| Oscar Ustari (Independiente, Argentina) |
| Javier Saviola (Sevilla, Spain) |
| Carlos Tevez (Corinthians, Brazil) |
| Lionel Scaloni (West Ham, England) |