Football star in Argentine history

World champion: 2 times (1978 1986)

American champion: 14 times

Famous star: diego maradona Kempes Passareira.

Strong domestic team: Riverbed Boca Youth Independence

Core of the team: Riquelme, Samuel and Sanetti.

Qualifying record: second in South America (10 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses)

The history of Argentine football can be traced back to the middle of19th century. Railway workers and sailors from Britain and Italy introduced this sport to this South American country. 1867, the first football match in this country was held between these immigrants and Argentine natives. A club called British High School, founded by the British, was a strong team at that time. In the early stage of Argentine football, this club won the championship of 10 in the previous 12 league.

Soon, a large number of clubs were established in this country, especially in the capital Buenos Aires. 190 1 is the riverbed, 1905 is boca youth, 1908 is Sanlorenzo, and 19 10 is sarsfield. The British influence on Argentine football still exists today, and some clubs such as Riverbed, Newell Old Man and Competitive Club have English names.

190 1 year, the world's first international football match outside England was held between Argentina and Uruguay. 19 10, Argentina not only hosted the first Copa America, but also won the championship at home, although only two other teams participated, Uruguay and Chile.

On the world stage, Argentina made a good start in Uruguay 1930 FIFA World Cup. Argentina entered the final, but lost to the host country 2-4 and won the runner-up.

Since then, Argentina has become one of the elite teams in South America, winning 14 Copa America titles in succession, which can only be compared with Uruguay's 14 trophies. Of the 65,438+04 Copa America titles won by Argentina, 65,438+02 were won between 65,438+0929 and 65,438+0959. During this period, they never won the FIFA World Cup, while Argentina's main rivals in South America, Uruguay and Brazil, became world champions three times.

1978, it's finally Argentina's turn. Although Argentina has long been famous as a football star processing factory, in the 1950s, Argentine stars such as Stifano, who played for Real Madrid, spread all over European clubs, but it took Argentina 48 years to return to the World Cup finals. The Argentine appeared in the finals of 1978 FIFA World Cup for the second time as the host.

The host and the Dutch team jointly contributed to an unforgettable final. Within 90 minutes, the score was 1 to 1, but in overtime, mario kempes scored two goals to help Argentina win 3- 1.

Led by talented diego maradona, the Argentine team won their second FIFA World Cup with 1986, and some people even thought that diego maradona was good enough to be compared with any previous superstar.

One of the greatest moments in the history of football came in this World Cup. diego maradona scored perhaps the greatest goal in history in the quarterfinals against England.

Four years later, Argentina reached the World Cup final for the fourth time, but this time it lost to West Germany, so it only won the second place.

In the history of the World Cup, Argentina won the World Cup with 1978 and 1986. Only four of the previous 17 World Cup matches were absent, and the record of 29 wins 18 draws 18 losses in 57 World Cup matches was only behind Brazil, Germany and Italy. Argentina, headed by diego maradona, has contributed a large number of superstars to world football since the late 1970s, such as Kempes, Passareira, caniggia, Rugeri, valdano, GoJese, batistuta, Veron and Riquelme. Peckerman, the "godfather of youth", took office, which confirmed Riquelme's core position in the team and forced Brazil to qualify early in the South American qualifiers. In the World Cup in Germany, their only goal may be to win the championship.