France98 – Argentina Team Page

12^th Qualifier
Confederation: CONMEBOL (South America)

Land area: 2,776,656 km²

Population: 84,525,000

Capital: Buenos Aires

Main cities: Cordoba, Rosario

System of government: Republic

Head of state: Carlos Menem

Currency: Peso

Time difference: five hours behind of Paris

24 April 96 Argentina – Bolivia 3-1

2 June 96 Ecuador – Argentina 2-0

7 July 96 Peru – Argentina 0-0

1 September 96 Argentina – Paraguay 1-1

9 October 96 Venezuela- Argentina 2-5

15 December 96 Argentina – Chile 1-1

12 January 97 Uruguay – Argentina 0-0

12 February 97 Colombia – Argentina 0-1

2 April 97 Bolivia – Argentina 2-1

30 April 97 Argentina – Ecuador 2-1

7 June 97 Argentina – Peru 2-0

6 July 97 Paraguay – Argentina 1-2

20 July 97 Argentina – Venezuela 2-0

10 September 97 Chile – Argentina 1-2

28 points 22 goals scored

13 goals conceded

Goalkeeper: ROCI (age 27 , 5 caps)

Defenders: AYALA (age 24, 29 caps) SENSINI (age 30, 37 caps)

CHAMOT (age 28, 32 caps)

Mid-field: ORTEGA (age 23, 33 caps) ALMEYDA (age 24, 11 caps) SIMEONE (age 27, 63 caps) VERON (age 22, 8 caps)

GALLARDO (age 21, 19 caps)

Striker: CRESPO (age 22, 10 caps)
LOPEZ (age 23, 13 caps)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 42

National team colours: white, blue and black

FIFA ranking (on 18 July 1997): 12th

World Cup: participated 10 times (1930, 1934, 1958, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994)

World Champion in 1978 and 1986

Finalist in 1990

Copa America: 14 victories (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993)

Daniel PASSARELLA
Today aged 43, Daniel Passarella captained the Argentinian team that won the 1978 World Cup. His playing career took him to River Plate, Inter Milan and Fiorentina. He was named as National Team Coach in 1994 just after the World Cup.