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12th Qualifier
Confederation: CONMEBOL (South America)

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The Country | The Road to FRANCE98 | The Team | Honours | Coach


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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

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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


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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


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World Champion in 1978 and 1986

Finalist in 1990


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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.

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