12th Qualifier Confederation: CONMEBOL (South America)

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 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)

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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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