Argentina National Football Team
The National Football Group of Argentina (Spanish Selección de fútbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in world men's football and is governed by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body of football in Argentina.
La Selección (national team), also known as La Albiceleste, participated in five World Cup finals, including the very first and last in 1930, in which they lost four times – 2 to Uruguay. Argentina won their next final match in 1978, beating the Netherlands 3-1 in extra time. Argentina won again in 1986, with a 3-2 victory over West Germany, and the marketing campaign of the tournament was stimulated by their captain Diego Maradona. They reached the World Cup final again in 1990 and lost 1-0 to West Germany with a penalty in the 87th minute, converted by Andreas Brehme. Argentina last participated in the World Cup in 2014, again losing to Germany 1-0 in extra time. The managers of the group who won the World Cup were Cesar Luis Menotti in 1978 and Carlos Bilardo in 1986.
Argentina has also been very successful in Copa America, winning it 15 times, the most these days led by Lionel Messi in 2021, and is currently tied with Uruguay for maximum wins. The group also won the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup. Argentina has the most tremendous success in the CONMEBOL–UEFA Champions Cup, having won it twice (1993 and 2022). Argentina is known for rivalries with Brazil, Uruguay, England, and Germany.
Home Stadium
Argentina plays most of its home matches at the River Plate Stadium, the monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberty, although the team additionally performed at various venues, including Rosario Central (at some point in the 2010 World Cup qualification) Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudad in Santiago del Estero, Boca Juniors Stadium (La Bombonera) These venues were used in some 2022 World Cup qualification matches along with the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium in Cordoba and the San Juan del Bicentennial Stadium in the province of the same name.
The HEBA Stadium has turned into a place where Argentina performed for the first time with its global costumes as a neighborhood group. The Newton Cup match against Uruguay, which took place on September thirteenth, 1908, has historical significance since the Argentine first wore a blue-and-white striped T-shirt, which will become the final form to this day. GEBA became the venue for the Centennial Cup of the Mayo Revolution, the main worldwide South American opposition, organized in 1910. The national team of Argentina across the country played its remaining match in GEBA on October 19, 1919, when the team received the honorary Cup of Argentina after defeating Uruguay with a score of 6-1.
Another memorable place for Argentina was the Sportivo Barracas stadium, whose track record includes an important episode on October 2, 1924, when Argentina beat Uruguay 2-1, immediately deflecting a shot from a corner striker Cesareo Ontario. Since then, an intention similar to Onzari's intention has been called an Olimpico goal or an Olympic goal. Sportivo Barracas became a regular venue for the Argentine Championship from 1920 to 1932. The stadium could later demolished in 1937.
Crest
The emblem of the Argentine Football Association ("AFA") was usually used as the team's trademark. He made his debut at the 1958 World Cup held in Sweden, while Argentina added the AAA logo on their jackets, but not on their shirts.
However, the AAA logo was not used on T-shirts until November 16, 1976, when Argentina played the Soviet Union at the Monumental Stadium. The first stamp turned into a simplified version of the coat of arms (without the laurel wreath, which turned into the one brought to the 1982 World Cup).
Australia National Football Team
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in world men's soccer. The team, officially nicknamed the "Socceroos", is managed by the football management system in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the nearby ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
Australia is the only national team that has been the champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup 4 times in 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup in 2015 in its homeland. The group represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup in six tournaments, in 1974 and from 2006 to 2022. The team has also represented Australia 4 times at the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Home Stadium
Currently, Australia does not have a dedicated stadium across the country, as a replacement, the band performs at one-of-a-kind venues throughout the United States for exhibitions or matches. In recent years, the most important international matches are usually played at numerous large venues, such as Australia Stadium in Sydney, Hunter Stadium in Newcastle, and Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. International matches were also played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne and Canberra Stadium in Canberra.
Australia has historically competed at the Gabba in Brisbane, where on June 9, 1923, Australia's first international healthy lifestyle tournament took place at home, winning at least one 2-0 victory over New Zealand. It turned into the fourth Australian fit typical group, however, the first 3 international matches were played in New Zealand in 1922. Other ancient venues where international home matches were often played include Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne in addition to the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Exhibition Ground, Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, and Subiaco Oval in Perth.
In England, Socceroos have also held several "home" video games previously at Craven Cottage in Fulham (the home ground of Fulham Football Club) and on Loftus Road in Shepherd's Bush (the home ground of Queens Park Rangers), as there is a large network of Australian expatriates in West London, and that excessive the share of the senior team plays in the European leagues.
Current Squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Mathew Ryan (captain) 8 April 1992 (age 30) 78 0 Denmark Copenhagen
12 GK Andrew Redmayne thirteen January 1989 (age 33) four 0 Australia Sydney FC
18 GK Danny Vukovic 27 March 1985 (age 37) 4 zero Australia Central Coast Mariners
2 DF Miloš Degenek 28 April 1994 (age 28) forty-one 1 United States Columbus Crew
three DF Nathaniel Atkinson thirteen June 1999 (age 23) 6 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
4 DF Kye Rowles 24 June 1998 (age 24) 6 0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian
5 DF Fran Karačić 12 May 1996 (age 26) 12 1 Italy Brescia
8 DF Bailey Wright 28 July 1992 (age 30) 28 2 England Sunderland
sixteen DF Aziz Behich 16 December 1990 (age 31) fifty-six 2 Scotland Dundee United
19 DF Harry Souttar 22 October 1998 (age 24) thirteen 6 England Stoke City
20 DF Thomas Deng 20 March 1997 (age 25) 2 0 Japan Albirex Niigata
24 DF Joel King 30 October 2000 (age 22) four 0 Denmark OB
10 MF Ajdin Hrustic 5 July 1996 (age 26) 22 three Italy Hellas Verona
13 MF Aaron Mooy 15 September 1990 (age 32) 56 7 Scotland Celtic
14 MF Riley McGree 2 November 1998 (age 24) 14 1 England Middlesbrough
17 MF Cameron Devlin 7 June 1998 (age 24) 1 zero Scotland Heart of Midlothian
22 MF Jackson Irvine 7 March 1993 (age 29) 52 7 Germany St. Pauli
26 MF Keanu Baccus 7 June 1998 (age 24) 4 0 Scotland St Mirren
6 FW Marco Tilio 23 August 2001 (age 21) five 0 Australia Melbourne City
7 FW Mathew Leckie 4 February 1991 (age 31) 76 14 Australia Melbourne City
9 FW Jamie Maclaren 29 July 1993 (age 29) 28 8 Australia Melbourne City
eleven FW Awer Mabil 15 September 1995 (age 27) 31 eight Spain Cádiz
15 FW Mitchell Duke 18 January 1991 (age 31) 24 9 Japan Fagiano Okayama
21 FW Garang Kuol 15 September 2004 (age 18) 2 zero Australia Central Coast Mariners
23 FW Craig Goodwin sixteen December 1991 (age 30) thirteen 2 Australia Adelaide United
25 FW Jason Cummings 1 August 1995 (age 27) 2 1 Australia Central Coast Mariners
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