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Argentina national football team

{{Infobox national football team | Name = Argentina | Badge = Afa logo jerseys.png | Badge_size = 170px | FIFA Trigramme = ARG | Nickname = La Albiceleste La Celeste y blanca (The White and Sky Blue) | Association = Argentine Football Association (AFA) | Confederation = CONMEBOL (South America) | Coach = Jorge Sampaoli | Captain = Lionel Messi | Most caps = Javier Zanetti (143) | Top scorer = Lionel Messi (61) | Home Stadium = Antonio Vespucio Liberti (El Monumental)| | FIFA Rank = 5 1 (12 April 2018) | FIFA max = 1 | FIFA min = 24 | FIFA max date = March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July – October 2015, April 2016 – April 2017 | FIFA min date = August 1996 | Elo Rank = 4 (18 April 2018) | Elo max = 1 | Elo max date = July 2007, May – July 2017 | Elo min = 18 | Elo min date = June 1990 |pattern_la1=_arg18h|pattern_b1=_arg18h|pattern_ra1=_arg18h|pattern_sh1=_arg18h|pattern_so1=_arg18h|leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=000000|socks1=FFFFFF |pattern_la2=_arg18a|pattern_b2=_arg18a|pattern_ra2=_arg18a|pattern_sh2=_arg18a|pattern_so2=_arg18a|leftarm2=000000|body2=000000|rightarm2=000000|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=101010 | First game = Uruguay 2–3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) | Largest win = Argentina 12–0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) | Largest loss = Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Uruguay 5–0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 6 December 1959) Argentina 0–5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993) Bolivia 6–1 Argentina (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009) Spain 6–1 Argentina (Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018) | World cup apps = 17 | World cup first = 1930 | World cup best = Champions, 1978 and 1986and [[2018 FIFA World cup 2018 | Regional name = Copa América | Regional cup apps = 41 | Regional cup first = 1916 | Regional cup best = Champions, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993 | Confederations cup apps = 3 | Confederations cup first = 1992 | Confederations cup best = Champions, 1992 | 2ndRegional name = | 2ndRegional cup apps = | 2ndRegional cup first = | 2ndRegional cup best = | Medaltemplates = }} The Argentina national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires.

Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)

Argentina v England, played on 22 June 1986, was a football match between Argentina and England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The game was held four years after the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom, and was a key part in the already intense Argentina–England football rivalry.

1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, quadrennial international football world championship tournament, was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 at River Plate's home stadium Estadio Monumental in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires after extra time in the final.

Argentine Primera División

The Primera División , named Superliga Argentina (English: Argentine Superleague) since the 2017–18 season, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the homonymous entity, that is administrated independently and has its own statute. Nevertheless, the Superliga is contractually linked with the main football body, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) that had been organising all the championships from 1893 to 2017.

Argentina national rugby union team

The Argentina national rugby team, officially nicknamed Los Pumas, play in sky blue and white jerseys, and are organised by the Argentine Rugby Union . Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British Isles team.

Spain national football team

The Spain national football team has represented Spain in international men's football competition since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.

Spain men's national basketball team

The Spain national basketball team represents Spain in men's international basketball competition. They are managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Spain.

Spain women's national football team

The Spain women's national football team has represented Spain in international women's football competition since 1980, and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Spain have qualified two times for the FIFA Women's World Cup and three times for the UEFA Women's Championship, reaching the semifinals in 1997.

Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed in every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1920.

Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Spain, represented by the Spanish Olympic Committee , competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1920, Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two; the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Spain is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Argentine cuisine
Argentine cuisine

Argentine cuisine is described as a cultural blending of Mediterranean influences with and very small inflows (mainly in border areas), Indigenous, within the wide scope of agricultural products that are abundant in the country. Argentine annual consumption of beef has averaged 100 kg (220 lbs) per capita, approaching 180 kg (396 lbs) per capita during the 19th century; consumption averaged 67.7 kg (149 lbs) in 2007.

Argentine peso

The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos.