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Argentina
Argentina are one of the regulars to appear at the World Cup Finals. Although always a force to be reckoned with they do have their blips like in 2002 Japan/S Korea where they failed to get past the group stages.
Qualification for the finals was reasonably comfortable taking 2nd spot in their group behind the favourites Brazil. They did have a couple of notable defeats along the way however; losing to Paraguay for the first time ever, and a 16-game unbeaten run against Uruguay coming to an end.
The coach José Pekerman has a quality list of players to call on like Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar, Hernan Crespo and their latest star Lionel Messi who plays for Barcelona. Argentina have a tough group but should be favourites to qualify and they'll certainly look to put to rest the nightmare of 2002. [Latest Argentina Squad News]
Coach
José Pekerman
2006 World Cup
Group C playing
Côte d'Ivoire
Netherlands
Serbia & Montenegro
Previous World Cups
Appearances: 13 times
Winners: 1978, 1986
Finalists: 1990
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