Argentina Olympic football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Argentina Olympic
football team
Badge = Argentina national football team logo.gif
FIFA Trigramme = ARG
Nickname = "Albicelestes"
(White and Sky blue)
Association = "Asociación del Fútbol Argentino"
(Argentine Football Association)
Confederation = CONMEBOL (South America)
Coach = flagicon|Argentina Sergio Batista
Captain = Juan Román Riquelme
Most caps = Javier Mascherano (12)
Top scorer = Domingo Tarasconi (9)
Home Stadium = El Monumental
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Regional name = Olympics
Regional cup apps = 7
Regional cup first = 1928
Regional cup best = Winners: 2004, 2008
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Argentina Olympic football team (also known as Argentina Under-23, Argentina U-23) represents Argentina in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA).

History

Argentina appeared in the final of the Olympic games in 1928 where they were beaten by Uruguay in the final. They also played in the 1960, 1964 and 1988 Olympic tournaments, but never progressed further than the Quarter-final.

In 1996 Argentina reached the final for the second time, they lost 3-2 against Nigeria to claim their second silver medal in the event.

In Argentina won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 against South American rivals Paraguay. They won the event without conceeding a single goal.

In the Beijing 2008 tournament Argentina successfully defended their Olympic Gold beating Nigeria 1-0 in the final. Javier Mascherano was the only survivor from the 2004 squad and consequently became the first Argentine ever to win two Olympic Gold medals.

Olympic record

Notable players

*Domingo Tarasconi, Olympics 1928 top scorer (9 goals)
*Hernán Crespo, Olympics 1996 top scorer (6 goals)
*Carlos Tévez, Olympics 2004 top scorer (8 goals)
*Javier Mascherano, 2 gold medals and most caps

Most recent selection

Former squads

*1928 Summer Olympics squads - Argentina
*1960 Summer Olympics squads - Argentina
*1964 Summer Olympics squads - Argentina
*1988 Summer Olympics squads - Argentina
*1996 Summer Olympics squads - Argentina
*2004 Summer Olympics squads - Argentina
*2008 Summer Olympics squads - Argentina

ee also

*Argentina national football team
*Argentina national under-20 football team

References