Argentina

Argentina

Argentina (ARG)

General Information

FIFA Trigramme: ARG
Country: Argentina
Country (official name): Republica Argentina
Continent: South America
Capital: Buenos Aires
Major cities: Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, La Plata, Mar del Plata, San Miguel de Tucumán
Currency: Argentine peso
Official languages: Spanish
Motto: NKGeographic Information

Gergraphic Information

Surface area: 2,766,890 km²
Highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,962m.
Neighbouring countries: Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay
Neighbouring seas and oceans: Atlantic Ocean

Population

Population (in millions): 38.7 (July 2003 est.)
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 10,200
Density (inhabitants per km2): 14.00
Average age (in years): 29
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 75.48

Internet

Internet code: .ar
Number of internet users: 3.88 million (2001)

Big Count

All Players	2,658,811
Registered players	331,811
Unregistered Players	2,327,000
Clubs	3,377
Officials	37,161

HONOURS

Winner (1978, 1986)

Runners-Up (1930, 1990)

14 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)

Winner

Copa America (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993)

Runners-Up

Copa America (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1959 (unofficial), 1967, 2004, 2007)

Winner

FIFA U-20 World Cup Final (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007), FIFA Confederations Cup (1992), Olympic Football Tournament Final (2004, 2008)

Runners-Up

Olympic Football Tournament Final (1928, 1996), FIFA U-20 World Cup Final (1983), FIFA Confederations Cup (1995, 2005), FIFA Club World Cup (2007, 2009)

Third

FIFA U-17 World Cup Final (1991, 1995, 2003)

Fourth

FIFA U-17 World Cup Final (2001), FIFA U-20 World Cup Final (2003), FIFA Futsal World Cup Final (2004)