Argentina Soccer

Denis linked with Serie A move

Argentina international striker German Denis is set for a high profile move to Italy. After a dazzling couple of seasons where he’s been one of the top Argentina Soccer strikers, scoring 44 goals in only 65 games the 26 year old Independiente attacker is finally fulfilling his potential. Serie A has been mainly tipped as [...]

Zarate looking for England switch

After Birmingham City’s last day relegation to the Championship, Argentina Soccer starlet Mauro Zarate has returned to Qatari side Al Sadd. The striker was on loan at St Andrews from January 2008 and after scoring 4 goals in 14 appearances the Argentinean international is looking for a move back to the Premier [...]

Mario Kempes - Argentina Soccer Idol

Mario Kempes was born on the 15th of July, 1954 in Cordoba, Argentina. Inspired at a young age by his dad (also called Mario) who was a footballer. He started playing for a junior team at 7 and by the time he was 14 he was playing for La Cuerta de Talleres.

His [...]

Future Argentina Soccer Stars

Argentinian Soccer has never been lacking in young talent. Look at the national squad today and you’ll see Messi, Aguero, Gago and Garay all under the age of 22! The supply line is forever churning out the next wonderkid or superstar and these are players that you should be looking out for as the next [...]

Argentina Soccer Squad

The Argentina soccer squad for the friendlies against Mexico on the 4th of June and USA in the 8th of June is as follows:
Abbonanzieri, Ustari.
Zanetti, Demichelis, Heinze, Burdisso, Coloccini, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Zabaleta.
Cambiasso, Gago, Mascherano, Banega, Sosa, Jonas Gutierrez, Maxi Rodriguez.
Aguero, Lisandro Lopez, Cavenaghi, Cruz, Messi.
Gabriel Milito and Garay are missing through injury. Lucho Gonzalez and [...]

Argentina Soccer Records

Most capped Argentina Soccer players

Name
Career
Caps
Goals

1.
Javier Zanetti
1994 - present
118
5

2.
Roberto Ayala
1994 - 2007
115
7

3.
Diego Simeone
1988 - 2002
106
11

4.
Oscar Ruggeri
1983 - 1994
97
7

5.
Diego Maradona
1977 - 1994
91
34

6.
Ariel Ortega
1993 - 2003
86
17

7.
Gabriel Batistuta
1991 - 2002
78
56

8.
Juan Pablo Sorín
1995 - 2006
76
12

9.
Américo Gallego
1975 - 1982
73
3

10.
Daniel Passarella
1976 - 1986
70
22

Top Argentina Soccer goalscorers

Name
Career
Goals
Caps

1.
Gabriel Batistuta
1991 - 2002
56
78

2.
Hernán Crespo
1995 - present
35
65

3.
Diego Maradona
1977 - 1994
34
91

4.
Luis Artime
1961 - 1967
24
25

5.
Leopoldo Luque
1975 - 1981
22
45

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Daniel Passarella
1976 [...]

Results - 25th of May

Week 16 in the Argentina Soccer league - May 25th 2008
Arsenal 0-1 Argentinos Jrs
(Arg) Penalba, 11.
Estudiantes LP 1-1 Independiente
(Est) Veron, 52 (Ind) Denis 86.
Gimnasia (Juj) 1-1 Banfield
(Gim) Carranza, 27 (Ban) Cvitanich, 45.
Lanus 0-0 Rosario Central
Newell’s vs Olimpo (BB)
Racing Club 1-1 Gimnasia LP
(Rac) Own Goal, Dominguez, 3 (Gim) Matirena, 87.
River Plate 1-0 Huracan
(Riv) Buonanotte, 81.
San Lorenzo [...]

Fixtures - 25th of May

Week 16 in the Argentina Soccer league - May 25th 2008

Arsenal vs Argentinos Jrs
Estudiantes LP vs Independiente
Gimnasia (Juj) vs Banfield
Lanus vs Rosario Central
Newell’s vs Olimpo (BB)
Racing Club vs Gimnasia LP
River Plate vs Huracan
San Lorenzo vs Colon (Sta.Fe)
San Martin (SJ) vs Tigre
Velez Sarsfield vs Boca Juniors

Argentinian League Format

The 20 teams play two single round-robin tournaments each year: the Clausura, from February to June, and the Apertura, from August to December. Thus, there are two champions each season. Unlike most European countries, Argentina has no official cup competition.
The names of the tournaments, “Clausura”, literally means Closing, and “Apertura”, literally means Opening, reflect Northern [...]

Boca held by Fluminense in first leg epic

Boca Juniors were held to a 2-2 draw in their semi final first leg Copa Libertadores match against Fluminense. The tie played at the Cilindro de Avellaneda stadium (instead of the Bonbonera after a match official was struck by an ice cube in an earlier match) The contest that most fans and pundits wanted as [...]

Tevez dropped from Argentina squad

Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez has been left out of the squad for the upcoming friendlies against Mexico and the USA. Tevez has been excluded from Alfio Basile’s teamsheet since his dramatic sending off for an off the ball incident with Colombian defender Ruben Dario during last November’s World Cup qualifying match.
The red card has [...]

Messi planning to make Beijing

Lionel Messi has announced that he plans to play for Argentina at the Olympic games this August in Beijing. Instead of playing in the qualifiers for the Champions league with Barcelona.
“It is up to me to decide and the Olympic Games are something I will never be able to play in again. I am very [...]