Argentina World Cup History

Including 2010, Argentina has played in 15 of the 19 World Cups, although La Albiceleste has only failed to qualify once:

1930 - Nearly first time lucky - Final
1934 - Quick Swedish defeat and off home - First round
1938 - 1954 - Did not enter
1958 - Thumped by Czechozlovakia - First Group Stage
1962 - Less said about this the better - First Group Stage
1966 - Ratin off for look in his eye - Quarter Finals
1970 - Watch Brazil win on the box - DNQ
1974 - Given masterclass by Dutch - Second Group Stage
1978 - Kempes and ticker tape - Winners
1982 - Italy and Brazil too much - Second Group Stage
1986 - Hand of God/ Mazy dribbles - Winners
1990 - Stumble to final, lose to Germans - Final
1994 - Maradona banned, slump to Romania - Round of 16
1998 - Bergkamp's Dutch flourish - Quarter Finals
2002 - Beckham hastens demise in Group of Death - First Group Stage
2006 - Early promise fades/ Germans in penalty win shock - Quarter Finals

Overall World Cup Record

Games played - 65
Won - 33
Drawn - 13
Lost - 19
Penalty Shoot-outs - 4 (W3, L1)
Win ratio - 52%
Goals scored - 113
Conceded - 74
Top World Cup goal scorer - Batistuta (10 in 3 tournaments)

World Cup by World Cup

1930

Games played - 5 (W4, L1)
Goals - 18
Conceded - 9
Top scorer - Stabile (8)

1934

Games played - 1 (L1)
Goals - 2
Conceded - 3
Top scorer - Belis, Galateo (both 1)

1958

Games played - 3 (W1, L2)
Goals - 5
Conceded - 10
Top scorer - Corbatta (3)

1962

Games played - 3 (W1, D1, L1)
Goals 2
Conceded - 3
Top scorer - Facundo, Sanfilippo (both 1)

1966

Games played - 4 (W2, D1, L1)
Goals - 4
Conceded - 2
Top scorer - Artime (3)

1974 - 6 (W1, D2, L3)
Goals - 9
Conceded - 12
Top scorer - Houseman (3)

1978 - 7 (W5, D1, L1)
Goals - 15
Conceded - 4
Top scorer - Kempes (6)

1982

Games played - 5 (W2, L3)
Goals - 8
Conceded - 7
Top scorer - Maradona, Passarella, Bertoni (all 2)

1986

Games played - 7 (W6, D1)
Goals - 14
Conceded - 5
Top scorer - Maradona (5)

1990

Games played - 7 (W2, D3, L2)
Goals - 5
Conceded - 4
Top scorer - Caniggia (2)

1994

Games played - 4 (W2, L2)
Goals - 8
Conceded - 6
Top scorer - Batistuta (4)

1998

Games played - 5 (W3, D1, L1)
Goals - 10
Conceded - 4
Top scorer - Batistuta (5)

2002

Games played - 3 (W1, D1, L1)
Goals - 2
Conceded - 2
Top scorer - Crespo, Batistuta (both 1)

2006

Games played - 5 (W3, D2)
Goals - 11
Conceded - 3
Top scorer - Crespo (3)