page_title: History of the Argentina national football team
section_title: 1930 World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Argentina national football team / History / 1930 World Cup
caption_attribution_description: English: Argentina national football team in July 1930, during the World Cup in Uruguay, before playing the match against Mexico. Back row, l-r: Francisco Olazar (coach), Carlos Peucelle, José Della Torre, Adolfo Zumelzú, Fernando Paternoster, Alberto Chividini, Rodolfo Orlandini; Front row, l-r: Francisco Varallo, Guillermo Stábile, Ángel Bossio, Attilio Demaría, Carlos Spadaro.
context_page_description: The first match ever recorded by an Argentina national football team was played on 16 May 1901 against Uruguay, although the one played by Argentina on 20 July 1902 is considered its first official match, a 6–0 win.
  The Argentina national team has appeared in five FIFA World Cup finals, including the inaugural final in 1930, 1978 beating the Netherlands, the 1986, 1990 and 2014.
  Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times and also winning the "extra" South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and the Argentine olympic team won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
context_section_description: In 1929, Argentina hosted a new edition of the South American championship, winning its second consecutive title. Argentina finished unbeaten once more, defeating all its rivals in the group: Peru (3–0), Paraguay (4–1) and Uruguay in the last match played in the Estadio Gasómetro of Buenos Aires. Most of players that took part of the team would play for Argentina in the first World Cup organized by FIFA one year later.
  Argentina was one of the 13 national teams attending to the inaugural FIFA World Cup hosted by Uruguay.
  In the inaugural match of the World Cup, Argentina defeated France 1–0. The national team then beat Mexico 6–3 and finished its run in the first stage by defeating Chile 3–1. Argentina qualified to the semi-finals where the squad widely beat the United States 6–1. On July 30, Argentina played its first World Cup final against Uruguay, but lost 4–2.
caption: The Argentina squad that played the 1930 World Cup match vs. Mexico.
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