Back منتخب الأرجنتين تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم Arabic Argentina milli futbol komandası (23 yaşlılar) Azerbaijani আর্জেন্টিনা জাতীয় অনূর্ধ্ব-২৩ ফুটবল দল Bengali/Bangla Argentinische Fußballnationalmannschaft (U-23-Männer) German Εθνική Αργεντινής Κ-23 (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών) Greek Selección de fútbol sub-23 de Argentina Spanish تیم ملی فوتبال زیر ۲۳ سال آرژانتین Persian Équipe d'Argentine olympique de football French Argentin U23-as labdarúgó-válogatott Hungarian U-23サッカーアルゼンチン代表 Japanese
The Argentina Olympic football team (Argentina U-23 since 1992) represents Argentina in international football competitions during Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
The first participation of Argentina in Olympic tournaments was in 1928, when the team was runner-up to champions Uruguay at the Games held in Amsterdam. By those times, rules stated that only amateur squads could compete,[1][2] so Argentina (and also Uruguay) played with senior players so football was still not professional in those countries by then.[3]
Argentina would not participate in Olympic Games until 1960 when the squad did a discrete performance finishing 7th. The team contested the competition with youth amateur players. After the IOC allowed professional players to participate (but with an age limit of 23 years old) Argentina returned in 1996 when the squad won their second silver medal after losing to Nigeria in the final. In 2004 and coached by Marcelo Bielsa, Argentina won their first gold medal with Carlos Tévez being also the top scorer with 8 goals. Four years later Argentina won their second gold medal in Beijing taking revenge from Nigeria with a 1–0 win in the final.
- ^ "El Fútbol Masculino en los Juegos Olímpicos". Sitio Oficial de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Historia del fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos: medallero, palmarés y ganadores". AS.com (in Spanish). 20 July 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Máximo, Negro (30 May 2020). "A 89 años de la profesionalización del fútbol argentino". El Equipo Deportea (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.