History of the Argentina national football team Cup champion, and Argentina's biggest loss since their 6-1 loss to Bolivia in 2009, and also tied the record for Argentina's biggest loss overall, by a margin of five goals. On 14 May 2018, Sampaoli announced a 35 man preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup, and the final squad list was released on 21 May 2018. When the World Cup in Russia came around, the tournament was a disaster for the "Albiceleste". Argentina competed in Group D. Argentina drew 1–1 with Iceland during their opening World Cup group match, with one goal scored by Sergio Agüero, and the other
FIFA World Cup qualification tournaments where the fixtures were pre-determined, the fixtures were determined by a draw, which was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw, on 25 July 2015. The top 4 teams from the 10-team group advanced to the World Cup finals, while the fifth placed team entered an inter-confederation play-off for a World Cup spot. Like the previous 2014 tournament, the pairings for the two play-offs were determined by an open draw on 25 July 2015, as part of the aforementioned preliminary draw. Intercontinental play-offs are played as home-and-away ties. Qualification tournaments generally consist of a number