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Football is the most popular sport in Argentina and has more registered participants than any other sport played in the country. 90% of Argentines declare support of an Argentine football club.

Football was introduced to Argentina in the latter half of the 19th century by British immigrants in Buenos Aires. The first Argentine league was contested in 1891, making it one of the oldest leagues outside Great Britain and the Argentine Football Association (AFA) was formed in 1893, being the eighth oldest in the world.

Argentina is one of the seven countries to have won the football World Cup, having done so in 1978 and 1986. They have also won the continental tournament Copa América on fourteen occasions. At youth level; the Argentina Olympic football team has won two Gold Medals and the Argentina Under-20 team has won a record six FIFA U-20 World Cups. There has been a national women's league in Argentine since 1991 and Argentina women's team qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2007.

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Club Atlético Independiente is a popular Argentine sports club best known for its football team, established in 1905. Based in Avellaneda, Greater Buenos Aires area. Known as "El Rojo" ("The Red"), "Los Diablos Rojos" ("The Red Devils"), "Rey de Copas" ("King of Cups") or "Orgullo Nacional" ("National Pride"), Independiente has won 14 Argentine championships, placing them third behind to River Plate and Boca Juniors, 7 Copa Libertadores titles, of which an unequalled series of 4 straight wins from 1972 to 1975, and a total of 15 international titles - including 3 Copa Interamericanas, and the 1973 and 1984 Intercontinental Cup.

Independiente's eternal rival Racing has its stadium only a couple of hundred meters from Independiente's. These 2 clubs form the colourful Avellaneda derby, that divides the country in two. Many great Argentine players have worn the red outfit. Daniel Bertoni and Jorge Burruchaga became World Champions in 1978 and 1986 respectively with Argentina, but Independiente fans remember more fondly Ricardo "el Bocha" Bochini, who was a champion in 1986 as well, even though he played only a few minutes in the entire World Cup.

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Credit: El Gráfico

The team of Racing Club de Avellaneda posing for pictures prior to their 1967 Intercontinental Cup match against Celtic F.C.. After reaching a 2–2 draw over two legs, the teams played a decider match in Montevideo, Uruguay which Racing Club won 1–0, becoming the first Argentinian club to win the trophy.

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Guillermo Schelotto attending a "meet the crew" event in Columbus
Guillermo Barros Schelotto (born May 4, 1973 in La Plata, Argentina) is a football player who plays in the winger position. Guillermo had played for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (1991-1996) and Boca Juniors (1996-2007) of the Primera División Argentina before moving to the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer in 2007.

El Mellizo ("the twin") started playing professionally at the end of 1991 with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, where he scored 45 goals in 181 matches and in 1993 won the AFA Centenario Cup. On September 14, 1997 he transferred to Boca Juniors, for whom he played for almost 10 years. He remains one of Boca's top ten scorers.

On April 19, 2007 he announced he would sign a two-year contract with Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew. Schelotto made his debut in the US on May 5 as a substitute and went on to become a team leader and fan favorite in Columbus, helping to turn their season around. He led the team with 11 assists and scored 5 goals in 22 games in his first season with the club.

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