What is Football in Argentina?
[[File:Argentina national football team 2009.jpg |thumb|Argentina national football team in 2009]] [[File:Cinco grandes del futbol argentino.jpg|thumb|The shirts of [[The Big Five of Argentine football|the Big Five]]: [[Boca Juniors]], [[C.A. River Plate|River Plate]], [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]], [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] and [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]].]] [[Association football|Football]] (or soccer in the U.S) is the most popular sport in [[Argentina]]. According to [[FIFA]] there are 2,658,811 players total; with 3,377 clubs and 37,161 officials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/arg/|title=Member Association - Argentina - FIFA.com|first=|last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|access-date=2019-02-14|archive-date=2019-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710154057/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/arg/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is played from childhood into old age.<ref>Secretaría de Deportes de la Nación e INDEC; Censo sobre Hábitos en actividades físicas y deportivas de la población Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2000.</ref> 90% of Argentines say they have a favorite Argentine football club.<ref>[http://www.consultoraequis.com/equisenlosmedios_ole_010406.htm Consulto Aequis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919123223/http://www.consultoraequis.com/equisenlosmedios_ole_010406.htm |date=2008-09-19 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> Football started in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. It was started by the [[English settlement in Argentina|British immigrants]] in [[Buenos Aires]]. The first Argentine league began in 1891. This makes it the third oldest league (after [[Great Britain]] and the [[Netherlands]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg1891.html|title=Argentina 1891|website=www.rsssf.com}}</ref> The [[Argentine Football Association]] (AFA) was formed in 1893. It is the eighth oldest in the world. The [[Argentina national football team|Argentin national team]] has won the [[FIFA