The late 1970s was a time as good for football in Argentina as it was bad for democracy and human rights. The nation’s top clubs like Independiente and Boca Juniors dominated the Copa de Libertadores while the national side won their first World Cup in 1978 with success on home soil.

Images from the era feature here in this second Argentina Vintage post.

Argentina 1977

Rene Houseman, Argentina 1977

Argentina 1977-2

Rene Houseman, 1977

Boca Juniors, 1977

Daniel Passarella, Argentina 1978

Argentina v Netherlands, World Cup Final 1978

River Plate, 1979

Salguero and Sotero, 1979

Ricardo Villa, Tottenham 1979