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Argentina
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Albiceleste (The Albiceleste) La Celeste y blanca
(The White and Sky Blue)
AssociationArgentine Football Association (AFA)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachJorge Sampaoli
CaptainLionel Messi
Most capsJavier Zanetti/Javier Mascherano (143)
Top scorerLionel Messi (64)
Home stadiumAntonio Vespucio Liberti (El Monumental)
FIFA codeARG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current5 Steady (17 May 2018)
Highest1 (March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July – October 2015, April 2016 – April 2017)
Lowest24 (August 1996)
First international
 Uruguay 2–3 Argentina 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)[note 1][1]
Biggest win
 Argentina 12–0 Ecuador 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942)
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina 
(Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958)
 Uruguay 5–0 Argentina 
(Guayaquil, Ecuador; 6 December 1959)
 Argentina 0–5 Colombia 
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)
 Bolivia 6–1 Argentina 
(La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009)
 Spain 6–1 Argentina 
(Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018)
World Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1930)
Best resultChampions, 1978 and 1986
Copa América
Appearances41 (first in 1916)
Best resultChampions, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1992)
Best resultChampions, 1992

The Argentina national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires.

La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes, has appeared in five World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4–2 to Uruguay. Argentina won in their next final appearance in 1978, beating the Netherlands at extra time, 3–1. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3–2 victory over West Germany. They again made the World Cup finals in 1990, and lost 1–0 to West Germany following a controversial penalty call in the 87th minute. Argentina, led by Lionel Messi made their fifth appearance in a World Cup final in 2014, again losing to Germany, 1–0 during extra-time. Argentina's World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, and Carlos Bilardo in 1986.

Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The team also won the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 1993 Artemio Franchi Trophy. The Argentine olympic team won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.[3]

Argentina, Brazil, Germany[note 2] and France are the only national teams that have won the three most important men's titles recognized by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament. They have also won their respective continental championship (Copa América for Argentina and Brazil, and UEFA European Championship for Germany and France).[5][6]

Argentina is known for having rivalries with Brazil, Uruguay, England, and Germany due to historic occurrences with one another throughout football history.[7][8]

History

Main article: History of the Argentina national football team
Further information: Football in Argentina

The first match ever recorded by Argentina was against Uruguay.[note 1] The game was held in Montevideo on 16 May 1901 and Argentina won 3–2. During the first years of its existence, the Argentina national team only played friendly matches against other South American teams. The reasons for this varied, including long travel times between countries and World War I.[11]

La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes (sky blue and whites), has appeared in five World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost, 4–2, to Uruguay. Argentina won in their next final in 1978, beating the Netherlands, 3–1. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3–2 victory over West Germany. Their most recent World Cup final was in 2014, which they lost 1–0 to Germany. Previous to this their last World Cup final was in 1990, which they lost, 1–0, to Germany by a much disputed penalty. Argentina's World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, and Carlos Bilardo in 1986.

Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times and also winning the "extra" South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and the 1993 Artemio Franchi Trophy. An Argentina team (with only three players of over 23 years of age included in the squad) won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.[12]

Argentina also won six of the 14 football competitions at the Pan American Games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 and 2003.

In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time.[13]

Kit history

Argentina wearing the yellow jersey of IFK Malmö v. West Germany at the 1958 World Cup

The first jersey worn by Argentina was a white shirt, when the national side officially debuted against Uruguay in 1902.[14] In September 1908, Argentina wore the white and light blue in vertical stripes jersey for the first time.[15] That kit would become the official kit since then. The away kits usually have been in dark blue tones, varying the colors of shorts and socks.

Nevertheless, Argentina wore other uniforms a few times. One of them was on 3 June 1919 in Rio de Janeiro playing the "Roberto Chery Cup" against Brazil. That time Argentina wore a light blue kit, similar to Uruguay.[16] The trophy was established by Brazilian Football Confederation for the benefit of Roberto Chery's relatives. Chery was Uruguay's substitute goalkeeper and died during the 1919 South American Championship after collapsing in a game against Chile.[17]

At the 1958 World Cup, Argentina wore Swedish club IFK Malmö's yellow jersey in the match against West Germany, as the team did not take away uniforms to Sweden.[18]

Argentina will wear a black away kit for the first time in their history at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[19][20]

Kit providers

Kit provider Period
England Gath & Chaves[21] 1930–1934
West Germany Adidas[21][22] 1973–1979
France Le Coq Sportif[21][23] 1980–1989
Germany Adidas[22][24] 1990–1998
United Kingdom Reebok[25] 1999–2001
Germany Adidas[22] 2001–present

Managers

The first Argentina national team manager was Ángel Vázquez, appointed in 1924. Guillermo Stábile is the manager with the most matches coaching the team (127).[26] The complete list of managers is:[27][28][29]

Dates Name
1924–25 Argentina Ángel Vázquez
1927–28 Argentina José Lago Millán
1928–29 Argentina Francisco Olazar
1929–30 Argentina Francisco Olazar &
Argentina Juan J. Tramutola
1934 Italy Felipe Pascucci
1934–37 Argentina Manuel Seoane
1937–39 Argentina Ángel Fernández Roca
1939–58 Argentina Guillermo Stábile
1959 Argentina Victorio Spinetto
1960–61 Argentina Guillermo Stábile
Dates Name
1962–63 Argentina Juan Carlos Lorenzo
1963 Argentina Alejandro Galán
1963–64 Argentina Horacio Torres
1964–68 Argentina José María Minella
1968 Italy Argentina Renato Cesarini
1968–69 Argentina Humberto Maschio
1969 Argentina Adolfo Pedernera
1969–72 Argentina Juan José Pizzuti
1972–74 Argentina Omar Sívori
1974 Argentina Vladislao Cap
1974–83 Argentina César Luis Menotti
Dates Name
1983–90 Argentina Carlos Bilardo
1990–94 Argentina Alfio Basile
1994–98 Argentina Daniel Passarella
1998–2004 Argentina Marcelo Bielsa
2004–06 Argentina José Pékerman
2006–08 Argentina Alfio Basile
2008–10 Argentina Diego Maradona
2010–11 Argentina Sergio Batista
2011–14 Argentina Alejandro Sabella
2014–16 Argentina Gerardo Martino
2016–17 Argentina Edgardo Bauza
Dates Name
2017– Argentina Jorge Sampaoli

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

9 June 2017 Friendly Argentina  1–0  Brazil Melbourne, Australia
20:05 (UTC+10)
  • Mercado 45'
 Report Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 95,569
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
13 June 2017 Friendly Singapore  0–6  Argentina Kallang, Singapore
21:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 28,044
31 August 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Uruguay  0–0  Argentina Montevideo, Uruguay
20:00 (UTC−3) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)
5 September 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Argentina  1–1  Venezuela Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:30 (UTC−3)
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
5 October 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Argentina  0–0  Peru Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:30 (UTC−3) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando
Attendance: 47,960
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
10 October 2017 2018 FIFA WCQ Ecuador  1–3  Argentina Quito, Ecuador
18:30 (UTC−5)
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
11 November 2017 Friendly Russia  0–1  Argentina Moscow, Russia
16:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 78,750
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
14 November 2017 Friendly Argentina  2–4  Nigeria Krasnodar, Russia
19:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

2018

23 March 2018 Friendly Italy  0–2  Argentina Manchester, England
19:45 GMT (UTC±0) Report Banega 75'
Lanzini 85'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
27 March 2018 Friendly Spain  6–1  Argentina Madrid, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+1) Costa 12'
Isco 27', 52', 74'
Thiago 55'
Aspas 73'		 Report Otamendi 39' Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano
Attendance: 65,541
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
29 May 2018 Friendly Argentina  4–0  Haiti Buenos Aires, Argentina
20:00 (UTC–3)
Report Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando
Referee: Arnaldo Ariel Samaniego (Paraguay)
9 June 2018 Friendly Israel  v  Argentina Jerusalem, Israel
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
16 June 2018 2018 World Cup Argentina  v  Iceland Moscow, Russia
(UTC+3) Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena
21 June 2018 2018 World Cup Argentina  v  Croatia Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
(UTC+3) Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
26 June 2018 2018 World Cup Nigeria  v  Argentina Saint Petersburg, Russia
(UTC+3) Stadium: Zenit Arena
10 September 2018 2018 Superclásico de las Américas Brazil  v  Argentina Yokohama, Japan
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
October 2018 Friendly United States  v  Argentina TBD
Report

Players

See also: Argentina international footballers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and preceding warm-up matches.[30][31]
Caps and goals correct as of: 29 May 2018, after the match against  Haiti.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nahuel Guzmán (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 38) 6 0 Mexico UANL
12 1GK Franco Armani (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 (age 37) 0 0 Argentina River Plate
23 1GK Willy Caballero (1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 (age 42) 3 0 England Chelsea
2 2DF Gabriel Mercado (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37) 20 3 Spain Sevilla
3 2DF Nicolás Tagliafico (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 31) 4 0 Netherlands Ajax
4 2DF Cristian Ansaldi (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986 (age 37) 5 1 Italy Torino
6 2DF Federico Fazio (1987-03-17) 17 March 1987 (age 37) 9 1 Italy Roma
8 2DF Marcos Acuña (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 32) 10 0 Portugal Sporting CP
16 2DF Marcos Rojo (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 (age 34) 56 2 England Manchester United
17 2DF Nicolás Otamendi (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 (age 36) 54 4 England Manchester City
5 3MF Lucas Biglia (1986-01-30) 30 January 1986 (age 38) 57 1 Italy Milan
7 3MF Éver Banega (1988-06-29) 29 June 1988 (age 36) 62 6 Spain Sevilla
11 3MF Ángel Di María (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36) 94 19 France Paris Saint-Germain
13 3MF Maximiliano Meza (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 32) 2 0 Argentina Independiente
14 3MF Javier Mascherano (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 (age 40) 143 3 China Hebei China Fortune
15 3MF Manuel Lanzini (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 31) 4 1 England West Ham United
18 3MF Eduardo Salvio (1990-07-13) 13 July 1990 (age 34) 9 0 Portugal Benfica
20 3MF Giovani Lo Celso (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28) 5 0 France Paris Saint-Germain
22 3MF Cristian Pavón (1996-01-21) 21 January 1996 (age 28) 5 0 Argentina Boca Juniors
9 4FW Gonzalo Higuaín (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 (age 36) 71 31 Italy Juventus
10 4FW Lionel Messi (Captain) (1987-06-24) 24 June 1987 (age 37) 124 64 Spain Barcelona
19 4FW Sergio Agüero (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 36) 85 37 England Manchester City
21 4FW Paulo Dybala (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 30) 12 0 Italy Juventus

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Sergio Romero (1987-02-22) 22 February 1987 (age 37) 94 0 England Manchester United 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE / INJ
GK Agustín Marchesín (1988-03-16) 16 March 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Mexico América v.  Nigeria, 14 November 2017
GK Gerónimo Rulli (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Spain Real Sociedad v.  Venezuela, 5 September 2017
DF Ramiro Funes Mori (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33) 19 1 England Everton 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF Germán Pezzella (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33) 2 0 Italy Fiorentina 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF Fabricio Bustos (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Argentina Independiente v.  Spain, 27 March 2018
DF Emiliano Insúa (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35) 5 0 Germany Stuttgart v.  Nigeria, 14 November 2017
DF Emanuel Mammana (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Nigeria, 14 November 2017
DF Milton Casco (1988-04-11) 11 April 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Argentina River Plate v.  Ecuador, 10 October 2017
DF Nicolás Pareja (1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 40) 1 0 Spain Sevilla v.  Venezuela, 5 September 2017
DF Javier Pinola (1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 (age 41) 2 0 Argentina River Plate v.  Uruguay, 31 August 2017
DF Jonatan Maidana (1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 (age 39) 5 0 Argentina River Plate v.  Singapore, 13 June 2017
DF José Luis Gómez (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 30) 1 0 Argentina Lanús v.  Singapore, 13 June 2017
MF Enzo Pérez (1986-02-22) 22 February 1986 (age 38) 23 1 Argentina River Plate 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Leandro Paredes (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994 (age 30) 3 1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Guido Pizarro (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Spain Sevilla 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Pablo Pérez (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 38) 1 0 Argentina Boca Juniors 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Rodrigo Battaglia (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Portugal Sporting CP 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Ricardo Centurión (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Argentina Racing 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Matías Kranevitter (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 (age 31) 9 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF Fernando Belluschi (1983-09-10) 10 September 1983 (age 40) 5 0 Argentina San Lorenzo v.  Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF Alejandro Gómez (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 36) 4 1 Italy Atalanta v.  Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF Emiliano Rigoni (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31) 4 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Nigeria, 14 November 2017
MF Fernando Gago (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38) 61 0 Argentina Boca Juniors v.  Ecuador, 10 October 2017 INJ
MF Javier Pastore (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 35) 29 2 France Paris Saint-Germain v.  Venezuela, 5 September 2017
MF Augusto Fernández (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38) 16 1 China Beijing Renhe v.  Uruguay, 31 August 2017
MF Ignacio Fernández (1990-01-12) 12 January 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Argentina River Plate v.  Singapore, 13 June 2017
MF Guido Rodríguez (1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Mexico América v.  Singapore, 13 June 2017
FW Diego Perotti (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 36) 5 0 Italy Roma 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW Mauro Icardi (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 31) 4 0 Italy Internazionale 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW Lautaro Martínez (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 26) 1 0 Argentina Racing 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW Ángel Correa (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29) 8 1 Spain Atlético Madrid v.  Spain, 27 March 2018
FW Darío Benedetto (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Argentina Boca Juniors v.  Ecuador, 10 October 2017
FW Lautaro Acosta (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Argentina Lanús v.  Ecuador, 10 October 2017 INJ
FW Joaquín Correa (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 30) 3 1 Spain Sevilla v.  Venezuela, 5 September 2017
FW Lucas Alario (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 31) 3 1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen v.  Singapore, 13 June 2017

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad
RET Retired from the national team
PRE Suspended

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 18 9
Italy 1934 Round 1 9th 1 0 0 1 2 3
France 1938 Withdrew
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Group Stage 13th 3 1 0 2 5 10 4 3 0 1 10 2
Chile 1962 Group Stage 10th 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 11 3
England 1966 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 3 1 0 9 2
Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify 4 1 1 2 4 6
West Germany 1974 Round 2 8th 6 1 2 3 9 12 4 3 1 0 9 2
Argentina 1978 Champions 1st 7 5 1 1 15 4 Qualified as hosts
Spain 1982 Round 2 11th 5 2 0 3 8 7 Qualified as defending champions
Mexico 1986 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 14 5 6 4 1 1 12 6
Italy 1990 Runners-up 2nd 7 2 3(2*) 2 5 4 Qualified as defending champions
United States 1994 Round of 16 10th 4 2 0 2 8 6 8 4 2 2 9 10
France 1998 Quarter-Finals 6th 5 3 1* 1 10 4 16 8 6 2 23 13
South Korea Japan 2002 Group Stage 18th 3 1 1 1 2 2 18 13 4 1 42 15
Germany 2006 Quarter-Finals 6th 5 3 2(1*) 0 11 3 18 10 4 4 29 17
South Africa 2010 Quarter-Finals 5th 5 4 0 1 10 6 18 8 4 6 23 20
Brazil 2014 Runners-Up 2nd 7 5 1* 1 8 4 16 9 5 2 35 15
Russia 2018 Qualified 18 7 7 4 19 16
Qatar 2022 To Be Determined
Total 2 Titles 17/21 77 42 14 21 131 84 136 75 36 25 235 127
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Darker color indicates win, normal color indicates lost.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 7 1 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1995 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 5 3 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1997 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1999
South KoreaJapan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 10 10 Squad
South Africa 2009 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017
Qatar 2021 TBD
Total 1 Title 3/11 10 5 3 2 22 14 -
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

South American Championship

South American Championship
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Argentina 1916 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 7 2
Uruguay1917 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 5 3
Brazil 1919 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 7 7
Chile 1920 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 4 2
Argentina 1921 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 5 0
Brazil 1922 Fourth Place 4th 4 2 0 2 6 3
Uruguay 1923 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 6
Uruguay 1924 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 2 0
Argentina 1925 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 11 4
Chile 1926 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 14 3
Peru 1927 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 15 4
Argentina 1929 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 9 1
Peru 1935 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 8 5
Argentina 1937 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 14 5
Peru 1939 Withdrew
Chile 1941 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 10 2
Uruguay 1942 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 21 6
Chile 1945 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 22 5
Argentina 1946 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 17 3
Ecuador 1947 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 28 4
Brazil 1949 Withdrew
Peru 1953 Withdrew
Chile 1955 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 18 6
Uruguay1956 Third Place 3rd 5 3 0 2 5 3
Peru 1957 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 25 6
Argentina 1959 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 19 5
Ecuador 1959 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 9 9
Bolivia 1963 Third Place 3rd 6 3 1 2 15 10
Uruguay 1967 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 12 3
Total 12 Titles 26/29 113 81 15 17 314 107

Copa América

Copa América
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
South America 1975 Group Stage 5th 4 2 0 2 17 4
South America 1979 Group Stage 8th 4 1 1 2 7 6
South America 1983 Group Stage 6th 4 1 3 0 5 4
Argentina 1987 Fourth Place 4th 4 1 1 2 5 4
Brazil 1989 Third Place 3rd 7 2 3 2 2 4
Chile 1991 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 16 6
Ecuador 1993 Champions 1st 6 2 4 0 6 4
Uruguay 1995 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 2 1 1 8 6
Bolivia 1997 Quarter-Finals 6th 4 1 2 1 4 3
Paraguay 1999 Quarter-Finals 8th 4 2 0 2 6 6
Colombia 2001 Withdrew
Peru 2004 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 16 6
Venezuela 2007 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 16 6
Argentina 2011 Quarter-Finals 7th 4 1 3 0 5 2
Chile 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 3 0 10 3
United States 2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 0 18 2
Brazil 2019 Qualified
Ecuador 2023 Qualified
Total 2 Titles 15/16 76 38 24 14 141 66

Olympics record

Further information: Argentina national under-23 football team
Olympics record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
Greece 1896 No Football Tournament
France 1900 Did Not Participate
United States 1904
Greece 1906
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928 Silver Medal 2nd 5 3 1 1 25 7
United States1932 No Football Tournament
Nazi Germany1936 Did Not Participate
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960 Quarter-Finals 7th 3 2 0 1 6 4
Japan 1964 Group Stage 10th 2 0 1 1 3 4
Mexico 1968 Did Not Qualify
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980 Qualified and Withdrew
United States 1984 Did Not Qualify
South Korea 1988 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 5
Spain 1992 Did Not Qualify
United States 1996 Silver Medal 2nd 6 3 2 1 13 6
Australia 2000 Did Not Qualify
Greece 2004 Gold Medal 1st 6 6 0 0 17 0
China 2008 Gold Medal 1st 6 6 0 0 11 2
United Kingdom 2012 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2016 Group Stage 11th 3 1 1 1 3 4
Japan 2020 TBD
Total 2 Gold Medals
2 Silver Medal		 8/19 35 22 6 7 81 32

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an amateur tournament from 1908 to 1988.

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992 (with three players of over 23 years of age allowed in the squad).

Pan American Games

Argentina has won 6 of the 14 football competitions at the Pan American Games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 and 2003.

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Argentina 1951 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 16 2
Mexico 1955 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 23 7
United States 1959 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 20 4
Brazil 1963 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 1 0 18 3
Canada 1967 Round 1 5th 3 1 1 1 7 3
Colombia 1971 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 7 2
Mexico 1975 Third Place 3rd 3 2 1 0 9 1
Puerto Rico 1979 Third Place 3rd 4 2 2 0 3 0
Venezuela 1983 Round 1 5th 2 0 0 2 0 4
United States 1987 Third Place 3rd 4 3 0 1 11 3
Cuba 1991 Did not Qualify
Argentina 1995 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 10 4
Canada 1999 Did not Qualify
Dominican Republic 2003 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 10 5
Brazil 2007 Round 1 9th 3 0 2 1 1 3
Mexico 2011 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 6 2
Canada 2015 Did not Enter
Peru 2019 TBD
Total 6 Titles 14/16 60 46 10 6 134 43

Records and statistics

Most capped players

Javier Mascherano (left) and Javier Zanetti are the most capped players in the history of Argentina with 143 caps each.
As of 29 May 2018, the ten players with the most appearances for Argentina are:[32][33]
Rank. Name Career Caps Goals
1 Javier Mascherano 2003– 143 3
Javier Zanetti 1994–2011 143 4
3 Lionel Messi 2005– 124 64
4 Roberto Ayala 1994–2007 114 7
5 Diego Simeone 1988–2002 104 9
6 Oscar Ruggeri 1983–1994 97 7
7 Ángel Di María 2008– 94 19
Sergio Romero 2009– 94 0
9 Diego Maradona 1977–1994 91 34
10 Ariel Ortega 1993–2010 87 17

Top goalscorers

Lionel Messi celebrating after scoring a crucial hat-trick against Ecuador on 10 October 2017. He is the highest goalscorer in the history of Argentina with 64 goals.
As of 29 May 2018, the ten players with the most goals for Argentina are:[34]
Rank. Player Career Goals Caps Avg/Game Official Match Goals
1 Lionel Messi (list) 2005– 64 124 0.522 34
2 Gabriel Batistuta (list)[note 3] 1991–2002 54 77 0.7 38
3 Sergio Agüero (list) 2006– 37 85 0.44 16
4 Hernán Crespo (list) 1995–2007 35 64 0.55 26
5 Diego Maradona (list) 1977–1994 34 91 0.37 15
6 Gonzalo Higuaín (list) 2009– 31 71 0.44 23
7 Luis Artime 1961–1967 24 25 0.96 ?
8 Daniel Passarella 1976–1986 23 70 0.33 ?
9 Leopoldo Luque (list) 1975–1981 21 45 0.49 8
José Sanfilippo 1956–1962 21 29 0.76 ?

World Cup winning captains

Year Name Caps Goals
1978 Daniel Passarella 70 23
1986 Diego Maradona 91 34

Individual records

Rivalries

Brazil

Main article: Argentina–Brazil football rivalry

Argentina have a long and fierce rivalry with their South American neighbours.[citation needed]

England

Main article: Argentina–England football rivalry

With a rivalry stemming from the 1966 World Cup and intensified by the Falklands War of 1982, Argentina and England have had numerous confrontations in World Cup tournaments. Perhaps the most notable was the quarter-final match in 1986, where Diego Maradona scored two goals against England.

Germany

Argentina have played Germany in three FIFA World Cup finals. In 1986 and 1990 the two teams played each other in two consecutive World Cup finals. After that, in 2006, Argentina lost on penalties after a 1–1 draw and lost again in 2010, this time with a 4–0 victory for Germany. They played each other for the third consecutive World Cup when they met at the 2014 World Cup final match, where they were defeated by Germany in extra time by a score of 1–0.

Uruguay

Argentina have a long-standing rivalry with their neighbors, that came into existence from the early South American Championships, the 1928 Summer Olympics and the first World Cup final, held in 1930.

Argentina and Uruguay hold the record for most international matches played between two countries.[1] The two teams have faced each other 198 times since 1901. The first match between Argentina and Uruguay was also the first official international match to be played outside the United Kingdom.[note 4]

Honours

Official

Friendly

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Some versions state that the team that faced Argentina was Albion F.C. based on the initial line-up had nine players from that club. In fact, it was the first match disputed by an Uruguayan national team.[9][10]
  2. ^ Includes Olympic Gold won by East Germany in 1976.[4]
  3. ^ Although FIFA recognises two goals Batistuta scored in a 6–0 home win against the Slovakia national youth side on 22 June 1995, the Argentine Football Association does not recognise these goals.[35]
  4. ^ Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1886, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1904 and the USA did not play one until 1916.[citation needed]
  5. ^ a b Extra edition
  6. ^ a b Organised by Argentine and Uruguayan Associations
  7. ^ Organised by Brazilian and Argentine Associations
  8. ^ Organised by the Brazilian Confederation
  9. ^ Organised by Japanese Kirin Company

References

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  2. ^ After 1988, the tournament has been restricted to squads with no more than 3 players over the age of 23, and these matches are not regarded as part of the national team's record, nor are caps awarded.
  3. ^ "Football gold for Argentina". BBC News. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Montreal 1976". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "– Argentina on". FIFA. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  6. ^ "– Tournaments". FIFA. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Great Footballing Rivalries : Argentina vs. Uruguay « SportsKeeda". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  8. ^ Wetzel, Dan (1 July 2010). "War of words renews Argentina-Germany rivalry – FBINTL – Yahoo! Sports". G.sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ ""Historia del Fútbol Uruguayo" at Deportes en Uruguay". Deportesenuruguay.eluruguayo.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  10. ^ ""Reasons for excluding or including full "A" internationals (1901–1910) at IFFHS". Iffhs.de. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  11. ^ "los comienzos (1901–1930)", AFA official site". "AFA. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Football gold for Argentina". BBC News. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  13. ^ "– Argentina first for first time". Fifa.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Uruguay 0–6 Argentina". Fútbol Nostalgia. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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  16. ^ a b "Copa Roberto Chery, Brasil 3 – Argentina 3". IFFHS. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  17. ^ Federico Mauccione Pérez (26 February 2004). "El 3 de Julio de 1919, la Selección de Brasil vistió la camiseta de Peñarol". GloriosoMirasol.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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  20. ^ La camiseta suplente de Argentina para el Mundial de Rusia 2018 by Gastón Hirschbrand on 90min.com, 15 March 2018
  21. ^ a b c La evolución de la camiseta de la Selección Argentina a lo largo de su historia by Daniel Szwarc on 90min.com, 9 October 2015
  22. ^ a b c Todas las camisetas Adidas de la Selección Argentina a lo largo de la historia on Pasion Fútbol
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  25. ^ El peso de la camiseta, La Nación, 21 August 1998
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  27. ^ "De Olazar a Batista: 43 técnicos de la Selección Argentina", MDZ online.com, 1 November 2010
  28. ^ "Los 42 técnicos que tuvo la Selección", La Nación
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  31. ^ "Los 23 para el Mundial". AFA (in Spanish). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  32. ^ "FIFA Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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  40. ^ a b "Fourth MVP for Leo Messi at the World Cup Finals". FC Barcelona. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  41. ^ "2010 FIFA World Cup – Matches: Greece vs. Argentina". FIFA. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  42. ^ a b "Messi, cuatro 'MVP' en cinco partidos". Sport.ES (in Spanish). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  43. ^ "America dazzled by MVP Messi | FCB". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  44. ^ "Match Stats". 22 June 2016.
  45. ^ a b "Ten years with Argentina for Leo Messi". FC Barcelona. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  46. ^ EN, Sport (5 September 2015). "Messi's now scored vs. EVERY South American country... except Argentin". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  47. ^ "Messi broke record of 56 years". Bubblews. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  48. ^ "Copa Julio Roca at RSSSF". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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