Argentina national football team records and statistics

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This is a list of statistical records for the Argentina national football team.

Individual records[]

As of 10 July 2021[1]
Players in bold are still active with Argentina.

Player records[]

Most capped players[]

Lionel Messi is Argentina's most capped player and all-time top scorer.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Lionel Messi 151 76 2005–0000
2 Javier Mascherano 147 3 2003–2018
3 Javier Zanetti 143 4 1994–2011
4 Roberto Ayala 114 7 1994–2007
5 Ángel Di María 111 21 2008–0000
6 Diego Simeone 106 9 1988–2002
7 Sergio Agüero 101 41 2006–0000
8 Oscar Ruggeri 97 7 1983–1994
9 Sergio Romero 96 0 2009–2018
10 Diego Maradona 91 34 1977–1994

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Lionel Messi 76 151 0.5 2005–
2 Gabriel Batistuta 54 77 0.7 1991–2002
3 Sergio Agüero 41 101 0.41 2006–
4 Hernán Crespo 35 64 0.55 1995–2007
5 Diego Maradona 34 91 0.37 1977–1994
6 Gonzalo Higuaín 31 75 0.41 2009–2018
7 Luis Artime 24 25 0.96 1961–1967
8 Daniel Passarella 23 70 0.33 1976–1986
9 Leopoldo Luque 21 45 0.47 1975–1981
José Sanfilippo 21 29 0.72 1956–1962
Herminio Masantonio 21 19 1.11 1935–1942

World Cup winning captains[]

World Cup winning captains of Argentina, (left): Daniel Passarella in 1978; (right): Diego Maradona in 1986
Year Player Caps Goals
1978 Daniel Passarella 70 23
1986 Diego Maradona 91 34

Goals[]

  • Most goals scored: 76 – Lionel Messi, 2005–[2]
  • Oldest goalscorer: Martín Palermo, 36 years and 7 months old in 2010 against Greece
  • Youngest goalscorer: Diego Maradona, 18 years, 7 months and 4 days old in 1979 against Scotland[3]
  • Most goals scored in a single match: 5 – Manuel Seoane, in 1925; Juan Marvezzi, in 1941

Manager records[]

Most manager appearances
Guillermo Stábile: 127[4]

Competition records[]

FIFA World Cup[]

Main article: Argentina at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 18 9 Squad Qualified as invitees
Italy 1934 Round 1 9th 1 0 0 1 2 3 Squad Qualified automatically
France 1938 Withdrew Withdrew
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Group stage 13th 3 1 0 2 5 10 Squad 4 3 0 1 10 2
Chile 1962 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 2 3 Squad 2 2 0 0 11 3
England 1966 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 4 2 Squad 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 Squad 4 3 1 0 9 2
Argentina 1978 Champions 1st 7 5 1 1 15 4 Squad Qualified as hosts
Spain 1982 Round 2 11th 5 2 0 3 8 7 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Mexico 1986 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 14 5 Squad 6 4 1 1 12 6
Italy 1990 Runners-up 2nd 7 2 3 2 5 4 Squad Qualified as defending champions
United States 1994 Round of 16 10th 4 2 0 2 8 6 Squad 8 4 2 2 9 10
France 1998 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 10 4 Squad 16 8 6 2 23 13
South Korea Japan 2002 Group stage 18th 3 1 1 1 2 2 Squad 18 13 4 1 42 15
Germany 2006 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 2 0 11 3 Squad 18 10 4 4 29 17
South Africa 2010 Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 0 1 10 6 Squad 18 8 4 6 23 20
Brazil 2014 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 8 4 Squad 16 9 5 2 35 15
Russia 2018 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 6 9 Squad 18 7 7 4 19 16
Qatar 2022 To be determined In progress
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined
Total 2 Titles 17/21 81 43 15 23 137 93 — 136 75 36 25 235 127
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Copa América[]

Main article: Argentina at the Copa América
South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
Argentina 1916 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 7 2 Squad
Uruguay 1917 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 5 3 Squad
Brazil 1919 Third place 3rd 3 1 0 2 7 7 Squad
Chile 1920 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 4 2 Squad
Argentina 1921 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 5 0 Squad
Brazil 1922 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 6 3 Squad
Uruguay 1923 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 6 Squad
Uruguay 1924 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 2 0 Squad
Argentina 1925 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 11 4 Squad
Chile 1926 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 14 3 Squad
Peru 1927 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 15 4 Squad
Argentina 1929 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 9 1 Squad
Peru 1935 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 8 5 Squad
Argentina 1937 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 14 5 Squad
Peru 1939 Withdrew
Chile 1941 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 10 2 Squad
Uruguay 1942 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 21 6 Squad
Chile 1945 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 22 5 Squad
Argentina 1946 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 17 3 Squad
Ecuador 1947 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 28 4 Squad
Brazil 1949 Withdrew
Peru 1953
Chile 1955 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 18 6 Squad
Uruguay1956 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 5 3 Squad
Peru 1957 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 25 6 Squad
Argentina 1959 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 19 5 Squad
Ecuador 1959 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 9 9 Squad
Bolivia 1963 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 15 10 Squad
Uruguay 1967 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 12 3 Squad
South America 1975 Group stage 5th 4 2 0 2 17 4 Squad
South America 1979 Group stage 8th 4 1 1 2 7 6 Squad
South America 1983 Group stage 6th 4 1 3 0 5 4 Squad
Argentina 1987 Fourth place 4th 4 1 1 2 5 4 Squad
Brazil 1989 Third place 3rd 7 2 3 2 2 4 Squad
Chile 1991 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 16 6 Squad
Ecuador 1993 Champions 1st 6 2 4 0 6 4 Squad
Uruguay 1995 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 8 6 Squad
Bolivia 1997 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 4 3 Squad
Paraguay 1999 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 0 2 6 6 Squad
Colombia 2001 Withdrew
Peru 2004 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 16 6 Squad
Venezuela 2007 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 16 6 Squad
Argentina 2011 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 3 0 5 2 Squad
Chile 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 3 0 10 3 Squad
United States 2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 0 18 2 Squad
Brazil 2019 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 7 6 Squad
Brazil 2021 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 12 3 Squad
Ecuador 2024 Qualified
Total 15 Titles 43/47 202 127 42 33 474 182 —

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 Korea Japan 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
Total 1 Title 3/10 10 5 3 2 22 14 —

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
Greece 1896 No football tournament
France 1900 Did not participate
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928 Silver medal 2nd 5 3 1 1 25 7 Squad
United States 1932 No football tournament
Nazi Germany 1936 Did not participate
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960 Quarter-finals 7th 3 2 0 1 6 4 Squad
Japan 1964 Group stage 10th 2 0 1 1 3 4 Squad
Mexico 1968 Did not qualify
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980 Qualified but withdrew
United States 1984 Did not qualify
Korea 1988 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 5 Squad
Since 1992 See Argentina national under-23 football team
Total 1 Silver medal 4/19 14 6 3 5 38 20 —

Pan American Games[]

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Argentina 1951 Gold medal 1st 4 4 0 0 16 2
Mexico 1955 Gold medal 1st 6 5 1 0 23 7
United States 1959 Gold medal 1st 6 5 1 0 20 4
Brazil 1963 Silver medal 2nd 4 2 2 0 11 3
Canada 1967 Preliminary round 5th 3 1 1 1 7 3
Colombia 1971 Gold medal 1st 8 6 2 0 13 4
Mexico 1975 Bronze medal 3rd 6 5 1 0 19 1
Puerto Rico 1979 Bronze medal 3rd 5 4 1 0 9 0
Venezuela 1983 Preliminary round 5th 2 0 0 2 0 4
United States 1987 Bronze medal 3rd 5 3 1 1 11 3
Cuba 1991 Did not qualify
Argentina 1995 Gold medal 1st 6 4 2 0 10 4
Since 1999 See Argentina national under-23 football team
Total 5 Gold medals 11/12 55 39 12 4 139 35

Head-to-head record[]

This is a list of the official games played by the Argentina national team. The team has played a number of countries around the world, some repeatedly, although it has played the most games (199) against neighboring Uruguay.

Updated to 9 September 2021 after the match against  Bolivia.[5]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Win %
 Albania 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100%
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 4 3 +1 100%
 Angola 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%
 Australia 7 5 1 1 12 7 +5 71.4%
 Austria 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 50%
 Belarus 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
 Belgium 5 4 0 1 12 4 +8 80%
 Bolivia 41 29 5 7 107 36 +71 70.7%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 100%
 Brazil 108 40 25 43 162 166 –4 37%
 Bulgaria 9 8 0 1 18 6 +12 88.8%
 Cameroon 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1 0%
 Canada 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100%
 Chile 93 60 27 6 194 73 +121 64.5%
 China PR 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1 0%
 Colombia 39 19 11 9 70 39 +31 48.7%
 Costa Rica 7 5 2 0 14 5 +9 71.4%
 Croatia 5 2 1 2 5 7 –2 40%
 Czechoslovakia 6 2 3 1 7 10 –3 33.3%
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 33.3%
 East Germany 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 50%
 Ecuador 37 22 10 5 95 34 +61 59.4%
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 100%
 El Salvador 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 100%
 England [note 1] 15 4 4 6 18 22 –4 28.5%
 France 12 6 3 3 15 11 +4 50%
 Germany[a] 23 10 6 7 34 33 +1 43.4%
 Ghana 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%
 Greece 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 100%
 Guatemala 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 100%
 Haiti 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 100%
 Honduras 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100%
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 100%
 Hungary 7 5 1 1 15 6 +9 71.4%
 Iceland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
 India 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
 Iran 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 50%
 Iraq 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 50%
 Israel 5 3 1 1 14 6 +8 60%
 Italy 15 4 5 6 15 22 –7 26.6%
 Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 100%
 Jamaica 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 100%
 Japan 7 6 0 1 15 4 +11 85.7%
 Libya 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
 Lithuania 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
 Mexico 31 15 12 4 51 28 +23 48.3%
 Morocco 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100%
 Netherlands 9 1 4 4 6 13 –7 11.1%
 Nicaragua 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 100%
 Nigeria 9 6 1 2 15 13 +2 66.6%
 Northern Ireland 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
 Norway 2 0 0 2 1 3 –2 0%
 Panama 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 100%
 Paraguay 105 55 34 16 217 111 +106 52.3%
 Peru 52 33 14 5 104 45 +59 63.4%
 Poland 11 6 2 3 18 12 +6 54.5%
 Portugal 8 5 1 2 13 7 +6 62.5%
 Qatar 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 100%
 Republic of Ireland 6 5 1 0 8 1 +7 83.3%
 Romania 9 6 2 1 12 6 +6 66.6%
 Russia[b] 13 4 7 2 13 11 +2 30.7%
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 50%
 Serbia and Montenegro[c] 10 5 2 3 21 15 +6 50%
 Scotland 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 50%
 Singapore 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100%
 South Africa 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 50%
 South Korea 4 3 1 0 10 4 +6 75%
 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100%
 Slovenia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%
 Spain 14 6 2 6 18 19 –1 42.8%
 Sweden 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 33.3%
  Switzerland 7 5 2 0 15 3 +12 71.4%
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100%
 Tunisia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
 United States 11 7 2 2 30 9 +21 63.6%
 Uruguay 200 92 49 59 321 234 +87 46%
 Venezuela 26 22 2 2 87 18 +69 84.6%
 Wales 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 50%
Total 1043 565 257 220 1959 1080 +879 54.2%
  1. ^ Includes matches against  West Germany.
  2. ^ Includes matches against  Soviet Union.
  3. ^ Includes matches against  Yugoslavia.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ A match against England on 17 May 1953 was abandoned, and the result declared void, hence the number of matches played is greater than the total of wins/draws/losses.

References[]

  1. ^ Roberto Mamrud (11 January 2018). "Appearances for Argentina National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Messi & Batistuta react as record changes hands". FIFA.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Match Stats". 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Los 40 nombres que dirigieron la Selección Nacional" on AFA website (1924–2006 period listed)
  5. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Argentina".
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