Argentina national football team records and statistics

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

Individual records edit

As of 22 March 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Argentina.

Most capped players edit

Lionel Messi is Argentina's most capped player and all-time top scorer.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Lionel Messi	180	106	2005–present
2	Javier Mascherano	147	3	2003–2018
3	Javier Zanetti	145	5	1994–2011
4	Ángel Di María	137	30	2008–present
5	Roberto Ayala	115	7	1994–2007
6	Nicolás Otamendi	110	6	2009–present
7	Diego Simeone	104	11	1988–2002
8	Sergio Agüero	101	41	2006–2021
9	Oscar Ruggeri	97	7	1983–1994
10	Sergio Romero	96	0	2009–2018

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Lionel Messi (list)	106	180	0.59	2005–present
2	Gabriel Batistuta (list)	56	78	0.72	1991–2002
3	Sergio Agüero	41	101	0.41	2006–2021
4	Hernán Crespo	35	64	0.55	1995–2007
5	Diego Maradona (list)	34	91	0.37	1977–1994
6	Gonzalo Higuaín	31	75	0.41	2009–2018
7	Ángel Di María	30	138	0.22	2008–present
8	Luis Artime	24	25	0.96	1961–1967
9	Leopoldo Luque	22	45	0.49	1975–1981
9	Daniel Passarella	22	70	0.31	1976–1986
10	Herminio Masantonio	21	19	1.11	1935–1942
	José Sanfilippo	21	30	0.7	1957–1962
	Lautaro Martínez	22	56	0.39	2018–present

World Cup winning captains edit

World Cup winning captains of Argentina

Daniel Passarella in 1978

Diego Maradona in 1986

Lionel Messi in 2022

Year	Player	Caps	Goals
1978	Daniel Passarella	70	22
1986	Diego Maradona	91	34
2022	Lionel Messi	178	106

Goals edit

Most goals scored: 106, Lionel Messi, 2005–^[2]
Oldest goalscorer: Martín Palermo, 36 years and 7 months old in 2010 against Greece^{[citation needed]}
Youngest goalscorer: Diego Maradona, 18 years, 284 days old in 1979 against Scotland^[3]
Youngest player to score in a FIFA World Cup match: Lionel Messi 18 years and 357 days, against Serbia and Montenegro in 2006^[4]
Most goals scored in a single match: 5 – Manuel Seoane in 1925, Juan Marvezzi in 1941,^{[citation needed]} Lionel Messi in 2022^[5]
Most goals scored in a calendar year: 18 – Lionel Messi (2022)

Manager records edit

Most appearances: Guillermo Stábile: 127^[6] Guillermo coached Argentina in 123 matches which made him among the few coaches who were in charge of more than 100 international matches. While still with the national team, he led them to victories in the South American Championship in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, and 1957.^[7]

Competition records edit

FIFA World Cup edit

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	18	9	Squad	Qualified as invitees
1934	Round 1	9th	1	0	0	1	2	3	Squad	Qualified automatically
1938	Withdrew									Withdrew
1950
1954
1958	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	5	10	Squad	4	3	0	1	10	2
1962	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	3	Squad	2	2	0	0	11	3
1966	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	4	2	Squad	4	3	1	0	9	2
1970	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	4	6
1974	Round 2	8th	6	1	2	3	9	12	Squad	4	3	1	0	9	2
1978	Champions	1st	7	5	1	1	15	4	Squad	Qualified as hosts
1982	Round 2	11th	5	2	0	3	8	7	Squad	Qualified as defending champions
1986	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	14	5	Squad	6	4	1	1	12	6
1990	Runners-up	2nd	7	2	3	2	5	4	Squad	Qualified as defending champions
1994	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	8	6	Squad	8	4	2	2	9	10
1998	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	10	4	Squad	16	8	6	2	23	13
2002	Group stage	18th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad	18	13	4	1	42	15
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	2	0	11	3	Squad	18	10	4	4	29	17
2010	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	6	Squad	18	8	4	6	23	20
2014	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	8	4	Squad	16	9	5	2	35	15
2018	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	6	9	Squad	18	7	7	4	19	16
2022	Champions	1st	7	4	2	1	15	8	Squad	17	11	6	0	27	8
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	3 Titles	18/22	88	47	17	24	152	101	—	153	86	42	25	262	135

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Copa América edit

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1916	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	7	2	Squad
1917	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	5	3	Squad
1919	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	7	7	Squad
1920	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	4	2	Squad
1921	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	5	0	Squad
1922	Fourth place	4th	4	2	0	2	6	3	Squad
1923	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	6	6	Squad
1924	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	2	0	Squad
1925	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	11	4	Squad
1926	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	14	3	Squad
1927	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	15	4	Squad
1929	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	9	1	Squad
1935	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	8	5	Squad
1937	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	14	5	Squad
1939	Withdrew
1941	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	10	2	Squad
1942	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	21	6	Squad
1945	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	22	5	Squad
1946	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	3	Squad
1947	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	28	4	Squad
1949	Withdrew
1953	Withdrew
1955	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	18	6	Squad
1956	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	5	3	Squad
1957	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	25	6	Squad
1959	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	19	5	Squad
1959	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	9	9	Squad
1963	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	15	10	Squad
1967	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	12	3	Squad
1975	Group stage	5th	4	2	0	2	17	4	Squad
1979	Group stage	8th	4	1	1	2	7	6	Squad
1983	Group stage	6th	4	1	3	0	5	4	Squad
1987	Fourth place	4th	4	1	1	2	5	4	Squad
1989	Third place	3rd	7	2	3	2	2	4	Squad
1991	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	16	6	Squad
1993	Champions	1st	6	2	4	0	6	4	Squad
1995	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	8	6	Squad
1997	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	3	Squad
1999	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	6	6	Squad
2001	Withdrew
2004	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	16	6	Squad
2007	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	16	6	Squad
2011	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	3	0	5	2	Squad
2015	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	3	0	10	3	Squad
2016	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	1	0	18	2	Squad
2019	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	6	Squad
2021	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	12	3	Squad
2024	Qualified
Total	15 Titles	43/47	202	127	42	33	474	182	—

FIFA Confederations Cup edit

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	7	1	Squad
1995	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	5	3	Squad
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	10	10	Squad
2009	Did not qualify
2013
2017
Total	1 Title	3/10	10	5	3	2	22	14	—

Olympic Games edit

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1896	No football tournament
1900	Did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928	Silver medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	25	7	Squad
1932	No football tournament
1936	Did not participate
1948
1952
1956
1960	Quarter-finals	7th	3	2	0	1	6	4	Squad
1964	Group stage	10th	2	0	1	1	3	4	Squad
1968	Did not qualify
1972
1976
1980	Qualified but withdrew
1984	Did not qualify
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 edit

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1951	Gold medal	1st	4	4	0	0	16	2
1955	Gold medal	1st	6	5	1	0	23	7
1959	Gold medal	1st	6	5	1	0	20	4
1963	Silver medal	2nd	4	2	2	0	11	3
1967	Preliminary round	5th	3	1	1	1	7	3
1971	Gold medal	1st	8	6	2	0	13	4
1975	Bronze medal	3rd	6	5	1	0	19	1
1979	Bronze medal	3rd	5	4	1	0	9	0
1983	Preliminary round	5th	2	0	0	2	0	4
1987	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	1	1	11	3
1991	Did not qualify
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 edit

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 (201) against neighboring Uruguay.

Updated to 26 March 2024 after the match against Costa Rica.^[8]

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	9	7	1	1	16	8	+8	77.7%
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	42	30	5	7	110	36	+74	71.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	100%
Brazil	110	41	26	43	163	166	–3	37.2%
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	94	61	27	6	196	74	+122	64.9%
China	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	0%
Colombia	40	20	11	9	71	39	+32	50%
Costa Rica	8	6	2	0	17	6	+11	75%
Croatia	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	50%
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100%
Czechoslovakia	6	2	3	1	7	10	–3	33.3%
Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	3	–2	0%
East Germany	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50%
Ecuador	39	23	11	5	97	35	+62	58.9%
Egypt	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100%
El Salvador	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	100%
England^{[note 1]}	15	4	4	6	18	22	–4	28.5%
Estonia	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100%
France	13	6	4	3	18	14	+4	46.1%
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	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	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%
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Iran	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50%
Iraq	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100%
Israel	5	3	1	1	14	6	+8	60%
Italy	16	5	5	6	18	22	–4	31.2%
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Jamaica	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	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	32	16	12	4	53	28	+25	50%
Morocco	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100%
Netherlands	10	1	5	4	8	15	–7	10%
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	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	100%
Paraguay	107	56	35	16	218	111	+107	52.3
Peru	54	35	14	5	107	45	+60	64.8%
Poland	12	7	2	3	20	12	+8	58.3%
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	5	2	2	1	8	5	+3	40%
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 Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100%
United States	11	7	2	2	30	9	+21	63.6%
Uruguay	203	94	49	60	325	236	+89	46.3%
Venezuela	27	23	2	2	90	18	+72	85.1%
Wales	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50%
Total (82)	1074	590	262	221	2029	1090	+940	55%

^ Includes matches against West Germany.
^ Includes matches against Soviet Union.
^ Includes matches against Yugoslavia.

Notes edit

^ 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 edit

^ Mamrud, Roberto (12 May 2022). "Appearances for Argentina National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ "Messi & Batistuta react as record changes hands". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Match Stats". 22 June 2016.
^ "Lionel Messi's history at the World Cup: 2006 debut, 2010 Maradona pairing & 2014 final heartbreak | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ Maffei, Sergio (5 June 2022). "Con Messi la Selección vuela: ¡hizo cinco goles!". www.ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ "Los 40 nombres que dirigieron la Selección Nacional" on AFA website (1924–2006 period listed)
^ Lewis, Rhett. "Argentina National Football Team: Known As The La Albiceleste". History Of Soccer. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Argentina".

[10] Includes matches against West Germany.

[11] Includes matches against Soviet Union.

[12] Includes matches against Yugoslavia.

[abandon-9] 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.

[Argentina-Appearances-1] Mamrud, Roberto (12 May 2022). "Appearances for Argentina National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

[FIFA-2] "Messi & Batistuta react as record changes hands". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[3] "Match Stats". 22 June 2016.

[4] "Lionel Messi's history at the World Cup: 2006 debut, 2010 Maradona pairing & 2014 final heartbreak | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[5] Maffei, Sergio (5 June 2022). "Con Messi la Selección vuela: ¡hizo cinco goles!". www.ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[6] "Los 40 nombres que dirigieron la Selección Nacional" on AFA website (1924–2006 period listed)

[7] Lewis, Rhett. "Argentina National Football Team: Known As The La Albiceleste". History Of Soccer. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

[8] "World Football Elo Ratings: Argentina".

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