Argentina national football team records and statistics

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

Individual records

As of 29 March 2022[1]

Players in bold are still active with Argentina.

Most capped players

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

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Lionel Messi	160	81	2005–present
2	Javier Mascherano	147	3	2003–2018
3	Javier Zanetti[lower-alpha 1]	143	4	1994–2011
4	Ángel Di María	121	24	2008–present
5	Roberto Ayala[lower-alpha 2]	114	7	1994–2007
6	Diego Simeone	104	11	1988–2002
7	Sergio Agüero	101	41	2006–2021
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 (list)	81	160	0.51	2005–present
2	Gabriel Batistuta[lower-alpha 3] (list)	54	77	0.7	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	Luis Artime	24	25	0.96	1961–1967
7	Ángel Di María	24	121	0.2	2008–present
9	Leopoldo Luque	22	45	0.49	1975–1981
	Daniel Passarella	22	70	0.31	1976–1986

World Cup winning captains

World Cup winning captains of Argentina

Daniel Passarella in 1978

Diego Maradona in 1986

Year	Player	Caps	Goals
1978	Daniel Passarella	70	22
1986	Diego Maradona	91	34

Goals

Most goals scored: 81 – Lionel Messi, 2005–[5]
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[6]
Most goals scored in a single match: 5 – Manuel Seoane, in 1925; Juan Marvezzi, in 1941

Manager records

Most appearances: Guillermo Stábile: 127[7]

Competition records

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

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	Qualified									In progress
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	2 Titles	18/22	81	43	15	23	137	93	—	136	75	36	25	235	127

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Copa América

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

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

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

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

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 29 March 2022 after the match against Ecuador.[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	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	109	40	26	43	162	166	–4	36.7%
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 PR	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	0%
Colombia	40	20	11	9	71	39	+32	50%
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	38	22	11	5	96	35	+61	57.9%
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[lower-alpha 4]	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	106	55	35	16	217	111	+106	51.8%
Peru	53	34	14	5	105	45	+60	64.1%
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[lower-alpha 5]	13	4	7	2	13	11	+2	30.7%
Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	50%
Serbia and Montenegro[lower-alpha 6]	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	202	94	49	59	325	234	+91	46.5%
Venezuela	27	23	2	2	90	18	+72	85.1%
Wales	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50%
Total	1052	571	260	220	1971	1082	+889	54.3%

Zanetti also played and scored against a Slovakia XI in 1995 and appeared against a Poland B team in 1996 however these matches are no longer considered official full internationals by the Argentine Football Association.[2]
Ayala also played against a Slovakia XI in 1995 however this match is no longer considered an official full international by the Argentine Football Association.[3]
Batistuta also scored twice in a 6–0 win against a Slovakia XI in 1995 however this match is no longer considered official by the Argentine Football Association, despite being recognised by FIFA.[4]
Includes matches against West Germany.
Includes matches against Soviet Union.
Includes matches against Yugoslavia.

Notes

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

Roberto Mamrud (11 January 2018). "Appearances for Argentina National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
Mamrud, Roberto. "Javier Zanetti". RSSSF.
Mamrud, Roberto. "Roberto Ayala". RSSSF.
Mamrud, Roberto. "Gabriel Omar Batistuta - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
"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.
"Los 40 nombres que dirigieron la Selección Nacional" on AFA website (1924–2006 period listed)
"World Football Elo Ratings: Argentina".

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[3] Zanetti also played and scored against a Slovakia XI in 1995 and appeared against a Poland B team in 1996 however these matches are no longer considered official full internationals by the Argentine Football Association.[2]

[5] Ayala also played against a Slovakia XI in 1995 however this match is no longer considered an official full international by the Argentine Football Association.[3]

[7] Batistuta also scored twice in a 6–0 win against a Slovakia XI in 1995 however this match is no longer considered official by the Argentine Football Association, despite being recognised by FIFA.[4]

[13] Includes matches against West Germany.

[14] Includes matches against Soviet Union.

[15] Includes matches against Yugoslavia.

[abandon-12] 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] Roberto Mamrud (11 January 2018). "Appearances for Argentina National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[2] Mamrud, Roberto. "Javier Zanetti". RSSSF.

[4] Mamrud, Roberto. "Roberto Ayala". RSSSF.

[6] Mamrud, Roberto. "Gabriel Omar Batistuta - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[FIFA-8] "Messi & Batistuta react as record changes hands". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

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

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

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