Argentina national football team

Argentina

Nickname(s)	La Selección (The Selection) La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue)[1]
Association	Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation)
Head coach	Lionel Scaloni
Captain	Lionel Messi
Most caps	Lionel Messi (189)
Top scorer	Lionel Messi (112)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	ARG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	1 (24 October 2024)[2]
Highest	1 (March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July–October 2015, April 2016 – March 2017, April 2023 –)
Lowest	24 (August 1996)
First international
Uruguay 0–6 Argentina  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)[3][4][5][6]
Biggest win
Argentina 12–0 Ecuador  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina  (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958)  Argentina 0–5 Colombia  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)  Bolivia 6–1 Argentina  (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009)[7]  Spain 6–1 Argentina  (Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018)[8]
World Cup
Appearances	18 (first in 1930)
Best result	Champions (1978, 1986, 2022)
Copa América
Appearances	44 (first in 1916)
Best result	Champions (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993, 2021, 2024)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1956)
Best result	Champions (1960)
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Appearances	3 (first in 1993)
Best result	Champions (1993, 2022)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1992)
Best result	Champions (1992)
Medal record FIFA World Cup 1978 Argentina Team 1986 Mexico Team 2022 Qatar Team 1930 Uruguay Team 1990 Italy Team 2014 Brazil Team Olympic Games[note 1] 1928 Amsterdam Team Copa América 1921 Argentina Team 1925 Argentina Team 1927 Peru Team 1929 Argentina Team 1937 Argentina Team 1941 Chile Team 1945 Chile Team 1946 Argentina Team 1947 Ecuador Team 1955 Chile Team 1957 Peru Team 1959 Argentina Team 1991 Chile Team 1993 Ecuador Team 2021 Brazil Team 2024 United States Team 1916 Argentina Team 1917 Uruguay Team 1920 Chile Team 1923 Uruguay Team 1924 Uruguay Team 1926 Chile Team 1935 Peru Team 1942 Uruguay Team 1959 Ecuador Team 1967 Uruguay Team 2004 Peru Team 2007 Venezuela Team 2015 Chile Team 2016 United States Team 1919 Brazil Team 1956 Uruguay Team 1963 Bolivia Team 1989 Brazil Team 2019 Brazil Team FIFA Confederations Cup 1992 Saudi Arabia Team 1995 Saudi Arabia Team 2005 Germany Team CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions 1993 Argentina Team 2022 England Team
Website	afa.com.ar/selecciones

The Argentina national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Argentina), nicknamed La Albiceleste ('The White and Sky Blue'), represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina.

They are the reigning world champions, having won the most recent World Cup in 2022, earning their third star shown by the team's crest. Overall, Argentina has appeared in a World Cup final six times, a record equaled by Italy and surpassed only by Brazil and Germany. Argentina played in the first ever final in 1930, which they lost 4–2 to Uruguay. The following final appearance came 48 years later, in 1978, when the team captained by Daniel Passarella defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in extra time, becoming world champions for the first time. Captained by Diego Maradona, Argentina won their second World Cup eight years later, in 1986, with a 3–2 final victory over West Germany. They reached the final once more under the guidance of Maradona, in 1990, but were ultimately beaten 1–0 by West Germany. A few decades later, Argentina, led by Lionel Messi made their fifth final appearance in 2014, losing to Germany 1–0 after extra time. In 2022, again captained by Messi, they were crowned world champions for the third time, the fourth-most of any country, beating France 4–2 on penalties, following a 3–3 draw after extra time. The team's World Cup–winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, Carlos Bilardo in 1986 and Lionel Scaloni in 2022. In addition, Argentina has also been very successful in the Copa América, with a record 16 titles, most recently winning the 2024 edition. They are also the only nation to have won the Copa América three consecutive times: they did it in 1945, 1946 and 1947. Furthermore, Argentina won the inaugural FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992 and is the most successful team in the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, having won it twice, in 1993 and 2022. The national team also won the Panamerican Championship in 1960. In total, with 23 official titles won as of 2024, Argentina holds the record in senior official titles won.^[11][12][13]

Argentines Guillermo Stábile in 1930 and Mario Kempes in 1978 were the top-scoring players at their respective World Cups. Since the Golden Ball for the tournament's best player was officially awarded by FIFA in 1982, Argentina players have won it three times: Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2014 and 2022. Individually for Argentina, Lionel Messi is the all-time most-capped player with 187 matches and the highest goalscorer with 109 goals. As of October 2024^[update], Argentina ranks 1st in the FIFA Men's World Ranking.^[14]

Argentina is known for having rivalries with Brazil, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Uruguay and France.^{[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

The first ever match Argentina played was against Uruguay on 20 June 1902.^{[note 2]} The match, which was the first international for both sides, was held in Montevideo, and Argentina won 6–0.^[3][6] During the first years of its existence, Argentina only played friendly matches against other South American teams. The reasons for this varied, including long travel times between countries and the interruption due to World War I.^[25]

La Albiceleste has appeared in World Cup finals six times, including the first ever final on 30 July 1930, which they lost 4–2 to Uruguay. Argentina won their next final on 25 June 1978, beating the Netherlands 3–1. Eight years later, in 1986, Argentina led by Diego Maradona won their second title with a 3–2 victory over West Germany. Under the guidance of Maradona, they reached the final again, in 1990, but ultimately lost 1–0 to West Germany, by a much-disputed penalty. Led by Lionel Messi, Argentina reached the final in 2014, where they were beaten 1–0 by Germany in extra time. In 2022, again under the captaincy of Messi, Argentina won their third World Cup, beating France 4–2 on penalties, following a 3–3 draw after extra time.^[26] The team's World Cup–winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, Carlos Bilardo in 1986 and Lionel Scaloni in 2022.

Argentina has also been very successful in the South American Football Championship, the Copa América, winning it 16 times; they were crowned champions most recently in 2024. The team also won the inaugural FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992 and the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions in 1993 and 2022.

In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA Men's World Ranking for the first time.^[27]

Argentina plays most of its home matches at River Plate's stadium, Estadio Monumental, in Buenos Aires,^[28][29] although the team also uses various other venues frequently, such as Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades^[30][31] and Boca Juniors' stadium, La Bombonera.^[31] Those venues, along with Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes and Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario,^[32] were used for the 2022 World Cup qualification.^[33] Additionally, Argentina played some matches at Rosario Central's stadium, Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, during their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.^[34][35][36]

GEBA Stadium was the first stadium Argentina used for its home matches; that includes the Copa Newton match against Uruguay held on 13 September 1908,^[37] which has a historic significance for being the first time Argentina wore the light blue and white-striped jersey in an official match, which has since then been the defining uniform up to the present day.^[38] GEBA was also used for the Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo, the first competition held between South American national teams, considered the predecessor of Copa América, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in 1910. Most recently, Argentina played at GEBA on 19 October 1919, winning the Copa Premier Honor Argentino after a 6–1 victory over Uruguay.^[39]

Furthermore, Estadio Sportivo Barracas is also considered a memorable venue for Argentina; the stadium was commonly used by Argentina from 1920 to 1932. Playing at the stadium for La Albiceleste on 2 October 1924, forward Cesáreo Onzari scored directly from a corner kick, the first such incident in football, when Argentina beat Uruguay 2–1; such goals are now often referred as Olympic goals due to the fact that Uruguay had just won the 1924 Olympic title.^[40][41][42] Sportivo Barracas was later demolished after 1936.^[43]

The first kit ever worn by Argentina, in their official debut against Uruguay in 1902, included a light blue shirt.^[44][45] On 2 July 1908, Argentina debuted a shirt with light blue vertical stripes on a white jersey, which they used when they played a side formed of Campeonato Paulista players at Velódromo Paulistano;^[46] they used the jersey in an official match against Uruguay on 13 September 1908, and the striped jersey has remained as the definitive kit for Argentina ever since then.^[38] The team's away kits have been in dark blue shades, with the colours of shorts and socks varying from time to time.^[47]

Argentina has also sported other kits; on 3 June 1919 in Rio de Janeiro, playing against Brazil, Argentina wore a light blue kit, similar to that of Uruguay, out of respect for Roberto Chery, a substitute goalkeeper for Uruguay, who had collapsed and died during a match against Chile at the 1919 South American Championship;^[48][49] the match between Argentina and Brazil was organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation for the benefit of Chery's relatives. At the 1958 World Cup, Argentina wore the yellow jersey of Swedish club IFK Malmö against West Germany, as the team had arrived in Sweden without an away kit.

At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, the then manager, Carlos Bilardo, asked the team's kit supplier, Le Coq Sportif, for lighter blue shirts for their quarter-final against England in three days, but they could not be provided. Then, a member of the coaching staff scoured the shops of Mexico City for 38 plain shirts, which were transformed with an improvised version of the AFA emblem embroidered on the shirts^[50] and silvery American football numbers ironed to the backs.^[51]

Sporting the makeshift jerseys, Argentina beat England on 22 June, with Diego Maradona scoring his famous "Hand of God goal".^[52][53] Afterwards, the shirt became a symbol of the occasion and an important collector's item.^[54]

At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Argentina debuted a black away kit;^[55] and at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, they wore a purple away kit in a competitive match for the first time.^[56][57]

Kit supplier	Period	Ref.
St. Margaret	1901–1924	[58]
Gath & Chaves	1925–1934	[58][59]
(no data for the 1935–1957 period)
Industria Lanús	1958–1963	[60][58]
Noceto Sports	1964–1965	[61][62][58]
Sportlandia	1966	[63][58]
Industria Lanús	1967–1974	[63][58]
Adidas	1974–1979	[59][64]
Le Coq Sportif	1980–1989	[59][65]
Adidas	1990–1998	[64][66]
Reebok	1999–2001	[67]
Adidas	2001–present	[64]

Argentina has used the logo of the Argentine Football Association as its emblem since it was first worn at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden; the logo was added to the team's jackets, but not the shirts.^[50] The emblem was not used on jerseys until 16 November 1976, when Argentina played the Soviet Union at Estadio Monumental. At the beginning, the crest used did not include a laurel wreath,^[68] which was first added for the 1982 World Cup.^[50]

As a respected and common practice,^[69] two stars were added above the crest in 2004, symbolising Argentina's World Cup titles in 1978 and 1986.^[68] In 2022, a third star was added after Argentina were crowned world champions for the third time.^[70]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

Position	Name
Head coach	Lionel Scaloni
Assistant coach	Pablo Aimar
	Roberto Ayala
	Walter Samuel
Goalkeeping coach	Martín Tocalli
Fitness coach	Luis Martín
Video analyst	Matías Manna
Team coordinator	Nicolás Russo
Academy manager	Bernardo Romeo
Base camp coordinator	Oscar Dertycia
Goalkeeping coordinator	Mauro Dobler

The following 23 players were named in the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches on 10 and 15 October 2024 against Venezuela and Bolivia, respectively.^[72]

Caps and goals are correct as of 15 October 2024, after the match against Bolivia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Walter Benítez	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)	1	0	PSV Eindhoven
12	1GK	Gerónimo Rulli	(1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 32)	6	0	Marseille
23	1GK	Juan Musso	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 30)	2	0	Atlético Madrid
2	2DF	Lisandro Martínez	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26)	26	1	Manchester United
3	2DF	Nicolás Tagliafico	(1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 33)	65	1	Lyon
4	2DF	Gonzalo Montiel	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)	34	1	Sevilla
6	2DF	Germán Pezzella	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33)	42	3	River Plate
13	2DF	Cristian Romero	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26)	39	3	Tottenham Hotspur
17	2DF	Leonardo Balerdi	(1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Marseille
16	2DF	Nahuel Molina	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26)	47	1	Atlético Madrid
19	2DF	Nicolás Otamendi (vice-captain)	(1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 (age 36)	121	7	Benfica
21	2DF	Julio Soler	(2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Lanús
5	3MF	Leandro Paredes	(1994-06-29) 29 June 1994 (age 30)	68	5	Roma
7	3MF	Rodrigo De Paul	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30)	73	2	Atlético Madrid
8	3MF	Enzo Fernández	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23)	32	4	Chelsea
11	3MF	Facundo Buonanotte	(2004-12-23) 23 December 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Leicester
14	3MF	Exequiel Palacios	(1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 (age 26)	32	0	Bayer Leverkusen
15	3MF	Thiago Almada	(2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 (age 23)	6	2	Botafogo
20	3MF	Alexis Mac Allister	(1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 25)	34	3	Liverpool
9	4FW	Julián Alvarez	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24)	40	11	Atlético Madrid
10	4FW	Lionel Messi (captain)	(1987-06-24) 24 June 1987 (age 37)	189	112	Inter Miami
18	4FW	Nico Paz	(2004-09-08) 8 September 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Como
22	4FW	Lautaro Martínez	(1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 27)	68	30	Inter Milan

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Emiliano MartínezSUS	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32)	47	0	Aston Villa	v.  Colombia, 10 September 2024
GK	Franco ArmaniRET	(1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 (age 38)	19	0	River Plate	2024 Copa América
DF	Marcos Acuña	(1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 33)	61	0	River Plate	v.  Venezuela, 10 October 2024 INJ
DF	Valentín Barco	(2004-07-23) 23 July 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Sevilla	v.  Colombia, 10 September 2024
DF	Lucas Martínez Quarta	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 28)	15	0	Fiorentina	2024 Copa América
DF	Nehuén Pérez	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Porto	v.  Costa Rica, 26 March 2024
DF	Nicolás Valentini	(2001-04-06) 6 April 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Boca Juniors	v.  Costa Rica, 26 March 2024
DF	Marcos Senesi	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Bournemouth	v.  El Salvador, 22 March 2024 INJ
DF	Pablo Maffeo	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Mallorca	v.  Brazil, 21 November 2023
DF	Francisco Ortega	(1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Olympiacos	v.  Brazil, 21 November 2023
MF	Giovani Lo Celso	(1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28)	60	3	Real Betis	v.  Bolivia, 15 October 2024 INJ
MF	Guido Rodríguez	(1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30)	30	1	West Ham United	v.  Colombia, 10 September 2024
MF	Ezequiel Fernández	(2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Al-Qadsiah	v.  Colombia, 10 September 2024
FW	Nico González	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26)	41	6	Juventus	v.  Venezuela, 10 October 2024 INJ
FW	Paulo Dybala	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 30)	40	4	Roma	v.  Venezuela, 10 October 2024 INJ
FW	Alejandro Garnacho	(2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 20)	7	0	Manchester United	v.  Venezuela, 10 October 2024 INJ
FW	Valentín Carboni	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Marseille	v.  Venezuela, 10 October 2024 INJ
FW	Valentín Castellanos	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Lazio	v.  Colombia, 10 September 2024
FW	Giuliano Simeone	(2002-12-18) 18 December 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Atlético Madrid	v.  Colombia, 10 September 2024
FW	Matías Soulé	(2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Roma	v.  Colombia, 10 September 2024
FW	Ángel Di MaríaRET	(1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36)	145	31	Benfica	2024 Copa América
FW	Ángel Correa	(1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29)	25	3	Atlético Madrid	v.  Guatemala, 15 June 2024 PRE
FW	Lucas Ocampos	(1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 (age 30)	12	2	Monterrey	v.  Brazil, 21 November 2023
COV Withdrew from the squad due to quarantine or infection by COVID-19 INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad RET Retired from the national team SUS Suspended U23 Selected at the Argentina national under-23 football team

As of 15 October 2024^[73]

Players in bold are still active with Argentina.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Lionel Messi	189	112	2005–present
2	Javier Mascherano	147	3	2003–2018
3	Ángel Di María	145	31	2008–2024
	Javier Zanetti	145	5	1994–2011
5	Nicolás Otamendi	121	7	2009–present
6	Roberto Ayala	115	7	1994–2007
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

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Lionel Messi (list)	112	189	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
	Ángel Di María	31	145	0.21	2008–2024
8	Lautaro Martínez	30	68	0.44	2018–present
9	Luis Artime	24	25	0.96	1961–1967
10	Leopoldo Luque	22	45	0.49	1975–1981
	Daniel Passarella	22	70	0.31	1976–1986

Year	Player	Caps	Goals
1978	Daniel Passarella	70	22
1986	Diego Maradona	91	34
2022	Lionel Messi	189	112

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place     Tournament played fully or partially on home soil  

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 of 16	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	Second group stage	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	Second group stage	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	Qualification in progress										10	7	1	2	19	5
2030	Qualified as commemorative match hosts										Qualified as commemorative match hosts
2034	To be determined										To be determined
Total	3 Titles	18/22	88	47	17	24	152	101	—		163	93	43	27	281	140

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

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
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	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	9	1	Squad
Total	16 Titles	44/48	208	132	43	33	483	183	—

CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1993	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	1	1
2022	Champions	1st	1	1	0	0	3	0
2025	Qualified
Total	2 Titles	2/3	2	1	1	0	4	1

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

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 record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1896	No football tournament
1900	Only club teams participated
1904
1908	Did not participate
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 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

Below is a result summary of all matches Argentina has played against FIFA recognised teams.^[74]

As of 15 October 2024 after the match against  Bolivia.

  Positive record   Neutral record   Negative record

Opponents	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	43	31	5	7	116	36	+80	72%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	100%
Brazil[note 3][75]	110	42	26	42	163	166	–3	38.1%
Bulgaria	9	8	0	1	18	6	+12	88.8%