Argentina at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Argentina's results at the FIFA World Cup. Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, having won two World Cups in 1978 and 1986. Argentina has been runners up three times in 1930, 1990 and 2014. The team was present in all but four of the World Cups, being behind only Brazil, Italy and Germany in number of appearances. Argentina has also won the Copa América 14 times, one less than Uruguay. Moreover, Argentina has also won the Confederations Cup and the gold medal at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic football tournament. Prior to that, Argentina won two silver medals in the 1928 and 1996 editions. On other levels of international competition, Argentina has won the [[FIFA U-20 World s. The FIFA U-17 World Cup is the only FIFA international competition yet to be won by Argentina.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup finals record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	18	9	Invited
1934	First round	9th	1	0	0	1	2	3	Qualified by opponent's withdrawal[1]
1938	Did not enter								Withdrew due to hosting disagreement[2]
1950									Withdrew due to hosting disagreement[2]
1954									Withdrew due to political decision[2]
1958	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	5	10	4	3	0	1	10	2
1962	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	11	3
1966	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	4	2	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	4	3	1	0	9	2
1978	Champions	1st	7	5	1	1	15	4	Qualified as hosts
1982	Second group stage	11th	5	2	0	3	8	7	Qualified as defending champions
1986	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	14	5	6	4	1	1	12	6
1990	Runners-up	2nd	7	4*	1	2	5	4	Qualified as defending champions
1994	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	8	6	8	4	2	2	9	10
1998	Quarter-finals	6th	5	4*	0	1	10	4	16	8	6	2	23	13
2002	Group stage	18th	3	1	1	1	2	2	18	13	4	1	42	15
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1*	11	3	18	10	4	4	29	17
2010	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	6	18	8	4	6	23	20
2014	Runners-up	2nd	7	6*	0	1	8	4	16	9	5	2	35	15
2018	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	6	9	18	7	7	4	19	16
2022	To Be Determined
2026	To Be Determined
Total	2 titles	17/21	81	47	10	24	137	93	136	75	36	25	235	127

Argentina's World Cup record
First Match	Argentina 1–0 France (15 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)
Biggest Win	Argentina 6–0 Peru (21 June 1978; Rosario, Argentina) Argentina 6-0 Serbia and Montenegro (16 June 2006; Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
Biggest Defeat	Czechoslovakia 6-1 Argentina (15 June 1958; Helsingborg, Sweden)
Best Result	Champions in 1978 and 1986
Worst Result	Group stage in 1934, 1958, 1962 and 2002

*Denotes wins/losses 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.

Winning World Cups

Year	Manager	Captain	Winning Goal Scorer(s)
1978	César Luis Menotti	Daniel Passarella	Mario Kempes (2), Daniel Bertoni
1986	Carlos Bilardo	Diego Maradona	José Luis Brown, Jorge Valdano, Jorge Burruchaga

All matches

World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
1930	First round	France	1–0	Parque Central, Montevideo	Monti
		Mexico	6–3	Centenario, Montevideo	Stábile (3), Zumelzú (2), Varallo
		Chile	3–1	Centenario, Montevideo	Stábile (2), Evaristo
	Semifinals	United States	6–1	Centenario, Montevideo	Monti, Scopelli, Stábile (2), Peucelle (2)
	Final	Uruguay	2–4	Centenario, Montevideo	Peucelle, Stábile
1934	Round of 16	Sweden	2–3	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna	Belis, Galateo
1958	Group Stage	West Germany	1–3	Malmö Stadion, Malmö	Corbatta
		Northern Ireland	3–1	Örjans Vall, Halmstad	Corbatta, Menéndez, Avio
		Czechoslovakia	1–6	Olympiastadion, Helsingborg	Corbatta
1962	Group stage	Bulgaria	1–0	El Teniente, Rancagua	Facundo
		England	1–3	El Teniente, Rancagua	Sanfilippo
		Hungary	0–0	El Teniente, Rancagua
1966	Group stage	Spain	2–1	Villa Park, Birmingham	Artime (2)
		West Germany	0–0	Villa Park, Birmingham
		Switzerland	2–0	Hillsborough, Sheffield	Artime, Onega
	Quarter-finals	England	0–1	Wembley, London
1974	Group stage	Poland	2–3	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart	Heredia, Babington
		Italy	1–1	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart	Houseman
		Haiti	4–1	Olympiastadion, Munich	Yazalde (2), Houseman, Ayala
	Second round	Netherlands	0–4	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
		Brazil	1–2	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover	Brindisi
		East Germany	1–1	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen	Houseman
1978	Group stage	Hungary	2–1	Monumental, Buenos Aires	Luque, Bertoni
		France	2–1	Monumental, Buenos Aires	Passarella, Luque
		Italy	0–1	Monumental, Buenos Aires
	Second round	Poland	2–0	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario	Kempes (2)
		Brazil	0–0	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
		Peru	6–0	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario	Kempes (2), Tarantini, Luque (2), Houseman
	Final	Netherlands	3–1 aet	Monumental, Buenos Aires	Kempes (2), Bertoni
1982	Group stage	Belgium	0–1	Camp Nou, Barcelona
		Hungary	4–1	José Rico Pérez, Alicante	Bertoni, Maradona (2), Ardiles
		El Salvador	2–0	José Rico Pérez, Alicante	Passarella, Bertoni
	Second round	Italy	1–2	Sarrià, Barcelona	Passarella
	Second round	Brazil	1–3	Sarrià, Barcelona	Díaz
1986	Group stage	South Korea	3–1	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City	Valdano (2), Ruggeri
		Italy	1–1	Cuauhtémoc, Puebla	Maradona
		Bulgaria	2–0	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City	Valdano, Burruchaga
	Round of 16	Uruguay	1–0	Cuauhtémoc, Puebla	Pasculli
	Quarter-finals	England	2–1	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Maradona (2)
	Semifinals	Belgium	2–0	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Maradona (2)
	Final	West Germany	3–2	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Brown, Valdano, Burruchaga
1990	Group stage	Cameroon	0–1	San Siro, Milan
		Soviet Union	2–0	San Paolo, Naples	Troglio, Burruchaga
		Romania	1–1	San Paolo, Naples	Monzón
	Round of 16	Brazil	1–0	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin	Caniggia
	Quarter-finals	Yugoslavia	0–0 (3-2) pk	Artemio Franchi, Florence
	Semifinals	Italy	1–1 (4-3) pk	San Paolo, Naples	Caniggia
	Final	West Germany	0–1	Olimpico, Rome
1994	Group stage	Greece	4–0	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough	Batistuta (3), Maradona
		Nigeria	2–1	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough	Caniggia
		Bulgaria	0–2	Cotton Bowl, Dallas
	Round of 16	Romania	2–3	Rose Bowl, Pasadena	Batistuta, Balbo
1998	Group stage	Japan	1–0	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	Batistuta
		Jamaica	5–0	Parc des Princes, Paris	Ortega (2), Batistuta (3)
		Croatia	1–0	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	Pineda
	Round of 16	England	2–2 (4-3) pk	Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne	Batistuta, Zanetti
	Quarter-finals	Netherlands	1–2	Vélodrome, Marseille	López[note 1]
2002	Group stage	Nigeria	1–0	Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture	Batistuta
		England	0–1	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Sweden	1–1	Miyagi, Rifu	Crespo
2006	Group stage	Ivory Coast	2–1	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg	Crespo, Saviola
		Serbia and Montenegro	6–0	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen	Rodríguez (2), Cambiasso, Crespo, Tevez, Messi
		Netherlands	0–0	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
	Round of 16	Mexico	2–1 aet	Zentralstadion, Leipzig	Crespo, Rodríguez
	Quarter-finals	Germany	1–1 (2-4) pk	Olympiastadion, Berlin	Ayala
2010	Group stage	Nigeria	1–0	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Heinze
		South Korea	4–1	Soccer City, Johannesburg	Park (own goal), Higuaín (3)
		Greece	2–0	Peter Mokaba, Polokwane	Demichelis, Palermo
	Round of 16	Mexico	3–1	Soccer City, Johannesburg	Tevez (2), Higuaín
	Quarter-finals	Germany	0–4	Green Point, Cape Town
2014	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Kolašinac (own goal), Messi
		Iran	1–0	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte	Messi
		Nigeria	3–2	Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre	Messi (2), Rojo
	Round of 16	Switzerland	1–0 aet	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo	Di María
	Quarter-finals	Belgium	1–0	Estádio Nacional, Brasilia	Higuaín
	Semifinals	Netherlands	0–0 (4-2) pk	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo
	Final	Germany	0–1 aet	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
2018	Group stage	Iceland	1–1	Spartak Stadium, Moscow	Agüero
		Croatia	0–3	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
		Nigeria	2–1	Zenit Arena, Saint Petersburg	Messi, Rojo
	Round of 16	France	3–4	Kazan Arena, Kazan	Di María, Mercado, Agüero

World Cup Finals

1930 v Uruguay

The inaugural FIFA World Cup tournament culminated with Argentina facing hosts and current Olympic champions Uruguay. The match was turned twice: Argentina went into half-time with a 2-1 lead in spite of an early goal for Uruguay, but the hosts ultimately won 4-2. Guillermo Stábile, one of Argentina's scorers, became the tournament's top striker with 8 goals total.

30 July 1930

14:15 UYT (UTC-03:30)

Uruguay	4–2	Argentina
Dorado 12' Cea 57'[3] Iriarte 68' Castro 89'	Report	Peucelle 20' Stábile 37'[3]

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 68,346

Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

Uruguay

Argentina


GK	Enrique Ballestrero
RB	José Nasazzi (c)
LB	Ernesto Mascheroni
RH	José Andrade
CH	Lorenzo Fernández
LH	Álvaro Gestido
OR	Pablo Dorado
IR	Héctor Scarone
CF	Héctor Castro
IL	Pedro Cea
OL	Santos Iriarte
Manager:
Alberto Suppici


GK	Juan Botasso
RB	José Della Torre
LB	Fernando Paternoster
RH	Juan Evaristo
CH	Luis Monti
LH	Pedro Suárez
OR	Carlos Peucelle
IR	Francisco Varallo
CF	Guillermo Stábile
IL	Manuel Ferreira (c)
OL	Mario Evaristo
Managers:
Francisco Olazar Juan José Tramutola

1978 v the Netherlands

Argentina hosted the 1978 edition of the World Cup and reached the final. The Netherlands had already played the previous final in West Germany 1974 - and also lost to the hosts.

Diego Maradona was 17 years old at this point and already a star in his home country, but did not make the squad as coach César Luis Menotti felt he was too inexperienced to handle the pressure of this major tournament. The playmaker position was instead filled by Mario Kempes, who ended up becoming the first Argentinian to win the Golden Ball in addition to being the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals.

The Dutch side was missing a superstar of their own: Johann Cruyff did not join the 1978 World Cup squads due to the aftermath of a kidnapping attempt which occurred in 1977. He only disclosed this information 30 years later.

The closely contested match was influenced by a hostile atmosphere and ended with the Dutch players refusing to attend the award ceremony after Argentina grabbed the title in extra time.

25 June 1978

15:00 UTC−3

Argentina	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Kempes 38', 105' Bertoni 115'	Report	Nanninga 82'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 71,483

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Argentina

Netherlands


GK	5	Ubaldo Fillol
RB	15	Jorge Olguín
CB	7	Luis Galván
CB	19	Daniel Passarella (c)
LB	20	Alberto Tarantini
DM	6	Américo Gallego
CM	2	Osvaldo Ardiles	40'	66'
AM	10	Mario Kempes
RW	4	Daniel Bertoni
LW	16	Oscar Alberto Ortiz		75'
CF	14	Leopoldo Luque
Substitutes:
MF	1	Norberto Alonso
GK	3	Héctor Baley
MF	8	Rubén Galván
MF	9	René Houseman		75'
MF	12	Omar Larrosa	93'	66'
Manager:
César Luis Menotti


GK	8	Jan Jongbloed
SW	5	Ruud Krol (c)	15'
RB	6	Wim Jansen		75'
CB	22	Ernie Brandts
LB	2	Jan Poortvliet	96'
RM	13	Johan Neeskens
CM	9	Arie Haan
LM	11	Willy van de Kerkhof
RF	10	René van de Kerkhof
CF	16	Johnny Rep		58'
LF	12	Rob Rensenbrink
Substitutes:
DF	4	Adrie van Kraay
DF	17	Wim Rijsbergen
FW	18	Dick Nanninga		58'
GK	19	Pim Doesburg
DF	20	Wim Suurbier	94'	75'
Manager:
Ernst Happel

1986 v West Germany

Eight years after the victory on home soil, Argentina won the World Cup title for the second time. Diego Maradona was voted Best Player of the tournament after scoring five goals and assisting the decisive 3-2 by Jorge Burruchaga in the 84th minute of the final. The match was played in front of a record attendance of 114,600 people.

29 June 1986

12:00 CST

Argentina	3–2	West Germany
Brown 23' Valdano 56' Burruchaga 84'	Report	Rummenigge 74' Völler 81'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 114,600

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Argentina

West Germany



GK	18	Nery Pumpido	85'
SW	5	José Luis Brown
CB	9	José Luis Cuciuffo
CB	19	Oscar Ruggeri
RWB	14	Ricardo Giusti
LWB	16	Julio Olarticoechea	77'
DM	2	Sergio Batista
CM	7	Jorge Burruchaga		90'
CM	12	Héctor Enrique	81'
SS	10	Diego Maradona (c)	17'
CF	11	Jorge Valdano
Substitutions:
MF	21	Marcelo Trobbiani		90'
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo



GK	1	Harald Schumacher
SW	17	Ditmar Jakobs
CB	4	Karlheinz Förster
CB	2	Hans-Peter Briegel	62'
RWB	14	Thomas Berthold
LWB	3	Andreas Brehme
CM	6	Norbert Eder
CM	8	Lothar Matthäus	21'
AM	10	Felix Magath		62'
CF	11	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c)
CF	19	Klaus Allofs		46'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Rudi Völler		46'
FW	20	Dieter Hoeneß		62'
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer

1990 v West Germany

In 1990, Argentina faced West Germany in a repeat of the 1986 edition. Pedro Monzón became the first player ever to be sent off in a World Cup final, but was later joined by teammate Gustavo Dezotti. The match was decided by a penalty kick in favour of Germany.

8 July 1990

20:00 UTC+2

West Germany	1–0	Argentina
Brehme 85' (pen.)	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 73,603

Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

West Germany

Argentina


GK	1	Bodo Illgner
SW	5	Klaus Augenthaler
CB	6	Guido Buchwald
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
RWB	14	Thomas Berthold		73'
LWB	3	Andreas Brehme
CM	8	Thomas Häßler
CM	10	Lothar Matthäus (c)
CM	7	Pierre Littbarski
CF	9	Rudi Völler	52'
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann
Substitutes:
GK	12	Raimond Aumann
DF	2	Stefan Reuter		73'
MF	15	Uwe Bein
MF	20	Olaf Thon
FW	13	Karl-Heinz Riedle
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer


GK	12	Sergio Goycochea
SW	20	Juan Simón
CB	18	José Serrizuela
CB	19	Oscar Ruggeri		46'
RWB	4	José Basualdo
LWB	17	Roberto Sensini
DM	13	Néstor Lorenzo
CM	7	Jorge Burruchaga		53'
CM	21	Pedro Troglio	84'
SS	10	Diego Maradona (c)	87'
CF	9	Gustavo Dezotti	5' 87'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Fabián Cancelarich
DF	5	Edgardo Bauza
DF	15	Pedro Monzón	65'	46'
MF	6	Gabriel Calderón		53'
FW	3	Abel Balbo
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo

2014 v Germany

In 2014, Argentina reached the final for the fifth time and for a third time had to face the German team, making it the most "common" meeting for a final. In spite of a number of chances on both sides, regular time finished goalless. In the second half of extra time, substitute striker Mario Götze scored the decisive goal for Germany.

13 July 2014

16:00 UTC−3

Germany	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Götze 113'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 74,738

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Germany

Argentina


GK	1	Manuel Neuer
RB	16	Philipp Lahm (c)
CB	20	Jérôme Boateng
CB	5	Mats Hummels
LB	4	Benedikt Höwedes	34'
CM	23	Christoph Kramer		31'
CM	7	Bastian Schweinsteiger	29'
RW	13	Thomas Müller
AM	18	Toni Kroos
LW	8	Mesut Özil		120'
CF	11	Miroslav Klose		88'
Substitutions:
FW	9	André Schürrle		31'
MF	19	Mario Götze		88'
DF	17	Per Mertesacker		120'
Manager:
Joachim Löw


GK	1	Sergio Romero
RB	4	Pablo Zabaleta
CB	15	Martín Demichelis
CB	2	Ezequiel Garay
LB	16	Marcos Rojo
CM	14	Javier Mascherano	64'
CM	6	Lucas Biglia
RW	8	Enzo Pérez		86'
LW	22	Ezequiel Lavezzi		46'
SS	10	Lionel Messi (c)
CF	9	Gonzalo Higuaín		78'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Sergio Agüero	65'	46'
FW	18	Rodrigo Palacio		78'
MF	5	Fernando Gago		86'
Manager:
Alejandro Sabella

Record by opponent

Argentina has played a total of 81 FIFA World Cup games through 17 tournaments facing 36 rivals.

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
France	3	2	0	1	6	5	1	UEFA
Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	5	6	CONCACAF
Chile	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	CONMEBOL
United States	1	1	0	0	6	1	5	CONCACAF
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	CONMEBOL
Sweden	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1	UEFA
Germany	7	1	1	5	5	12	-7	UEFA
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	UEFA
Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	1	6	-5	UEFA
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	3	2	1	UEFA
England	5	2	0	3	5	8	-3	UEFA
Hungary	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	UEFA
Spain	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	UEFA
Switzerland	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	UEFA
Poland	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	UEFA
Italy	5	1	1	3	4	6	-2	UEFA
Haiti	1	1	0	0	4	1	3	CONCACAF
Netherlands	5	2	1	2	4	7	-3	UEFA
Brazil	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2	CONMEBOL
East Germany*	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Peru	1	1	0	0	6	0	6	CONMEBOL
Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	1	2	UEFA
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	CONCACAF
South Korea	2	2	0	0	7	2	5	AFC
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	CAF
Soviet Union*	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	UEFA
Romania	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1	UEFA
Serbia+	2	2	0	0	6	0	6	UEFA
Greece	2	2	0	0	6	0	6	UEFA
Nigeria	5	5	0	0	9	4	5	CAF
Japan	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	AFC
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	5	0	5	CONCACAF
Croatia	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2	UEFA
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	CAF
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	UEFA
Iran	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	AFC
Iceland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA

Teams in bold denote world cup winners, teams in italics show teams which played it first match ever in a World Cup against Argentina.
Teams with a * mark no longer exist. East Germany was annexed to Germany. Soviet Union now plays as Russia.
+Played as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.

Head coaches

Through Argentinian team history, several coaches had trained it with different football styles from offensive to defensive tactics. There are two predominant 'football schools' about world champions coaches César Menotti who propagates possession and well-look play and Carlos Bilardo who prioritize results and tactical order. These head coaches divides Argentine fans kindly.[4] Other managers such as Marcelo Bielsa has got his own football style. In another way this list shows records in World Cups and in qualifying stages excluding friendlies.

By tournament		At FIFA World Cup						In qualification						Total
Coach	Years	P	W	D	L	W %	pts %	P	W	D	L	W %	pts %	P	W	D	L	W %	pts %
Olazar and Tramutola	1930	5	4	0	1	80%	80%	Not played						5	4	0	1	80%	80%
Felipe Pascucci	1934	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	Not played						1	0	0	1	0%	0%
Guillermo Stábile	1958	3	1	0	2	33.3%	33.3%	4	3	0	1	75%	75%	9	6	0	3	66.6%	66.6%
Guillermo Stábile	1962	He did not manage this Cup						2	2	0	0	100%	100%	9	6	0	3	66.6%	66.6%
Juan Carlos Lorenzo	1962	3	1	1	1	33.3%	50%	He did not manage these qualifiers						7	3	2	2	42.9%	57.1%
Juan Carlos Lorenzo	1966	4	2	1	1	50%	62.5%	He did not manage these qualifiers						7	3	2	2	42.9%	57.1%
José María Minella	1966	He did not manage this Cup						4	3	1	0	75%	87.5%	4	3	1	0	75%	87.5%
Adolfo Pedernera	1970	Did not qualify						4	1	1	2	25%	37.5%	4	1	1	2	25%	37.5%
Omar Sívori	1974	He did not manage this Cup						4	3	1	0	75%	87.5%	4	3	1	0	75%	87.5%
Vladislao Cap	1974	6	1	2	3	16.7%	33.3%	He did not manage these qualifiers						6	1	2	3	16.7%	33.3%
César Menotti	1978	7	5	1	1	71.4%	78.6%	Qualified as hosts						12	7	1	4	58.3%	62.5%
César Menotti	1982	5	2	0	3	40%	40%	Qualified as defending champions						12	7	1	4	58.3%	62.5%
Carlos Bilardo	1986	7	6	1	0	85.7%	92.9%	6	4	1	1	66.7%	75%	20	14	3	3	70%	75%
Carlos Bilardo	1990	7	4	1	2	57.1%	61.9%	Qualified as defending champions						20	14	3	3	70%	75%
Alfio Basile	1994	4	2	0	2	50%	50%	8	4	2	2	50%	62.5%	12	6	2	4	42.9%	52.4%
Alfio Basile	2010	He did not manage this Cup						10	4	4	2	40%	53.3%	12	6	2	4	42.9%	52.4%
Daniel Passarella	1998	5	4	0	1	80%	80%	16	8	6	2	50%	62.5%	21	12	6	3	57.1%	66.6%
Marcelo Bielsa	2002	3	1	1	1	33.3%	44.4%	18	13	4	1	72.2%	79.6%	18	13	4	1	66.7%	74.6%
José Pekerman	2006	5	3	1	1	60%	73.3%	18	10	4	4	55.5%	62.9%	23	13	5	5	56.5%	63.7%
Diego Maradona	2010	5	4	0	1	80%	80%	8	4	0	4	50%	50%	13	8	0	5	61.5%	61.2%
Alejandro Sabella	2014	7	6	0	1	85.7%	85.7%	16	10	4	2	62.5%	70.8%	23	16	4	3	69.5%	75.3%
Gerardo Martino	2018	He did not manage this Cup						6	3	2	1	50%	61.1%	6	3	2	1	50%	61.1%
Edgardo Bauza	2018	He did not manage this Cup						8	3	2	3	37.5%	45.8%	8	3	2	3	37.5%	45.8%
Jorge Sampaoli	2018	4	1	1	2	25%	33.3%	4	1	3	0	25%	50%	8	2	4	2	25%	41.7%

From 1994 towards, three points are given for a win. Previously were two.

Against conferences

FIFA delegates regional qualification and other organization affairs to continental conferences, so it divides into six differents of them grouped by geographical location. Argentina plays in CONMEBOL conference in South America. Due to World Cup rules that two times of same confederation can not play in the same group in first round except for UEFA, it commonly faces teams which plays outside its continent most recently from Africa and Asia. Argentine national has never played versus an Oceanian (OFC) squad.

FIFA World Cup matches (by conference)
Confederation	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	% of pts	% of wins
UEFA	55	26	8	21	74	68	6	52.12%	47.27%
CONMEBOL	8	4	1	3	15	10	5	54.16%	50%
CONCACAF	7	7	0	0	28	7	21	100%	100%
CAF	7	6	0	1	11	6	5	85.71%	85.71%
AFC	4	4	0	0	9	2	7	100%	100%

Against debutants

'Albiceleste' has played against first-world-cup teams more than other, doing so 17 times, 7 of them being the first World Cup match ever. This list shows records versus those selections including all-debutants 1930 edition. Curiously Argentina's debut was versus France that previously had played before.

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Debutants	7	5	1	1	13	6	7
Teams in 1st their WC	17	13	2	2	45	18	27

Sweden, Bulgaria, Greece, Japan, Ivory Coast, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland played its first time against Argentina.
France, Mexico, Chile, United States, Uruguay, Northern Ireland, Haiti, East Germany, Jamaica and Croatia played in its first world cup but after first game.

Record players

Diego Maradona has captained the team in 16 matches. His total of 21 matches is only beaten by three other players.

No.	Name	Matches	World Cups
1	Diego Maradona	21	1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994
2	Javier Mascherano	20	2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
3	Lionel Messi	19	2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
4	Mario Kempes	18	1974, 1978 and 1982
5	Oscar Ruggeri	16	1986, 1990 and 1994
6	Jorge Burruchaga	14	1986 and 1990
6	Gonzalo Higuaín	14	2010, 2014 and 2018
9	Ubaldo Fillol	13	1974, 1978 and 1982
9	Ángel Di María	13	2010, 2014 and 2018

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	World Cups
1	Gabriel Batistuta	10	1994 (4), 1998 (5) and 2002 (1)
2	Guillermo Stábile	8	1930
2	Diego Maradona	8	1982 (2), 1986 (5) and 1994 (1)
4	Mario Kempes	6	1978
4	Lionel Messi	6	2006 (1), 2014 (4) and 2018 (1)
6	Gonzalo Higuaín	5	2010 (4) and 2014 (1)
7	Seven players	4

Goalscoring by tournament

World Cup	Goalscorer(s)
1930	Guillermo Stábile(8), Carlos Peucelle(3), Luis Monti(2), Adolfo Zumelzú(2), Mario Evaristo, Alejandro Scopelli, Francisco Varallo
1934	Ernesto Belis, Alberto Galateo
1958	Omar Oreste Corbatta(3), Ludovico Avio, Norberto Menéndez
1962	Héctor Facundo, José Sanfilippo
1966	Luis Artime(3), Ermindo Onega
1974	René Houseman(3), Héctor Yazalde(2), Rubén Ayala, Carlos Babington, Miguel Ángel Brindisi, Ramón Heredia
1978	Mario Kempes(6), Leopoldo Luque(4), Daniel Bertoni(2), René Houseman, Daniel Passarella, Alberto Tarantini
1982	Daniel Bertoni(2), Diego Maradona(2), Daniel Passarella(2), Osvaldo Ardiles, Ramón Díaz
1986	Diego Maradona(5), Jorge Valdano(4), Jorge Burruchaga(2), José Luis Brown, Pedro Pasculli, Oscar Ruggeri
1990	Claudio Caniggia(2), Jorge Burruchaga, Pedro Monzón, Pedro Troglio
1994	Gabriel Batistuta(4), Claudio Caniggia(2), Abel Balbo, Diego Maradona
1998	Gabriel Batistuta(5), Ariel Ortega(2), Claudio López, Mauricio Pineda, Javier Zanetti
2002	Gabriel Batistuta, Hernán Crespo
2006	Hernán Crespo(3), Maxi Rodríguez(3), Roberto Ayala, Esteban Cambiasso, Lionel Messi, Javier Saviola, Carlos Tevez
2010	Gonzalo Higuaín(4), Carlos Tevez(2), Martin Demichelis, Gabriel Heinze, Martin Palermo, Own Goal
2014	Lionel Messi(4), Ángel Di María, Gonzalo Higuaín, Marcos Rojo, Own Goal
2018	Sergio Agüero (2), Lionel Messi, Marcos Rojo, Ángel Di María, Gabriel Mercado

Awards

Team

World Champions 1978
World Champions 1986
2nd Place 1930
2nd Place 1990
2nd Place 2014
Fair Play Award 1978

Individual

Golden Ball 1978: Mario Kempes
Golden Ball 1986: Diego Maradona
Golden Ball 2014: Lionel Messi
Silver Ball 1930: Guillermo Stábile
Bronze Ball 1990: Diego Maradona

Golden Boot 1930: Guillermo Stábile
Golden Boot 1978: Mario Kempes
Silver Boot 1986: Diego Maradona
Silver Boot 1998: Gabriel Batistuta
Silver Boot 2006: Hernán Crespo

Golden Glove 1978: Ubaldo Fillol
Golden Glove 1990: Sergio Goycochea (shared)

Man of the Match award 2014: Lionel Messi

José Pékerman won the FIFA Fair Play Trophy as a coach with Colombia in 2014.

Records and statistics

Standing alone

Most played final against the same team: 3 times versus Germany in 1986, 1990 and 2014.
Most played against the same team in same stage: 5 times versus Nigeria in 1994, 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2018 all in group stage. Last three of them make most times consecutive, too. All won by Argentina by one goal difference.
Most played semifinals without losses: 5 times won in 1930 and 1986 while drawn in 1990 and 2014. Although in 1978 there weren't semifinals, Argentina won second round group ahead Brazil which disputed 3rd place match against Italy. Even more, game against Brazil ended in a 0-0 draw.
Most played penalty shoot-outs: 5 (twice in 1990, 1998, 2006 and 2014).
Fewest goals for a finalist: 1990.
Youngest coach: Juan José Tramutola aged 27 years and 267 days in 1930.[5][6]
Most hat-tricks scored in multiple editions: Gabriel Batistuta in 1994 against Greece and in 1998 against Jamaica.[7]

Shared

Most played against the same team: 7 times versus Germany in 1958, 1966, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2010 and 2014. Shared with Germany vs Yugoslavia/Serbia and Brazil vs Sweden.
Most won penalty shoot-outs: 4 times (twice in 1990, 1998 and 2014). Shared with Germany.
Most coached finals: 2 times by Carlos Bilardo in 1986 and 1990.[8] Shared with Italian Vittorio Pozzo (1934-1938), German Helmut Schön (1966-1974), Brazilian Mário Zagallo (1970-1998) and German Franz Beckenbauer who faced Bilardo in both two in 1986 and 1990.

Miscellaneous

Argentina's game versus West Germany in 1958 featured a yellow jersey instead traditional's light blue and white colors or blue as alternate. This was because both teams wear white jerseys creating confusion. As South American side forgot to bring an alternate one, they decided to borrow jersey from local team club Malmö. Germany won 3-1.[9][10]

In 1978 France - Hungary match occurred something similar. Both teams arrived to the match with white jerseys, so France was forced to borrow Mar del Plata's local club Kimberley. France wore striped green and white keeping traditional's blue shorts and red socks winning 3-1.[11][12]

That stadium José María Minella is the southernmost World Cup venue located at 38°0′0″S 57°33′0″W. Other than France vs. Hungary were played Italy vs. France, Italy vs. Hungary, Brazil vs. Sweden, Brazil vs. Spain and Brazil vs. Austria. Mar del Plata is on the south of Buenos Aires Province.[13]

In addition, Argentina played against Nigeria at Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg in 2018 making the most northernmost game along other six matches. Russian's city is at 59°58′22.63″N 30°13′13.92″E.[14]

Referees

As a major CONMEBOL member, Argentina has been represented by match officials in nearly every tournament. In 2006, Horacio Elizondo refereed the final between France and Italy, where he sent off Zinedine Zidane after a headbutt to an opponent. In 2018, Néstor Pitana did it when France played versus Croatia. They are also the only two who refereed the opening game in the same tournament.

External links

Notes

Argentina's 100th WC goal

References

"1934 Qualy". rsssf.com.
"Whitdraw decisions" (in Spanish). Diario Ovación.
This is one of several goals for which the statistical details are disputed. The goalscorers and timings used here are those of FIFA, the official record. Some other sources, such as RSSSF, state a different scorer and/or timing. See "World Cup 1930 finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008..
"Football school of play". Diario Clarín.
"Youngest coach". fifa.com.
"27 years". fifa.com.
"hat-trick". fifa.com.
"two finals". fifa.com.
"Argentina Yellow". El Gráfico.
"1958 coin toss". En una baldosa.
"Kimberley". pinimg.com.
"France-Hungary". www.squadnumbers.com.
"José María Minella". www.rsssf.com.
""Zenit Arena"". fifa.com.

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[3] Argentina's 100th WC goal

[Qualifying_1934-1] "1934 Qualy". rsssf.com.

[Withdraw-2] "Whitdraw decisions" (in Spanish). Diario Ovación.

[RSSSF5-4] This is one of several goals for which the statistical details are disputed. The goalscorers and timings used here are those of FIFA, the official record. Some other sources, such as RSSSF, state a different scorer and/or timing. See "World Cup 1930 finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008..

[Bilardo_o_Menotti-5] "Football school of play". Diario Clarín.

[Tramutola-6] "Youngest coach". fifa.com.

[Youngest-7] "27 years". fifa.com.

[Batigol-8] "hat-trick". fifa.com.

[Bilardo-9] "two finals". fifa.com.

[Malmö-10] "Argentina Yellow". El Gráfico.

[1958_debut-11] "1958 coin toss". En una baldosa.

[Mar_del_Plata-12] "Kimberley". pinimg.com.

[White_jersey-13] "France-Hungary". www.squadnumbers.com.

[Southernmost-14] "José María Minella". www.rsssf.com.

[Northernmost-15] ""Zenit Arena"". fifa.com.