Argentina national football team

Netherlands

Considered by sports media to be two historically great teams, the Argentines and Dutch have developed an intense rivalry. They have met ten times in total, including six times during the World Cup.

The two teams first met on 26 May 1974 in an international friendly, won by the Netherlands 4–1. Their most high-profile matchup occurred in the 1978 World Cup final which was won by Argentina. One of the most recent and intense meetings happened in the 2022 World Cup, a 2–2 draw where Argentina advanced on penalties, in what is known as the Battle of Lusail.

Mexico

Argentina has a minor rivalry with Mexico, which developed in the 1990s. The rivalry is considered one-sided as Argentines do not consider Mexico as rivals. Although the first official match between both nations came in the 1930 World Cup where Argentina beat Mexico 6–3 in the group stage, the rivalry emerged during the late twentieth century, especially after the 1993 Copa América final, where Argentina beat Mexico 2–1. That was the first time a non-CONMEBOL nation played in a Copa América final, and the first final played between both sides.

The rivalry has continued in club competitions, where Argentina and Mexico first met in 1968 Copa Interamericana. The rivalry between both nations at club level increased during the late 1990s, when Mexican clubs were invited to participate in the Copa Libertadores, where they played memorable matches against Boca Juniors.

During the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, some Mexican and Argentine fans had a fight in Doha prior to the match between both sides, among great animosity. Both supporters fought again inside Lusail Stadium after the match that Argentina won 2–0, giving Argentina a chance to qualify and forcing Mexico to win against Saudi Arabia to qualify, which ended with Argentina and Poland qualifying and Mexico being eliminated alongside Saudi Arabia.

This sense of rivalry is more keenly felt by Mexican supporters and media, since Argentines do not consider Mexico rivals like Brazil, Germany, Uruguay or England.

Honours

Global

FIFA World Cup
Champions (3): 1978, 1986, 2022
Runners-up (3): 1930, 1990, 2014
Olympic Games
Silver medal (1): 1928
FIFA Confederations Cup
Champions (1): 1992
Runners-up (2): 1995, 2005

Intercontinental

Artemio Franchi Cup / Finalissima
Champions (2): 1993, 2022 (record)

Continental

South American Championship / Copa América
Champions (16): 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959-I, 1991, 1993, 2021, 2024 (record)
Runners-up (14): 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1959-II, 1967, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016
Third place (5): 1919, 1956, 1963, 1989, 2019
Panamerican Championship
Champions (1): 1960
Runners-up (1): 1956

Friendly

Newton Cup (17): 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1976 (record)
Lipton Cup (18): 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1976, 1992 (record)
Copa Premier Honor Argentino (7): 1909, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1920 (record)
Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo (1): 1910
Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo (5): 1915, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1924
Roca Cup (4): 1923, 1939, 1940, 1971
Copa Juan Mignaburu (5): 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1943 (record)
Copa Héctor Rivadavia Gómez (3): 1935, 1936, 1943 (record)
Nations' Cup (1): 1964
Kirin Cup (2): 1992, 2003
Copa Times of India (1): 2011
Superclásico de las Américas (2): 2017, 2019
San Juan Cup (1): 2019

Awards

FIFA Team of the Year (4): 2007, 2016, 2023, 2024
Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year (1): 2023
World Soccer World Team of the Year (2): 1986, 2022
Gazzetta Sports World Team of the Year (2): 1978, 1986
Guerin Sportivo Team of the Year (1): 1986
FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy (1): 1978
Copa America Fair Play Award (1): 2016
AIPS Team of the Year (2): 2022, 2023

Chronology of titles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

!Host nation

!Tournament

!Year

!No.

| rowspan="2" | Argentina|| rowspan="12" |Copa América||1921||style="text-align: center;"|1st

|1925||style="text-align: center;"|2nd

| Peru||1927||style="text-align: center;"|3rd

| rowspan="2" | Argentina||1929||style="text-align: center;"|4th

|1937||style="text-align: center;"|5th

| rowspan="2" | Chile||1941||style="text-align: center;"|6th

|1945||style="text-align: center;"|7th

| Argentina||1946||style="text-align: center;"|8th

| Ecuador||1947||style="text-align: center;"|9th

| Chile||1955||style="text-align: center;"|10th

| Peru||1957||style="text-align: center;"|11th

| Argentina||1959||style="text-align: center;"|12th

| Costa Rica||Panamerican Championship||1960||style="text-align: center;"|13th

| Argentina|| rowspan="2" |World Cup||1978||style="text-align: center;"|14th

| Mexico||1986||style="text-align: center;"|15th

| Chile||Copa América||1991||style="text-align: center;"|16th

| Saudi Arabia||Confederations Cup||1992||style="text-align: center;"|17th

| Argentina||Artemio Franchi Cup||1993||style="text-align: center;"|18th

| Ecuador|| rowspan="2" |Copa América||1993||style="text-align: center;"|19th

| Brazil||2021||style="text-align: center;"|20th

| England||Finalissima||2022||style="text-align: center;"|21st

| Qatar||World Cup||2022||style="text-align: center;"|22nd

| United States||Copa América||2024||style="text-align: center;"|23rd

Summary

{| class="wikitable" width=40% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!Competition !! !! !! !!Total

|align=left|FIFA World Cup

|3||3||0||6

|align=left|FIFA Confederations Cup

|1||2||0||3

|align=left|Olympic Games

|0||1||0||1

|align=left|CONMEBOL Copa América

|16||14||5||35

|align=left|Panamerican Championship<sup>1</sup>

|1||1||0||2

|align=left|CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions

|2||0||0||2

!Total!!23!!21!!5!!49

;Notes:

Official continental competition organized by PFC. It was a unified confederation of the Americas, which was formed by NAFC, CCCF and CONMEBOL.

Shared titles.

Notes

-->

External links

Argentina at CONMEBOL
Argentina at FIFA