Argentina has qualified for their 16th FIFA World Cup. Only in 1970 they failed to qualify. Known more by the name of Maradona, and then Messi, his successor to whom the baton was passed, and World Cup title is the only hurdle that is between him and the status of legend. In the contest between Maradona and Messi, their best player has been Batistuta in terms of highest number of goals scored overall and also in the World Cup.
2014 Football World Cup: Schedule in Indian Standard Time
Team Profiles: Brazil, Colombia, Cameroon, Greece
WC Facts
- Played: 1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986,
1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
Withdrew: 1938, 1950
Did Not Enter: 1954
Did Not Qualify: 1970
Winner of 1978 (at home) and 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Runners-up in 1930, 1990 Football World Cup.
Own Goal: 1
Hattricks: Stabile of Argentina (vs Mexico) in 1930 hit the first hattrick of FIFA World Cup.
Stabile was also the highest goal scorer of 1930 with 8 goals.
First Own goal was scored against Argentina. Manuel Rosas (Chile vs Argentina) was the first own goal scorer of World Cup 1930.
Gabriel Batistuta is the only player to score two hattricks in two different World Cup (1994 vs Greece, 1998 vs Jamaica).
Higuaín (Argentina vs South Korea) scored a hattrick at Group stage in 2010 World Cup.
First Red Card in Final: Argentina’s Pedro Monzon became the first player to be sent off by Red card in a World Cup final (1990 vs West Germany).
Goal Scorers
- 10: Gabriel Batistuta (1990, 1994, 1998)
8: Stabile (1930), Diego Maradona (1982, 1986, 1994)
6: Mario Kempes (1978)
4: Daniel Bertoni, Claudio Caniggia, Hernán Crespo, Gonzalo Higuaín, René Houseman, Leopoldo Luque, Jorge Valdano
3: Luis Artime, Jorge Burruchaga, Omar Oreste Corbatta, Daniel Passarella, Carlos Peucelle, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Tévez
2: Luis Monti, Ariel Ortega, Héctor Yazalde, Adolfo Zumelzú
1: Osvaldo Ardiles, Ludovico Avio, Roberto Ayala, Rubén Ayala, Carlos Babington, Abel Balbo, Ernesto Belis, Miguel Ángel Brindisi, José Luis Brown, Esteban Cambiasso, Martín Demichelis, Ramón Díaz, Mario Evaristo, Héctor Facundo, Alberto Galateo, Gabriel Heinze, Ramón Heredia, Claudio López, Norberto Menéndez
Lionel Messi, Pedro Monzón, Ermindo Onega, Martín Palermo, Pedro Pasculli, Mauricio Pineda, Oscar Ruggeri, José Sanfilippo, Javier Saviola, Alejandro Scopelli, Alberto Tarantini, Pedro Troglio, Francisco Varallo, Javier Zanetti
Performance in Every Edition
World Cup Performances By Editions
| Year | Played | Won | Lost | Drew |
| 1930 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1934 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1962 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1974 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1978 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1982 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | 70 | 37 | 20 | 13 |
World Cup Records By Editions
GS: Goals Scored, GC: Goals Conceded
| Year | Best Rank | Played | GS | GC |
| 1930 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 9 |
| 1934 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1958 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1962 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1974 | 8th | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 1978 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 1982 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 1986 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
| 1990 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 1994 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 1998 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 2002 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 15 | 1st | 70 | 123 | 80 |
Opponents and Results
Germany, England, and Italy have been their major opponents. They have met them the most to in World Cup matches.
W= Won, L= Lost, D= Draw, GS= Goals Scored, GC = Goals Conceded
| Countries | Match | W | L | D |
| Germany | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Italy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peru | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| USA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 54 | 25 | 18 | 11 |
Overall Results by Edition
1930: Runners’up
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def France 1-0
def Mexico 6-3
def Chile
SFs: Argentina def USA 6-1
Final: Lost to Uruguay 4-2
em>1934:
Sweden def Argentina 3-2
1958
- West Germany def Argentina 3-1
Argentina def Northern Ireland 3-1
Czechoslovakia def Argentina 6-1
1962
- Argentina def Bulgaria 1-0
England def Argentina 3-1
Hungary drew Argentina 0-0
1966
- Argentina def Spain 2-1
Argentina drew West Germany 0-0
Argentina def Switzerland 2-0
QF: England def Argentina 1-0
1974
- Poland def Argentina 3-2
Argentina drew Italy 1-1
Argentina def Haiti 4-1
Group 1 (Round 2):
Netherlands def Argentina 4-0
Brazil def Argentina 2-1
Argentina drew East Germany 1-1
1978: 1st
- Argentina def Hungary 2-1
Argentina def France 2-1
Italy def Argentina 1-0
Round 2: Group 2: Argentina, Brazil, Poland, Peru
Argentina def Poland 2-0
Argentina drew Brazil 0-0
Argentina def Peru 6-0
Final: Argentina def Netherlands 3-1 (Extra Time)
1982: 2nd Round
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Belgium def Argentina 1-0
Argentina def Hungary 4-1
Argentina def El Salvador 2-0
2nd Round: Group C: Italy, Brazil, Argentina
- Italy def Argentina 2-1
Brazil def Argentina 3-1
1986: 1st
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Argentina def South Korea 3-1
Italy drew Argentina 1-1
Argentina def Bulgaria 2-0
Round of 16: Argentina def Uruguay 1-0
QF: Argentina def England 2-1
SF: Argentina def Belgium 2-0
Final: Argentina def West Germany 3-2
1990: 2nd
- Cameroon def Argentina 1-0
Argentina def Soviet Union 2-0
Argentina def Romania 1-1
Round of 16: Argentina def Brazil 1-0
QF: Argentina def Yugoslavia 3-2 (0-0) Penalties
SF: Argentina def Italy 4-3 (1-1) Penalties
Final: West Germany def Argentina 1-0
1994
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Argentina def Greece 4-0
Argentina def Nigeria 2-1
Bulgaria def Argentina 2-0
1998
- Argentina def Japan 1-0
Argentina def Jamaica 5-0
Argentina def Croatia 1-0
Round of 16: Argentina def England 4-3 (2-2) Penalties
QF: Netherlands def Argentina 2-1
2002
- Argentina def Nigeria 1-0
England def Argentina 1-0
Sweden drew Argentina 1-1
2006
- Argentina def Ivory Coast 2-1
Argentina def Serbia and Montenegro 6-0
Netherlands drew Argentina 0-0
Round of 16: Argentina def Mexico 2-1 (Extra Time)
QF: Germany def Argentina 4-2 (1-1) Penalties
2010
- Argentina def Nigeria 1-0
Argentina def 4-1 South Korea
Argentina def Greece 2-0
Round of 16: Argentina def Mexico 3-1
QF: Germany def Argentina 4-0
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