This is a list of statistical records for the

Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...

Individual records

:''Players in bold are still active with Argentina.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

World Cup winning captains

Goals

* Most goals scored: 106, Lionel Messi, 2005– * Oldest goalscorer: Martín Palermo, 36 years and 7 months old in 2010 against Greece * Youngest goalscorer: Diego Maradona, 18 years, 284 days old in 1979 against Scotland * Youngest player to score in a FIFA World Cup match: Lionel Messi 18 years and 357 days, against

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

in 2006 * Most goals scored in a single match: 5 –

Manuel Seoane Manuel Seoane (19 March 1902 – 21 August 1975), nicknamed ''La Chancha'', was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for Independiente and Argentina national team. Seoane is considered one of the best all-time players for Independi ...

in 1925, Juan Marvezzi in 1941, Lionel Messi in 2022 * Most goals scored in a calendar year: 18 – Lionel Messi (2022)

Manager records

; Most appearances : Guillermo Stábile: 127 Guillermo coached Argentina in 123 matches which made him among the few coaches who were in charge of more than 100 international matches. While still with the national team, he led them to victories in the South American Championship in

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

, and

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

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

Copa América

FIFA Confederations Cup

Olympic Games

Pan American Games

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 21 November 2023 after the match against ''.

Notes

References

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