Three time World Cup Champions Argentina will look for their fourth star at the 2026 World Cup in North America.
Led by Lionel Messi, Argentina will have the opportunity to be the first team two win back-to-back World Cups since Brazil in 1958 and 1962,and the first team to win two World Cups in the 21st century.
Argentina will Algeria, Austria, and Jordan in the Group stage of the 2026 World Cup in North America.
Argentina Men's National Team Results
Date | Competition | Opponent | Result |
March 31, 2026 | Friendly | Zambia | 5-0 W |
March 27, 2026 | Friendly | Mauritania | 2-1 W |
Nov. 14, 2025 | Friendly | Angola | 2-0 W |
Oct. 14, 2025 | Friendly | Puerto Rico | 6-0 W |
Oct. 10, 2025 | Friendly | Venezuela | 1-0 W |
Sept. 9, 2025 | World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL | Ecuador | 0-1 L |
Sept. 4, 2025 | World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL | Venezuela | 3-0 W |
June 10, 2025 | World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL | Colombia | 1-1 D |
June 5, 2025 | World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL | Chile | 1-0 W |
March 25, 2025 | World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL | Brazil | 4-1 W |
March 21, 2025 | World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL | Uruguay | 1-0 W |
Argentina Men's National Team World Cup Schedule
Date | Competition | Opponent |
June 16, 2026 | World Cup | Algeria |
June 22, 2026 | World Cup | Austria |
June 27, 2026 | World Cup | Jordan |
How to Watch the Argentina Men's National Team in the World Cup
All of Argentina's World Cup matches will be broadcast on either FS1 or Fox for an English broadcast, and Telemundo for a Spanish broadcast. Their matches will also all be available to stream on Peacock.
Argentina's 2022 World Cup Recap
Argentina entered the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as one of the favorites to win the tournament.
Argentina lost their first match of the tournament to Saudi Arabia (1-2), but would bounce back by winning their next two matches in the group stage against Mexico and Poland to win Group C.
The Argentines would defeated Australia, Netherlands, and Croatia in the knockout stages to reach the final against defending champions France, where the two teams would play one of the most memorable World Cup matches of all-time.
Argentina got out to an early 2-0 lead in the match with goals from Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria, but Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in quick succession to tie the match, bring on extra time.
Messi and Mbappe would both score in extra time, tying the game at three and heading to a penalty shootout.
Argentina won the penalty shootout 4-2, thanks to heroics from goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, and concluding one of the greatest World Cup games of all-time.
Lionel Messi scored the second most goals in the 2022 tournament (7), one behind Mbappe (8).
Argentina's World Cup History
Argentina are one of the most successful nations in World Cup history having won the competition three times, and finishing second three more times.
Legend of the game, Diego Maradona helped earn Argentina it's first two World Cup victories in 1978, and 1986. Lionel Messi then helped his nation earn it's third star in 2022.
Argentina are just one of four teams to win the World Cup 3+ times.
Argentina's Copa America History
Argentina have reached the finals in six different Copa America tournaments dating back to 1975, and have won the tournament on three occasions.
Argentina have won the last two Copa America's (2021, 2024), after winning their first title in 1993.
Argentina's victories have come over Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia.
Argentina's Olympic Soccer History
Argentina's soccer team has been very successful in the Olympic games, winning two gold medals (2004, 2008) and two silver medals (1928, 1996).
Argentina Soccer Team Manager
Lionel Scaloni is the active manager of the Argentine national soccer team. Scaloni was in charge of the 2022 World Cup winning squad.
Scaloni was appointed as the manager in August 2018, and has since managed the most matches by any Argentine coach (92). Scaloni has also averaged the most points per game by any Argentine manager to manage 10+ matches.
Key Active Argentina Players
Name | Position | Age | Argentina Caps | Argentina Goals | Argentina Assists | Club |
Lionel Messi | Forward | 38 | 198 | 116 | 64 | Inter Miami |
Enzo Fernandez | Midfield | 25 | 40 | 6 | 6 | Chelsea |
Julian Alvarez | Forward | 26 | 51 | 14 | 4 | Atletico Madrid |
Lautaro Martinez | Forward | 28 | 75 | 36 | 11 | Inter Milan |
Alexis Mac Allister | Midfield | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | Liverpool |
Cristian Romero | Defender | 28 | 49 | 3 | 1 | Tottenham |
Argentina Stats
Most Appearances - Top 5 Active Argentina Players
Lionel Messi | 198 caps |
Angel Di Maria | 145 caps |
Nicolas Otamendi | 130 caps |
Rodrigo De Paul | 85 caps |
Lautaro Martinez | 75 caps |
Most Goals - Top 5 Active Argentina Players
Lionel Messi | 116 goals |
Lautaro Martinez | 36 goals |
Angel Di Maria | 31 goals |
Julian Alvarez | 14 goals |
Nicolas Otamendi | 8 goals |
Most Appearances All-Time - Top 5 Argentina Players
Lionel Messi | 198 caps |
Javier Mascherano | 147 caps |
Angel Di Maria | 145 caps |
Javier Zanetti | 144 caps |
Nicolas Otamendi | 130 caps |
Most Goals All-Time - Top 5 Argentina Players
Lionel Messi | 116 goals |
Gabriel Batistuta | 55 goals |
Sergio Aguero | 41 goals |
Lautaro Martinez | 36 goals |
Hernan Crespo | 36 goals |
Argentina Men's National Team FIFA World Ranking
Argentina is currently ranked No. 3 in the FIFA World Rankings.
Argentina's highest ranking of all-time was 1st, achieved most recently in July 2025. Argentina's lowest ever ranking was 24th in 1996.
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