Argentina
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Albiceleste
(The White and Sky Blue)
AssociationArgentine Football Association(AFA)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachLionel Scaloni
CaptainLionel Messi
Most capsLionel Messi (162)
Top scorerLionel Messi (86)
Home stadiumAntonio V. Liberti
(Buenos Aires)
Alberto J. Armando
(Buenos Aires)
Ciudad de La Plata
(La Plata)
Mario Alberto Kempes
(Córdoba)
Malvinas Argentinas
(Mendoza)
San Juan del Bicentenario
(San Juan)
Único Madre de Ciudades
(Santiago del Estero)
FIFA codeARG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current3 Increase 1 (23 June 2022)
Highest1 (March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July–October 2015, April 2016 – April 2017)
Lowest20 (August 1996)
First international
 Uruguay0–6 Argentina 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)
Biggest win
 Argentina12–0 Ecuador 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942)
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia6–1 Argentina 
(Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958)
 Bolivia6–1 Argentina 
(La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009)
 Spain6–1 Argentina 
(Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018)
World Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1930)
Best resultChampions (1978, 1986)
Copa América
Appearances43 (first in 1916)
Best resultChampions (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993, 2021)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1956)
Best resultChampions (1960)
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Appearances2 (first in 1993)
Best resultChampions (1993, 2022)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1992)
Best resultChampions (1992)
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Silver medal – second place1928 AmsterdamTeam