Argentina is another big name in FIFA World Cup history, as the country has a rich record in the competition history. La Albiceleste (the White and Sky Blue) has made a significant impact in global football, as the national team’s fans are worldwide.
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When Did Argentina Last Exit Each World Cup Stage?
*🏠 as hosts
🏆 Last Title: 2022
🥈 Last Final: 2022
🥉 Last Semi-final Exit: Never
🔷 Last Quarter-final Exit: 2010
🟩 Last Round of 16 Exit: 2018
🟨 Last Second Group Stage Exit: 1982
🔻 Last Group Stage Exit: 2002
The Argentina FIFA World Cup stage-wise exit record highlights the team’s remarkable consistency, especially their unbeaten semi-final history.
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Argentina FIFA World Cup Record: Complete Finishing History
*🏠 as hosts
🏆 Champions: 1978*, 1986, 2022
🥈 Runners-up: 1930, 1990, 2014
🥉 Third Place: Never
4️⃣ Fourth Place: Never
🔷 Quarter-finals: 1966, 1998, 2006, 2010
🟩 Round of 16: 1934, 1994, 2018
🟨 Second Group Stage: 1974, 1982
🔻 First Group Stage/Only Group Stage: 1958, 1962, 2002
The overall Argentina FIFA World Cup finishing record places them among the most successful nations in tournament history.
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Argentina in FIFA World Cup: Key Facts, Records & Historic Milestones
- Argentina played the first ever FIFA World Cup final (1930), where they finished runners-up after losing the final against the hosts Uruguay.
- In the 1978 edition, Argentina won their first FIFA World Cup title, and it was recorded as the hosts. Argentina became the fourth nation to win a FIFA World Cup trophy as the hosts (after Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934, and West Germany in 1974).
- Argentina and West Germany faced each other in the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals — the first pair of teams to meet in more than one World Cup final. Meanwhile, it is still holding the only record of a pair of teams to meet in back-to-back World Cup title deciders.
- Argentina, the FIFA World Cup 1986 champions, finished as the runners-up in the FIFA World Cup 1990. Argentina became the defending champions to finish as the runners-up in FIFA World Cup history. Later, Brazil (1998) and France (2022) joined this record book.
- With their 2022 triumph, the Argentina FIFA World Cup title count reached three. After Brazil (five), Germany (four), and Italy (four), Argentina became the fourth nation to win the tournament more than twice.
- Argentina have never lost a FIFA World Cup Semi-final.
- Argentina hold joint second most FIFA World Cup runners-up record, which they have achieved three times (1930, 1990, and 2014), equalled with the Netherlands (1974, 1978, and 2010), while Germany hold the record with four runners-up.
- Argentina failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup only once, in 1970, while Argentina withdrew from the FIFA World Cup three times (1938, 1950, 1954).