With their latest dominant showing against Jamaica in September 2022, Argentina extended its unbeaten streak to 35, the longest active undefeated streak and nearing the longest in international football history.
The run, which began in 2019, has seen the Argentina national side win Copa America 2021, beating Brazil 1-0 on their home soil, and also clinching a berth to the 2022 World Cup.
It's an impressive run from Lionel Scaloni's side, and the perfect form to be carrying into November's World Cup in Qatar. Argentina qualified for Qatar with games to spare due to their impressive form, sealing a spot nearly a year before the tournament fin messi psg jersey nike als.
However, despite going unbeaten, they still finished second in the standings for World Cup qualifying. Brazil ended ahead of them, also unbeaten through qualification, but with more wins and fewer draws.
Regardless, avoid defeat against the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in November, and Scaloni's side will have matched the record international unbeaten run set by Italy.
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Argentina unbeaten streak at 35 and counting
Argentina's impressive run of results has included three games against Brazil. Two of those were wins for Lionel Messi's side, including the 2021 Copa America final, and one that ended in a draw. Of five games against Chile, two were wins, while three were draws.
Not included in the unbeaten run is the game against Brazil that was scheduled to take place in September 2021. That game was suspended after a few minutes of play, when Brazilian health authorities took to the pitch after four Argentina players broke quarantine regulations by taking part in the game. Scaloni's side didn't let that throw them off however, as they continued their impressive qualifying run.
No. | Date | Result | Competition |
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1 | July 6, 2019 | Argentina 2-1 Chile | Copa America |
3 | Sept. 10, 2019 | Argentina 4-0 México | Friendly |
4 | Oct. 9, 2019 | Germany 2-2 Argentina | Friendly |
5 | Oct. 13, 2019 | Argentina 6-1 Ecuador | Friendly |
6 | Nov. 15, 2019 | Argentina 1-0 Brazil | Friendly |
7 | Nov. 18, 2019 | A paris football kit rgentina 2-2 Uruguay | Friendly |
8 | Oct 8, 2020 | Argentina 1-0 Ecuador | World Cup Qualifier |
9 | Oct. 13, 2020 | Bolivia 1-2 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
10 | Nov 12, 2020 | Argentina 1-1 Paraguay | World Cup Qualifier |
11 | Nov. 17, 2020 | Peru 0-2 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
12 | June 3, 2021 | Argentina 1-1 Chile | World Cup Qualifier |
13 | June 8, 2021 | Colombia 2-2 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
14 | June 14, 2021 | Argentina 1-1 Chile | Copa America |
lionel messi jersey 2021 15 | June 18, 2021 | Argentina 1-0 Uruguay | Copa America |
16 | June 21, 2021 | Argentina 1-0 Paraguay | Copa America |
17 | June 28, 2021 | Argentina 4-1 Bolivia | Copa America |
18 | July 3, 2021 | Argentina 3-0 Ecuador | Copa America |
19 | July 6, 2021 | Argentina 1-1 (3-2) Colombia | Copa America |
20 | July 10, 2021 | Brazil 0-1 Argentina | Copa America |
21 | Sept. 2, 2021 | Venezuela 1-3 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
22 | Sept. 9, 2021 | Argentina 3-0 Bolivia | World Cup Qualifier |
23 | Oct. 7, 2021 | Paraguay 0-0 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
24 | Oct. 10, 2021 | Argentina 3-0 Uruguay | World Cup Qualifier |
25 | Oct. 14, 2021 | Argentina 1-0 Peru | World Cup Qualifier |
26 | Nov. 12, 2021 | Uruguay 0-1 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
27 | Nov. 16, 2021 | Argentina 0-0 Brazil | World Cup Qualifier |
28 | Jan. 27, 2022 | Chile 1-2 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
29 | Feb. 1, 2022 | Argentina 1-0 Colombia | World Cup Qualifier |
30 | March 25, 2022 | Argentina 3-0 Venezuela | World Cup Qualifier |
31 | March 29, 2022 | Ecuador 1-1 Argentina | World Cup Qualifier |
32 | June 1, 2022 | Italy 0-3 Argentina | Finalissima |
33 | June 5, 2022 | Argentina 5-0 Estonia | Friendly |
34 | Sept. 23, 2022 | Argentina 3-0 Honduras | Friendly |
35 | Sept. 27, 2022 | Argentina psg kit archive 3-0 Jamaica | Friendly |
Longest unbeaten streaks in international football
So it's still Italy is atop the all-time longest undefea psg shirt etsy ted streak list for now, but it's possible that Argentina could overtake the Azzurri.
It's remarkable to see three nations in three different regions — Europe (Italy), South America (Argentina), and Africa (Algeria) — achieve these extended stretches of success at virtually the same time. History has shown that this is not such a common occurrence.
The list of longest unbeaten streaks in global football includes some of the world's great footballing nations, featuring both European and South American powerhouses.
By its own estimation, defending AFCON 2019 champion Algeria was in this elite company though the world body didn't see it quite the same way.
Country | Games Unbeaten (W-L-D) |
Streak psg shirt xxl Began | Streak Ended | Ended By |
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Italy | 37 (30-0-7) | Oct. 10, 2018 | Oct. 6, 2021 | Spain |
Argentina* | 35 (26-0-9) | July 2, 2019 | — | — |
Algeria | 35 (26-0-9) | Nov. 18, 2018 | Jan. 16, 2022 | Equatorial Guinea |
Spain | 35 (32-0-3) | Feb. 7, 2007 | June 24, 2009 | United States |
Brazil | 35 (28-0-7) | Dec. 16, 1993 | Jan. 21, 1996 | Mexico |
Argentina | 31 (21-0-10) | Feb. 20, 1991 | Aug. 15, 1993 | Colombia |
France | 30 (22-0-8) | Feb. 16, 1994 | June 26, 1996 | Czech Republic |
Italy | 30 (24-0-6) | Nov. 24, 1935 | Nov. 12, 1939 | Switzerland |
Algeria | 25 (17-0-8) | Nov. 14, 2019 | Jan. 16, 2022 | Equatorial Guinea |
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The issue of which matches count and which don't has come up in the case of other teams.
Italy's record streak in the 1930s, which lasted for over 50 years, discarded a match that the Italians were l psg football shirt mbappe osing to Austria 2-0 before it was abandoned due to crowd trouble.
What's controversial about Brazil's run (1993-96) is that many argue the streak-snapping loss to Mexico should not have counted since it came in the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final with what was practically a Brazil Under-23 team preparing to play in the Olympics.
Removing the three wins and one loss that Brazil suffered in that 1996 Gold Cup, Brazil would have reached 40 games unbeaten before its following full-strength loss. But since FIFA officially counted those Gold Cup matches as senior contests, the loss to Mexico could not be discarded.
Brazil's case didn't hold water with FIFA, and Algeria's didn't either.
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When Argentina could set the unbeaten record
With the streak now at 35, Argentina needs to go two more matches unbeaten to equal Italy's all-time record, while three would see the Albiceleste stand alone in history.
With a friendly against the United Arab Emirates set for the week before its 2022 World Cup opener, Argentina is currently set to battle for a share of the international record against Saudi Arabia messi shirt cost in their first World Cu psg shirt messi price p group stage game. The record could potentially come against Mexico on Nov. 26.
Date | Opponent | Competition |
Nov. 16 | UAE | International Friendly |
Nov. 22 | Saudi Arabia | World Cup Group C |
Nov. 26 | Mexico | World Cup Group C |
Nov. 30 | Poland | World Cup Group C |
Dec. 3-6* | TBD | World Cup Round of 16 |
Dec. 9-10* | TBD | World Cup Quarterfinals |
Dec. 13-14* | TBD | World Cup Semifinals |
Dec. 18* | TBD | World Cup Finals |
* Potential World Cup knockout match if Argentina advance