Argentina–Mexico football rivalry

The **Argentina–Mexico football rivalry** is a sports rivalry. The rivalry is not very competitive. Argentina has played Mexico in 32 games. Argentina has won 16 of those games, had 12 draws, and 4 losses. Argentina's last loss was in 2004. Mexico has not scored against Argentina since 2015. Argentina usually thinks that Brazil, England, Uruguay, Germany, and the Netherlands as bigger rivals. Most Argentine people don't think Mexico is their rival. do not consider Mexico as rivals.

## List of matches

The chart has the list of matches played by both teams:

|width= px|#|width= 80px|Date|width= px|City|width= px|Venue|Winner|width= px|Score|width= px|Competition|width=150px|Goals (Arg)|width=150px|Goals (Mex)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|19 Jul 1930|Montevideo|Centenario|Argentina||1930 World Cup|Stábile (3), Zumelzú (2), Varallo|Rosas (2), Gayón|||||||||
|2|13 Mar 1956|Mexico City|Olímpico Universitario|(Draw)||1956 Panamerican|||||||||||
|3|10 Mar 1960|San José|Estadio Nacional|Argentina||1960 Panamerican|Belén (2), Nardiello|H. Hernández, C. González|||||||||
|4|17 Mar 1960|San José|Argentina||Jiménez, Nardiello||||||||||||
|5|28 Mar 1962|Buenos Aires||Argentina||Friendly|||||||||||
|6|22 Aug 1967|Mexico City||Mexico||Friendly|?|Fragoso (2)|||||||||
|7|6 Feb 1973|Mexico City||Mexico||Friendly||E. Borja, F. Bustos|||||||||
|8|31 Aug 1975|Mexico City|Estadio Azteca|(Draw)||Mexico City Cup|Coscia|F. Vargas|||||||||
|9|18 Sep 1984|Monterrey|Estadio Universitario|(Draw)||Friendly|Burruchaga|Negrete|||||||||
|10|25 Oct 1984|Buenos Aires|José Amalfitani|(Draw)||Friendly|Gareca|Flores|||||||||
|11|14 Nov 1985|Los Angeles|Memorial Coliseum|(Draw)||Friendly|Maradona||||||||||
|12|17 Nov 1985|Puebla|Estadio Cuauhtémoc|(Draw)||Friendly|Ruggeri|Aguirre|||||||||
|13|17 Jan 1990|Los Angeles|Memorial Coliseum|Mexico||Friendly||C. Muñoz, Zague|||||||||
|14|13 Mar 1991|Buenos Aires|José Amalfitani|(Draw)||Friendly|||||||||||
|15|20 Jun 1993|Guayaquil|Estadio Monumental|(Draw)||1993 Copa América|Ruggeri|Patiño|||||||||
|16|4 Jul 1993|Guayaquil|Argentina||Batistuta (2)|Galindo|||||||||||
|17|10 Feb 1999|Los Angeles|Memorial Coliseum|Argentina||Friendly|Sorín||||||||||
|18|9 Jun 1999|Chicago|Soldier Field|(Draw)||Reebok Cup|J. Cruz, G. López|L. Hernández, P. Chávez|||||||||
|19|20 Dec 2000|Los Angeles|Memorial Coliseum|Argentina||Reebok Cup|Solari, Galletti||||||||||
|20|4 Feb 2003|Los Angeles|Memorial Coliseum|Argentina||Friendly|G.J. Rodríguez||||||||||
|21|10 Jul 2004|Chiclayo|Elías Aguirre|Mexico||2004 Copa América||R. Morales|||||||||
|22|9 Mar 2005|Los Angeles|Memorial Coliseum|(Draw)||Friendly|R. Zárate|Fuentes|||||||||
|23|26 May 2005|Hanover|Niedersachsenstadion|(Draw)||2005 Confed Cup|Figueroa|Salcido|||||||||
|24|24 Jun 2006|Leipzig|Zentralstadion|Argentina||2006 World Cup|Crespo, M. Rodríguez|Márquez|||||||||
|25|11 Jul 2007|Puerto Ordaz|Cachamay|Argentina||2007 Copa América|Heinze, Messi, Riquelme||||||||||
|26|4 Jun 2008|San Diego|Qualcomm Stadium|Argentina||Friendly|Burdisso, Messi, M. Rodríguez, Agüero|Sinha|||||||||
|27|27 Jun 2010|Johannesburg|Soccer City|Argentina||2010 World Cup|Tevez (2), Higuaín|J. Hernández|||||||||
|28|8 Sep 2015|Arlington|AT&T Stadium|(Draw)||Friendly|Agüero, Messi|J. Hernández, Herrera|||||||||
|29|16 Nov 2018|Córdoba|Mario A. Kempes|Argentina||Friendly|Funes Mori, Brizuela (o.g.)||||||||||
|30|20 Nov 2018|Mendoza|Malvinas Argentinas|Argentina||Friendly|Icardi, Dybala||||||||||
|31|10 Sep 2019|San Antonio|Alamodome|Argentina||Friendly|L. Martínez (3), Paredes||||||||||
|32|26 Nov 2022|Lusail|Lusail Stadium|Argentina||2022 World Cup|Messi, E. Fernández||||||||||
- Notes

## Statistics

|width= px|Competition|width=50px|Played|width=50px|Arg. won|width=50px|Draw|width=50px|Mex. won|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|FIFA World Cup|4|4|0|0||||||
|FIFA Confederations Cup|1|0|1|0||||||
|Copa América|4|2|1|1||||||
|Panamerican Championship|3|2|1|0||||||
|Friendlies|20|8|9|3||||||

### Official titles comparison

|Senior titles|Argentina|Mexico|
| --- | --- | --- |
|World Cup|**3**|0|
|FIFA Confederations Cup|**1**|**1**|
|CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions|**2**|0|
|Copa América / CONCACAF Championship** and **Gold Cup|**16**|12|
|Panamerican / CONCACAF Nations League|**1**|**1**|
|**Total**|**23**|**14**|

## Infobox (sports rivalry)

- **name**: Argentina–Mexico football rivalry
- **image**: Argentina vs mexico guidorodriguez vs alexisvega.jpg
- **caption**: A moment of the match played
at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- **city or region**: The Americas
Argentina (CONMEBOL)
Mexico (CONCACAF)
- **first contested**: 19 July 1930
1930 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup
Argentina 6–3 Mexico
- **teams involved**:

- **most wins**: Argentina (16)
- **top scorer**: Lionel Messi (4)
- **mostrecent**: 26 November 2022
2022 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup
Argentina 2–0 Mexico
- **total**: 32
- **series**: Argentina: 16
Drawn: 12
Mexico: 4
- **largestvictory**: Argentina 4–0 Mexico
Exhibition game, Friendly
(10 September 2019)
- **map location**: America
- **map label1**: Argentina
- **map label1 position**: right
- **map label2**: Mexico
- **map label2 position**: right