Argentina vs. Switzerland: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Argentina vs. Switzerland: Head-to-head record and past meetings | World Cup 2026

By Jonathan O'Shea | 09 Jul 2026 19:03, Last updated: 12 Jul 2026 04:47

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 8

Draws: 2

These teams most recently faced off at the 2026 World Cup in the quarter-finals, with Argentina dramatically triumphing 3-1.

Alexis Mac Allister gave Argentina an early lead, before Dan Ndoye bagged a second-half equaliser for Switzerland.

With the spectre of penalties looming, Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez both scored in extra-time to set up a semi-final clash with England.

Remarkably, it was the first meeting between Argentina and Switzerland since the 2014 World Cup, which also saw La Albiceleste win a tense knockout tie in extra-time.

Between then and their first World Cup clash came five friendlies, which produced three Argentinian wins and a couple of draws.

Summing up the gulf in stature between the pair in pure football terms, the aggregate scoreline over that sequence read 12-3 in the Argentines' favour.

Most notable was a 2012 fixture in Bern, which seemed bound for a draw after Xherdan Shaqiri cancelled out Messi's opener. Yet, the latter then scored twice late on to secure victory - it was his first hat-trick in the famous national team jersey.

Long before Messi - or even Diego Maradona - lit up a major tournament, it was way back at the 1966 World Cup that these nations first met.

Argentina won 2-0 at Sheffield's Hillsbrough Stadium thanks to goals from Luis Artime and Ermindo Onega, but they would later lose to tournament hosts England in a notoriously bad-tempered quarter-final.