Men's World Cup · recorded head-to-head

Argentina vs Brazil

Follow Argentina and Brazil across 4 source-recorded World Cup meetings in 4 editions.

Argentina Brazil

4Recorded meetings
4Editions represented
1Argentina wins
2Brazil wins
Argentina W–D–L
1–1–2
Brazil W–D–L
2–1–1
Recorded match goals
Argentina 3–5 Brazil
Editions in this record
1974, 1978, 1982, 1990

Archive scope: This page compares 4 source-recorded matches across 4 editions. The Atlas match archive is incomplete for some historical tournaments, so these totals should not be read as a definitive all-time record.

Meeting ledger

4 recorded match reports

Chronological source records, oldest to newest.

EditionDateStageFixtureScoreReport
1974Jun 30, 1974second group stageArgentina vs Brazil1–2Match report
1978Jun 18, 1978second group stageArgentina vs Brazil0–0Match report
1982Jul 2, 1982second group stageArgentina vs Brazil1–3Match report
1990Jun 24, 1990round of 16Brazil vs Argentina0–1Match report

A penalty-shootout winner counts as the match winner in the W–D–L record. Goal totals use the recorded match score; shoot-out kicks are not counted as match goals. Every row links to its edition and match report.

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