Ball IQArgentina Football Quiz
Free Argentina football quiz with explained answers — three World Cups, Maradona, Messi and a record 16 Copa Américas. Play free in your browser, no sign-up.
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What the Argentina quiz covers
Every question is written and checked by football fans, across the topics that decide a real Argentina expert:
Career & clubs
Every club Argentina played for and the moves in between.
Trophies & honours
Leagues, cups and the biggest nights of the career.
Goals & records
The milestones, the tallies and the records set.
International
The national-team story — tournaments, caps and glory.
Iconic moments
The goals and games fans will never forget.
Awards
Ballon d'Ors, Golden Boots and individual honours.
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Which player scored the winning goal for Germany in the 2014 World Cup final vs Argentina?
- Hummels
- Müller
- Klose
- Götze
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Answer: Götze
Mario Götze scored a 113th-minute left-foot volley from Schürrle's cross to win Germany the 2014 World Cup.
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Which legendary Argentine striker — 1978 World Cup winner — was nicknamed 'El Matador'?
- Batistuta
- Kempes
- Maradona
- Crespo
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Answer: Kempes
Mario Kempes — 'El Toro' and 'El Matador' — scored twice in the 1978 WC final vs the Netherlands.
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Which Argentine coach managed PSG during the 2021-22 season?
- Mauricio Pochettino
- Diego Simeone
- Marcelo Gallardo
- Gerardo Martino
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Answer: Mauricio Pochettino
Mauricio Pochettino led PSG to the 2021-22 Ligue 1 title before being replaced by Galtier.
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Which Argentine's jinking solo goal in the 1981 FA Cup final replay is regularly voted the greatest Wembley cup-final goal of all time?
- Osvaldo Ardiles
- Ricardo Villa
- Cristian Romero
- Erik Lamela
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Answer: Ricardo Villa
Ricky Villa, who'd been substituted and trudged off in tears days earlier, slalomed past four Manchester City defenders to win the replay 3-2.
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Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa stunned English football in 1978 by signing for Spurs straight after which triumph?
- Winning the Copa Libertadores
- Winning the 1978 World Cup with Argentina
- Winning Olympic gold
- Winning the Intercontinental Cup
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Answer: Winning the 1978 World Cup with Argentina
Their arrival weeks after Argentina's home World Cup win was a landmark moment that helped open English football to overseas stars.
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Diego Maradona made his senior club debut in 1976, ten days before turning 16, for which Argentine club?
- Boca Juniors
- Argentinos Juniors
- River Plate
- Newell's Old Boys
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Answer: Argentinos Juniors
He came through the youth ranks of a modest Buenos Aires side nicknamed 'Los Cebollitas' before his big-money moves.
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Which nation has won the Copa América the most times after Argentina — with 15 titles?
- Brazil
- Chile
- Uruguay
- Colombia
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Answer: Uruguay
Uruguay's 15th title came in 2011, beating Paraguay 3-0 in the final with two Diego Forlán goals; Argentina only moved clear on 16 by winning the 2024 edition.
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Which country hosted the inaugural Copa América in 1916 — the oldest international continental football tournament?
- Argentina
- Uruguay
- Chile
- Brazil
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Answer: Argentina
Argentina hosted the first Copa America in July 1916 (then called 'Campeonato Sudamericano de Football'). Uruguay won.
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As of the 2024 Copa America, how many times had Argentina won the tournament - the most of any nation?
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
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Answer: 16
Argentina's 2024 triumph was their 16th Copa America, moving one clear of Uruguay's 15.
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In the 1990 World Cup quarter-final, Argentina beat which nation 3-2 on penalties after a goalless draw — despite Maradona missing his spot-kick?
- England
- Italy
- Yugoslavia
- West Germany
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Answer: Yugoslavia
Argentina then beat hosts Italy in the SF (1-1, won 4-3 on pens at Naples) before losing the final 1-0 to West Germany.
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About the Argentina quiz
Argentina is football's nation of romance and torment — the sky-blue-and-white that has produced two of the greatest players who ever lived and turned every World Cup into a national drama. This free Argentina quiz runs the whole arc: the host-nation triumph of 1978, Diego Maradona dragging the country to glory almost single-handedly in 1986, the decades of near-misses and heartbreak that followed, and the perfect ending in Qatar in 2022, when Lionel Messi finally lifted the trophy that had eluded him for four tournaments. Add a world-record 16 Copa América titles, back-to-back Olympic golds and a golden production line of strikers, and you have one of the sport's true superpowers. If you know the two captains — Maradona and Messi — who led the Albiceleste to World Cup glory, this quiz is for you.
The three stars on the shirt tell the story. In 1978 Argentina won at home, César Luis Menotti's side beating the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time with Mario Kempes taking the Golden Boot. In 1986 came the tournament that belongs to Maradona: the 'Hand of God' and the 'Goal of the Century' inside four minutes against England in the quarter-final, then Jorge Burruchaga's late winner to beat West Germany 3–2 in the final. And in 2022, thirty-six years later, Messi's Argentina beat France in one of the greatest finals ever played — 3–3 after extra time, won 4–2 on penalties, with Emiliano 'Dibu' Martínez's saves and Ángel Di María's goal as vital as Messi's brace. Three World Cups, three unforgettable nights.
Expect the full spread. Argentina's 16 Copa América crowns are a record for any nation, and the quiz digs into the recent two — the 1–0 win over Brazil at the Maracanã in 2021, Di María's chip the difference, and Lautaro Martínez's extra-time winner against Colombia in 2024. There's the 2022 Finalissima, a 3–0 rout of European champions Italy at Wembley; the 1992 King Fahd Cup; and Olympic football gold in 2004 and 2008. There are the heartbreaks too — runners-up in 1930, 1990 and the 2014 final Mario Götze settled for Germany. And the icons: Kempes, Passarella, Batistuta, Crespo, Di María and, above all, Messi, the country's record scorer and most-capped player with more than 100 international goals. Difficulty climbs from easy to genuinely hard.
Every question comes with a short explained answer, so even a miss leaves you knowing more — why 1986 still defines the rivalry with England, or how Messi's redemption arc finally closed in Qatar. And it lands at the perfect moment: Argentina go into the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, as the reigning champions with Messi still leading them. Play the sample set below free in your browser, no sign-up. When you want more — 4,000+ questions, a daily word game and multiplayer — it's all in the Ball IQ app.