List of Argentina national football team managers

This is a list of Argentina national football team managers

List

Correct as of September 9, 2025 (vs. Ecuador)

• Sources: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

No.	Tenure	Manager	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Titles
1	1921	Pedro Calomino [n1 1]									1 Copa América (1921)
2	1924–1925	Ángel Vázquez	13	6	6	1	19	9	+10	61.53%	1 Copa América (1925)
3	1927–1928	José Lago Millán	13	8	3	2	44	15	+29	69.23%	1 Copa América (1927) 1 Olympic silver (Ámsterdam 1928) [n1 2]
4	1929–1930	Francisco Olazar - Juan José Tramutola	11	7	2	2	29	13	+16	69.69%	1 Copa América (1929) 1930 FIFA World Cup Runner-up
5	1934	Felipe Pascucci	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	00.00%
6	1934–1937	Manuel Seoane	10	7	1	2	20	8	+12	73.33%	1 Copa América (1937)
7	1938–1939	Ángel Fernández Roca	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	75.00%
8	1939–1958	Guillermo Stábile	115	77	20	18	290	129	+161	72.75%	6 Copa América (1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957)
9	1959	Victorio Spinetto - José Barreiro - José Della Torre	6	5	1	0	19	5	+14	91.66%	1 Copa América (1959)
10	1959	José Manuel Moreno	5	2	1	2	11	13	−2	50.00%
11	1960	Guillermo Stábile	10	6	1	3	16	15	+1	63.33%	1 Panamerican Championship (1960)
12	1960–1961	Victorio Spinetto	10	5	3	2	23	12	+11	60.00%
13	1961	José D'Amico	2	1	0	1	6	3	3	50.00%
14	1962	Juan Carlos Lorenzo	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	53.33%
15	1962	Néstor Rossi	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	100.00%
16	1962	Jim Lópes [n1 3]	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	66.66%
17	1963	Horacio Amable Torres	8	4	1	3	20	17	+3	54.16%
–	1963	José D'Amico	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	50.00%
18	1964–65	José María Minella	15	9	5	1	31	8	+23	71.11%
19	1965	Osvaldo Zubeldía	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	33.33%
20	1966	Juan Carlos Lorenzo	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	44.44%
–	1967	Jim Lópes	5	4	0	1	12	3	9	80.00%
21	1967	Carmelo Faraone	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	00.00%
22	1967–1968	Renato Cesarini	5	1	1	3	5	8	-3	26.66%
–	1968	José María Minella	8	2	3	3	13	13	0	37.50%
23	1969	Humberto Maschio	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	50.00%
24	1969	Adolfo Pedernera	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	33.33%
25	1970–1972	Juan José Pizzuti	23	10	8	5	35	28	+7	55.07%
26	1972–1973	Omar Sívori	15	8	4	3	28	18	+10	62.22%
27	1974	Vladislao Cap	10	3	3	4	15	19	−4	40.00%
28	1974–1983	César Menotti	81	43	20	18	156	82	+74	61.31%	1 FIFA World Cup (1978)
29	1983–1990	Carlos Bilardo	83	28	31	24	91	77	+14	46.18%	1 FIFA World Cup Winner (1986) Runner-up (1990)
30	1990–1994	Alfio Basile	48	25	17	6	75	44	+31	63.88%	2 Copa América (1991, 1993) 1 FIFA Confederations Cup (1992) 1 CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions (1993)
31	1994–1998	Daniel Passarella	55	32	13	10	98	42	+56	66.06%	1995 King Fahd Cup Runner-up
32	1999–2004	Marcelo Bielsa	69	43	16	10	127	61	+66	70.05%
33	2004–2006	José Pékerman	27	14	7	6	50	33	+17	60.49%	2004 Copa América Runner-up 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up
–	2006–2008	Alfio Basile	28	14	8	6	44	25	+19	59.52%	2007 Copa América Runner-up
34	2008–2010	Diego Maradona	24	18	0	6	47	27	+20	75.00%
35	2010–2011	Sergio Batista	17	8	6	3	30	17	+13	58.82%
36	2011–2014	Alejandro Sabella	41	26	10	5	76	33	+43	71.54%	2014 FIFA World Cup Runner-up
37	2014–2016	Gerardo Martino	29	19	7	3	66	18	+48	73.56%	2015 Copa América Runner-up Copa América Centenario Runner-up
38	2016–2017	Edgardo Bauza	8	3	2	3	9	10	−1	45.83%
39	2017–2018	Jorge Sampaoli	15	7	4	4	27	21	+6	55.56%
40	2018–present	Lionel Scaloni	89	62	18	9	178	48	+130	69.66%	2 Copa América (2021, 2024) 1 CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions (2022) 1 FIFA World Cup (2022)

Notes

1. Calomino is cited on AFA website as one of the managers who won Copa América titles. ^[5] Nevertheless, other sources do not include him as coach.
2. Counts due to Olympic teams competed with senior squads by then.
3. His real name was Alejandro Galán.

References

1. "De Olazar a Batista: 43 técnicos de la Selección Argentina", MDZ online.com Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine , 1 November 2010
2. "Los 42 técnicos que tuvo la Selección" Archived 5 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine , La Nación
3. "ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM ARCHIVE". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
4. Como Pep Guardiola: José Lago Millán, el español que dirigió a la Selección Archived 4 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine on Minuto Uno, 4 July 2018
5. Entrenadores campeones de la Copa América con la Celeste y Blanca