Argentina national futsal team

Argentina
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Albiceleste
los Murciélagos
AssociationArgentine Football Association
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachMatías Lucuix
CaptainMaximiliano Rescia
FIFA codeARG
FIFA ranking 4 (12 December 2025)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking3 (October 2024)
Lowest FIFA ranking5 (May 2024)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Portugal 3–4 Argentina 
(Brasília, Brazil; 14 September 1987)
Biggest win
 Indonesia 1–20 Argentina 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 4 June 2003)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 14–1 Argentina 
(Santos, Brazil; 14 March 1999)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances10 (First in 1989)
Best result Champions (2016)
AMF World Cup
Appearances12 (First in 1982)
Best result Champions (1994, 2019)
South American Futsal Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1992)
Best result Champions (2003, 2015, 2022)
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2014)
Best result Champions (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances8 (First in 2005)
Best result Runner-up (2008)
Argentina national futsal team
Medal record
FIFA Futsal World Cup
2016 Colombia Team
2021 Lithuania Team
2024 Uzbekistan Team
AMF Futsal World Cup
1994 Argentina
2019 Argentina
2007 Argentina
2000 Bolivia
2011 Colombia
2015 Belarus

The Argentina national futsal team represents Argentina during international futsal competitions. It is governed by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino.

Argentina has qualified and participated in all eight FIFA Futsal World Cup tournaments and along with Brazil, Spain and Portugal are the only national teams that have won the FIFA Futsal World Cup, having won it in 2016. Argentina has also won the Copa América three times, in 2003, 2015 and 2022. Argentina is ranked 4th in the FIFA Futsal World Rankings.

In FIFUSA/AMF, Argentina won the 1994 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup and 2019 AMF Futsal Men's World Cup.

In IBSA, los Murciélagos have been crowned world champions twice in the Blind Soccer/Futsal World Championship, and in 2015 won its third world title: the IBSA World Games 2015. Los Murciélagos also won the Blind Futsal Copa Amèrica. Only Brazil and Argentina have won the Blind Futsal Copa Amèrica.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

Team

Current squad

The following players were called up to the Argentina squad for the 2022 Futsal Finalissima.[2]
Head coach: Matías Lucuix

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Nicolás Sarmiento (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 Real Betis Futsal
2 2DF Lucas Tripodi (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 Inter Movistar
3 3MF Ángel Claudino (1995-12-08) 8 December 1995 Viña Albali Valdepeñas
4 3MF Lucas Bolo (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 Córdoba CF
5 2DF Maximiliano Rescia (captain) (1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 Anderlecht
6 2DF Sebastián Corso (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 Industrias Santa Coloma
7 3MF Gerardo Menzeguez (1993-04-23) 23 April 1993 Jaén FS
8 3MF Santiago Basile (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 Boca Juniors
9 4FW Cristian Borruto (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987 Boca Juniors
10 3MF Constantino Vaporaki (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 Meta Catania
11 4FW Alan Brandi (1987-11-24) 24 November 1987 Jaén FS
12 1GK Matías Starna (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 Peñíscola FS
14 3MF Pablo Taborda (1986-09-03) 3 September 1986 Jaén FS
16 3MF Matías Edelstein (1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 Hebraica

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
FW Matías Rosa (1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 Jaén FS 2022 Copa América de Futsal
MF Andrés Geraghty (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 Xota FS 2022 Copa América de Futsal
MF Leandro CuzzolinoRET (1987-05-21) 21 May 1987 L84 2022 Copa América de Futsal
MF Andrés Santos (1988-12-07) 7 December 1988 Real San Giuseppe 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
GK Lucas Farach (1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 Kimberley AC 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
GK Guido Mosenson (1989-03-07) 7 March 1989 Boca Juniors 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
DF Damián StazzoneRET (1986-01-31) 31 January 1986 San Lorenzo 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Retired from international futsal.

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

FIFA Futsal

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
1989 Second round 8th 6 2 0 4 13 18
1992 Second round 6th 6 3 0 3 16 20
1996 First round 9th 3 1 1 1 7 9
2000 Second round 7th 6 3 0 3 16 19
2004 Fourth place 4th 8 4 1 3 21 18
2008 Second round 6th 7 3 3 1 19 12
2012 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 0 2 18 9
2016 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 26 11
2021 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 27 8
2024 Runners-up 2nd 7 6 0 1 30 12
Total 1 title 10/10 62 36 7 19 193 136

Futsal Finalissima

Futsal Finalissima record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2022 Fourth place 4th 2 0 0 2 2 6
Total - 1/1 2 0 0 2 2 6

Copa América de Futsal

Copa América de Futsal record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
1992 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 6
1995 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 11 9
1996 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 5 10
1997 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 11 16
1998 Fourth place 4th 3 0 0 3 4 8
1999 Third place 3rd 3 1 0 2 6 11
2000 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 9 11
2003 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 21 9
2008 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 10 8
2011 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 20 11
2015 Champions 1st 6 3 2 1 20 11
2017 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 26 9
2022 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 16 9
2024 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 12 7
2026 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 17 5
Total 3 titles 15/15 65 37 11 17 185 136

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2012 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 18 6
2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 23 9
2020 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 19 4
Total 2 titles 3/3 18 14 2 2 60 19

Futsal Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2009 Did not enter
2013
2014 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 23 8
2022 Did not enter
Total 1 title 1/4 5 4 0 1 23 8

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2007 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 13 8
Total - 1/1 5 2 2 1 13 8

South American Games

South American Games record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2002 Final 2nd 6 4 0 2 14 12
2006 Semifinals 3rd 6 3 2 1 18 8
2014 Round-robin 2nd 5 4 0 1 15 8
2018 Round-robin 3rd 5 4 0 1 13 7
2022 Round-robin 1st 5 4 1 0 14 3
Total 1 title 5/8 27 19 3 5 74 38

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2005 Semifinals 3rd 4 2 0 2 7 7
2006 Semifinals 4th 4 1 1 2 2 4
2007 Semifinals 3rd 5 4 0 1 27 9
2008 Final 2nd 6 4 1 1 15 8
2009 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 1 0 14 8
2010 Quarterfinals 7th 4 1 1 2 9 9
2011 Semifinals 3rd 6 4 1 1 26 14
2013 Final Round 5th 4 2 1 1 7 15
2014 Did not enter
2015
2018
Total Runner Up 8/11 37 21 6 10 107 74

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito record
Year Position Pld W D L GF GA
1994 Did not enter
1995 5th 2 0 0 2 1 13
1996 3rd 2 1 0 1 3 2
1998 2nd 5 2 1 2 11 10
2001 2nd 4 2 1 1 11 7
2002 4th 5 2 1 2 13 12
2006 Did not enter
2007
2008
Total - 18 7 3 8 39 44
Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South American U-20 Futsal Championship

South American U-20 Futsal Championship record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2004 First round 5th 4 2 0 2 9 9
2006 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 10 7
2008 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 18 10
2010 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 15 7
2013 Third place 3rd 5 4 1 0 15 6
2014 Third place 3rd 6 3 3 0 31 15
2016 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 30 7
2018 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 24 16
2022 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 15 5
2024 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 22 11
Total 2 titles 10/10 54 35 10 9 189 93

South American U-17 Futsal Championship

South American U-17 Futsal Championship record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 24 9
2018 Runners-up 2nd
2022 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 19 3
2024 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 23 3
Total 2 titles 4/4 18 15 2 1 42 6

AMF/FIFUSA Futsal

AMF/FIFUSA Futsal World Cup

AMF Futsal World Cup record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
1982 First round 7th 4 1 1 2 7 14
1985 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 23 29
1988 Second round 7th 6 2 1 3 28 31
1991 Quarter-finals 5th 7 5 0 2 31 12
1994 Champions 1st 9 9 0 0 30 4
1997 Quarter-finals 8th 6 2 1 3 26 7
2000 Third place 3rd 8 3 2 3 25 27
2003 Quarter-finals 6th 4 3 0 1 26 12
2007 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 32 15
2011 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 31 17
2015 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 24 6
2019 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 44 7
2023 Did not participate
Total 2 titles 12/13 74 47 7 20 327 181

FIFUSA/AMF Futsal U-20 World Cup

Futsal U-20 World Cup record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
2014 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 46 9
2018 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 23 13
Total 1 title 2/2 12 11 0 1 69 22

IBSA Futsal

IBSA Blind Futsal World Championship

IBSA Blind Futsal World Championship record
Years Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
1998 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 4 2
2000 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 5
2002 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 15 3
2006 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 12 2
2010 First round 7th 5 2 2 1 4 2
2014 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 4 2
2018 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 6 3
2023 Champions 1st 6 3 3 0 6 1
Total 3 titles 8/8 42 25 12 5 58 20

IBSA World Games

  • 2015 – Champions

4Nations World Series Jakarta 2025

  • 2025 – Champions

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  2. ^ "ARGENTINA" (in Spanish). Conmebol. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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