Argentina–Brazil football rivalry
The Argentina–Brazil football rivalry is a sports rivalry between the national football teams of the two countries and their respective sets of fans. Games between the two teams are often marked by notable and controversial incidents. The rivalry has also been referred to as the Battle of the Americas or the Superclassic of the Americas (Spanish: Superclásico de las Américas; Portuguese: Superclássico das Américas). FIFA has described it as the "essence of football rivalry". CNN ranked it second on their top 10 list of international football rivalries—only below the older England–Scotland football rivalry.
Marcelo (Brazil) and Lionel Messi (Argentina) during a match of the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
| Other names | Clásico del Atlántico Clássico do Atlântico |
|---|---|
| Location | South America (CONMEBOL) |
| Teams | Argentina Brazil |
| First meeting | 20 September 1914 Friendly Argentina 3–0 Brazil |
| Latest meeting | 21 November 2023 2026 World Cup qualifiers Brazil 0–1 Argentina |
| Next meeting | 25 March 2025 2026 World Cup qualifiers Argentina v Brazil |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 110 |
| Most wins | Argentina and Brazil (42 each) |
| Most player appearances | Javier Zanetti (16) |
| Top scorer | Pelé (8) |
| Largest victory | Brazil 1–6 Argentina Roca Cup 5 March 1940 |
Argentina Brazil | |
Brazil-Argentina matches are often known for the high level of competitiveness and talent between the two teams. Brazil and Argentina have the highest average football Elo Rating calculated over the entire team history. Both are also routinely ranked among the top ten national teams in the world in both the FIFA World Rankings and the World Football Elo Ratings, and have produced players considered at the time the best in the world, such as Alfredo Di Stéfano, Diego Maradona, and Lionel Messi for Argentina and Pelé, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho from Brazil.