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England men · International friendly

Argentina
v England⁠

2–3

Full time

Argentina v England finished 2–3.

Argentina
Crespo 35', Samuel 54'
Date
Saturday 12 November 2005 · England in 2005
Kick-off
16:45 UK
Venue
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Argentina

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Roberto Abbondanzieri GK
  • No. 9, Hernán Crespo FW Off in the 70'
  • No. 11, Carlos Tevez FW Off in the 80'
  • No. 19, Maxi Rodríguez FW
  • No. 2, Roberto Ayala D Off in the 74'
  • No. 3, Juan Pablo Sorin D
  • No. 4, Javier Zanetti D
  • No. 6, Walter Samuel D
  • No. 8, Juan Román Riquelme M Off in the 84'
  • No. 19, Esteban Cambiasso M
  • No. 21, Martín Demichelis D

Substitutes

  • No. 9, Javier Saviola On in the 70'
  • No. 23, Fabricio Coloccini On in the 74'
  • No. 9, Julio Cruz On in the 80'
  • No. 15, Lucho González On in the 84'
  • No. 5, Sebastian Alejandro Battaglia (not used)
  • No. 14, Gabriel Milito (not used)
  • No. 15, Diego Placente (not used)
  • No. 25, Leo Franco (not used)

Referee: Philippe Leuba.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1986 – 2002

03 30 Jun 1998
FIFA World Cup · Round of 16 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Argentina 2–2 England England drew

a.e.t., 4–3 pens

England: Shearer 10' pen, Owen 16'

Argentina: Batistuta 6' pen, Zanetti 45+1'

Match page: Argentina v England, 30 June 1998

Official meetings since 1951

England v Argentina stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings14In our results database
England wins6England perspective
Draws5Level at full time
Argentina wins3Argentina victories

England have scored 22 goals to Argentina's 17 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Owen

3 goals against Argentina in matches we hold scorer data for.

Argentina · Fixture leader

2

Kempes

Argentina's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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