Argentina–Chile football rivalry

The Argentina-Chile football rivalry is one the oldest set of fixtures in the South American football history.. The first match was a friendly match that took place in Buenos Aires on May 27, 1910, before the beginning of the Copa Centenario de Mayo, as it was the first international match for the Chile. This match ended in favor of Argentina by 3-1, with goals by José Viale, Maximiliano Susán and Juan Enrique Hayes for Argentina, and Frank Simmons for Chile.

Background

During the Baltimore Crisis which brought Chile and the United States to the brink of war in 1891 (at the end of the 1891 Chilean Civil War), the Argentine foreign minister Estanislao Zeballos offered the US-minister in Buenos Aires the Argentine province of Salta as base of operations from which to attack Chile overland. In return, Argentina asked the U.S. for the cession of southern Chile to Argentina. Later, Chile and the United States averted the war.

Matches

1910-1959

The first match between two teams was played on May 27, 1910, before the beginning of the Copa Centenario de Mayo. It was Chile's first ever international, Chile lost 3-1 to Argentina. This win marked beginning of Argentina's unbeaten streak of 36 matches, spanning over the time 49 years. During this streak only 7 matches ended in draws. Argentina also achieved the winning streak of 7 (two times) and 8 games between this time period. First winning streak was of seven games from 27 May 1910 to 06 Oct 1917, second was a record eight games winning streak spanning from 22 Jul 1930 to 04 Mar 1941 and then again a winning streak of seven games from 30 Mar 1955 to 07 Mar 1959.

1959-2000

Chile finally broke the undefeated streak of Argentina and won their first game on 18 Nov 1959, an international friendly winning the game 4-2. Chile just won five games during this tenure as they rarely had the upper hand on Argentina who won 27 matches and 12 matches ended in a draw.

2000-present

Since 2000, both the countries have met of 14 occasions, twice in finals the back-to-back editions of Copa América. Chile won both the finals (2015 and 2016) on penalty shoot-outs.

List of Matches

{|border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100% |+style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF align=center |# |Date |City |Result |Home-Away |Competition |-align=center | 1 || May 27, 1910 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 3-1|| Friendly |-align = center | 2 || June 5, 1910 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 5-1 || Friendly |-align = center | 3 || September 11, 1910 || align = left | Viña del Mar || Chile - Argentina || 0-3 || Friendly |-align = center | 4 || September 21, 1913 || align = left | Viña del Mar || Chile - Argentina || 0-2 || Friendly |-align = center style="background: #FFD4E4" | 5 || July 6, 1916 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 6- 1 || 1916 South American Championship |-align = center | 6 || July 12, 1916 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 7 || October 6, 1917 || align = left | Montevideo || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || 1917 South American Championship |-align = center | 8 || October 21, 1917 || align = left | Avellaneda || Argentina - Chile || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 9 || May 22, 1919 || align = left | Rio de Janeiro || Argentina - Chile || 4- 1 || 1919 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 10 || September 20, 1920 || align = left | Viña del Mar || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || 1920 South American Championship |-align = center | 11 || September 25, 1921 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 4 || Friendly |-align = center | 12 || October 2, 1921 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 13 || September 28, 1922 || align = left | Rio de Janeiro || Argentina - Chile || 4- 0 || 1922 South American Championship |-align = center | 14 || October 22, 1922 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 15 || December 3, 1923 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 6- 0 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 16 || October 25, 1924 || align = left | Montevideo || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || 1924 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 17 || October 31, 1926 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || 1926 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #D4F2CE" | 18 || July 22, 1930 || align = left | Montevideo || Argentina - Chile || 3- 1 || 1930 FIFA World Cup |-align = center style="background: #FFD4E4" | 19 || January 6, 1935 || align = left | Lima || Argentina - Chile || 4- 1 || 1935 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 20 || December 30, 1936 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 2- 1 || 1937 South American Championship |-align = center | 21 || March 2, 1940 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 4- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 22 || March 9, 1940 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 3- 2 || Friendly |-align = center | 23 || January 5, 1941 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 2 || Friendly |-align = center | 24 || January 9, 1941 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 2- 5 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 25 || March 4, 1941 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 1 || 1941 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 26 || January 31, 1942 || align = left | Montevideo || Argentina - Chile || 0- 0 || 1942 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 27 || February 11, 1945 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || 1945 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 28 || January 26, 1946 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 3- 1 || 1946 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 29 || December 16, 1947 || align = left | Guayaquil || Argentina - Chile || 1- 1 || 1947 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 30 || March 30, 1955 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 1 || 1955 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 31 || January 29, 1956 || align = left | Montevideo || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || 1956 South American Championship |-align = center | 32 || March 11, 1956 || align = left | Mexico City || Argentina - Chile || 3- 0 || 1956 Panamerican Championship |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 33 || March 28, 1957 || align = left | Lima || Argentina - Chile || 6- 2 || 1957 South American Championship |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 34 || October 13, 1957 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 2 || 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 35 || October 20, 1957 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 4- 0 || 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 36 || March 7, 1959 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 6- 1 || 1959 South American Championship |-align = center | 37 || November 18, 1959 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 4- 2 || Friendly |-align = center | 38 || November 7, 1962 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 39 || November 21, 1962 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 40 || September 24, 1964 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 5- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 41 || October 14, 1964 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 42 || July 14, 1965 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 43 || July 21, 1965 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 44 || January 28, 1967 || align = left | Montevideo || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || 1967 South American Championship |-align = center | 45 ||15 August 1967 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 46 || November 8, 1967 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 3- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 47 || 27 November 1968 || align = left | Rosario || Argentina - Chile || 4- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 48 || December 4, 1968 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 2- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 49 || May 28, 1969 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 50 || June 11, 1969 || align = left | La Plata || Argentina - Chile || 2- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 51 || July 21, 1971 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 2- 2 || Friendly |-align = center | 52 || August 4, 1971 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 53 || May 31, 1972 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 3- 4 || Friendly |-align = center | 54 || September 25, 1972 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 55 || July 13, 1973 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 5- 4 || Friendly |-align = center | 56 || July 18, 1973 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 3- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 57 || November 6, 1974 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 2 || Friendly |-align = center | 58 || 20 November 1974 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center | 59 || October 13, 1976 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 60 || 18 September 1980 || align = left | Mendoza || Argentina - Chile || 2- 2 || Friendly |-align = center | 61 || 12 May 1983 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 2- 2 || Friendly |-align = center | 62 || June 23, 1983 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 63 || October 18, 1984 || align = left | Singapore City || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 64 || May 14, 1985 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || Friendly |-align = center | 65 || April 20, 1989 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 1 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 66 || July 2, 1989 || align = left | Goiânia || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || 1989 Copa América |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 67 || July 10, 1991 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 1 || 1991 Copa América |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 68 || July 19, 1991 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 0 || 1991 Copa América Final round |-align = center | 69 || May 18, 1994 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 3- 3 || Friendly |-align = center | 70 || November 16, 1994 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 3 || Friendly |-align = center | 71 || July 11, 1995 || align = left | Paysandú || Argentina - Chile || 4- 0 || 1995 Copa América |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 72 || 15 December 1996 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1- 1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 73 || June 14, 1997 || align = left | Cochabamba || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || Copa América 1997 |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 74 || September 10, 1997 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 2 ||| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center | 75 || 19 May 1998 || align = left | Mendoza || Argentina - Chile || 1- 0 || Friendly |-align = center style="background: #D0E7FF" | 76 || March 29, 2000 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 4- 1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 77 || 15 November 2000 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 2 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 78 || September 6, 2003 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 2- 2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 79 || October 13, 2004 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 0 ||| 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 80 || April 18, 2007 || align = left | Mendoza || Argentina - Chile || 0- 0 || Friendly |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 81 || October 13, 2007 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 2- 0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 82 || October 15, 2008 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 83 || October 7, 2011 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 4- 1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 84 || October 16, 2012 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 2 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 85 || July 4, 2015 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 0- 0 (4- 1 pen.) || 2015 Copa América |-align = center style = "background: #D0E7FF" | 86 || March 24, 2016 || align = left | Santiago || Chile - Argentina || 1- 2 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 87 || June 6, 2016 || align = left | Santa Clara || Argentina - Chile || 2- 1 || Copa América Centenario |-align = center style = "background: #FFD4E4" | 88 || June 26, 2016 || align = left | East Rutherford || Argentina - Chile || 0-0 (2- 4 pen. ) || Copa América Centenario |-align=center style="background: #D0E7FF" | 89 || March 23, 2017 || align = left | Buenos Aires || Argentina - Chile || 1-0 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |}