José Néstor Pekerman - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Argentine coach coached three national teams (Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela) for (in total) 115 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born:  3- 9-1949
Country: Argentina
Matches as Coach:		        115	(W61-D28-L26 – GF189-GA105 – %65.22)
Matches as Coach for Argentina: 	 27 	(W14-D 7-L 6 – GF 50-GA 33 – %64.81)
Matches as Coach for Colombia:  	 78	(W42-D20-L16 – GF124-GA 59 – %66.67)
Matches as Coach for Venezuela:  	 10	(W 5-D 1-L 4 – GF 15-GA 13 – %55.00)

Age First Match: 55 yr  36 d		 9-10-2004 vs. Uruguay 4-2
Age Last Match:  73 yr  78 d		20-11-2022 vs. Syria 2-1
National Team Career: 18 yr  42 d

Coach for Argentina
Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1    9-10-04	Buenos Aires	Uruguay		4-2	World Cup Qualifier
  2   13-10-04	Santiago	Chile		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  3   17-11-04	Buenos Aires	Venezuela	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
  4    9- 2-05	Düsseldorf	Germany		2-2	
  5    9- 3-05	Los Angeles	Mexico		1-1	
  6   26- 3-05	La Paz		Bolivia		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
  7   30- 3-05	Buenos Aires	Colombia	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
  8    4- 6-05	Quito		Ecuador		0-2	World Cup Qualifier
  9    8- 6-05	Buenos Aires	Brazil		3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 10   15- 6-05	Köln		Tunisia		2-1	Confederations Cup
 11   18- 6-05	Nürnberg	Australia	4-2	Confederations Cup
 12   21- 6-05	Nürnberg	Germany		2-2	Confederations Cup
 13   26- 6-05	Hannover	Mexico 		1-1 [1]	Confederations Cup
 14   29- 6-05	Frankfurt	Brazil		1-4	Confederations Cup
 15   17- 8-05	Budapest	Hungary		2-1	
 16    3- 9-05	Asunción	Paraguay	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 17    9-10-05	Buenos Aires	Peru		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 18   12-10-05	Montevideo	Uruguay		0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 19   12-11-05	Genčve		England		2-3	
 20   16-11-05	Doha		Qatar		3-0	
 21    1- 3-06	Basel		Croatia		2-3	
 22   30- 5-06	Salerno		Angola		2-0	 
 23   10- 6-06	Hamburg		Ivory Coast	2-1	World Cup
 24   16- 6-06	Gelsenkirchen	Serbia-Monten.	6-0	World Cup
 25   21- 6-06	Frankfurt	Netherlands	0-0	World Cup
 26   24- 6-06	Leipzig		Mexico		2-1	World Cup
 27   30- 6-06	Berlin		Germany 	1-1 [2]	World Cup

[1] Argentina won 6-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Argentina lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.

Coach for Colombia
Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1   29- 2-12	Miami Gardens	Mexico		2-0	
  2    3- 6-12	Lima		Peru		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
  3   10- 6-12	Quito		Ecuador		0-1	World Cup Qualifier
  4    7- 9-12	Barranquilla	Uruguay		4-0	World Cup Qualifier
  5   11- 9-12	Santiago	Chile		3-1	World Cup Qualifier
  6   12-10-12	Barranquilla	Paraguay	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
  7   16-10-12	Barranquilla	Cameroon	3-0	
  8   14-11-12	East Rutherford	Brazil		1-1	
  9    6- 2-13	Miami		Guatemala	4-1	
 10   22- 3-13	Barranquilla	Bolivia		5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 11   26- 3-13	Puerto Ordaz	Venezuela	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 12    7- 6-13	Buenos Aires	Argentina	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 13   11- 6-13	Barranquilla	Peru		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 14   14- 8-13	Barcelona	Serbia		1-0	
 15    6- 9-13	Barranquilla	Ecuador		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 16   10- 9-13	Montevideo	Uruguay		0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 17   11-10-13	Barranquilla	Chile		3-3	World Cup Qualifier
 18   15-10-13	Asunción	Paraguay	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 19   14-11-13	Brussels	Belgium		2-0	
 20   19-11-13	Amsterdam	Netherlands	0-0	
 21    5- 3-14	Barcelona	Tunisia		1-1	
 22   31- 5-14	Buenos Aires	Senegal		2-2	
 23    6- 6-14	Buenos Aires	Jordan		3-0	
 24   14- 6-14	Belo Horizonte	Greece		3-0	World Cup
 25   19- 6-14	Brasilia	Ivory Coast	2-1	World Cup
 26   24- 6-14	Cuiabá		Japan		4-1	World Cup
 27   28- 6-14	Rio de Janeiro	Uruguay		2-0	World Cup
 28    4- 7-14	Fortaleza	Brazil		1-2	World Cup
 29    5- 9-14	Miami Gardens	Brazil		0-1	
 30   10-10-14	New Jersey	El Salvador	3-0	
 31   14-10-14	Harrison	Canada		1-0	
 32   14-11-14	London		United States	2-1	
 33   18-11-14	Ljubljana	Slovenia	1-0	
 34   26- 3-15	Riffa		Bahrain		6-0	
 35   30- 3-15	Abu Dhabi	Kuwait		3-1	
 36    6- 6-15	Buenos Aires	Costa Rica	1-0	
 37   14- 6-15	Rancagua	Venezuela	0-1	Copa América
 38   17- 6-15	Santiago	Brazil		1-0	Copa América
 39   21- 6-15	Temuco		Peru		0-0	Copa América
 40   26- 6-15	Vińa del Mar	Argentina 	0-0 [1]	Copa América
 41    8- 9-15	New Jersey	Peru		1-1	
 42    8-10-15	Barranquilla	Peru		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 43   13-10-15	Montevideo	Uruguay		0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 44   12-11-15	Santiago	Chile		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 45   17-11-15	Barranquilla	Argentina	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 46   24- 3-16	La Paz		Bolivia		3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 47   29- 3-16	Barranquilla	Ecuador		3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 48   29- 5-16	Miami		Haiti		3-1	
 49    3- 6-16	Santa Clara	United States	2-0	Copa América
 50    7- 6-16	Pasadena	Paraguay	2-1	Copa América
 51   11- 6-16	Houston		Costa Rica	2-3	Copa América
 52   17- 6-16	East Rutherford	Peru 		0-0 [2]	Copa América
 53   22- 6-16	Chicago		Chile		0-2	Copa América
 54   25- 6-16	Glendale	United States	1-0	Copa América
 55    1- 9-16	Barranquilla	Venezuela	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 56    6- 9-16	Manaus		Brazil		1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 57    6-10-16	Asunción	Paraguay	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 58   11-10-16	Barranquilla	Uruguay		2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 59   10-11-16	Barranquilla	Chile		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 60   15-11-16	San Juan	Argentina	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 61   25- 1-17	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		0-1	
 62   23- 3-17	Barranquilla	Bolivia		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 63   28- 3-17	Quito		Ecuador		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 64    7- 6-17	Murcia		Spain		2-2	
 65   13- 6-17	Getafe		Cameroon	4-0	
 66   31- 8-17	San Cristóbal	Venezuela	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 67    5- 9-17	Barranquilla	Brazil		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 68    5-10-17	Barranquilla	Paraguay	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 69   10-10-17	Lima		Peru		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 70   10-11-17	Suwon		South Korea	1-2	
 71   14-11-17	Chongqing	China		4-0	
 72   23- 3-18	Saint-Denis	France		3-2	
 73   27- 3-18	London		Australia	0-0	
 74    1- 6-18	Bergamo		Egypt		0-0	
 75   19- 6-18	Saransk		Japan		1-2	World Cup
 76   24- 6-18	Kazan		Poland		3-0	World Cup
 77   28- 6-18	Samara		Senegal		1-0	World Cup
 78    3- 7-18	Moskva		England 	1-1 [3]	World Cup

[1] Colombia lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Colombia won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Colombia lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.

Coach for Venezuela
Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1   28- 1-22	Barinas 	Bolivia 	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
  2    1- 2-22	Montevideo	Uruguay 	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
  3   25- 3-22	Buenos Aires	Argentina	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
  4   29- 3-22	Guayaquil	Colombia	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
  5    1- 6-22	Ta'Qali 	Malta   	1-0	
  6    9- 6-22	Murcia  	Saudi Arabia	1-0	
  7   22- 9-22	Maria Enzersdf.	Iceland 	0-1	
  8   27- 9-22	Wiener Neustadt	UA Emirates	4-0	
  9   15-11-22	Sharjah 	Panama  	2-2	
 10   20-11-22	Dubai   	Syria   	2-1	

Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    115	 61  28  26	189-105		150	65.22

Types of Matches
World Cup Qualifier	 45
Friendlies		 41
World Cup		 14
Copŕ América		 10
Other Tournaments	  5

Total matches:  	115



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