Argentina's first official international against European opposition came on their way to the 1928 Olympic Tournament, On April 1st 1928 they faced Portugal at Sporting's Estádio do Lumiar.
The game, watched by 20,000, ended in a goaless draw.
| 
Portugal | |
| 
António Roquete   | 
Casa Pia | 
| 
Carlos Alves   | 
Carcavelinhos | 
| 
Jorge Vieira  © | 
Sporting  | 
| 
Martinho Oliveira   | 
Sporting  | 
| 
de Serra e Moura   | 
Sporting  | 
| 
César De Matos   | 
Belenenses | 
| 
Valdemar Mota   | 
Porto | 
| 
João dos Santos   | 
Vitória Setúbal | 
| 
Pepe   | 
Belenenses | 
| 
Vítor Silva   | 
Sporting | 
| 
Sub: Alfredo Ramos (Belenenses)  replaced Vítor Silva @ 32 minutes  | |
| 
Argentina | |
| 
Octavio
  Diaz | 
Rosario Central | 
| 
Ángel Segundo Médici | 
Boca Juniors | 
| 
Ludovico Bidoglio © | 
Boca Juniors | 
| 
Saul
  Calandra | 
Estudiantes de La Plata  | 
| 
Fernando
  Paternoster | 
Racing Club de Avellaneda | 
| 
Rodolfo Orlandini | 
Club Sportivo Buenos Aires | 
| 
Natalio
  Perinetti | 
Racing Club de Avellaneda | 
| 
Pedro
  Ochoa | 
Racing Club de Avellaneda | 
| 
Roberto
  Cherro | 
Boca Juniors | 
| 
Domingo
  Tarasconi | 
Boca Juniors | 
| 
Raimundo
  Orsi | 
Independiente | 

 
     
   