Paraguay national football team records and statistics

Din doli ŋɔ na nyɛla taarihi n zaŋ ti Paraguay bol'ŋmɛri yili.

Bol'ŋmɛri taarihi

As of 19 November 2022^[1]

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Ban ŋmɛ maachi nima pam

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Paulo da Silva	148	3	2000–2017
2	Justo Villar	120	0	1999–2018
3	Roque Santa Cruz	112	32	1999–2016
4	Carlos Gamarra	110	12	1993–2006
5	Cristian Riveros	101	16	2005–2018
6	Roberto Acuña	100	5	1993–2011
6	Denis Caniza	100	1	1996–2010
8	Celso Ayala	85	6	1993–2003
9	José Saturnino Cardozo	82	25	1991–2006
10	Carlos Bonet	80	1	2002–2013

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Roque Santa Cruz	32	112	0.29	1999–2016
2	José Saturnino Cardozo	25	82	0.3	1991–2006
3	Cristian Riveros	16	101	0.16	2005–2018
4	Saturnino Arrúa	13	26	0.5	1969–1980
	Julio César Romero	13	32	0.41	1979–1986
	Nelson Haedo Valdez	13	77	0.17	2004–2017
7	Óscar Cardozo	12	57	0.21	2006–2021
7	Carlos Gamarra	12	110	0.11	1993–2006
9	Roberto Cabañas	11	28	0.39	1981–1993
9	Miguel Ángel Benítez	11	29	0.38	1996–1999

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Group stage	9th	2	1	0	1	1	3	Squad	Qualified as invitees
1934	Did not enter									Declined participation
1938	Did not enter									Declined participation
1950	Group stage	11th	2	0	1	1	2	4	Squad	Qualified automatically
1954	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	8	6
1958	Group stage	12th	3	1	1	1	9	12	Squad	4	3	0	1	11	4
1962	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	1
1966										4	1	1	2	3	5
1970										6	4	0	2	6	5
1974										4	2	1	1	8	5
1978										4	1	2	1	3	3
1982										4	1	0	3	3	6
1986	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	4	6	Squad	8	3	3	2	14	8
1990	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	6	7
1994	Did not qualify									6	1	4	1	6	7
1998	Round of 16	14th	4	1	2	1	3	2	Squad	16	9	2	5	21	14
Tɛmplet:Country data South Korea 2002	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	6	7	Squad	18	9	3	6	29	23
2006	Group stage	18th	3	1	0	2	2	2	Squad	18	8	4	6	23	23
2010	Quarter-finals	8th	5	1	3	1	3	2	Squad	18	10	3	5	24	16
2014	Did not qualify									16	3	3	10	17	31
Tɛmplet:Country data Russia 2018										18	7	3	8	19	25
Tɛmplet:Country data Qatar 2022										18	3	7	8	12	26
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	8/22	27	7	10	10	30	38	—	172	69	37	66	213	215

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Copa América

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1916	Did not enter
1917
1919
1920
1921	Fourth place	4th	3	1	0	2	2	7	Squad
1922	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	5	3	Squad
1923	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	6	Squad
1924	Third place	3rd	3	1	1	1	4	4	Squad
1925	Third place	3rd	4	0	0	4	4	13	Squad
1926	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	8	20	Squad
1927	Did not enter
1929	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	9	4	Squad
1935	Did not enter
1937	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	8	16	Squad
1939	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	9	8	Squad
1941	Did not enter
1942	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	11	10	Squad
1945	Did not enter
1946	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	8	8	Squad
1947	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	16	11	Squad
1949	Runners-up	2nd	8	6	0	2	21	13	Squad
1953	Champions	1st	7	4	2	1	14	8	Squad
1955	Fifth place	5th	5	1	1	3	7	14	Squad
1956	Fifth place	5th	5	0	2	3	3	8	Squad
1957	Did not enter
1959	Third place	3rd	6	3	0	3	12	12	Squad
1959	Fifth place	5th	4	0	1	3	6	11	Squad
1963	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	13	7	Squad
1967	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	9	13	Squad
1975	Group stage	7th	4	1	1	2	5	5	Squad
1979	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	9	3	Squad
1983	Third place	3rd	2	0	2	0	1	1	Squad
1987	Group stage	9th	2	0	1	1	0	3	Squad
1989	Fourth place	4th	7	3	1	3	9	10	Squad
1991	Group stage	6th	4	2	0	2	7	8	Squad
1993	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	2	7	Squad
1995	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	5	Squad
1997	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	2	5	Squad
1999	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	2	0	6	1	Squad
2001	Group stage	10th	3	0	2	1	4	6	Squad
2004	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	5	5	Squad
2007	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	8	8	Squad
2011	Runners-up	2nd	6	0	5	1	5	8	Squad
2015	Fourth place	4th	6	1	3	2	6	12	Squad
2016	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	1	3	Squad
2019	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	3	1	3	4	Squad
2021	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	1	2	8	6	Squad
2024	Qualified
Total	2 Titles	38/47	177	64	43	70	264	303	—

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1951	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	5	14
1955	Did not participate
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
Tɛmplet:Country data Puerto Rico 1979
1983
1987	Preliminary round	9th	3	0	2	1	1	8
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	4	3
Since 1999	See Paraguay national under-23 football team
Total	Fourth place	3/12	11	3	2	6	10	25

Zuɣu ni zuɣu

Din doli ŋɔ na wuhiri la Paraguay bol'ŋmɛri yili taarihi. Di chanimi ni FIFA World Cup, Copa América, ni zosimli maachi bɔbigu.

Di zani la anashaara goli 18 June 2023 bɛ mini Tɛmplet:Country data Nicaragua maachi ŋmɛbu nyaaŋa.^[2]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	106	16	35	55	111	217	-106	15%
Armenia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	50%
Australia	5	0	3	2	2	4	-2	0%
Austria	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Bahrain	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Belgium	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	33.3%
Bolivia	69	35	18	16	134	74	+60	50.7%
Tɛmplet:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Brazil	82	11	22	49	66	179	−113	13.4%
Bulgaria	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50%
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Canada	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Chile	66	29	7	30	93	93	0	43.9%
China	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	33.3%
Colombia	49	18	9	22	52	59	-7	36.7%
Costa Rica	9	3	3	3	6	5	+1	33.3%
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0%
Denmark	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Ecuador	40	22	6	12	72	52	+20	55%
El Salvador	6	6	0	0	11	1	+10	100%
England	3	0	0	3	0	8	-8	0%
France	5	0	2	3	4	14	-10	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Georgia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Germany	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Greece	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Tɛmplet:Country data Guadeloupe	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Guatemala	11	9	2	0	25	10	+15	81.8%
Honduras	7	2	4	1	9	6	+3	37.5%
Tɛmplet:Country data Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	8	1	+7	50%
Hungary	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100%
Tɛmplet:Country data Iran	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Iraq	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Italy	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	0%
Ivory Coast	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Jamaica	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	66.6%
Japan	11	2	4	5	10	15	-5	18.1%
Tɛmplet:Country data Jordan	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100%
Tɛmplet:Country data Martinique	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Mexico	21	5	5	11	17	37	-20	23.8%
Morocco	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data New Zealand	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	66.6%
Tɛmplet:Country data Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	50%
Tɛmplet:Country data North Korea	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Tɛmplet:Country data North Macedonia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Tɛmplet:Country data Norway	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Oman	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Panama	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	80%
Peru	57	24	14	19	78	67	+11	42.1%
Poland	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100%
Portugal	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Qatar	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	25%
Tɛmplet:Country data Republic of Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0%
Romania	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	50%
Tɛmplet:Country data Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data Scotland	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100%
Serbia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	25%
Tɛmplet:Country data Slovakia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50%
Tɛmplet:Country data Slovenia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
South Africa	5	1	3	1	6	7	−1	20%
Tɛmplet:Country data South Korea	7	2	3	2	8	7	+1	28.5%
Spain	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	0%
Sweden	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	33.3%
Tɛmplet:Country data Togo	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100%
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	33.3%
Tɛmplet:Country data Turkey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Tɛmplet:Country data United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50%
United States	8	2	2	4	6	10	−4	25%
Uruguay	77	25	19	33	94	116	-22	32.4%
Venezuela	27	18	5	4	49	23	+26	66.6%
Tɛmplet:Country data Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Total	766	271	201	294	994	1089	−95	35.3%

↑ Robert Mamrud. Paraguay – Record International Players.
↑ World Football Elo Ratings: Paraguay.

Kundivihira

External links

↑ Includes matches against Yugoslavia.A chirim ya: &It;ref> tuma maa yi laɣingu din yuli nyɛ "lower-alpha", ka lee bi saɣiritiri $It;references group ="lower-alpha"/> tuka maa bon nya

[rsssf_paraguay_player_stats-1] Robert Mamrud. Paraguay – Record International Players.

[2] World Football Elo Ratings: Paraguay.

[3] Includes matches against Yugoslavia.A chirim ya: &It;ref> tuma maa yi laɣingu din yuli nyɛ "lower-alpha", ka lee bi saɣiritiri $It;references group ="lower-alpha"/> tuka maa bon nya

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v · d · m Paraguay national football team
General	*Paraguayan Football Association History Managers
Venues	*Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Statistics	*Head to head Player records
Performances	*FIFA World Cup Copa América
Women teams	* Women Women U-20 Women U-17 Futsal)
Other national teams	* U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Beach Futsal