Paraguay national football team records and statistics

This is a list of statistical records for the Paraguay national football team.

Individual records

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Player records

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As of 19 November 2022[1]
Players in bold are still active at international level.

Most capped players

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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
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

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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
Carlos Gamarra 12 110 0.11 1993–2006
9 Roberto Cabañas 11 28 0.39 1981–1993
Miguel Ángel Benítez 11 29 0.38 1996–1999

Competitive record

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FIFA World Cup

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  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
  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 6 1 4 1 6 7
  1998 Round of 16 14th 4 1 2 1 3 2 Squad 16 9 2 5 21 14
    2002 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
  2018 18 7 3 8 19 25
  2022 18 3 7 8 12 26
      2026 Qualification in progress 6 1 2 3 1 3
      2030 Qualified as commemorative match hosts Qualified as commemorative match hosts
  2034 To be determined To be determined
Total Quarter-finals 8/22 27 7 10 10 30 38 178 70 39 69 214 218
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Copa América

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South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
  1916 Not a CONMEBOL member
  1917
  1919
  1920
  1921 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 2 7 Squad
  1922 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 1 2 5 6 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 9 4 4 1 13 7 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 6th 4 2 1 1 6 5 Squad
  1997 7th 4 1 1 2 2 5 Squad
  1999 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 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 6th 5 2 1 2 8 6 Squad
  2024 Group stage 14th 3 0 0 3 3 8 Squad
Total 2 Titles 39/44 180 64 43 73 267 311

Pan American Games

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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
  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

Head-to-head record

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The list shown below shows the Paraguay national football team all-time international record against opposing nations. The stats are composed of FIFA World Cup and qualifiers, the Copa América, as well as numerous other international friendly tournaments and matches.

Updated to 2 July 2024 after the match against   Costa Rica.[2]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
  Argentina 107 16 35 56 111 218 −107 14.9%
  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%
  Bahrain 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
  Belgium 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 33.3%
  Bolivia 70 36 18 16 135 74 +61 51.4%
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100%
  Brazil 83 11 22 50 67 183 −116 13.2%
  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 68 29 8 31 93 96 −3 42.6%
  China 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 33.3%
  Colombia 50 18 9 23 53 59 −6 36%
  Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 7 7 0 30%
  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%
  Georgia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
  Germany 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 0%
  Greece 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%
  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%
  Hong Kong 2 1 1 0 8 1 +7 50%
  Hungary 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100%
  Iran 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
  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%
  Jamaica 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 66.6%
  Japan 11 2 4 5 10 15 −5 18.1%
  Jordan 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100%
  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%
  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 66.6%
  Nicaragua 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%
  Nigeria 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 50%
  North Korea 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
  North Macedonia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
  Norway 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0%
  Oman 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
  Panama 6 5 1 0 10 1 +9 83.3%
  Peru 59 24 16 19 78 67 +11 40.6%
  Poland 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100%
  Portugal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
  Qatar 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 25%
  Republic of Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0%
  Romania 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 50%
  Saudi Arabia 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0%
  Scotland 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100%
  Serbia[a] 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 25%
  Slovakia 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 50%
  Slovenia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
  South Africa 5 1 3 1 6 7 −1 20%
  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%
  Togo 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100%
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 33.3%
  Turkey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
  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 28 18 5 5 49 24 +25 64.2%
  Wales 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 777 273 204 300 999 1100 −101 35.1%
  1. ^ Includes matches against   Yugoslavia.

References

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  1. ^ Robert Mamrud. "Paraguay – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  2. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Paraguay".
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