Paraguay national football team records and statistics

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

Individual records

Player records

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

Most capped players

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 Gustavo Gomez 82 4 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
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

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Paraguay at the 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
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

Main article: Paraguay at the Copa América
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

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

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 5 June 2025 after the match against  Uruguay.[2]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Win %
 Argentina 108 17 35 56 113 219 −106 15.74%
 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 71 36 19 16 137 76 +61 50.7%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100%
 Brazil 84 12 22 50 68 183 −115 14.28%
 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 69 30 8 31 94 96 −2 43.47%
 China 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 33.3%
 Colombia 51 18 10 23 55 61 −6 35.29%
 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 41 22 7 12 72 52 +20 53.65%
 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 79 26 20 33 96 116 −20 32.91%
 Venezuela 29 19 5 5 51 25 +26 65.51%
 Wales 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 786 278 208 300 1011 1106 −95 35.36%
  1. ^ Includes matches against  Yugoslavia.

References

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