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
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
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
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

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	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	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 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%

^ Includes matches against Yugoslavia.

References

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

External links

[3] Includes matches against Yugoslavia.

[rsssf_paraguay_player_stats-1] Robert Mamrud. "Paraguay – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

[2] "World Football Elo Ratings: Paraguay".

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Performances	FIFA World Cup Copa América
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Other national teams	U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Beach Futsal