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 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
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
Uruguay 1930 Group stage 9th 2 1 0 1 1 3 Squad Qualified as invitees
Italy 1934 Did not enter Declined participation
France 1938
Brazil 1950 Group stage 11th 2 0 1 1 2 4 Squad Qualified automatically
Switzerland 1954 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 8 6
Sweden 1958 Group stage 12th 3 1 1 1 9 12 Squad 4 3 0 1 11 4
Chile 1962 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
England 1966 4 1 1 2 3 5
Mexico 1970 6 4 0 2 6 5
West Germany 1974 4 2 1 1 8 5
Argentina 1978 4 1 2 1 3 3
Spain 1982 4 1 0 3 3 6
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 4 6 Squad 8 3 3 2 14 8
Italy 1990 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 6 7
United States 1994 6 1 4 1 6 7
France 1998 Round of 16 14th 4 1 2 1 3 2 Squad 16 9 2 5 21 14
South Korea Japan 2002 16th 4 1 1 2 6 7 Squad 18 9 3 6 29 23
Germany 2006 Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 2 2 Squad 18 8 4 6 23 23
South Africa 2010 Quarter-finals 8th 5 1 3 1 3 2 Squad 18 10 3 5 24 16
Brazil 2014 Did not qualify 16 3 3 10 17 31
Russia 2018 18 7 3 8 19 25
Qatar 2022 18 3 7 8 12 26
Canada Mexico United States 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

Main article: Paraguay at the Copa América
South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
Argentina 1916 Did not enter
Uruguay 1917
Brazil 1919
Chile 1920
Argentina 1921 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 2 7 Squad
Brazil 1922 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 5 3 Squad
Uruguay 1923 Third place 3rd 3 1 0 2 4 6 Squad
Uruguay 1924 Third place 3rd 3 1 1 1 4 4 Squad
Argentina 1925 Third place 3rd 4 0 0 4 4 13 Squad
Chile 1926 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 8 20 Squad
Peru 1927 Did not enter
Argentina 1929 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 9 4 Squad
Peru 1935 Did not enter
Argentina 1937 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 8 16 Squad
Peru 1939 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 9 8 Squad
Chile 1941 Did not enter
Uruguay 1942 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 11 10 Squad
Chile 1945 Did not enter
Argentina 1946 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 8 8 Squad
Ecuador 1947 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 16 11 Squad
Brazil 1949 Runners-up 2nd 8 6 0 2 21 13 Squad
Peru 1953 Champions 1st 7 4 2 1 14 8 Squad
Chile 1955 Fifth place 5th 5 1 1 3 7 14 Squad
Uruguay 1956 Fifth place 5th 5 0 2 3 3 8 Squad
Peru 1957 Did not enter
Argentina 1959 Third place 3rd 6 3 0 3 12 12 Squad
Ecuador 1959 Fifth place 5th 4 0 1 3 6 11 Squad
Bolivia 1963 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 13 7 Squad
Uruguay 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
Argentina 1987 Group stage 9th 2 0 1 1 0 3 Squad
Brazil 1989 Fourth place 4th 7 3 1 3 9 10 Squad
Chile 1991 Group stage 6th 4 2 0 2 7 8 Squad
Ecuador 1993 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 2 7 Squad
Uruguay 1995 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 6 5 Squad
Bolivia 1997 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 2 5 Squad
Paraguay 1999 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 2 0 6 1 Squad
Colombia 2001 Group stage 10th 3 0 2 1 4 6 Squad
Peru 2004 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 5 5 Squad
Venezuela 2007 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 0 2 8 8 Squad
Argentina 2011 Runners-up 2nd 6 0 5 1 5 8 Squad
Chile 2015 Fourth place 4th 6 1 3 2 6 12 Squad
United States 2016 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 1 3 Squad
Brazil 2019 Quarter-finals 8th 4 0 3 1 3 4 Squad
Brazil 2021 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 1 2 8 6 Squad
United States 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
Argentina 1951 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 5 14
Mexico 1955 Did not participate
United States 1959
Brazil 1963
Canada 1967
Colombia 1971
Mexico 1975
Puerto Rico 1979
Venezuela 1983
United States 1987 Preliminary round 9th 3 0 2 1 1 8
Cuba 1991 Did not qualify
Argentina 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 21 November 2023 after the match against  Colombia.[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 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 67 29 8 30 93 93 0 43.2%
 China 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 33.3%
 Colombia 50 18 9 23 52 60 -8 36%
 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%
 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 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 80%
 Peru 58 24 15 19 78 67 +11 41.3%
 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 772 272 203 297 995 1092 −97 35.2%
  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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