Paraguay National Football Team

The Paraguay national football team is the national team of Paraguay and is controlled by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. The Paraguay national football team has reached the second round of the World Cup on three occasions (in 1986, 1998 and 2002) but has never advanced beyond that stage. Paraguay's only major tournament victories have come in the Copa América, in which they triumphed in 1953 and 1979. They also won a silver medal in the football tournament at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, being defeated 1-0 by Argentina in the final.


Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup record
1930 - Round 1
1934 - Did not enter
1938 - Did not enter
1950 - Round 1
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Round 1
1962 to 1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Round 2
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 2
2002 - Round 2
2006 - Round 1
2010 - Qualified

Olympic Games record
1992 - Quarterfinals
2004 - Silver Medal (Second place)

Copa América record
1916 to 1920 - Did not enter
1921 - Fourth place
1922 - Runners-up
1923 - Third place
1924 - Third place
1925 - Third place
1926 - Fourth place
1927 - Withdrew
1929 - Runners-up
1935 - Withdrew
1937 - Fourth place
1939 - Third place
1941 - Withdrew
1942 - Fourth place
1945 - Withdrew
1946 - Third place
1947 - Runners-up
1949 - Runners-up
1953 - Winners
1955 - Fifth place
1956 - Fifth place
1957 - Withdrew
1959 - Third place
1959 - Fifth place
1963 - Runners-up
1967 - Fourth place
1975 - Round 1
1979 - Winners
1983 - Semifinals
1987 - Round 1
1989 - Fourth place
1991 - Round 1
1993 - Quarterfinals
1995 - Quarterfinals
1997 - Quarterfinals
1999 - Quarterfinals
2001 - Round 1
2004 - Quarterfinals
2007 - Quarterfinals

Pan American Games record
1951 - Fifth place
1955 to 1983 - Did not compete
1987 - Round 1
1991 - Did not compete
1995 - Quarterfinals
1999 - Did not compete
2003 - Round 1
2007 - Did not compete