Paraguay national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Los Guaraníes La Albirroja (White and red) |
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| Association | Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF) | ||||||||||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Francisco Arce | ||||||||||
| Captain | Justo Villar | ||||||||||
| Most caps | Paulo da Silva (142) | ||||||||||
| Top scorer | Roque Santa Cruz (32) | ||||||||||
| Home stadium | Estadio Defensores del Chaco | ||||||||||
| FIFA code | PAR | ||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||
| Current | 40  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 8 (March 2001) | ||||||||||
| Lowest | 103 (May 1995) | ||||||||||
| Elo ranking | |||||||||||
| Current | 38 (18 January 2017) | ||||||||||
| Highest | 4 (21 February 1954) | ||||||||||
| Lowest | 43 (12 August 1962, 5 March 2014, 31 March 2015) | ||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||
 Paraguay 1–5 Argentina  (Asunción, Paraguay; 11 May 1919) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||
Paraguay 7–0 Bolivia  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 30 April 1949)  Hong Kong 0–7 Paraguay  (Hong Kong; 17 November 2010) |
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Argentina 8–0 Paraguay (Santiago, Chile; 20 October 1926) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1930) | ||||||||||
| Best result | Quarter-finals, 2010 | ||||||||||
| Copa América | |||||||||||
| Appearances | 34 (first in 1921) | ||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1953 and 1979 | ||||||||||
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Medal record
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The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol) and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010) and has reached the second round of the competition on four occasions. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions (in 1953 and 1979). Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings is 8th (March 2001) and lowest is 103 (May 1995), and was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996.
The national team's most successful period was under the coaching of Argentine Gerardo Martino, who was awarded with the South American Coach of the Year in 2007 and took Paraguay to the quarter-final stages of a FIFA World Cup competition for the first time in history (in 2010) and also to the final of the 2011 Copa América, where Paraguay finished as runners-up. In the entire national team's history at the FIFA World Cup, both Carlos Gamarra and José Luis Chilavert hold the distinction of being selected as part of the All-Star Team, being for the 1998 edition. Paulo da Silva holds the most amount of appearances for the national team with 133 and Roque Santa Cruz is the all-time leading goal scorer with 32 goals. Denis Caniza, who was present with the national team from 1996 to 2010, is the only player to have represented Paraguay in four consecutive FIFA World Cup competitions (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010).
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