Football World Cup 1930 / Paraguay

This article covers the Paraguayan national soccer team at the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay .

qualification

Like all other participants, Paraguay was invited by host Uruguay without qualifying.

Contingent

Surname	Association at the time	Date of birth	Sp.	Gates	Space management
goalkeeper
Pedro Benítez	Club Libertad	?	1	0	0
Modesto Denis	Club Nacional	1901	1	0	0
Defense
Estasiano Chamorro	Presidente Hayes	?	0	0	0
Salvador Flores	Club Cerro Porteño	1906	2	0	0
José León Miracca	Club Nacional	23 Sep 1903	1	0	0
Quiterio Olmedo	Club Nacional	Dec 21, 1907	2	0	0
midfield
Francisco Aguirre	Olimpia Asunción	1908	1	0	0
Santiago Benítez	Olimpia Asunción	1903	1	0	0
Eusébio Díaz	Club Guaraní	1901	2	0	0
Romildo Etcheverry	Olimpia Asunción	1907	1	0	0
Diego Florentin	Club Atlético River Plate	?	0	0	0
Tranquilino Garcete	Club Libertad	1907	1	0	0
attack
Delfín Benítez Cáceres	Club Libertad	Sep 24 1910	1	0	0
Cayetano Saguier Carreras	Sportivo Luqueño	?	0	0	0
Diógenes Domínguez	Sportivo Luqueño	1902	1	0	0
Aurelio González	Olimpia Asunción	25 Sep 1905	2	0	0
Lino Nessi	Club Libertad	1904	2	0	0
Amadeo Ortega	Club Atlético River Plate	?	0	0	0
Bernabé Rivera	Sportivo Luqueño	?	0	0	0
Gerardo Romero	Club Libertad	1906	1	0	0
Luis Vargas Peña	Olimpia Asunción	1905	2	1	0
Jacinto Villalba	Cerro Porteño	?	0	0	0
Trainer
José Durand Laguna		0Nov 7, 1885

Tournament course

Preliminary round

→ Main article : Football World Cup 1930 / Group 4

Group 4

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	United States	2	2	0	0	6-0	+6	4-0
2	Paraguay	2	1	0	1	1: 3	-2	2: 2
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	0: 4	-4	0: 4

Thursday, July 17, 1930, 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
United States	-	Paraguay	3: 0 (2: 0)
Sun., July 20, 1930, 3 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Paraguay	-	Belgium	1: 0 (1: 0)

After Paraguay's surprising defeat by the United States , the USA, who had previously triumphed 3-0 against Belgium, would advance to the semi-finals. The match between Belgium and Paraguay, which Paraguay won 1-0 with a goal from Luis Peña, was meaningless.