Football World Cup 1958 / Paraguay

This article covers the Paraguayan national soccer team at the 1958 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Paraguay	11: 4	6th
2	Uruguay	4: 6	5
3	Colombia	3: 8	1

Colombia	-	Paraguay	2: 3
Paraguay	-	Colombia	3-0
Paraguay	-	Uruguay	5-0
Uruguay	-	Paraguay	2-0

Paraguayan contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Ramón Mayeregger	Nacional Asunción	February 26, 1934
12	Samuel Aguilar	Libertad Asunción	March 16, 1934
Defense
2	Edelmiro Arévalo	Olimpia Asunción	January 7, 1929
4th	Ignacio Achúcarro	Olimpia Asunción	July 31, 1936
6th	Eligio Echagüe	Olimpia Asunción	December 31, 1938
13	Luis Gini	Sol de America	October 31, 1935
14th	Dario Segovia	Sol de America	March 18, 1932
17th	Agustin Miranda	Cerro Porteño	January 1, 1930
midfield
3	Juan Vicente Lezcano	Olimpia Asunción	April 5, 1937
5	Salvador Villalba	Libertad Asunción	August 29, 1924
15th	Luis Santos Silva	Cerro Porteño
attack
7th	Juan Bautista Aguero	Olimpia Asunción	June 24, 1935
8th	José Parodi	Olimpia Asunción	August 30, 1932
9	Jorgelino Romero	Sol de America	September 23, 1937
10	Oscar Aguilera	Olimpia Asunción	March 11, 1935
11	Florencio Amarilla	Nacional Asunción	January 3, 1935
16	Claudio Lezcano	Olimpia Asunción
18th	Gilberto Penayo	Olimpia Asunción	April 3, 1933
19th	Eliseo Insfrán	Club Guaraní	October 27, 1935
20th	José Aveiro	Royal Antwerp	July 18, 1936
21st	Cayetano Ré	Cerro Porteño	February 7, 1938
22nd	Eligio Insfrán	Club Guaraní	October 27, 1935
Trainer
	Aurelio González		September 25, 1905

Games of the Paraguayan team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	France	11: 7	4th
2	Yugoslavia	7: 6	4th
3	Paraguay	9:12	3
4th	Scotland	4: 6	1

• France - Paraguay 7: 3 (2: 2)

Stadium: Norrköpings Idrottspark ( Norrköping )

Spectators: 16,500

Referee: Gardeazábal ( Spain )

Goals: 0: 1 Amarilla (20th), 1: 1 Fontaine (24th), 2: 1 Fontaine (30th), 2: 2 Amarilla (44th) 11m , 2: 3 Romero (50th), 3: 3 Piantoni (52nd), 4: 3 Wisnieski (61st), 5: 3 Fontaine (67th), 6: 3 Kopa (70th), 7: 3 Vincent (83rd)

• Paraguay - Scotland 3: 2 (2: 1)

Stadium: Norrköpings Idrottspark ( Norrköping )

Spectators: 12,000

Referee: Orlandini ( Italy )

Goals: 1: 0 Agüero (4th), 1: 1 Mudie (24th), 2: 1 Ré (45th), 3: 1 Parodi (73rd), 3: 2 Collins (74th)

• Paraguay - Yugoslavia 3: 3 (1: 2)

Stadium: Tunavallen ( Eskilstuna )

Spectators: 12,000

Referee: Macko ( Czechoslovakia )

Goals: 0: 1 Ognjanović (18th), 1: 1 Parodi (20th), 1: 2 Veselinović (21st), 2: 2 Agüero (52nd), 2: 3 Rajkov (73rd), 3: 3 Romero (80.)

There was no favorite in group 2. The negative surprise, however, was the Scots. Against Yugoslavia it was enough to make it 1-1, but against Paraguay it was a sensational 2-3. Since it was also a 2-1 defeat against the French, they were eliminated, landing in fourth place. France became group winners with their World Cup goal scorer Just Fontaine, who set the record of 13 goals in a tournament that is still in existence today. He was already successful three times against Paraguay at 7-3. Fontaine also scored the two goals of the French in the 3-2 defeat against the later group runners-up, Yugoslavia. The 3: 3 against Paraguay was enough for the Yugoslavs to advance, one point ahead of the South Americans.