Football World Cup 1998 / Paraguay

This article covers the Paraguayan national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	23:13	30th
2	Paraguay	21:14	29
3	Colombia	23:15	28
4th	Chile	32:18	25th
5	Peru	19:20	25th
6th	Ecuador	22:21	21st
7th	Uruguay	18:21	21st
8th	Bolivia	18:21	17th
9	Venezuela	8:41	3

Colombia	-	Paraguay	1-0
Uruguay	-	Paraguay	0: 2
Argentina	-	Paraguay	1: 1
Paraguay	-	Chile	2: 1
Paraguay	-	Ecuador	1-0
Bolivia	-	Paraguay	0-0
Venezuela	-	Paraguay	0: 2
Paraguay	-	Peru	2: 1
Paraguay	-	Colombia	2: 1
Paraguay	-	Uruguay	3: 1
Paraguay	-	Argentina	1: 2
Chile	-	Paraguay	2: 1
Ecuador	-	Paraguay	2: 1
Paraguay	-	Bolivia	2: 1
Paraguay	-	Venezuela	1-0
Peru	-	Paraguay	1-0

Paraguayan contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	José Luis Chilavert	CA Vélez Sarsfield	07/27/1965	4th	0	1	0
12	Danilo Aceval	Unión de Santa Fe	09/15/1975	0	0	0	0
22nd	Rubén Ruiz Díaz	CF Monterrey	11/11/1969	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Francisco Arce	SE Palmeiras	04/02/1971	3	0	2	0
3	Catalino Rivarola	Gremio Porto Alegre	04/30/1965	0	0	0	0
4th	Carlos Gamarra	SC Corinthians Paulista	02/17/1971	4th	0	0	0
5	Celso Ayala	CA River Plate	08/20/1970	4th	1	1	0
11	Pedro Sarabia	CA River Plate	07/05/1975	4th	0	0	0
14th	Ricardo Rojas	Estudiantes de La Plata	01/26/1971	0	0	0	0
20th	Denis Caniza	Club Olimpia	08/29/1974	4th	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Edgar Aguilera	Club Cerro Porteño	07/28/1975	0	0	0	0
7th	Julio César Yegros	CD Cruz Azul	January 31, 1971	4th	0	0	0
8th	Arístides Rojas	Unión de Santa Fe	08/01/1970	3	0	1	0
10	Roberto Acuña	Real Zaragoza	03/25/1972	4th	0	0	0
13	Carlos Paredes	Club Olimpia	07/16/1976	4th	0	0	0
16	Julio César Enciso	SC Internacional	08/05/1974	4th	0	1	0
19th	Carlos Morales	CA Gimnasia de Jujuy	04/11/1968	1	0	0	0
21st	Jorge Campos	Beijing Guoan	08/11/1970	3	0	0	0
striker
9	José Cardozo	Deportivo Toluca	March 19, 1971	3	1	0	0
15th	Miguel Ángel Benítez	Espanyol Barcelona	May 19, 1970	4th	1	2	0
17th	Hugo Brizuela	Argentinos Juniors	02/08/1969	1	0	0	0
18th	César Ramírez	Sporting Lisbon	March 24, 1977	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Paulo César Carpegiani		02/07/1949

Games of the Paraguayan team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Nigeria	5: 5	6th
2	Paraguay	3: 1	5
3	Spain	8: 4	4th
4th	Bulgaria	1: 7	1

• Paraguay - Bulgaria 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade de la Mosson ( Montpellier )

Spectators: 27,650

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Zaid ( Saudi Arabia )

Goals: none

• Spain - Paraguay 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard ( Saint-Étienne )

Spectators: 30,600

Referee: Ian McLeod ( South Africa )

Goals: none

• Nigeria - Paraguay 1: 3 (1: 1)

Stadium: Stade de Toulouse ( Toulouse )

Spectators: 33,500

Referee: Un Pirom-Prasert ( Thailand )

Goals: 0: 1 Ayala (1st), 1: 1 Oruma (11th), 1: 2 Benítez (59th), 1: 3 Cardozo (86th)

In the "group of death" D a cruel tradition continued for the Spaniards, who were once again favored before the tournament, with the early elimination. After starting strong against Nigeria, the game tipped & tipped. a. with an own goal and Sunday Oliseh led the Nigerians to victory in a great game. In contrast, Bulgaria and Paraguay drew 0-0. With a 1-0 win over Bulgaria, the Nigerians confirmed that they were not a flash in the pan. Paraguay once again fought 0-0 and the Spanish fans had a bad feeling. Although the Spaniards put on an outstanding performance in their third group game and beat the Germany defenders 6-1 in 1994, they were eliminated after all, as Paraguay surprisingly won against the Nigerians, who were now secret favorites.

Round of 16

38,100

Stade Félix Bollaert ( Lens )

France

Paraguay

Ali Mohammad Bujsaim ( UAE )

1: 0 n.GG (0: 0, 0: 0)

1: 0 Blanc (113.)

France, which also needed extra time to defeat Paraguay, won flatly.