Soccer World Cup 2010 / Paraguay

This article covers the Paraguayan national soccer team at the 2010 Soccer World Cup .

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in South Africa through the qualifying games of the South American football association CONMEBOL .

All ten teams that belonged to the South American association CONMEBOL played against each other in a single group stage with a home and away leg, with a total of 18 matches. The four best-placed teams qualified directly for the finals of the 2010 World Cup, with the fifth-placed team competing against the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualification for a final place. Paraguay rose as third in the group directly to the finals.

Group stage

rank	country	Gates	Points
01	Brazil	33:11	34
02	Chile	32:22	33
03	Paraguay	24:16	33
04th	Argentina	23:20	28
05	Uruguay	28:20	24
06th	Ecuador	22:26	23
07th	Colombia	14:18	23
08th	Venezuela	23:29	22nd
09	Bolivia	22:36	15th
10	Peru	11:34	13

October 13, 2007 : Peru 0-0 Paraguay

October 17, 2007 : Paraguay 1-0 Uruguay (1-0)

November 17, 2007 : Paraguay - Ecuador 5: 1 (2: 0)

November 21, 2007 : Chile 0-3 Paraguay (0-2)

June 15, 2008 : Paraguay - Brazil 2-0 (1-0)

June 18, 2008 : Bolivia - Paraguay 4: 2 (2: 0)

September 6, 2008 : Argentina - Paraguay 1: 1 (0: 1)

September 9, 2008 : Paraguay - Venezuela 2-0 (2-0)

October 11, 2008 : Colombia - Paraguay 0: 1 (0: 1)

October 15, 2008 : Paraguay 1-0 Peru (0-0)

March 28, 2009 : Uruguay - Paraguay 2-0 (1-0)

April 1, 2009 : Ecuador - Paraguay 1: 1 (0: 0)

June 6, 2009 : Paraguay - Chile 0: 2 (0: 1)

June 10, 2009 : Brazil 2-1 Paraguay (1-1)

September 5, 2009 : Paraguay - Bolivia 1: 0 (1: 0)

September 9, 2009 : Paraguay 1-0 Argentina (1-0)

October 10, 2009 : Venezuela - Paraguay 1: 2 (0: 0)

October 14, 2009 : Paraguay - Colombia 0: 2 (0: 0)

Paraguayan contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Justo Villar	Real Valladolid	06/30/1977	5	0	0	0	0
12	Diego Barreto	Club Cerro Porteño	07/16/1981	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Aldo Bobadilla	Independiente Medellin	04/20/1976	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Dario Verón	UNAM Pumas	07/26/1979	1	0	0	0	0
3	Claudio Morel	CA Boca Juniors	02/02/1978	5	0	1	0	0
4th	Denis Caniza	Club León	08/29/1974	1	0	0	0	0
5	Julio César Cáceres	Atlético Mineiro	05.10.1979	2	0	1	0	0
14th	Paulo da Silva	Sunderland AFC	02/01/1980	5	0	0	0	0
17th	Aureliano Torres	CA San Lorenzo	06/16/1982	2	0	0	0	0
21st	Antolín Alcaraz	Club Bruges	07/30/1982	4th	1	1	0	0
midfield player
6th	Carlos Bonet	Club Olimpia	10/02/1977	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Edgar Barreto	Atalanta Bergamo	07/15/1984	3	0	0	0	0
11	Jonathan Santana	VfL Wolfsburg	October 19, 1981	2	0	1	0	0
13	Enrique Vera	LDU Quito	03/10/1979	5	1	1	0	0
15th	Víctor Cáceres	Club Libertad	03/25/1985	3	0	2	0	0
16	Cristian Riveros	CD Cruz Azul	10/16/1982	5	1	1	0	0
20th	Néstor Ortigoza	Argentinos Juniors	07/10/1984	1	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica Lisbon	05/20/1983	5	0	0	0	0
9	Roque Santa Cruz	Manchester City	08/16/1981	5	0	1	0	0
10	Edgar Benítez	CF Pachuca	11/08/1987	2	0	0	0	0
18th	Nelson Valdez	Borussia Dortmund	11/28/1983	5	0	0	0	0
19th	Lucas Barrios	Borussia Dortmund	11/13/1984	5	0	0	0	0
23	Rodolfo Gamarra	Club Libertad	December 10, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Gerardo Martino		11/20/1962

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Paraguay	3: 1	5
2	Slovakia	4: 5	4th
3	New Zealand	2: 2	3
4th	Italy	4: 5	2

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Paraguayan national team met in Group F against the reigning world champions Italy , New Zealand and Slovakia . After Paraguay wrested a draw from group favorites Italy in their first game and then defeated the Slovaks, the draw in their third game against New Zealand was enough for them to advance safely. Thanks to the other results of the group, the 5 points were even enough to win the group.

• Monday June 14, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Cape Town Italy - Paraguay 1: 1 (0: 1)
   

• Sunday June 20, 2010; 1:30 p.m. in Mangaung / Bloemfontein Slovakia - Paraguay 0: 2 (0: 1)
   

• Thursday June 24, 2010; 4:00 p.m. in Polokwane Paraguay - New Zealand 0-0
   

Final round

Round of 16

Paraguay's selection met Japan as the winner of Group F in the round of 16 , the runner-up in Group E.

• Tuesday June 29, 2010; 4:00 p.m. in Pretoria Paraguay - Japan 0: 0 a.d., 5: 3 i. E.
   

Reaching the quarter-finals means Paraguay's greatest success at world championships. On this occasion, President Fernando Armindo made Lugo Méndez a national holiday on June 30, 2010 .

Quarter finals

• Saturday, July 3, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Johannesburg Paraguay - Spain 0: 1 (0: 0)
   

Web links

• All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Paraguay squad ( Memento from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )