Paraguayan National Football Team (U-20 Men)

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Paraguay
Association Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol
confederacy CONMEBOL
Head coach Pedro Sarabia
captain Gustavo Gomez
Home stadium Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code PAR
(As of June 21, 2014)

The Paraguayan U-20 national soccer team is a national team of Paraguayan soccer players. It is subject to the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations or at the U-20 South American Championship and the U-20 World Championship .

The team became South American champions in 1971 and vice-South American champions in 1964 , 1967 , 1985 , 2009 and 2013 .

The best result at a world championship was fourth place at the 2001 World Cup in Argentina . In 1979 they reached the quarter-finals in Japan .

Participation in U-20 soccer world championships

TunisiaTunisia 1977 Preliminary round
JapanJapan 1979 Quarter finals
AustraliaAustralia 1981 not qualified
MexicoMexico 1983
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1985 Preliminary round
ChileChile 1987 not qualified
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 1989
PortugalPortugal 1991
AustraliaAustralia 1993
QatarQatar 1995
MalaysiaMalaysia 1997 Preliminary round
NigeriaNigeria 1999 Round of 16
ArgentinaArgentina 2001 4th Place
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2003 Round of 16
NetherlandsNetherlands 2005 not qualified
CanadaCanada 2007
EgyptEgypt 2009 Round of 16
ColombiaColombia 2011 not qualified
TurkeyTurkey 2013 Round of 16
New ZealandNew Zealand 2015 not qualified

Participation in U-20 football South American championships

VenezuelaVenezuela 1954 Preliminary round
ChileChile 1958 5th place
ColombiaColombia 1964 2nd place
ParaguayParaguay 1967 2nd place
ParaguayParaguay 1971 winner
ChileChile 1974 3rd place
PeruPeru 1975 not participated
VenezuelaVenezuela 1977 3rd place
UruguayUruguay 1979 3rd place
EcuadorEcuador 1981 Preliminary round
BoliviaBolivia 1983 Preliminary round
ParaguayParaguay 1985 2nd place
ColombiaColombia 1987 Preliminary round
ArgentinaArgentina 1988 4th Place
VenezuelaVenezuela 1991 4th Place
ColombiaColombia 1992 Preliminary round
BoliviaBolivia 1995 Preliminary round
ChileChile 1997 3rd place
ArgentinaArgentina 1999 4th Place
EcuadorEcuador 2001 3rd place
UruguayUruguay 2003 3rd place
ColombiaColombia 2005 Preliminary round
ParaguayParaguay 2007 5th place
VenezuelaVenezuela 2009 2nd place
PeruPeru 2011 Preliminary round
ArgentinaArgentina 2013 2nd place
UruguayUruguay 2015 6th place
EcuadorEcuador 2017 Preliminary round

Trainer

Well-known former players

See also

Web links

  • Team profile on fifa.com

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Víctor Genés - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed October 4, 2016
  2. ↑ Víctor Genés - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed October 4, 2016
  3. ↑ Pedro Sarabia - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed October 4, 2016