Paraguayan National Football Team (U-20 Men)
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
1977 | Preliminary round |
1979 | Quarter finals |
1981 | not qualified |
1983 | |
1985 | Preliminary round |
1987 | not qualified |
1989 | |
1991 | |
1993 | |
1995 | |
1997 | Preliminary round |
1999 | Round of 16 |
2001 | 4th Place |
2003 | Round of 16 |
2005 | not qualified |
2007 | |
2009 | Round of 16 |
2011 | not qualified |
2013 | Round of 16 |
2015 | not qualified |
Participation in U-20 football South American championships
1954 | Preliminary round |
1958 | 5th place |
1964 | 2nd place |
1967 | 2nd place |
1971 | winner |
1974 | 3rd place |
1975 | not participated |
1977 | 3rd place |
1979 | 3rd place |
1981 | Preliminary round |
1983 | Preliminary round |
1985 | 2nd place |
1987 | Preliminary round |
1988 | 4th Place |
1991 | 4th Place |
1992 | Preliminary round |
1995 | Preliminary round |
1997 | 3rd place |
1999 | 4th Place |
2001 | 3rd place |
2003 | 3rd place |
2005 | Preliminary round |
2007 | 5th place |
2009 | 2nd place |
2011 | Preliminary round |
2013 | 2nd place |
2015 | 6th place |
2017 | Preliminary round |
Trainer
- Víctor Genés (2012-2013, 2015)
- Gustavo Morínigo (2015-2016)
- Pedro Sarabia (2016–)
Well-known former players
- Juan Bautista Aguero
- Salvador Cabañas
- Paulo da Silva
- Julio César Romero
- Roque Santa Cruz
- Justo Villar
See also
Web links
- Team profile on fifa.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Víctor Genés - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ Víctor Genés - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ Pedro Sarabia - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed October 4, 2016