Peruvian National Football Team / World Championships

Peru
Piruw Republika (Quechua)
Piruw Suyu (Aimara)
República del Perú (Spanish)

World Cup record goalscorer:	Teófilo Cubillas (10)
World Cup record players:	Teófilo Cubillas (13)
Rank :	34
Balance sheet
18 World Cup games 5 wins 3 draws 10 defeats 21:33 goals
statistics
First World Cup game Peru 1: 3 Romania Montevideo ( URY ); July 14, 1930
Biggest World Cup victories Peru 3-0 Morocco León ( MEX ); June 6, 1970 Peru 4-1 Iran Córdoba ( ARG ; June 11, 1978 )
Biggest World Cup defeat Peru 0: 6 Argentina Rosario ( ARG ); June 21, 1978
successes
World Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1930 )
Best results	Quarterfinals 1970
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup
(As of June 26, 2018 )

The article contains a detailed description of the Peruvian national soccer team at soccer world championships . Peru already took part in the first World Cup in 1930 and then qualified four times, most recently for 2018 after a 36-year break.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	Preliminary round	Uruguay , Romania	10.	Francisco Bru	First team to lose a player by being sent off.
1934	Italy	withdrawn				Peru did not play for the qualifiers against Brazil .
1938	France	not participated
1950	Brazil	withdrawn				Peru did not play for the qualifiers , so Uruguay and Paraguay qualified without a fight.
1954	Switzerland	not allowed				Application filed too late
1958	Sweden	not qualified				In the qualification of Brazil failed
1962	Chile	not qualified				In the qualification of Colombia failed
1966	England	not qualified				In the qualification of Uruguay failed
1970	Mexico	Quarter finals	Brazil	7th	Didi	The only game against Germany to date took place in the preliminary round .
1974	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification to playoff in Chile failed
1978	Argentina	Intermediate round	Brazil , Poland , Argentina	8th.	Marcos Calderon	After the 6-0 draw against Argentina, Brazil brought allegations of bribery.
1982	Spain	Preliminary round	Cameroon , Italy , Poland	20th	Tim	Peru's 5-1 win against Poland was the only game in this group that didn't end in a draw. As a result, Peru was eliminated as the bottom group.
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Argentina failed
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification of Uruguay failed
1994	United States	not qualified				In the qualification of Argentina and Colombia failed
1998	France	not qualified				In the South American qualification , which was held for the first time in the league system between all South American applicants - except Brazil, which was directly qualified as world champion - Peru only finished 5th. The first four could qualify.
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the South American qualification , which was held for the first time with all South American teams in the league system, Peru only finished 8th. The first four were able to qualify directly, Uruguay came fifth in the play-offs against Australia .
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the South American qualification , which was again played in the league system between all South American teams, Peru only finished 9th. The first four were able to qualify directly, Uruguay in fifth this time failed in the play-offs against Australia .
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the South American qualification , which was played in the league system between all South American teams, Peru only finished 10th and last. The first four were able to qualify directly, Uruguay came fifth in the play-offs against Costa Rica .
2014	Brazil	not qualified				Peru missed the qualification with a 2: 3 defeat on the third last match day against Venezuela.
2018	Russia	Preliminary round	Denmark France Australia	20th	Ricardo Gareca	After two defeats in the first two group matches, Peru had no chance of reaching the round of 16 before the last group match against Australia , which they then won.
2022	Qatar

Statistics (data including 2018: 21 World Championships; percentages are rounded)

• Participation waiver / withdrawn / not admitted: 4 × (19%; 1934, 1938, 1950 and 1954)
• Unqualified: 12 × (57%; 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014)
• Athletic qualification: 4 × (19% or 25% of the attempts)
• Participation without qualification: 1 × (5%; 1930)
  • Preliminary round: 3 × (14%; 1930, 1982 and 2018)
  • Quarter-finals or 2nd final round with 8 teams: 2 × (10%; 1970 and 1978)

1930 in Uruguay

Scene from the game Peru vs. Romania: Romanian goalkeeper Ion Lăpușneanu catches the ball in front of striker Julio Lores

Peru took part in the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930. In the preliminary round, the team met Uruguay and Romania . The first World Cup game against Romania was lost 3-1, with Luis Souza scoring the first World Cup goal for Peru to make it 1-1. The Peruvians were already behind in the first minute and lost in the 70th minute to Plácido Galindo by being sent off for the first time in World Cup history. Against hosts Uruguay, they pulled out of the affair with 0: 1 and said goodbye to the World Cup for 40 years. With the tournament, the tenure of coach Francisco Bru ended and there were no more international matches for four and a half years.

1934 in Italy

Peru initially registered for the first World Cup in Europe, but then did not play the qualifying matches against Brazil, so the Brazilians were qualified without a fight.

1938 in France

Even four years later, the Peruvians, who had still participated in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , did not take part.

1950 in Brazil

For the first World Cup in Brazil, Peru should qualify in a group with Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay. Since Peru and Ecuador withdrew, Paraguay and Uruguay qualified without a fight.

1954 in Switzerland

Four years later, like several other teams, the Peruvians registered too late and were not admitted.

1958 in Sweden

For the 1958 FIFA World Cup wanted to participate, at the now eight South American teams, is Peru had against Brazil qualify . On April 14, 1957, the Peruvians' first World Cup qualifier took place in Lima , which ended 1: 1. In the second leg a week later in Rio de Janeiro they lost 1-0 and were eliminated.

1962 in Chile

Four years later, Peru had to play against Colombia in qualifying for the World Cup in Chile and lost their first game in Bogotá 0-1. A week later it was only enough to draw 1-1 in Lima , which meant that the final round was missed again.

1966 in England

For the World Cup in England , in addition to defending champion Brazil, who was automatically qualified, all other nine CONMEBOL members wanted to qualify for the first time . The qualification for the three starting positions was carried out in three groups of three and Paraguay met Uruguay and Venezuela . Peru could only win the games against Venezuela, but lost both games to Uruguay, which also won both games against Venezuela. Peru was eliminated as second in the group.

1970 in Mexico

Four years later, the Peruvians were able to qualify in sports for the first time. In a group of three with Argentina and Bolivia , Peru, which was trained by the former Brazilian world champion Didi , surprisingly prevailed. They won a World Cup qualifier for the first time on August 3, 1969 (1-0 against Argentina).

In Mexico, they faced Bulgaria in their first game and won 3-2 after they were 2-0 down. In the second game against the newcomer to the World Cup, Morocco , they managed a smooth 3-0, so that in the last group game against Germany it was all about winning the group, as the Germans had also won both games before. The winner was allowed to play in the quarter-finals in Leon, the loser is threatened with a game against tournament favorite Brazil, in the event of a draw would have been drawn. But the Germans didn't give in to that, but quickly took a 3-0 lead thanks to a “flawless” hat-trick by Gerd Müller . Teófilo Cubillas managed to score 3-1 with a deflected free kick one minute before half-time, but in the second half the attackers of both teams failed again and again at the opposing goalkeepers or missed the goal, so that neither team scored a goal . In the quarterfinals, Peru met their neighbors Brazil and lost 4-2. With five goals Teófilo Cubillas was the third top scorer. After the World Cup, the tenure of coach Didi, who only coached club teams in the following period, ended.

1974 in the Federal Republic of Germany

In qualifying for the World Cup in Germany , Peru should face Chile and Venezuela. Venezuela withdrew, however, so that only the games against Chile were necessary. Both won their home game 2-0, so a play-off was necessary. Peru lost 2-1 in Montevideo . Chile then had to play in the "Intercontinental Play-Offs Europe - South America" ​​against the USSR. However, the latter refused to compete in the Estadio Nacional de Chile after a 0-0 draw in Moscow , as several thousand opposition members had been detained, tortured and murdered there during the coup in Chile . The USSR was therefore disqualified and Chile took part in the World Cup in Germany.

1978 in Argentina

The qualification for the World Cup in Argentina was played in two rounds. Peru prevailed against Chile and Ecuador in the first round and together with Brazil against Bolivia in the second round.

In Argentina, the Peruvians met Scotland as South American champions in their first group game and won 3-1 after being 0-1 behind. In the second game against vice world champions Netherlands they fought 0-0. In the last game against newcomer Iran they won 4-1, with Teófilo Cubillas alone scoring three goals, two of which came from penalties. This made Peru the first time group winners and qualified for the second final round. In this again four teams competed against each other. Peru's opponents in this round were Brazil , Poland and hosts Argentina . Against the record world champions, the Peruvians lost their first game with 0: 3, against the third place in the World Cup Poland followed a 0: 1 and against Argentina, which had to win by four goals difference, a 0: 6. As a result, Peru was eliminated as the bottom of the group and Argentina reached the final due to the better goal difference compared to the Brazilians, in which they won against the Netherlands and thus became world champions for the first time. Peruvian players - especially Brazil - have been accused of allowing Argentina to buy them. The World Cup also meant the end of the 5th term of office of coach Marcos Calderón , who briefly took over the office again in 1980.

1982 in Spain

Four years later, Peru was able to qualify for the last time . For the World Cup in Spain they had to compete in a group with Uruguay and Colombia . Peru did not lose a game and won against Uruguay for the first time in Montevideo .

In Spain they met World Cup newcomer Cameroon in their first game and did not get past a 0-0 draw. The second game against eventual world champions Italy also ended in a draw (1-1). In the last game against the eventual third Poland they kept the 0-0 up to the 55th minute and then went down with 1: 5. This was the only game in the group that didn't end in a draw. Peru dropped out as the bottom of the group and thus said goodbye to the World Cup for at least 36 years. Italy only reached the second final round because of one more goal scored in front of the undefeated Cameroonians and then became world champions for the third time. Record goal scorer Teófilo Cubillas ended his national team career after the World Cup. For coach Tim , who had participated in the 1938 World Cup with Brazil 44 years earlier, the coaching career ended when the World Cup ended. Two years later he died in his homeland.

1986 in Mexico

Four years later, the South Americans were again entitled to four starting positions at the second World Cup in Mexico. The qualification was carried out over three rounds, whereby the three group winners of the first round qualified directly. Four other teams played from fourth place on the grid. Peru was one of these after only finishing second in the group with Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. In the second round they met Chile. After a 2: 4 away game, the second leg was also lost 0: 1, with which Chile reached the third round and failed there against Paraguay.

1990 in Italy

For the second World Cup in Italy , Peru was drawn into a qualifying group with Uruguay and Bolivia . Peru lost all four games and was eliminated from the bottom of the group.

1994 in the United States

For the World Cup in the USA , Peru was drawn into a qualifying group with Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay . Surprisingly, the Colombians qualified as group winners ahead of Argentina, which, however, also qualified as group runner-up in the intercontinental playoffs against Australia. Peru only got a point with a 2-2 draw against Paraguay and lost all other games, so that only the last place was occupied again.

1998 in France

For the soccer World Cup 1998 , all South American teams except defending champion Brazil, who was automatically qualified, competed in a joint group for the first time and played four places in the everyone-against-everyone mode. Peru missed the finals in fifth behind the Chileans with the same points due to the worse goal difference.

2002 in Japan and South Korea

In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, all 10 South American teams competed again in a common group and played in an all-against-all mode. Peru missed the World Cup by a clear margin as eighth.

In the end, 14 points were missing for direct qualification and 11 to at least reach the intercontinental playoffs.

2006 in Germany

The Peruvians were again unable to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . This time they even finished 9th behind Venezuela due to the direct comparison, as both were equal on points and goals.

2010 in South Africa

The qualification for the Soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa was even worse: Peru only finished last in the group of ten and could only win three games, each 1-0.

2014 in Brazil

In the South American qualification for the second World Cup in neighboring Brazil , things went a little better, but as group seventh Peru could not qualify this time either.

2018 in Russia

In the qualification all 10 CONMEBOL members competed against each other in home and away matches. The best four teams qualified directly, the fifth had to play against a member of another confederation in playoff games. Peru, which finished third at the Copa America 2015 under Ricardo Gareca , who has been in office since February 2015 , started with a home defeat against Colombia and an away defeat against South American champions Chile, then won against Paraguay and was after the defeat in the last game of the year 2015 in Brazil only in penultimate place. 2016 did not go any better. Out of eight games, only two were won, two ended in a draw and the Peruvians lost four times. A 2-0 defeat against Bolivia was converted into a 3-0 win because the Bolivians had used an ineligible player. After a win and a draw in the spring of 2017, the Peruvians were in seventh place before the last four games, five points behind a direct qualification place. At the end of the qualifying round one was fifth in the table, which corrected for participation in the playoff games against the representative from Oceania New Zealand. After a 0-0 first leg, Peru won 2-0 in the second leg, making them the last team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. This means that Peru qualified again for the World Cup finals 36 years after the last participation.

In Russia, the Peruvians lost their first two games 0: 1 against Denmark and eventual world champions France and thus had no chance of reaching the round of 16. The 2-0 win against Australia in the last group game only had statistical value. But they were able to improve by three places in the all-time World Cup table.

Ranking of the Peruvian World Cup players with the most appearances

Teófilo Cubillas between Hugo Sotil and Roberto Challe

01. Teófilo Cubillas - 13 in 3 tournaments

02. Héctor Chumpitaz - 10 in 2 tournaments

03. César Cueto , Jaime Duarte , Juan Carlos Oblitas and Ramon Quiroga - 9 out of 2 tournaments

07. Guillermo La Rosa , Hugo Sotil and José Velásquez - 8 in 2 tournaments

10. Rubén Toribio Díaz - 7 out of 2 tournaments

Ranking of the Peruvian World Cup players with the most goals

01. Teófilo Cubillas - 10 goals

02. Alberto Gallardo - 2 goals

World Cup captains

• 1930: Plácido Galindo (1st game), Antonio Maquillón (2nd game)
• 1970, 1978: Héctor Chumpitaz
• 1982: Rubén Toribio Díaz
• 2018: Alberto Rodríguez (1st game), Paolo Guerrero (2nd and 3rd game)

Players banned from World Championships

• 1930: Captain Plácido Galindo was the first player ever to be sent off at a World Cup. He was allowed to play again in the next game, but the coach appointed another player to be the captain.
• 1978: José Velásquez received the second yellow card in the first game of the second final round and was suspended for the second game. In the third game he received the third yellow card, making him the only player to receive three yellow cards in the tournament.

Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad

Although Peru used a legionnaire the first time they participated, they never played a major role in the World Cup squad in the first four Peruvian participations. In 2018 there are only five players playing at home who are there after the 36-year World Cup break.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1930 (2)	1 (Mexico)	Julio Lores (2)
1970 (4)	0
1978 (6)	1 (Mexico)	Juan José Muñante (6)
1982 (3)	7 (2 Belgium, 3 in Colombia, 1 in Mexico. 1 in the USA)	Juan Carlos Oblitas (3), Percy Rojas (0); César Cueto (3), Guillermo La Rosa (3), José Velásquez (3); Gerónimo Barbadillo (3); Teófilo Cubillas (3)
2018 (3)	18 (3 in Brazil, 1 in Denmark, 1 in England, 1 in Colombia, 7 in Mexico, 1 in the Netherlands, 1 in Portugal, 1 in Russia, 2 in the USA)	Christian Cueva (3), Paolo Guerrero (3), Miguel Trauco (3); Edison Flores (3); André Carrillo (3); Alberto Rodríguez (2); Luis Advíncula (3), Pedro Aquino (3), Wilder Cartagena , Pedro Gallese (3), Christian Ramos (3), Raúl Ruidíaz (2), Anderson Santamaría (2); Renato Tapia (2); Paolo Hurtado (1); Jefferson Farfan (2); Andy Polo , Yoshimar Yotún (3)

Games

The Peruvians have played 18 World Cup games so far. Of these, five were won, ten lost and three ended in a draw. No game had to be extended.

The Peruvians never played in the opening game, but played twice against the hosts: in 1930 in the preliminary round and in 1978 in the second final round.

The Peruvians always played against the eventual world champion but never against the defending champion.

The Peruvians met World Cup newbies three times: 1970 / Morocco, 1978 / Iran and 1982 / Cameroon.

The most frequent opponents were Brazil and Poland (twice each and always lost).

Eight times the Peruvians met teams they had never played against before.

All World Cup games
No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
1	07/14/1930	1: 3	Romania	*	Montevideo ( URY )	Preliminary round	1. Game against a European team 1. Game of a South American team against Romania Peru's captain Plácido Galindo is the first player to be sent off in a World Cup game.
2	07/18/1930	0: 1	Uruguay	A.	Montevideo ( URY )	Preliminary round
3	06/02/1970	3: 2	Bulgaria	*	Leon ( MEX )	Preliminary round
4th	06/06/1970	3-0	Morocco	*	Leon ( MEX )	Preliminary round	1st game against Morocco
5	06/10/1970	1: 3	BR Germany	*	Leon ( MEX )	Preliminary round	1st game against Germany
6th	06/14/1970	2: 4	Brazil	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Quarter finals
7th	06/03/1978	3: 1	Scotland	*	Cordoba ( ARG )	1. Final round
8th	06/07/1978	0-0	Netherlands	*	Mendoza ( ARG )	1. Final round
9	06/11/1978	4: 1	Iran	*	Cordoba ( ARG )	1. Final round	1st game against Iran, Teófilo Cubillas scores three goals and beats Teodoro Fernández's national record with his second goal (his 25th goal)
10	06/14/1978	0: 3	Brazil	*	Mendoza ( ARG )	2nd final round
11	06/18/1978	0: 1	Poland	*	Mendoza ( ARG )	2nd final round
12	06/21/1978	0: 6	Argentina	A.	Rosario ( ARG )	2nd final round
13	06/15/1982	0-0	Cameroon	*	A Coruña ( ESP )	1. Final round	1. Game of a South American team against Cameroon
14th	06/18/1982	1: 1	Italy	*	Vigo ( ESP )	1. Final round	1st game against Italy
15th	06/22/1982	1: 5	Poland	*	A Coruña ( ESP )	1. Final round	81st and last international match by record scorer Teófilo Cubillas (26 goals)
16	June 16, 2018	0: 1	Denmark	*	Saransk ( RUS )	Group game	First game against the Danish national team
17th	June 21, 2018	0: 1	France	*	Yekaterinburg ( RUS )	Group game
18th	06/26/2018	2-0	Australia	*	Sochi ( RUS )	Group game	First game against Australia

Highest victories and defeats

The Peruvian team achieved their highest victories against the following countries in World Cup tournaments:

•  Australia : Preliminary round 2018 2-0 (first game against Australia)
•  Iran : 1st final round 1978 4-1 (only game against Iran)
•  Morocco : Preliminary round 1970 3-0 (only game against Morocco)
•  Scotland : 1st final round 1978 3-1 (only win against Scotland)

The Peruvian team suffered their biggest defeats at World Cup tournaments against the following countries:

•  Argentina : 2nd final round 1978 0-6
•  Denmark : Preliminary round 2018 0-1 (first game against Denmark's senior team)
•  Germany : Preliminary round 1970 1: 3 (first game against Germany)
•  France : Preliminary round 2018 0-1 (only defeat against France)
•  Poland : 1st final round 1982 1: 5

Negative records

• First team to lose a player by being sent off: Plácido Galindo was sent off in the Peruvians' first World Cup game in 1930.
• Most tournament goals conceded: 1978 - Peru - 12 in 6 games and Mexico - 12 in 3 games
• Biggest tournament defeats: 1978 Peru - Argentina (2nd final round, highest defeat in all 2nd final rounds) and Mexico - Germany (1st final round) each 0: 6
• The game with the fewest spectators: Peru - Romania with 300 spectators at the 1930 World Cup

See also

• Football World - Statistics - Peru on fifa.com
• fifa.com: "Statistical overview: records and milestones"

References and footnotes

1. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2014 (PDF; 200 kB)
2. ^ WC 1970 West Germany vs. Peru 3-1 (06/10/1970)
3. ↑ sueddeutsche.de: "Cheers within earshot of the torture chambers"
4. ↑ Public holiday! Farfan shoots Peru to the World Cup. In: kicker online . Olympia-Verlag , November 16, 2017, accessed on November 16, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Peru secures last place for Russia 2018. In: fifa.com. FIFA , November 16, 2017, accessed November 16, 2017 . 
6. ↑ In the FIFA match report Maquillón is named as captain, in the rsssf.com statistics Galindo is also named for the second game.
7. ^ Match Report Romania - Peru. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed October 23, 2013 . 
8. ↑ In another statistic, FIFA names the game Chile - France in Montevideo (URU) on 19 July 1930 as the game with the fewest spectators (2000, PDF )