Venezuelan national football team

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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Federación Venezolana de Fútbol.svg
Nickname (s) La Vinotinto
Association Federación Venezolana de Fútbol
confederacy CONMEBOL
Technical sponsor adidas
Head coach PortugalPortugal José Peseiro (since 2020)
Record scorer Salomon Rondón (30)
Record player Juan Arango (129)
Home stadium Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
FIFA code VEN
FIFA rank 25. (1517 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
408 games
102 wins
93 draws
213 defeats
statistics
First international match Panama 3-1 Venezuela ( Panama City , Panama ; February 12, 1938)
PanamaPanama Venezuela 1930Venezuela
Biggest win Venezuela 7-0 Puerto Rico ( Caracas , Venezuela ; Jan 16, 1959)
Venezuela 1954Venezuela Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Biggest defeat Argentina 11-0 Venezuela ( Buenos Aires , Argentina ; 10 Aug 1975)
ArgentinaArgentina Venezuela 1954Venezuela
Successes in tournaments
South American Championship
Participation in the finals 15 ( first : 1967 )
Best results Fourth 2011
(As of November 19, 2019)

The Venezuelan national football team represents the Venezuelan football association, the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (FVF), which was only founded in its current form in 1951. In 1925, the first national football association, the Federación Nacional de Fútbol , was founded, but it did not last. In the years from 1932 to 1938 it was followed by the Liga Venezolana , which was replaced in 1938 by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol . It was not until the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol that it received recognition from FIFA and the Venezuelan Olympic Committee in November 1951 .

The national team, called “La Vinotinto” (“ The Wine Red ”), had little or no success until a few years ago. Football was practically only played in universities . More important sports in Venezuela are baseball and basketball .

history

Venezuelan team in the game against Guinea 2011

Venezuela is the only CONMEBOL member who has never participated in a World Cup. Venezuela first took part in the qualification for the football World Cup in 1966 and always occupied the last group place up to and including the qualification for 1998. In 2002, 2006 and 2010 it was enough to achieve slightly better placements.

At the Copa America 1967 in Uruguay , the national team finished fifth, but only six teams took part. The Vinotinto achieved their first victory in an official tournament at 3-0 against the bottom of the tournament Bolivia on January 28, 1967. The first point win in a World Cup qualification was in qualifying for the 1970 World Cup on August 3, 1969 in Caracas with a 1 : 1 reached against the Colombian national team . A 1-0 win against Bolivia on March 22, 1981 in Caracas in qualifying for the World Cup in Spain marked the first victory in World Cup qualification. On September 4, 2001, a 2-0 win against Chile in Santiago finally achieved their first away win, which was part of a series of four victories in a row.

Several of the national team's regulars are now playing abroad. On March 31, 2004, the national team succeeded in a historic 3-0 victory in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Montevideo against the more highly rated selection of Uruguay . Yet Venezuela remains the only South American Football Association team that has never qualified for a World Cup.

In 2007 the Copa America reached the quarterfinals for the first time, where the team lost to Uruguay. In 2011 , the team reached the semi-finals for the first time, where they met Paraguay and lost in the national team's first penalty shoot-out. Venezuela also lost the game for 3rd place against Peru 4-1. Fourth place is the best so far in the Copa. As a result of this success, in July 2011, with 40th place, the team achieved the best position in the FIFA world rankings .

The senior national team never took part in the Olympic Games, a Venezuelan Olympic team took part in the 1980 Games in Moscow as a replacement for the Argentine Olympic team, but failed in the preliminary round.

A sensation for the national team was the 2-0 victory over five-time world champions Brazil on June 6, 2008.

On October 11, 2011, the team achieved their first victory against Argentina in the World Cup qualifier . This victory also helped Venezuela move up one place in the FIFA world rankings in November 2011.

Since 2011, the Venezuelan Association has been promoting foreign players with a Venezuelan background. Since the Copa America, Andrés Túñez , Fernando Amorebieta , the brothers Rolf and Frank Feltscher and Julio Álvarez have been part of the national team.

In August 2014, the team achieved their best result to date in the official FIFA world rankings with 29th place, but has now fallen back to 89th place and is now 25th (as of April 9, 2020).

Record player

(As of November 19, 2019)

Record player
Games player Period Gates
129 Juan Arango 1999-2015 23
115 José Manuel Rey 1997-2011 11
101 Tomás Rincon 2008 – active 1
91 Jorge Alberto Rojas 1999-2009 3
85 Miguel Mea Vitali 1999-2008 1
81 Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 2004-2016 8th
80 Salomón Rondón 2008 – active 30th
80 Roberto Rosales 2007 – active 1
77 Gabriel Urdaneta 1996-2005 9
77 Luis Vallenilla 1996-2007 1
70 Luis Manuel Seijas 2006-2016 2
65 Giancarlo Maldonado 2003-2011 22nd
65 Ruberth Moran 1996-2007 14th
64 Leopoldo Jiménez 1999-2005 0
64 Ricardo Páez 2000-2007 7th
Record shooters
Gates player Period Games
30th Salomón Rondón 2008 – active 80
23 Juan Arango 1999-2015 129
22nd Giancarlo Maldonado 2003-2011 65
14th Ruberth Moran 1996-2007 65
11 Daniel Arismendi 2006-2011 31
11 Nicolás Fedor 2006-2015 53
11 Josef Martínez 2011 – active 51
11 José Manuel Rey 1997-2011 115
9 Gabriel Urdaneta 1996-2005 77
8th Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 2004-2016 81
7th Juan Enrique García 1993-2009 49
7th Ricardo Páez 2000-2007 64
6th José Luis Dolgetta 1993-1997 21st
6th Darwin Machis 2011 – active 22nd
6th Romulo Otero 2013 – active 35

List of coaches


International matches against German-speaking national soccer teams

date place Home team result Visiting team
1. September 2, 2006 Basel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1-0 VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela
2. September 6, 2006 Basel ( )SwitzerlandSwitzerland VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela 1-0 AustriaAustria Austria

Venezuela is the only CONMEBOL member against whom Germany has not yet played an international match. There has not yet been a match against Liechtenstein either.

See also

Web links

Commons : Venezuelan National Football Team  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ FIFA.com: Uruguay set historic results
  3. ↑ FIFA.com: Germany presses the Netherlands (report on world rankings update)
  4. ↑ Men's world rankings
  5. ↑ Note: FIFA counts the games against Denmark on January 27, 1999, Mexico's U-23 on March 22, 2000, Cameroon's U-21 on January 13, 2002, Morocco's U-23 on March 3, 2002 and South Africa's U-21 on May 23, 2004. The Danish Association declared the game an unofficial game on January 27, 1999. Danmark - Venezuela 1 - 1 For some of the players listed here, e.g. B. Rey, FIFA comes to different numbers. In the match report for the game against Bolivia on June 7, 2013, the Venezuelan Association reported that Arango broke Rey's record with 116 games. Venezuela empató 1-1 con Bolivia en La Paz
  6. ↑ a b rsssf.com: Venezuela - Record International Players (as of November 19, 2019, last updated on April 30, 2020)