South America · CONMEBOL

Paraguay (2026)

Matches: 10; 10 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 6-1-3; 6 W · 1 D · 3 L
Goals: 12; 8 against
Goal difference: +4

General Information

Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol

Founded: 1906
FIFA entry: 1925
Average height in 2026: 1.81 m
Average age in 2026: 28.0 years
Confederation: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
Continent: South America
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Gustavo Alfaro(Coach)

Date of birth: 14 August 1962
Place of birth: Rafaela, Argentina
Matches: 10 (5 official · 5 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of Paraguay in 2026

34 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Orlando Gill	11 June 2000	Goalkeeper	Lille OSC	7	1	0
Gastón Olveira	21 April 1993	Goalkeeper	Olimpia Asunción	2	0	0
Gatito Fernández	29 March 1988	Goalkeeper	Cerro Porteño Asunción	1	0	0
Defenders10
Gustavo Gómez	6 May 1993	Centre Back	SE Palmeiras (SP)	10	0	0
Omar Alderete	26 December 1996	Centre Back	Sunderland AFC	9	0	0
Juan José Cáceres	1 June 2000	Right Back	Dinamo Moskva	9	0	0
Júnior Alonso	9 February 1993	Centre Back	Atlanta United	8	1	0
Gustavo Velázquez	17 April 1991	Centre Back	Cerro Porteño Asunción	2	5	0
Alexandro Maidana	26 July 2005	Left Back	Talleres Córdoba	2	3	1
José Canale	20 July 1996	Centre Back	CA Lanús	1	6	0
Alan Benítez	25 January 1994	Right Back	SC Internacional (RS)	1	1	0
Fabián Balbuena	23 August 1991	Centre Back	Grêmio FBPA (RS)	0	2	0
Clever Ferreira	20 February 2003	Centre Back	Atlético Tucumán	0	1	0
Midfielders11
Miguel Almirón	1 February 1994	Attacking Midfielder	Atlanta United	9	0	3
Diego Gómez	27 March 2003	Centre Midfielder	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	0	1
Andrés Cubas	22 May 1996	Defensive Midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	8	0	0
Matías Galarza	11 February 2002	Centre Midfielder	River Plate Buenos Aires	4	4	2
Damián Bobadilla	11 July 2001	Centre Midfielder	São Paulo FC (SP)	4	2	0
Maurício	22 June 2001	Attacking Midfielder	SE Palmeiras (SP)	1	8	1
Braian Ojeda	27 June 2000	Centre Midfielder	Orlando City	1	3	0
Alejandro Romero Gamarra	11 January 1995	Attacking Midfielder	Al-Ain SC	1	1	1
Hugo Cuenca	8 January 2005	Attacking Midfielder	Celta Vigo Fortuna	1	0	0
Lucas Romero	29 August 2002	Defensive Midfielder	FC Juárez	1	0	0
Mathías Villasanti	24 January 1997	Centre Midfielder	Grêmio FBPA (RS)	0	1	0
Forwards10
Julio Enciso	22 January 2004	Secondary striker	Ipswich Town	10	0	1
Gabriel Ávalos	30 November 1990	Centre Forward	Olimpia Asunción	3	3	0
Antonio Sanabria	4 March 1996	Centre Forward	SC Internacional (RS)	3	2	0
Hugo Adrián Benítez	30 July 2003	Centre Forward	Nacional Asunción	1	0	1
Robert Morales	17 March 1999	Centre Forward	Pumas UNA México	1	0	0
Isidro Pitta	14 August 1999	Centre Forward	Red Bull Bragantino (SP)	1	0	0
Alex Arce	16 June 1995	Centre Forward	Independiente Rivadavia	0	6	0
Gustavo Caballero	21 September 2001	Left Winger	Santos FC (SP)	0	5	1
Ramón Sosa	31 August 1999	Right Winger	SE Palmeiras (SP)	0	5	0
Enso González	20 January 2005	Left Winger	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Paraguay in 2026

10 matches

2 Oct 2026Friendly · Sports Illustrated StadiumAvs.ColombiaMatch report: Colombia vs. Paraguay 0–1Win
27 Sept 2026Friendly · Audi FieldAvs.BoliviaMatch report: Bolivia vs. Paraguay 0–2Win
4 Jul 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 16 · Lincoln Financial FieldHvs.FranceMatch report: Paraguay vs. France 0–1Defeat
29 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · Gillette StadiumAvs.GermanyMatch report: Germany vs. Paraguay 1–14–3 pensWin
25 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group D · Levi's StadiumHvs.AustraliaMatch report: Paraguay vs. Australia 0–0Draw
19 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group D · Levi's StadiumAvs.TurkeyMatch report: Turkey vs. Paraguay 0–1Win
12 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group D · SoFi StadiumAvs.USAMatch report: USA vs. Paraguay 4–1Defeat
5 Jun 2026Friendly · Defensores del ChacoHvs.NicaraguaMatch report: Paraguay vs. Nicaragua 4–0Win
31 Mar 2026Friendly · Stade Bollaert-DelelisAvs.MoroccoMatch report: Morocco vs. Paraguay 2–1Defeat
27 Mar 2026Friendly · Georgios Karaiskakis StadiumAvs.GreeceMatch report: Greece vs. Paraguay 0–1Win

Match Progress for Paraguay

6 W · 1 D · 3 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Paraguay

71 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Argentina	67	10	21	36	63
Uruguay	66	21	15	30	80
Brazil	61	13	13	35	47
Chile	59	28	7	24	85
Bolivia	56	31	14	11	103
Colombia	51	18	9	24	54
Peru	49	20	14	15	68
Ecuador	40	21	8	11	69
Venezuela	28	19	4	5	47
Mexico	21	6	5	10	19
Japan	12	3	4	5	12
USA	10	2	2	6	8
Guatemala	9	7	2	0	18
Costa Rica	8	3	2	3	7
South Korea	8	1	3	4	7
Honduras	7	2	4	1	9
Jamaica	6	4	0	2	11
Australia	6	0	4	2	2
France	6	0	2	4	4
El Salvador	5	5	0	0	10
Panama	4	4	0	0	6
Qatar	4	1	2	1	6
South Africa	4	0	3	1	4
Spain	4	0	2	2	1
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	5
Trinidad & Tobago	3	1	2	0	5
China	3	1	1	1	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	4
Sweden	3	1	1	1	4
Belgium	3	1	1	1	3
Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	0	1
Italy	3	0	1	2	2
England	3	0	0	3	0
Nicaragua	2	2	0	0	6
Greece	2	2	0	0	3
Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	8
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	5
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	4
Denmark	2	1	1	0	3
Slovakia	2	1	1	0	3
Bulgaria	2	1	1	0	1
Turkey	2	1	1	0	1
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	1
Romania	2	1	0	1	4
Armenia	2	1	0	1	3
Ivory Coast	2	0	2	0	3
Morocco	2	0	1	1	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	1
Ireland	2	0	0	2	1
Jordan	1	1	0	0	4
Poland	1	1	0	0	4
Togo	1	1	0	0	4
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3
Scotland	1	1	0	0	3
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	3
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	2
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	2
Guadeloupe	1	1	0	0	2
Martinique	1	1	0	0	2
Georgia	1	1	0	0	1
Iraq	1	1	0	0	1
North Korea	1	1	0	0	1
Oman	1	1	0	0	1
Norway	1	0	1	0	2
Iran	1	0	1	0	1
Austria	1	0	1	0	0
Canada	1	0	1	0	0
Portugal	1	0	1	0	0
Wales	1	0	1	0	0
Czechia	1	0	0	1	0
Serbia	1	0	0	1	0
Total	672	254	169	249	852

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Paraguay

Games Total: 222
Goals: 269
Goals Against: 275
Games W/D/L: 86/54/82
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.21
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.24

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 15; José Cardozo
Most Matches: 72; Paulo da Silva
Most Yellow Cards: 14; Júnior Alonso
Most Red Cards: 2; Hugo Brizuela

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Paraguay

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	da Silva, Paulo	Centre Back	2000–2017	148	142	6	3	2	13	0	1
2	Villar, Justo	Goalkeeper	1999–2018	120	116	4	0	0	4	0	1
3	Santa Cruz, Roque	Centre Forward	1999–2016	112	97	15	32	8	4	0	0
4	Gamarra, Carlos	Centre Back	1993–2006	109	107	2	12	0	9	0	0
5	Riveros, Cristian	Defensive Midfielder	2005–2018	100	92	8	16	1	13	0	0
6	Caniza, Denis	Centre Back	1996–2010	100	89	11	1	1	18	0	3
7	Acuña, Roberto	Centre Midfielder	1993–2011	99	92	7	5	0	12	1	0
8	Gómez, Gustavo	Centre Back	2013–2026	96	93	3	4	1	26	2	0
9	Ayala, Celso	Centre Back	1993–2003	85	84	1	6	0	14	0	3
10	Cardozo, José	Centre Forward	1991–2006	83	69	14	25	0	4	0	1
11	Almirón, Miguel	Attacking Midfielder	2015–2026	82	75	7	12	6	12	1	2
12	Bonet, Carlos	Right Back	2002–2013	80	65	15	1	2	1	0	0
13	Haedo Valdez, Nelson	Centre Forward	2004–2016	77	65	12	13	2	8	0	1
14	Alonso, Júnior	Centre Back	2013–2026	77	75	2	3	3	22	0	0
15	Torales, Juan Bautista	Left Back	1979–1989	76	72	4	1	0	3	0	0
16	Fernández, Roberto	Goalkeeper	1976–1989	76	76	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Paredes, Carlos	Defensive Midfielder	1998–2008	73	67	6	10	1	13	1	0
18	Chilavert, José Luis	Goalkeeper	1989–2003	73	73	0	8	0	13	0	3
19	Struway, Estanislao	Defensive Midfielder	1991–2002	73	65	8	4	0	13	0	1
20	Cáceres, Víctor	Centre Midfielder	2007–2017	73	56	17	2	0	15	0	1
21	Enciso, Julio César	Centre Midfielder	1995–2004	70	63	7	2	0	7	0	0
22	Cáceres, Julio César	Centre Back	1999–2010	65	60	5	2	0	8	0	0
23	Arce, Francisco	Right Back	1995–2004	60	60	0	5	2	13	0	0
24	Barreto, Édgar	Centre Midfielder	2004–2011	60	47	13	3	2	8	0	0
25	Cardozo, Óscar	Centre Forward	2006–2023	58	30	28	12	1	6	0	0
26	Romero, Óscar	Attacking Midfielder	2013–2022	58	31	27	4	4	3	1	0
27	Benítez, Édgar	Centre Forward	2008–2017	56	32	24	8	5	3	0	0
28	Silva, Antony	Goalkeeper	2011–2023	56	52	4	0	0	2	0	0
29	Verón, Darío	Centre Back	2001–2017	53	47	6	1	0	10	1	0
30	González, Derlis	Secondary striker	2014–2024	52	34	18	9	4	10	0	1
31	Romero, Ángel	Left Winger	2013–2025	52	29	23	8	4	3	0	0
32	Delgado, Rogelio	Centre Back	1983–1989	52	51	1	6	0	4	0	0
33	Vera, Enrique	Centre Midfielder	2007–2011	52	41	11	4	1	12	0	1
34	Villasanti, Mathías	Centre Midfielder	2019–2026	52	39	13	0	1	10	0	0
35	Rivarola, Catalino	Centre Back	1988–1998	51	51	0	4	0	3	0	2
36	Sanabria, Antonio	Centre Forward	2013–2026	50	27	23	7	3	1	0	0
37	Balbuena, Fabián	Centre Back	2015–2026	49	43	6	2	0	4	0	2
38	Zabala, César	Centre Back	1985–1991	48	48	0	3	0	2	0	1
39	Sosa, Alcides	Centre Back	1968–1977	48	47	1	3	0	3	0	2
40	Sarabia, Pedro	Centre Back	1995–2006	47	36	11	0	0	0	0	0
41	Ferreira, Buenaventura	Striker	1983–1993	46	37	9	7	1	1	0	0
42	Torres, Aureliano	Left Back	2004–2012	45	34	11	2	3	3	0	0
43	Cabañas, Salvador	Centre Forward	2003–2009	44	32	12	10	6	4	0	0
44	Campos, Jorge Luis	Attacking Midfielder	1995–2004	44	25	19	6	0	0	0	0
45	Cáceres, Virginio	Right Back	1985–1989	43	36	7	2	0	1	0	1
46	Gavilán, Diego	Attacking Midfielder	1999–2007	43	27	16	0	1	8	0	0
47	Guasch, Jorge	Midfielder	1985–1991	43	30	13	0	0	1	0	1
48	Alderete, Omar	Centre Back	2018–2026	42	39	3	3	0	10	1	1
49	Benítez, Gustavo	Defensive Midfielder	1975–1987	42	41	1	2	0	3	0	2
50	Mendoza, Alfredo	Left Winger	1983–1993	41	36	5	9	0	4	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Paraguay

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Cañete, Adolfino	Romero, Julio César	1986	2	15
2	Morel Rodríguez, Claudio	Haedo Valdez, Nelson	2007–2008	2	15
3	Cabañas, Salvador	da Silva, Paulo	2007	2	67
4	Cabañas, Salvador	Haedo Valdez, Nelson	2007–2009	2	15
5	Cabañas, Salvador	Riveros, Cristian	2007	2	13
6	Barreto, Édgar	Santa Cruz, Roque	2007–2008	2	6
7	Santa Cruz, Roque	Haedo Valdez, Nelson	2008–2011	2	15
8	Santa Cruz, Roque	Ortigoza, José	2010	2	67
9	Fabbro, Jonathan	Ortiz, Richard	2013	2	33
10	Benítez, Édgar	Lezcano, Darío	2016	2	50

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 143 of 793 goals.