Paraguay women's national football team

The Paraguay women's national football team represents Paraguay in international women's football and is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). La Albirroja has never reached the World Cup finals, but has finished fourth in the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino, the only time they were not eliminated in the Group Stage. Most of Paraguay's matches are Competitions rather than friendlies.

Paraguay

Nickname(s)	Las Guaraníes/La Albirroja
Association	Paraguayan Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Julio Gómez
Captain	Veronica Riveros
Home stadium	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code	PAR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	47 1 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest	47 (December 2018)
Lowest	131 (December 2012)
First international
Paraguay 3–2 Uruguay  (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 1 March 1998)
Biggest win
Bolivia 2–10 Paraguay  (Cuenca, Ecuador; 18 September 2014)
Biggest defeat
Paraguay 0–6 Brazil  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 24 November 2006)  Paraguay 1–7 United States  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 12 July 2007)
Sudamericano Femenino
Appearances	5 (first in 1998)
Best result	4th place (2006)

Home stadium

The Paraguay women's national football team plays their home matches on the Estadio Defensores del Chaco.

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

Women's World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
China 1991	Did Not Enter
Sweden 1995
United States 1999	Did Not Qualify
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019
Australia/New Zealand 2023	To Be Determined
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
Atlanta 1996	Did Not Qualify
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Tokyo 2021
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Copa América Femenina record

Copa América Femenina
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
Brazil 1991	Did Not Enter
Brazil 1995
Argentina 1998	Group stage	4	2	0	2	6	10
Peru 2003	Group stage	2	1	0	1	3	4
Argentina 2006	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	13	16
Ecuador 2010	Group stage	4	2	0	2	8	6
Ecuador 2014	Group stage	4	2	0	2	14	9
Chile 2018	Group stage	4	2	1	1	7	7
Total	6/8	25	12	2	11	51	52

Pan American Games record

Pan American Games
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
Winnipeg 1999	Did Not Enter
Santo Domingo 2003
Rio de Janeiro 2007	Group stage	4	0	1	3	4	18
Guadalajara 2011	Did Not Qualify
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	5	6
Total	2/6	9	2	2	5	9	24

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Julio Gómez

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for a friendly match against Argentina on 7 November 2019.[2]

• Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Cristina Recalde	29 September 1994		Juan Grande
12	GK	Isabel Ortiz	28 December 2001		Sol de América
2	DF	María Martínez	24 May 1999		Napoli Caçadorense
3	DF	Tania Riso	26 January 1994		Deportivo Capiatá
4	DF	Laurie Cristaldo	4 May 1997		Libertad/Limpeño
13	DF	Limpia Fretes	24 June 2000		Cerro Porteño
14	DF	Daysy Bareiro	19 January 2001		Juan Grande
15	DF	Deisy Ojeda	3 March 2000		Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
5	MF	Verónica Riveros	23 April 1987		Napoli Caçadorense
6	MF	Rosa Miño	13 July 1999		Famalicão
7	MF	Dahiana Bogarín	13 November 2000		Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
10	MF	Fanny Godoy	21 January 1998		Juan Grande
16	MF	Camila González	9 April 1999		Deportivo Capiatá
17	MF	Graciela Martínez	24 May 2001		Ferroviária
18	MF	Celeste Aguilera	16 June 1999		Sol de América
8	FW	Fabiola Sandoval	27 May 1999		Colo-Colo
9	FW	Jessica Sánchez	25 November 2000		Botafogo
11	FW	Natalia Peña	15 June 1995		Libertad/Limpeño
19	FW	Laura Romero	23 March 1990		Kelen SC
20	FW	Jessica Román	8 July 1993		Fernández Vial

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to the Paraguay squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Player records

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Managers

• (–present) Julio Gómez

Results and fixtures

• The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

See also

• Paraguay men's national football team
• Paraguay women's national under-20 football team
• Paraguay women's national under-17 football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. "Lista de convocadas para el amistoso vs. Argentina". APF (in Spanish). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile