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Paraguay

Nickname(s)	Las Guaraníes/La Albirroja
Association	Paraguayan Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Marcello Frigerio
Captain	Veronica Riveros
Home stadium	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code	PAR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	51 (13 October 2022)[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
United States 9–0 Paraguay  (Cleveland, United States; 16 September 2021)
Sudamericano Femenino
Appearances	7 (first in 1998)
Best result	Fourth place (2006, 2022)

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 both the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino and the 2022 Copa América Femenina, the only times they were not eliminated in the Group stage. Most of Paraguay's matches are in Competitions rather than friendlies.

History

While South America has begun to taste the first sense of women's football since late 1980s, Paraguay has been a latecomer in this aspect, as the country didn't form a team for most of the 1990s decade. Only by 1998, when the third edition of Copa América Femenina occurred, Paraguay finally fielded its team to debut in a major tournament, when Paraguay beat Uruguay 3–2. Nonetheless, Paraguay failed to progress, finished third in the group stage with two wins and two losses. Paraguay's performance did not improve in 2003, once again got eliminated with just a win. Paraguay made its first real development in 2006, finishing fourth by reaching the final group stage. After that 2006 performance, Paraguay failed to do so in the next three editions, all eliminated in the group stage.

With the expansion of the FIFA Women's World Cup, Paraguay also came to be benefited from the expansion. In 2022, Paraguay achieved a respectable performance, successfully qualified to the knockout stage with three wins and one loss in the group stage, including an impressive 3–2 victory over 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup debutant Chile. However, Paraguay was downed by powerhouse Brazil 0–2 in the semi-finals, before losing 1–3 to Argentina in the third place playoffs, after taking the lead in the first half, thus repeated the 2006 performance in fourth place. But with the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup expanded to 32 teams, Paraguay qualified for the intercontinental playoffs for the first time in the history, where its quest for the maiden World Cup debut continues.

Team image

Nicknames

The Paraguay women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Las Guaraníes" or "La Albirroja".

Home stadium

The Paraguay play their home matches on the Estadio Defensores del Chaco.

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.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponed   Fixture

2021

2022

2023

• Paraguay Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Start date
Head coach	Marcello Frigério	2021

Manager history

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• Eduardo Poletti (2003)
• Esteban von Lucken (2006)
• Agustín Cabrera (2006)
• Nelson Basualdo (2010)
• Julio Gómez (2014)
• Rubén Subeldía (2018)
• Epifania Benítez (2019–2021)
• Marcello Frigério (2021–)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for two friendly matches against  Uruguay on 10 and 13 November 2022.[2]

Caps noted are current as of 8 April 2021, after match against  Japan, per above sources.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Alicia Bobadilla	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 28)			San Lorenzo
1	1GK	Cristina Recalde	(1994-03-29) 29 March 1994 (age 28)			Juan Grande
4	2DF	Daysy Bareiro	(2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 21)			Juan Grande
3	2DF	Lorena Alonso	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 24)			Olimpia
2	2DF	Limpia Fretes	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 22)			Libertad/Limpeño
21	2DF	María Martínez	(1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 23)			Universidad de Chile
	2DF	Deisy Ojeda	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 22)			Olimpia
5	2DF	Verónica Riveros	(1987-04-23) 23 April 1987 (age 35)			São José
	3MF	Damia Cortaza	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 29)	10	1	Libertad/Limpeño
	3MF	Soledad Garay	(1996-11-27) 27 November 1996 (age 25)	2	0	Libertad/Limpeño
7	3MF	Fabiola Sandoval	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 23)			Avaí
11	3MF	Fany Gauto	(1992-08-19) 19 August 1992 (age 30)			Ferroviária
15	3MF	Fanny Godoy (captain)	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 24)	49		Juan Grande
18	3MF	Camila Arrieta	(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 21)			Avaí
8	3MF	Rosa Miño	(1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 23)			ALG Spor
	4FW	Celeste Aguilera	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 23)
	4FW	Karina Castellano	(1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 23)			Olimpia
9	4FW	Lice Chamorro	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 23)			Alavés
10	4FW	Jessica Martínez	(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 22)			Sevilla
	4FW	Verónica Kurtz	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 26)			Cerro Porteño

Recent call-ups

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

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

Records

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

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998	Group stage	4	2	0	2	6	10
2003		2	1	0	1	3	4
2006	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	13	16
2010	Group stage	4	2	0	2	8	6
2014		4	2	0	2	14	9
2018		4	2	1	1	7	7
2022	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	10	12
Total	7/9	31	15	2	14	61	64

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	Did not enter
2003
2007	Group stage	4	0	1	3	4	18
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	5	6
2023	Qualified
2027	To be determined
Total	3/8	9	2	2	5	9	24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

• Sport in Paraguay
  • Football in Paraguay
    • Women's football in Paraguay
• Paraguay women's national under-20 football team
• Paraguay women's national under-17 football team
• Paraguay men's national football team

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

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