Paraguay national futsal team

Paraguay
Nickname(s)	Guaraníes,; La Albirroja (White and red)
Association	Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
FIFA code	PAR
FIFA ranking	13 (May 2024)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	United States 0–2 Paraguay ; (Brasília, Brazil; 15 September 1987)
Biggest win
	Paraguay 16–2 Chile ; (Asunción, Paraguay; 26 August 2003)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 15–0 Paraguay ; (Umuarama, Brazil; 11 July 2005)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1989)
Best result	Quarterfinals (2016)
Copa América de Futsal
Appearances	17 (First in 1965)
Best result	Champions (1965)
AMF World Cup
Appearances	10 (First in 1982)
Best result	Champions (1988, 2003, 2007, 2023)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	8 (First in 2005)
Best result	3rd place (2010)

The Paraguay national futsal team represents Paraguay during international futsal competitions and is controlled by a branch of the Paraguayan Football Association (Spanish: Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). Its biggest accomplishment is becoming champions of the AMF Futsal World Cup on four occasions (1988, 2003, 2007, 2023).

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Second round	6	2	2	2	14	14
Hong Kong 1992	First round	3	1	0	2	14	18
Spain 1996	did not qualify
Guatemala 2000	did not qualify
Taiwan 2004	First round	3	1	0	2	8	11
Brazil 2008	Second round	7	3	1	3	27	17
Thailand 2012	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	10	15
Colombia 2016	Quarterfinals	5	2	1	2	20	13
Lithuania 2021	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	7	12
Uzbekistan 2024	Qualified
Total	8/10	32	12	5	15	100	100

FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup

1982 — Second place
1985 — Third place
1988 — Champions
1991 — Second place
1994 — Quarterfinals
1997 — did not play
2000 — Second round
2003 — Champions (host)
2007 — Champions
2011 — Second place
2015 — Second place
2019 — Third place
2023 — Champions

South American Futsal Championship

1965 — Champions (host)
1969 — Second place (host)
1971 — Third place
1973 — Third place
1975 — Third place
1976 — Second place
1977 — Second place
1979 — did not play
1983 — Second place
1986 — Second place
1989 — Second place
1992 — Third place
1995 — Fourth place
1996 — Fourth place
1997 — Third place
1998 — Second place
1999 — Second place
2000 — First round
2003 — Third place (host)
2008 — Fourth place
2011 — Third place
2015 — Second place
2017 — Third place
2022 — Second place
2024 — Fourth place

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2012 — Second place
2016 — Third place (host)
2020 — Third place

Grand Prix de Futsal

2005 — Fifth place
2006 — did not play
2007 — Twelfth place
2008 — Fourth place
2009 — Eighth place
2010 — Bronze medal
2011 — Sixth place
2013 — Fourth place
2014 — did not play
2015 — Fourth place

Futsal Mundialito

1994 — did not play
1995 — did not play
1996 — Second place
1998 — did not play
2001 — did not play
2002 — did not play
2006 — did not play
2007 — did not play
2008 — did not play

Futsal Finalissima

2022 — Third place

Honours

AMF Futsal World Cup
- Winners (4): 1988, 2003, 2007, 2023
South American Futsal Championship
- Winners (1): 1965
Futsal Mundialito
- Silver Medal (1): 1996
Futsal Finalissima
- Bronze Medal (1): 2022
Pan American Games
- Bronze Medal (1): 2007
Grand Prix de Futsal
- Bronze Medal (1): 2010
Bolivarian Games
- Winners (1): 2013
- Silver Medal (1): 2022

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 Fixture

2024

2 February 2024 (2024-02-02) Copa América de Futsal GS Group A	Paraguay	2–1	Ecuador	Luque, Paraguay
19:15				Stadium: COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison Referee: Rolly Rojas (Peru)

3 February 2024 (2024-02-03) Copa América de Futsal GS Group A	Chile	2–2	Paraguay	Luque, Paraguay
19:15				Stadium: COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison Referee: Henry Gutierrez (Bolivia)

6 February 2024 (2024-02-06) Copa América de Futsal GS Group A	Venezuela	0–0	Paraguay	Luque, Paraguay
19:15				Stadium: COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison Referee: Daniel Rodríguez (Uruguay)

7 February 2024 (2024-02-07) Copa América de Futsal GS Group A	Paraguay	4–0	Colombia	Luque, Paraguay
19:15				Stadium: COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison Referee: Andrés Pena García (Argentina)

9 February 2024 (2024-02-09) Copa América de Futsal Semi-finals	Paraguay	0–1	Argentina	Luque, Paraguay
19:30				Stadium: COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison Referee: Yuri García (Colombia)

10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) Copa América de Futsal Third place	Paraguay	1–4	Venezuela	Luque, Paraguay
16:30				Stadium: COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison Referee: Lautaro Romero (Argentina)

12 April 2024 (2024-04-12) Friendly	Spain	5–0	Paraguay	Manzanares, Spain
20:00		[1]		Stadium: Manzanares Arena Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo, David Urdánoz Apezteguía (Spain)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14) Friendly	Spain	2–1	Paraguay	Valdepeñas, Spain
12:30		[2]		Stadium: Pabellón Virgen de la Cabeza Referee: Alejandro Martínez Flores, Delgado Suárez (Spain)

2 September 2024 (2024-09-02) Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Paraguay	Rio Maior, Portugal
		[3]		Stadium: Pavilhão Polidesportivo de Rio Maior Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal)

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04) Friendly	Portugal	1–1	Paraguay	Rio Maior, Portugal
		[4]		Stadium: Pavilhão Polidesportivo de Rio Maior Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal)

8 September 2024 Friendly

Afghanistan

v

Paraguay

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

14 September 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group A

Paraguay

v

Costa Rica

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

17 September 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group A

Uzbekistan

v

Paraguay

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

20 September 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group A

Netherlands

v

Paraguay

Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the Paraguay squad for the 2024 Copa América de Futsal. Paraguay announced their 14-man squad on 30 January 2024.^[2]^[3]

Head coach: Carlos Chilavert

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Igor Insfrán	(2002-08-29)29 August 2002 (aged 21)	Deportivo Humaitá
2	DF	Alan Rojas	(1998-10-20)20 October 1998 (aged 25)	Sporting Paris
3	DF	Damián Mareco	(1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 29)	Córdoba Futsal [es]
4	WG	Emerson Méndez	(2001-11-18)18 November 2001 (aged 22)	Sporting Sala Consilina
5	WG	Daniel Ozuna	(1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 24)	Boca Juniors
6	PV	Richard Rejala	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 29)	Olmissum
7	WG	Javier Salas	(1993-09-22)22 September 1993 (aged 30)	Napoli Futsal
8	PV	Pedro Pascottini	(1998-11-30)30 November 1998 (aged 25)	Villa Hayes
9	WG	Hugo Martínez	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 31)	Olimpia
10	WG	Juan Gómez Salas	(1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 33)	Sporting Sala Consilina
11	WG	Francisco Martínez	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 31)	Dobovec
12	GK	Giovanni González	(1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 28)	Cerro Porteño
13	PV	Aldo Amarilla	(1994-12-31)31 December 1994 (aged 29)	Sporting Paris
14	WG	Jorge Espinoza	(1993-11-22)22 November 1993 (aged 30)	Cerro Porteño

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
FW	Vander Méndez Salas	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 26)	Saviatesta Mantova	2022 Copa América de Futsal
DF	Neto Veiga	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 25)	Hongyen Thakam	2022 Copa América de Futsal
MF	Javier Salas	(1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 30)	Napoli Futsal	2022 Copa América de Futsal
MF	Pedro Garay	(1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 35)	Club Olimpia	2022 Copa América de Futsal
MF	Juan Manuel Benítez	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)	Club Olimpia	2022 Copa América de Futsal
^COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Retired from international futsal.

References

^ "FIFA Futsal Ranking". Archived from the original on 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
^ Paraguayan Football Association [@FutsalAPF] (30 January 2024). "Estos son los elegidos para la CONMEBOL #CopaAmérica™️ Futsal 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
^ "PARAGUAY" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

(in Spanish) Historia de Futsal (APF)

[1] "FIFA Futsal Ranking". Archived from the original on 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

[2] Paraguayan Football Association [@FutsalAPF] (30 January 2024). "Estos son los elegidos para la CONMEBOL #CopaAmérica™️ Futsal 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.

[3] "PARAGUAY" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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Men's	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Women's	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

v t e National sports teams of Paraguay
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Olympics Pan American Games

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup

South American Futsal Championship

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Grand Prix de Futsal

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Finalissima

Honours

Results and fixtures

2024

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

See also

References

External links