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Paraguay national under-20 football team

Paraguay
Shirt badge/Association crest
NicknameAlbirrojita[1][2]
AssociationAsociación Paraguaya
de Fútbol
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachParaguay Antolín Alcaraz
CaptainGustavo Gómez
FIFA codePAR
First colours
Second colours
First international
NA
Best resultFIFA U-20 World Cup
Fourth Place, 1 time (2001)
South American Youth Football Championship
Champions, 1 time (1971)

Paraguay national under-20 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and South American Youth Football Championship.

The team's most successful period was mostly during 2001 to 2003 and once again in 2006, achieving Fourth place at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship before winning back-to-back tournaments at the Milk Cup in 2002 and 2003 and once again in 2006.[3] Paraguay also won the 2002 SBS Cup disputed in Shizuoka Japan.[4]

Overview

The under-20 Paraguay national football team has seen and delivered along the years many of Paraguay's best talents such as Juan Bautista Agüero, Julio César Romero, Roberto Cabañas, Paulo Da Silva, Justo Villar, Salvador Cabañas and Roque Santa Cruz.

The team has participated in 10 events of the FIFA World Youth Championship and the best performance came in the 2001 World Cup held in Argentina, when Paraguay finished in the fourth place. The best performance at the South American level came in 1971 when they won the South American Youth Football Championship (also known as "Juventud de América"), along with four runners-up finishes in 1964, 1967, 1985 and 2009.

Paraguay has qualified for 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup that was held in Egypt.

Current talents for the Paraguay squad include Hernán Pérez, Robin Ramírez, Nicolás Martínez, Federico Santander and Joel Silva.[5]

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Hosts / Year Result GP W D L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 Group stage 3 2 0 1 6 2
Japan 1979 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 8 3
Australia 1981 Did not qualify
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 6
Chile 1987 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997 Group stage 3 0 2 1 5 6
Nigeria 1999 Round of 16 4 2 1 1 7 8
Argentina 2001 Fourth place 7 3 1 3 8 11
United Arab Emirates 2003 Round of 16 4 2 0 2 4 4
Netherlands 2005 Did not qualify
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009 Round of 16 4 1 2 1 2 4
Colombia 2011 Did not qualify
Turkey 2013 Round of 16 4 1 2 1 3 3
New Zealand 2015 Did not qualify
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Argentina 2023
Chile 2025 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 4 5
AzerbaijanUzbekistan 2027 To be determined
Total 10/25 40 14 11 15 50 52

Current squad

Paraguay announced their final 21-player squad on 19 September 2025 for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Facundo Insfrán (2006-05-04)4 May 2006 (aged 19) Paraguayan Football Association Olimpia
2 2DF Líder Cáceres (2005-02-08)8 February 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Tembetary
3 2DF Axel Balbuena (2006-03-10)10 March 2006 (aged 19) Argentine Football Association Lanús
4 2DF Alexandro Maidana (2005-07-26)26 July 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Guaraní
5 2DF Lucas Quintana (2005-01-02)2 January 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Cerro Porteño
6 3MF Fabrizio Baruja (2006-08-12)12 August 2006 (aged 19) Paraguayan Football Association Olimpia
7 4FW Gabriel Aguayo (2005-02-10)10 February 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Cerro Porteño
8 3MF Osmar Giménez (2007-03-25)25 March 2007 (aged 18) Paraguayan Football Association General Caballero
9 4FW Tiago Caballero (2005-05-27)27 May 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Olimpia
10 4FW Enso González (2005-01-20)20 January 2005 (aged 20) The Football Association Wolverhampton Wanderers
11 4FW César Miño (2007-05-31)31 May 2007 (aged 18) Paraguayan Football Association Guaraní
12 1GK Víctor Rojas (2005-02-01)1 February 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Libertad
13 3MF Giovanni Gómez (2007-10-18)18 October 2007 (aged 17) Paraguayan Football Association Guaraní
14 2DF Tobías Morinigo (2005-09-22)22 September 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Olimpia
15 3MF Gadiel Paoli (2005-10-01)1 October 2005 (aged 19) Argentine Football Association Boca Juniors
16 3MF Octavio Alfonso (2005-12-19)19 December 2005 (aged 19) Paraguayan Football Association Guaraní
17 4FW Rodrigo Villalba (2006-03-02)2 March 2006 (aged 19) Paraguayan Football Association Libertad
18 3MF Lucas Guiñazú (2006-08-25)25 August 2006 (aged 19) Paraguayan Football Association Tembetary
19 4FW David Fernández (2006-01-05)5 January 2006 (aged 19) Paraguayan Football Association Sol de América
20 2DF Ezequiel Duarte (2006-09-02)2 September 2006 (aged 19) Argentine Football Association Independiente
21 1GK Francisco Hanson (2005-02-16)16 February 2005 (aged 20) Paraguayan Football Association Sportivo Luqueño

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Paraguay's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

See also

References

  1. ^ La Albirrojita mide a Colombia en otra fecha del hexagonal final
  2. ^ La Albirrojita tiene dos dudas para el comienzo del hexagonal final
  3. ^ "Paraguay se consagra campeón de la Copa Milk Sub 20 - Deportes - ABC Color".
  4. ^ "Selección Sub 20: A casa con la segunda copa - Deportes - ABC Color".
  5. ^ El paraguayo Santander, entre las figuras del Sub 20
  6. ^ "Los elegidos para el Mundial Sub 20 de la FIFA" [Those selected for the FIFA U-20 World Cup] (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 September 2025.
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