Paraguay national under-20 football team

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.

Paraguay
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Albirrojita[1][2]
AssociationAsociación Paraguaya
de Fútbol
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachParaguay Pedro Sarabia
CaptainGustavo Gómez
Home stadiumEstadio Defensores del Chaco
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)

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 8 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 1977Group stage320162
Japan 1979Quarter-finals421183
Australia 1981 Did not qualify
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985Group stage301236
Chile 1987 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997Group stage302156
Nigeria 1999Round of 16421178
Argentina 2001Fourth place7313811
United Arab Emirates 2003Round of 16420244
Netherlands 2005 Did not qualify
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009Round of 16412124
Colombia 2011 Did not qualify
Turkey 2013Round of 16412133
New Zealand 2015 Did not qualify
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2023
Total9/23361310134647

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ángel González (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 0 0 Paraguay Libertad
1GK Carlos Urán (2003-05-21) 21 May 2003 0 0 Paraguay Olimpia
2DF Alexis Cantero (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 1 0 Paraguay Guaraní
2DF Gilberto Flores (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 1 0 Paraguay Libertad
2DF Alan Núñez Unknown 1 0 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
2DF Luis Rolón Unknown 0 0 Paraguay Olimpia
2DF Thiago Servín (2003-06-05) 5 June 2003 0 0 Paraguay Guaraní
3MF Leandro Caballero Unknown 0 0 Paraguay Olimpia
3MF Nelson Gauto Unknown 0 0 Paraguay Guaraní
3MF Diego Gómez (2003-03-27) 27 March 2003 0 0 Paraguay Libertad
3MF Sebastián Quintana (2003-03-06) 6 March 2003 1 0 Paraguay Olimpia
3MF Matías Segovia (2003-01-04) 4 January 2003 6 0 Paraguay Guaraní
4FW Blas Duarte Unknown 0 0 Paraguay Libertad
4FW Fernando Ovelar (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 0 0 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
4FW Kevin Pereira (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 0 0 Argentina Talleres
4FW Leonardo Rolón (2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 0 0 Paraguay General Caballero
4FW Allan Wlk (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 0 0 Paraguay Olimpia

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. "La Albirroja Sub 20 tiene a sus convocados" (in Spanish). Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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