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.
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| Nickname(s) | Albirrojita[1][2] | ||
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| Association | Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach |  Pedro Sarabia | ||
| Captain | Gustavo Gómez | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Defensores del Chaco | ||
| FIFA code | PAR | ||
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| Best result | FIFA 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 edit
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 edit
FIFA U-20 World Cup edit
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||||||
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| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
 1977 |
Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
 1979 |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
 1981
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 1983
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 1985 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
 1987
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 1989
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 1991
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| 1993
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 1995
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 1997 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
 1999 |
Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
 2001 |
Fourth place | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
 2003 |
Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
 2005
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 2007
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 2009 |
Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
 2011
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 2013 |
Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
 2015
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 2017
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 2019
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| 2023
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| 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 9/24 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 47 | |
Current squad edit
- The following players were called up for the Football at the 2022 South American Games.[6]
- Match dates: 1–14 October 2022
- Opposition:
Peru, 
Uruguay and 
Venezuela - Caps and goals correct as of: 25 September 2022, after the match against Peru
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Ángel González | 4 February 2003 | 0 | 0 | Libertad
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| GK | Carlos Urán | 21 May 2003 | 0 | 0 | Olimpia
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| DF | Alexis Cantero | 5 February 2003 | 1 | 0 | Guaraní
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| DF | Gilberto Flores | 1 April 2003 | 1 | 0 | Libertad
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| DF | Alan Núñez | Unknown | 1 | 0 | Cerro Porteño
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| DF | Luis Rolón | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Olimpia
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| DF | Thiago Servín | 5 June 2003 | 0 | 0 | Guaraní
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| MF | Leandro Caballero | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Olimpia
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| MF | Nelson Gauto | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Guaraní
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| MF | Diego Gómez | 27 March 2003 | 0 | 0 | Libertad
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| MF | Sebastián Quintana | 6 March 2003 | 1 | 0 | Olimpia
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| MF | Matías Segovia | 4 January 2003 | 6 | 0 | Guaraní
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| FW | Blas Duarte | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Libertad
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| FW | Fernando Ovelar | 6 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | Cerro Porteño
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| FW | Kevin Pereira | 15 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | Talleres
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| FW | Leonardo Rolón | 16 May 2003 | 0 | 0 | General Caballero
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| FW | Allan Wlk | 1 March 2003 | 0 | 0 | Olimpia
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ La Albirrojita mide a Colombia en otra fecha del hexagonal final
- ^ La Albirrojita tiene dos dudas para el comienzo del hexagonal final
- ^ "Paraguay se consagra campeón de la Copa Milk Sub 20 - Deportes - ABC Color".
- ^ "Selección Sub 20: A casa con la segunda copa - Deportes - ABC Color".
- ^ El paraguayo Santander, entre las figuras del Sub 20
- ^ "La Albirroja Sub 20 tiene a sus convocados" (in Spanish). Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.