Paraguay women's national football team

Paraguay

Nickname(s)	Las Guaraníes/La Albirroja
Association	Paraguayan Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Fábio Fukumoto
Captain	Veronica Riveros
Top scorer	Jessica Martinez (10)
Home stadium	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code	PAR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	41 4 (7 August 2025)[1]
Highest	45 (June 2025)
Lowest	67 (September 2006)
First international
3–2 Uruguay  (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 1 March 1998)
Biggest win
10–0 Jamaica  (Viña del Mar, Chile; 25 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
United States 9–0   (Cleveland, United States; 16 September 2021)
Copa América
Appearances	8 (first in 1998)
Best result	Fourth place (2006, 2022)
CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2024)

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 time they were not eliminated in the Group stage. Most of Paraguay's matches are in competitions rather than friendlies, although that has started to change in recent times.

After not entering the 1991 and 1995 Copa America Femenina, Paraguay made their international debut against Uruguay at the 1998 South American Women's Football Championship. Their first official match ended in the best way, defeating the Uruguayans 3–2 in Mar del Plata in Argentina. However, losses to Argentina and Ecuador by the score of 3–0 eliminated them from the competition. They capped off their first appearance at the championship with a 3–2 win over Bolivia.

Heading into their second championship, the groups were regionalised, so they were drawn into a group containing Argentina and Uruguay, where games would take place at the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta. With only the group winners advancing, a 3–0 loss to Argentina effectively ended their chances of progression. A 3–1 win against Uruguay, meant they finished second.

For the third time, the Paraguayans arrived in Argentina for the tournament. After the format was reverted to the same one used in 1998, two groups of five. This championship was their most successful championship in their history, overcoming, Bolivia 5–1, Venezuela 3–1 and Peru 2–1 to historically advance to the second round behind Brazil. With the top two in the second round qualifying for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, this was the closest Paraguay had become to making a major tournament. They started their second-round campaign with a tense and respectable 0–0 draw against the hosts Argentina. Although, they would get thumped by Brazil 6–0 in their next game, with Cristiane scoring four goals for the Brazilians. Despite the heavy loss, Paraguay knew a win over Uruguay in the last match could give them hope of an unlikely dream World Cup debut. But after holding the lead twice against Uruguay, the Uruguayans came back to lead and eventually won 3–2, meaning Paraguay were overtaken by Uruguay to finish fourth. This would remain their best tournament result until 2022. They also won the Fair Play Award.

Their fourth-place finish in 2006 meant Las Guaraníes qualified for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, their first tournament that the team had ever qualified for. However, in a group containing the United States U20 team, Mexico, Argentina and Panama, they struggled to stay competitive, losing all three of their four games, with the exception being a 1–1 draw with the Panamanians, where Francisca Agüero scored a stoppage-time equaliser. Despite the point, Paraguay still came of their group at their debut Pan Americans Games.

2010 (held in Ecuador) saw Paraguay grouped with Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay. In the end, they had a decent tournament, garnering two wins out of four. However, they failed to recreate their 2006 performance and crashed out in the first round, finishing third in group B below Brazil and Colombia. Also, due to this result, they failed to make the 2011 Pan American Games.

Hosted by Ecuador again, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia were Paraguay's challengers in 2014. Las Guaraníes had a pretty unlucky tournament. After taking a shock lead against the Brazilians, they lost 4–1 in their opening match. That was followed by another defeat, this time from Argentina, by the score of 1–0. But, surprisingly, a 10–2 win over Bolivia and a 3–2 comeback win over Chile had put Paraguay into a position where all they needed was for underdogs Argentina to lose to Brazil and their passage to the second round was secured on a three-way tie. However, disappointingly, Argentina triumphed 2–0 over Brazil and would advance instead, ending Paraguay's hopes of making the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Paraguay decided to put a bid in the 2018 edition, but lost the bidding process to Chile. There was also more optimism due to numerous Paraguay youth teams making U20 and U17 Women's World Cups between 2014 and 2018. Aiming for their first major tournament, Paraguay were third seeds and were drawn into group A where they were pitted against Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Peru. In this evenly matched group, La Albirroja played hosts Chile and gained a hard-fought point after a 1–1 draw. Paraguay took the lead eight minutes into the second half through Gloria Villamayor. But nine minutes later, the Chileans equalised to end the game all square. Their second game involving the Peruvians gave Paraguay their first win of the tournament, winning 3–0. They were frustrated by Peru for 70 minutes but scored three goals in the last 20 to secure the win. Next, Las Guaraníes played Colombia, where a hat trick by Catalina Usme saw Paraguay be dealt a damaging 5–1 loss. That would prove costly since their main rivals in the group, Chile, had drawn against the Colombians earlier in the tournament to give them an edge over the Parguayans. After missing the previous matchday, Paraguay overcame a 1-goal deficit to defeat Uruguay 2–1, with a ninety-second-minute goal through a volley by Amada Peralta. However, their slight hopes of progression were squashed as Chile beat Peru 5–0 to advance over the Paraguayans. Despite the disappointment, their performance was enough to secure a spot in the 2019 Pan American Games - their second appearance at the event.

In their second-ever appearance at the Pan American Games, Paraguay had a much more successful tournament. After topping their group with seven points after wins over Mexico and Jamaica, plus a draw with Colombia, their semi-final match against Argentina couldn't have gone worse. They conceded three goals in the first half to comfortably lose 3–0 against Argentina. In the bronze medal match, where they played Costa Rica, a late goal by Daniela Cruz for the Costa Rican meant the Paraguayans would go home without a medal.

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

Panama  v  

16 February Friendly	Panama	2–0		Penonomé, Panama
20:00	Rangel 14' Jaén 59'			Stadium: Estadio Universidad Latina

Costa Rica  v  

22 February W Gold Cup Group C	Costa Rica	0–1		Houston, United States
21:00 (20:00 UTC−6)		Report	Chamorro 51'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

  v  Canada

25 February W Gold Cup Group C		0–4	Canada	Houston, United States
17:00 (16:00 UTC−6)		Report	Leon 25', 49', 57' Smith 39'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

  v  El Salvador

28 February W Gold Cup Group C		3–2	El Salvador	Houston, United States
21:00 (20:00 UTC−6)	J. Martínez 18' (pen.), 86' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Fisher 69' Fuentes 83'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)

Mexico  v  

3 March W Gold Cup Quarter-finals	Mexico	3–2		Los Angeles, United States
17:00 (14:00 UTC−8)	Ovalle 31', 69' Luna 49'	Report	Barbosa 64' Fernández 72'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

FC Barcelona v  

4 April Friendly	FC Barcelona	7–0		Barcelona, Spain
11:15 UTC+2				Stadium: Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper

Catalonia  v  

7 April Unofficial friendly	Catalonia	5–1		Palamós, Spain
12:00 UTC+2	Aparicio 16' Baudet 33' Llompart 41' Kanteh 51' Losada 78'	Report	R. Fernández 50'	Stadium: Estadi Palamós Costa Brava Attendance: 3,351 Referee: Cecilia Muñoz di Giovambattista (Spain)

  v  Chile

12 July Friendly		1–4	Chile	Ypané, Paraguay
18:00 UTC−6	Martínez 81'		Aedo 19' Bareiro 40' (.og) Caniguán 45' Olave 47'	Stadium: Estadio Carfrem Ypané

  v  Chile

15 July Friendly		0–5	Chile	Ypané, Paraguay
10:00 UTC−6				Stadium: Estadio Carfrem Ypané

  v  Uruguay

22 February Friendly		1–2	Uruguay	Ypané,Paraguay
19:00	Bareiro 39'		Paz 27' Aquino 52'	Stadium: CARFEM

  v  Uruguay

25 February Friendly		0–1	Uruguay	Ypané,Paraguay
19:00			Paz 57'	Stadium: CARFEM

  v  Ecuador

30 May Friendly		0–0	Ecuador	Ypané,Paraguay
				Stadium: CARFEM

  v  Ecuador

2 June Friendly		2–0	Ecuador	Ypané,Paraguay
	Fátima Acosta 2' Belén Riveros 61'			Stadium: CARFEM

Bolivia  v  

13 July 2025 Copa América Femenina GS	Bolivia	0–4		Quito, Ecuador
16:00		Report (WEB) Report (CONMEBOL)	C. Martínez 23', 40', 61' Chamorro 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)

Colombia  v  

19 July 2025 Copa América Femenina GS	Colombia	4–1		Quito, Ecuador
19:00	Caicedo 13', 83' Ramírez 57' Santos 90+4'		C. Martínez 15'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

  v  Brazil

22 July 2025 Copa América Femenina GS		1–4	Brazil	Quito, Ecuador
19:00 UTC−5	C. Martínez 65'	Report	Yasmim 27', 39' Amanda Gutierres 60' Duda Sampaio 75'	Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)

  v  Venezuela

25 July 2025 Copa América Femenina GS		2–1	Venezuela	Quito, Ecuador
19:00	Acosta 64' C. Martínez 84'		Altuve 40'	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Chile  v  

28July 2025 Copa América Femenina 5th	Chile	0–1		Quito, Ecuador
16:00			Arrieta 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Position	Name	Start date
Head coach	Fábio Fukumoto	2025

• Eduardo Poletti (2003)
• Esteban von Lucken (2006)
• Agustín Cabrera (2006)
• Nelson Basualdo (2010)
• Julio Gómez (2014)
• Rubén Subeldía (2018)
• Epifania Benítez (2019–2021)
• Marcello Frigerio (2021–2023)
• Antonio Carlos Bona (2024)

• The following players have been called up for the 2025 Copa América Femenina aon July 2025.^[2]

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Cristina Recalde	(1994-03-29)29 March 1994 (aged 31)	Guiniguada Apolinario
2	2DF	Camila Barbosa	(2002-02-18)18 February 2002 (aged 23)	Bahia
3	2DF	Daysy Bareiro	(2001-01-19)19 January 2001 (aged 24)	Sport Extremadura
4	2DF	Deisy Ojeda	(2000-03-03)3 March 2000 (aged 25)	Querétaro
5	3MF	Dahiana Bogarín	(2000-11-13)13 November 2000 (aged 24)	Colo-Colo
6	3MF	Fanny Godoy	(1998-01-21)21 January 1998 (aged 27)	Guiniguada Apolinario
7	3MF	Ramona Martínez	(1996-07-21)21 July 1996 (aged 28)	Libertad
8	3MF	Celeste Aguilera	(1999-06-16)16 June 1999 (aged 26)	Olimpia
9	4FW	Lice Chamorro	(1998-12-22)22 December 1998 (aged 26)	Espanyol
10	4FW	Jessica Martínez (captain)	(1999-06-14)14 June 1999 (aged 26)	Al Hilal
11	4FW	Fátima Acosta	(2005-01-07)7 January 2005 (aged 20)	UNAM
12	1GK	Soledad Belotto	(2003-08-14)14 August 2003 (aged 21)	Juventus
13	2DF	María Martínez	(1999-05-24)24 May 1999 (aged 26)	Rosario Central
14	2DF	Naomi de León	(2005-05-06)6 May 2005 (aged 20)	Libertad
15	2DF	Danna Garcete	(2005-05-21)21 May 2005 (aged 20)	Olimpia
16	2DF	Fiorela Martínez	(2002-04-18)18 April 2002 (aged 23)	Guaraní
17	2DF	Camila Arrieta	(2001-09-16)16 September 2001 (aged 23)	3B da Amazônia
18	4FW	Claudia Martínez	(2008-01-15)15 January 2008 (aged 17)	Olimpia
19	3MF	Belén Riveros	(2002-06-13)13 June 2002 (aged 23)	Cerro Porteño
20	4FW	Diana Benítez	(2007-03-30)30 March 2007 (aged 18)	Libertad
21	4FW	Cindy Ramos	(2002-11-01)1 November 2002 (aged 22)	Atlético Mineiro
22	1GK	Araceli Leguizamón	(2005-08-06)6 August 2005 (aged 19)	Guaraní
23	2DF	Liz Barreto	(2000-11-04)4 November 2000 (aged 24)	Olimpia

• 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
GK	Alicia Bobadilla	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994	12	0	Racing	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
GK	Gloria Saleb	(1991-06-12) 12 June 1991	4	0	Olimpia	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
GK	Isabel Ortiz	(2001-12-28) 28 December 2001			Olimpia	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
GK	Patricia López	(2000-06-01) 1 June 2000			Libertad	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
DF	Limpia Fretes	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000	24	0	Cruzeiro	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
DF	Verónica Riveros	(1987-04-23) 23 April 1987	21	1	Independiente del Valle	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
DF	Sady Salinas	(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994			Libertad	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
DF	Verónica López	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997			Guaraní	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
DF	Alejandra Escurra	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002			Cerro Porteño	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
DF	Tania Riso	(1994-01-26) 26 January 1994	20	0	Olimpia	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
DF	Milagros Rolón	(2004-08-19) 19 August 2004			Avaí	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
DF	Lorena Alonso	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998	7	0	Olimpia	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
DF	Nabila Perruchino	(2003-03-17) 17 March 2003			Olimpia	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
DF	Luz Cardozo	(2006-07-19) 19 July 2006			Olimpia	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
MF	Dulce Quintana	(1989-02-06) 6 February 1989	21	4	Racing Power	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
MF	Griselda Garay	(1997-12-11) 11 December 1997	2	0	Olimpia	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
MF	Fabiola Sandoval	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999	20	2	Cruzeiro	v.  Russia, 3 December 2023
MF	Fany Gauto	(1992-08-19) 19 August 1992	10	1	América Mineiro	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
MF	María Segovia	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000			Olimpia	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
MF	Rosana Alegre	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995			2 de Mayo	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
MF	Rosa Miño	(1999-07-13) 13 July 1999	15	0	Independiente del Valle	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
MF	Vanessa Arce	(2000-05-27) 27 May 2000			Olimpia	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025
FW	Liz Peña	(1995-06-15) 15 June 1995	7	1	Libertad	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
FW	Ramona Martínez	(1997-07-21) 21 July 1997	18	2	Libertad	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
FW	Rebeca Fernández	(1991-12-01) 1 December 1991	17	6	Universidad de Chile	v.  Mexico, 3 March 2024
FW	Lourdes González	(1999-07-16) 16 July 1999	3	0	Avaí	v.  Russia, 3 December 2023
FW	Amada Peralta	(1994-06-14) 14 June 1994			Olimpia	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
FW	Erika Cartaman	(2002-07-27) 27 July 2002			Olimpia	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
FW	Deisy Sánchez	(2003-04-24) 24 April 2003			Guaraní	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
FW	Liz Barreto	(2000-11-04) 4 November 2000	0	0	Olimpia	v.  Chile,15 July 2024
FW	Maria Tamay	(2004-04-23) 23 April 2004			Libertad	v.  Uruguay, 25 February 2025

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

As of 31 October 2023

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
2027	To be determined
2031	To be determined
2035	To be determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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
2028
2032	To be determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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
2025	Fifth place	5	3	0	2	9	9
Total	8/10	36	18	2	16	70	73

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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	Fifth place	4	2	0	2	14	6
2027	Qualified
Total	3/7	13	4	2	7	23	30

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2024	Quarter finals	4	2	0	2	6	9
Total	1/1	4	2	0	2	6	9

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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