It is the Paraguay National Football Team (Spanish: Seleccion de futbol de Paraguay) is the team that represents Paraguay in international football matches for males. tournaments. They are governed by the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociacion Paraguaya de Futbol). Paraguay is part of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja is a member of CONMEBOL and has been invited to 8 FIFA World Cup competitions (1930 1950, 1950 1988,, 1986 2002, 2010) Their best performance occurring in 2010, when they made it to the quarterfinals. Regularly participating in Copa America, Paraguay have been able to participate in Copa America, Paraguay have been awarded the title of champions in the tournament two times (in the year 1953 as well as 1979). Paraguay's top position in the FIFA World Rankings was 8th (March 2001) and their lowest at 103 (May 1995). Paraguay was named second in the Best move of the year in 1996, for their climb in the FIFA Rankings.
The team's most productive period was during the guidance by Argentine Gerardo Martino. Martino was awarded the South American Coach of the year award in 2007. He also took Paraguay to the quarterfinals in the FIFA World Cup competition for the first time in its history (in 2010) as well as into the semi-finals of 2011's Copa America, where Paraguay was runners-up. In Paraguay's whole history during this FIFA World Cup, only Carlos Gamarra and Jose Luis Chilavert have the distinction of being players on the All-Star Team, being for the 1998 edition. Paulo da Silva holds the most appearances for Paraguay's national team with 148 games in all. Roque Santa Cruz is the most prolific goal scorer in history having scored 32 times. Denis Caniza, who was in the national squad from 1996 until 2010 is the only player to represent Paraguay during four successive FIFA World Cup competitions (1998 2002, 1999 and 2010).
