Paraguay national under-23 football team

The Paraguay national under-23 football team, also known as the Paraguay Olympic football team, represents Paraguay in international football competitions in Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The team is governed by the Paraguayan Football Association and is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players, ostensibly possessing veteran experience and expertise, in accordance with FIFA regulations.

Paraguay Olympic

Nickname(s)	La Albirroja
Association	Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Carlos Jara Saguier
Top scorer	José Cardozo (7)
Home stadium	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code	PAR
First colours Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1992)
Best result	Silver medalists (2004)
Pan American Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1951)
Best result	Group stage (2003, 2015)
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Host	Round	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Barcelona	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	5	5
1996	Atlanta	Did not qualify
2000	Sydney
2004	Athens	Silver medal	2nd	6	4	0	2	12	9
2008	Beijing	Did not qualify
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro
2020	Tokyo
2024	Paris	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	8
Total		1 Silver medal	3/9	14	7	3	4	23	22

CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament record
Year	Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Paraguay	Champions	7	4	2	1	10	2
1996	Argentina	Group stage	4	1	0	3	8	12
2000	Brazil	Group stage	4	1	0	3	7	9
2004	Chile	Runners-up	8	4	1	3	11	11
2020	Colombia	Group stage	4	1	0	3	5	6
2024	Venezuela	Champions	7	4	2	1	13	9
Total		2 titles	34	15	5	14	54	49

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Host	Round	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Until 1995	See Paraguay national football team
1999	Winnipeg	Did not participate
2003	Santo Domingo	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	4
2007	Rio de Janeiro	Did not qualify
2011	Guadalajara
2015	Toronto	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	6	3
2019	Lima	Did not qualify
2023	Santiago
Total		Group stage	2/7	6	2	1	3	9	7

Honours

• Summer Olympics:
  • Silver medalists (1): 2004
• CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
  • Champions (2): 1992, 2024
  • Runners-up (1): 2004
  • Third place (1): 1984
• South American Games:
  • Gold medalists (2): 1978, 2022

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2023

Paraguay  v  Bolivia

15 November Friendly	Paraguay	0–1	Bolivia	Asunción, Paraguay
20:00				Stadium: General Pablo Rojas Stadium

Paraguay  v  Bolivia

18 November Friendly	Paraguay	3–1	Bolivia	Asunción, Paraguay
20:00				Stadium: General Pablo Rojas Stadium

Paraguay  v  Ecuador

11 December Friendly	Paraguay	2–5	Ecuador	Buenos Aires, Argentina
10:00				Stadium: Argentinos Juniors Sport Complex

Paraguay  v  Ecuador

15 December Friendly	Paraguay	1–0	Ecuador	Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:00				Stadium: Argentinos Juniors Sport Complex

Paraguay  v  Panama

18 December Friendly	Paraguay	2–1	Panama	Asunción, Paraguay
10:00				Stadium: Defensores del Chaco Stadium

Paraguay  v  Panama

21 December Friendly	Paraguay	1–0	Panama	Asunción, Paraguay
19:00				Stadium: Defensores del Chaco Stadium

2024

Uruguay  v  Paraguay

13 January Friendly	Uruguay	4–1	Paraguay	Maldonado, Uruguay
20:30	Homenchenko L. Rodríguez F. Román (o.g.) Olivera	Report	Peralta	Stadium: Estadio Domingo Burgueño

Argentina  v  Paraguay

21 January Pre-Olympic Tournament	Argentina	1–1	Paraguay	Valencia, Venezuela
19:00	Gondou 90'	Report	67' (pen.) D. Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Flávio de Souza (Brazil)

Paraguay  v  Uruguay

24 January Pre-Olympic Tournament	Paraguay	4–3	Uruguay	Valencia, Venezuela
16:00	De Jesús 30' D. Gómez 44', 72' Fernández 54'	Report	8', 11', 34' L. Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Paraguay  v  Peru

27 January Pre-Olympic Tournament	Paraguay	1–0	Peru	Valencia, Venezuela
16:00	Fernández 18'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

Chile  v  Paraguay

2 February Pre-Olympic Tournament	Chile	2–1	Paraguay	Caracas, Venezuela
19:00	Tapia 31' Assadi 70'	Report	33' Leguizamón	Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

Brazil  v  Paraguay

5 February Pre-Olympic Tournament	Brazil	0–1	Paraguay	Caracas, Venezuela
16:00		Report	45+2' Peralta	Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

Argentina  v  Paraguay

8 February Pre-Olympic Tournament	Argentina	3–3	Paraguay	Caracas, Venezuela
16:00	Solari 3' Almada 84' (pen.) Redondo 90+7'	Report	70' Núñez 42' D. Gómez 90' E. González	Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Paraguay  v  Venezuela

11 February Pre-Olympic Tournament	Paraguay	2–0	Venezuela	Caracas, Venezuela
19:30	D. Gómez 48' (pen.) Pérez 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

Paraguay  v  Dominican Republic

23 March Friendly	Paraguay	2–0	Dominican Republic	Asunción, Paraguay
19:30	F. Cardozo 8' Román 70'			Stadium: Estadio Tigo La Huerta Referee: Juan Jara (Paraguay)

Paraguay  v  Dominican Republic

26 March Friendly	Paraguay	1–2	Dominican Republic	Asunción, Paraguay
19:30	Fernández 73'	Report	Lemaire 17' Ureña 30'	Stadium: Estadio Tigo La Huerta

Argentina  v  Paraguay

8 June Friendly	Argentina	4–0	Paraguay	Buenos Aires, Argentina
14:00	Zenón 17' Beltrán 28', 35' Solari 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó Referee: Sebastián Zunino (Argentina)

Argentina  v  Paraguay

10 June Friendly	Argentina	2–0	Paraguay	Lanús, Argentina
15:00	Simeone 35', 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús Referee: Nazareno Arasa (Argentina)

France  v  Paraguay

4 July Friendly	France	4–1	Paraguay	Bayonne, France
21:15	Mateta 44', 50' (pen.) Cherki 72' Kalimuendo 84'	Report	Salcedo 3'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Dauger Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)

Paraguay  v  United States

13 July Friendly	Paraguay	0–1	United States	Bordeaux, France
17:00		Report	McGuire 56'	Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux

Ukraine  v  Paraguay

18 July Friendly	Ukraine	2–2	Paraguay	Hagetmau, France
18:30	Khlan 31' Fedor 83'	Report	Parzajuk 86' Fernández 89'	Stadium: Stade Alain Lansaman

Japan  v  Paraguay

24 July Olympic Games	Japan	5–0	Paraguay	Bordeaux, France
19:00	Mito 18', 63' Yamamoto 69' Fujio 81', 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 14,000 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Paraguay  v  Israel

27 July Olympic Games	Paraguay	4–2	Israel	Paris, France
19:00	Fernández 25', 96' Enciso 69' Balbuena 93'	Report	53' Gandelman 80' Gloukh	Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Paraguay  v  Mali

30 July Olympic Games	Paraguay	1–0	Mali	Paris, France
21:00	Fernández 5'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Egypt  v  Paraguay

2 August Olympic Games	Egypt	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Paraguay	Marseille, France
19:00	Adel 88'	Report	D. Gómez 71'	Stadium: Stade de Marseille Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
	Penalties
	Koka Elneny El Debes Abdelmaguid Adel		D. Gómez Pérez Viera M. Gómez Balbuena

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Olympic Games.^[1]

Head coach: Carlos Jara Saguier

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Roberto Fernández	(1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 36)	Botafogo
12	1GK	Rodrigo Frutos	(2003-01-06)6 January 2003 (aged 21)	Olimpia
14	2DF	Fabián Balbuena	(1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 32)	Dynamo Moscow
13	2DF	Alexis Cantero	(2003-02-05)5 February 2003 (aged 21)	Guaraní
3	2DF	Ronaldo Dejesús	(2001-04-21)21 April 2001 (aged 23)	Cerro Porteño
5	2DF	Gilberto Flores	(2003-04-01)1 April 2003 (aged 21)	Sportivo Trinidense
2	2DF	Alan Núñez	(2004-10-01)1 October 2004 (aged 19)	Cerro Porteño
4	2DF	Daniel Rivas	(2001-12-06)6 December 2001 (aged 22)	Nacional
16	2DF	Fernando Román	(2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 23)	Guaraní
8	3MF	Diego Gómez	(2003-03-27)27 March 2003 (aged 21)	Inter Miami
6	3MF	Marcos Gómez	(2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 22)	Olimpia
10	3MF	Wilder Viera	(2002-03-04)4 March 2002 (aged 22)	Cerro Porteño
17	3MF	Gustavo Caballero	(2001-09-21)21 September 2001 (aged 22)	Nacional
20	3MF	Ángel Cardozo Lucena	(1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 29)	Libertad
7	4FW	Marcelo Fernández	(2001-10-25)25 October 2001 (aged 22)	Libertad
9	4FW	Kevin Parzajuk	(2002-08-09)9 August 2002 (aged 21)	Olimpia
18	4FW	Marcelo Pérez	(2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 23)	Huracán
15	4FW	Julio Enciso	(2004-01-23)23 January 2004 (aged 20)	Brighton & Hove Albion

Alternates

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Facundo Insfrán	(2006-05-04)4 May 2006 (aged 18)	Olimpia
	3MF	Rubén Lezcano	(2004-02-09)9 February 2004 (aged 20)	Libertad
	3MF	Enso González	(2005-01-20)20 January 2005 (aged 19)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	4FW	Tiago Caballero	(2005-05-27)27 May 2005 (aged 19)	Nacional
	4FW	Diego González	(2003-01-07)7 January 2003 (aged 21)	Lazio

Recent call-ups

The following players have received a call-up within the past 12 months:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Ángel González	(2003-02-04)4 February 2003 (aged 21)	Libertad
	1GK	Javier Talavera	(2003-08-12)12 August 2003 (aged 20)	Cerro Porteño
	2DF	Victor Cabañas	(2003-02-13)13 February 2003 (aged 21)	Cerro Porteño
	2DF	Gastón Benítez	(2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 22)	Sol de América
	3MF	Fernando Cardozo	(2001-02-08)8 February 2001 (aged 23)	Olimpia
	3MF	Ariel Gamarra	(2003-02-26)26 February 2003 (aged 21)	Argentinos Juniors
	3MF	Juan José Cardozo	(2004-02-24)24 February 2004 (aged 20)	Argentinos Juniors
	3MF	Nelson Gauto		2 de Mayo
	3MF	Juan Salcedo	(2003-08-12)12 August 2003 (aged 20)	Sportivo Trinidense
	3MF	Jesús Llano		2 de Mayo
	3MF	Diego Fernández		Sportivo Luqueño
	3MF	Rodrigo Villalba		Libertad
	3MF	Iván Leguizamón	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 22)	San Lorenzo
	3MF	Fabrizio Peralta	(2002-08-02)2 August 2002 (aged 21)	Cruzeiro
	4FW	Diego Duarte	(2002-04-08)8 April 2002 (aged 22)	Nacional

Notable players

• Carlos Gamarra
• José Saturnino Cardozo
• Édgar Barreto

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2004	Carlos Gamarra (aged 33)	Julio César Enciso (aged 30)	José Cardozo (aged 33)
2024	Gatito Fernández (aged 36)	Fabián Balbuena (aged 32)	Ángel Cardozo Lucena (aged 29)

Former squads

• 1992 Summer Olympics squads - Paraguay
• 2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament squads - Paraguay
• 2004 Summer Olympics squads - Paraguay

See also

• Paraguay national football team
• Paraguay national under-20 football team
• Paraguay national under-17 football team