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Fifa Trigramme: | PAR |
Association: | Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol |
Confederation: | CONMEBOL (South America) |
Coach: | Gerardo Gonzalez Aquino |
Home Stadium: | Estadio Defensores del Chaco |
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First Game: | NA |
Regional Name: | FIFA U-17 World Cup |
Regional Cup Apps: | 5 |
Regional Cup First: | 1999 |
Regional Cup Best: | Quarterfinals (1999, 2019) |
2Ndregional Name: | South American U-17 Championship |
2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 18 |
2Ndregional Cup First: | 1986 |
2Ndregional Cup Best: | Runners-up (1999) |
The Paraguay national under-17 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and South American Under-17 Football Championship.
The under-17 Paraguay national football team has seen and delivered along the years many of Paraguay's best talents.
The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 1999 World Cup held in New Zealand, when Paraguay reached the quarterfinals and finished in 5th place. Their best performance at the South American level came in the 1999 tournament in Uruguay when they finished in second place, along with two third-place finishes in 2001 and 2017 as well as three fourth-place finishes in 1988, 1997 and 2015.
In 2001, el team were crowned champions of the Milk Cup after defeating Manchester United 6–0.[1]
FIFA U-17 World Cup record | |||||||||||||
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1985 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
1987 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
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1999 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
2001 | Group Stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
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2015 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
2017 | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
2019 | Quarterfinals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | ||||||
2023 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
2025 | To be determined | ||||||||||||
Total | 5/20 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 36 |
South American Under-17 Football Championship record | |||||||||||||
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1985 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
1986 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
1988 | Fourth Place | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||||
1991 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
1993 | Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
1995 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
1997 | Fourth Place | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
1999 | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||||||
2001 | Third Place | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | ||||||
2003 | Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||||||
2005 | Group Stage | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | ||||||
2007 | Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
2009 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
2011 | Sixth Place | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | ||||||
2013 | Fifth Place | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | ||||||
2015 | Fourth Place | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | ||||||
2017 | Third Place | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | ||||||
2019 | Third Place | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
2023 | Fifth Place | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | ||||||
Total | 18/19 | 113 | 42 | 29 | 42 | 176 | 179 |
Head coach: Gustavo Morínigo
The following 21 players were named to the squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil from October 26 – November 17, 2019.[2]