Paraguay are one of international football's most decorated national teams. Across their history they have won 2 major titles and carry a 1-out-of-6-star rating in our all-time national team ranking.
Their standout achievement is the Copa America, won 2 times (1953, 1979).
Honours
ContinentalTournament Performance
World Cup· 23 editionsBest: Quarter Final
1930Group Stage
1934Not Qualified
1938Not Qualified
1950Group Stage
1954Not Qualified
1958Group Stage
1962Not Qualified
1966Not Qualified
1970Not Qualified
1974Not Qualified
1978Not Qualified
1982Not Qualified
1986Round of 16
1990Not Qualified
1994Not Qualified
1998Round of 16
2002Round of 16
2006Group Stage
2010Quarter Final
2014Not Qualified
2018Not Qualified
2022Not Qualified
2026Round of 16
Copa América· 48 editionsBest: Winner
1916Not Qualified
1917Not Qualified
1919Not Qualified
1920Not Qualified
1921Semi Final
1922Final
1923Semi Final
1924Semi Final
1925Semi Final
1926Semi Final
1927Not Qualified
1929Final
1935Not Qualified
1937Semi Final
1939Semi Final
1941Not Qualified
1942Semi Final
1945Not Qualified
1946Semi Final
1947Final
1949Final
1953Winner
1955Quarter Final
1956Quarter Final
1957Not Qualified
1959Semi Final
1959Quarter Final
1963Final
1967Semi Final
1975Group Stage
1979Winner
1983Semi Final
1987Group Stage
1989Semi Final
1991Group Stage
1993Quarter Final
1995Quarter Final
1997Quarter Final
1999Quarter Final
2001Group Stage
2004Quarter Final
2007Quarter Final
2011Final
2015Semi Final
2016Group Stage
2019Quarter Final
2021Quarter Final
2024Group Stage
Insights
Written by the archive itself — droughts, streaks and records derived from Paraguay’s results. See droughts & records or streaks & shifts.
Drought
Paraguay have won the Copa America twice, but not since 1979 — 45 years and counting as of 2024.
Club Honours
Continental and world titles won by clubs from Paraguay.
WorldContinentalSee how Paraguay ranks among the sport’s all-time greats in our Fifty Greatest National Teams analysis.