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- The facilitation of open access to campus leadership through sessions with the Vice-Chancellor and Rector, Prof. Jonathan Jansen – providing opportunities for public discussion between senior leadership, staff and students;
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- Finally, the identification of 20 of the most dysfunctional high schools in the Free State Province and the building of relationships with those schools. This university-school partnership is based on a strict contract of reciprocal commitments to increase the chances of black children attending university. The WUF applauded this as the most innovative step.
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Report: Delhomme Won't Start Vs. VikingsPosted by on December 16, 2009 – 7:27 am
The Vikings visit the Carolina Panthers this weekend but they might not see the home team's regular starting QB, according to a report by NFL Network's Jason La Canfora.
Delhomme, who has been the Panthers starting QB since 2003 and has led the franchise to a Super Bowl, has endured a tumultuous stretch as of late. He played in only 3 games during 2007 but then bounced back in 2008 by leading Carolina to a 12-4 record and division title.
The shine was taken off that accomplishment quickly, however, because Delhomme threw 5 INTs and lost a fumble in the divisional round against Arizona. Then this season Delhomme continued to struggle with INTs, throwing 18 of them against just 8 TDs, before injuring his finger and being forced out of the last 2 games.
According to the report by La Canfora, Delhomme is still experiencing "swelling and discomfort" but will be re-evaluated at the end of the week to assess his chances of playing on Sunday. For now, though, La Confora described Delhomme's prospects of playing as "doubtful."
If Delhomme can't play, 3rd-year pro Matt Moore will start in his place. Moore, who played collegiately at Oregon State, has completed 29 of 50 passes for 358 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT in the last 2 games.
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Does this number include New Deals and Follow-on rounds? Let's not forget that it's all about quality and not quantity!
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What's even more interesting than their raw number of deals and pace of activity, is the fact that they are also near the top on virtually every other metric, from economic returns to their investors (FRC was the lead investor in Mint.com, which was recently acquired by Intuit for $170 million, among others), to their reputation among entrepreneurs (they have been consistently ranked in the top five or ten VC funds on TheFunded.com since), to their close relations with their portfolio CEOs (the annual FRC CEO summit is legendary), to their collegial relationships with other investors (they've co-invested with many of the top tier funds AND most of the early-stage mini-funds, as well as a host of top angel investors.)
The traditional VC model may indeed be in need of rethinking, but if venture capital continues as a functioning asset class, it will largely be due to the innovative and pro-approaches taken by funds like First Round Capital.
In the interest of disclosure, the above comment is from David S. Rose, who, as an angel investor, has invested alongside First Round Capital and who founded Ambient Devices, a company backed in part by First Round Capital.
In the interest of fact correction [grin], I am NOT the David Rose who founded Ambient Devices, the company backed in part by First Round Capital. Ambient was co-founded by David LORING Rose. I am David SEMEL Rose, and am indeed an angel investor who has co-invested alongside First Round Capital...which is why I know what an impressive group they are.
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For the second time in a nine-month span, Suge Knight got his face punched in - and the alleged ass-beater du jour claims to be Akon's business manager.
According to TMZ, it all went down in a private party at the W Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona - where Suge was attending a party for NBA All-Star weekend.
Police officials say they were called to the scene by hotel security who warned about a brewing fight between two groups in the VIP area of the hotel.
When cops arrived, they saw a man punch the victim - Suge Knight - "two times in the head." It was a scene familiar to Knight after his previous beatdown.
Officers had to break out the tasers to "quell the fight."
CLASSICS: Two of our all-time favorite celebrity mug shots, featuring Akon and Suge Knight. No word on why the former's manager beat the crap out of the latter.
The suspect, Robert Carnes Jr., was charged with one count of felony aggravated assault - they ruled it a felony "due to the severity of the victim's injuries."
According to the Scottsdale PD, upon his arrest and booking, "Carnes reported to officers that he is employed as the business manager for singer "Akon."
"Okay" then. Suge Knight - whose real name is Marion, which may explain a great many things - was taken to a local hospital and treated for facial injuries.
Akon was the host of the party at the W last night - a 944 Magazine All-Star Weekend wrap-up bash. The incident happened after the conclusion of the party.
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SEOUL - A ferry boat carrying more than 470 people sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and about 290 others missing.
The Security and Public Administration Ministry announced that the ferry set off from the western port of Incheon on Tuesday evening and was due to arrive in the southern resort island of Jeju later on Wednesday. The ferry careened off after it called for help when it was two km off the Byungpoong island.
325 of the total 476 passengers were high school students, who were on their way to Jeju for a four-day school trip, it was reported.
A massive rescue operation was launched after the incident, which included 16 helicopters, 34 coast guard boats and many divers.
The ministry officials had earlier stated that 368 people were rescued, but they later acknowledged there was an error in counting figures. More than 290 people still remain unaccounted for, they said. About 180 people have been rescued so far with 14 of them suffering injuries.
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Virginia All-Americans Paige Selinski and Michelle Vittese are back in Charlottesville with the U.S National Field Hockey team as they prepare to take on Argentina in an exhibition Monday night.
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"When I first heard, I didn't know how to react. Just so many emotions," Selinski recalled.
"This is my first time," Vittese added. "I'm one of the younger players. It's sort of really exciting. It's hard to explain and I don't think it will sink in until we step on the field."
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The Americans, featuring Selinski and Vittese, beat then-No. 1 Argentina in the gold medal game of last year's Pan America Games.
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LOS ANGELES – When Santa Barbara police arrived at Elliot Rodger's apartment in April – after Rodger's mother had alerted authorities to her son's YouTube videos, where he expressed his resentment of women who don't have sex with him, aired his jealousy of the men they do choose and stated his intentions to remedy this injustice through a display of his own magnificence and power – they left with the impression that he was a perfectly polite, kind and wonderful human.
Then Rodger killed six people and himself on a Friday night, leaving a manifesto that spelled out his virulent hatred for women in more explicit terms. And Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown deemed him a madman.
Another rude awakening played out on social media as news of Rodger's attack spread around the world. When women took to Twitter to share their own everyday experiences with men who had reduced them to sexual conquests and threatened them with violence for failing to comply – filing their anecdotes under the hashtag #YesAllWomen – some men joined in to express surprise at these revelations, which amassed more quickly than observers could digest.
How can some men manage to appear polite, kind, even wonderful in public while perpetuating sexism under the radar of other men's notice? And how could this dynamic be so obvious to so many women, yet completely foreign to the men in their lives? Some #YesAllWomen contributors suggested that men simply aren't paying attention to misogyny. Others claimed that they deliberately ignore it.
There could also be a performative aspect to this public outpouring of male shock. A man who expresses his own lack of awareness of sexism implicitly absolves himself of his own contributions to it.
But there are other, more insidious hurdles that prevent male bystanders from helping to fight violence against women. Among men, misogyny hides in plain sight, and not just because most men are oblivious to the problem or callous toward its effect. Men who objectify and threaten women often take care to harass women when other men aren't around.
The night after the murders, I was at a backyard party in New York, talking with a female friend, when a drunk man stepped right between us. I was thinking the exact same thing, he said. As we had been discussing pay discrepancies between male and female journalists, we informed him that this was unlikely. But we politely endured him as he dominated our conversation, insisted on hugging me, and talked too long about his obsession with my friend's hair. I escaped inside, and my friend followed a few minutes later. The guy had asked for her phone number, and she had declined, informing him that she was married and, by the way, her husband was at the party.
Why did I say that? I wouldn't have been interested in him even if I weren't married, she told me.
Being married was, like, the sixth most pressing reason you weren't into him, I said. We agreed she had said this because aggressive men are more likely to defer to another man's domain than to accept a woman's autonomous rejection of him.
There are forms of male aggression that only women see. But even when men are afforded a front seat to harassment, they don't always have the correct vantage point for recognizing the subtlety of its operation. Four years before the murders, I was sitting in a bar in Washington, D.C., with a male friend. Another young woman was alone at the bar when an older man scooted next to her. He was aggressive, wasted and sitting too close, but she smiled curtly at his ramblings and laughed softly at his jokes as she patiently downed her drink.
Why is she humoring him? my friend asked me. You would never do that.
I was too embarrassed to say: Because he looks scary and I do it all the time.
Women who have experienced this can recognize that placating these men is a rational choice, a form of self-defense to protect against setting off an aggressor. But to male bystanders, it often looks like a warm welcome, and that helps to shift blame in the public eye from the harasser and onto his target, who has failed to respond with the type of masculine bravado that men more easily recognize.
Two weeks before the murders, Louis C.K. – who has always recognized pervasive male violence against women in his stand-up – spelled out how this works in an episode of Louie, where he recalls watching a man and a woman walking together on a date. He goes to kiss her, and she does an amazing thing that women somehow learn how to do – she hugged him very warmly. Men think this is affection, but what this is, is a boxing maneuver.
Women are better at rejecting us than we are, C.K. said. They have the skills to reject men in the way that we can then not kill them.
When Elliot Rodger finally snapped, he drove to a Santa Barbara sorority house as part of his plan to give the female gender one last chance to provide me with the pleasures I deserved from them, and killed two women who were walking outside. Before he hit the sorority house, he stabbed three men in his apartment; after he left the sorority, he killed another man entering a nearby convenience store.
Rodger hated all the women who did not provide him sex, but he also resented the men he felt had been standing in the way of his conquests. (Many men die of domestic-violence-related murders this way, killed by ex-boyfriends, ex-husbands, and family members of the women in their lives.) Some men are using this death count to claim that Rodger's killings were not motivated by misogyny; that is a simplistic account of how misogyny operates in a society that privately abides hatred of women unless expressed in its most obvious forms.


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Paraguay national football team
|Los Guaraníes
La Albirroja (White and red)
|Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF)
|CONMEBOL (South America)
|Head coach
|Víctor Genes
|Roque Santa Cruz
|Most caps
|Paulo da Silva (118)
|Top scorer
|Roque Santa Cruz (30)
|Home stadium
|Estadio Defensores del Chaco
|FIFA code
|FIFA ranking
|76 16 (23 October 2014)
|Highest FIFA ranking
|8 (March 2001)
|Lowest FIFA ranking
|103 (May 1995)
|Elo ranking
|Highest Elo ranking
|4 [1] (21 February 1954)
|Lowest Elo ranking
|43 [1] (12 August 1962, 5 March 2014)
|First international
| Paraguay 1–5 Argentina
(Asunción, Paraguay; 11 May 1919)
|Biggest win
| Paraguay 7–0 Bolivia
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 30 April 1949)
Hong Kong 0–7 Paraguay
(Hong Kong; 17 November 2010)
|Biggest defeat
| Argentina 6–0 Paraguay
(Santiago, Chile; 20 October 1926)
Mexico 6–0 Paraguay
(Maturín, Venezuela; 8 July 2007)
|World Cup
|8 (First in 1930)
|Best result
|Quarter-finals, 2010
|Copa América
|34 (First in 1921)
|Best result
|Champions, 1953 and 1979
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol) and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010) and has reached the second round of the competition on four occasions. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions (in 1953 and 1979). Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings is 8th (March 2001) and lowest is 103 (May 1995), and was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996. The national team's most successful period was under the coaching of Argentine Gerardo Martino, who was awarded with the South American Coach of the Year in 2007 and took Paraguay to the quarter-final stages of a FIFA World Cup competition for the first time in history (in 2010) and also to the final of the 2011 Copa América, where Paraguay finished as runners-up. In the entire national team's history at the FIFA World Cup, both Carlos Gamarra and José Luis Chilavert hold the distinction of being selected as part of the All-Star Team, being for the 1998 edition. Paulo da Silva holds the most amount of appearances for the national team with 118 and Roque Santa Cruz is the all-time leading goal scorer with 30 goals.
- 1 History
- 1.1 The beginning (1900–1930)
- 1.2 First taste of success (1930–1970)
- 1.3 More continental success (1970–1990)
- 1.4 The golden generation (1990–2006)
- 1.5 2007–2009
- 1.6 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2011 Copa America
- 1.7 2011 and beyond
- 2 Managers
- 3 Results and Fixtures
- 4 Players
- 5 Tournament records
- 6 Titles
- 7 Gallery
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
The beginning (1900–1930)[edit]
Soon after the introduction of football in Paraguay by Williams Paats, the Liga Paraguaya de Futbol (today Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol) was created in 1906. The first national football team was organized in 1910 when an invitation by the Argentine club Hércules of Corrientes was received to play a friendly match. Members of that first national team where F. Melián, G. Almeida, A. Rodríguez, M. Barrios, P. Samaniego, J. Morín, Z. Gadea, D. Andreani, C. Mena Porta, B. Villamayor, M. Rojas and E. Erico. The match ended in a 0–0 draw.[3]
Because of the increasing number of invitations to play matches and international tournaments, the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol decided to officially create the national team and select the striped red and white jerseys that until this date remain as the official colours (taken from the Paraguayan flag). In late 1919 Paraguay accepted the invitation to play the 1921 Copa América and in order to prepare for that occasion a number of friendly matches were played between 1919 and the start of the tournament in 1921. The first of those friendly matches was a 5–1 loss against Argentina, and it marked the first international game by the Paraguayan national football team. When the 1921 Copa América finally arrived, Paraguay surprised everybody by beating then three-time South American champions Uruguay by 2–1, being this the first match in an official competition for the Paraguayan football team. Paraguay eventually finished fourth in the tournament and became a regular participant of the tournament for the next editions.
In 1930 Paraguay participated in the first World Cup, organized by Uruguay. In the first round, Paraguay debuted and lost to the United States (0–3), to then defeat Belgium (1–0) with a goal by Luis Vargas Peña. Only one team was to advance from the group stage, and the U.S. left Paraguay behind.
First taste of success (1930–1970)[edit]
After good participations in the Copa América tournaments of 1929, 1947 and 1949 (where Paraguay finished in second place), Paraguay was ready for their next World Cup competition.
The return to the World Cup was in 1950, where Paraguay faced Sweden and Italy in Group 3. Paraguay failed to advance to the next round after a 2–2 draw against Sweden and a 2–0 loss against Italy.
The first big success came in 1953 when Paraguay won the Copa América disputed in Peru. In their road to the championship, Paraguay defeated Chile (3–0), Bolivia (2–1) and Brazil (2–1); and tied against Ecuador (0–0), Peru (2–2) and Uruguay (2–2). Since Paraguay and Brazil were tied in points at the end of the tournament, a final playoff match was played between them, with Paraguay winning the final by 3–2. Key players of the campaign included Ángel Berni, Heriberto Herrera and Rubén Fernández. The coach was Manuel Fleitas Solich.[4]
For the 1958 World Cup, Paraguay surprisingly qualified ahead of Uruguay (beating them 5–0 in the decisive game) with a team that contained a formidable attacking lineup with stars such as Juan Bautista Agüero, José Parodi, Juan Romero, Cayetano Ré and Florencio Amarilla. In their first game in Sweden, Paraguay were 3–2 up against France in a game they lost 7–3. A 3–2 win over Scotland and a 3–3 draw with Yugoslavia saw Paraguay finish third in their group.
The departure of several of their stars for European football (mainly Spain) resulted in a weakening of Paraguay's football fortunes somewhat, but they were only edged out by Mexico in the 1962 qualifiers.
More continental success (1970–1990)[edit]
Paraguay fell short in subsequent World Cup qualifying campaigns, but Copa América success (and that of one of its premier clubs Olimpia in the Copa Libertadores) in 1979 shored up Paraguay as a solid player on the continent.
The 1979 Copa América was won by Paraguay after finishing first in Group C (which had Uruguay and Ecuador as well) with two wins and two draws. In the semi-finals Paraguay defeated Brazil by an aggregate score of 4–3. In the finals, Paraguay defeated Chile by an aggregate score of 3–1 to claim its second continental crown. Players such as Julio Cesar Romero (Romerito), Carlos Alberto Kiese, Alicio Solalinde, Roberto Paredes, Hugo Ricardo Talavera and Eugenio Morel where an important part of the team, coached by Ranulfo Miranda.[5]
Paraguay ended a 28-year absence from the World Cup in 1986 with a team starring Roberto Fernández in goal; Cesar Zabala, Rogelio Delgado and Juan Bautista Torales in defense; Jorge Amado Nunes and Vladimiro Schettina in midfield; midfield playmaker Romerito and strikers Roberto Cabañas, Ramon Angel Maria Hicks and Rolando Chilavert (older brother of José Luis Chilavert). In first round matches, Paraguay defeated Iraq (1–0, goal Romerito) and then tied Mexico (1–1, goal Romerito) and Belgium (2–2, both goals Roberto Cabañas). They reached the second round where they were beaten 3–0 by England.[6]
The golden generation (1990–2006)[edit]
A drought followed once again, as Paraguay failed to reach Italy 1990 and U.S. 1994 World Cups.
In 1992, Paraguay won the South American Pre-Olympic tournament, which guaranteed a spot in the 1992 Summer Olympics football competition. In the Olympics, Paraguay finished second in its group and were eliminated by Ghana in the quarterfinals.[7] The most important aspect of that Paraguay team was the emergence of new young players like Carlos Gamarra, Celso Ayala, José Luis Chilavert, Francisco Arce and José Cardozo, which became part of the "golden generation" that led Paraguay to three straight World Cups and good performances in continental competitions, establishing Paraguay as one of the top teams in South America alongside Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
This new generation of players helped end the World Cup drought in grand fashion, as the Albirroja reached the France 1998 World Cup by qualifying in second place in South America behind Argentina. The first round matches were against Bulgaria (0–0), Spain (0–0), and Nigeria (3–1; goals Celso Ayala, Miguel Ángel Benítez and José Cardozo). Paraguay qualified to the second round (Round of 16) to be defeated in a thrilling match against hosts and eventual World Champions France. France only scored through Laurent Blanc in the 114th minute, during the second half of overtime (making it the first golden goal scored in a World Cup). Paraguay's central defending duo (Carlos Gamarra and Celso Ayala) and goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert were selected for the all-star World Cup team.
2002 FIFA World Cup[edit]
|South Africa
Paraguay came into the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament with most of their players from France 98, for the first time in a major competition the number #9 was issued to 20-year old Roque Santa Cruz, as José Luís Chilavert would captain the Albirroja at the tournament. Italian coach Cesare Maldini, would also take with him Diego Gavilán, Julio César Cáceres, Nelson Cuevas, Carlos Bonet and Justo Villar to the tournament, young players in their early twenties who had ideally been brought into the squad to make way after the near future retirements of José Luis Chilavert, Ricardo Tavarelli, Francisco Arce, Celso Ayala, Estanislao Struway and Guido Alvarenga. Maldini's appointing as coach, which had taken place in January 2002, had caused controversy as domestic managers were overlooked (prompting the managers union to try to unsuccessfully expel him for immigration breaches and because he spoke little Spanish). Maldini nonetheless had the support of goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert and several other senior players.[8][9] Maldini would become the oldest coach at the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament, with the age of 70. His son, Paolo Maldini, captained Italy at the same tournament.[10] Paraguay were drawn into Group B with Spain, South Africa and Slovenia. The Albirroja would face South Africa in their opening group stage match on 2 June at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium in South Korea. Paraguay were without goalkeeper and captain José Luís Chilavert for their first match, as he had spat on Brazil's Roberto Carlos during the qualification campaign, an action which caused FIFA to give him a four-match suspension (later reduced to three) which forced him to watch Paraguay's opening fixture against South Africa from the stands.[11] Paraguay commenced with match with Ricardo Tavarelli as goalkeeper and Carlos Gamarra as captain. Paraguay were presented with a free kick in the 39th minute, which was taken by Francisco Arce and eventually headed into the net by Roque Santa Cruz. Arce himself took another free kick in the 55th minute during the second half, underlining his accuracy with a dead ball, after making it 2–0. South Africa replied with two goals during the last 30 minutes of the fixture to end the tie at 2–2. With the return of Chilavert as captain and goalkeeper, Paraguay faced Spain in their next fixture on 7 June at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium. In the 10th minute, Francisco Arce's shot on goal took a deflection off of Spanish defender Carles Puyol and Paraguay found themselves 1–0 in front. In the second half, Spain's Fernando Morientes would score a double and their captain Fernando Hierro would also convert a penalty to defeat Paraguay 3–1. The result obliged Paraguay to gain three points from their next fixture in order to advance from the group stage. Before the match had commenced, Chilavert had vowed to score against Spain if Paraguay would receive a free kick 'within range',[12] and after conceding two goals from Morientes, Chilavert almost redeemed himself with a good free kick attempt, but the shot was saved by Iker Casillas in the 78th minute.[13] Prior to Paraguay's third group stage fixture against Slovenia, they were required to win by a margin of three goals in order to go through to the round of 16. On 12 June, the two sides faced each other at the Jeju World Cup Stadium, which saw Carlos Humberto Paredes receive his second yellow card in the 22nd minute and Paraguay eventually conceded a goal just as the first half concluded. In the second half, Nelson Cuevas was substituted onto the field for José Cardozo in the 61st minute and would level the scores in the 65th minute. Jorge Luis Campos scored with a low long range strike to put Paraguay ahead in the 73rd minute as Slovenia would then be reduced to ten men after Nastja Čeh was red carded in the 81st minute. Nelson Cuevas would then score Paraguay's third goal with a left footed strike in the 84th minute to win the match at 3–1. Cuevas was ultimately awarded as the Man of the Match. Spain had defeated South Africa 3–2, meaning that although Paraguay and South Africa had finished with four points each, the Albirroja would progress due to goal difference.[14] After the match, captain José Luís Chilavert stated that he was proud of his team and believed that they could accomplish a lot more.[15] Paraguay were then drawn against Germany at the round of 16 stages. The two sides faced each other on 15 June, which saw star striker Roque Santa Cruz substituted off of the field in the 29th minute due to injury. Germany, who had been the more dominant side throughout the match, eventually scored in the 88th minute to win the match after Oliver Neuville netted past Chilavert after receiving the ball which was crossed into him from the wing. Roberto Acuña would also receive his marching orders in the 92nd minute, receiving his second yellow card.[16]
Incident between José Luís Chilavert and Roque Santa Cruz[edit]
On 10 June 2013, it was reported that José Luís Chilavert had stated that Roque Santa Cruz had pretended to be injured in order to miss the match against Germany at the round of 16 stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Chilavert claimed that this was because Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who at the time was vice president of Bayern Munich (which was the club were Santa Cruz had played at from 1999 to 2007), had visited the hotel that Paraguay were staying at and had apparently told Santa Cruz not to play against Germany.[17][18]
Francisco Arce defended Santa Cruz, informing that "Chilavert comes out to say stupid things every now and then. Don't believe him. Roque is the most professional person that I have ever met in my time in the national team, he is a man that doesn't have a stain in any place".[19]
Prior to the match in 2002, the media stated that the match woould have special significance for Santa Cruz due to playing for a German club. Prior to the match, Santa Cruz informed "I'm very excited - I have been dreaming of this. If I have a chance I will kill them - I know all their tricks. It will be a special game for me against my friends and colleagues from Bayern Munich, but I don't take it as a personal challenge. I have been living there for three years and I like the country very much, but I think they will understand that I must do my best and I won't need motivating. Germany are a powerful team, with players of the highest calibre, and their name is written into World Cup history",[20] and in 2013 Roque Santa Cruz himself then stated to Paraguay's Telefuturo that Chilavert's comments were false because they were stated more than ten years after the incident.[19] Santa Cruz also stated that what had been said was painful because alongside Chilavert he had shared many experiences but the people had seen Santa Cruz play and were aware of his professionalism.[21]
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]
Paraguay began the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification with three wins in their first four fixtures in 2003. Having been thrashed 4−1 by Peru in Lima in Round 1 on 6 September 2003, Paraguay would defeat Uruguay with the same result at home four days later, with José Cardozo netting a hat-trick. Cardozo, who scored in Paraguay's next fixture in November, tallied four goals in four matches.
2006 FIFA World Cup[edit]
|Trinidad and Tobago
The Uruguayan Aníbal Ruiz took with him 8 European based players and 11 South American based players, including captain Carlos Gamarra, to Germany for the 2006 tournament. Paraguay were without experienced striker José Cardozo, who had finished equal second in the CONMEBOL qualification with seven goals and had been named in the original squad, was injured during training sessions and replaced by Genoa striker Dante López. This was Paraguay's third consecutive FIFA World Cup tournament and the squad was expected to advance from beyond the group stage, given the experienced players within the side. Carlos Gamarra, Roque Santa Cruz, Nelson Cuevas, Carlos Bonet, Carlos Humberto Paredes, Diego Gavilán, Denis Caniza, Julio César Cáceres and Roberto Acuña had already represented Paraguay at previous FIFA World Cup tournaments. Both Roberto Acuña and Carlos Gamarra were participating in their third consecutive FIFA World Cup competition, and Gamarra shared the distinction of having also represented the Paraguay national under-23 football team at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, the latter in which Édgar Barreto and Julio César Manzur had also participated, the latter two were also selected in the 23-man squad for Germany.
Paraguay were drawn into Group B alongside England, Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago. Paraguay faced England in their opening group stage match on 10 June in Frankfurt. After just three minutes, David Beckham had taken a long-distance free kick which landed in England's 18-yard box and the ball was eventually headed into England's goal after coming off of Carlos Gamarra, who became one of four players to register an own goal at the tournament. Just moments later, goalkeeper Justo Villar was replaced by Aldo Bobadilla in the 8th minute after damaging his leg attempting a sliding clearance. Villar left the field in tears and was subsequently sidelined for the rest of the tournament.[22] Paraguay had started with Roque Santa Cruz and Nelson Haedo Valdez up front and also maintained a strong midfield with Carlos Bonet, Cristian Riveros, Carlos Humberto Paredes and Roberto Acuña, however, England managed to hold onto their 1–0 lead to earn a victory. With Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago having drawn, Paraguay was required to gain at least one point in their next fixture in order to avoid elimination. They then faced Sweden on 15 June in Berlin in a match which was ultimately decided in the 89th minute when Fredrik Ljungberg headed past Aldo Bobadilla, effectively eliminated Paraguay after just two group stage matches without the Albirroja scoring a single goal. Paraguay's only compensation came in their third and last group stage fixture on against Trinidad and Tobago on 20 June. After Brent Sancho had netted an own goal and given Paraguay the lead by half-time, Nelson Cuevas was substituted onto the field in the 66th minute for Nelson Haedo and, with a one-two touch with Roque Santa Cruz, Cuevas was able to score in the 86th minute in Paraguay's 2–0 victory. Paraguay finished in third place of their respective group with three points and a two-two For-and-Against goal difference. Paraguay's group stage elimination made them the only South American national team which did not advance beyond the first round, with Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador making it to the round of 16 stage of the competition. Upon the conclusion of Paraguay's 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign, Aníbal Ruiz resigned as head coach and Raúl Vicente Amarilla was assigned as the interim coach, and Carlos Gamarra, who had participated in his tenth major competition for Paraguay, retired from international football.
Paraguay's national squad underwent a major transition after Germany 2006 because of the retirement of key players such as Carlos Gamarra, Francisco Arce, Celso Ayala, and goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert. Paraguay's under-20 side had won the Milk Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2006, and players such as Nelson Haedo Valdez, Aureliano Torres, Cristian Riveros, Julio dos Santos, José Montiel, Édgar Barreto and Óscar Cardozo were thought key to the re-building of the team. In 2007, Argentine Gerardo "Tata" Martino was designated as head-coach. The former Newell's Old Boys skipper's coaching career had blossomed in Paraguay where he formerly coached Club Libertad and Cerro Porteño.
2007 Copa América[edit]
|United States
Gerardo Martino took with him a relatively experienced squad to Venezuela, with Darío Verón, Claudio Morel Rodríguez, Carlos Bonet, Julio Manzur, Paulo da Silva, Aureliano Torres, Roque Santa Cruz and captain Julio César Cáceres all re-appearing for the national team, and new comers Enrique Vera, Óscar Cardozo and the Argentine-born Jonathan Santana were appearing for Paraguay in their first major tournaments. The competition also proved to be one of the last national team involvements from veteran Nelson Cuevas. Paraguay were drawn into Group C, alongside Argentina, Colombia, and the USA. In Paraguay's first fixture, they would defeat Colombia 5–0 after a hat-trick from Roque Santa Cruz and a double from Salvador Cabañas.[23] In Paraguay's second fixture against the USA, Édgar Barreto opened the scoring in the 29th minute just before the USA's Ricardo Clark would level the scores in the 35th minute. Paraguay would win the match 3–1 after a goal from Óscar Cardozo and a 92nd minute free kick from Salvador Cabañas would seal the game for the Albirroja.[24] With both Paraguay and Argentina having obtained six points and qualifying from beyond their Group C, the two teams faced in their last group stage fixture with a less strengthened side, Roque Santa Cruz, Édgar Barreto, Cristian RIveros and Paolo da Silva all commencing on the bench as Nelson Cuevas would gain his first appearance of the competition and Aldo Bobadilla would play a full 90-minutes of the fixture, replacing Justo Villar for the second time in the tournament. A 79th minute Javier Mascherano goal was enough to seal a 1–0 victory for Argentina,[25] as Paraguay advanced to the knock-out stages to face Mexico. Mexico had already beaten Brazil in the group stage and had finished in first place of their respective Group B with seven points. After Paraguayan goal keeper Aldo Bobadilla had earned a straight red card in the 3rd minute, Paraguay conceded a penalty in the 5th minute and eventually found them selves down 3–0 at half-time. Mexico would score another three more goals, thrashing Paraguay 6–0 and ending their Copa América campaign.[26]
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]
After a series of friendly matches, Paraguay commencing their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a 0–0 away draw against Peru in October 2007.[27] Four days later, a 14th minute goal from Nelson Haedo Valdez sealed a 1–0 home victory against Uruguay.[28] Haedo Valdez would open the scoring in Paraguay's next match, a 5–1 home victory against Ecuador in November, which saw Cristian Riveros score a double and a goal each from Roque Santa Cruz and Néstor Ayala.[29] In Paraguay's fourth and last World Cup qualifier of 2007, a double from defender Paulo da Silva, who scored both goals with his head from corner kicks, and a goal from Salvador Cabañas earned Paraguay a 3–0 away victory.[30] The victory placed Paraguay in first position of the CONMEBOL table, having conceded just one goal in four matches and having obtained ten points in four matches. Paraguay would eventually remain in first position of the CONMEBOL table for nine consecutive rounds (from round 4 to round 12). In 2008, Paraguay continued preparing for their first World Cup qualification match of that year, playing out five matches by June 2008 (three friendlies and two Kirin Cup matches). On 15 June 2008, Paraguay defeated Brazil 2–0 at home with 10 men.[31][32] Roque Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 25th minute, latching on to an Édgar Barreto corner and side footing the ball into the net with his right foot. Dario Verón received his second yellow card of the match in the 47th minute and was subsequently sent off, however, one minute later, Nelson Haedo had played Santa Cruz through and his shot was eventually blocked by Brazil's Júlio César and tapped into the net on the re-bound by Salvador Cabañas who made it 2–0 in the 48th minute. By that stage, Paraguay had conceded just one goal in five rounds. Three days later, Paraguay would lose for the first time in the qualification campaign, in a 4–2 away defeat against Bolivia in La Paz.[33] Paraguay had been trailing 2–0 by half-time when Gerardo Martino made a double substition when he brought on both Roque Santa Cruz and Nelson Haedo Valdez for Salvador Cabañas and Óscar Cardozo in the 62nd minute. Both players managed to score in the second half, however, Bolivia eventually went on to win the match. By September, Paraguay travelled to Buenos Aires to face Argentina on 6 September 2008.[34] In the 14th minute, Nelson Haedo Valdez was played through on goal beside Argentine defender Gabriel Heinze. Argentine goal keeper Roberto Abbondanzieri came out to the on rushing bouncing ball, only for Heinze, who intended to clear the ball, headed the ball into his own net as all three players collided.[34] Carlos Tévez was received his second yellow card in the 30th minute and Argentina were down to ten men. Sergio Agüero leveled the scores in the 61st minute and 1–1 was how it finished. Days later, first half goals from Cristian Riveros and Nelson Haedo Valdez were enough to seal a 2–0 home victory against Venezuela as Paraguay remained in first position of the CONMEBOL table.[35] In October 2008, Paraguay would earn two 1–0 victories against Colombia and Peru.[36][37] The results keeping Paraguay in first place of the CONMEBOL table as 2008 concluded, having been defeated just once and having conceded just fix goals in the entire qualification campaign. Paraguay's qualification campaign in 2009 commenced with a 2–0 away loss against Uruguay[38] and a 1–1 away draw against Ecuador,[39] which saw Paulo da Silva red carded in the 84th minute and Édgar Benítez leveling the match in the 92nd minute in Quito. By June, Paraguay would suffer a 2–0 home defeat at the hands of Chile,[40] and after having taken a 1–0 lead thanks to a 25th minute Salvador Cabañas free kick, Paraguay were defeated 2–1 away against Brazil.[41] In the last four matches of the qualification campaign, where which three of the four fixtures would be played at home, Cabañas netted a first half penalty to give Paraguay a 1–0 home victory against Bolivia on 5 September 2009.[42] Qualification was secured in the next fixture against Argentina on 9 September, when Salvador Cabañas had gone around three Argentine players and played Nelson Haedo through on goal who scored with a left footed shot in the 27th minute of the first half. By the 52nd minute of the match, Argentine Juan Sebastian Verón received his second yellow card of the match and Paraguay eventually won the fixture 1–0.[43] The win against Argentina, who at the time were coached by Diego Maradona, was Paraguay's second official win over Argentina.[44][45] In October, Paraguay concluded the qualification campaign with a 2–1 away victory against Venezuela and a 2–0 home loss against Colombia.[46][47] Paraguay, who would have finished in first place of the CONMEBOL table had they not lost against Colombia, concluded the qualification campaign with 33 points, as Salvador Cabañas finished in sixth position of the leading goal scorers, having scored six goals. With the exception of Round 1, Paraguay were positioned no lower than third on the CONMEBOL table throughout the duration of the entire qualifying campaign.
2010 FIFA World Cup and 2011 Copa America[edit]
January 2010 assault on Salvador Cabañas[edit]
On January 2010, a tragic head injury suffered in an assault forced Salvador Cabañas to abandon football for an unspecified period of time, which gave him no chance of making the final 23-man squad for South Africa 2010.[48] Cabañas was shot in the head inside the "Bar Bar" night club in Mexico City early 25 January 2010 at 5:00 in the morning.[49] Cabañas received medical attention during the early hours of 25 January 2010.[50] Later on the day he was submitted to a craniotomy but doctors decided that it was too risky to proceed and the bullet was not extracted. According to his wife, he tried to react against a robbery,[51] although this account is disputed by reports that the assault was the result of a taunting incident in the bar's bathroom.[52] Mexican police confirmed that a drug dealer and member of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel called José Balderas Garza, alias JJ, was the man who shot him.[53] Cabañas left intensive care in late February and was hoping to fully recover in time for the FIFA World Cup 2010 but was not selected for the final Paraguay squad.[54] Doctors dealing with Cabañas have described his recovery so far as "tremendous".[55] However, it is announced he does have short-term memory loss and may not recover for another one to three years. He gave his first interview on 12 March 2010 in appreciation to all the people who prayed for him. In 2013, Cabañas gave his version of the incident which stated that in his opinion the attack occurred so that he would not play at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and that Paraguay would not be crowned champions of the competition.[56]
2010 FIFA World Cup[edit]
Prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Lucas Barrios, an Argentine footballers of Paraguay descent, would change his nationality under FIFA regulations in order to represent the Albirroja at the tournament in South Africa. He would join Nestor Ortigoza and Jonathan Santana in being the third Argentine to be selected in Paraguay's 23-man squad for the tournament. Without Salvador Cabañas, Paraguay had played out five friendly matches in preparation for the tournament, with Lucas Barrios impressing up front after scoring in three consecutive matches (against Ireland, Ivory Coast and Greece) out of the five friendlies played.[57][58][59] Despite experiment with young players such as Marcelo Estigarribia, who had scored in Paraguay's first 2010 friendly against South Africa on 31 March,[60] and Hernán Pérez, Paraguay had a full strength and experienced side with Roque Santa Cruz, Édgar Barreto, Carlos Bonet, Enrique Vera, Cristian Riveros, Nelson Haedo Valdez and Paulo da Silva, who were the majority of the players that featured in the tournament's qualifying campaign and were believed to have been at the best moment of their football careers. Paraguay had qualified for their fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup tournament, and the 2010 edition proved to be the second tournament for some players, the third consecutive World Cup for Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Bonet Justo Villar and Julio César Caceres, and a record fourth consecutive World Cup for Denis Caniza. The final squad, which consisted of 9 European based players, were expected to advance to at least the round of 16 stage of the competition according to the Paraguayan media,[61] however, defender Antolin Alcaraz believed that Paraguay had what was "required to reach the semi-finals"[61] and Nelson Haedo Valdez also believed that the current generation was the one to go further than Paraguay had ever been before.[62]
Paraguay were drawn into Group F alongside World Champions Italy, Slovakia and New Zealand. Paraguay would face Italy in their opening group stage match and would take a 1–0 lead in the 39th minute thanks to a header from Antolin Alcaraz, who latched on to a free kick to beat Gianluigi Buffon.[63] Paraguay eventually drew 1–1 after conceding a goal in the second half. Paraguay faced Slovakia in their second group stage match and would score in the 27th minute of the first half when Enrique Vera would open the scoring in a run of play counterattack on Slovakia. During the second half, Aureliano Torres would deliver a free kick into Paraguay's attacking 18-yard box, where Cristian Riveros would eventually find him self with the ball after receiving it from a Paulo da Silva header, and score from a 20-yard shot, just out side of the 18-yard box, in the 86th minute of the match to give Paraguay a 2–0 lead and eventual victory.[64] The result placed Paraguay in first place of their respective group, with four points. In Paraguay's last group stage fixture, they would play out a 0–0 draw with New Zealand, and eventually finish in first place of Group F.[65] Paraguay were drawn against Japan, who had finished as runners-up in Group E, at the round of 16 stage. The two sides faced each other at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on 29 June. After 120 minutes, the match was tied at 0–0 and eventually determined via a penalty shoot-out. Édgar Barreto, Lucas Barrios, Cristian Riveros and Nelson Haedo Valdez would score four straight penalties for Paraguay, as Japan's Yūichi Komano failed to convert one of Japan's four spot kicks. Óscar Cardozo, who had been substituted onto the field for Roque Santa Cruz in the 94th minute of the match, then stepped up to slot home Paraguay's fifth penalty to win the shoot out at 5–3.[66] The win meant that Paraguay had advanced beyond the round of 16 for the first time in the national team's history. The Albirroja were drawn against Spain, who had defeated Portugal at the round of 16, at the quarter-final stage of the tournament. The match was played on 3 July at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg in front of 55,359 spectators.[67] Paraguay commenced the match with a strong line up, Nelson Haedo and Oscar Cardozo were partnered up front as Paulo da Silva, Darío Verón, Antolin Alcaraz and Claudio Morel Rodríguez formed a strong defence. The first half, which saw Nelson Haedo score past Iker Casillas but having the goal ruled out for offside, concluded 0–0. The second half saw Oscar Cardozo, who was pulled down by Gerard Piqué in Spain's penalty, fail to convert a penalty for Paraguay in the 59th minute, and four minutes later, Xabi Alonso also failed to convert a penalty for Spain in the 62nd minute, when David Villa was ruled by the referee to have been brought down by Antolín Alcaraz.[67] Xabi Alonso stepped up to take the penalty kick and seemed to have scored, only for the referee to order it be retaken because of encroachment by a Spanish player into the penalty area before the kick was taken. Xabi Alonso's retake was saved by Paraguayan goalkeeper Justo Villar. Paraguay continued to attack when Roque Santa Cruz was subtituted onto the field in the 73rd minute for Nelson Haedo, however, Spain ultimately managed to take the lead in the 83rd minute when David Villa collected a rebounded shot off the post from Pedro, to score himself off the post. The goal turned out to be the winner for Spain in the 1–0 result, who would go on to be crowned as World Champions after defeating Holland 1–0 in the final on 11 July. The quarter-final appearance was recorded Paraguay's best ever performance.[68] After the match, Gerardo Martino stated that he would be leaving his position at the end of his contract.
The Albirroja arrived back from South Africa on Monday 5 July 2010 at 03:30AM. Upon arrival, the entire national team was greeted by over 3,000 fans at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport and were decorated by the then President of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo. Gerardo Martino announced that he would take some time to decide his future, although the Paraguayan Football Association had offered him a four year contract to continue. Roque Santa Cruz also announced that the 2010 FIFA World Cup would be his last World Cup, but that he may continue to play one more international tournament which would be the 2011 Copa América held in Argentina. After the tournament, the Albirroja would participate in six friendly matches (including a 7–0 thrashing victory against Hong Kong in November), which would see the national team conclude 2010 on a positive note.
2011 Copa América[edit]
The Albirroja participated in seven friendly matches prior to the 2011 Copa América would commence in July, were Paraguay were drawn in to Group B with Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador. Gerardo Martino included with him new players such as Marcos Caceres, Marcelo Estigarribia, Hernán Pérez, Osvaldo Martinez, Pablo Zeballos and Iván Piris, who were all participating in their first major competition at international level. The competition itself being held in Argentina was an advantage to Paraguay, due to the Paraguayan population in the host country. Paraguay would draw their opening group stage match 0–0 with Ecuador before facing the Copa América defending champions Brazil in their second group stage fixture. Paraguay would face Brazil on 9 July at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba. After trailing 1–0 at half time, a cross was played through to Roque Santa Cruz from the wing as the striker side footed the equalizer in the 54th minute. Santa Cruz was replaced by Haedo Valdez in the 56th minute, and ten minutes later Haedo Valdez would score for Paraguay, given them a 2–1 lead in the 66th minute. The scores were leveled 2–2 by Fred in the 89th minute, as Paraguay would settle for their second consecutive draw of the tournament. On 13 July, Paraguay played out a 3–3 draw with Venezuela, in a match which saw goals from Antolin Alcaraz, Lucas Barrios and an 85th minute goal from Cristian Riveros, which had Paraguay 3–1 in front. However, Venezuela would score in both the 89th and 92nd minute of the match to draw at 3–3. Paraguay concluded the group stage phase with three points from thee matches, as the group's third place finisher and the competition's second-best third-place finisher in the group stage. Paraguay were drawn against Brazil at the quarter final stages, where the match was played at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata on 17 July. After a 0–0 after 120 minutes, which saw two red cards (to Lucas Leiva and Antolín Alcaraz in the 103rd minute), the match was decided via a penalty shoot out. Brazil failed to convert all of their four spot kicks as Paraguay, who had seen Édgar Barreto miss his spot kick, converted two out of their three penalties, when both Marcelo Estigarribia and Cristian Riveros scored from the spot, to win the penalty shoot out 2–0. Paraguay then faced Venezuela in the semi-final on 20 July. Roque Santa Cruz, who was carrying an injury, had been substituted onto the field in the 73rd minute for Nelson Haedo, but then replaced in the 80th minute for Osvaldo Martínez. Jonathan Santana received his second yellow card of the match in the 102nd minute as the fixture ended 0–0 after extra time. Paraguay eventually won 5–3 via their second consecutive penalty shoot out, which saw Néstor Ortigoza, Lucas Barrios, Cristian Riveros, Osvaldo Martínez and Darío Verón score five out of their five spot kicks to send Paraguay to the 2011 Copa América final.
On 24 July, Paraguay faced Uruguay in the 2011 Copa América final. The fixture was played at River Plate's Estadio Monumental. It would be the first time that Paraguay would reach the final since the 1979 Copa América, which was the year in which they obtained their second Copa América title, as Paraguay had drawn five consecutive matches in order to make the final, without winning a single fixture. Paraguay suffered a difficult first half with Uruguay's Luis Suárez scoring in the 11th minute and Diego Forlán scoring in the 41st minute. Paraguay attacked with Nelson Haedo, who endured a full 90-minutes, playing up front as a center forward. Lucas Barrios, who had also acquired himself an injury, was substituted onto the field for Pablo Zeballos in the 76th minute, but damaged his hamstring in the last moments of the match. The match was decided in the 89th minute when Forlán scored for Uruguay to make it 3–0. Paraguayan goalkeeper Justo Villar was awarded as the Best goalkeeper of the tournament. Roque Santa Cruz played no part in the fixture due to injury. Gerardo Martino resigned soon afterwards as coach of the Albirroja.
2011 and beyond[edit]
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]
The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign proved to be one of the Albirroja's most unsuccessful campaign. Throughout the duration of the qualifiers, Paraguay's coaching position was modified three times in the space of the entire 24-month period. Since the departure of Gerardo Martino, Paraguay weren't able to exceed more than just a fourth place standing on the CONMEBOL table, which was reached in the third round of the qualifiers. From round 4 until round 18 (the final round of matches) Paraguay were placed in seventh position or lower of the table, most notably sitting in bottom position for eight rounds straight (rounds 7 to 14). Francisco Arce departed as coach in 2012, after a 3–1 away loss against Bolivia, and was replaced by Gerardo Pelusso, who eventually departed in 2013 and Paraguay's under-20 team coach Víctor Genes would ultimately be in charge until the qualifiers were concluded.
In round 13, Roque Santa Cruz scored in Paraguay's 2–1 home defeat against Chile on 7 June 2013. The goal brought his tally to 26 which made him the all-time leading goal scorer of the Paraguayan national team's history.[69] Santa Cruz went on to score two more goals (against Bolivia and Argentina) during the qualifiers, and also served as the national team captain for the last four fixtures of the campaign. Paraguay had defeated Bolivia 4–0 at home on 6 September 2013, in a bid to restore hope to at least reaching the play-offs of the qualifiers, however, four days later, a 5–2 defeat against Argentina would officially declare Paraguay's elimination from reaching the top five teams of the CONMEBOL table.[70][71][72][73] Paraguay failed to qualify for a third consecutive FIFA World Cup competition held inside its own continent (having not appeared at the 1962 FIFA World Cup held in Chile and the 1978 FIFA World Cup held in Argentina). The qualification campaign officially proved to be the national team's worst.
Results and Fixtures[edit]
Recent and forthcoming matches[edit]
Matches from the past 12 months as well as any future scheduled matches.
See also 2013 Paraguay national team results.
See also 2014 Paraguay national team results.
|Friendly February 6, 2013
|3 – 0
|El Salvador
|Asunción, Paraguay
|Stadium: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz
|2014 WCQ March 22, 2013
|1 – 1
|Montevideo, Uruguay
|Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Referee: Wilmar Roldán
|2014 WCQ March 26, 2013
|4 – 1
|Quito, Ecuador
|Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Sandro Ricci
|2014 WCQ June 7, 2013
|1 – 2
|Asunción, Paraguay
|Riveros 19'
Candia 80'
Santa Cruz 88'
|Vargas 41'
Vidal 56'
Gutiérrez 90'
Isla 90+1'
|Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden
|Friendly August 14, 2013
|3 – 3
|Kaiserslautern, Germany
|Gündoğan 18'
Müller 31'
Bender 75'
|Núñez 9'
Pittoni 13'
Samudio 46'
|Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek
|2014 WCQ September 6, 2013
|4 – 0
|Asunción, Paraguay
|Fabbro 17'
Santa Cruz 47'
Ortiz 81'
Gómez 84'
|Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)
|2014 WCQ September 10, 2013
|2 – 5
|Asunción, Paraguay
|Nunez 18'
Santa Cruz 85'
Fernandez 11'
| 12' (pen), 52' (pen) Messi
32' Aguero
50' Di Maria
90' Maxi Rodríguez
|Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
|2014 WCQ October 11, 2013
|1 – 1
|San Cristóbal, Venezuela
|Luis Seijas 82
|28' Edgar Benitez
|Stadium: Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Referee: Victor Carrillo (Peru)
|2014 WCQ October 15, 2013
|1 – 2
|Asunción, Paraguay
|Jorge Rojas 7'
|38', 56' Mario Yepes
|Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)
|Friendly March 5, 2014
|Costa Rica
|2 – 1
|San José, Costa Rica
|Campbell 42'
Saborío 72'
|G. Gómez 85'
|Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
|Friendly[74] May 29, 2014
|1 – 2
|Kufstein, Austria
|Choupo-Moting 75'
|Romero 4'
Santa Cruz 68'
|Stadium: Kufstein Arena
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
|Friendly[74] June 1, 2014
|1 – 1
|Nice, France
|Griezmann 82'
|Cáceres 89'
|Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
|Friendly 3 September 2014[75]
|Kyiv, Ukraine
|Stadium: Olimpiyskiy Stadium
|Friendly 7 September 2014
|United Arab Emirates
|0 – 0
|Villach, Austria[77]
|Stadium: TBA
|Friendly 10 October 2014[75]
|South Korea
|2 – 0
|Cheonan, South Korea
|Stadium: Cheonan Stadium
|Friendly 14 October 2014[78]
|China PR
|2 – 1
|Changsha, China
|Stadium: Helong Stadium
|Friendly 14 November 2014[79]
|2 – 1
|Luque, Paraguay
|Stadium: Estadio Feliciano Caceres[80]
|Friendly 18 November 2014[81]
|2 - 1
|Lima, Peru
|Ascues 73' 82'
|Santa Cruz 43'
Win Draw Loss
Current squad[edit]
The following players were named for the Friendly matches against Peru on November 14 and 18, 2014.[82] [83]
Caps and goals current as of November 18, 2014.
Recent call-ups[edit]
The following players have received a call-up within the past 12 months:
Previous squads[edit]
- As of 18 November 2014
Players in bold are still active at international level.
World Cup goal scorers[edit]
|World Cup
|2002, 2006
|Nelson Cuevas
|Roberto Cabañas
|Julio César Romero
|Florencio Amarilla
|Jorge Lino Romero
|José Parodi
|Juan Bautista Agüero
|Cristian Riveros
|Enrique Vera
|Antolín Alcaraz
|Jorge Luis Campos
|Francisco Arce
|Roque Santa Cruz
|José Cardozo
|Miguel Ángel Benítez
|Celso Ayala
|Cayetano Ré
|César López Fretes
|Atilio López
|Luis Vargas Peña
Tournament records[edit]
Head to head[edit]
World Cup record[edit]
|FIFA World Cup record
|Group Stage
|Did Not Enter
|Group Stage
|Did Not Qualify
|Group Stage
|Did Not Qualify
|Round of 16
|Did Not Qualify
|Round of 16
|Round of 16
|Group Stage
|Did Not Qualify
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Copa América record[edit]
|Preceded by
1949 Brazil
|South American Champions
1953 (First title)
|Succeeded by
1955 Argentina
|Preceded by
1975 Peru
|South American Champions
1979 (Second title)
|Succeeded by
1983 Uruguay
José Luís Chilavert played at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, captaining the squad at the 2002 edition, and is also the 2nd highest goalscoring goalkeeper of all time. Chilavert scored eight goals for the Albirroja.
Roque Santa Cruz is the all-time leading goal scorer of the national team with 28 goals. Santa Cruz also scored Paraguay's 1-0 victory against Argentina on 3 September 2005. The goal ensured Paraguay their first ever official victory against Argentina.
Nelson Haedo Valdez scored in Paraguay's 1–0 victory against Argentina on 9 September 2009, Paraguay's second official victory against Argentina, to secure qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Paulo da Silva holds the most amount of appearances for the national team with 118 .
Justo Villar participated at three FIFA World Cups and was an important figure during Paraguay's round of 16 match against Japan on 29 June 2010 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, when Paraguay defeated Japan 5–3 on penalties to advance to the quarter-finals of a FIFA World Cup competition for the first time in history. He also endured two penalty shoot outs at the 2011 Copa América and was ultimately awarded as the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament as Paraguay reached the final.
José Cardozo is Paraguay's second all-time leading goal scorer with 25 goals. He was present with the national team from 1991 to 2006.
Lucas Barrios became one of three Argentine-born players to represent Paraguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Jonathan Fabbro became the second Argentine-born player to score against Argentina (after Roberto Acuña) on 7 September 2012.
See also[edit]
- Paraguay women's national football team
- Paraguay national under-23 football team
- Paraguay national under-20 football team
- Paraguay national under-17 football team
- Paraguay national futsal team
- Football in Paraguay
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External links[edit]
- Official site of the Paraguayan Football Association
- RSSSF archive of results 1919–2004
- Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup
- Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup
- Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers
- Paraguayan Football Site


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- Studio: CBS Films
- Release Date: Jul 26, 2013
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 56 Ratings
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Jul 29, 2013Aubrey Plaza plays an over-achieving HS senior, who sets out to learn all about sex during the summer before college. If this sounds familiar, it's been done many times with guys, so the unoriginal twist is girls! There's every effort to be as verbally crude (sex talk) and visually gross (bodily fluids) as possible, but none of it's very funny. Bill Hader provides the only true comic sensibility, while everyone else is just there (and about 10 years too old for their roles). The early 90s references are enjoyable, but so are a few noticeable anachronisms. There's a good-spirited energy that keeps it from being too dull, but nothing about the writing or performances is especially original or amusing.… Collapse
Jul 27, 2013If you want to see a good summertime coming-of-age movie, don't bother with this one. Instead you should see "The Way Way Back" with Steve Carell and Allison Janney, or watch the DVD of "Adventureland" with Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. "The To Do List" has way too much bathroom humor. It relies on unfunny stuff like vomit and feces and juvenile sex stuff, which becomes boring after awhile. There's nothing original or entertaining about this movie, despite the best efforts of a good cast. It's a waste of good talent.… Expand
Jul 28, 2013Stupid teenage crap. Who in their right mind can honestly say that this was a good movie. It is all about sex sex sex. Is there anything else that haunts these stupid teenager's minds.?
Jun 16, 2014If there is one thing I learned from sex comedies is that they're **** terrible. The characters are so one dimensional, stereotypical, stupid and annoying. There is no character I even liked. Not even Audrey Plaza's great performance as Brandy could even make this up. The humor had its moments but it's very bad, awkward and awful. Story-wise is okay. The concept could have been better because the concept made me interested watching this movie in the first place other than Audrey Plaza.
And the sex scenes are so uncomfortable to watch. It's not even funny nor erotic at all. This is bad.
I can't believe an a-list cast would even be in this terrible movie. This movie just gave me a bad taste in my mouth. Gladly, there is no bad after-taste afterwards.
If you're into American Pie and **** then go watch it but I suggest you shouldn't. Let me forget this movie already!… Expand
Aug 5, 2013Now I have to say that I had high hopes for this movie with all the name that we all love and I'm not going to take the time to list here we all have better thing to do right now. With that said I did have a few problems with this and the biggest was not the movie fault if I want to do this the best I can. First the joke never felt like there like they played out the way they did in a writers room some where which is sad cause as I sat there I wanted to see them in the writers room that would have been funnier and I don't want to think that when I looking at the finished product … Expand
Dec 28, 2013There are a few big laughs, but the movie's tone is all over the place, and I just couldn't bring myself to root for Aubrey Plaza's unlikeable character.
There are moments of sweetness and spontaneity with her BFFs (Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele) but not enough to fill the hole where the film's soul should be.
Maggie Carey, the writer and director, has plenty to say about life on the cusp of womanhood, but never quite works out a way to make her points without getting her characters to recite them verbatim.