Paraguay national under-17 football team

Paraguay

Association	Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Gerardo Gonzalez Aquino
Home stadium	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code	PAR
First colours Second colours
First international
NA
1999 )

The Paraguay national under-17 football team represents

.

Overview

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

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

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup record Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Did not enter 1987 Did not qualify 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 10 6 2001 Group Stage 3 2 0 1 5 6 2003 Did not qualify 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 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 South American Under-17 Football Championship record Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

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]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Antonio González	(2002-01-02)2 January 2002 (aged 17)	Cerro Porteño
	2DF	Santiago Ocampos	(2002-01-22)22 January 2002 (aged 17)	Beitar Jerusalem
	2DF	Rodrigo Melgarejo	(2002-05-23)23 May 2002 (aged 16)	Atlético Morelia
	2DF	Gastón Benítez	(2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 16)	Athletico Paranaense
	2DF	Rolando Ortiz	(2002-08-19)19 August 2002 (aged 16)	Olimpia
	3MF	Wilder Viera	(2002-03-04)4 March 2002 (aged 17)	Cerro Porteño
	3MF	Rodrigo López	(2002-03-29)29 March 2002 (aged 16)	Libertad
	3MF	Fabrizio Peralta	(2002-08-02)2 August 2002 (aged 16)	Flamengo
	4FW	Diego Duarte	(2002-04-08)8 April 2002 (aged 16)	Olimpia
	3MF	Fernando Ovelar	(2004-01-06)6 January 2004 (aged 15)	Cerro Porteño
	3MF	Junior Noguera	(2002-05-08)8 May 2002 (aged 16)	Cerro Porteño
	1GK	Ángel González	(2003-02-04)4 February 2003 (aged 16)	Libertad
	2DF	Basilio Duarte	(2002-11-01)1 November 2002 (aged 16)	Cerro Porteño
	2DF	Ulises González	(2002-01-15)15 January 2002 (aged 17)	Unattached
	3MF	Diego Torres	(2002-10-14)14 October 2002 (aged 16)	Gent
	3MF	Matías Segovia	(2003-01-04)4 January 2003 (aged 16)	Guaraní
	3MF	Junior Quiñonez	(2002-02-11)11 February 2002 (aged 17)	Libertad
	4FW	Diego Acosta	(2002-11-12)12 November 2002 (aged 16)	Atlético Mineiro
	4FW	Fernando Presentado	(2002-06-28)28 June 2002 (aged 16)	Nacional
	2DF	Fabio Barrios	(2002-09-19)19 September 2002 (aged 16)	Olimpia
	1GK	Diego Aranda	(2002-03-02)2 March 2002 (aged 17)	Sol de América

See also

• Paraguay national football team
• Paraguay national under-23 football team
• Paraguay national under-20 football team
• Paraguay women's national under-17 football team

References

External links

• APF Website