Peru national football team records and statistics

This is a list of statistical records of the Peru national football team.

Player records

As of 22 March 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Peru.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Roberto Palacios	128	19	1992–2012
1	Yoshimar Yotún	128	8	2011–present
3	Paolo Guerrero	116	38	2004–present
4	Luis Advíncula	115	2	2010–present
5	Héctor Chumpitaz	105	3	1965–1981
6	Pedro Gallese	103	0	2014–present
7	Jefferson Farfán	102	27	2003–2021
8	Jorge Soto	101	9	1992–2005
9	Christian Cueva	98	16	2011–present
10	André Carrillo	97	11	2011–present
10	Juan Jayo	97	1	1994–2008

Most goals

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Paolo Guerrero (list)	38	116	0.33	2004–
2	Jefferson Farfán	27	102	0.26	2003–2021
3	Teófilo Cubillas	28	81	0.32	1968–1982
4	Teodoro Fernández	24	32	0.75	1935–1947
5	Claudio Pizarro	20	85	0.24	1999–2016
5	Nolberto Solano	20	95	0.21	1994–2008
7	Roberto Palacios	19	128	0.15	1992–2012
8	Hugo Sotil	18	62	0.29	1970–1978
9	Oswaldo Ramírez	17	57	0.3	1969–1982
10	Franco Navarro	16	56	0.29	1980–1989
10	Christian Cueva	16	98	0.16	2011–

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										Qualification
Year	Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1930	Uruguay	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	4	Squad	Qualified as invitees
1934	Italy	Withdrew								Withdrew
1938	France	Did not enter								Did not enter
1950 to 1954		Withdrew								Withdrew
1958	Sweden	Did not qualify								2nd	2	0	1	1	1	2
1962	Chile									2nd	2	0	1	1	1	2
1966	England									2nd	4	2	0	2	8	6
1970	Mexico	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	9	9	Squad	1st	4	2	1	1	7	4
1974	West Germany	Did not qualify								Play-off	3	1	0	2	3	4
1978	Argentina	Quarter-finals	6	2	1	3	7	12	Squad	2nd	6	3	2	1	13	3
1982	Spain	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	6	Squad	1st	4	2	2	0	5	2
1986	Mexico	Did not qualify								Play-offs	8	3	2	3	10	9
1990	Italy									3rd	4	0	0	4	2	8
1994	United States									4th	6	0	1	5	4	12
1998	France									5th	16	7	4	5	19	20
2002	South Korea Japan									8th	18	4	4	10	14	25
2006	Germany									9th	18	4	6	8	20	28
2010	South Africa									10th	18	3	4	11	11	34
2014	Brazil									7th	16	4	3	9	17	26
2018	Russia	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	2	Squad	Play-off	20	8	6	6	29	26
2022	Qatar	Did not qualify								Play-off	19	7	4	8	19	22
2026	Canada Mexico United States	To be determined								In progress	6	0	2	4	1	8
2030	Morocco Portugal Spain									To be determined
2034	Saudi Arabia									To be determined
Total		Quarter-finals	18	5	3	10	21	33	—	5/22	174	50	43	81	184	241

Copa América

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1916	Did not participate
1917
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	11	Squad
1929	Fourth place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	12	Squad
1935	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	2	5	Squad
1937	Sixth place	6th	5	1	1	3	7	10	Squad
1939	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	13	4	Squad
1941	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	5	5	Squad
1942	Fifth place	5th	6	1	2	3	5	10	Squad
1945	Withdrew
1946	Withdrew
1947	Fifth place	5th	7	2	2	3	12	9	Squad
1949	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	20	13	Squad
1953	Fifth place	5th	6	3	1	2	4	6	Squad
1955	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	13	11	Squad
1956	Sixth place	6th	5	0	1	4	6	11	Squad
1957	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	12	9	Squad
1959	Fourth place	4th	6	1	3	2	10	11	Squad
1959	Withdrew
1963	Fifth place	5th	6	2	1	3	8	11	Squad
1967	Withdrew
1975	Champions	1st	9	6	1	2	14	7	Squad
1979	Fourth place	4th	2	0	1	1	1	2	Squad
1983	Third place	3rd	6	2	3	1	7	6	Squad
1987	Group stage	6th	2	0	2	0	2	2	Squad
1989	Group stage	8th	4	0	3	1	4	7	Squad
1991	Group stage	8th	4	1	0	3	9	9	Squad
1993	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	4	5	Squad
1995	Group stage	10th	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad
1997	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	5	11	Squad
1999	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	7	6	Squad
2001	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	4	8	Squad
2004	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	7	6	Squad
2007	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	5	8	Squad
2011	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	8	5	Squad
2015	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	8	5	Squad
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	4	2	Squad
2019	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	9	Squad
2021	Fourth place	4th	7	2	2	3	10	14	Squad
2024	Qualified
Total	2 Titles	33/47	161	58	39	64	230	255	—

Head-to-head results

As of 26 March 2024 after the match against Dominican Republic.^[2]

**Key**
	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (more Losses)

Nations	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Confederation
Algeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	CAF
Argentina	54	5	14	35	45	107	−62	009.26	CONMEBOL
Armenia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	UEFA
Australia	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00	AFC
Belarus	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	UEFA
Belgium	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	UEFA
Bolivia	55	28	12	15	93	51	+42	050.91	CONMEBOL
Brazil	51	5	9	37	33	110	−77	009.80	CONMEBOL
Bulgaria	5	2	1	2	11	11	+0	040.00	UEFA
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	CAF
Canada	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00	CONCACAF
Chile	84	24	14	46	109	134	−25	028.57	CONMEBOL
China	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00	AFC
Colombia	69	20	22	27	73	82	−9	028.99	CONMEBOL
Costa Rica	9	6	1	2	18	10	+8	066.67	CONCACAF
Croatia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	UEFA
Czech Republic/ Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	000.00	UEFA
Denmark	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	UEFA
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	CONCACAF
Ecuador	56	22	17	17	84	70	+14	039.29	CONMEBOL
El Salvador	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	066.67	CONCACAF
England	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	033.33	UEFA
France	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00	UEFA
Germany/ West Germany	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	000.00	UEFA
Guatemala	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	075.00	CONCACAF
Haiti	5	3	2	0	11	4	+7	060.00	CONCACAF
Honduras	9	2	5	2	10	10	+0	022.22	CONCACAF
Hong Kong	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	AFC
Hungary	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00	UEFA
Iceland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	UEFA
Iran	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	AFC
Iraq	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	AFC
Italy	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	UEFA
Jamaica	5	4	1	0	12	4	+8	080.00	CONCACAF
Japan	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	033.33	AFC
Mexico	28	9	6	13	32	38	−6	032.14	CONCACAF
Morocco	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00	CAF
Netherlands	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	000.00	UEFA
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	066.67	OFC
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	CONCACAF
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	CAF
Panama	13	9	1	3	29	9	+20	069.23	CONCACAF
Paraguay	57	18	16	23	67	77	−10	031.58	CONMEBOL
Poland	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	025.00	UEFA
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	AFC
Romania	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	020.00	UEFA
Russia/ Soviet Union	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	000.00	UEFA
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	AFC
Scotland	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	050.00	UEFA
Senegal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	CAF
Serbia/ Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	UEFA
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	UEFA
South Korea	5	2	1	2	5	3	+2	040.00	AFC
Spain	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	000.00	UEFA
Sweden	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	UEFA
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	UEFA
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	2	1	6	3	+3	025.00	CONCACAF
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	CAF
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	AFC
Uruguay	70	16	16	38	64	113	−49	022.86	CONMEBOL
United States	7	2	2	3	7	8	−1	028.57	CONCACAF
Venezuela	39	23	8	8	67	43	+24	058.97	CONMEBOL

References

^ Pierrend, José Luis. "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Peru".

[RSSSF-1] Pierrend, José Luis. "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF.

[2] "World Football Elo Ratings: Peru".

[1]

[2]