The Paraguay national under-23 football team, also known as the Paraguay Olympic football team, represents

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in international

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competitions in

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and

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. The team is governed by the

Paraguayan Football Association The Paraguayan Football Association ( ; APF) (Guarani language, Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football (soccer), football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league system, Paraguayan fo ...

and is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players, ostensibly possessing veteran experience and expertise, in accordance with

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regulations.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

Pan American Games

Honours

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: ** Silver medalists (1):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament The CONMEBOL Preolímpico () is an international association football event in the South America region organized by CONMEBOL. It is the qualification tournament for the football at the Summer Olympics, football tournament at the Olympic Games. ...

** Champions (2):

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** Runners-up (1):

** Third place (1):

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: ** Gold medalists (2): 1978,

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Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2023

2024

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

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. Head coach:

Carlos Jara Saguier Carlos de los Santos Jara Saguier (born 25 August 1950) is a Paraguayan former football player who works as a coach. He is a current member of Cerro Porteño's staff. Carlos is one of the seven Jara Saguier brothers that played professional fo ...

Alternates

Recent call-ups

The following players have received a call-up within the past 12 months:

Notable players

Carlos Gamarra Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavón () (born 17 February 1971) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level and was for a long time the most capped player ...

José Saturnino Cardozo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

Édgar Barreto Édgar Osvaldo Barreto Cáceres (born 15 July 1984) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He played for the national U17, U20 and U23 teams before going on to make 60 appearances for Paraguay's senio ...

Overage players in Olympic Games

Former squads

* 1992 Summer Olympics squads - Paraguay * 2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament squads - Paraguay * 2004 Summer Olympics squads - Paraguay

References

External links

{{International Football Under-23 South American national under-23 association football teams