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Venezuela national football team records and statistics

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The following is a list of the Venezuela national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Individual records

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Player records

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As of 31 June 2024[1]
Players in bold are still active with Venezuela.

Most capped players

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Midfielder Tomás Rincón is the most capped player with 138 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Tomás Rincón 138 1 2008–present
2 Juan Arango 129 23 1999–2015
3 Salomón Rondón 113 45 2008–present
4 José Manuel Rey 115 11 1997–2011
5 Roberto Rosales 95 1 2007–present
6 Jorge Alberto Rojas 87 3 1999–2009
7 Miguel Mea Vitali 85 1 1999–2012
8 Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 81 8 2004–2016
9 Luis Vallenilla 77 1 1996–2007
Gabriel Urdaneta 77 9 1996–2005

Top goalscorers

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Salomón Rondón is the nation's all-time top goalscorer.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Salomón Rondón 45 113 0.4 2008–present
2 Giancarlo Maldonado 22 65 0.34 2003–2011
Juan Arango 22 129 0.17 1999–2015
4 Ruberth Morán 14 63 0.22 1996–2007
Josef Martínez 14 67 0.21 2011–present
6 Miku 11 50 0.22 2006–2015
Darwin Machís 11 51 0.22 2011–present
8 Daniel Arismendi 10 30 0.33 2006–2011
José Manuel Rey 10 115 0.09 1997–2011
10 Gabriel Urdaneta 9 77 0.12 1996–2005

Manager records

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Team records

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Competition records

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FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Declined participation
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Withdrew Withdrew
Chile 1962 Did not enter Declined participation
England 1966 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 4 15
Mexico 1970 6 0 1 5 1 18
West Germany 1974 Withdrew Withdrew
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify 4 0 1 3 2 8
Spain 1982 4 1 0 3 1 9
Mexico 1986 6 0 1 5 5 15
Italy 1990 4 0 0 4 1 18
United States 1994 8 1 0 7 4 34
France 1998 16 0 3 13 8 41
South Korea Japan 2002 18 5 1 12 18 44
Germany 2006 18 5 3 10 20 28
South Africa 2010 18 6 4 8 23 29
Brazil 2014 16 5 5 6 14 20
Russia 2018 18 2 6 10 19 35
Qatar 2022 18 3 1 14 14 34
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/22 158 28 26 104 134 348

Copa América

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Argentina 1916 Did not participate
Uruguay 1917
Brazil 1919
Chile 1920
Argentina 1921
Brazil 1922
Uruguay 1923
Uruguay 1924
Argentina 1925
Chile 1926
Peru 1927
Argentina 1929
Peru 1935
Argentina 1937
Peru 1939
Chile 1941
Uruguay 1942
Chile 1945
Argentina 1946
Ecuador 1947
Brazil 1949
Peru 1953
Chile 1955
Uruguay 1956
Peru 1957
Argentina 1959
Ecuador 1959
Bolivia 1963
Uruguay 1967 Fifth place 5th 5 1 0 4 7 16 Squad
1975 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 1 26 Squad
1979 10th 4 0 2 2 1 12 Squad
1983 10th 4 0 1 3 1 10 Squad
Argentina 1987 10th 2 0 0 2 1 8 Squad
Brazil 1989 10th 4 0 1 3 4 11 Squad
Chile 1991 10th 4 0 0 4 1 15 Squad
Ecuador 1993 11th 3 0 2 1 6 11 Squad
Uruguay 1995 12th 3 0 0 3 4 10 Squad
Bolivia 1997 12th 3 0 0 3 0 5 Squad
Paraguay 1999 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13 Squad
Colombia 2001 12th 3 0 0 3 0 7 Squad
Peru 2004 11th 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad
Venezuela 2007 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 6 Squad
Argentina 2011 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 7 8 Squad
Chile 2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad
United States 2016 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 4 5 Squad
Brazil 2019 7th 4 1 2 1 3 3 Squad
Brazil 2021 Group stage 9th 4 0 2 2 2 6 Squad
United States 2024 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 7 2 Squad
Total Fourth place 20/48 74 11 18 45 59 182

Pan American Games

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Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Argentina 1951 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 5 14
Mexico 1955 Fourth place 4th 6 1 2 3 9 20
United States 1959 Did not participate
Brazil 1963
Canada 1967
Colombia 1971
Mexico 1975
Puerto Rico 1979
Venezuela 1983 Group stage 7th 2 1 0 1 3 3
United States 1987 Did not qualify
Cuba 1991
Argentina 1995
Since 1999 See Venezuela national under-23 football team
Total Fourth place 3/12 12 3 2 7 17 37

Head-to-head record

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The list shows the Venezuela national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

As of 19 November 2024.[2]

Opponent P W D* L %W GF GA GD
 Panama 16 5 6 5 31.25% 23 22 1
 Mexico 14 1 3 10 7.69% 11 30 –19
 El Salvador 5 3 0 2 60% 7 6 1
 Costa Rica 13 3 4 6 23.08% 19 24 –5
 Colombia 42 7 15 20 16.67% 26 57 –31
 Bolivia 41 14 10 17 34.15% 66 83 –17
 Peru 38 8 7 23 18.42% 41 65 –24
 Ecuador 33 12 6 15 36.36% 36 57 –21
 Aruba 1 1 0 0 100% 3 0 3
 Haiti 6 2 2 2 33.33% 8 10 –2
 Curaçao[a] 6 2 2 2 33.33% 5 5 0
 Guatemala 9 5 2 2 55.56% 11 9 2
 Puerto Rico 2 2 0 0 100% 13 0 13
 Cuba 1 1 0 0 100% 3 1 2
 Jamaica 7 4 1 2 57.14% 10 4 6
 Uruguay 34 5 10 19 14.71% 23 64 –41
 Chile 32 5 5 21 15.63% 24 77 –53
 Argentina 28 2 3 23 7.14% 19 91 –72
 Paraguay 29 5 5 19 17.24% 25 51 –26
 Brazil 31 1 6 24 3.23% 12 99 –87
 Yugoslavia[b] 1 0 0 1 0% 0 10 –10
 China 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 –1
 Spain 4 0 0 4 0% 2 13 –11
 United States 6 1 2 3 16.67% 7 9 –2
 Trinidad and Tobago 5 2 3 0 40% 7 2 5
 Honduras 13 7 2 4 53.85% 15 15 0
 Iran 3 0 1 2 0% 1 3 –2
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 0% 0 2 –2
 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 0% 1 4 –3
 Australia 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 100% 3 0 3
  Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 –1
 Austria 1 1 0 0 100% 1 0 1
 Sweden 1 1 0 0 100% 2 0 2
 New Zealand 1 1 0 0 100% 5 0 5
 Canada 3 0 3 0 0% 4 4 0
 Syria 2 2 0 0 100% 6 2 4
 Angola 1 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0
 North Korea 1 1 0 0 100% 2 1 1
 Japan 5 1 3 1 20% 6 6 0
 Guinea 1 1 0 0 100% 2 1 1
 Moldova 1 1 0 0 100% 4 0 4
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 0% 1 3 –2
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 100% 6 0 6
 Malta 1 1 0 0 100% 1 0 1
 Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 100% 3 1 2
 Iceland 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 –1
 Uzbekistan 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0% 1 2 -1
Total 449 114 105 232 25.39% 463 822 –359
  1. ^ Includes matches against  Netherlands Antilles.
  2. ^ Defunct national team

References

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  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Venezuela - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ Venezuela - List of Results National Archived June 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine