1998 South American Women's Football Championship

After not entering the 1991 and 1995 Copa America Femenina, Paraguay made their international debut against Uruguay at the 1998 South American Women's Football Championship. Their first official match ended in the best way, defeating the Uruguayans 3–2 in Mar del Plata in Argentina. However, losses to Argentina and Ecuador by the score 3–0 eliminated them from the competition. They capped off their first appearance at the championship with a 3–2 win over Bolivia.

2003 South American Women's Football Championship

Heading into their second championship, the groups were regionalised, so they were drawn into a group containing Argentina and Uruguay, where games would take place at the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta. With only the group winners advancing, a 3–0 loss to Argentina effectively ended their chances of progression. A 3–1 win against Uruguay, meant they finished second.

2006 South American Women's Football Championship

For the third time, the Paraguayans arrived in Argentina for the tournament. After the format was reverted to the same one used in 1998, two groups of five. This championship was their most successful championship in their history, overcoming, Bolivia 5–1, Venezuela 3–1 and Peru 2–1 to historically advance to the second round behind Brazil. With the top two in the second round qualifying for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, this was the closest Paraguay had become to making a major tournament. They started their second round campaign with a tense and respectible 0–0 draw against the hosts Argentina. Although, they would get thumped by Brazil 6–0 in their next game, with Cristiane scoring four goals for the Brazilians. Despite the heavy loss, Paraguay knew a win over Uruguay in the last match could give them hope of an unlikely dream world cup debut. But after holding the lead twice against Uruguay, the Uruguayans came back to lead and eventually win 3–2, meaning Paraguay were overtaken by Uruguay to finish fourth. This would remain their best tournament result until 2022. They also won the fair play award.

2007 Pan American Games

Their fourth-place finish in 2006 meant Las Guaraníes qualified for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, their first tournament that the team had ever qualified for. However, in a group containing the United States U20 team, Mexico, Argentina and Panama, they struggled to stay competitive, losing all three of their four games, with the exception being a 1–1 draw with the Panamanians, where Francisca Agüero scored a stoppage time equaliser. In spite of the point, Paraguay still came of their group at their debut Pan Americans Games.

2010 South American Women's Football Championship

2010 (held in Ecuador) saw Paraguay grouped with Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay. In the end, they had a decent tournament, garnering two wins out of four. However, they failed to recreate their 2006 performance and crashed out in the first round, finishing third in group B below Brazil and Colombia. Also, due to this result, they failed to make the 2011 Pan American Games.

2014 Copa América Femenina

Hosted by Ecuador again, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia were Paraguay's challengers in 2014. Las Guaraníes actually had a pretty unlucky tournament. After taking a shock lead against the Brazilians, they lost 4–1 in their opening match. That was followed by another defeat, this time from Argentina, by the score 1–0. But, surprisingly, a 10–2 win over Bolivia and a 3–2 comeback win over Chile had put Paraguay into a position where all they needed was for underdogs Argentina to lose to Brazil and their passage to the second round was secured on a three-way tie. However, disappointingly, Argentina triumphed 2–0 over Brazil and would advance instead, ending Paraguay's hopes of making the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.

2018 Copa América Femenina

Paraguay decided to put a bid in the 2018 edition, but lost the bidding process to Chile. There was also more optimism due to numerous Paraguay youth teams making U20 and U17 Women's World Cups between 2014 and 2018. Aiming for their first major tournament, Paraguay were third seeds and were drawn into group A where they were pitted against Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Peru. In this evenly match group, La Albirroja played hosts Chile and gained a hard-fought point after a 1–1 draw. Paraguay took the lead eight minutes into the second half through Gloria Villamayor. But nine minutes later, the Chileans equalised to end the game all square. Their second game involving the Peruvians gave Paraguay their first win of the tournament, winning 3–0. They were frustrated by Peru for 70 minutes, but scored three goals in the last 20 to secure the win. Next, Las Guaraníes played Colombia, where a hat trick by Catalina Usme saw Paraguay be dealt a damaging 5–1 loss. That would prove costly since their main rivals in the group, Chile, had drawn against the Colombians earlier in the tournament to give them an edge over the Parguayans. After missing the previous matchday, Paraguay overcame a 1-goal deficit to defeat Uruguay 2–1, with a ninety second-minute goal through a volley by Amada Peralta. However, their slight hopes of progression were squashed as Chile beat Peru 5–0 to advance over the Paraguayans. Despite the disappointment, their performance was enough to secure a spot in the 2019 Pan American Games. Their second appearance at the event.

2019 Pan American Games

In their second ever appearance at the Pan American Games, Paraguay had a much more successful tournament. After topping their group with seven points after wins over Mexico and Jamaica, plus a draw with Colombia, their semi final match against Argentina couldn't have gone worst. They conceded three goals in the first half to comfortably lose 3–0 against Argentina. In the bronze medal match, where they played Costa Rica, a late goal by Daniela Cruz for the Costa Rican meant the Paraguayans would go home without a medal.

2023

Chinese Taipei  v  Paraguay

19 February 2023 2023 FIFA WWC qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)	Chinese Taipei	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Paraguay	Hamilton, New Zealand
	Lai Li-chin 21' Su Sin-yun 75'	Report	Quintana 80' Chamorro 81'	Stadium: Waikato Stadium
	Penalties
	Lai Li-chin Zhuo Li-ping Lee Hsiu-chin Pao		Quintana Gauto M. Martínez Chamorro

Paraguay  v  Panama

23 February 2023 2023 FIFA WWC qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)	Paraguay	0–1	Panama	Hamilton, New Zealand
		Report	Cedeño 75'	Stadium: Waikato Stadium

Paraguay  v  Ecuador

8 April Friendly

Paraguay

1–0

Ecuador

Paraguay  v  Ecuador

11 April Friendly

Paraguay

2–1

Ecuador

Chile  v  Paraguay

22 October 2023 Pan American Games	Chile	1–0	Paraguay	Valparaiso, Chile
	Zamora 24'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Helena De Siqueira (Brazil)

Paraguay  v  Jamaica

25 October 2023 Pan American Games	Paraguay	10–0	Jamaica	Viña del Mar, Chile
	Alonso 6' J. Martínez 18', 46', 53' Fernández 22' Sandoval 24', 90' Bogarín 52' R. Martínez 81' Bareiro 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Gisselle Giler (Ecuador)

Mexico  v  Paraguay

28 October 2023 Pan American Games	Mexico	4–1	Paraguay	Viña del Mar, Chile
	Camberos 37' Ordóñez 41' Sánchez 67' Ovalle 70'	Report	Fernández 9'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Priscila Vasquez (Peru)

Paraguay  v  Costa Rica

31 October 2023 Pan American Games	Paraguay	3–1	Costa Rica	Viña del Mar, Chile
	R. Fernández 24', 31' J. Martínez 26'	Report	Valenciano 20'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Maria Belen Lupera Reto (Ecuador)

Paraguay  v  Russia

30 November Friendly	Paraguay	0–3	Russia	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report	Yakupova (?) Sheina (?) Bizenkova (?)	Stadium: National Women's Football Center

Paraguay  v  Russia

3 December Friendly	Paraguay	1–1	Russia	Asunción, Paraguay
	?' (.pen)	Report	Kuropatkina (?)	Stadium: National Women's Football Center

2024

Costa Rica  v  Paraguay

February 22 W Gold Cup Group C	Costa Rica	v	Paraguay	Houston, United States
				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

Paraguay  v  Canada

February 25 W Gold Cup Group C	Paraguay	v	Canada	Houston, United States
				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

Paraguay  v  Guatemala/ El Salvador

February 28 W Gold Cup Group C	Paraguay	v	Guatemala/ El Salvador	Houston, United States
				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

• Paraguay Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Start date
Head coach	Marcello Frigério	2021

Manager history

• Eduardo Poletti (2003)
• Esteban von Lucken (2006)
• Agustín Cabrera (2006)
• Nelson Basualdo (2010)
• Julio Gómez (2014)
• Rubén Subeldía (2018)
• Epifania Benítez (2019–2021)
• Marcello Frigério (2021–)

Current squad

• The following players were named to the squad for the friendlies against  Russia on 30 November and 3 December 2023, respectively.^[2]

Caps noted are current as of 8 April 2021, after match against Japan, per above sources.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Cristina Recalde	(1994-03-29) March 29, 1994	9	0	CF Unión Viera
12	1GK	Alicia Bobadilla	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994			Palmeiras
4	2DF	Daysy Bareiro	(2001-01-19) January 19, 2001	10	0	CF Unión Viera
14	2DF	Tania Riso	(1994-01-26) 26 January 1994			Racing Power
8	2DF	Deisy Ojeda	(2000-03-03) March 3, 2000	4	0	Querétaro
2	2DF	Limpia Fretes	(2000-06-24) June 24, 2000	19	0	Avaí
5	2DF	Verónica Riveros	(1987-04-23) April 23, 1987	12	0	Avaí
15	3MF	Fanny Godoy	(1998-01-21) January 21, 1998	20	0	CF Unión Viera
9	3MF	Lice Chamorro	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998			Espanyol
6	3MF	Dulce Quintana	(1989-02-06) 6 February 1989			Racing Power
8	3MF	Rosa Miño	(1999-07-13) 13 July 1999			Palmeiras
7	3MF	Fabiola Sandoval	(1999-05-27) May 27, 1999	20	2	Internacional
13	3MF	Dahiana Bogarín	(2000-11-13) November 13, 2000	3	0	Colo-Colo
10	4FW	Jessica Martínez	(1999-06-14) June 14, 1999	16	7	Levante Las Planas
20	4FW	Lourdes González	(1999-07-16) 16 July 1999	3	0	Avaí
9	4FW	Rebeca Fernández	(1991-12-01) December 1, 1991	8	2	Universidad de Chile
		Fiorella Martínez				Sport Extremadura CD

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to a Paraguay squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Gloria Saleb	(1991-06-12) June 12, 1991	0	0	Olimpia	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
DF	Fiorela Martínez	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002	1	0	Sport Extremadura	v.  Ecuador, 11 April 2023
DF	Lorena Alonso	(1998-04-01) April 1, 1998	7r	0	Olimpia	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
DF	María Martínez	(1999-05-24) May 24, 1999	15	0	Universidad de Chile	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
DF	Camila Arrieta	(2001-09-16) September 16, 2001	7	0	Cruzeiro	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
MF	Natalia Barros	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995	2	0	Cerro Porteño	v.  Ecuador, 11 April 2023
MF	Fátima Acosta	(2005-01-07) 7 January 2005	3	0	Libertad/Limpeño	v.  Ecuador, 11 April 2023
MF	Fany Gauto	(1992-08-19) August 19, 1992	10	1	Internacional	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
MF	Ramona Martínez	(1996-07-21) July 21, 1996	12	1	Libertad/Limpeño	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
FW	María Segovia	(2000-07-07) July 7, 2000			Olimpia	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023
FW	Camila Barbosa	(2002-02-18) February 18, 2002	0	0	Olimpia	v.  Costa Rica, 31 October 2023

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

As of 31 October 2023

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
Total	1/9	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998	Group stage	4	2	0	2	6	10
2003		2	1	0	1	3	4
2006	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	13	16
2010	Group stage	4	2	0	2	8	6
2014		4	2	0	2	14	9
2018		4	2	1	1	7	7
2022	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	10	12
Total	7/9	31	15	2	14	61	64

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	Did not enter
2003
2007	Group stage	4	0	1	3	4	18
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	5	6
2023	Qualified
2027	To be determined
Total	3/8	9	2	2	5	9	24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

CONCACAF W Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2024	qualified
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.