The Paraguay national under-17 football team represents

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

in international football competitions such as

FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the annual world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fé ...

and

South American Under-17 Football Championship The South American U-17 Championship (; ), branded as CONMEBOL Sub 17, is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly cre ...

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

and their best performance came in the 1999 World Cup held in

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, when Paraguay reached the quarterfinals and finished in 5th place. Their best performance at the South American level came in the 1999 tournament 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, the team were crowned champions of the

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after defeating Manchester United 6–0.

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

South American Under-17 Football Championship

''*Draws include knockout matches decided on

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Current squad

The following players were called up for the

2025 South American U-17 Championship The 2025 South American U-17 Championship was the 20th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (, ), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It wa ...

between 27 March – 12 April 2025. ''Caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2025, after the match against .''

References

External links

APF Website
{{South American Football Under-17 South American national under-17 association football teams