Paraguayan Football Association

The Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol ( Abbr: APF) is the national football association of Paraguay and is headquartered in the capital Asunción. The association was founded on June 18, 1906 as league Paraguaya de Football Association by clubs Club Olimpia, Club Guaraní, Club Libertad, Club General Díaz and Club Nacional in life to prevent the national football championship, which was held in the same year for the first time. Soon after the founding of the name of the association has been transferred as League Paraguaya de Fútbol in the Spanish language. In 1996, the Association its present name. The Asociación de Fútbol should not Paraguaya, 1911 called the 1916 to its end in 1917 also referred to as League Centenario into life and be confused to 1917 existing " rebel league".

National Championships

The Association is responsible for the implementation of the national championships such as the Primera División de Paraguay and the national teams as the men and women. He has these days, the supervision of futsal and beach soccer.

The first international match was played on 11 May 1919 in Asunción against Argentina and was lost with 1:5. The first victory dated April 3rd, 1921, when the fifth international match Argentina at the same location was defeated 3-1.

International Games

Paraguay took part in the same year for the first time at the Copa América, which was the fifth official host of this tournament. Since then, Paraguay was involved with five exceptions to all 37 other lotteries of the tournament through 2011. In the years 1953 and 1979 succeeded in Paraguay to win this tournament and also occupied in 1929, 1947, 1949, 1963 and 2011, second place. 1999, the Association was to date only time host of the Copa América. The association of the time only about 1.5 million inhabitants, the country of the event at that time still called Campeonato Sudamericano competition has already been plotted for 1953, but he abandoned because of lack of infrastructure, as appropriate stages. The tournament then took place in Peru.

Paraguay took already at the first World Cup in 1930 partly in Uruguay. 1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006 was followed by other participants. The successful qualification for the 2010 World Cup secured the fourth participation in series. 2010 succeeded in Paraguay here for the first time to the last eight of the World Cup push forward, failed there but just wide of the tournament winners Spain.

The Olympic selection Paraguay occupied in the 2004 Olympics in second place and thus won the silver medal.