Venezuela national football team records and statistics
The following is a list of the Venezuela national football team's competitive records and statistics.
Individual records
Most capped players
Midfielder Juan Arango has played the most matches for Venezuela, with 129.
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Arango | 129 | 22 | 1999–2015 |
| 2 | Tomás Rincón | 116 | 1 | 2008– |
| 3 | José Manuel Rey | 115 | 11 | 1997–2011 |
| 4 | Jorge Alberto Rojas | 91 | 3 | 1999–2009 |
| Roberto Rosales | 91 | 1 | 2007– | |
| 6 | Salomón Rondón | 86 | 34 | 2008– |
| 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
Salomón Rondón is the nation's all-time top goalscorer.
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salomón Rondón | 34 | 86 | 0.4 | 2008– |
| 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 |
| 5 | Josef Martínez | 12 | 58 | 0.21 | 2011– |
| 6 | Miku | 11 | 50 | 0.22 | 2006–2015 |
| José Manuel Rey | 11 | 111 | 0.1 | 1997–2011 | |
| 8 | Daniel Arismendi | 10 | 30 | 0.33 | 2006–2011 |
| 9 | Gabriel Urdaneta | 9 | 77 | 0.12 | 1996–2005 |
| Darwin Machís | 9 | 36 | 0.25 | 2011– |
Competition records
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1930 |
Did not enter | Declined participation | |||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1934 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1938 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1950 | |||||||||||||||
 1954 | |||||||||||||||
 1958 |
Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
 1962 |
Did not enter | Declined participation | |||||||||||||
 1966 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||
 1970 |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
 1974 |
Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
 1978 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
 1982 |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 1986 |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||
 1990 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
 1994 |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 34 | |||||||||
 1998 |
16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 41 | |||||||||
  2002 |
18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 44 | |||||||||
| 2006 |
18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | |||||||||
 2010 |
18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | |||||||||
 2014 |
16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||||||||
 2018 |
18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | |||||||||
 2022 |
18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 34 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2026 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 0/22 | 158 | 28 | 26 | 104 | 134 | 348 | ||||||||
Copa América
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| South American Championship / Copa América record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
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 1947 | |||||||||
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 1953 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |
| 1987 | 10th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Squad | |
| 1989 | 10th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | Squad | |
| 1991 | 10th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Squad | |
| 1993 | 11th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | Squad | |
| 1995 | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Squad | |
| 1997 | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Squad | |
 1999 | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | Squad | |
 2001 | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | Squad | |
| 2004 | 11th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | |
 2007 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Squad |
| 2011 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | Squad |
| 2015 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Squad |
| 2016 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Squad |
| 2019 | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2021 | Qualified | ||||||||
| 2024 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | Fourth place | 18/46 | 66 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 47 | 171 | — |
Pan American Games
| Pan American Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1951 |
Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 1955 |
Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 1959 |
Did not participate | |||||||
| 1963 | ||||||||
| 1967 | ||||||||
| 1971 | ||||||||
| 1975 | ||||||||
 1979 | ||||||||
| 1983 |
Group stage | 7th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1987 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1991 | ||||||||
| 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
The list shows the Venezuela national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.
As of November 17, 2020.[2]
| Opponent | P | W | D* | L | %W | GF | GA | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panama |
15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 33.33% | 21 | 20 | +1 |
| Mexico |
13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | % | 10 | 30 | -20 |
 El Salvador |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60% | 7 | 6 | +1 |
 Costa Rica |
13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 25% | 19 | 24 | -5 |
| Colombia |
39 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 17.5% | 26 | 55 | -29 |
| Bolivia |
38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 35.9% | 61 | 75 | -14 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peru |
34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 21.21% | 39 | 60 | -21 |
| Ecuador |
28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 39.29% | 30 | 52 | -22 |
 Aruba |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 0 | +3 |
 Haiti |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.33% | 8 | 10 | -2 |
 Curaçao† |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.33% | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Guatemala |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 57.14% | 10 | 9 | +1 |
| Puerto Rico |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Cuba |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 Jamaica |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50% | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| Uruguay |
31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 15.63% | 22 | 60 | -38 |
| Chile |
29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 7.69% | 19 | 70 | -51 |
| Argentina |
25 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 4% | 17 | 84 | -67 |
| Paraguay |
26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19.23% | 22 | 47 | -25 |
| Brazil |
27 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 7.69% | 8 | 91 | -83 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia† |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | % | 0 | 10 | -10 |
 China PR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | % | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Spain |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | % | 2 | 13 | -11 |
| United States |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28.57% | 7 | 9 | -2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% | 7 | 2 | +5 |
 Honduras |
12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 50% | 14 | 15 | -1 |
 Iran |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | % | 1 | 3 | -2 |
 Morocco |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | % | 0 | 2 | -2 |
 Nigeria |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | % | 1 | 4 | -3 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Estonia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | % | 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 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | % | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Syria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 4 | 1 | +3 |
 Angola |
1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | % | 1 | 3 | -2 |
 United Arab Emirates |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| Total | 403 | 100 | 91 | 213 | 24.94% | 414 | 762 | -348 |
(†) Defunct national teams
References
- Mamrud, Roberto. "Venezuela - Record International Players". RSSSF.
- Venezuela - List of Results National Archived June 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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