Paraguay

Group DFIFA Ranking #40CONMEBOL

Coach

Gustavo Alfaro

World Cup Appearances

Best Finish

Quarter-finals (2010)

Training Base

San Jose, California

Spartan Soccer Complex

Complete Team Guide

Paraguay return to the World Cup for the first time since 2010 after one of CONMEBOL qualifying's most dramatic turnarounds. Daniel Garnero was fired after a group-stage collapse at Copa America 2024 with zero points. Gustavo Alfaro took over and went unbeaten in 11 of 12 remaining qualifiers, beating Brazil and Argentina at home, conceding only 10 goals across the entire campaign. Miguel Almirón leads the squad at what is almost certainly his final World Cup. Julio Enciso has defied a brutal knee injury record to make the cut. Group D: United States, Türkiye, Australia.

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Paraguay World Cup 2026 Group

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Road to 2026

Paraguay are back at the World Cup for the first time since 2010, and FIFA's qualification feature credited Gustavo Alfaro with orchestrating the turnaround. That framing is important because Paraguay's return is not just nostalgia. It is the result of a side rediscovering the old competitive identity that used to make them one of South America's hardest teams to move.