Venezuela national football team - Definition

Venezuela

Venezuela_football_association.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	La Vinotinto
Association	Federación Venezolana de Fútbol
Coach	Richard Paez
Most caps	Gabriel Urdaneta (69)
Top scorer	Juan Arango Saez (11)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Panama 3 - 1 Venezuela (Panama City, Panama; 12 February, 1938)
Largest win Venezuela 6 - 0 Puerto Rico (Barranquilla, Colombia; 26 December, 1946)
Worst defeat Argentina 11 - 0 Venezuela (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 10 August, 1975)
World Cup
Appearances	none (First in -)
Best result	-
Copa América
Appearances	13 (First in 1967)
Best result	Fifth place, 1967

The Venezuela national football team is the national team of Venezuela and is controlled by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol. It is by far the weakest of 10 CONMEBOL teams (perhaps due to the enormous popularity of baseball in the country), and the only one which has never qualified for a World Cup. Often Venezuela would go through entire qualification tournaments without recording a single win. Their best finish in Copa América was fifth in their first entry, in 1967. The team has been on a relative rise recently, and could be moving up from the South American cellar.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1954 - Did not enter
• 1958 - Withdrew
• 1962 - Did not enter
• 1966 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Withdrew
• 1978 to 2002 - Did not qualify

Copa América record

• 1916 to 1957 - Did not enter
• 1959 - Did not enter
• 1959 - Did not enter
• 1963 - Did not enter
• 1967 - Fifth place
• 1975 - Round 1
• 1979 - Round 1
• 1983 - Round 1
• 1987 - Round 1
• 1989 - Round 1
• 1991 - Round 1
• 1993 - Round 1
• 1995 - Round 1
• 1997 - Round 1
• 1999 - Round 1
• 2001 - Round 1
• 2004 - Round 1

Selected famous players

• Alejandro Moreno
• Giovanni Savarese