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Peru national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Peru women's national football team.

Peru
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Bicolor
(The Bicolour)
La Blanquirroja
(The White and Red)
La Rojiblanca
(The Red and White)
Los Incas
(The Incas)
AssociationPeruvian Football Federation (FPF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL
(South America)
Head coachJorge Fossati[1]
CaptainPaolo Guerrero
Most capsRoberto Palacios (128)
Yoshimar Yotún (128)
Top scorerPaolo Guerrero (39)
Home stadiumEstadio Nacional
FIFA codePER
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 40 Decrease 2 (28 November 2024)[2]
Highest10 (October 2017)
Lowest91 (September 2009)
First international
 Peru 0–4 Uruguay 
(Lima, Peru; 1 November 1927)
Biggest win
 Peru 9–1 Ecuador 
(Bogotá, Colombia; 11 August 1938)
Biggest defeat
 Peru 0–7 Brazil 
(Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; 26 June 1997)
World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1930)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1970, 1978)
Copa América
Appearances34 (first in 1927)
Best resultChampions (1939, 1975)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1952)
Best resultFourth place (1952, 1956)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2000)
Best resultSemi-finals (2000)
Bolivarian Games
Appearances11 (first in 1938)
Best resultChampions (1938, 1948, 1961, 1973, 1981)
Medal record
Copa América
Gold medal – first place 1939 Peru Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 South America Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Brazil Team
Bronze medal – third place 1927 Peru Team
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Peru Team
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Brazil Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Chile Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 South America Team
Bronze medal – third place 1983 South America Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Argentina Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Chile Team
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 1938 Bogotá Team
Gold medal – first place 1948 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 1961 Barranquilla Team
Gold medal – first place 1973 Panama City Team
Gold medal – first place 1981 Barquisimeto Team
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Caracas Team
Bronze medal – third place 1977 La Paz Team
Websitefpf.pe

The Peru national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol del Perú), nicknamed La Bicolor, represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF).[A] The FPF constitutes one of the ten members of FIFA's South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). Peru has won the Copa América twice, and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times (last appearing in 2018); the team also participated in the 1936 Olympic football competition and has reached the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The team plays most of its home matches at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, the country's capital.

The team wears distinctive white shirts adorned with a diagonal red stripe, which combine Peru's national colours. This basic design has been used continuously since 1936, and gives rise to the team's common Spanish nickname, la Blanquirroja ("the white-and-red").[4] Peruvian football fans are known for their distinctive cheer ¡Arriba Perú! ("Onward Peru!") and large celebrations.[5] Peru has a longstanding rivalry with Chile.[6]

The Peru national team enjoyed its most successful periods thanks to footballing generations from the 1930s and the 1970s.[7] The 1930s generation led Peru at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 and won the 1938 Bolivarian Games and the 1939 Copa América, with goalkeeper Juan Valdivieso and forwards Teodoro Fernández and Alejandro Villanueva playing important roles. The 1970s generation qualified Peru for three World Cups and won the Copa América in 1975; the team then notably included defender Héctor Chumpitaz and the forward partnership of Hugo Sotil and Teófilo Cubillas.

The national team's all-time top goalscorer is Paolo Guerrero, with 39 goals, and its two joint most-capped players are Roberto Palacios and Yoshimar Yotún, both with 128 appearances.[8] Since December 2023, Peru is managed by the Uruguayan Jorge Fossati.

  1. ^ @VarskySports (13 December 2023). "Jorge Fossati 🇺🇾 es el nuevo DT de la Selección de Perú 🇵🇪" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  3. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Arkivperu.com, La Blanquiroja was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Foley Gambetta 1983, p. 12.
  6. ^ "A derby and a debut in South America". FIFA. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  7. ^ Witzig 2006, p. 349.
  8. ^ José Luis Pierrend (31 August 2017). "Peru – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.


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