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Revision as of 19:48, 23 July 2007
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | La blanquirroja (the white and red one) | ||
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Association | Federación Peruana de Fútbol | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | José del Solar | ||
Captain | Claudio Pizarro | ||
Most caps | Roberto Palacios (117) | ||
Top scorer | Teófilo Cubillas (26) | ||
Home stadium | Estadio Nacional de Lima | ||
FIFA code | PER | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 50 | ||
Highest | 34 (September 1997) | ||
Lowest | 86 (February 2003) | ||
First international | |||
Peru 0 - 4 Uruguay (Lima, Peru; November 1, 1927) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Peru 9 - 0 Bolivia (Lima, Peru; 6 November 1927) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Brazil 7 - 0 Peru (Santa Cruz, Bolivia; 26 June, 1997) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1930) | ||
Best result | Quarterfinals, 1970 | ||
Copa América | |||
Appearances | 27 (first in 1927) | ||
Best result | Winners, 1939 and 1975 |
The Peru national football team is the national football team of Peru. The team competes with the other nine nations in the CONMEBOL conference within the FIFA. It is managed by the FPF, the governing body of Peruvian football.
Peru has had great moments in the history of this sport ever since the 1930's. During this time they participated in the first FIFA World Cup, the controversial 1936 Summer Olympics, and won their first Copa América in 1939.
Later, between 1970 and 1982, a Golden Generation of Peruvian footballers once more brought Peru into the view of the world. Teofilo Cubillas was the star of the side, scoring five goals in two different finals, and his attacking flair and skill became synonymous for the world with Peru's football team in the 1970s. The team then qualified for three out of four FIFA World Cups and won the Copa América in 1975.
Nowadays, Peru is still considered one of the best teams in the world (Usually around the 50th spot in FIFA Rankings). The country has kept producing various modern star-players like Jefferson Farfan, Nolberto Solano, Claudio Pizarro, and Jose Paolo Guerrero.
Six straight qualification failures, however, have since plagued the once proud side.
History
Football began to be practiced in Peru in the final part of the XIX century, brought by sailors--English for the most part--that made rest at the port of Callao. Afterwards, in Lima, clubs and teams began to be formed for the practice of the sport. The competition by that time was completely internal and every part of the country had its own league and its own teams, with the leagues of Cusco and Arequipa (Along with some from the North and Center) being the major ones. Allegedly, the first games were quite emotional due to the rivalry between the native [[criollo (people)|creoles] and foreigners. Later, new important rivalries would arise between the Limeans and the Chalacos (people from Callao). It is exactly those games that inmortalized (In Peru) the move known as "chalaca."
La Blanquirroja in the FIFA World Cup
After making their FIFA World Cup debut at Uruguay 1930, Peru next made an impact on the finals at Mexico 1970 where they beat Bulgaria and Morocco to start off the tournament with a surprising bang. The Brazil of Rivelino, Tostao, Jairzinho and Pelé put an end to that adventure 4-2 in the quarter-finals. The World cup of Argentina 1978 saw Peru end up first in their group during the first phase of the tournament, but they were later eliminated after losing all their games in the second phase. Their last World Cup appearance was in that of Spain 1982, a tournament in which Peru was viewed as a favorite. Yet, the problem came when the team basically trained too much and were tired even before the tournament had begun. They were eliminated last in their group, with 2 ties and 1 loss.
Qualifiers and Participations
1930 FIFA World Cup
In Uruguay 1930, Peru was part of group C and lost both games they played, 1:0 against Uruguay and 3:1 against Romania. As an annecdote, the game Peru played against Uruguay inaugurated the historic Estadio Centenario of Montevideo. Among the important figures of notable mention composing the Peruvian team were the goalie Juan Valdivieso, the defense Mario de Las Casas, whom would later found the club Universitario de Deportes and the forward and idol of Alianza Lima, Alejandro Villanueva.
1970 FIFA World Cup
The tale to Mexico 1970 begins from the qualification game played against Argentina in their "mythical" stadium of "La Bombonera." Previously, Peru had beaten Argentina and Bolivia in Lima. At La Paz, Bolivia beat Peru. Thus, Peru only needed a tie to qualify for the World Cup. Peru played one of their best games that day, and were capable to tie the game 2:2 and qualified for the World Cup to be played at Mexico.
Those who stood out in this team were Roberto Challe, Alberto Gallardo, Orlando De la Torre, Teófilo Cubillas, Mifflin, Nicolás Fuentes, and the idol that would be known as the "Captain of America," Héctor Chumpitaz. Afterwards, for the World Cup, the "Cholo" Hugo Sotil joined the team.
Peru entered the tournament in Group 4, and played against Bulgaria (3:2 victory), Morocco (3:0 victory), and Germany (3:1 loss). In the match against Bulgaria, the "Nene" Cubillas marked his first goal. Right now, he is the 6th greatest goal scorer of the World Cups at 10 marks in 3 participations.
Once in the quarterfinals, Peru faced the Brazil of Pele (Whom would go on to win the cup) and lost 4:2 in a game qualified as one of the best football games in history. Current president of the FIFA, Joseph Blatter, considers it the best. Peru's historic head coach was the Brazilian Valdir Pereira, whom greatly lamented playing against his own country but certainly put up a great fight.
As an annecdote to this World Cup, Peru had faced one of their worst earthquakes in history while the team was in Mexico. Several people died, and one whole city was wiped from the face of the earth. Due to this, the team was quite saddened and showed a deplorable first-half against Bulgaria (Losing 2 to nothing). The tale goes on to say that someone uttered: "With this game they're killing those who survived the earthquake back in Peru." True or false, Peru was capable to turn the game back around and beat Bulgaria.
1978 FIFA World Cup
The Argentina 1978 finals also saw Peru finish first in its opening group, as they managed to beat Scotland and Iran, then drew with the eventual finalist, the Netherlands.
Once into the second round in 1978 - a second group stage - they did not live up to their promise, falling rather dismally to Brazil, Poland, and Argentina without scoring a goal.
1982 FIFA World Cup
By Spain 1982 the team's performance declined as the team fell at the opening hurdle, drawing with Cameroon and Italy before getting crushed by Poland 5-1. Previously, though, Peru was viewed as a favorite and a good candidate to advance into the next phase.
The problem was that Peru had previously been doing several practice matches, all of which re-assured to the public that Peru would do well in the World Cup. Yet, Peru trained too much and by the time the World Cup begun, the team was completely exhausted.
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
The campaign to reach France 1998 was thwarted only by the goal difference tiebreaker, as they finished even on points with Chile.
2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
The preliminaries for Korea/Japan were certainly not any respite from that, as the team finished eighth in the group with just four wins in eighteen matches. The fact that they only managed to score 14 goals demonstrated how far the attack had fallen since the days of Cubillas. Particularly low points of the qualifying tournament included a 3-0 loss at Venezuela and defeats in over half of their home matches to Uruguay, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil.
World Cup record
- 1930 - Round 1
- 1934 - Withdrew
- 1938 - Did not enter
- 1950 - Withdrew
- 1954 - Withdrew
- 1958 to 1966 - Did not qualify
- 1970 - Quarterfinals
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Round 2
- 1982 - Round 1
- 1986 to 2006 - Did not qualify
Copa América
Peru 1939
This was the first international title the team won. During this time, the team had greatly improved since the World Cup and was re-assuring that dominance they had shown over Austria in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Peru won all 4 games which werea gainst Ecuador (5:2), Chile (3:1), Paraguay (2:1), and Uruguay (2:1) in the final. It's worth the mention that in this tournament Argentina and Brazil did not participate, but that doesn't take down the merit of Peru's notable act. Peruvian Teodoro Fernández also was the top goal-scorer of the tournament. As an annecdote, Peru was the fourth South American team that raised the trophy (The first three being Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil).
Brazil 1949
By this time, Peruvian football was recognized by good game and playful management of the ball. Several interesting players came to the national team, but the team faced several problems with the directors and the players themselves. Peru won all but two games. As such, the national team got third place. Paraguay and Brazil, the only ones who beat Peru, had to later play a last tie-breaker match.
Peru 2004
The 2004 Copa América, which they hosted, saw the team lose in the quarter-finals against Argentina. This began a wave of criticism against Peru's then coach Paulo Autuori, who boycotted the media[1], and his squad.
Venezuela 2007
Peru's campaign in the 2007 Copa América saw another futile attempt of the Peruvian squad, eliminated again in the quarter-finals by Argentina; the blame for this was mainly given to the tactics and formations of the current coach Julio César Uribe, who did not call the appropriate players to the national team.
Copa América record
Famous players
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Current Squad
Head coach: José del Solar
Other players
- Goalkeepers
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Joel Pinto | Alianza Lima | ||||
GK | Diego Penny | Bolognesi | ||||
GK | Eric Delgado | Sporting Cristal |
- Defenders
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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DF | Amilton Prado | 6 May, 1979 | Sporting Cristal | |||
DF | Ismael Alvarado | Alianza Lima | ||||
DF | Manuel Corrales | FC Metz | ||||
DF | Luis Hernandez | Sporting Cristal | ||||
DF | Martín Hidalgo | SC Internacional |
- Midfielders
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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MF | Rinaldo Cruzado | FC Grasshoppers | ||||
MF | Rainer Torres | Sporting Cristal | ||||
MF | Miguel Cevasco | Universitario | ||||
7 | MF | Jacope Jesfen | Sporting Cristal | |||
MF | Juan Vargas | Calcio Catania | ||||
MF | Nolberto Solano | Newcastle United | ||||
MF | Henry Quinteros | Lech Poznan | ||||
MF | Alexander Sanchez | GKS Belchatow |
- Strikers
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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FW | Wilmer Aguirre | FC Metz | ||||
FW | Miguel Mostto | Barnsley FC | ||||
FW | Jair Baylon | Sporting Braga | ||||
FW | Hernan Rengifo | Lech Poznan | ||||
FW | Daniel Chavez | Club Brugge | ||||
FW | Piero Alva | Skoda Xanthi | ||||
FW | Juan Diego Gonzales Vigil | Benfica |
Players Recently Retired from the Team
Managers
- Jack Greenwell, 1939
- Valdir "Didi" Pereira, World Cup 1970
- Marcos Calderón, World Cup 1978
- Roberto Challe, World Cup 1986 Qualifier
- Miguel Company (1990 – 1991, 1994 – 1995)
- Vladimir Popović (1991 – 1993)
- Juan Carlos Oblitas (1995 – 1999)
- Francisco Maturana (1999 – 2000)
- Julio César Uribe (2000 – 2002)
- Paulo Autuori (2002 – 2005)
- Freddy Ternero (2005 – 2006)
- Franco Navarro (2006)
- Julio César Uribe (2007)
- José Guillermo del Solar (2007)
Kit Evolution
1927-1929
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1930-1939
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1940-1969
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Current (1970)
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Current
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2nd Current (Alternative)
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List of Recent International Matches
Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score | Type |
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June 3, 2007 | Vicente Calderon Stadium Madrid, Spain |
Ecuador | W | 2 - 1 | Friendly match |
June 6, 2007 | Mini Estadi Barcelona, Spain |
Ecuador | L | 2 - 0 | Friendly match |
June 26, 2007 | Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida Mérida, Venezuela |
Uruguay | W | 3 - 0 | Copa América 2007 |
June 30, 2007 | Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo San Cristóbal, Venezuela |
Venezuela | L | 0 - 2 | Copa América 2007 |
July 3, 2007 | Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida Mérida, Venezuela |
Bolivia | D | 2 - 2 | Copa América 2007 |
Under 17 Team
Early in the year of 2007, the Peruvian U-17 team has been giving brand new stars and hopes to the "blanquirroja" and its fans. After their first FIFA U-17 World Cup appearance in 2005 (Peru as host nation), the team has greatly improved in skill and determination. Their first World Cup saw them lose with merely 1 point.
Road to the 2007 World Cup
In 2007, the Peruvian under 17 football team went to the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship that started the 4th of March of that year. In the debut match, the Peruvian team had to face the powerful Brazil. Even though Brazil was the obvious favorite, the Peruvians won the match 2-1 with one goal scored by Reimond Manco and the impressive peruvian forward La Torre.[1]
After that match, Peru won most of the following matches and ended first in its group (qualifying to the last round) with Reimond scoring another goal.
In the final round of the tournament (where the first 5 qualified to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup) Peru won the first match against Venezuela. Yet, on the next match, Brazil crushed Peru by 4-0 and after that Colombia beat Peru by 3-0. So by the fourth match Brazil, Colombia and Argentina where already qualified for the world cup and Peru, Venezuela and the host Ecuador had to fight for the last qualification spot.
The fifth match saw Peru with the obligation to defeat Ecuador. The match started horribly for Peru when Ecuadorian player Minda scored at the first minutes of play. Peru answered quickly when Reimond Manco assisted Peruvian midfielder Sanchez for a goal. Ecuador wasn't ready to give up, and it scored once again at the 20th minute of the first half. Peru was almost eliminated from the championship, but they once more reacted in the second half and Peru repeatedly attacked Ecuador. Ecuador's goalkeeper Mendoza proved a great challenge, but finally--at the minute 35 of the second half--Reimond Manco scored an olympic goal caused by a mistake from Mendoza. Ecuadorian goalkeeper Mendoza cried because his error caused Ecuador's elimination, and Peru moved once step closer to the World Cup.[2]
For the last match against Argentina, Peru had to lose for at least 4 goals to be eliminated. Peru was capable to draw the match and classified to the world cup and Reimond Manco was named the best player of the championship by the Conmebol.[3]
Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
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March 4, 2007 | Riobamba, Ecuador | Brazil | W | 2 - 1 |
March 6, 2007 | Riobamba, Ecuador | Bolivia | W | 4 - 1 |
March 8, 2007 | Ambato, Ecuador | Chile | L | 1 - 3 |
March 10, 2007 | Ambato, Ecuador | Ecuador | D | 0 - 0 |
March 16, 2007 | Ibarra, Ecuador | Venezuela | W | 2 - 1 |
March 18, 2007 | Ibarra, Ecuador | Brazil | L | 0 - 4 |
March 20, 2007 | Ibarra, Ecuador | Colombia | L | 0 - 3 |
March 23, 2007 | Latacunga, Ecuador | Ecuador | D | 2 - 2 |
March 25, 2007 | Quito, Ecuador | Argentina | D | 1 - 1 |
International Hexagonal of Niigata
Their most recent accomplishment is that of winning the hexagonal played in Niigata, Japan. The team had previously beaten the local Albirex Niigata football team and Japan to advance into the finals to successfully beat the Hungarian team.
The U-17 squad currently has Juan Jose Oré as their Head Coach.
Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score | Type |
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July 13, 2007 | Sport Island Seibo Niigata, Japan |
Albirex Niigata | W | 3 - 0 | International Hexagonal of Niigata |
July 15, 2007 | Big Swan Stadium Niigata, Japan |
Japan | W | 1 - 0 | International Hexagonal of Niigata |
July 16, 2007 | Big Swan Stadium Niigata, Japan |
Hungary | W | 2 - 0 | International Hexagonal of Niigata |