| Nickname(s) | La blanquirroja (the white and red one) | ||
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| Association | Federación Peruana de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Julio César Uribe, 2007- | ||
| Captain | Roberto Palacios | ||
| 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 | 71 | ||
| 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.
Between 1970 and 1982, a Golden Generation of Peruvian footballers qualified for three out of four FIFA World Cups and won the Copa América in 1975. Teófilo 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. Six straight qualification failures however have since plagued the once proud side.
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 in that many matches demonstrates 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.
The campaign to reach France 1998 was thwarted only by the goal difference tiebreaker, as they finished even on points with Chile.
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 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. 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. The 2004 Copa América, which they recently 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.
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 record
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Current Squad
Squad against Ecuador on June 2007
Kit Evolution
        1927
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 1930
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 1940
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 1970
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current
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Famous players
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Managers
Before 1990
Jack Greenwell, 1939- Valdir "Didi" Pereira, World Cup 1970
- Marcos Calderón, World Cup 1978
Since 1990
- Miguel Company (1990 – 1991, 1994 – 1995)
- Vladimir Popović (1991 – 1993)
- Juan Carlos Oblitas (1995 – 1999)
- Francisco Maturana (1999 – 2000)
- Julio César Uribe (2000 – 2002, 2007 – current)
- Paulo Autuori (2002 – 2005)
- Freddy Ternero (2005 – 2006)
- Franco Navarro (2006)
External links
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