Venezuela national football team

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Venezuela
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) La Vinotinto (The Burgundy)
Los Llaneros (The Plainsmen)
Association Venezuelan Football Federation
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach César Farías
Captain Juan Arango
Most caps José Manuel Rey (115)
Top scorer Giancarlo Maldonado (22)
Home stadium Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui
Polideportivo Cachamay
Estadio Pueblo Nuevo
FIFA code VEN
FIFA ranking 46
Highest FIFA ranking 39 (November 2011, December 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking 129 (November 1998)
Elo ranking 39
Highest Elo ranking 19 (17 July 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking 127 (1993, 1995, 1999)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Panama 3–1 Venezuela Venezuela
(Panama City, Panama; 12 February 1938)
Biggest win
Venezuela Venezuela 7–0 Puerto Rico 
(Caracas, Venezuela; 16 January 1959)
Biggest defeat
 Argentina 11–0 Venezuela Venezuela
(Rosario, Argentina; 10 August 1975)
Copa América
Appearances 14 (First in 1967)
Best result Fourth Place, 2011

The Venezuela national football team is the national football team of Venezuela and is controlled by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol. It is nicknamed La Vinotinto (The Burgundy), because of the traditional burgundy color of their shirts.

Venezuela is the only national team in CONMEBOL to never have qualified for a World Cup. Often Venezuela would go through entire qualification tournaments without recording a single win, although this has changed in the last two qualifying rounds. Until 2011, their best finish in Copa América was fifth in their first entry, in 1967.

When playing at home in official games they usually rotate between three stadiums: the Polideportivo Cachamay, in Puerto Ordaz; the Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, in Puerto La Cruz; and Estadio Pueblo Nuevo, in San Cristóbal. In friendly matches they tend to rotate between the rest of the stadiums in the country.

The Unofficial Football World Championships, and the related Nasazzi's baton title, was briefly held by Venezuela in 2006.

Unlike other South American nations, and akin to Caribbean nations, baseball is extremely popular in Venezuela, which diverts athletic talent away from football, contributing to its historic lack of success in CONMEBOL competitions. It is only recently with the spread of the World Cup's popularity in nations where football was not the primary sport (Japan, the United States, Australia, etc.) that the national team found incentives to increase player development and fan support.

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[edit] History

[edit] World Cup history

Venezuela did not participate in World Cup qualifying until the 1966 qualifiers in which they were drawn with Uruguay and Peru, but failed to register a point in four games. In the 1970 qualifiers they managed to register a point, and after withdrawing from the 1974 series, repeated that in the 1978 qualifiers. The 1982 qualifiers saw them register their first win, over Bolivia. They wouldn't register another World Cup qualifying win until the 1994 series when they defeated Ecuador. A highlight of the 1998 qualifiers was goalkeeper Rafael Dudamel scoring against Argentina in a 5–2 defeat.

Despite poor results during the 60s and 70s, outstanding players like Luis Mendoza and Rafael Santana achieved recognition.

Since 2002, Venezuela has been getting respect for their football evolution in the qualifiers, under the technical direction of Richard Paez, who despite having changed the attitude of his players, resigned from the national team in late 2007, because of the dissatisfaction of Venezuelans followers after failing to qualify for the 2006.

With new coach César Farías, Venezuela gets a better performance. At the beginning of 2010, during qualifying, the national team wins its first historical result against Ecuador in Quito where the Ecuadorians had previously held a long unbeaten record. Something similar happened to Bolivia in La Paz, where Venezuela won for the first time at Bolivian altitude. Also, as historical data, the national team does get his first point against Brazil in qualifying. Despite not qualifying for the 2010, Venezuela achieved his best result in qualifying. They finished this round with 22 points in 18 matches, surpassing Peru and Bolivia for eighth place in the region.

After the excellent results obtained in the Copa America, where they won the 4th place, Venezuela with a team composed mostly of players who play in European leagues, began the qualification with another historic result: against Argentina in Puerto La Cruz they get their first points, winning (1-0) for the first time in history.

[edit] Copa America history

Venezuela first participated in the Copas America in 1967, and finished 5th after defeating Bolivia 3–0 with a side containing Mendoza and Santana. The 1975 tournament saw Venezuela drawn in a group with Brazil and Argentina, and finished bottom with an 11–0 defeat to Argentina. In the 1979 edition, which would be the international swansong for Mendoza and Santana, they drew 0–0 with Colombia and 1–1 with Chile. A highlight of the 1989 tournament was midfielder Carlos Maldonado's 4 goals. In the 1993 series, Venezuela drew with Uruguay and the United States.

The team's overall Copa América record has been pretty poor (goal difference 33–145 before 2011 Copa), but the "Auge Vinotinto" (Vinotinto Rise) period in the early 2000s brought increased attention to the sport in the country, which in turn brought increased support from both government and private institutions. Said support contributed greatly to the "Vinotinto's" rise in quality. In 2007, during the Copa América held in Venezuela, the team progressed to the quarterfinals for the first time in its history after finishing first in a group containing Peru, Bolivia and Uruguay. Venezuela's 2–0 victory over Perú during the competition was its first Copa América victory since 1967.

On June 6, 2008, Venezuela achieved its first-ever triumph over Brazil, defeating the Seleção 2–0 in a friendly match in Boston, USA.

[edit] 2011 Copa América

At the 2011 Copa América championship, Venezuela reached the semifinals round for the first time by defeating Chile in the quarterfinal, 2–1. Despite their commanding presence against Paraguay in their semifinal, Venezuela were unable to convert their chances into goals. They would eventually lose 5–3 to Paraguay in a penalty shootout after remaining scoreless in normal and extra time. Venezuela and Peru played for 3rd Place of Copa America 2011 at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata. Venezuela would suffer their biggest loss of the tournament, losing 4–1 to Peru and falling into 4th place overall, but it was their best ever finish at the competition

Group B:

Main article: 2011 Copa América Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
 Venezuela 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Paraguay 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
 Ecuador 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1

Results:

[edit] Current status

[edit] Recent and forthcoming matches

Matches from the past 6 months as well as any future scheduled matches.

      Win       Draw       Loss

[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7
 Argentina 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
 Venezuela 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
 Ecuador 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 Chile 4 2 0 2 7 10 −3 6
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Paraguay 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
 Peru 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 Bolivia 4 0 1 3 4 8 −4 1
  Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Argentina  – 1–1 4–1 R13 R5 R7 R17 R9 R11
Bolivia  R12 – R5 1–2 R16 R6 R9 R10 R13
Chile  R10 R14 – R8 R18 2–0 4–2 R12 R15
Colombia  1–2 R11 R17 – R15 R9 R14 R7 1–1
Ecuador  R14 R7 R9 R6 – R12 2–0 R17 2–0
Paraguay  R16 R15 R13 R18 2–1 – R10 1–1 R8
Peru  R8 R18 R11 R5 R13 2–0 – R15 R7
Uruguay  R18 4–2 4–0 R16 R8 R11 R6 – R5
Venezuela  1–0 1–0 R6 R12 R10 R17 R16 R14 –

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following 24 players were selected for the next Friendly match:

Match Date: June 2 and 9, 2012
Opposition:  Uruguay at Montevideo, Uruguay and  Chile at Maturín, Venezuela
Caps and goals correct as of: February 29, 2012

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Renny Vega July 4, 1979 (1979-07-04) (age 32) 63 0 Chile Colo-Colo
12 GK Dani Hernández October 21, 1985 (1985-10-21) (age 26) 5 0 Spain Real Valladolid
22 GK Rafael Romo February 25, 1990 (1990-02-25) (age 22) 7 0 Italy Udinese
2 DF Rolf Feltscher October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06) (age 21) 2 0 Italy Parma
3 DF Andrés Túñez March 15, 1987 (1987-03-15) (age 24) 3 0 Spain Celta de Vigo
4 DF Oswaldo Vizcarrondo May 31, 1984 (1984-05-31) (age 27) 42 7 Mexico América
5 DF Fernando Amorebieta March 29, 1985 (1985-03-29) (age 26) 5 1 Spain Athletic Bilbao
6 DF Gabriel Cichero April 25, 1984 (1984-04-25) (age 27) 37 2 Venezuela Caracas
16 DF Roberto Rosales November 20, 1988 (1988-11-20) (age 23) 35 0 Netherlands Twente
21 DF Alexander González September 13, 1992 (1992-09-13) (age 19) 7 0 Switzerland Young Boys
8 MF Tomás Rincón (vice-captain) January 13, 1988 (1988-01-13) (age 24) 44 0 Germany Hamburg
10 MF Ronald Vargas December 2, 1986 (1986-12-02) (age 25) 14 3 Belgium Anderlecht
11 MF César González October 1, 1982 (1982-10-01) (age 29) 45 3 Argentina River Plate
12 MF Juan Guerra February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16) (age 25) 4 0 Venezuela Caracas
13 MF Luis Manuel Seijas June 23, 1986 (1986-06-23) (age 25) 35 0 Belgium Standard Liège
14 MF Franklin Lucena February 20, 1981 (1981-02-20) (age 31) 41 1 Venezuela Caracas
15 MF Rafael Acosta February 13, 1989 (1989-02-13) (age 23) 6 0 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana
17 MF Yohandry Orozco March 19, 1991 (1991-03-19) (age 20) 15 0 Germany Wolfsburg
18 MF Juan Arango (captain) May 17, 1980 (1980-05-17) (age 31) 104 19 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
19 MF Frank Feltscher May 17, 1988 (1988-05-17) (age 23) 7 1 Switzerland Grasshopper
7 FW Nicolás Fedor August 19, 1985 (1985-08-19) (age 26) 36 9 Spain Getafe
9 FW Christian Santos March 24, 1988 (1988-03-24) (age 23) 0 0 Belgium Eupen
23 FW José Salomón Rondón September 16, 1989 (1989-09-16) (age 22) 22 5 Spain Málaga
24 FW Josef Martinez May 19, 1993 (1993-05-19) (age 18) 3 0 Switzerland Young Boys

[edit] Recent Call Ups

The following players have been called up to the Venezuela squad in the past 6 months.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up
GK Leonardo Morales July 7, 1978 (1978-07-07) (age 33) 26 0 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
GK Alan Liebeskind January 7, 1985 (1985-01-07) (age 27) 1 0 Venezuela Deportivo Lara v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
DF Rubert Quijada February 10, 1989 (1989-02-10) (age 23) 2 0 Venezuela Monagas v.  Spain, February 29, 2012
DF Andrés Rouga March 2, 1982 (1982-03-02) (age 30) 23 0 Venezuela Deportivo Táchira v.  Spain, February 29, 2012 EXC
DF Carlos Rivero November 27, 1992 (1992-11-27) (age 19) 3 0 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
DF Carlos Salazar May 15, 1989 (1989-05-15) (age 22) 11 0 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
DF José Manuel Velázquez September 8, 1990 (1990-09-08) (age 21) 11 1 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
DF Joel Cáceres February 15, 1993 (1993-02-15) (age 19) 0 0 Venezuela Deportivo Lara v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
DF Javier González February 26, 1988 (1988-02-26) (age 24) 0 0 Venezuela Deportivo Petare v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
DF Jhon Chancellor January 2, 1992 (1992-01-02) (age 20) 0 0 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
DF Grenddy Perozo February 28, 1986 (1986-02-28) (age 26) 34 2 Argentina Olimpo v.  Costa Rica, December 22, 2011
DF José Manuel Rey May 20, 1975 (1975-05-20) (age 36) 115 11 Venezuela Deportivo Lara v.  Argentina, October 11, 2011 CAU
DF José Luis Granados October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22) (age 25) 18 1 Venezuela Real Esppor v.  Argentina, October 11, 2011 EXC
DF Wilker Ángel March 18, 1993 (1993-03-18) (age 18) 1 0 Venezuela Deportivo Táchira v.  Ecuador, October 7, 2011
DF Rohel Briceño March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) (age 27) 1 0 Venezuela Caracas v.  Ecuador, October 7, 2011
DF Víctor García June 11, 1994 (1994-06-11) (age 17) 0 0 Venezuela Real Esppor v.  Ecuador, October 7, 2011
MF Miguel Mea Vitali February 19, 1981 (1981-02-19) (age 31) 85 1 Venezuela Deportivo Lara v.  Spain, February 29, 2012
MF Julio Álvarez May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 30) 3 0 Spain Numancia v.  Spain, February 29, 2012
MF Francisco Flores April 30, 1990 (1990-04-30) (age 21) 22 1 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui v.  Spain, February 29, 2012
MF Agnel Flores May 29, 1989 (1989-05-29) (age 22) 13 0 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
MF Alejandro Guerra July 9, 1985 (1985-07-09) (age 26) 37 4 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
MF Ángel Chourio May 4, 1985 (1985-05-04) (age 26) 19 5 Venezuela Deportivo Táchira v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
MF Rubén Arocha April 21, 1987 (1987-04-21) (age 24) 1 0 Venezuela Deportivo Táchira v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
MF Diego Guerrero June 26, 1986 (1986-06-26) (age 25) 1 0 Venezuela Deportivo Táchira v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
MF Diomar Díaz March 7, 1990 (1990-03-07) (age 22) 0 0 Venezuela Deportivo Petare v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
MF Louis Angelo Peña December 25, 1989 (1989-12-25) (age 22) 12 0 Venezuela Caracas v.  Costa Rica, December 22, 2011
MF Arquímedes Figuera October 6, 1989 (1989-10-06) (age 22) 1 0 Venezuela Trujillanos v.  Costa Rica, December 22, 2011
MF Edgar Jiménez September 19, 1984 (1984-09-19) (age 27) 6 0 Venezuela Caracas v.  Costa Rica, December 22, 2011 EXC
MF Jesús Meza January 6, 1986 (1986-01-06) (age 26) 7 0 Venezuela Caracas v.  Bolivia, November 15, 2011
MF Giácomo Di Giorgi February 24, 1981 (1981-02-24) (age 31) 33 0 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui v.  Ecuador, October 7, 2011
MF Edgar Pérez Greco February 16, 1982 (1982-02-16) (age 30) 8 1 Venezuela Deportivo Lara v.  Spain, February 29, 2012
FW Mario Rondón March 26, 1986 (1986-03-26) (age 25) 1 0 Portugal Nacional v.  Spain, February 29, 2012
FW Richard Blanco January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21) (age 30) 6 0 Chile O'Higgins v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
FW José Reyes September 19, 1992 (1992-09-19) (age 19) 2 0 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
FW Alejandro Moreno July 8, 1979 (1979-07-08) (age 32) 41 3 United States Chivas USA v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
FW Emilio Rentería October 9, 1984 (1984-10-09) (age 27) 9 0 United States Columbus Crew v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
FW Darwin Machís February 7, 1993 (1993-02-07) (age 19) 2 0 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana v.  Mexico, January 25, 2012
FW Hermes Palomino March 4, 1988 (1988-03-04) (age 24) 1 0 Bulgaria Cherno More v.  United States, January 21, 2012
FW Fernando Aristeguieta April 9, 1992 (1992-04-09) (age 19) 4 1 Venezuela Caracas v.  Costa Rica, December 22, 2011
FW Giancarlo Maldonado June 29, 1982 (1982-06-29) (age 29) 65 22 Mexico Atlas v.  Bolivia, November 15, 2011
Notes
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
  • EXC Player withdrew from the squad due to a technical decision exclusion.
  • CAU Player withdrew from the squad due to a caution.

[edit] Most capped and top scorers

Player National team career Caps (Goals)
José Manuel Rey 1997–present 115 (11)
Juan Arango 1999–present 104 (19)
Jorge Alberto Rojas 1999–2009 91 (3)
Miguel Ángel Mea Vitali 1999–present 85 (1)
Gabriel Urdaneta 1996–2005 77 (9)
Luis José Vallenilla 1996–2007 77 (1)
Ruberth Morán 1996–2007 65 (14)
Giancarlo Maldonado 2003– present 65 (22)
Leopoldo Jiménez 1999–2005 64 (0)
Ricardo David Páez 2000–2007 64 (7)
Renny Vega 1999– present 63 (0)
Rafael Dudamel 1993–2010 56 (1)
Leonel Vielma 2000–2007 56 (4)
Player National team career Goals (Caps)
Giancarlo Maldonado 2003–present 22 (65)
Juan Arango 1999–present 19 (104)
Ruberth Morán 1996–2007 14 (65)
José Manuel Rey 1997–present 11 (115)
Daniel Arismendi 2006–present 11 (31)
Gabriel Urdaneta 1996–2005 9 (77)
Nicolas Fedor 2006–present 9 (36)
Juan Enrique García 1993–2004 7 (47)
Ricardo David Páez 2000–2007 7 (64)
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 2004–present 7 (42)
José Luis Dolgetta 1993–1997 6 (21)
Salomón Rondón 2008–present 5 (22)
Ángel Chourio 2008–present 5 (19)

[edit] Managers

Below is a list of Venezuela managers from 1938 until the present day.[1]

 
Years Name Nationality
1938 Vittorio Godigna Italy
1939–1964 no manager -
1965–1967 Rafael Franco Argentina
1967–1972 Gregorio Gómez Argentina Venezuela
1972–1974 Francisco Hormazábal Chile
1974 Rudi Gutendorf Germany
1975 José Hernández Spain Venezuela
1975–1977 Dan Giorgadis Greece
1978 Walter Roque Uruguay Venezuela
1979 Víctor Pignanelli Uruguay Venezuela
1980 no manager -
1981 Luis Mendoza Venezuela
 
Years Name Nationality
1985 Walter Roque Uruguay Venezuela
1986–1989 Hippolyte Van Den Bosch Belgium
1989 Luis Mendoza Venezuela
1989 Carlos Moreno Argentina Venezuela
1991 Víctor Pignanelli Uruguay Venezuela
1992–1995 Ratomir Dujković Serbia and Montenegro
1995 Lino Alonso Spain Venezuela
1996 Rafael Santana Spain Venezuela
1997 Eduardo Borrero Colombia Venezuela
1999–2001 José Pastoriza Argentina
2001–2007 Richard Páez Venezuela
2008–present César Farías Venezuela

[edit] Current coaching staff

[2]

Head coach: César Farías
Assistant coach: Marcos Matías
Goalkeeper coach: César Baena
Fitness Coach: Fabián Bazán
Head of Medical Department: Dr. Gerardo Cañas
Psychologist: Dr. Manuel Llorens
Kinesiologist: Gerardo Gutiérrez
U20 and U17 coach: Marcos Matías
Director: Lino Alonso

[edit] Competitive record

[edit] World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1930 to 1954 Did not enter
Sweden 1958 Withdrew
Chile 1962 Did not enter
1966 to 1970 Did not qualify
West Germany 1974 Withdrew
1978 to 2010 Did not qualify

[edit] Copa América record

  • 1916 to 1963 – Did not enter
  • 1967 – 5th
  • 1975 – Round 1 (overall 10th place)
  • 1979 – Round 1 (overall 10th place)
  • 1983 – Round 1 (overall 10th place)
  • 1987 – Round 1 (overall 10th place)
  • 1989 – Round 1 (overall 10th place)
  • 1991 – Round 1 (overall 10th place)
  • 1993 – Round 1 (overall 11th place)
  • 1995 – Round 1 (overall 12th place)
  • 1997 – Round 1 (overall 12th place)
  • 1999 – Round 1 (overall 12th place)
  • 2001 – Round 1 (overall 12th place)
  • 2004 – Round 1 (overall 11th place)
  • 2007 – Quarterfinals (overall 6th place)
  • 2011 – 4th place

[edit] Pan American Games record

[edit] Head to head

Main article: Venezuela national football team head to head

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.ahefv.com/web/selecciones/absoluta/seleccionadores/index.html
  2. ^ http://www.federacionvenezolanadefutbol.org/seleccion.php?subaction=showfull&id=1293937412&archive=&start_from=&ucat=23&

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