Bolivia national football team records and statistics

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The following is a list of the Bolivia national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Player records[edit]

As of 29 January 2022[1]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most caps[edit]

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Ronald Raldes 102 3 2001–2018
2 Luis Héctor Cristaldo 93 4 1989–2005
Marco Antonio Sandy 93 6 1993–2003
4 José Milton Melgar 89 6 1980–1997
5 Carlos Fernando Borja 88 1 1979–1995
6 Julio César Baldivieso 85 15 1991–2005
Juan Manuel Peña 85 1 1991–2009
8 Marcelo Moreno 94 29 2007–
9 Miguel Ángel Rimba 80 0 1989–2000
10 Óscar Sánchez 77 6 1994–2006

Most goals[edit]

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Marcelo Moreno 29 94 0.3 2007–
2 Joaquín Botero 20 48 0.42 1999–2009
3 Víctor Agustín Ugarte 16 45 0.36 1947–1963
4 Carlos Aragonés 15 31 0.48 1977–1981
Erwin Sánchez 15 57 0.26 1989–2005
Julio César Baldivieso 15 85 0.18 1991–2005
7 Máximo Alcócer 13 22 0.59 1953–1963
Marco Antonio Etcheverry 13 71 0.18 1989–2003
9 Juan Carlos Arce 15 87 0.16 2004–
10 Miguel Aguilar 10 34 0.29 1977–1983

Competition records[edit]

FIFA World Cup[edit]

Main article: Bolivia at the FIFA World Cup
Year Final tournament Qualification
Round Pld W D L GF GA Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 8 Qualified as invitees
1934 to 1938 Did not enter Declined participation
1950 Group stage 1 0 0 1 0 8 Qualified automatically
1954 Did not enter Declined participation
1958 Did not qualify 2nd 4 2 0 2 6 6
1962 2nd 2 0 1 1 2 3
1966 3rd 4 1 0 3 4 9
1970 2nd 4 2 0 2 5 6
1974 3rd 4 0 0 4 1 11
1978 3rd 8 3 1 4 10 25
1982 2nd 4 1 0 3 5 6
1986 3rd 4 0 2 2 2 7
1990 2nd 4 3 0 1 6 5
1994 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 4 2nd 8 5 1 2 22 11
1998 Did not qualify 8th 16 4 5 7 18 21
2002 7th 18 4 6 8 21 33
2006 10th 18 4 2 12 20 37
2010 9th 18 4 3 11 22 36
2014 8th 16 2 6 8 17 30
2018 9th 18 4 2 12 16 38
2022 9th 18 4 3 11 23 42
2026 To be determined To be determined
Totals 3/22 6 0 1 5 1 20 —!168 43 32 93 200 326

Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Brazil.

Copa América[edit]

Main article: Bolivia at the Copa América
South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1916 to 1925 Did not participate
1926 Round robin 4 0 0 4 2 24
1927 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 3 19
1929 to 1942 Did not participate
1945 Round robin 6 0 2 4 3 16
1946 Round robin 5 0 0 5 4 23
1947 Round robin 7 0 2 5 6 21
1949 Fourth place 7 4 0 3 13 24
1953 Round robin 6 1 1 4 6 15
1955 to 1957 Did not participate
1959 (first) Round robin 6 0 1 5 4 23
1959 (second) Withdrew
1963 Champions 6 5 1 0 19 13
1967 Round robin 5 0 1 4 0 9
1975 Group stage 4 1 0 3 3 9
1979 Group stage 4 2 0 2 4 7
1983 Group stage 4 0 2 2 4 6
1987 Group stage 2 0 1 1 0 2
1989 Group stage 4 0 2 2 0 8
1991 Group stage 4 0 2 2 2 7
1993 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2
1995 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 5 6
1997 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 10 5
1999 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2
2001 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 7
2004 Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 4
2007 Group stage 3 0 2 1 4 5
2011 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 5
2015 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 4 10
2016 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 7
2019 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 9
2021 Group stage 4 0 0 4 2 10
2024 To be determined
Total 28/47 119 20 26 73 108 298

Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 28 June 2021, after the match against Argentina.

FIFA Confederations Cup[edit]

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1992 to 1997 Did not qualify
1999 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3
2001 to 2017 Did not qualify
Total 1/10 3 0 2 1 2 3

Pan American Games[edit]

Pan American Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1951 to 1971 Did not participate
1975 Second round 5 2 0 3 4 14
1979 to 1995 Did not participate
Since 1999 See Bolivia national under-23 football team
Total 1/12 5 2 0 3 4 14


Head-to-head record[edit]

The list shown below shows the national football team of Bolivia's all-time international record against opposing nations. The stats are composed of FIFA World Cup and Copa América, matches as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.[2]

The following tables show Bolivia's all-time international record, correct as of 25 March 2024 vs.  Andorra.[2]

AFC[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Iran 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0.00
 Iraq 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
 Japan 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 0.00
 Myanmar 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 50.00
 South Korea 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 0.00
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
 Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0.00
Total 15 3 7 5 10 11 −1 20.00
Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[2]

CAF[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Algeria 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0.00
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.00
 Egypt 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0.00
 Senegal 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0.00
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Total 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 16.67
Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[2]

CONCACAF[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 0.00
 Cuba 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Curaçao 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 0.00
 El Salvador 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3 40.00
 Guatemala 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 20.00
 Guyana 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Honduras 5 2 2 1 4 3 +1 40.00
 Haiti 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 100.00
 Jamaica 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 33.33
 Mexico 12 1 2 9 5 20 −15 8.33
 Nicaragua 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 66.67
 Panama 6 2 0 4 7 9 −2 33.33
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00
 United States 8 2 4 2 6 10 −4 25.00
Total 58 19 15 24 72 75 −3 32.76
Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[2]

CONMEBOL[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Argentina 42 7 5 30 36 110 −74 16.67
 Brazil 34 5 4 25 26 117 −91 14.71
 Chile 49 7 9 33 49 116 −67 14.29
 Colombia 31 6 10 15 30 48 −18 19.35
 Ecuador 37 6 12 19 38 68 −30 16.22
 Paraguay 70 16 18 36 74 138 −64 22.86
 Peru 52 15 12 25 48 80 −32 28.85
 Uruguay 46 8 7 31 35 113 −78 17.39
 Venezuela 40 16 10 14 79 66 +13 40.00
Total 401 86 87 228 415 856 −441 21.45
Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[2]

UEFA[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Andorra 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0.00
 Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 1 4 6 −2 50.00
 East Germany 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
 Finland 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 50.00
 France 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0.00
 Germany 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0.00
 Greece 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 0.00
 Hungary 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0.00
 Iceland 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0.00
 Poland 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0.00
 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0.00
 Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 0.00
 Romania 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0.00
 Serbia 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0.00
 Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 33.33
 Spain 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0.00
  Switzerland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
 Yugoslavia[a] 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 0.00
Total 30 5 5 20 23 60 −37 16.67
Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Includes results as Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Full Confederation record[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
AFC 15 3 7 5 10 11 −1 20.00
CAF 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 16.67
CONCACAF 58 19 16 23 72 75 −3 32.76
CONMEBOL 401 86 87 228 415 856 −441 21.45
UEFA 30 5 5 20 23 60 −37 16.67
Total 510 114 117 279 527 1012 −485 22.35
Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Bolivia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "World Football Elo Ratings: Bolivia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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