Venezuela national football team

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The Venezuela national football team ( spanish : Selección de fútbol de Venezuela ) represents Venezuela in men ‘s international football and is controlled by the Venezuelan Football Federation ( FVF ), the governing body for football in Venezuela. They are nicknamed La Vinotinto ( “ Red wine ” ) because of the traditional bourgogne color of their shirts. When playing at home in official games, they normally rotate between three stadiums : The Polideportivo Cachamay in Puerto Ordaz, the Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui in Puerto La Cruz and the Estadio Pueblo Nuevo in San Cristóbal. In friendly matches, they tend to rotate between the rest of the stadiums in the country.

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Unlike early confederacy american nations, and akin to some Caribbean nations, baseball is extremely popular in Venezuela, which diverts acrobatic talent away from football, contributing to its historic lack of success in CONMEBOL competitions. As of 2018, they are the lone CONMEBOL side to have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Often Venezuela would go through entire qualification tournaments without recording a single winnings, although this has not happened since 1998. Until 2011, their best coating at the Copa América was fifth in their first entrance, in 1967. It is alone recently with the gap of the World Cup ‘s popularity in nations where football was not the primary mutant ( such as Japan, the United States, and Australia ) that the national team found incentives to increase actor development and fan patronize. As of December 2019, Venezuela has the highest placement on the FIFA World Ranking of any team that has not yet qualified for the World Cup, being ranked 25th. [ 3 ]

history [edit ]

Backstory [edit ]

Venezuela did not participate in FIFA World Cup reservation until the 1966 qualifiers in which they were drawn with Uruguay and Peru, but failed to register a distributor 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 gain, over Bolivia. They would n’t register another World Cup qualifying winnings 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 get the better of. Despite inadequate results during the 1960s and 1970s, great players like Luis Mendoza and Rafael Santana achieved recognition. Venezuela at that clock besides managed to qualify for the 1980 Summer Olympics, it first-ever major external football rival Venezuela participated in .

Richard Páez era [edit ]

After José Omar Pastoriza ‘s resignation during the 2002 World Cup qualifyings, Richard Páez took the technical commission of the national team. Finishing this process, Venezuela achieved 4 victories in a row against Uruguay, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay ; winning more than 1 game in quarrel, their first aside plot and not finishing in the end place for the first time in their World Cup qualifying history. however, the team failed to qualify for both the 2002, and 2006 World Cups, gaining 12 and 18 points respectively. After this, the team advanced to the second round of golf Copa America 2007 in Venezuela, is the first time they could reach it on this competition. In November 2007, Páez resigned after discrepancies with media and supporters. [ 4 ]

César Farías era [edit ]

With a new bus César Farías, Venezuela national team improved their performances. At the begin of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualify, Venezuela won its first game in World Cup qualifying against long unbeaten Ecuador in Quito. Something similar happened to Bolivia in La Paz, where Venezuela won for the first time at bolivian elevation. besides, they received their first compass point against Brazil in qualifying. Despite not ultimately reaching the 2010, Venezuela achieved its best leave in qualifying. They finished this round with 22 points in 18 matches, surpassing Peru and Bolivia for one-eighth place in the region. On 6 June 2008, Venezuela achieved its second-ever gloat over Brazil, defeating the Seleção 2–0 in a friendly match in Boston, United States. Venezuela obtained excellent results in the 2011 Copa América when they finished fourth, their highest finish in the tournament to date. With a police squad composed by and large of players playing in Europe, they began 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification with a historic consequence ( 1–0 ) against Argentina in Puerto La Cruz, beating the Argentines for the first base time .

Noel Sanvicente era [edit ]

On 4 September 2014, Noel Sanvicente was made coach of the Venezuela national team. [ 5 ] On 5 September 2014, the team lost its first match with Sanvicente under the helm 3–1 against South Korea in Bucheon. [ 6 ] Sanvicente ‘s beginning tournament came in the 2015 Copa América, with Venezuela attract in Group C of the competition. Their opening plot finished with an upset victory over tournament favorites Colombia by 1–0, but subsequent defeats to Peru and Brazil saw La Vinotinto eliminated. [ citation needed ] Venezuela began the World Cup reservation campaign with a 1–0 frustration against Paraguay at home, and would not earn their first point until their catch against Peru, a 2–2 draw in Lima where Venezuela led until the last infinitesimal of arrest prison term. Their match with Chile ended in a disappoint 4–1 kill, Sanvicente announced his resignation a week subsequently after common consent with the FVF. At the clock of Sanvicente ‘s passing, Venezuela was last in the reservation standings with a sole point, and was unofficially eliminated .

Rafael Dudamel era [edit ]

Sanvicente was replaced by early Vinotinto goalkeeper Rafael Dudamel, who decided to revamp the integral national team squad, by injecting the team with the promise young genesis of Venezuelan players that finished second base at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup that was dubbed as the state ‘s first-ever football Golden Generation. [ 7 ] Under his coach, La Vinotinto cursorily improved and reached the quarterfinals in the Copa América Centenario, with two 1–0 wins over Jamaica and Uruguay and a 1–1 puff against Mexico in the group stage and then a 4–1 get the better of to Argentina in the quarter-finals. In the seventh matchday of the 2018 World Cup modifier, Venezuela lost to Colombia 2–0 in Barranquilla, the first gear passing against Los Cafeteros since 2009. Later, on matchday 11, Venezuela won for the inaugural fourth dimension in the qualifier, 5–0 over Bolivia in Maturín with a hat-trick from Josef Martínez and goals from Jacobo Kouffati and Rómulo Otero. On 2 January 2020, Dudamel resigned from the national team .

Copa América history [edit ]

Venezuela first participated at the Copa América in 1967, and finished fifth 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 kill 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 foreground of the 1989 tournament was midfielder Carlos Maldonado ‘s four goals. In the 1993 serial, Venezuela drew with Uruguay and the United States. The team ‘s overall Copa América record has been relatively poor ( goal deviation 33–145 before the 2011 Copa América ), but the “ Auge Vinotinto “ ( Vinotinto Rise ) menstruation in the early 2000s ( decade ) brought increased attention to the sport in the country, which in turn bring increased defend from both government and individual 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 clock time in its history after finishing first in a group containing Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay. Venezuela ‘s 2–0 victory over Peru during the competition was its first Copa América victory since 1967 .

2011 Copa América [edit ]

At the 2011 Copa América backing, Venezuela reached the semi-finals polish for the first prison term by defeating Chile in the quarter-final, 2–1. Despite their command presence against Paraguay in their semifinal, Venezuela was ineffective to convert their chances into goals. They would finally lose 5–3 to Paraguay in a punishment gunfight after remaining scoreless in convention and extra time. Venezuela and Peru played for third base place at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, where Venezuela would suffer their biggest loss of the tournament, losing 4–1 to Peru and falling into fourth locate overall. however, it was their best-ever finish at the competition. Group B:

Team

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:

team image [edit ]

Venezuela made its international debut in the central american and caribbean Games held in Panama in 1938, wearing the vinotinto ( burgundy ) semblance. In the 1967 Copa América Venezuela besides wore the Peñarol shirt volt Chile to avoid colors clash, as Venezuela had arrived in the Estadio Centenario ( Peñarol ‘s frequent venue ) with no alternate shirts. [ 8 ] In 1993, a vertical band with the colors of the National masthead was added to the leave side of the jersey, which changed its colors to a more traditional crimson tone. This lasted until 1996 when Venezuela returned to the vinotinto tone. [ 9 ] however, in 1998 Venezuela adopted a yellow/blue/red scheme, exchangeable to their iris colors, by mexican manufacturer “ ABA Sports ”. [ 9 ] The national team returned to the traditional tinge in 2000. It has been remaining ( with few changes ) [ 10 ] as the main uniform up to award days .

Kit providers [edit ]

reference : [ 11 ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Venezuela Bolivia 27 January 2022 2022 FWCQ vVenezuela

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Argentina Venezuela 24 March 2022 2022 FWCQ vArgentina

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Venezuela Colombia 29 March 2022 2022 FWCQ vVenezuela

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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification standing [edit ]

Rules for classification:
( Q ) Qualified to the phase indicated Updated to match ( vitamin e ) played on 16 November 2021. source : FIFA Rules for classification : qualification tiebreakers Qualified to the phase indicated

Players [edit ]

stream squad [edit ]

The pursuit players were called up to the squad for the FIFA World Cup qualifyings games against Ecuador and Peru on 11 and 16 November 2021, respectively. [ 15 ]
Caps and goals are correct as of 16 November 2021, after the match against Peru.
Friendlies not recognized by FIFA are not counted .

late call-ups [edit ]

The following players have been called up for the team in the end 12 months .

player records [edit ]

As of 16 November 2021[16]

Players in bold are still active with Venezuela.

Most cap players [edit ]

Midfielder Juan Arango has played the most matches for Venezuela with 129 .

clear goalscorers [edit ]

competitive commemorate [edit ]

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Copa América [edit ]

Champions Runners-up Third locate Fourth position

pan american Games [edit ]

tete-a-tete read [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

^[12][13][14] The Brazil volt Argentina match, originally scheduled on 5 September 2021, was suspended after five minutes at 0–0, after Argentina walked off because brazilian health officials entered the peddle demanding the isolation of four Argentine players accused of violating the COVID quarantine rules, three of whom were in the start batting order .