Venezuela national football team records and statistics

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

Individual records

Player records

As of 31 June 2024
Players in bold are still active with Venezuela.

Most capped players

Midfielder Tomás Rincón is the most capped player with 138 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Tomás Rincón 138 1 2008–present
2 Juan Arango 129 23 1999–2015
3 Salomón Rondón 113 45 2008–present
4 José Manuel Rey 115 11 1997–2011
5 Roberto Rosales 95 1 2007–present
6 Jorge Alberto Rojas 87 3 1999–2009
7 Miguel Mea Vitali 85 1 1999–2012
8 Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 81 8 2004–2016
9 Luis Vallenilla 77 1 1996–2007
Gabriel Urdaneta 77 9 1996–2005

Top goalscorers

Salomón Rondón is the nation's all-time top goalscorer.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Salomón Rondón 45 113 0.4 2008–present
2 Giancarlo Maldonado 22 65 0.34 2003–2011
Juan Arango 22 129 0.17 1999–2015
4 Ruberth Morán 14 63 0.22 1996–2007
Josef Martínez 14 67 0.21 2011–present
6 Miku 11 50 0.22 2006–2015
Darwin Machís 11 51 0.22 2011–present
8 Daniel Arismendi 10 30 0.33 2006–2011
José Manuel Rey 10 115 0.09 1997–2011
10 Gabriel Urdaneta 9 77 0.12 1996–2005

Manager records

Team records

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did not enter Declined participation
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958 Withdrew Withdrew
1962 Did not enter Declined participation
1966 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 4 15
1970 6 0 1 5 1 18
1974 Withdrew Withdrew
1978 Did not qualify 4 0 1 3 2 8
1982 4 1 0 3 1 9
1986 6 0 1 5 5 15
1990 4 0 0 4 1 18
1994 8 1 0 7 4 34
1998 16 0 3 13 8 41
2002 18 5 1 12 18 44
2006 18 5 3 10 20 28
2010 18 6 4 8 23 29
2014 16 5 5 6 14 20
2018 18 2 6 10 19 35
2022 18 3 1 14 14 34
2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/22 158 28 26 104 134 348

Copa América

Main article: Venezuela at the Copa América

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1916 Did not participate
1917
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1929
1935
1937
1939
1941
1942
1945
1946
1947
1949
1953
1955
1956
1957
1959
1959
1963
1967 Fifth place 5th 5 1 0 4 7 16 Squad
1975 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 1 26 Squad
1979 10th 4 0 2 2 1 12 Squad
1983 10th 4 0 1 3 1 10 Squad
1987 10th 2 0 0 2 1 8 Squad
1989 10th 4 0 1 3 4 11 Squad
1991 10th 4 0 0 4 1 15 Squad
1993 11th 3 0 2 1 6 11 Squad
1995 12th 3 0 0 3 4 10 Squad
1997 12th 3 0 0 3 0 5 Squad
1999 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13 Squad
2001 12th 3 0 0 3 0 7 Squad
2004 11th 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad
2007 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 6 Squad
2011 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 7 8 Squad
2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad
2016 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 4 5 Squad
2019 7th 4 1 2 1 3 3 Squad
2021 Group stage 9th 4 0 2 2 2 6 Squad
2024 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 7 2 Squad
Total Fourth place 20/48 74 11 18 45 59 182 —

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1951 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 5 14
1955 Fourth place 4th 6 1 2 3 9 20
1959 Did not participate
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983 Group stage 7th 2 1 0 1 3 3
1987 Did not qualify
1991
1995
Since 1999 See Venezuela national under-23 football team
Total Fourth place 3/12 12 3 2 7 17 37

Head-to-head record

The list shows the Venezuela national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

As of 19 November 2024.

Opponent P W D* L %W GF GA GD
 Panama 16 5 6 5 31.25% 23 22 +1
 Mexico 14 1 3 10 7.69% 11 30 –19
 El Salvador 5 3 0 2 60% 7 6 +1
 Costa Rica 13 3 4 6 23.08% 19 24 –5
 Colombia 42 7 15 20 16.67% 26 57 –31
 Bolivia 41 14 10 17 34.15% 66 83 –17
 Peru 38 8 7 23 18.42% 41 65 –24
 Ecuador 33 12 6 15 36.36% 36 57 –21
 Aruba 1 1 0 0 100% 3 0 +3
 Haiti 6 2 2 2 33.33% 8 10 –2
 Curaçao 6 2 2 2 33.33% 5 5 0
 Guatemala 9 5 2 2 55.56% 11 9 +2
 Puerto Rico 2 2 0 0 100% 13 0 +13
 Cuba 1 1 0 0 100% 3 1 +2
 Jamaica 7 4 1 2 57.14% 10 4 +6
 Uruguay 34 5 10 19 14.71% 23 64 –41
 Chile 32 5 5 21 15.63% 24 77 –53
 Argentina 28 2 3 23 7.14% 19 91 –72
 Paraguay 29 5 5 19 17.24% 25 51 –26
 Brazil 31 1 6 24 3.23% 12 99 –87
 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 0% 0 10 –10
 China 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 –1
 Spain 4 0 0 4 0% 2 13 –11
 United States 6 1 2 3 16.67% 7 9 –2
 Trinidad and Tobago 5 2 3 0 40% 7 2 +5
 Honduras 13 7 2 4 53.85% 15 15 0
 Iran 3 0 1 2 0% 1 3 –2
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 0% 0 2 –2
 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 0% 1 4 –3
 Australia 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 100% 3 0 +3
  Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 –1
 Austria 1 1 0 0 100% 1 0 +1
 Sweden 1 1 0 0 100% 2 0 +2
 New Zealand 1 1 0 0 100% 5 0 +5
 Canada 3 0 3 0 0% 4 4 0
 Syria 2 2 0 0 100% 6 2 +4
 Angola 1 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0
 North Korea 1 1 0 0 100% 2 1 +1
 Japan 5 1 3 1 20% 6 6 0
 Guinea 1 1 0 0 100% 2 1 +1
 Moldova 1 1 0 0 100% 4 0 +4
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 0% 1 3 –2
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 100% 6 0 +6
 Malta 1 1 0 0 100% 1 0 +1
 Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 100% 3 1 +2
 Iceland 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 –1
 Uzbekistan 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0% 1 2 -1
Total 449 114 105 232 25.39% 463 822 –359
  1. ^ Includes matches against  Netherlands Antilles.
  2. ^ Defunct national team

References

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Venezuela - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ Venezuela - List of Results National Archived June 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine