Bolivia national football team records and statistics

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

Player records

As of 21 November 2023 ^[1]

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most caps

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Marcelo Moreno	108	31	2007–2023
2	Ronald Raldes	102	3	2001–2018
3	Luis Cristaldo	93	4	1989–2005
	Marco Sandy	93	6	1993–2003
5	José Milton Melgar	89	6	1980–1997
6	Juan Carlos Arce	88	15	2004–2022
	Carlos Borja	88	1	1979–1995
8	Julio César Baldivieso	85	15	1991–2005
	Juan Manuel Peña	85	1	1991–2009
10	Miguel Rimba	80	0	1989–2000

Most goals

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Marcelo Moreno	31	108	0.29	2007–2023
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
	Juan Carlos Arce	15	88	0.17	2004–2022
8	Máximo Alcócer	13	22	0.59	1953–1963
	Marco Antonio Etcheverry	13	71	0.18	1989–2003
10	Miguel Aguilar	10	34	0.29	1977–1983

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Bolivia at the FIFA World Cup

Year	FIFA World Cup record								Qualification record
	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								In progress
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

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	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	10
Total	29/48	122	20	26	76	109	308

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

FIFA Confederations Cup

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

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

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 19 November 2024 vs.   Paraguay . ^[2]

AFC

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

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

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	14	1	2	11	5	22	−17	7.14
Nicaragua	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	66.67
Panama	7	2	0	5	8	12	−4	28.57
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
United States	9	2	4	3	6	12	−6	22.22
Total	62	19	15	28	73	82	−9	30.65

Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[2]

CONMEBOL

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Argentina	43	7	5	31	36	116	−80	16.28
Brazil	34	5	4	25	26	117	−91	14.71
Chile	50	8	9	33	51	117	−66	16.00
Colombia	32	7	10	15	31	48	−17	21.88
Ecuador	39	6	12	21	39	75	−36	15.38
Paraguay	71	16	19	36	76	140	−64	22.54
Peru	52	15	12	25	48	80	−32	28.85
Uruguay	47	8	7	32	35	118	−83	17.02
Venezuela	41	17	10	14	83	66	+17	41.46
Total	409	89	88	232	425	877	−452	21.76

Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[2]

UEFA

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

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	60	19	16	25	73	79	−6	31.67
CONMEBOL	410	89	88	233	425	879	−454	21.71
UEFA	30	5	5	20	23	60	−37	16.67
Total	521	117	118	286	538	1039	−501	22.46

Source: Results from 1926–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[2]

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Bolivia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
2. "World Football Elo Ratings: Bolivia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.