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 ^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Venezuela.

Most capped players

Midfielder Tomás Rincón is the most capped player with 141 appearances.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Tomás Rincón	141	1	2008–present
2	Juan Arango	129	23	1999–2015
3	Salomón Rondón	116	46	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	46	116	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

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 25 March 2025. ^[2]

Opponent	P	W	D*	L	%W	GF	GA	GD
Panama	16	5	6	5	31.25%	23	22	+1
Mexico	14	1	3	10	7.14%	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	39	9	7	23	23.08%	42	65	–23
Ecuador	34	12	6	16	35.29%	37	59	–22
Aruba	1	1	0	0	100%	3	0	+3
Haiti	6	2	2	2	33.33%	8	10	–2
Curaçao [a]	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	31	5	5	21	16.13%	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 [b]	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	454	114	104	236	25.11%	468	840	–372

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