The following is a list of the Venezuela national football team's competitive records and statistics.
Individual records
Player records
- As of 22 November 2023[1]
- Players in bold are still active with Venezuela.
Most capped players
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Midfielder Tomás Rincón is the joint most capped player with 129 appearances.
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomás Rincón | 130 | 1 | 2008–present |
| 2 | Juan Arango | 129 | 23 | 1999–2015 |
| 3 | José Manuel Rey | 115 | 11 | 1997–2011 |
| 4 | Salomón Rondón | 102 | 41 | 2008–present |
| 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 | 41 | 102 | 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 |
| 5 | Josef Martínez | 14 | 67 | 0.21 | 2011–Present |
| 6 | Miku | 11 | 50 | 0.22 | 2006–2015 |
| 7 | Daniel Arismendi | 10 | 30 | 0.33 | 2006–2011 |
| Darwin Machís | 10 | 43 | 0.24 | 2011–present | |
| 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 | |||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1934 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1938 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1950 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}  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 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2026 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 0/22 | 158 | 28 | 26 | 104 | 134 | 348 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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 1953 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | Fourth place | 19/47 | 70 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 49 | 177 | — |
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 22 November 2023.[2]
| Opponent | P | W | D* | L | %W | GF | GA | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panama |
16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 31.25% | 23 | 22 | +1 |
| Mexico |
13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0% | 10 | 30 | –20 |
 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 |
40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 35% | 66 | 79 | –13 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peru |
38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 18.42% | 41 | 65 | –24 |
| Ecuador |
32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 34.38% | 34 | 56 | –22 |
 Aruba |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 0 | +3 |
 Haiti |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.33% | 8 | 10 | –2 |
 Curaçao[lower-alpha 1] |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.33% | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Guatemala |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 62.5% | 11 | 9 | +2 |
| Puerto Rico |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Cuba |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 Jamaica |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50% | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| Uruguay |
33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 15.15% | 23 | 64 | –41 |
| Chile |
31 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 16.67% | 22 | 73 | –51 |
| Argentina |
27 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7.41% | 18 | 90 | –72 |
 Paraguay |
28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17.86% | 24 | 49 | –25 |
| Brazil |
29 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 3.45% | 10 | 97 | –87 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 2] |
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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 3 | 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 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 436 | 111 | 99 | 228 | 25.46% | 449 | 805 | –356 |
- ↑ Includes matches against
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Netherlands Antilles. - ↑ Defunct national team
References
- ↑ Mamrud, Roberto. "Venezuela - Record International Players". RSSSF.
- ↑ Venezuela - List of Results National Archived June 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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