The following is a list of the Venezuela national football team's competitive records and statistics.
Individual records Player records
Players in bold are still active with Venezuela. Most capped players
RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer 1 Tomás Rincón 143 1 2008–present 2 Juan Arango 129 23 3 Salomón Rondón 122 50 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 2004–20169 Luis Vallenilla 77 1 1996–2007 Gabriel Urdaneta 77 9 1996–2005
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioCareer 1 Salomón Rondón 50 122 2008–present2 Giancarlo Maldonado 22 65 Juan Arango 22 129 1999–2015 4 Ruberth Morán 14 63 1996–2007 Josef Martínez 15 70 2011–present 6 Miku 11 50 2006–2015 Darwin Machís 11 52 2011–present 8 Daniel Arismendi 10 30 2006–2011 José Manuel Rey 10 115 1997–2011 10 Gabriel Urdaneta 9 77 1996–2005
Manager records
Team records
Competition records
FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup recordFIFA World Cup qualification recordYearRoundPosition 1930Did not enterDeclined participation 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958WithdrewWithdrew 1962Did not enterDeclined participation 1966Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 4 15 1970 6 0 1 5 1 18 1974WithdrewWithdrew 1978Did 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 18 4 6 8 18 28Total0/231763232112152376
Copa América
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
South American Championship / Copa América recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1916Did 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 16Squad 1975 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 1 26Squad 1979 10th 4 0 2 2 1 12Squad 1983 10th 4 0 1 3 1 10Squad 1987 10th 2 0 0 2 1 8Squad 1989 10th 4 0 1 3 4 11Squad 1991 10th 4 0 0 4 1 15Squad 1993 11th 3 0 2 1 6 11Squad 1995 12th 3 0 0 3 4 10Squad 1997 12th 3 0 0 3 0 5Squad 1999 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13Squad 2001 12th 3 0 0 3 0 7Squad 2004 11th 3 0 1 2 2 5Squad 2007 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 6Squad 2011 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 7 8Squad 2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 3Squad 2016 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 4 5Squad 2019 7th 4 1 2 1 3 3Squad 2021 Group stage 9th 4 0 2 2 2 6Squad 2024 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 7 2SquadTotal Fourth place 20/48 74 11 18 45 59 182 —
Pan American Games Pan American Games recordYearRoundPosition 1951 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 5 14 1955 Fourth place 4th 6 1 2 3 9 20 1959Did not participate 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 Group stage 7th 2 1 0 1 3 3 1987Did not qualify 1991 1995Since 1999See Venezuela national under-23 football teamTotalFourth place3/12 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 6 October 2026.Venezuela - List of Results National Opponent*16565%2322+1141310%1130–195302%76+113346%1924–54381520%3260–2842151017%6883–15399723%4265–233412616%3759–221100%30+36222%810–26222%5509522%119+22200%130+131100%31+27412%104+63451019%2364–41315521%2477–53302325%1995–76295519%2551–26311624%1299–871001%010–101001%01–14004%213–116123%79–26330%113+813724%151503012%13–21001%02–22002%14–32110%21+11100%30+31001%04-41001%01–11100%10+11100%20+21100%50+54031%46–22200%62+41010%0001100%21+16132%78–11010%0001100%21+11100%40+42011%13–22200%60+61100%10+11100%20+22200%31+21001%01–12020%1101001%12-11001%12-1Total467119107241%485854–369
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