The Paraguayan Football Association ( or ) is the governing body of football

Football (soccer)

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 in Paraguay

Paraguay

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. It organizes the Paraguayan football league and the Paraguay national football team

Paraguay national football team

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, and is based in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción

Asunción

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. In 1906, the representatives of the five existing football teams in Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

 at that time (Olimpia

Olimpia Asunción

Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....

, Guaraní

Club Guaraní

Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Dos Bocas in outer Asunción, founded in 1903.-History:Club Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guarani" and its first president was Juan Patri...

, Libertad

Club Libertad

Club Libertad is a sports club based in the District Tuyucuá of the city of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. It was founded on July 30, 1905 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División...

, General Díaz

Club General Díaz

Club General Díaz is a Paraguayan football team named after General José E. Díaz, a Paraguayan war hero. It was one of the six teams that participated in the foundation of the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol in 1906....

, and Nacional

Club Nacional

Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904.-History:The club was founded on June 5, 1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción...

) met to create the governing body of football in Paraguay, the Paraguayan Football League. In 1988 its name was changed to its current denomination.

Honours

• Copa América
  Copa América
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  : champions 2 times (1953, 1979)
• Olympic Games
  Olympic Games
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  : 1 silver medal (Athens 2004)
• World Cup: 8 participations (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)

Presidents

Liga Paraguaya de Football Association

Name	Period
Dr. Adolfo Riquelme	1906–1908
Dr. Eusebio Ayala Eusebio Ayala Eusebio Ayala was President of Paraguay from 7 November 1921 to 12 April 1923 and again from 15 August 1932 to 17 February 1936. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He was overthrown by Rafael Franco.- His Life :...	1908–1909
Don William Paats William Paats William Paats was a Dutch sports instructor.Often regarded as "the father of Paraguayan football", Paats' family moved to Asunción, Paraguay in 1894...	1909–1910
Don Emilio Mantera	1910–1910
Don Junio Quinto Godoi	1910–1911
Don Alejandro Gatti	1911–1913
Dr. Enrique L. Pinho	1913–1923
Dr. Juan Manuel Álvarez	1923–1924
Dr. Esteban Semidei	1924–1926
Prof. Dr. Adriano Irala Adriano Irala Adriano Irala was a Paraguayan intellectual, professor and journalist.-Childhood and youth:Irala was born on July 21, 1894 in the town of San Jose de los Arroyos....	1926–1928
Don Manuel Bedoya	1928–1931
Don Juan Pablo Gorostiaga	1931–1932
Dr. Ignacio L. Parra	1932–1932
Dr. Francisco Esculies	1935–1936
Don Ramón T. Cartes	1936–1937
Don Manuel Galiano	1937–1938
Dr. Juan Arturo Lavigne	1939–1940
Cnel. Sampson Harrison	1940–1940

Liga Paraguaya de Football

Name	Period
Dr. Manuel Bedoya	1941–1941
Dr. Julio César Airaldi	1942–1944
Dr. Crispín Insaurralde	1944–1945
Don Fulgencio R. Moreno Fulgencio R. Moreno Fulgencio R. Moreno was a Paraguayan journalist, financial expert, statesman and one of the most serious researchers of the Paraguayan history.-Childhood and youth:...	1945–1946
Don Oscar Pinho Insfrán	1946–1947
Dr. Lorenzo N. Livieres	1947–1948
Clte. Ramón Martino	1948–1948
Dr. Blas A. Dos Santos	1948–1950
Don Lidio Quevedo	1950–1951
Dr. Blas A. Dos Santos	1951–1952
Dr. Alfonso Capurro	1952–1954
Don Lidio Quevedo	1954–1955
Dr. Raimundo Paniagua	1955–1956
Dr. Alfonso Capurro	1956–1957

Liga Paraguaya de Fútbol

Name	Period
Dr. Pedro Recalde	1957–1957
Dr. Ernesto Gavilán	1958–1959
Dr. Hassel Aguilar Sosa	1959–1960
Dr. Tulio Manuel Quiroz	1960–1961
Dr. Manuel Duarte Pallarés	1961–1963
Dr. Anastacio Mendoza Sánchez	1963–1965
Dr. Jerónimo Angulo Gastón	1965–1967
Cnel. Raúl Fernández	1967–1968
Don Juan Antonio Sosa Gautier	1969–1970
Dr. Nicolás Leoz Nicolás Léoz Nicolás Leoz Almirón is the current President of CONMEBOL . Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 and in February 2006 he was reelected as President for the sixth time...	1971–1972
Don Humberto Domínguez Dibb	1973–1976
Don Oscar Barchini	1977–1979
Dr. Nicolás Leoz Nicolás Léoz Nicolás Leoz Almirón is the current President of CONMEBOL . Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 and in February 2006 he was reelected as President for the sixth time...	1979–1984
Don Jesús Manuel Pallarés	1985–1994
Esc. Oscar J. Harrison	1994–1998

Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol

Name	Period
Esc. Oscar J. Harrison	1998–2007
Lic. Juan Ángel Napout	2007 – present

External links

• Official APF site
• Paraguay at FIFA site
• Paraguay at CONMEBOL site