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
3	Marco Sandy	93	6	1993–2003
5	José Milton Melgar	89	6	1980–1997
6	Juan Carlos Arce	88	15	2004–2022
6	Carlos Borja	88	1	1979–1995
8	Julio César Baldivieso	85	15	1991–2005
8	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
8	Marco Antonio Etcheverry	13	71	0.18	1989–2003
10	Miguel Aguilar	10	34	0.29	1977–1983

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Year	FIFA World Cup record							Qualification record
Year	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

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 15 October 2024 vs. Argentina.^[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	38	6	12	20	39	71	−32	15.79
Paraguay	70	16	18	36	74	138	−64	22.86
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	407	89	87	231	423	871	−448	21.87

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:

^ 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	408	89	87	232	423	873	−450	21.81
UEFA	30	5	5	20	23	60	−37	16.67
Total	519	117	117	285	536	1033	−497	22.54

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

References

^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Bolivia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "World Football Elo Ratings: Bolivia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[table_note_YUG0.38860417920565-3] Includes results as Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

[1] Mamrud, Roberto. "Bolivia - Record International Players". RSSSF.

[Elo-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "World Football Elo Ratings: Bolivia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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v t e Bolivia national football team
General	Bolivian Football Federation History
Stadiums	Estadio Hernando Siles
Statistics	Records Head to head Honours
Players	Squad International footballers Individual records
Results	1926–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present
Notable matches	1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-off 1997 Copa América final
Other teams	U-23 U-20 U-17 Women U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach soccer
Performances	FIFA World Cup FIFA Confederations Cup Copa América
Titles	1963 Copa América
Rivalries	Chile Peru Paraguay