# 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
    Players in bold are still active with Venezuela.

#### Most capped players

| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Tomás Rincón | 138 | 1 | 2008–present |
| 2 | Juan Arango | 129 | 23 | 1999–2015 |
| 3 | Salomón Rondón | 113 | 45 | 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 |
| 9 | Gabriel Urdaneta | 77 | 9 | 1996–2005 |

#### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
| 1 | Salomón Rondón | 45 | 113 | 0.4 | 2008–present |
| 2 | Giancarlo Maldonado | 22 | 65 | 0.34 | 2003–2011 |
| 2 | Juan Arango | 22 | 129 | 0.17 | 1999–2015 |
| 4 | Ruberth Morán | 14 | 63 | 0.22 | 1996–2007 |
| 4 | Josef Martínez | 14 | 67 | 0.21 | 2011–present |
| 6 | Miku | 11 | 50 | 0.22 | 2006–2015 |
| 6 | Darwin Machís | 11 | 51 | 0.22 | 2011–present |
| 8 | Daniel Arismendi | 10 | 30 | 0.33 | 2006–2011 |
| 8 | José Manuel Rey | 10 | 115 | 0.09 | 1997–2011 |
| 10 | Gabriel Urdaneta | 9 | 77 | 0.12 | 1996–2005 |

### Manager records
## Competition records
### FIFA World Cup

| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | FIFA World Cup qualification 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 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation |
| 1934 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation |
| 1938 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation |
| 1950 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation |
| 1954 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation |
| 1958 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1962 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation | Declined participation |
| 1966 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 1970 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 1974 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 1990 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 34 |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 41 |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | 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 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1917 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1919 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1920 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1921 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1922 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1923 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1924 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1925 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1926 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1927 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1929 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1935 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1937 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1939 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1941 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1942 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1945 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1946 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1947 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1949 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1953 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1955 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1956 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1957 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1959 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1959 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1963 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1967 | Fifth place | 5th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | Squad |
| 1975 | Group stage | 10th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | Squad |
| 1979 | Group stage | 10th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | Squad |
| 1983 | Group stage | 10th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | Squad |
| 1987 | Group stage | 10th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Squad |
| 1989 | Group stage | 10th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | Squad |
| 1991 | Group stage | 10th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Squad |
| 1993 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | Squad |
| 1995 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Squad |
| 1997 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Squad |
| 1999 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | Squad |
| 2001 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | Squad |
| 2004 | Group stage | 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 | Quarter-finals | 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 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1963 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1967 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1971 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1975 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1979 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1983 | Group stage | 7th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1987 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Since 1999 | See Venezuela national under-23 football team | See Venezuela national under-23 football team | See Venezuela national under-23 football team | See Venezuela national under-23 football team | See Venezuela national under-23 football team | See Venezuela national under-23 football team | See Venezuela national under-23 football team | 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 19 November 2024.
| Opponent | P | W | D* | L | %W | GF | GA | GD |
| Panama | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 31.25% | 23 | 22 | +1 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7.69% | 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 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 18.42% | 41 | 65 | –24 |
| Ecuador | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 36.36% | 36 | 57 | –21 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Haiti | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.33% | 8 | 10 | –2 |
| Curaçao | 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 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 15.63% | 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 | 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 | 449 | 114 | 105 | 232 | 25.39% | 463 | 822 | –359 |
* ↑ Includes matches against Netherlands Antilles.
* ↑ Defunct national team