page_title: History of the Peru national football team
section_title: Recent History
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Peru national football team / Recent History
caption_attribution_description: Español: seleccion peruana en las eliminatorias 2007
context_page_description: The history of the Peru national football team dates back to the late 19th century, when English sailors and Peruvian travelers returning from England introduced the sport into Peru. It would take the early 20th century, in the year 1927, for Peru to finally create their first official national football team.
context_section_description: During 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, a corruption and discipline scandal shook the national team as Peruvian journalists Jaime Bayly and Magaly Medina revealed that a series of Peru's most recognized players, including Claudio Pizarro, Andrés Mendoza, Santiago Acasiete, Paolo Guerrero, and Jefferson Farfán, were seen at nightclubs and parties only days before the team was scheduled to play qualifier matches. Several players were banned from playing for the national team while others were put under investigation.
  Peru's hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup were dashed early on, as the team was the first CONMEBOL squad to be eliminated from the finals. The Peruvian sports press dubbed the current squad "Los Hijos de Burga" (the "Sons of Burga"), in reference to the FPF's president, who was widely blamed for Peru's terrible qualifying campaign. The press went on to name the squad the worst in the national team's 82-year history, amidst calls for Burga's resignation. Following the end of the qualifiers, Juan Manuel Vargas and Nolberto Solano, who officially retired from the team at this time, expressed their hopes to change the way things were going for the national squad. The team finished the qualifying tournament in last place, with only 3 victories and 13 points. In the August 2009 FIFA World Rankings, Peru was 91st, its lowest ranking to date.
  On July 2, 2010, Uruguayan Sergio Markarián took charge of the national team with the task of leading Peru in the 2011 Copa América and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. His work with the national team received positive comments from Pelé, and an early award as Peru won the Kirin Cup for a third time. Markarián's first challenge came in the form of another discipline scandal, which he resolved by temporarily banning Jefferson Farfán, Reimond Manco, and John Galliquio. 
  La Blanquirroja would next achieve third place at the 2011 Copa América, despite several of the team's key figures missing due to injuries. This has greatly boosted confidence for the Peruvian team toward the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, but despite this high hope, indiscipline problem haunted the Peruvian squad, as the team went on to be knocked down following a 1–2 home loss to Uruguay. This shocking elimination culminated hostile reaction from fans, and rocked the chair of then-President of FPF Manuel Burga, who had been responsible for already earlier elimination in 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Sergio Markarián stepped down as manager of Peru following the defeat. Eventually, Manuel Burga would step down as President of the FPF and replaced by businessman and inexperienced Edwin Oviedo. Burga would be later prosecuted and arrested for corruption charge, eventually acquitted after investigation, but was permanently banned from football activities by FIFA in 2019.
  Under new leadership of Edwin Oviedo, the FPF began a systematic purge of corruption and sufferage of leadership, resulted with Juan Carlos Oblitas appointed as new technical director for the FPF. Under supervision of Oblitas, the FPF appointed Ricardo Gareca as new coach of Peru. Gareca's arrival was met with skepticism and hostility by Peruvian media, having previously never coached any national team and his major success only lied with Vélez Sarsfield, as well as his goal that led to Peru's elimination from the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  Gareca's first match as coach of Peru was against Venezuela, where Peru lost 0–1, increased skepticism and hostility from Peruvian media toward the country's perpetration for the 2015 Copa América. Despite this, however, Peru would go on to have a memorable performance, occupying third place for the second times. After finishing third, Peru began their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification quest, but out of seven opening games, Peru only beat Paraguay at home 1–0, and was near the verge of elimination after a 0–2 away loss to Bolivia; but Nelson David Cabrera's eligibility to Bolivia, having represented Paraguay, was later put to question, eventually led to FIFA awarding Chile and Peru 3–0 win each.
caption: Peru lining up for a qualifier against Brazil.
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