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Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
FVF
Nickname(s) La Vinotinto (The Burgundy)
Los Llaneros (The Plainsmen)
Association Federación Venezolana de Fútbol
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Flag of Argentina Fernando Batista
Captain Tomás Rincón
Most caps Tomás Rincón (132)
Top scorer Salomón Rondón (41)
Home Stadium Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui
FIFA code VEN
FIFA ranking 54
Highest FIFA ranking 25
Lowest FIFA ranking 129
Elo ranking 34
Highest Elo ranking 19
Lowest Elo ranking 127
First international Flag of Panama Panama 2-1 Venezuela Flag of Venezuela
Biggest win Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 7-0 Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico
Biggest defeat Flag of Argentina Argentina 11-0 Venezuela Flag of Venezuela
Copa América appearances 19 (First in 1967)
Best result Fourth place (2011)
Venezuela 2024 homeVenezuela 2024 away

The Venezuela national football team represents Venezuela in men's international football and is controlled by the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF), the governing body for football in Venezuela. They are nicknamed La Vinotinto ("The Wine-Red"). When playing at home in official games, they usually rotate between three stadiums: The Polideportivo Cachamay in Puerto Ordaz, the Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui in Puerto La Cruz and the Estadio Pueblo Nuevo in San Cristóbal. In friendly matches, they tend to rotate between the rest of the stadiums in the country.

Unlike other South American nations, and akin to some Caribbean nations, baseball is extremely popular in Venezuela, which diverts athletic talent away from football, contributing to its historic lack of success in CONMEBOL competitions. As of 2022, they are the only CONMEBOL side to have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Often Venezuela would go through entire qualification tournaments without recording a single win, although this has not happened since 1998. Until 2011, their best finish at the Copa América was fifth in their first entry, in 1967. It is only recently with the spread of the World Cup's popularity in nations where football was not the primary sport (such as Japan, the United States, and Australia) that the national team found incentives to increase player development and fan support. As of December 2019, Venezuela has the highest position on the FIFA World Ranking of any team that has not yet qualified for the World Cup, being ranked 25th.

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Venezuela – 2015 Copa América

1. Baroja 2. Ángel 3. Túñez 4. Vizcarrondo 5. Amorebieta 6. Cichero 7. Miku 8. Rincón 9. Rondón 10. Vargas 11. González 12. Dani 13. Luisma 14. Lucena 15. Guerra 16. Rosales 17. Josef 18. Arango 19. Acosta 20. Perozo 21. Rivas 22. Murillo 23. Faríñez Manager:  Flag of Venezuela Noel Sanvicente

FVF
Venezuela – Copa América Centenario

1. Contreras 2. Ángel 3. Villanueva 4. Vizcarrondo 5. Figuera 6. Velázquez 7. Del Valle 8. Rincón (c) 9. Rondón 10. Otero 11. Juanpi 12. Dani 13. Seijas 14. Suárez 15. Guerra 16. Rosales 17. Josef 18. Peñaranda 19. Santos 20. Feltscher 21. González 22. Herrera 23. Faríñez Manager:  Flag of Venezuela Rafael Dudamel

FVF
Venezuela – 2019 Copa América –

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FVF
Venezuela – 2021 Copa América – Group stage

1. Faríñez 2. Ferraresi 3. Villanueva 4. Chancellor / Velázquez 5. Moreno 6. Herrera 7. Savarino 8. La Mantía 9. Aristeguieta (c) 10. Soteldo 11. Córdova 12. Graterol 13. José Martínez 14. Mago 15. Murillo / Hurtado 16. Rosales 17. Josef Martínez 18. Otero 19. Cádiz 20. Hernández 21. González 22. Romo 23. Cásseres Jr. 24. Manzano 25. Celis 26. Castillo 27. Cumana 28. A. Martínez Manager:  Flag of Portugal José Peseiro

FVF
Venezuela – 2024 Copa América – TBD

1. Graterol 2. Ferraresi 3. Osorio 4. Aramburu 5. Chancellor 6. Herrera 7. Savarino 8. Rincón 9. Cádiz 10. Soteldo 11. Machís 12. Contreras 13. Martínez 14. Makoun 15. Navarro 16. Segovia 17. Lacava 18. Cásseres Jr. 19. Ramírez 20. Ángel 21. González 22. Romo 23. Rondón 24. Andrade 25. Bello 26. Pereira
Manager:  Flag of Argentina Fernando Batista

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