Peru Olympic football team (also known as Peru under-23, Peru U23) represents Peru in international football competitions in multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games and the Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). Peru has participated in two Olympic football tournaments and two Pan American football tournaments under this category.
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| Nickname(s) | La Blanquirroja (The White and Red) Los Incas (The Incas) | ||
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| Association | Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Captain | Emilio Saba | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Nacional | ||
| FIFA code | PER | ||
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| First international | |||
 Peru 6–0 Uruguay  (Lima, Peru; 16 December 1959) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Peru 6–0 Uruguay (Lima, Peru; 16 December 1959) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Paraguay 7–1 Peru (Asunción, Paraguay; 7 February 1992) | |||
| Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1960) | ||
| Best result | Round 1 (1960) | ||
| Pan American Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2015, 2019) | ||
The squad requirements to participate in the Summer Olympics has changed multiple times through the history of the competition. Since 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23 with similar changes occurring in the Pan American Games in 1999. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team.
History
edit1936 Summer Olympics
editPeru played in the 1936 edition of the Olympic Games in Berlin, but it was with the A team.
1960 Summer Olympics
editAfter 24 years, Peru once again qualified for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome with their U-23 football team. It defeated Uruguay in the two-leg play-off round by 6–0 in Lima and then by 3–2 in Montevideo. The five play-off winners faced each other in a special tournament held in Lima in April 1960. Los Incas finished third ahead of Mexico and Suriname and thus qualified for the tournament in Rome.
In their first match of the tournament, Peru started out with a surprise as Angel Uribe scored a 1st-minute goal against France.[1] Peru would go on to lose 2–1 against the French, and were later beaten by Hungary in a result of 6–2, with only Alberto Ramírez scoring goals for the Blanquirroja.[2] Their last match was against India, which was a comfortable 3–1 score in favor of the Peruvians with goals by Nicolas Nieri and Thomas Iwasaki.[3]
Peru has not qualified again to the tournament since 1960, but were close to qualifying again in the 1964 and 1980 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournaments.
2015 Pan American Games
editAn official multi-sport event squad was created once again for the first time since the 1960 Summer Olympics in 2015 for Peru's first participation in the Pan American football tournament held in Canada. Peru had qualified to this tournament once before in 2007. CONMEBOL only accepted to play with Under-17 teams that year (qualified through the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship), since the Under-20 teams had to participate in the U-20 World Cup at the same time. Peru declined to participate because the Under-17 team preferred to play friendlies in Asia in preparation of the U-17 World Cup, so Bolivia took its place.
Thus Peru qualified once again in 2015 via the 2015 South American U-20 Championship. That year the top three teams in the final stage of the tournament qualified to the 2016 Olympic tournament and the bottom three to the 2015 Pan American tournament of which Peru finished 5th.
The team's first game was against Panama on July 12. Panama put themselves ahead via Jorman Aguilar at the beginning of the first half. Peru then equalized the score through a goal by Gonzalo Maldonado twelve minutes later. The deadlock was broken in the 90th minute when Elsar Rodas committed a foul against the Panamanian Cecilio Waterman who was awarded a penalty that was converted by Fidel Escobar for a final score of 2–1. The second game was against Brazil with a final score of 4–0 with goals of Luan, Clayton, Rômulo, and Dodô. This was enough to mathematically eliminate Peru out of the tournament before its third game against Canada. During that game Elsar Rodas scored the first and then Manjrekar James scored an own goal in the second half for a final 0–2 against the locals.
2019 Pan American Games
editPeru qualified to the 2019 tournament as host. It lost its first game by 2–0 against Uruguay. Peru's second game was against Honduras who scored two goals in injury time of the game for a 2–2 draw. Peru's two goals were scored by Kevin Quevedo and Jordan Guivin. On the last match day, Uruguay defeated Honduras by 3–0 which would qualify Peru the second round of the tournament if it was able to defeat Jamaica. In the end Jamaica defeated Peru with two goals in the second half, relegating Peru to the 7th place match against Ecuador. There, a final score of 1–1 forced both teams to decide the match in penalties which Peru won by 4–2 to finish 7th of eight teams.
Bolivarian Games
editThe Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana, ODEBO). The games' football tournament has changed category multiple times during the history of the competition with full national teams participating only on the first edition in 1938. At times the competition was limited to only amateur sides or youth teams:
- Between 1947 and 1981, the tournament was contested by amateur teams.
- In 1985 the tournament was played by Under-20 sides.
- Since 1993 the football tournament is played by U-17 national teams.
Results and fixtures
editWin Draw Loss Fixture
2023
edit| 9 December Friendly | Colombia  | 1–1 |  Peru | Cartagena, Colombia |
| 17:30 UTC−5 |
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Stadium: Estadio Jaime Morón |
| 12 December Friendly | Colombia | 3–1 | Peru | Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 17:00 UTC−5 |
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Stadium: Estadio Romelio Martínez |
| 19 December Friendly | Peru | 4–0 |  Bolivia | Lima, Peru |
| 21:00 UTC−5 | Stadium: Villa Deportiva Nacional Referee: Jesús Cartagena (Peru) |
| 22 December Friendly | Peru | 1–1 | Bolivia | Lima, Peru |
| 15:30 UTC−5 | Roca  21' |
Carlos 18' |
Stadium: Villa Deportiva Nacional Referee: Bruno Pérez (Peru) |
2024
edit| 21 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | Peru | 1–0 |  Chile | Valencia, Venezuela |
| 15:00 UTC−4 | Flores 67' |
Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia) |
| 24 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | Peru | 0–2 |  Argentina | Valencia, Venezuela |
| 19:00 UTC−4 | Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) |
| 27 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | Paraguay | 1–0 | Peru | Valencia, Venezuela |
| 16:00 | Fernández 18' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador) |
| 30 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | Uruguay | 3–0 | Peru | Valencia, Venezuela |
| 16:00 UTC−4 |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) |
Players
editCurrent
editThe following 23 players were called up for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament from 20 January to 11 February.
Caps and goals are correct as of 24 January 2024, after the match against Argentina.
Recent
editThe players listed below were not included in the current squad, but have been called up by Peru in the last 12 months.
- Overage players are denoted with a *
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Diego Enríquez | 24 January 2002 | 1 | 0 | Binacional |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| GK | Diego Romero | 17 August 2001 | 0 | 0 | Universitario |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| DF | Leonardo Rugel | 2 June 2001 | 1 | 0 | Universitario |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| DF | Anderson Villacorta | 25 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | Universidad César Vallejo |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| MF | Catriel Cabellos | 18 August 2004 | 1 | 0 | Racing |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| MF | Adrián Ascues | 15 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal |
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| MF | Álvaro Rojas | 12 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Universitario |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| MF | Gonzalo Aguirre | 6 May 2003 | 0 | 0 | Sporting Cristal |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| FW | Didier La Torre | 21 March 2002 | 1 | 0 | Cienciano |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| FW | Kenji Cabrera | 27 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | Melgar |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| FW | Enrique Peña | 25 April 2005 | 0 | 0 |  Real Valladolid |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| FW | Tiago Cantoro | 6 January 2001 | 0 | 0 | Cusco |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
| FW | Maycol Infante | 20 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | UTC |
Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023 |
INJ Withdrew due to injury | ||||||
Competitive Record
editOlympic Games
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Pan American Games
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CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
edit| CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1960 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| 1964 |
Third Place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 1968 |
Group Stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1971 |
Fourth Place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
 1976 |
Group Stage | 6th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 1980 |
Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
 1984 |
Withdrew | |||||||
 1987 |
Group Stage | 9th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1992 |
Group Stage | 7th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 1996 |
Group Stage | 9th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 2000 |
Group Stage | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 2004 |
Group Stage | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2020 |
Group Stage | 9th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
 2024 |
Group Stage | 9th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | Runners-up | 13/14 | 59 | 21 | 10 | 28 | 79 | 92 |
Bolivarian Games
edit| Bolivarian Games Record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1938 | See Peru A team | |||||||
 1947-48 | Gold Medal | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 1951 | Bronze Medal | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 1961 | Gold Medal | 1/4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| From 1965 to 1970 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1973 | Gold Medal | 1/4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| 1977 | Bronze Medal | 3/3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 1981 | Gold Medal | 1/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1985 | See Peru under-20 team | |||||||
| Since 1993 | See Peru under-17 team | |||||||
| Total | 4 Gold Medals 2 Bronze Medal | 6/8 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 20 |
Honours
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "France - Peru". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ↑ "Hungary - Peru". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ↑ "Peru - India". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.