Paraguayan Football Association

The Paraguayan Football Association (Spanish: Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol [asosjaˈsjom paɾaˈɣwaʝa ðe ˈfutβol] or APF) is the governing body of football in Paraguay.[2] It organizes the Paraguayan football league and the Paraguay national football team, and is based in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción.[3] In 1906, the representatives of the five existing football teams in Paraguay at that time (Olimpia, Guaraní, Libertad, General Díaz, and Nacional) met to create the governing body of football in Paraguay, the Paraguayan Football League. In 1998 its name was changed to its current denomination.

Paraguayan Football Association

CONMEBOL
Founded	1906 (1906)
Headquarters	Asunción
FIFA affiliation	1925
CONMEBOL affiliation	1921
President	Robert Harrison[1]
Website	http://www.apf.org.py

Honours

• Copa América: champions 2 times (1953, 1979)
• Olympic Games: 1 silver medal (Athens 2004)
• World Cup: 8 participations (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)

Presidents

Liga Paraguaya de Football Association

Name	Period
Dr. Adolfo Riquelme	1906–1908
Dr. Eusebio Ayala	1908–1909
Don William Paats	1909–1910
Don Emilio Mantera	1910–1910
Don Junio Quinto Godoi	1910–1911
Don Alejandro Gatti	1911–1913
Dr. Enrique L. Pinho	1913–1923
Dr. Juan Manuel Álvarez	1923–1924
Dr. Esteban Semidei	1924–1926
Prof. Dr. Adriano Irala	1926–1928
Don Manuel Bedoya	1928–1931
Don Juan Pablo Gorostiaga	1931–1932
Dr. Ignacio L. Parra	1932–1932
Dr. Francisco Esculies	1935–1936
Don Ramón T. Cartes	1936–1937
Don Manuel Galiano	1937–1938
Dr. Juan Arturo Lavigne	1939–1940
Cnel. Sampson Harrison	1940–1940

Liga Paraguaya de Football

Name	Period
Dr. Manuel Bedoya	1941–1941
Dr. Julio César Airaldi	1942–1944
Dr. Crispín Insaurralde	1944–1945
Don Fulgencio R. Moreno	1945–1946
Don Oscar Pinho Insfrán	1946–1947
Dr. Lorenzo N. Livieres	1947–1948
Clte. Ramón Martino	1948–1948
Dr. Blas A. Dos Santos	1948–1950
Don Lidio Quevedo	1950–1951
Dr. Blas A. Dos Santos	1951–1952
Dr. Alfonso Capurro	1952–1954
Don Lidio Quevedo	1954–1955
Dr. Raimundo Paniagua	1955–1956
Dr. Alfonso Capurro	1956–1957

Liga Paraguaya de Fútbol

Name	Period
Dr. Pedro Recalde	1957–1957
Dr. Ernesto Gavilán	1958–1959
Dr. Hassel Aguilar Sosa	1959–1960
Dr. Tulio Manuel Quiroz	1960–1961
Dr. Manuel Duarte Pallarés	1961–1963
Dr. Anastacio Mendoza Sánchez	1963–1965
Dr. Jerónimo Angulo Gastón	1965–1967
Cnel. Raúl Fernández	1967–1968
Don Juan Antonio Sosa Gautier	1969–1970
Dr. Nicolás Leoz	1971–1972
Don Humberto Domínguez Dibb	1973–1976
Don Oscar Barchini	1977–1979
Dr. Nicolás Leoz	1979–1984
Don Jesús Manuel Pallarés	1985–1994
Esc. Oscar J. Harrison	1994–1998

Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol

Name	Period
Esc. Oscar J. Harrison	1998–2007
Lic. Juan Ángel Napout	2007–2014
Lic. Alejandro Dominguez Wilson Smith	2014–2016
Lic. Ramón González Daher	2016
Lic. Robert Harrison	2016–Present

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Dunmore, Tom (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
3. "Paraguayan Women's Soccer Team Fights For Acceptance at Home". Wbur.org. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

External links

• Official APF site
• Paraguay at FIFA site