2026 Paraguay World Cup roster: Complete 26-man team

Gustavo Alfaro has worked miracles with Paraguay. The Argentine manager turned up midway through qualification and engineered a successful return to the World Cup, the first time since 2010 the South American nation has clinched a place.

Now, Alfaro will hope to again work his magic, sticking with a disciplined style of play that relies on top defenders and hopes attackers like Miguel Almiron, Diego Gomez or Julio Enciso can do enough to score.

It won't be easy, with Paraguay opening against the host U.S., but Alfaro has done the unthinkable before for Paraguay. Now, he has his group he hopes to do it with once again.

Here are the 26 players Paraguay will bring to the 2026 World Cup.

Paraguay 2026 World Cup roster

Goalkeepers: Orlando Gill (San Lorenzo), Roberto Junior "Gatito" Fernández (Cerro Porteño), Gastón Olveira (Olimpia)

Defenders: Juan Cáceres (Dynamo Moscow), Gustavo Velázquez (Cerro Porteño), Gustavo Gómez (Palmeiras), Junior Alonso (Atlético Mineiro), José Canale (Lanus), Omar Alderete (Sunderland), Alexandro Maidana (Talleres), Fabián Balbuena (Gremio)

Midfielders: Diego Gómez (Brighton & Hove Albion), Mauricio Magalhães (Palmeiras), Damián Bobadilla (Sao Paulo), Braian Ojeda (Orlando City), Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps), Matías Galarza (Atlanta United), Alejandro "Kaku" Gamarra (Al-Ain)

Forwards: Gustavo Caballero (Portsmouth), Ramón Sosa (Palmeiras), Alex Arce (Independiente Rivadavia), Isidro Pitta (Red Bull Bragantino), Gabriel Ávalos (Independiente), Miguel Almirón (Atlanta United), Julio Enciso (Strasbourg), Antonio Sanabria (Cremonese)

Paraguay 2026 World Cup opponents

Paraguay was drawn into Group D along with the following teams:

• United States
• Turkey
• Australia

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Paraguay 2026 World Cup schedule

Check out Paraguay's World Cup schedule for the group stage.

• Paraguay vs. United States on June 12 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood
• Paraguay vs. Turkey on June 19 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara
• Paraguay vs. Australia on June 25 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara

Are World Cup tickets available on the resale market?

According to FIFA, its marketplace "enables fans who can no longer attend matches to sell their tickets to other fans in a secure and authorized environment, safeguarding against invalid or unauthorized resale."

Of course, the marketplace will be used not just by fans who can no longer attend matches, but also those looking to make a profit on high-demand games.

The FIFA resale marketplace opened on Thursday, April 2.