the last time peru was in the world cup was 2014.
the last time peru was in the world cup was 2014.
when was the last time peru was in the world cup?
2014
finally, after 36 years, the national team managed to make it to the 2018 world cup in russia. they finished fifth in the qualifiers, following a controversial final day draw against colombia, with paolo guerrero scoring the crucial goal. they went on to face new zealand in an inter-continental play off, winning 2-0 on aggregate, courtesy of goals from farfán and christian ramos, to become the last team to qualify for russia. on 16 june 2018 they lost 0-1 against denmark, with one goal scored by yussuf poulsen; on 21 june they lost 1-0 against france, with a goal scored by kylian mbappe; and on 26 june they defeated australia 0-2, with goals scored by andré carrillo and paolo guerrero. it is the first time peru had played these three nations at a world cup, but were also the second team to having failed to progress the group stage, the first being ecuador in 2014.
peru at the fifa world cup
four south american nations participated in the 1982 world cup: argentina, brazil, chile and peru. this was the last time peru qualified for a fifa world cup finals until 2018. the tournament was the first for diego maradona, but defending champions argentina lost opening match 0–1 to belgium, although they would qualify to the second round. brazil, with zico, sócrates, falcão, éder and others in their squad, boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of 1970. they defeated the soviet union 2–1 thanks to a 20-metre éder goal two minutes from time, then scotland and new zealand with four goals each.
south american nations at the fifa world cup