Peru

Nickname(s)	La Bicolor (The Bicolour) La Blanquirroja (The White and Red) La Rojiblanca (The Red and White) Los Incas (The Incas)
Association	Federación Peruana de Fútbol (FPF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Mano Menezes[1]
Captain	Pedro Gallese
Most caps	Yoshimar Yotún (134)
Top scorer	Paolo Guerrero (40)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional
FIFA code	PER
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	50 2 (20 July 2026)[2]
Highest	10 (October 2017)
Lowest	91 (September 2009)
First international
Peru 0–4 Uruguay  (Lima, Peru; 1 November 1927)
Biggest win
Peru 9–1 Ecuador  (Bogotá, Colombia; 11 August 1938)
Biggest defeat
Peru 0–7 Brazil  (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; 26 June 1997)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1930)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1970, 1978)
Copa América
Appearances	34 (first in 1927)
Best result	Champions (1939, 1975)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1952)
Best result	Fourth place (1952, 1956)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2000)
Best result	Semi-finals (2000)
Medal record Copa América 1939 Peru Team 1975 South America Team 2019 Brazil Team 1927 Peru Team 1993 Peru Team 1949 Brazil Team 1955 Chile Team 1979 South America Team 1983 South America Team 2011 Argentina Team 2015 Chile Team Bolivarian Games 1938 Bogotá Team
Website	fpf.pe

The Peru national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol del Perú), nicknamed la Bicolor, represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Federación Peruana de Fútbol (English: Peruvian Football Federation). It has been a member of FIFA since 1924 and a member of CONMEBOL since 1925. It was also a member of PFC, the attempt at a unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961.

Peru has won the Copa América twice, and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times (last appearing in 2018); the team also participated in the 1936 Olympic football competition and has reached the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The team plays most of its home matches at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, the country's capital. The team wears distinctive white shirts adorned with a diagonal red stripe, which combine Peru's national colours. This basic design has been used continuously since 1936, and gives rise to the team's common Spanish nickname, la Blanquirroja ("the white-and-red").^[4] Peruvian football fans are known for their distinctive cheer ¡Arriba Perú! ("Onward Peru!") and large celebrations.^[5] Peru has a longstanding rivalry with Chile.^[6]

The Peru national team enjoyed its most successful periods thanks to footballing generations from the 1930s and the 1970s.^[7] The 1930s generation led Peru at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 and won the 1938 Bolivarian Games and the 1939 South American Championship, with goalkeeper Juan Valdivieso and forwards Teodoro Fernández and Alejandro Villanueva playing important roles. The 1970s generation qualified Peru for three World Cups and won the Copa América in 1975; the team then notably included defender Héctor Chumpitaz and the forward partnership of Hugo Sotil and Teófilo Cubillas. Teodoro Fernández and Teófilo Cubillas are both often considered Peru's greatest player in history.

The national team's all-time top goalscorer is Paolo Guerrero, with 40 goals, and its most-capped players is Yoshimar Yotún with 134 appearances.^[8] Since January 2026, Peru is managed by Mano Menezes.^[9]