FIFA World Cup Record
Peru has played at four FIFA World Cup finals, the first in 1930 and the last in 1982. Luis de Souza Ferreira scored Peru's first World Cup goal in the 1930 match against Romania. Teófilo Cubillas is the team's top World Cup scorer with 10 goals in two competitions. Four managers have led Peru in the competition: Spaniard Francisco Bru (1930), Brazilians Valdir Pereira (1970) and Elba de Pádua Lima (1982), and Peruvian Marcos Calderón (1978). Pereira's 1970 squad reached the quarter-finals; the team's furthest progression in the World Cup.
In 1930, Peru were eliminated in the group stage after losing to Romania (1–3) and Uruguay (0–1). During the match against Romania, Peru's Plácido Galindo became the first player to be sent off during a World Cup. In 1969, Peru lost 1–2 to Bolivia in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, after which the referee, Sergio Chechelev, admitted Argentina paid him to fix the game in Bolivia's favor. Peru qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, drawing 2–2 against Argentina, preventing Argentina's World Cup qualification for the first time. The 1970 team led by "Didi" Pereira beat Bulgaria 3–2 after trailing 0–2 at half-time, beat Morocco (3–0), lost to Germany (1–3) and were eliminated by Brazil (2–4) in the quarterfinals.
Peru qualified for the 1978 cup held in Argentina, and was placed in Group 4, becoming group leader after defeating Scotland (3–1) and Iran (4–1), and drawing with the Netherlands (0–0). In the second round, rumors circulated that Peru had been paid by the Argentine military government to play poorly and concede the goals Argentina needed to reach the final; it was further rumored that the Peruvian goalkeeper, Ramón Quiroga, who was born in Argentina. None of the allegations could be proven, and Argentina won the tournament. Before the Spain 1982 World Cup came, the Peruvian squad embarked upon a successful practice tour in Europe and Africa, but were eliminated after drawing against Cameroon (0–0) and Italy (1–1) and defeated by Poland (5–1).
| FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1930 | Group Stage | 10th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1934 | Withdrew | |||||||
| 1938 | Did Not Enter | |||||||
| 1950 | Withdrew | |||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||
| 1958 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||
| 1970 | Quarter-Final | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 1974 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1978 | Second Group Stage | 8th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 1982 | Group Stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1986 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2014 | To Be Determined | |||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| Total | Quarter-Final | 4/19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
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