Venezuela U20

20th century

Venezuela did not participate in FIFA World Cup qualification until the 1966, in which they were drawn with Uruguay and Peru, but did not register a point in four games. In the 1970 qualifiers they managed to register a point, and after withdrawing from the 1974 series, repeated that in the 1978 qualifiers. The 1982 qualifiers saw them register their first win, over Bolivia. They wouldn't register another World Cup qualifying win until the 1994 series when they defeated Ecuador. A highlight of the 1998 qualifiers was goalkeeper Rafael Dudamel scoring against Argentina in a 5–2 defeat.

Despite poor results during the 1960s and 1970s, outstanding players like Luis Mendoza and Rafael Santana achieved recognition. Venezuela also managed to qualify for the 1980 Summer Olympics around this time, the first-ever major international football competition they participated in.

Richard Páez era

After José Omar Pastoriza's resignation during the 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign, Richard Páez took over as head coach of the national team. In their remaining qualifiers, Venezuela achieved 4 victories in a row against Uruguay, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay. In terms of World Cup qualifying matches, this was the first time the team won more than one game in row and away from home as well as avoided finishing in last place in their entire history.

However, the team failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, or the 2006 World Cup, gaining 16 and 18 points respectively. However, the team did achieve progression to the second round of the 2007 Copa America on home soil.

In November 2007, Páez resigned after disagreements with the media and supporters.

César Farías era

With a new coach César Farías, Venezuela national team improved their performances. At the beginning of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, Venezuela won its first game in the World Cup qualification against long-unbeaten Ecuador in Quito and received its first point against Brazil. Despite not reaching the final tournament, Venezuela achieved its best result in qualification. It finished this round with 22 points in 18 matches, surpassing Peru and Bolivia for eighth place in the region.

On 6 June 2008, Venezuela achieved its first-ever triumph over Brazil, defeating the Seleção 2–0 in a friendly match in Boston, United States. Venezuela obtained excellent results in the 2011 Copa América when they finished fourth, their highest finish in the tournament to date. With a squad composed mostly of footballers playing in Europe, they began 2014 World Cup qualification with a historic 1–0 victory against Argentina in Puerto La Cruz, beating it for the first time.

Noel Sanvicente era

On 4 September 2014, Noel Sanvicente was made coach of the Venezuela national team. The team's first match under Sanvicente was against South Korea in Bucheon on 5 September 2014, ending in a 3–1 defeat.

Venezuela began the World Cup qualification campaign with a 1–0 defeat against Paraguay at home, and did not earn their first point until their match against Peru, a 2–2 draw in Lima where Venezuela led until the last minute of stoppage time. Their match with Chile ended in a disappointing 4–1 defeat. Sanvicente announced his resignation a week later after mutual consent with the FVF. At the time of Sanvicente's departure, Venezuela was last in the qualification standings with a sole point.

Rafael Dudamel era

Sanvicente was replaced by former Vinotinto goalkeeper Rafael Dudamel, who decided to revamp the entire national team, by injecting the team with the promising young generation of Venezuelan players that finished second at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup that was dubbed as the country's first-ever football Golden Generation. Under his management, La Vinotinto quickly improved and reached the quarterfinals in the Copa América Centenario, with two 1–0 victories against Jamaica and Uruguay and a 1–1 draw against Mexico in the group stage and then a 4–1 defeat against Argentina in the quarter-finals. In the seventh matchday of the 2018 World Cup qualifier, Venezuela lost against Colombia 2–0 in Barranquilla, the first loss against Los Cafeteros since 2009. Later, on matchday 11, Venezuela won for the first time in the qualification, 5–0 against Bolivia in Maturín with a hat-trick from Josef Martínez and goals from Jacobo Kouffati and Rómulo Otero.

On 2 January 2020, Dudamel resigned from the national team.

José Peseiro era

Following Rafael Dudamel's resignation in January 2020, the Venezuelan Football Federation appointed Portuguese coach José Peseiro as the new head coach in February 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic subsequently disrupted the international football calendar, and Venezuela's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign did not begin until October 2020.

Venezuela opened the qualifying campaign with defeats against Colombia, Paraguay and Brazil before defeating Chile 2–1 in Caracas for their first points of the campaign. The team subsequently participated in the 2021 Copa América in Brazil. Venezuela drew against Colombia and Ecuador but lost to Brazil and Peru, finishing last in their group and failing to reach the knockout stage.