📸 Venezuela, National football team: Photo Gallery (Photo: 17)

The Venezuela national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Venezuela), nicknamed La Vinotinto (lit. 'The Red Wine'), represents Venezuela in men's international football and is controlled by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (lit. 'Venezuelan Football Federation'), the governing body for football in Venezuela. Their nickname is a reference to the unique red wine team color that is used on their home jerseys. When playing at home in official games, they usually rotate between three stadiums: The Polideportivo Cachamay in Puerto Ordaz, the Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui in Puerto La Cruz and the Estadio Pueblo Nuevo in San Cristóbal, though recent FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns saw home games in other stadiums around the country, including the Estadio Monumental in Maturín. Likewise, in friendly matches, they tend to rotate between the rest of the stadiums in the country.

Unlike other South American nations, and akin to some Caribbean nations, baseball is extremely popular in Venezuela, which diverts athletic talent away from football, contributing to its historic lack of success in CONMEBOL competitions. They are the only CONMEBOL team to have never qualified for the World Cup. Often Venezuela would go through entire qualification tournaments without recording a single win, but this has not happened since 1998. Until Copa América 2011, their best finish at the tournament was fifth in their first entry, in 1967. It is only recently with the spread of the World Cup's popularity in nations where football was not the primary sport (such as Canada, Japan, the United States, and Australia) that the national team found incentives to increase player development and fan support. As of December 2019, Venezuela has the highest position on the FIFA World Ranking of any team that has not yet qualified for the World Cup, being ranked 25th.