Chilean national soccer team

This article is about the Chilean men's national soccer team . For the U-20 team, see Chilean National Football Team (U-20 men) .

Chile
República de Chile

Nickname (s)	La Roja, El Equipo de Todos
Association	Federación de Fútbol de Chile
confederacy	CONMEBOL
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Reinaldo Rueda (since 2018)
captain	Claudio Bravo
Record scorer	Alexis Sanchez (43)
Record player	Alexis Sanchez (132)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional de Chile
FIFA code	CHI
FIFA rank	17. (1579 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
771 games 294 wins 167 draws 310 losses
statistics
First international match Argentina 3-1 Chile ( Buenos Aires , Argentina; May 27, 1910)
Biggest victories Chile 7-0 Venezuela ( Santiago de Chile ; August 29, 1979) Chile 7-0 Armenia ( Viña del Mar ; January 4, 1997) Chile 7-0 Mexico ( Santa Clara ; June 18, 2016)
Biggest defeat Brazil 7-0 Chile ( Rio de Janeiro , Brazil; September 17, 1959)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	9 ( first : 1930 )
Best results	Third place in 1962
South American Championship
Participation in the finals	35 ( first : 1916 )
Best results	Winner 2015 , 2016
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2017 )
Best results	2nd place 2017
(As of October 15, 2019)

The Chilean national soccer team is one of the most successful national soccer teams in South America . Her first game played "La Roja" ( The Red ) May 27, 1910 in Buenos Aires against an Argentine national team, which they lost 3-1. The first international match followed two days later in the same place as part of the Campeonato Sudamericano held on the 100th anniversary of the Argentine May Revolution of 1810 and ended with a 3-0 defeat against the Uruguayan national soccer team . In 1916 the team took part in the first Campeonato Sudamericano under the aegis of CONMEBOL , but finished last with only a single point. In 1955, 1956, 1979 and 1987 Chile took second place. It wasn't until the Copa America 2015 that the first big title was celebrated. In 1928 the country first took part in the Olympic football tournament.

In 1962, Chile hosted the seventh world championship and achieved third place, the best result to date. After that, a maximum of the last sixteen was reached. In the FIFA world rankings in November 2015, the team rose from 9th to 5th place, which was the best position since the world rankings were introduced. In April 2016, Chile even managed to rise to third place in the world rankings for a short time with a 4-1 victory in the 2018 World Cup qualification against Venezuela. The team is currently back in 9th place in the world rankings.

Participation in the soccer world championship

→ Main article : Chilean national soccer team / World Cups

1930 in Uruguay	Preliminary round
1934 in Italy	withdrawn
1938 in France	not participated
1950 in Brazil	Preliminary round
1954 in Switzerland	not qualified
1958 in Sweden	not qualified
1962 in Chile	Third
1966 in England	Preliminary round
1970 in Mexico	not qualified
1974 in Germany	Preliminary round
1978 in Argentina	not qualified
1982 in Spain	Preliminary round
1986 in Mexico	not qualified
1990 in Italy	not qualified
1994 in the USA	blocked
1998 in France	Round of 16
2002 in South Korea / Japan	not qualified
2006 in Germany	not qualified
2010 in South Africa	Round of 16
2014 in Brazil	Round of 16
2018 in Russia	not qualified

Participation in the Olympic Games

1900 to 1924 - Did not take part

1928 in Amsterdam - consolation round

Record at the Copa America

1916 : 4. 1917 : 4. 1919 : 4. 1920 : 4. 1921 : did not take part 1922 : 5. 1923 : did not take part 1924 : 4. 1925 : did not take part 1926 : 3. 1927 : did not take part 1929 : did not take part

1935 : 4. 1937 : 5. 1939 : 4. 1941 : 3. 1942 : 6. 1945 : 3. 1946 : 5. 1947 : 4. 1949 : 5. 1953 : 4. 1955 : 2. 1956 : 2.

1957 : 6. 1959 (1) : 5. 1959 (2) : not participated 1963 : did not take part 1967 : 3. 1975 : preliminary round 1979 : final 1983 : preliminary round 1987 : final 1989 : preliminary round 1991 : 3. 1993 : preliminary round

1995 : preliminary round 1997 : preliminary round 1999 : 3. 2001 : quarter-finals 2004 : preliminary round 2007 : quarter-finals 2011 : quarter-finals 2015 : winner 2016 : winner 2019 : 4.

Current squad

See: FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 / Chile # Squad

Record player

(As of October 15, 2019)

Record player
Games	player	Period	Gates
132	Alexis Sánchez	2006 – active	43
126	Gary Medel	2007 – active	7th
123	Claudio Bravo	2004 – active	0
115	Gonzalo Jara	2006 – active	3
115	Mauricio Isla	2007 – active	4th
115	Arturo Vidal	2007 – active	28
107	Jean Beausejour	2004 – active	6th
91	Eduardo Vargas	2009 – active	38
84	Leonel Sánchez	1955-1968	23
79	Jorge Valdivia	2004-2017	7th
78	Charles Aránguiz	2009 – active	7th
74	Matías Fernández	2005-2018	14th
73	Nelson Tapia	1994-2005	0
70	Alberto Fouilloux	1960-1972	12
70	Marcelo Salas	1994-2007	37
69	Fabián Estay	1990-2001	5
69	Iván Zamorano	1987-2001	34
67	Pablo Andrés Contreras	1999-2012	2
63	Javier Margas	1990-2000	6th
62	Miguel Ramírez	1991-2003	1
61	Clarence Acuña	1995-2004	3
61	Marcelo Díaz	2011-2017	1
60	Humberto Suazo	2005-2013	21st

Record goal scorers
Gates	player	Period	Games
43	Alexis Sánchez	2006 – active	132
38	Eduardo Vargas	2009 – active	91
37	Marcelo Salas	1994-2007	70
34	Iván Zamorano	1987-2001	69
29	Carlos Caszely	1969-1985	49
28	Arturo Vidal	2007 – active	115
23	Leonel Sánchez	1955-1968	84
22nd	Jorge Aravena	1994-1999	36
21st	Humberto Suazo	2005-2013	57
18th	Juan Carlos Letelier	1979-1989	57
17th	Enrique Hormazábal	1950-1963	43
14th	Matías Fernández	2005-2018	74
12	Alberto Fouilloux	1960-1972	70
12	Esteban Paredes	2006-2018	42
12	Jaime Ramírez	1954-1966	46
12	Hugo Rubio	1985-1992	36
12	Raúl Toro	1936-1941	13
11	Pedro Araya	1964-1971	50
11	Julio Crisosto	1971-1977	27
10	Atilio Cremaschi	1945-1954	29
10	René Meléndez	1950-1960	40
10	Reinaldo Navia	1999-2007	40

Trainer

At World Cup tournaments, Chile was looked after by the following coaches:

• György Orth (WM 1930)
• Arturo Bucciardi (World Cup 1950)
• Fernando Riera (World Cup 1962)
• Luis Álamos (World Cup 1966)
• Luis Álamos (World Cup 1974)
• Luis Santibañez (World Cup 1982)
• Nelson Acosta (World Cup 1998)
• Marcelo Bielsa (World Cup 2010)
• Jorge Sampaoli (2014 World Cup)

Trainer

• Fernando Riera (1958–1962)
• Luis Álamos (1966, 1973–1974)
• Alejandro Scopelli (1966-1967)
• Rudi Gutendorf (1972–1973)
• Nelson Acosta (1993, 1996-2001, 2005-2007)
• Xabier Azkargorta (1995–1996)
• Marcelo Bielsa (2007-2011)
• Claudio Borghi (2011-2012)
• Jorge Sampaoli (2012-2016)
• Juan Antonio Pizzi (2016-2017)
• Reinaldo Rueda (2018–)

International matches against national soccer teams from German-speaking countries

	date	place	Home team	result	Visiting team	occasion
1.	March 23, 1960	Stuttgart	FRG	2: 1	Chile	Friendly match
2.	April 6, 1960	Bern	Switzerland	4: 2	Chile	Friendly match
3.	March 26, 1961	Santiago de Chile	Chile	3: 1	FRG	Friendly match
4th	May 30, 1962	Santiago de Chile	Chile	3: 1	Switzerland	World Cup preliminary round game
5.	June 6, 1962	Santiago de Chile	Chile	0: 2	FRG	World Cup preliminary round game
6th	2nd July 1966	Leipzig	GDR	5: 2	Chile	Friendly match
7th	18th December 1968	Santiago de Chile	Chile	2: 1	FRG	Friendly match
8th.	June 22, 1969	Magdeburg	GDR	0: 1	Chile	Friendly match
9.	2nd February 1971	Santiago de Chile	Chile	0: 1	GDR	Friendly match
10.	June 14, 1974	Berlin	FRG	1-0	Chile	World Cup preliminary round game
11.	June 18, 1974	Berlin ( )	Chile	1: 1	GDR	World Cup preliminary round game
12.	June 17, 1982	Oviedo ( )	Chile	0: 1	Austria	World Cup preliminary round game
13.	June 20, 1982	Gijón ( )	FRG	4: 1	Chile	World Cup preliminary round game
14th	June 17, 1998	Saint-Etienne ( )	Chile	1: 1	Austria	World Cup preliminary round game
15th	September 7, 2007	Vienna ( )	Switzerland	2: 1	Chile	Friendly match
16.	September 11, 2007	Vienna	Austria	0: 2	Chile	Friendly match
17th	June 21, 2010	Port Elizabeth ( )	Chile	1-0	Switzerland	World Cup preliminary round game
18th	5th March 2014	Stuttgart	Germany	1-0	Chile	Friendly match
19th	22nd June 2017	Kazan ( )	Germany	1: 1	Chile	Confed Cup group game
20th	2nd July 2017	Saint Petersburg ( )	Germany	1-0	Chile	Confederation Cup Final

So far there have been no games against Liechtenstein.

See also

• List of international matches for the Chilean national football team
• Chilean National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Chilean national football team (U-20 men)

Web links

Commons : Chilean National Soccer Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Chilean Football Association (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ FIFA names Viña del Mar as the venue, another source mentions Santiago as the venue. [1]
3. ↑ La Argentina (daily newspaper, Buenos Aires, 1902–1947), May 25, 1910
4. ↑ fifa.com: "End of a period of suffering, continuation of another"
5. ↑ FIFA world rankings: Belgium is the new number 1  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (October 5, 2015)  
6. ↑ The development of Chile in the FIFA World Ranking (April 12, 2016)
7. ↑ FIFA World Ranking. Retrieved November 11, 2017 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} rsssf.com: Chile - Record International Players (last update: December 30, 2019)