Chilean national soccer team / world championships

Chile
República de Chile

World Cup record goalscorer:	Marcelo Salas and Leonel Sánchez (4 each)
World Cup record players:	Elías Figueroa and Leonel Sánchez (9 each)
Rank :	21st
Organizer:	1962
Balance sheet
33 World Cup games 11 wins 7 draws 15 losses 40:49 goals
statistics
First World Cup game Chile 3-0 Mexico Montevideo ( URY ); July 6, 1930
Biggest World Cup victories Chile 3-0 Mexico Montevideo ( URY ); July 6, 1930 Chile 5-2 USA Recife ( BRA ); 2nd July 1950
Biggest World Cup defeats Chile 1: 4 Germany Gijón ( ESP ); June 20, 1982 Chile 1: 4 Brazil Paris ( FRA ); June 27, 1998 Chile 0-3 Brazil Johannesburg ( RSA ); June 28, 2010
successes
World Championship
Participation in the finals	9 ( first : 1930 )
Best results	Third place in 1962
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup
(As of July 2018 )

The article contains a detailed description of the Chilean national soccer team at soccer world championships . The Chileans have participated in world championships nine times so far. The best placement was third place at the home World Cup in 1962.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	Preliminary round	Mexico , France , Argentina	5.	György Orth
1934	Italy	withdrawn
1938	France	not participated
1950	Brazil	Preliminary round	England , Spain , USA	9.	Arturo Bucciardi
1954	Switzerland	not qualified				In the qualification of Brazil and Paraguay failed
1958	Sweden	not qualified				In the qualification of Argentina and Bolivia failed
1962	Chile	3rd place match	Yugoslavia	3rd place	Fernando Riera	Defending champion Brazil failed in the semi-finals, Battle of Santiago
1966	England	Preliminary round	Italy , North Korea , Soviet Union	13.	Luis Álamos
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Uruguay failed
1974	BR Germany	Preliminary round	Germany , Australia , GDR	11.	Luis Álamos	1. Red card in World Cup history
1978	Argentina	not qualified				In the qualification of Peru failed
1982	Spain	Preliminary round	Austria , Germany , Algeria	22nd	Luis Santibáñez
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Paraguay failed
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification of Brazil failed
1994	United States	not allowed
1998	France	Round of 16	Brazil	16.	Nelson Acosta
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualifying failed as a group Last
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualifying failed as a group Seventh
2010	South Africa	Round of 16	Brazil	10.	Marcelo Bielsa
2014	Brazil	Round of 16	Brazil	9.	Jorge Sampaoli	Eliminated on penalties in the round of 16
2018	Russia	not qualified				In the qualifying failed as a group in sixth

Statistics (data including 2018: 21 World Championships; percentages are rounded)

• Participation waiver: 2 × (10%; 1934, 1938)
• Unqualified: 9 × (43%; 1954, 1958, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006 and 2018)
• Not permitted: 1 × (5%; 1994)
• Athletic qualification: 6 × (29% or 33% of the attempts)
• Participation without qualification (including as host and because teams withdrew): 3 × (14%; 1930, 1950 and 1962)
  • Preliminary round: 5 times (24%; 1930, 1950, 1966, 1974 and 1982)
  • Round of 16: 3 × (14%; 1998, 2010 and 2014)
  • Match for third place: 1 × (5%; 1962)
    • Third: 1 × (5%; 1962)

Most frequent last opponent: Brazil (3 ×), also most common opponent overall (4 ×), ahead of Germany, Italy and Spain (3 × each)

1930 in Uruguay

The Chilean team at the 1st World Cup

Chile took part in the first soccer World Cup in Uruguay and signed the 29-year-old Hungarian György Orth as coach for the World Cup games. In Uruguay, Chile defeated Mexico 3-0 and France 1-0 in the only group of four in the tournament , but then lost 3-1 in the “group final” against neighboring Argentina . Since only the group winners reached the subsequent semi-finals, Chile was eliminated. At first, Orth did not have any further assignments as national coach.

1934 in Italy

For the first World Cup in Europe , the Chileans had initially registered and should have played against Argentina in the qualification , but then waived for association-internal reasons, so that Argentina qualified without a qualifier.

1938 in France

Chile had not registered for the first World Cup in France .

1950 in Brazil

For the first World Cup in Brazil , Chile had to play Bolivia in the qualification and lost 2-0 in La Paz . Since Argentina did not play, Bolivia and Chile qualified for the World Cup without further games.

In their second participation in the finals, the team was the first World Cup opponent for England , which participated for the first time and lost 2-0. They also lost 2-0 to Spain , which meant that they were eliminated in the preliminary round. Against the USA , it was 5: 2 at the end and the team said goodbye to the World Cup for 12 years.

1954 in Switzerland

In qualifying for the World Cup in Switzerland, Chile lost all four games against Brazil and Paraguay and only scored one goal.

1958 in Sweden

For the soccer world championship 1958 the Chilean team could not qualify again and had to let Argentina go first. Only one game against Bolivia was won, which ended up before Chile.

1962 in Chile

Premature pack formation in the game against Italy

For the home World Cup , Chile did not have to qualify after the vote on the allocation of neighboring Argentina with 32:11 votes.

Chile won 3-1 against Switzerland in the opening game . The Swiss took the lead after seven minutes, but Leonel Sánchez equalized shortly before the break; in the second half, the hosts gained the upper hand and won with goals from Ramírez and Sánchez. This made Chile the first and, until 2014, the only team that was able to turn a gap in the opening game. In the second game against Italy , which made the headlines more for its brutality than its playful course, the hosts won 2-0 with two late goals and were thus qualified early for the quarter-finals. Due to the final 2-0 defeat against FR Germany , the Chileans lost first place in the table and had to play their quarter-final game in Arica . In the quarter-finals, the hosts met the Soviet Union and won 2-1. The semi-final against the defending champion from Brazil , which was attended by most of the spectators of this World Cup, lost Chile 2: 4. In the small final, Yugoslavia was defeated 1-0 and with third place achieved the best result to date. National coach Fernando Riera was then signed by the European Cup winner Benfica Lisbon as a coach and led the team again in the European Cup final, which was lost.

1966 in England

For the World Cup in England , Chile had to qualify in a group with Ecuador and Colombia . After four games each, Chile and Ecuador had 5-3 points and since the Chileans' better goal difference did not count, there was a play-off in Lima . This won Chile and was qualified for the first time. Luis Álamos , who had led the Universidad de Chile to the Chilean championship in 1959, 1962, 1964 and 1965, was hired as national coach for the World Cup . In England, the Chileans and their new playmaker Elías Figueroa were eliminated in the preliminary round with just one point from three games. There were defeats against Italy and the Soviet Union (0: 2 and 1: 2) and against World Cup newcomers North Korea only a 1: 1. For Álamos, his work as national coach ended for the time being.

1970 in Mexico

Again the Chileans could not qualify. In a group with Uruguay and Ecuador, Uruguay was stronger.

1974 in the Federal Republic of Germany

Scene from the game against the GDR

In qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in Germany , Chile was supposed to play against Peru and Venezuela , but they withdrew. At first there were only the two games against Peru, but they both won 2-0 at home. In the deciding game in Montevideo that was due , Chile then won 2-1 and had to play in play-off games against a European team for the last place in the final round - the opponent was the Soviet Union . The first leg in Moscow ended in a goalless draw, the second leg in Santiago de Chile should be played at the Estadio Nacional . However, the Soviets refused to play in this stadium, where several thousand opposition members were held, tortured and murdered in the first days of the Pinochet Putsch, and asked FIFA to postpone the game. Since this refused, the team of the USSR did not take part. The Chileans started the game, team captain Francisco Valdez shot the ball into the empty goal and since the subsequent kick could not be carried out, the referee stopped the game. The game was rated 2-0 for Chile, which qualified with it. For the finals, Luis Álamos was again committed as national coach, as Rudi Gutendorf had resigned after the military coup. In the final round, the Chileans lost the opening game 0-1 against hosts BR Germany . In the other group games there were two draws against the GDR (1: 1) and Australia (0: 0). During the first game against BR Germany, Carlos Caszely was the first player to receive a red card in a World Cup finals . For Álamos, the second term as national coach ended like the first.

1978 in Argentina

The qualification for the World Cup in the neighboring country was played in two rounds, but Chile was eliminated in the first round against Peru and could only relegate Ecuador to third place in the group.

1982 in Spain

In qualifying for the World Cup in Spain , Chile then beat Ecuador and Paraguay. In Spain, the Chilean team - led by the now 35-year-old Figueroa - lost after three defeats against Austria (0: 1), Germany (1: 4, with goalkeeper Mario Osbén looking particularly bad) and Algeria (2: 3) pointless in the preliminary round. Also, Luis Santibanez was dismissed after Vorrundenaus as national coach. The following three tournaments then took place without Chile.

1986 in Mexico

Again the Chileans failed in the qualification , which ran over three rounds for the Chileans. First, in the group stage, they finished second behind Uruguay and ahead of Ecuador after losing the last decisive game in Montevideo 2-1. In the second round, the placed teams played against each other. Here Chile met Peru and won 4: 2 and 1: 0, so that the third round against Paraguay was reached. In Paraguay they lost 3-0 and since the home game only ended 2-2, Chile did not qualify for the World Cup.

1990 in Italy

For the second World Cup in Italy , Chile was drawn into a qualifying group with Brazil and Venezuela . In the last World Cup qualifier against hosts Brazil in September 1989 at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro , Chile needed a win, but were still 1-0 down after 67 minutes. When a fireworks landed near the Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas , he marked an injury and was then carried away on a stretcher. The remaining Chilean players refused to continue the game because it would be unsafe. However, television records showed that there was no contact between the fireworks and Rojas. The game was rated 2-0 for Brazil in the end, which meant that Chile were eliminated. Chile was also excluded from qualifying for the 1994 tournament. Roberto Rojas was banned for life, but pardoned in 2001.

1994 in the United States

Chile was not allowed to qualify.

1998 in France

For the soccer World Cup 1998 , all South American teams except defending champion Brazil, who was automatically qualified, competed in a joint group for the first time and played four places in the everyone-against-everyone mode. Chile was able to qualify as fourth in the South American group ahead of the Peruvians with the same number of points. At the tournament in France, the team led by Iván Zamorano had three draws in the preliminary round against Italy (2: 2), Austria (1: 1) and Cameroon (1: 1) to advance, but in the round of 16 Chile lost to Brazil 1: 4 and said goodbye to the World Cup for 12 years. Nelson Acosta remained in office as national coach for two more years.

2002 in Japan and South Korea

In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, all 10 South American teams competed again in a common group and played in an all-against-all mode. Chile was knocked off bottom of the group and could only win 3 of 18 games.

2006 in Germany

The Chileans were also unable to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . After all, it was enough this time to place 7 and in the end only three points were missing to reach at least the intercontinental playoff games. These three points were lost in the last two games, which were all drawn in Colombia and at home against Ecuador.

2010 in South Africa

The qualification for the Soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa, however, was extremely successful for Chile, so that they qualified as second in the South American group, only one point behind group winners Brazil . In the first World Cup game against Honduras , the Chilean team won a soccer World Cup for the first time since the 1962 World Cup. With another win (1-0) against Switzerland , Chile qualified for the round of 16 despite the final 2-1 win against Spain , where they met Brazil again. After a 3-0 win, Chile was eliminated from the tournament.

2014 in Brazil

Goal scene from the round of 16 against Brazil

The Chilean World Cup team with President Michelle Bachelet (center, next to Gary Medel )

On the way to the 2014 World Cup, Chile qualified third in the South American group , four points behind the first-placed Argentines . Just like the two-time world champion, they had nine wins. At the same time, however, you had to accept six defeats, which is why it took until the last of the 16 game days before the qualification could be made perfect. In their native Santiago de Chile , Ecuador was defeated 2-1 on October 15, 2013 (local time) and the ninth World Cup participation was celebrated. This was the first time that Chile managed to qualify in sports twice in a row.

Before the World Cup, Chile was one of the secret favorites, especially after losing a friendly game in spring 2014 against eventual world champions Germany 0-1, but the game was largely dominated by the Chileans.

In the group stage of the finals , Chile first met Australia like 1974 and won 3-1, then Spain like 2010 and finally the Netherlands for the first time at a World Cup . By defeating the world and European champions Spain, who were eliminated in the preliminary round due to their defeat against Chile, Chile reached the round of 16 prematurely. Due to the final defeat against the Netherlands, Chile could not avoid another clash with Brazil in the round of 16, but this time only eliminated after a 2: 3 on penalties. Chile had the better chances towards the end of the game.

2018 in Russia

In the qualification all 10 CONMEBOL members joined since October 2015 back to home and away matches against each other. The best four teams qualified directly, the fifth had to play against a member of another confederation in playoff games. Chile started with a home game against record world champions Brazil, which was won 2-0, which was the first time in 15 years to win again against the Brazilians. The second game against Peru was won, this time 4: 3. Against Colombia it was only enough to score 1: 1 and the last game in 2015 was lost 3-0 in Uruguay, so that Chile was initially on the relegation place. In the southern winter of 2015, Chile won the Copa America for the first time and repeated this success at the Copa America Centenario 2016 . In both cases, Argentina was defeated on penalties in the final.

However, there was a change of coach between the two tournaments: Jorge Sampaoli resigned in January 2016 and was succeeded by Juan Antonio Pizzi . Under Pizzi, however, the qualification was mixed: wins were followed by draws or defeats and vice versa. Nevertheless, the Chileans were still in third place before the last game, which meant direct qualification, but had only one point more than the fifth-placed Peruvians and sixth-placed Argentines and scored more goals than the Colombians tied on points. In the end they lost 3-0 in Brazil, while Argentina won in Ecuador for the first time since 2001 and Peru and Colombia also drew. As a result, the three teams passed the Chileans, who fell back to 6th place. So they couldn't qualify for the World Cup.

Another decisive factor was that they protested against the draw on September 6, 2016 against Bolivia because the Bolivians had used an ineligible player. The protest was accepted and the draw turned into a victory, giving Chile three points instead of one. But since the Bolivians had also used the player in their victory against Peru five days earlier, Peru's defeat was turned into a victory. As a result, the Peruvians had one point more than Chile in the end and reached the playoffs against New Zealand in fifth. Because of the missed qualification, the reigning South American champion could not qualify for the first time since 2002.

Ranking of the Chilean World Cup players with the most appearances

01. Elías Figueroa and Leonel Sánchez each 9 in 3 and 2 tournaments respectively

03. Claudio Bravo , Mauricio Isla , Gonzalo Jara and Alexis Sánchez 8 each in 2 tournaments

07. Luis Eyzaguirre , Honorino Landa , Gary Medel , Jorge Valdivia and Arturo Vidal 7 each in 2 tournaments

12. Jean Beausejour , Jaime Ramirez , Eladio Rojas and Raul Sánchez 6 each in 1 and 2 (Beausejour) tournaments

16. Carlos Contreras , Misael Escuti , Armando Tobar and Jorge Toro each 5 in 1 and 2 (Tobar) tournaments

Ranking of the Chilean World Cup players with the most goals

01. Marcelo Salas and Leonel Sánchez 4 goals each

03. Eight players with 2 goals

World Cup captains

• 1930: Carlos Schneberger (1st and 2nd game), Guillermo Subiabre (3rd game)
• 1950: Sergio Livingstone
• 1962: Sergio Navarro (1st to 4th game), Jorge Toro (semi-finals and match for 3rd place)
• 1966: Leonel Sánchez
• 1974: Francisco Valdés (replaced in 2nd and 3rd game)
• 1982: Elías Figueroa
• 1998: Iván Zamorano
• 2010 and 2014: Claudio Bravo

Players banned from World Championships

• 1962: In the semi-finals, Honorino Landa was sent off in the 80th minute. In contrast to Garrincha , who was also sent off 3 minutes later and was allowed to play in the final, Landa was banned from the game for third place.
• 1974: In the opening game against the hosts, Carlos Caszely was the first player to receive a red card at a World Cup finals and was banned from the game against the GDR.
• 1998: Nelson Parraguez , Francisco Rojas and Moisés Villarroel received the second yellow card in the third group match and were suspended for the round of 16 against Brazil .
• 2010: Carlos Carmona and Matías Fernández received the second yellow card in the second group match and were suspended for the last group match against Spain. Marco Estrada received the yellow-red card in the game against Spain and was suspended for the round of 16 against Brazil, as were Gary Medel and Waldo Ponce , who received the second yellow card.
• 2014: Eugenio Mena and Francisco Silva received the second yellow card in the round of 16 against Brazil. Since Chile was eliminated, these had no effect.

Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad

Legionnaires did not play a major role in the Chilean World Cup squad for a long time. Although Chile began in the 1950 World Cup as the only team a Legionnaire, but here it was the at Newcastle United playing George Robledo , who had emigrated at the age of 5 years with his parents to England. In 1974 and 1998, a few legionaries were deployed, and from 2010 they made up the majority in the squad.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1930 (3)	0
1950 (3)	1 (England)	George Robledo (3)
1962 (6) and 1966 (3)	0
1974 (3)	6 (1 in Brazil, 4 in Mexico, 1 in Spain)	Elías Figueroa (3); Osvaldo Castro (0), Alberto Quintano (3), Carlos Reinoso (3), Juan Rodríguez (1); Carlos Caszely (2)
1982 (3)	0
1998 (4)	4 (1 in Argentina, 1 in Italy, 1 in Mexico, 1 in the USA)	Marcelo Salas (4); Iván Zamorano (4); Fabian Estay (4); Marcelo Vega (1)
2010 (4)	16 (1 in Argentina, 1 in Brazil, 1 in Germany, 1 in England, 1 in Greece, 1 in Mexico, 1 in Portugal, 3 in Italy, 1 in Russia, 3 in Spain, 1 in Turkey, 1 in the United Arab Emirates)	Gary Medel (3); Gonzalo Fierro (0); Arturo Vidal (4); Gonzalo Jara (4); Pablo Contreras (2); Carlos Carmona (3), Mauricio Isla (4), Alexis Sánchez (4); Jean Beausejour (4); Matías Fernández (2); Mark González (4); Claudio Bravo (4), Fabián Orellana (1), Humberto Suazo (2); Rodrigo Tello (1); Jorge Valdivia (4)
2014 (4)	18 (3 in Brazil, 3 in England, 4 in Italy, 1 in the Netherlands, 1 in Sweden, 1 in Switzerland, 5 in Spain)	Charles Aránguiz (4), Eugenio Mena (4), Jorge Valdivia (3); Jean Beausejour (2), Gonzalo Jara (4), Gary Medel (4); Carlos Carmona (1), Mauricio Isla (4), Mauricio Pinilla (3), Arturo Vidal (3); Felipe Gutiérrez (4); Miiko Albornoz (0); Marcelo Díaz (4); Claudio Bravo (4), Fabián Orellana (0), Alexis Sánchez (4), Francisco Silva (3), Eduardo Vargas (4)

Games

The Chileans have played 33 World Cup games so far. Of these, 11 were won, 15 lost and 7 ended in a draw. A draw game, the last game so far, had to be extended because a winner had to be determined. The game was then lost on penalties.

The Chileans played the opening game once as hosts and had six home games. So far, the Chileans have had to face the hosts twice: 1974 in the preliminary round and 2014 in the round of 16.

Most often Chile played against Brazil; four times (1962, 1998, 2010 and 2014)

The Chileans lost three times (1962, 1974 and 2010) to the eventual world champions.

In 1962 in the semi-finals, in 1998 in the second round and in 2014 in the preliminary round, the Chileans played against the defending champions.

The Chileans met World Cup newbies five times: 1950 / England, 1966 / North Korea, 1974 / GDR and Australia and 1982 / Algeria, and remained without a win.

Chile has so far played against teams from all confederations, which only Brazil, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Scotland and the USSR achieved.

The Chilean team is the second team to have played against all German-speaking World Cup participants: Switzerland and Federal Republic of Germany 1962, GDR 1974, Austria 1982. This was previously only achieved by the Dutch and then by Brazil.

All World Cup games
No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
1	07/16/1930	3-0	Mexico	*	Montevideo ( URY )	Preliminary round
2	07/19/1930	1-0	France	*	Montevideo ( URY )	Preliminary round	1st game against France
3	07/22/1930	1: 3	Argentina	*	Montevideo ( URY )	Preliminary round
4th	06/25/1950	0: 2	England	*	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	Preliminary round	1. Game of a South American team against England
5	06/29/1950	0: 2	Spain	*	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	Preliminary round	1st game against Spain
6th	07/02/1950	5: 2	United States	*	Recife ( BRA )	Preliminary round	1. Game against the USA
7th	05/30/1962	3: 1	Switzerland	H	Santiago de Chile	Preliminary round
8th	06/02/1962	2-0	Italy	H	Santiago de Chile	Preliminary round	1st game against Italy
9	06/06/1962	0: 2	BR Germany	H	Santiago de Chile	Preliminary round
10	06/10/1962	2: 1	Soviet Union	H	Arica	Quarter finals
11	06/13/1962	2: 4	Brazil	H	Santiago de Chile	Semifinals
12	06/16/1962	1-0	Yugoslavia	H	Santiago de Chile	3rd place match	Only game against Yugoslavia
13	07/13/1966	0: 2	Italy	*	Sunderland ( ENG )	Preliminary round
14th	07/15/1966	1: 1	North Korea	*	Middlesbrough ( ENG )	Preliminary round	1. Game of a South American team against North Korea
15th	07/20/1966	1: 2	Soviet Union	*	Sunderland ( ENG )	Preliminary round
16	06/14/1974	0: 1	BR Germany	A.	West Berlin ( FRG )	Preliminary round	Carlos Caszely is the first player to receive a red card at a World Cup finals.
17th	06/18/1974	1: 1	GDR	*	West Berlin ( FRG )	Preliminary round
18th	06/22/1974	0-0	Australia	*	West Berlin ( FRG )	Preliminary round	1st game against Australia
19th	06/17/1982	0: 1	Austria	*	Oviedo ( ESP )	Preliminary round	1st game against Austria
20th	06/20/1982	1: 4	BR Germany	*	Gijón ( ESP )	Preliminary round
21st	06/24/1982	2: 3	Algeria	*	Oviedo ( ESP )	Preliminary round	1st game against Algeria. First defeat of a CONMEBOL member against an African team
22nd	06/11/1998	2: 2	Italy	*	Bordeaux ( FRA )	Preliminary round	500th game of the Chileans according to FIFA census
23	06/17/1998	1: 1	Austria	*	Saint-Etienne ( FRA )	Preliminary round
24	06/23/1998	1: 1	Cameroon	*	Nantes ( FRA )	Preliminary round	1st game against Cameroon
25th	06/27/1998	1: 4	Brazil	*	Paris ( FRA )	World Cup round of 16
26th	06/16/2010	1-0	Honduras	*	Nelspruit ( RSA )	World Cup preliminary round
27	06/21/2010	1-0	Switzerland	*	Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elizabeth ( RSA )	World Cup preliminary round
28	06/25/2010	1: 2	Spain	*	Tshwane ( RSA )	World Cup preliminary round
29	06/28/2010	0: 3	Brazil	*	Johannesburg ( RSA )	World Cup round of 16
30th	06/13/2014	3: 1	Australia	*	Cuiabá ( BRA )	World Cup preliminary round
31	06/18/2014	2-0	Spain	*	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	World Cup preliminary round	First win against Spain
32	06/23/2014	0: 2	Netherlands	*	Sao Paulo ( BRA )	World Cup preliminary round	700th game of the Chileans according to FIFA census
33	06/28/2014	1: 1 n.V., 2: 3 i. E.	Brazil	A.	Belo Horizonte ( BRA )	World Cup round of 16

Highest victories and defeats

The Chilean team achieved their highest victories against the following countries in World Cup tournaments:

•  France : Preliminary round 1930 1-0 (also a 2-1 in a friendly)
•  Italy : 1962 preliminary round 2-0 (only win against Italy)
•  Yugoslavia : Game for 3rd place 1962 1-0 (only game against Yugoslavia)
•  Switzerland : preliminary round 1962 3-1
•  Spain : Preliminary round 2014 2-0 (first win against Spain)
•  Soviet Union : quarter-finals 1962 2-1 (only regular win against the Soviet Union, also a 2-0 at the green table)
•  United States : Preliminary round 1950 5-2 (also a 3-0 in a friendly match)

The Chilean team suffered their biggest defeats at World Cup tournaments against the following countries:

•  Algeria : preliminary round 1982 2-3 (only game against Algeria)
•  Federal Republic of Germany : preliminary round 1982 1: 4
•  England : preliminary round 1950 0-2
•  Italy : 1966 preliminary round 0-2 (only defeat against Italy)
•  Netherlands : Preliminary round 2014 0-2 (only defeat against the Netherlands)
•  Austria : Preliminary round 1982 0: 1 (only defeat against Austria)

Records

• The most common pairing of the last sixteen: Chile versus Brazil (3 ×, most recently 2014)
• First and until 2014 only team to still win in the opening game after falling behind: 1962 3-1 against Switzerland

Negative records

• Guillermo Saavedra is the first player to fail to convert a penalty (in the preliminary round match against France in 1930)
• Carlos Caszely received the first red card in World Cup history at the 1974 World Cup against Germany.

See also

• Football World - Statistics - Chile on fifa.com
• fifa.com: "Statistical overview: records and milestones"

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Lost one game on penalties .
2. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2014 (PDF; 200 kB)
3. ↑ youtube.com: Chile-USSR
4. ↑ dfb.de: "WM 1982:" Rummenigge and ten robots ""
5. ↑ Chile and Ecuador jump on the World Cup train. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL World Cup total, October 16, 2013, accessed on October 16, 2013 . 
6. ↑ fifa.com: Sampaoli no longer national coach of Chile
7. ↑ fifa.com: Pizzi is the new national coach for Chile
8. ↑ spiegel.de: Chile punished with its own protest
9. ↑ FIFA mentions in the match reports, e.g. As the game against Italy Sánchez as captain, in the rsssf.com World Cup statistic is Hugo Villanueva named as captain.
10. ↑ Incl. Welsh clubs in the Premier League play