Soccer World Cup 2010 / Chile

This article covers the Chilean national soccer team at the 2010 soccer world cup .

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in South Africa through the qualifying games of the South American football association CONMEBOL .

All ten teams that belonged to the South American association CONMEBOL played against each other in a single group stage with a home and away leg, with a total of 18 matches. The four best-placed teams qualified directly for the finals of the 2010 World Cup, with the fifth-placed team competing against the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualification for a final place. Chile rose to the finals as runners-up.

Group stage

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	33:11	34
2	Chile	32:22	33
3	Paraguay	24:16	33
4th	Argentina	23:20	28
5	Uruguay	28:20	24
6th	Ecuador	22:26	23
7th	Colombia	14:18	23
8th	Venezuela	23:29	22nd
9	Bolivia	22:36	15th
10	Peru	11:34	13

October 13, 2007 : Argentina 2-0 Chile (2-0)

October 17, 2007 : Chile - Peru 2-0 (1-0)

November 18, 2007 : Uruguay - Chile 2-2 (1-0)

November 21, 2007 : Chile 0-3 Paraguay (0-2)

June 15, 2008 : Bolivia - Chile 0: 2 (0: 1)

June 19, 2008 : Venezuela - Chile 2: 3 (0: 0)

7 September 2008 : Chile 0-3 Brazil (0-2)

September 10, 2008 : Chile - Colombia 4: 0 (2: 0)

October 12, 2008 : Ecuador 1-0 Chile (0-0)

October 15, 2008 : Chile 1-0 Argentina (1-0)

March 29, 2009 : Peru - Chile 1: 3 (1: 2)

April 1, 2009 : Chile 0-0 Uruguay

June 6, 2009 : Paraguay - Chile 0: 2 (0: 1)

June 10, 2009 : Chile - Bolivia 4: 0 (1: 0)

September 5, 2009 : Chile - Venezuela 2: 2 (1: 2)

September 9, 2009 : Brazil 4-2 Chile (2-1)

October 10, 2009 : Colombia - Chile 2: 4 (1: 2)

October 14, 2009 : Chile 1-0 Ecuador (0-0)

Chilean contingent

National coach Marcelo Bielsa originally nominated 30 players in the provisional line-up, but on May 18, he dropped Manuel Iturra (Universidad de Chile), Pedro Morales (Dinamo Zagreb), Jaime Valdés (Atalanta Bergamo), Charles Aránguiz and José Pedro Fuenzalida (both Colo-Colo) five midfielders from the squad. On May 25, another player, Héctor Mancilla (Deportivo Toluca), was eliminated, and on June 1, Roberto Cereceda (Colo-Colo) was the last player to miss the leap into the final squad.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Claudio Bravo	Real Sociedad	04/13/1983	4th	0	0	0	0
12	Miguel Pinto	CF Universidad de Chile	07/04/1983	0	0	0	0	0
23	Luis Marín	Unión Española	05/18/1983	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Ismael Fuentes	CD Universidad Católica	08/04/1981	1	0	1	0	0
3	Waldo Ponce	CD Universidad Católica	December 04, 1982	3	0	2	0	0
4th	Mauricio Isla	Udinese Calcio	06/12/1988	4th	0	0	0	0
5	Pablo Contreras	PAOK Thessaloniki	09/11/1978	2	0	0	0	0
17th	Gary Medel	CA Boca Juniors	08/03/1987	3	0	2	0	0
18th	Gonzalo Jara	West Bromwich Albion	08/29/1985	4th	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Carlos Carmona	Reggina Calcio	02/21/1987	3	0	2	0	0
8th	Arturo Vidal	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	05/22/1987	4th	0	1	0	0
10	Jorge Valdivia	al Ain Club	October 19, 1983	4th	0	1	0	0
11	Mark González	CSKA Moscow	07/10/1984	4th	1	0	0	0
13	Marco Estrada	CF Universidad de Chile	05/28/1983	1	0	0	1	0
14th	Matías Fernández	Sporting Lisbon	05/15/1986	2	0	2	0	0
15th	Jean Beausejour	Club America	06/01/1984	4th	1	0	0	0
19th	Gonzalo Fierro	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	03/21/1983	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Rodrigo Millar	CSD Colo-Colo	11/03/1981	3	1	1	0	0
21st	Rodrigo Tello	Beşiktaş Istanbul	10/14/1979	1	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Alexis Sánchez	Udinese Calcio	December 19, 1988	4th	0	0	0	0
9	Humberto Suazo	Real Zaragoza	05/10/1981	2	0	1	0	0
16	Fabián Orellana	Deportivo Xerez	01/27/1986	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Esteban Paredes	CSD Colo-Colo	08/01/1980	2	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Marcelo Bielsa		07/21/1955

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	4: 2	6th
2	Chile	3: 2	6th
3	Switzerland	1: 1	4th
4th	Honduras	0: 3	1

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Chilean national team met in Group H against Spain , Switzerland and Honduras . After narrow victories in the first two games, Chile had the best conditions to move into the final round. In the end, despite a defeat in the final game against group favorites Spain, they came in second in the table because Switzerland did not get past Honduras 0-0 at the same time.

• Wednesday June 16, 2010; 1:30 p.m. in Nelspruit Honduras - Chile 0: 1 (0: 1)
  

• Monday June 21, 2010; 16:00 in Port Elizabeth Chile - Switzerland 1: 0 (0: 0)
  

• Friday June 25, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Pretoria Chile - Spain 1: 2 (0: 2)
  

Final round

Round of 16

The selection of Chile met Brazil , the winner of Group G , as runner-up in Group H in the round of 16 .

• Monday June 28, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Johannesburg Brazil - Chile 3: 0 (2: 0)
  

Web links

• All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Squad Chile ( Memento from June 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )