Football World Cup 2014 / Chile

This article covers the Chilean national team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . Chile took part in the finals for the ninth time and for the fourth time in a finals in South America . In 1978, at the last finals in South America, Chile did not qualify.

qualification

Chile qualified through the qualifying games of the South American football association CONMEBOL All nine teams that belong to the South American association CONMEBOL as well as hosts Brazil played against each other in a single group stage with a return match, with a total of 16 matches for each team and one on each match day Team was free of play. The four best-placed teams qualified directly for the final round of the 2014 World Cup. Chile began the qualification under Claudio Borghi , who was sacked in November 2012 after three defeats in a row and was replaced by the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli , who in March 2013 came 2: 0 succeeded against Uruguay and led Chile to the second World Cup participation in a row.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	16	9	5	2	035:150	+20	32
2.	Colombia	16	9	3	4th	027:130	+14	30th
3.	Chile	16	9	1	6th	029:250	+4	28
4th	Ecuador	16	7th	4th	5	020:160	+4	25th
5.	Uruguay	16	7th	4th	5	025:250	± 0	25th
6th	Venezuela	16	5	5	6th	014:200	−6	20th
7th	Peru	16	4th	3	9	017:260	−9	15th
8th.	Bolivia	16	2	6th	8th	017:300	−13	12
9.	Paraguay	16	3	3	10	017:310	−14	12

Game results

date	place	Home team	-	guest	Result	Goalscorers for Chile
07/10/2011	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	Argentina	-	Chile	4: 1 (2: 0)	Fernandez (59.)
10/11/2011	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Peru	4: 2 (2: 0)	Ponce (2nd), Vargas (18th), Medel (48th), Suazo (63rd / Elfm.)
11/11/2011	Montevideo	Uruguay	-	Chile	4: 0 (0: 0)
11/15/2011	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Paraguay	2: 0 (1: 0)	Contreras (28th), Campos (86th)
06/02/2012	La Paz ( BOL )	Bolivia	-	Chile	0: 2 (0: 1)	Aranguiz (45th + 2), Vidal (83rd)
06/09/2012	Puerto La Cruz ( VEN )	Venezuela	-	Chile	0: 2 (0: 0)	Fernandez (85th), Aranguiz (90th + 1)
09/11/2012	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Colombia	1: 3 (1: 0)	Fernandez (41.)
October 12, 2012	Quito ( ECU )	Ecuador	-	Chile	3: 1 (1: 1)	JC Paredes (25./ET)
10/16/2012	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Argentina	1: 2 (0: 2)	Gutierrez (90th + 1)
03/22/2013	Lima ( PER )	Peru	-	Chile	1: 0 (0: 0)
03/26/2013	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Uruguay	2: 0 (1: 0)	E. Paredes (10th), Vargas (77th)
06/07/2013	Asunción ( PRY )	Paraguay	-	Chile	1: 2 (0: 1)	Vargas (41st), Vidal (56th)
06/11/2013	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Bolivia	3: 1 (2: 1)	Vargas (16th), Sanchez (17th), Vidal (90th + 2)
06.09.2013	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Venezuela	3: 0 (2: 0)	Vargas (10th), Marcos Gonzalez (29th), Vidal (85)
10/11/2013	Barranquilla ( COL )	Colombia	-	Chile	3: 3 (0: 3)	Vidal (18./Elfm.), Sanchez (21., 29.)
October 15, 2013	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Ecuador	2: 1 (2: 0)	Sanchez (33rd), Medel (37th)

A total of 38 players were used. No player was used in all games. Most of the games (14 of 16) were made by goalkeepers Claudio Bravo and Eduardo Vargas . The top scorer with five goals was Arturo Vidal . A total of 14 Chileans were successful, plus an own goal by Juan Carlos Paredes from Ecuador.

preparation

Test matches:

• January 22, 2014 in Coquimbo against Costa Rica (4: 0, goal scorers: Albornoz / 13th, Hernández / 51st and 54th and Muñoz / 79th)
• March 5, 2014 in Stuttgart against Germany (0: 1)
• May 30, 2014 in Santiago de Chile against Egypt (3-2, goalscorers for Chile: Díaz / 25th, Vargas / 60th and 77th)
• 4th June 2014 in Valparaíso against Northern Ireland (2-0, goalscorers for Chile: Vargas / 79th and Pinilla / 82nd)

Finals

No.	player	society	International appearances	International goals	Date of birth	Games	Gates				World Cup participation	World Cup games (before the 2014 World Cup)	World Cup goals (before the 2014 World Cup)
goalkeeper
01	Claudio Bravo	Real Sociedad	79	0	Apr 13, 1983	4th					2010	4th	0
23	Johnny Herrera	CF Universidad de Chile	8th	0	0May 9, 1981
12	Cristopher Toselli	CD Universidad Católica	4th	0	June 15, 1988
Defense
03	Miiko Albornoz	Malmo FF M *	2	1	Nov 30, 1990
04th	Mauricio Isla	Juventus Turin M	47	2	June 12, 1988	4th					2010	4th	0
18th	Gonzalo Jara	Nottingham Forest *	65	3	Aug 29, 1985	4th					2010	4th	0
17th	Gary Medel	Cardiff City #, A	61	5	0Aug 3, 1987	4th					2010	3	0
02	Eugenio Mena	FC Santos	26th	3	July 18, 1988	4th		2
13	José Manuel Rojas	CF Universidad de Chile	19th	1	June 23, 1983	1
midfield
20th	Charles Aránguiz	SC Internacional	21st	2	Apr 17, 1989	4th	1	1
15th	Jean Beausejour	Wigan Athletic *	60	5	0June 1, 1984	2	1				2010	4th	1
06th	Carlos Carmona	Atalanta Bergamo	45	1	Feb 21, 1987	1					2010	3	0
21st	Marcelo Díaz	FC Basel M.	21st	1	Dec. 30, 1986	4th
19th	José Pedro Fuenzalida	CSD Colo-Colo MC	23	1	Feb 22, 1985
16	Felipe Gutiérrez	FC Twente	18th	1	0Oct 8, 1990	4th
05	Francisco Silva	CA Osasuna A	12	0	Feb. 11, 1986	3		2
10	Jorge Valdivia	Palmeiras São Paulo	57	4th	Oct 19, 1983	3	1				2010	4th	0
08th	Arturo Vidal	Juventus Turin M	54	8th	May 22, 1987	3		1			2010	4th	0
attack
14th	Fabián Orellana	Celta Vigo	26th	2	Jan. 27, 1986						2010	1	0
22nd	Esteban Paredes	CSD Colo-Colo MC	35	10	0Aug 1, 1980						2010	2	0
09	Mauricio Pinilla	Cagliari Calcio	26th	5	0Feb. 4, 1984	3
07th	Alexis Sánchez	FC Barcelona	67	22nd	December 19, 1988	4th	2				2010	4th	0
11	Eduardo Vargas	Valencia CF	30th	14th	Nov 20, 1989	4th	1

1. ↑ M = The club was champion of its country in the 2013/14 season, M * = The club was champion of its country in the 2013 season (the 2014 season will be interrupted during the World Cup), MC = The club was champion in the 2014 season des Torneo Clausura, A = The club was relegated from the highest league in the country, P = The club won the cup in the 2013/14 season, * = The club plays in the second highest league in its country, # = The club plays in the highest English league.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Only the games and goals that were played or scored before the start of the World Cup are given ( source, as of May 16, 2014 , updated after the games against Egypt on May 30, 2014 and Northern Ireland on June 4, 2014 )

Group stage

São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Cuiabá Belo Horizonte

Preliminary round venues (red), round of 16 venue and quarters (green)

When the final round was drawn on December 6, 2013, Chile were specifically drawn to a European team that was set as the group head. As in 2010, they were drawn into the group with Spain. Then there were the Netherlands and Australia. Against Australia, Chile also played in the group stage of the 1974 World Cup, but only came to a goalless draw. Three more games against the Australians were won. There was only one game against the Netherlands before, in the consolation round at the Olympic Games in 1928, which ended 2-2. In addition to the 2010 World Cup, Chile also played against Spain at the last World Cup in Brazil and had only two draws and eight defeats in a total of 10 games before the World Cup.

Two preliminary round venues were on the Atlantic coast, Cuiabá inland. Before the World Cup, Chile played several times against Brazil and other South American teams in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, as well as against Spain at the 1950 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, but never in Cuiabá.

The team's quarters and training facility was the Toca da Raposa II in Belo Horizonte .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	10: 3	9
2	Chile	5: 3	6th
3	Spain	4: 7	3
4th	Australia	3: 9	0

• Fri., June 13, 2014, 6:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Cuiabá Chile - Australia 3: 1 (2: 1)
  
• Wed., June 18, 2014, 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Rio de Janeiro Spain - Chile 0: 2 (0: 2)
  
• Mon., June 23, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in São Paulo Netherlands - Chile 2: 0 (0: 0)
  

Already after the win (2-0) against Spain, which eliminated the reigning world champions Spain from the 2014 World Cup, it was clear to Chile that they would play in the round of 16 against a team in Group A, ie against hosts Brazil, Croatia or Mexico .

Knockout round

• Round of 16: Sat. June 28, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Belo Horizonte Brazil - Chile 1: 1 a.s. (1: 1) (1: 1), 3: 2 i. E.
  

For the third time, Chile met Brazil in the round of 16. This is the most common pairing of the last sixteen in World Cup history. The record against Brazil before the game was negative with 7 wins, 13 draws and 48 losses. The previous World Cup games against Brazil were all lost, most recently in 2010 with 3-0 in the round of 16.

Sports impact

In the FIFA World Ranking , Chile climbed two places from 14th to 12th.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: team quarters

Web links

• All qualifying matches of Chile
• All matches of the preliminary round at a glance