Chile national football team

The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in seven World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in third place.

History

The Federación de Fútbol de Chile second oldest South American federation, with 114 years of existence. Its foundation dates back to 19 June 1895 in the port city of Valparaiso. Its first President was David Scott.^[3]
Chile is one of the four founding member nations of CONMEBOL which include Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The members established the South American footballing organization on 9 July 1916.^[4] The four associations enacted and participated in the first held South American Championship which would later be re-named the Copa America.
Chile is one of the original thirteen national teams that competed in the inaugural 1930 World Cup. They started off well beating Mexico and France without conceding a goal. A 3-1 loss to Argentina in their final game left them in second place within the group, eliminating them from the tournament. In the 1950 World Cup, Chile was eliminated in the first round but defeated the United States 5-2.
Their best World Cup result was a third place finish in 1962, when Chile was the host nation. Chile lost 4-2 to eventual champions Brazil in a semifinals match. Chile went on to defeat Yugoslavia 1-0 for third place.
Many historical incidences have occurred while Chile has been involved in World Cup competition. The first player to miss a World Cup penalty kick was Guillermo Subiabre in a 1930 FIFA World Cup match against France.^[5] Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first player to be officially sent off with a red card in a 1974 World Cup game, during their match against West Germany. Red cards were formally introduced in World Cup play in 1970, but no players were sent off in that tournament.
In Olympic tournament play, Chile's best result was the Bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, with striker Ivan Zamorano the competition's top scorer.^[2]
Chile has also attained bronze medals in both the U-17 World Cup held in Japan and the U-20 World Cup in Canada. The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted in Chile had the national team finishing in fourth place.
Notable past Chilean players include Guillermo Subiabre, Sergio Livingstone, George Robledo, Enrique Hormazabal, Leonel Sánchez, Elías Figueroa, Carlos Caszely, Marcelo Salas and Ivan Zamorano.

World Cup history

1930 World Cup

The Chilean national team during the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

At the first ever FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay 1930, Chile was to be among the first of thirteen nations invited to participate in the inaugural tournament.^[5]
The manager in charge of the Chilean national team was the young Hungarian György Orth. Chile was part of Group 1 that included national teams such as Argentina, Mexico, and France.
Chile had an impressive start defeating the Mexican national team by a score of 3-0 on 16 July, then beating France 1-0 on 19 July. Sharing the same amount of points, the decisive game was against the neighboring country of Argentina. The game was played on 22 July at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. The game ended 3-1 in Argentina's favor, and the scoreline prevented Chile from qualifying onto the second round.

1950 World Cup

The 1950 edition of the FIFA World Cup was held in the South American country of Brazil. The Chilean national team manager at the tournament was Alberto Bucciardi, while the team captain was the starting goal keeper Sergio Livingstone. "La Roja" were located in group 2 and Chile eventually lost their first two games against Spain and England by the similar score of 2-0. The last match was played with the United States where Chile went on to win by a score of 5-2, even though it was not to be enough for Chile in advancing onto the next round of the tournament.

1962 World Cup

The 1962 World Cup in Chile was to be the third World Cup hosted on South American soil. In 1960 the Great Chilean Earthquake would strike the country with the highest recorded magnitude in world history of 9.5 on the Richter scale.^[6] Despite the natural disaster plans went as followed for Chile to be the host nation of this World Cup tournament.
The host country won their first match against Switzerland by 3-1. The second match against Italy (2-0) became known as the Battle of Santiago. Although only two players were sent off by the English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated, deliberate attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the teams needed police protection to leave the field in safety. Years later Ken Aston went on to invent the yellow and red cards used in football.^[7]
Chile defeated European champions USSR that included Lev Yashin to land themselves a semi-final game against the defending World Champions Brazil but a capacity crowd of 76,600 watched Brazil beat the hosts 4-2. This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually went on to take third place in a 1-0 victory over Yugoslavia in the playoff.
The team is said to have eaten Swiss cheese before beating Switzerland, spaghetti before beating Italy, and drank vodka before beating the USSR. They also drank coffee before the match against Brazil, although they did not win that match. This was Chile's best performance in a World Cup.^[8]

1966 World Cup

Joint top scorer of the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Leonel Sanchez holds the record for appearances with the Chilean national team

England was the stage for the eighth World Cup. It was also to be the first European World Cup that Chile would participate in. Qualifying for the 1966 edition ended with a play-off between Ecuador in Lima, Peru on 12 October 1965. The current Chilean manager at the time Francisco Hormazabal decided to resign from that position. Chile immediately needed a replacement, and Luis Alamos would take the reins of the national team. The match against Ecuador finished 2-1 in Chile's favor, both goals scored by Leonel Sanchez and Ruben Marcos, and the result secured Chile's World Cup berth.
Chile was unable to repeat the same success found in the previous World Cup of 1962. Among the nations congregated in group 4 which included the Soviet Union, Italy, and North Korea, Chile was only able to gain 1 point with a 1-1 draw against North Korea. Chile scored two goals in the 1966 World Cup both coming from Ruben Marcos.

1974 World Cup

Chile qualified for Deutschland 74 after a controversial play-off with the USSR. Following a drawn first leg in Moscow, the Soviets refused to play the second leg at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, which had been used as a concentration camp by the military dictatorship of Pinochet. However, FIFA refused to switch the match to a neutral venue, and the Soviets refused to fly to Santiago. The Chilean players kicked off on an otherwise empty pitch, scored into the unguarded USSR net, and because there was no opposition to restart the game, the referee awarded the match to Chile, ensuring they qualified for the 1974 finals.
At the tournament itself, Chile lost their opening game 1-0 to West Germany in Berlin, thanks to a long-range shot from Paul Breitner. Striker Carlos Caszely was controversially sent off in the second half.
Guided by coach Luis Alamos, Chile then fought out a 1-1 draw with East Germany, again in Berlin. Martin Hoffmann put the GDR ahead, but Sergio Ahumada equalised with 20 minutes left. Finally, they got another draw, this time a goalless one, against Australia, which eliminated both teams.

1982 World Cup

At España 82, the Chileans performed poorly with an aging team in which Carlos Caszely and the 35-year-old central defender Elias Figueroa were still the main men. Guided by coach Luis Santibañez they lost their first game 1-0 to Austria in Oviedo, Walter Schachner scoring the only goal midway through the first half. Caszely missed a penalty soon afterwards.^[9]
Chile were then beaten 4-1 in Gijón by a Karl-Heinz Rummenigge-inspired West Germany, with goalkeeper Mario Osbén making a couple of costly errors; Gustavo Moscoso grabbed a late consolation goal. Finally, against Algeria, Chile were overrun in the first half and went in at half-time 3-0 behind, but managed to save some face with second-half goals from Miguel Neira and Juan Carlos Letelier.^[10][11]

The Chilean national team in 1982.

Disqualification and banishment from the 1990 & 1994 World Cups

La Roja's most infamous moment known as The Roberto Rojas Scandal (also known in Chile as the "Maracanazo") occurred on 3 September 1989. During a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium, Brazil led Chile 1-0. A defeat for Chile would eliminate them from the tournament. At around the 67-minute mark, Chilean goalkeeper Roberto "Cóndor" Rojas fell to the pitch with an apparent injury to his forehead. A firework, thrown from the stands by a Brazilian fan named Rosemary de Mello, was smouldering about a yard away. After carrying Rojas off the pitch, the Chilean players and coaches refused to return claiming conditions were not safe. The match went unfinished.
After studying video footage of the match showing that the firework had not made contact with Rojas, FIFA awarded Brazil a 2-0 win (eliminating Chile from the 1990 World Cup). The team was banned from the qualifiers of the 1994 Football World Cup, and Rojas was banned for life^[12] (although an amnesty was granted in 2001).

1998 World Cup

Chile qualified for the World Cup in France in 1998 having been banned from entering the 1994 tournament. They were drawn in Group B, along with Italy, Cameroon and Austria. With much expected of their strike partnership of Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano, Chile drew impressively with Italy in Bordeaux in their opening match, 2-2, with Salas scoring both goals in reply to Christian Vieri's opener.^[13] The game was most noted for Roberto Baggio's late equalizer for Italy with an extremely controversial penalty, banishing memories of his fatal miss in the 1994 final against Brazil in Los Angeles. But due to this bad performance, the referee Lucien Bouchardeau from Niger was dismissed from further matches during the WC.
Chile drew their next two matches 1-1. The first was a cagey game with Austria in St-Étienne. Salas opened the scoring with a disputed goal scored from close range (the Austrians protested his shot never crossed the line), but Austria, as they had in their first match against Cameroon, equalised in the last minute, Ivica Vastic scoring a spectacular long-range effort.^[14]
Against Cameroon in Nantes five days later, José Luis Sierra's free-kick gave Chile the lead, but the Africans fought back strongly and equalised with a header from Patrick Mboma. Despite having Rigobert Song and Lauren Etame Mayer sent off^[15], Cameroon played a good second half, but Chile was able to keep the result.
Italy had been the only team to win in the group, so Chile's unbeaten record took them into the last 16, and a tie with South American rivals Brazil at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The Brazilians took Chile to pieces in the first half, despite Zamorano's superb performance (the footage of him passionately singing the national anthem prior to kick-off was one of the most enduring images of the tournament). César Sampaio scored twice early on, and a Ronaldo penalty made it 3-0 before half-time. Chile courageously kept fighting, and Salas got his fourth goal of the competition, heading in a rebound after Claudio Taffarel had saved from Zamorano, but Ronaldo scored again quickly and Chile were out of the tournament.^[16] Despite the loss finishing among the top 16 of the tournament was perceived as a prosperous campaign amid the disappointments with controversy and scandal that had disqualified Chile in previous World Cup tournaments.

2010 World Cup

On 10 October 2009, Chile qualified for the 2010 World Cup with a 4-2 away win against Colombia.^[17] At the end of the qualification they eventually finished in second place, ahead of Paraguay on goal difference following the latter's defeat to Colombia..^[18] They were drawn in Group H with Spain, Switzerland and Honduras.

Current status

Chile finished with a record of 4 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses in the matches played in 2006. It all started with the friendlies preparing teams for the 2006 World Cup. The tour included many of the players who started in Copa America 2007 as well as the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers. They beat the Republic of Ireland 1-0 in Dublin, drew with the Cote d'Ivoire 1-1 in Paris, France and drew with Sweden 1-1 in the Råsunda Stadium Stockholm. Chile lost to Colombia 2-1 in Santiago de Chile but beat Peru twice, 3-2 in a home game in Viña del Mar and 1-0 in an away game in Tacna, Peru, a few days later. The team then beat Paraguay 3-2 in Viña del Mar, Chile. The year ended with a 1-0 loss to Aragón in Zaragoza, Spain with Elías Figueroa as a guest coach and a "B" team. In 2007 in February, they earned a 1-0 victory over Venezuela, but in March, in the return to Sweden (this time in Gothenburg), the team lost against Brazil 4-0. The next week,in Talca, the team drew 1-1 against Costa Rica. Chile then drew 0-0 against Argentina, in Mendoza, Argentina.

Results 2005-2007 With Nelson Acosta

On 11 July 2007, the Chilean Football Federation banned six of the national team players, because of "internal indiscipline" during the Copa America tournament, for 20 international matches each and none of the players will ever be allowed to captain the national team. The players banned were captain Jorge Valdivia, defenders Álvaro Ormeño, Rodrigo Tello, Jorge Vargas and Pablo Contreras and striker Reinaldo Navia.^[19] Nelson Acosta's resignation as manager came after Chile were knocked out of the 2007 Copa America. Chile had qualified to the quarter-finals after a win against Ecuador 3-2, and a draw against Mexico 0-0. But, two losses against Brazil sealed Acosta's fate. Former Argentina manager Marcelo Bielsa was given the task of becoming the current Chile national team manager in preparation for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.^[20] In 16 October 2008, Chile beat Argentina 1-0 for the first time in a qualifying competition, making history. Marcelo Bielsa was acclaimed for this accomplishment by both Chilean and Argentinian people, this match was seen as one of the reasons that ended in the resignation of Alfio Basile from the Argentinian bench.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification standings

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34 Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33 Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33 Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28 Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24 Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23 Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23 Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22 Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15 Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13

Argentina	–	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–0
Bolivia	6–1	–	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	4–2	3–0	2–2	0–1
Brazil	0–0	0–0	–	4–2	0–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0
Chile	1–0	4–0	0–3	–	4–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	2–2
Colombia	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–4	–	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
Ecuador	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	–	1–1	5–1	1–2	0–1
Paraguay	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	5–1	–	1–0	1–0	2–0
Peru	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	–	1–0	1–0
Uruguay	0–1	5–0	0–4	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	6–0	–	1–1
Venezuela	0–2	5–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	–

2010 FIFA World Cup Group H

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Players

Chile national football team preliminary squad for the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup

The following is the list supplied by the national coach Marcelo Bielsa, with 24 players, as required by the regulations of FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010.
Caps and goals updated as May 30, 2010.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Claudio Bravo April 13, 1983 (1983-04-13) (age 27) 43 0 Real Sociedad 12 GK Miguel Pinto July 4, 1983 (1983-07-04) (age 26) 14 0 Universidad de Chile 23 GK Luis Marín May 18, 1983 (1983-05-18) (age 27) 3 0 Unión Española 2 DF Ismael Fuentes August 4, 1981 (1981-08-04) (age 28) 28 1 Universidad Católica 3 DF Waldo Ponce December 4, 1982 (1982-12-04) (age 27) 25 2 Universidad Católica 4 DF Mauricio Isla June 12, 1988 (1988-06-12) (age 21) 12 0 Udinese 5 DF Pablo Contreras September 11, 1978 (1978-09-11) (age 31) 51 1 PAOK 17 DF Gary Medel August 3, 1987 (1987-08-03) (age 22) 24 3 Boca Juniors 18 DF Gonzalo Jara August 29, 1985 (1985-08-29) (age 24) 34 3 West Bromwich Albion DF Roberto Cereceda October 10, 1984 (1984-10-10) (age 25) 30 0 Colo-Colo 6 MF Carlos Carmona February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21) (age 23) 20 0 Reggina 8 MF Arturo Vidal May 22, 1987 (1987-05-22) (age 23) 23 1 Bayer Leverkusen 10 MF Jorge Valdivia October 19, 1983 (1983-10-19) (age 26) 39 4 Al-Ain 13 MF Marco Estrada May 28, 1983 (1983-05-28) (age 27) 22 1 Montpellier HSC 14 MF Matías Fernández May 15, 1986 (1986-05-15) (age 24) 37 7 Sporting CP 15 MF Jean Beausejour June 1, 1984 (1984-06-01) (age 26) 26 1 América 20 MF Rodrigo Millar November 3, 1981 (1981-11-03) (age 28) 21 1 Colo-Colo 21 MF Rodrigo Tello October 14, 1979 (1979-10-14) (age 30) 34 3 Beşiktaş 7 FW Alexis Sánchez December 19, 1988 (1988-12-19) (age 21) 28 11 Udinese 9 FW Humberto Suazo May 10, 1981 (1981-05-10) (age 29) 42 18 CF Monterrey 11 FW Mark González July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 25) 39 3 CSKA Moscow 16 FW Fabián Orellana January 27, 1986 (1986-01-27) (age 24) 16 2 Xerez 19 FW Gonzalo Fierro March 21, 1983 (1983-03-21) (age 27) 18 1 Flamengo 22 FW Esteban Paredes August 1, 1980 (1980-08-01) (age 29) 14 6 Colo-Colo

Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Christopher Toselli June 15, 1988 (1988-06-15) (age 21) 1 0 Universidad Católica GK Nery Veloso March 1, 1987 (1987-03-01) (age 23) 1 0 Colo-Colo DF Rafael Caroca July 19, 1989 (1989-07-19) (age 20) 2 0 Colo-Colo DF Osvaldo Gonzalez August 10, 1984 (1984-08-10) (age 25) 3 0 Toluca DF Carlos Labrín December 2, 1990 (1990-12-02) (age 19) 1 0 Huachipato DF Hans Martínez January 4, 1987 (1987-01-04) (age 23) 9 0 Universidad Católica DF Sebastián Toro February 2, 1990 (1990-02-02) (age 20) 1 1 Colo Colo DF Juan Abarca December 7, 1988 (1988-12-07) (age 21) 1 0 Universidad de Chile DF Paulo Magalhaes December 14, 1989 (1989-12-14) (age 20) 1 0 Colo Colo MF Charles Aránguiz April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17) (age 21) 3 0 Colo Colo MF José Pedro Fuenzalida February 22, 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 25) 12 0 Colo Colo MF Renato González February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19) (age 20) 1 1 Ponte Petra MF Manuel Iturra June 2, 1984 (1984-06-02) (age 25) 33 1 Universidad de Chile MF Claudio Maldonado January 3, 1980 (1980-01-03) (age 30) 41 1 Flamengo MF Fernando Meneses September 27, 1985 (1985-09-27) (age 24) 5 0 Universidad Católica MF Pedro Morales May 25, 1985 (1985-05-25) (age 25) 10 1 Dinamo Zagreb MF Boris Sagredo March 21, 1989 (1989-03-21) (age 21) 3 0 Rangers MF Felipe Seymour July 23, 1988 (1988-07-23) (age 21) 1 0 Universidad de Chile FW Héctor Mancilla November 12, 1980 (1980-11-12) (age 29) 6 0 Toluca FW Daud Gazale August 10, 1984 (1984-08-10) (age 25) 7 0 Huachipato FW Kevin Harbottle June 8, 1990 (1990-06-08) (age 19) 1 0 O'Higgins FW Emilio Hernández September 14, 1984 (1984-09-14) (age 25) 6 0 Argentinos Juniors FW Francisco Pizarro May 10, 1989 (1989-05-10) (age 21) 2 0 Universidad Católica FW Edson Puch September 4, 1986 (1986-09-04) (age 23) 3 0 Universidad de Chile FW Jaime Valdés January 11, 1981 (1981-01-11) (age 29) 3 0 Atalanta FW Eduardo Vargas November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 20) 3 0 Universidad de Chile FW Francisco Castro September 4, 1990 (1990-09-04) (age 19) 2 0 Cobreloa FW Carlos Ross May 10, 1987 (1987-05-10) (age 23) 2 0 Audax Italiano

Most appearances

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Leonel Sanchez	1955–1967	84	23
2.	Nelson Tapia	1994–2005	73	0
3.	Alberto Fouilloux	1960–1972	70	12
4.	Marcelo Salas	1994–2007	70	37
5.	Iván Zamorano	1987–2001	69	34
6.	Fabián Estay	1990–2001	69	5
7.	Javier Margas	1990–2000	63	6
8.	Miguel Ramírez	1991–2003	62	1
9.	Clarence Acuña *	1995–2004	61	3
10.	Juan Carlos Letelier	1979–1989	57	18
11.	Pedro Reyes	1994–2001	55	4
12.	José Luis Sierra	1991–2000	53	8
13.	Jaime Pizarro	1986–1993	53	3
14.	Sergio Livingstone	1941–1954	52	0
15.	Nelson Parraguez	1991–2001	52	0
16.	Pablo Contreras *	1999 - activity	51	1
17.	Pedro Araya	1964–1971	50	11
18.	Ronald Fuentes	1991–2000	50	1
19.	Francisco Valdés	1962–1974	50	9
20.	Roberto Rojas	1983–1989	49	0

• (*) in activity.

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1.	Marcelo Salas	1994–2009	37	70
2.	Ivan Zamorano	1987–2001	34	69
3.	Carlos Caszely	1969–1985	29	49
4.	Leonel Sanchez	1955–1968	23	84
5.	Jorge Aravena	1983–1989	22	36
6.	Juan Carlos Letelier	1979–1989	18	57
7.	Humberto Suazo *	2005 - activity	18	42
8.	Enrique Hormazabal	1950–1963	17	42
9.	Alberto Fouilloux	1960–1972	12	70
10.	Hugo Eduardo Rubio	1983–1991	12	36
11.	Jaime Ramírez Banda	1954–1966	12	46
12.	Raúl Toro	1936–1941	12	13
13.	Pedro Araya Toro	1964–1971	11	50
14.	Julio Crisosto	1971–1977	11	27
15.	Alexis Sánchez *	2006 - activity	11	28
16.	Reinaldo Navia *	1999–2007	10	40
17.	Guillermo Subiabre	1926–1930	10	10
18.	Atilio Cremaschi	1945–1954	10	29
19.	René Meléndez	1950–1960	10	40
20.	Francisco Valdés *	1962-1974	9	50

• (*) in activity.

Competitive Record

Head to head FIFA World Cup record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Round 1 3 2 0 1 5 3 1934 Withdrew 1938 1950 Round 1 3 1 0 2 5 6 1954 Did not qualify 1958 1962 Third-place 6 4 0 2 10 8 1966 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 1970 Did not qualify 1974 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1978 Did not qualify 1982 Round 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 1986 Did not qualify 1990 Disqualified 1994 Banned 1998 Round 2 4 0 3 1 5 8 2002 Did not qualify 2006 2010 Qualified Total 7/18 25 7 6 12 27 40 Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Bronze background color indicates third place finish. Copa America record Copa America / South American Championship Year Position Year Position Year Position 1916 Fourth place 1939 Fourth place 1967 Third place 1917 Fourth place 1941 Third place 1975 Round 1 1919 Fourth place 1942 Sixth place 1979 Second place 1920 Fourth place 1945 Third place 1983 Round 1 1921 Withdrew 1946 Fifth place 1987 Second place 1922 Fifth place 1947 Fourth place 1989 Round 1 1923 Withdrew 1949 Fifth place 1991 Third place 1924 Fourth place 1953 Fourth place 1993 Round 1 1925 Withdrew 1955 Second place 1995 Round 1 1926 Third place 1956 Second place 1997 Round 1 1927 Withdrew 1957 Sixth place 1999 Fourth place 1929 Withdrew 1959 Fifth place 2001 Quarter-Finals 1935 Fourth place 1959 Withdrew 2004 Round 1 1937 Fifth place 1963 Withdrew 2007 Quarter-Finals Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Silver background color indicates second place finish. Bronze background color indicates third place finish. American Games record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1951 Third place 4 1 2 1 8 6 1955 and 1959 Did not participate 1963 Third place 4 2 1 1 12 6 1967 to 1979 Did not participate 1983 Round 1 3 1 2 0 3 2 1987 Second place 5 2 2 1 6 6 1991 Did not participate 1995 Quarter-Finals 4 1 1 2 3 6 1999 to 2007 Did not participate Total 5/15 20 7 8 5 32 26 Silver background color indicates second place finish. Bronze background color indicates third place finish. Stadium Estadio Nacional at night. The Chilean national team plays their qualifying matches at the Estadio Nacional de Chile located in Santiago, Chile and can be found at the commune of Ñuñoa. The construction of the stadium began in February 1937, and opened on 3 December 1938. The official registered capacity is of 62,000 spectators, but has surpassed the 75,000 mark on many occasions when the match is of high demand.[21] An example would be the 1962 FIFA World Cup Semi-final match Chile vs. Brazil, where over 76,000 spectators viewed the game. The maximum attendance ever was 85.262 on December 26, 1962 for a game between Universidad Catolica and Universidad de Chile It has hosted four Copa America finals, The final of the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the final to the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship. Kit Evolution The Official Team Kit representing Chile is characterized by a red jersey, blue shorts, and white socks. The away jersey features a white jersey, white shorts, and blue socks. The color schematics of red, white, and blue were featured in the 1947 edition of Copa America and has remained as such ever since. Due to a relationship between the Football Federation of Chile and the company that represents Brooks Sports in that country, the national football team’s clothes, the referee's clothes and the balls of the national championship are supplied by Brooks.[22] Managers Manager Year(s) Carlos Fanta 1916 Julián Bertola 1917 Hector Parra 1918–1919 Juan Carlos Bertone 1920–1922 Carlos Acuna 1924 José Rosetti 1926 Frank Powell 1928 György Orth 1930 Pedro Mazullo 1936–1939 Maximum Garay 1941 Franz Platko 1941–1945 Luis Tirado 1946–1956 José Salerno 1956–1957 Ladislao Pakozdi 1957 Fernando Riera 1958–1962 Francisco Hormazábal 1962–1965 Luis Alamos 1965–1966 Alejandro Scopelli 1966–1967 Salvador Nocetti 1968–1969 Francisco Hormazábal 1970 Fernando Riera 1970 Luis Vera 1971 Raúl Pino 1971–1972 Rudi Gutendorf 1972 Luis Alamos 1973–1974 Pedro Morales 1974–1975 Caupolicán Peña 1976–1977 Luis Santibanez 1977–1982 Luis Ibarra 1983 Isaac Carrasco 1984 Vicente Cantatore 1984 Pedro Morales 1985 Luis Ibarra 1986 Orlando Aravena 1987 Manuel Rodríguez 1987 Orlando Aravena 1988–1989 Arturo Salah 1990–1993 Nelson Acosta[24] 1993 Mirko Jozić 1994 Xabier Azkargorta 1995–1996 Nelson Acosta 1996–2000 Pedro García 2001 Jorge Garcés 2001 César Vaccia 2002 Juvenal Olmos 2003–2005 Nelson Acosta 2005–2007 Marcelo Bielsa[25] 2007–present Notes 12 October 1926 was to mark the first corner-kick goal in Copa America history in a Chile match against Bolivia. Along with Ecuador and Venezuela, they are one of three South American nations who have never won the Copa America competition. References ^ FIFA.com ^ a b c Since 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team. ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol ^ a b (Spanish) http://revista.guachacas.cl/Epi_mundial30.html ^ U.S. Geological Survey (7 March 2006). Historic Earthquakes - Chile - 1960 22 May 19:11:14 UTC - Magnitude 9.5: The Largest Earthquake in the World. Retrieved on 2007-01-09 ^ FIFA.com - Ken Aston – the inventor of yellow and red cards ^ Ashdown, John (29 June 2006). "World Cup Knowledge: part four". The Guardian (London). http://football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/comment/story/0,,1807018,00.html. Retrieved 28 April 2010. ^ FIFA.com ^ FIFA.com ^ FIFA.com ^ Goal.com - Editorial/Comment - Own Goal: Faking Being Hit By Objects ^ FIFA.com ^ FIFA.com ^ FIFA.com ^ FIFA.com ^ "Chileans book finals place". ESPN. 2009-09-10. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=230077&cc=5739. Retrieved 2009-10-15. ^ "2010 World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL Qualifying Stage Results". ESPN. 2009-10-15. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round08?league=fifa.worldq.conmebol&season=2010&cc=5739. Retrieved 2009-10-15. ^ "Chile blacklist six Copa players". BBC Sport. 11 July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6294098.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-12. ^ News - Chile name Bielsa as new coach - Soccerway ^ The Stadium Guide - Estadio Nacional ^ (Spanish)http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=251738 ^ See discussion page. The inner layout of the t-shirt has changed several times, although the colors have remained the same. ^ Acosta, born in Uruguay, was given Chilean nationality on 1984 ^ Source: Conmebol News Article

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