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The Chile national football team ( spanish : Selección de fútbol de Chile ) represents Chile in men ‘s international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. The team is normally referred to as La Roja ( “ The Red One ” ). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Chile have appeared in nine World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where they finished in third place, the highest place the nation has ever achieved in the World Cup.

Chile won their first Copa América title on home dirt at the 2015 Copa América, defeating Argentina in the final examination. [ 8 ] They successfully defended their title in another final against Argentina won on penalties at Copa América Centenario the follow year in the United States. [ 9 ] Prior to this, Chile had been runner-up in the contest on four occasions. As a solution of winning the 2015 Copa América, they qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished moment, behind Germany, in their introduction appearance .

history [edit ]

The Federación de Fútbol de Chile is the second oldest south american federation, having been founded in Valparaíso on 19 June 1895. [ 10 ] Chile was one of the four initiation member nations of CONMEBOL. together with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, the four competed in the first South American Championship, subsequently to be renamed the Copa América, in 1916. On 12 October 1926, Chile made the beginning corner-kick goal in Copa América history in a match against Bolivia. Chile was one of the thirteen home teams that competed in the inauguration World Cup in 1930. The team started off well, beating Mexico and France without conceding a finish. A 3–1 loss to Argentina in the concluding game left the Chilean team in second home within the group, eliminating it from the tournament. In the 1950 World Cup, Chile defeated the United States, 5–2, but however was eliminated in the first round. The best chilean result in the World Cup was third place in 1962, as the horde nation. Chile lost 4–2 to eventual champion Brazil in a semi-final but went on to defeat Yugoslavia 1–0 to earn third rate. chilean players made two World Cup firsts : the beginning player to miss a World Cup penalty kick was the Chilean Guillermo Subiabre, in a 1930 FIFA World Cup match against France, [ 11 ] and Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first player to be sent off with a red circuit board, during a meet against West Germany at the 1974 World Cup. A scandal known as “ El Maracanazo “ occurred on 3 September 1989. At a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at Rio de Janeiro ‘s Maracanã stadium, Brazil led Chile 1–0 and La Roja needed to win. Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas fell to the cant with an apparent injury to his brow. A firework had been thrown from the stands by a brazilian fan named Rosenery Mello do Nascimento and was smouldering about a yard away. [ 12 ] After Rojas was carried off the pitch, the Chilean players and coaches claimed that conditions were not safe and they refused to return, so the match was abandoned. however, video footage of the match showed that the firework had not made touch with Rojas. FIFA forfeited the game to Brazil, Chile was banned from the qualifiers for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and Rojas was banned for life, [ 13 ] although an amnesty was granted in 2001. [ 14 ] On 19 July 2007, the Chilean Football Federation banned six of the national team players, because of “ inner indiscipline ” during the Copa América tournament, for 20 international matches each as they destroyed the team hotel property while drunk. The players banned were captain Jorge Valdivia, defenders Álvaro Ormeño, Rodrigo Tello, Jorge Vargas, Pablo Contreras and striker Reinaldo Navia. [ 15 ] Nelson Acosta ‘s resignation as coach came after Chile were knocked out of the 2007 Copa América. After serving 10 matches from the ban, all players aside from Ormeno sent a letter of apology acknowledging their actions which lifted the ban. Chile had qualified to the quarter-finals after a 3–2 gain against Ecuador, and a 0–0 draw against Mexico. But two losses, one of those being a 6–1 frustration against Brazil, sealed Acosta ‘s destiny. Former Argentina director Marcelo Bielsa was given the task of becoming the Chile national team coach in readiness for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. [ 16 ] On 16 October 2008, Chile beat Argentina 1–0 for the inaugural time in a qualify competition, making history. Marcelo Bielsa was acclaimed for this skill by both Chilean and argentine people. This catch was seen as one of the reasons that ended Alfio Basile ‘s tenure as Argentina ‘s coach. After finishing in second base stead of the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa and reaching the beat of 16 at the tournament, question coach Marcelo Bielsa extended his compress with the Chilean national team until 2015. Bielsa stated that he would leave his put if Jorge Segovia were elected as President of the Chilean Football Board. He followed through on this menace, despite Segovia ‘s election being annulled, and resigned in February 2011. Claudio Borghi then became Chile ‘s coach in March 2011. After a string of bad performances and harsh criticisms, Claudio Borghi stepped devour as Chile ‘s director in November 2012. A new director, Jorge Sampaoli, was appointed in December 2012. A disciple of Marcelo Bielsa, Jorge Sampaoli broke new records for La Roja by winning 10, drawing 3, and losing entirely 3 of 15 games as the head of the Chilean home team .
With Sampaoli, Chile were able to qualify for 2014 FIFA World Cup, reaching to the turn of 16, where chili lost to Brazil in penalties. In the 2015 Copa América, Chile won their first base plot against Ecuador, with 2–0 being the score. In their second game, Chile drew against Mexico. Chile advanced to the smasher phase as Group A winners with 7 points and most goals scored of any team in the tournament ( 10 ). then they beat Uruguay in the quarterfinals and Peru in the semifinals. In the final examination, Chile defeated Argentina on penalties ( 4–1 ) after a 0–0 draw, to win their foremost Copa America championship. In January 2016, just six months after winning the 2015 Copa America, Jorge Sampaoli stepped down as Chile ‘s coach. [ 17 ] A new director, the Argentinean Juan Antonio Pizzi, was appointed at the end of the same calendar month, who then led La Roja to a second Copa America Centenario 2016 victory after again beating Argentina in the final. [ 18 ] In the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Russia, for which they had qualified by winning the Copa America, Chile won their first group stage match against Cameroon with 2–0 being the score. In their second match against the Germany, Chile drew after a hard match and both team scored 1. In their final examination game of the group degree against Australia, Chile drew once again but qualified to the smasher stagecoach on virtue of having more points than Australia, though having less points than Germany. In the trailer truck, after a tense and excite pit, Chile came out on top, beating Portugal on Penalties, 3–0 and hence they qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup Final. In their first always concluding in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament, Chile faced Germany and lost 1–0. On 10 October 2017, after losing 3–0 to Brazil, Chile failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, causing an end to what was perceived as their “ gold generation ”. They ended up being the highest graded team that failed to qualify at 9th, placing sixth in the round-robin after losing out on overall goal remainder to Peru, the number of points being equal .

team prototype [edit ]

The team kit consists of a loss jersey, aristocratic shorts, and white socks. The away new jersey features a white jersey, blank shorts, and aristocratic socks. The color system of loss, egg white, and blue that was featured in the 1947 South american Championship, the precursor of the Copa América, has remained in place since. In 2016, crimson shorts were introduced as an option for the first meter. In August 2010, Puma acquired the sign to be the official kit out supplier for the Chilean team from 2011 to 2015, paying US $ 3 million per year, besides providing referees ‘ kits and balls for domestic clubhouse competitions. The former kit supplier, from 2004 to 2010 including the 2010 World Cup, was Brooks Sports. [ 19 ] Puma company ended its link after the 2015 Copa América with the tender for the modern stigmatize that will outfit the team since August 2015. This routine was won by the american english company Nike. The contract with Nike was supposed to last until the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but ended prematurely when the Chilean Football Federation sued Nike for missing payments in 2021. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] This dispute leash to Chile blocking the Nike patch with a flag during the 2021 Copa América. On September 1, 2021, it was announced that Adidas will be the new one in charge of dressing the Chilean National Team until 2026. [ 22 ]

home stadium [edit ]

Estadio Nacional at night. The Chilean national team plays their modification matches at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 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 stream official registered capacity is of 49,000 spectators, but has surpassed the 75,000 score on many occasions when the peer is of high requirement. [ 23 ] An exercise would be the 1962 FIFA World Cup semi-final match Chile vs. Brazil, where over 76,000 spectators viewed the plot. The maximum attendance ever was 85,262 on 26 December 1962, for a game between Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile. It has hosted four Copa América finals, the final of the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the final to the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship .

Rivalries [edit ]

Chile has no extra competition, however, two matches are considered important : those against Argentina, and Peru .

Argentina [edit ]

With 90 games played, is the most play fixture in the history of the Chilean national team and the third most play for Argentina after their encounters with Uruguay and Brazil. The teams ‘ first meet was in Buenos Aires on 27 May 1910, and matches constantly draw boastfully crowd in Chile. only 1 of the 6 victories on the 90 games played, was in an official rival, which occurred in 2010 World Cup reservation .

peru [edit ]

The Chile–Peru football competition is known in spanish as the Clásico del Pacífico ( “ Pacific Derby ” ). [ 24 ] The competition is considered to be one of the fiercest rivalries in the universe, [ 25 ] with CNN World Sport editor Greg Duke ranking it among the top ten football rivalries in the worldly concern. [ 26 ] The competition between Chile and Peru stems from historic politics, edge disputes, and the War of the Pacific, [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] with the competition producing some of the most acute matches in confederacy american footballing history. [ 25 ] Chile inaugural faced Peru in the 1935 South american english Championship, losing 1–0. [ 30 ]

Kit suppliers [edit ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

As of 14 February 2021

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

The following players were called up to the squad for the friendly matches against Mexico and El Salvador on 8 and 11 December 2021, respectively. [ 33 ]
Caps and goals updated as of 16 November 2021, after the match against Ecuador.

recent call-ups [edit ]

The following players have been called up in the last twelve months.

Read more: Lille OSC

player records [edit ]

As of 16 November 2021[34]
Players in bold are still active with Chile.

Most appearances [edit ]

Alexis Sánchez is the top scorekeeper in the history of Chile with 47 goals, and the most cap musician with 144 caps .

top goalscorers [edit ]

competitive record [edit ]

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA World Cup record

Qualification record

Year

Round

Position

Squad

Uruguay1930

Group stage

5th

3

2

0

1

5

3

Squad
Qualified as invitees
Italy1934
Withdrew
Withdrew
France1938
Brazil1950

Group stage

9th

3

1

0

2

5

6

Squad
Qualified automatically
Switzerland1954
Did not qualify

4

0

0

4

1

10

Sweden1958

4

1

0

3

2

10

Chile1962
Third place
3rd
6
4
0
2
10
8
Squad
Qualified as hosts
England1966

Group stage

13th

3

0

1

2

2

5

Squad

5

3

1

1

14

8

Mexico1970
Did not qualify

4

1

2

1

5

4

West Germany1974

Group stage

11th

3

0

2

1

1

2

Squad

5

3

1

1

6

2

Argentina1978
Did not qualify

4

2

1

1

5

3

Spain1982

Group stage

22nd

3

0

0

3

3

8

Squad

4

3

1

0

6

0

Mexico1986
Did not qualify

9

5

2

2

18

12

Italy1990

4

2

1

1

9

4

United States1994
Banned
Banned
France1998

Round of 16

16th

4

0

3

1

5

8

Squad

16

7

4

5

32

18

South KoreaJapan2002
Did not qualify

18

3

3

12

15

27

Germany2006

18

5

7

6

18

22

South Africa2010

Round of 16

10th

4

2

0

2

3

5

Squad

18

10

3

5

32

22

Brazil2014

9th

4

2

1

1

6

4

Squad

16

9

1

6

29

25

Russia2018
Did not qualify

18

8

2

8

26

27

Qatar2022
To be determined
In progress
CanadaMexicoUnited States2026
To be determined

Total

Third place

9/21

33

11

7

15

40

49

147

62

29

56

218

194

Copa América [edit ]

FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]

Olympic Games [edit ]

pan american Games [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Senior team [edit ]

Titles [edit ]

Friendlies [edit ]

Olympic and Pan American Team [edit ]

  • Bronze Medal (1): 2000

Competition
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Total

World Cup

0
0
1
1

Copa América

2
4
5
11

Confederations Cup

0
1
0
1

Panamerican Championship

0
1
0
1

Olympic Games

0
0
1
1

Total
2
6
7
15

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  • In 2010, Chicago-based rock band Manwomanchild released the song “Chile La Roja” in support of Chile’s 2010 World Cup team.[35][36][37]

References [edit ]

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