Chile national football team
Chile
Nickname(s)
La Roja
(The red one)
Association
Federación de Fútbol de
Chile
Confederation
CONMEBOL (South
America)
Head coach
Marcelo Bielsa
Captain
Claudio Bravo
Most caps
Leonel Sánchez (84)
Top scorer
Marcelo Salas (37)
Home stadium
Estadio Nacional
FIFA code
CHI
FIFA ranking
26
Highest FIFA
ranking
6 (April 1998)
Lowest FIFA
ranking
84 (December 2002)
Elo ranking
16
Highest Elo
ranking
9 (February 1956)
Lowest Elo
ranking
60 (2003)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Argentina 3 - 1 Chile
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 27 May 1910)
Biggest win
Chile 7 - 0 Venezuela
(Santiago, Chile; 29 August 1979)
Chile 7 - 0 Armenia
(Viña del Mar, Chile; 1 April 1997)[1]
Biggest defeat
Brazil 7 - 0 Chile
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 17 September 1959)
World Cup
Appearances
7 (First in 1930)
Best result
Third place, 1962
Copa América
Appearances
35 (First in 1916)
Best result
Second place, 1955,
1956,
1979, 1987
Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Bronze
2000 Sydney[2]
Team
Medal record
Men’s Pre-Olympic Football
Silver
1984 Ecuador
NA
Silver
2000 Brazil[2]
NA
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Chile national football team
1
Medal record
Men’s Pan American Games
Bronze
1951 Argentina
NA
Bronze
1963 Brazil
NA
Silver
1987 USA
NA
The Chilean national football team repres-
ents Chile in all major international football
competitions. The team is controlled by the
Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was es-
tablished in 1895. They have appeared in sev-
en World Cup tournaments and were hosts of
the 1962 World Cup finishing in third place.
History
The Federación de Fútbol de Chile is the
second oldest South American federation,
with 113 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 Argen-
tina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The members es-
tablished the South American footballing or-
ganization on 9 July 1916.[4] The four associ-
ations enact