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Chile national under-17 football team

Chile Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) La Rojita (The Little Red One)
Association Federación de Fútbol de Chile
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Hernán Caputto
Captain TBA
FIFA code CHI
First international
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(-, -; -, -)
Biggest win
 Chile 7-1  Bolivia
(Caballero, Paraguay; 5 March 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Chile 1-5  Nigeria
(Viña del Mar, Chile; 21 October 2015)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances 3 (first in 1993)
Best result Third Place 1993
Chile national under-17 football team
Medal record
Under-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Japan Team
Chile national under-17 football team
Medal record
South American Under-17 Football Championship
Silver medal – second place 1993 Colombia NA
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Paraguay NA
Chile national under-17 football team
Medal record
Premier Under-16 Milk Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Premier NA

Chile national under-17 football team is the representative of Chile within FIFA U-17 World Cup. It is part of the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and it participated in the 1993 and 1997 editions of the tournament. As the host nation, Chile qualified automatically for the 2015 edition of the U-17 World Cup.

The FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in Japan from 21 August to 4 September in the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya and Gifu.

This was to be Chile's first presentation on the U-17 international tournament. Attainment occurred by qualifying in second place during the Sudamericano U-17 qualifiers, behind Colombia and ahead of Argentina.

Of the four groups in the tournament, Chile were located in group D which contained Poland, Tunisia and China. The group games were held in the city of Hiroshima, and on 22 August Chile faced China the winners of the AFC U-16 Championship. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. On 24 August Chile played against Tunisia, where Chile came away victorious by a score of 2-0. The third match was to be a highly contested match-up against Poland, and a battle for first place within group D would ensue. The match ended 3-3 with Chile qualifying in second place with a total of 4 points.

In the quarterfinals Chile's opponent was the former country of Czechoslovakia on 29 August in Kyoto. Chile went on to defeat Czechoslovakia 4-1 gaining a spot in the semifinals.


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