Nickname(s) | La Rojita (The Little Red One) |
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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) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Chile 1-5 Nigeria (Viña del Mar, Chile; 21 October 2015) |
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FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1993) |
Best result | Third Place 1993 |
Medal record | ||
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Under-17 World Cup | ||
1993 Japan | Team |
Medal record | ||
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South American Under-17 Football Championship | ||
1993 Colombia | NA | |
1997 Paraguay | NA |
Medal record | ||
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Premier Under-16 Milk Cup | ||
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.