Nickname(s) | La Roja (The Red One) | ||||||||||
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Association | Federación de Fútbol de Chile (FFCh) | ||||||||||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||||||||||
Head coach | Juan Antonio Pizzi | ||||||||||
Captain | Claudio Bravo | ||||||||||
Most caps |
Claudio Bravo (115) Alexis Sánchez |
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Top scorer | Alexis Sánchez (38) | ||||||||||
Home stadium | Estadio Nacional | ||||||||||
FIFA code | CHI | ||||||||||
FIFA ranking | |||||||||||
Current | 7 (10 August 2017) | ||||||||||
Highest | 3 (April–May 2016) | ||||||||||
Lowest | 84 (December 2002) | ||||||||||
Elo ranking | |||||||||||
Current | 9 (5 July 2017) | ||||||||||
Highest | 2 (July 2016) | ||||||||||
Lowest | 60 (December 2002) | ||||||||||
First international | |||||||||||
Argentina 3–1 Chile (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 27 May 1910) |
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Biggest win | |||||||||||
Chile 7–0 Venezuela (Santiago, Chile; 29 August 1979) Chile 7–0 Armenia (Viña del Mar, Chile; 4 January 1997) Mexico 0–7 Chile (Santa Clara, United States; 18 June 2016) |
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Biggest defeat | |||||||||||
Brazil 7–0 Chile (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 17 September 1959) |
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World Cup | |||||||||||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1930) | ||||||||||
Best result | Third place, 1962 | ||||||||||
Copa América | |||||||||||
Appearances | 38 (first in 1916) | ||||||||||
Best result | Champions, 2015 and 2016 | ||||||||||
Confederations Cup | |||||||||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | ||||||||||
Best result | Runners-up, 2017 | ||||||||||
Medal record
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The Chile national football team (Selección de fútbol de Chile) represents Chile in all major international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. The team is commonly referred to as La Roja ("The Red One"). They have appeared in nine World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where they finished in third place, the highest position the country has ever achieved in the World Cup. Since the mid to late 1960s, the Elo ratings ranks Chile among the 25 strongest football teams in the world.
Chile are the reigning Copa América champions; after winning 2015 Copa América on home soil, they successfully defended their title in the United States in the Copa América Centenario in 2016. Prior to this, Chile had been runners-up in the competition on four occasions. As a result of winning the 2015 Copa América, they qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished second.
The Federación de Fútbol de Chile is the second oldest South American federation, having been founded in Valparaíso on June 19, 1895.
Chile is one of the four founding member nations of CONMEBOL. Together with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, the four competed in the first South American Championship, later to be renamed the Copa América, in 1916. On October 12, 1926, Chile made the first corner-kick goal in Copa América history in a match against Bolivia.