Chile at the FIFA World Cup

Summary

This is a record of the results of the Chile national team at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]

The Football Federation of Chile is the second oldest South American federation, with 127 years of existence. Its foundation dates back to June 19, 1895, at the port city of Valparaiso. Its first President was David Scott.[2] Chile is one of four founding member nations of CONMEBOL together with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. They established the South American footballing organization on July 9, 1916.[3] The four original associations enacted and participated in the first ever South American Championship which would later be named the Copa América.

Chile have appeared in nine FIFA World Cup finals to date, which were in 1930, 1950, 1962 (which they hosted), 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010 and 2014. Their best performance was in 1962, where they finished in third place.

Overall record edit

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1930 Group stage 5th 3 2 0 1 5 3
  1934 Withdrew
  1938
  1950 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 5 6
  1954 Did not qualify
  1958
  1962 Third place 3rd 6 4 0 2 10 8
  1966 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 5
  1970 Did not qualify
  1974 Group stage 11th 3 0 2 1 1 2
  1978 Did not qualify
  1982 Group stage 22nd 3 0 0 3 3 8
  1986 Did not qualify
  1990 Disqualified
  1994 Banned
  1998 Round of 16 16th 4 0 3 1 5 8
    2002 Did not qualify
  2006
  2010 Round of 16 10th 4 2 0 2 3 5
  2014 9th 4 2 1 1 6 4
  2018 Did not qualify
  2022
      2026 To be determined
      2030
  2034
Total Third place 9/22 33 11 7 15 40 49
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

By match edit

World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
1930 Group stage   Mexico 3–0 W Montevideo Vidal   3', 65', Rosas   52' (o.g.)
  France 1–0 W Montevideo Subiabre   67'
  Argentina 1–3 L Montevideo Subiabre   15'
1950 Group stage   England 0–2 L Rio de Janeiro
  Spain 0–2 L Rio de Janeiro
  United States 5–2 W Recife Robledo   16', Riera   32', Cremaschi   54', 82', Prieto   60'
1962 Group stage    Switzerland 3–1 W Santiago de Chile L. Sánchez   44', 55', Ramírez   51'
  Italy 2–0 W Santiago de Chile Ramírez   73', Toro   87'
  West Germany 0–2 L Santiago de Chile
Quarter-finals   Soviet Union 2–1 W Arica L. Sánchez   11', Rojas   29'
Semi-finals   Brazil 2–4 L Santiago de Chile Toro   42', L. Sánchez   61' (pen.)
Third place match   Yugoslavia 1–0 W Santiago de Chile Rojas   90'
1966 Group stage   Italy 0–2 L Sunderland
  North Korea 1–1 D Middlesbrough Marcos   26' (pen.)
  Soviet Union 1–2 L Sunderland Marcos   32'
1974 Group stage   West Germany 0–1 L Berlin
  East Germany 1–1 D Berlin Ahumada   69'
  Australia 0–0 D Berlin
1982 Group stage   Austria 0–1 L Oviedo
  West Germany 1–4 L Gijón Moscoso   90'
  Algeria 2–3 L Oviedo Neira   59' (pen.), Letelier   73'
1998 Group stage   Italy 2–2 D Bordeaux Salas   45', 49'
  Austria 1–1 D Saint-Étienne Salas   70'
  Cameroon 1–1 D Nantes Sierra   20'
Round of 16   Brazil 1–4 L París Salas   68'
2010 Group stage   Honduras 1–0 W Nelspruit Beausejour   34'
   Switzerland 1–0 W Port Elizabeth Gonzalez   75'
  Spain 1–2 L Pretoria Millar   47'
Round of 16   Brazil 0–3 L Johannesburg
2014 Group stage   Australia 3–1 W Cuiabá A. Sánchez   12', Valdivia   14', Beausejour   92+'
  Spain 2–0 W Río de Janeiro Vargas   20', Aránguiz   43'
  Netherlands 2–0 L Sao Paulo
Round of 16   Brazil 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 pen.) D Belo Horizonte A. Sánchez   32'

Record by opponent edit

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
  Algeria 0 0 1 1 2 3
  Argentina 0 0 1 1 1 3
  Australia 1 1 0 2 3 1
  Austria 0 1 1 2 1 2
  Brazil 0 1 3 4 4 12
  Cameroon 0 1 0 1 1 1
  East Germany 0 1 0 1 1 1
  England 0 0 1 1 0 2
  France 1 0 0 1 1 0
  Germany 0 0 3 3 1 7
  Honduras 1 0 0 1 1 0
  Italy 1 1 1 3 4 4
  Mexico 1 0 0 1 3 0
  Netherlands 0 0 1 1 0 2
  North Korea 0 1 0 1 1 1
  Soviet Union 1 0 1 2 3 3
  Spain 1 0 2 3 3 4
   Switzerland 2 0 0 2 4 1
  United States 1 0 0 1 5 2
  Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 1 0

Goalscorers edit

Player Goals 1930 1950 1962 1966 1974 1982 1998 2010 2014
Leonel Sánchez 4 4
Marcelo Salas 4 4
Jean Beausejour 2 1 1
Atilio Cremaschi 2 2
Rubén Marcos 2 2
Jaime Ramírez 2 2
Eladio Rojas 2 2
Alexis Sánchez 2 2
Guillermo Subiabre 2 2
Jorge Toro 2 2
Carlos Vidal 2 2
Sergio Ahumada 1 1
Charles Aránguiz 1 1
Mark González 1 1
Juan Carlos Letelier 1 1
Rodrigo Millar 1 1
Gustavo Moscoso 1 1
Miguel Ángel Neira 1 1
Andrés Prieto 1 1
Fernando Riera 1 1
George Robledo 1 1
José Luis Sierra 1 1
Jorge Valdivia 1 1
Eduardo Vargas 1 1
Own goals scored by Chile’s opponents 1 1
Total 40 5 5 10 2 1 3 5 3 6

Most appearances edit

Rank Player Appearances World Cups
1 Elías Figueroa 9 1966, 1974, 1982
Leonel Sánchez 9 1962, 1966
3 Claudio Bravo 8 2010, 2014
Mauricio Isla 8 2010, 2014
Gonzalo Jara 8 2010, 2014
Alexis Sánchez 8 2010, 2014
7 Luis Eyzaguirre 7 1962, 1966
Honorino Landa 7 1962, 1966
Gary Medel 7 2010, 2014
Jorge Valdivia 7 2010, 2014
Arturo Vidal 7 2010, 2014
12 Jean Beausejour 6 2010, 2014
Jaime Ramírez 6 1962, 1966
Eladio Rojas 6 1962
Raúl Sánchez 6 1962

Awards edit

Team awards edit

  • Third Place 1962

Individual awards edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
  2. ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol
  3. ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol

External links edit

  • FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002
  • FIFA official site