Chile at the FIFA World Cup

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

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	Withdrew
1950	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	5	6
1954	Did not qualify
1958	Did not qualify
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	Did not qualify
2010	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	3	5
2014	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	6	4
2018	Did not qualify
2022	Did not qualify
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

World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Scorers
1930	Group 1	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 2	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 2	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 play-off	Yugoslavia	1–0	W	Santiago de Chile	Rojas 90'
1966	Group 4	Italy	0–2	L	Sunderland	—
		North Korea	1–1	D	Middlesbrough	Marcos 26' (pen.)
		Soviet Union	1–2	L	Sunderland	Marcos 32'
1974	Group 1	West Germany	0–1	L	Berlin	—
		East Germany	1–1	D	Berlin	Ahumada 69'
		Australia	0–0	D	Berlin	—
1982	Group 2	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 B	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 H	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 B	Australia	3–1	W	Cuiabá	A. Sánchez 12', Valdivia 14', Beausejour 92+'
		Spain	2–0	W	Rio de Janeiro	Vargas 20', Aránguiz 43'
		Netherlands	2–0	L	São Paulo	—
	Round of 16	Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 pen.)	D	Belo Horizonte	A. Sánchez 32'

Record by opponent

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

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

Rank	Player	Appearances	World Cups
1	Elías Figueroa	9	1966, 1974, 1982
1	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

Team awards

Third Place 1962

Individual awards

Golden Boot 1962: Leonel Sánchez (shared)
Bronze Ball 1962: Leonel Sánchez

References

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

External links

[2006coverage-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

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v t e Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.