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Sunday, 8 June 2014

FIFA WORLDCUP 2014:CHILE

World Cup Appearance 
9
 
Highest Finish: 
Third round (1962)
 
Star Players:Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal, Jorge Valdivia
 
Titles:None
 
FIFA Ranking Position:14
 
Coach:Jorge Sampaoli

Population: 17.25 million

Area: 756,102 sq km

Capital: Santiago

Currency: Chilean Peso

Federation: Chilean Football Federation founded in 1895, affiliated to FIFA in 1913.

Registered players: 478,500

Kit colours: Red shirts, blue shorts, white socks

Team nickname: La Roja (The Red One)

World Cup appearances: 9 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010, 2014)

World Cup record: 3rd (1962), second round (1998, 2010), first round (1930, 1950, 1966, 1974, 1982)

Copa America: finalist (1955, 1956, 1979, 1987), 3rd (1926, 1941, 1945, 1967, 1991), 4th (1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1953, 1999)

How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Finished third in the South American qualifying group with 28pts behind Argentina 32, Colombia 30, Ecuador 25, Uruguay 25, with 9 wins, 1 draw, 6 defeats, 29 goals for and 25 against.

Top clubs: Colo Colo, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Catolica

Key players: Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal, Jorge Valdivia, Gary Medel, Claudio Bravo