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
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