The Chile national under-17 football team is the representative of Chile within FIFA and participates in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and South American Under-17 Football Championship. It is part of the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and it participated in the 1993, 1997, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2025 editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament. As the host nation, Chile qualified automatically for the 2015 edition.
Chile Under-17 World Cup appearances
Japan 1993 The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in Japan from 21 August to 4 September in the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya and Gifu.
This was to be Chile's first presentation on the U-17 international tournament stage. Attainment occurred by finishing in second place at the 1993 South American Under-17 Football Championship, behind Colombia and ahead of Argentina.
Of the four groups in the tournament, Chile were located in Group D which contained Poland, Tunisia and China. The group games were held in the city of Hiroshima and on 22 August, Chile faced China, the winners of the AFC U-16 Championship. The game ended in a 2–2 draw. On 24 August, Chile played against Tunisia, where Chile came away victorious by a score of 2–0. The third match was to be a highly contested match-up against Poland, and a battle for first place within Group D would ensue. The match ended 3–3 with Chile qualifying in second place with a total of 4 points.
In the quarterfinals, Chile's opponent was the former country of Czechoslovakia on 29 August in Kyoto. Chile went on to defeat Czechoslovakia 4–1 gaining a spot in the semifinals.
On 1 September, the semifinals featured Chile vs. Ghana. The speed, counterattacking and strength of the African players defeated the Chilean squad. The match ended 3–0 and relegated Chile towards the consolation prize of the tournament, which was third place.
The third-place position reunited Chile with Poland, where after another battle, Chile would go on to tie Poland with a penalty kick from Sebastian Rozental during the closing minutes of the match, after Chile were down most of the game with an own goal against them. Chile ultimately won the penalty kick shootout (4)-(2) and gained a third-place finish.FIFA.com – Japan 1993: Golden Eaglets flying highFIFA.com – Fixtures and Results
DateVenueOpponentsResultScore22 August 1993Hiroshima, JapanD 2 – 224 August 1993Hiroshima, JapanW 2 – 026 August 1993Hiroshima, JapanD 3 – 329 August 1993Kyoto, JapanW 4 – 11 September 1993Tokyo, JapanL 0 – 34 September 1993Tokyo, JapanD 1(4) – 1(2)
Egypt 1997 For the 1997 edition, Chile qualified by finishing in third place behind both Brazil and Argentina in the 1997 South American Under-17 Football Championship.
The tournament was held in Egypt in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria and Port Said from 4 September to 21 September. Chile was located in Group A which included hosts Egypt, Germany and Thailand. On 5 September, Chile played Germany in the capital of Cairo and after a scoreless first half, Chile was defeated by the Germans 1–0.
On 7 September, Chile played the host country of Egypt in the same venue. After Egypt was winning by a goal, Chile went on to tie and the game finished 1–1. On 10 September in Ismalia, Chile's final group match featured them against Thailand. Chile defeated the Southeast Asian country by a score of 6–2, but the result would not be good enough for them to advance onto the second round as Chile with only 4 points could not surpass Egypt who came in second place with 5 points.FIFA.com – Egypt 1997: Brazil restore some prideFIFA.com – Fixtures and Results
DateVenueOpponentsResultScore5 September 1997Cairo, EgyptL 0 – 17 September 1997Cairo, EgyptD 1 – 110 September 1997Ismailia, EgyptW 6 – 2
Chile 2015 In 2011, Chile was chosen to host the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, therefore the team qualified automatically for the tournament.
DateVenueOpponentsResultScore17 October 2015Santiago, ChileD 1 – 120 October 2015Viña del Mar, ChileL 1 – 523 October 2015Viña del Mar, ChileW 4 – 128 October 2015Chillán, ChileL 1 – 4
India 2017 For the 2017 edition, Chile qualified by finishing in second place behind Brazil and ahead of Paraguay in the 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship.
DateVenueOpponentsResultScore8 October 2017Kolkata, IndiaL 0 – 411 October 2017Kolkata, IndiaL 0 – 314 October 2017Guwahati, IndiaD 0 – 0
Competitive record
FIFA Under-17 World Cup record FIFA U-17 World Cup recordYearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA 1985Did not qualify 1987 1989 1991 1993Third Place3rd62311210 1995Did not qualify 1997Group Stage9th311174 1999Did not qualify 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015Round of 1613th4112711 2017Group Stage21st301207 2019Round of 1616th410379 2023Did not qualify 2025Group Stage 33rd 311134 2026QualifiedTotalThird Place7/202367103645
South American Under-17 Football Championship record South American Under-17 Football Championship recordYearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA 1985Fourth Place4th83141111 1986Group Stage9th403134 1988Group Stage5th420285 1991Fourth Place4th723275 1993Runners-up2nd72322013 1995Fourth Place4th71331123 1997Third Place3rd73131412 1999Group Stage7th411245 2001Group Stage10th4013913 2003Group Stage6th410347 2005Group Stage5th420267 2007Group Stage9th410335 2009Group Stage7th411247 2011Group Stage8th411258 2013Group Stage8th403134 2015Group Stage10th4004412 2017Runners-up2nd952279 2019Runners-up2nd9522179 2023Sixth Place6th9216515 2025Fourth Place4th630397 TotalRunners-up20/20108352652154166
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Honours
FIFA U-17 World Cup Third place (1): 1993 South American Under-17 Football Championship Runners-ups (2): 1993, 2017 Third place (1): 1997
By match FIFA U-17 World Cup/World ChampionshipRoundOpponentScoreResultVenueChile scorers1993Group stage 2–2DHiroshima Neira , Rozental 2–0WHiroshimaTapia , Neira 3–3DHiroshimaOsorio , Rozental , Neira Quarter-finals 4–1WKyotoRozental , Tapia , Neira Semi-finals 0–3LTokyoThird place match 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.)DTokyoRozental 1997Group stage 0–1LCairo 1–1DCairoVillalobos 6–2WIsmailiaViveros , Maldonado , Mirosević , Alvarez , Zuniga 2015Group stage 1–1DSantiago Y. Leiva 1–5LViña del MarAllende 4–1WViña del MarAllende , Mazuela , Jara , Moya Round of 16 1–4LChillánB. Leiva 2017Group stage 0–4LKolkata 0–3LKolkata 0–0DGuwahati2019Group stage 2-0LGoiânia 4-2WGoiâniaRojas ,Ceneus , Tapia , Tati 2–1LCariacicaOroz Round of 16 3-2LGamaCruz 2025Group stage 2-0LAl Rayyan 1–1DAl RayyanTorres 2–1W Al RayyanYañez , Orellana
Record by opponent
FIFA U-17 World Cup matches (by team)OpponentWinsDrawsLossesTotalGoals ScoredGoals Conceded 001101 100121 010122 010111 100141 001104 010111 002202 001101 001103 100141 001103 011214 001115 020244 001101 100162 100120 010111 100141
Former squads
1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Coach: Leonardo Véliz # Name Pos DOB Club 1Ariel Salas GK 09.10.1976Colo-Colo 2Silvio Rojas MF 21.09.1977Universidad Católica 3 DF 27.09.1976Colo-Colo 4Nelson Garrido DF 12.02.1977Universidad Católica 5Gustavo Valenzuela DF 05.04.1977O'Higgins 6Dion Valle DF 22.07.1977Colo-Colo 7 DF 30.09.1976Colo-Colo 8René Martínez MF 11.08.1976Universidad de Chile 9Alejandro Osorio MF 24.09.1976O'Higgins 10Frank Lobos MF 25.09.1976Colo-Colo 11Sebastián Rozental FW 01.09.1976Universidad Católica 12 GK 23.07.1977Universidad Católica 13Héctor Tapia MF 30.09.1977Colo-Colo 14Pablo Herceg MF 19.01.1977Universidad Católica 15Patricio Galaz FW 31.12.1976Universidad Católica 16Mauricio Rojas FW 01.08.1976Coquimbo Unido 17Manuel Neira FW 12.10.1977Colo-Colo 18Dante Poli DF 16.08.1976Universidad Católica
1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Coach: Vladimir Bigorra # Name Pos DOB Club 1Marcelo Jélvez GK 23.10.1980Universidad de Chile 2Cristián Álvarez DF 20.01.1980Universidad Católica 3Claudio Maldonado DF 03.01.1980Colo-Colo 4Denis Montecinos DF 23.01.1980Huachipato 5Pablo Díaz DF 23.05.1980Regional Atacama 6Germán Navea MF 10.02.1980Deportes La Serena 7Iván Álvarez FW 20.01.1980Universidad Católica 8Alonso Zúñiga MF 23.03.1980Colo-Colo 9Jorge Guzmán FW 24.03.1980Universidad de Chile 10Milovan Mirosevic MF 20.06.1980Universidad Católica 11Juan José Ribera MF 11.10.1980Universidad Católica 12Patricio Vargas GK 02.08.1980O'Higgins 13David Cubillos DF 12.01.1980Colo-Colo 14César Pino DF 02.06.1980Universidad de Chile 15Rodolfo Madrid MF 14.05.1980Colo-Colo 16Manuel Villalobos FW 15.10.1980Colo-Colo 17Juan Francisco Viveros FW 11.08.1980Huachipato 18Juan Pablo Úbeda FW 31.07.1980Unión Española
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup Coach: Miguel Ponce
# Name Pos DOB Club 1Luis Ureta GK 08.03.1999O'Higgins 2Simón Ramírez DF 03.11.1998Huachipato 3Fabián Monilla DF 20.05.1998Universidad Católica 4Manuel Reyes MF 08.01.1998Universidad Católica 5Diego González DF 29.04.1998O'Higgins 6Ignacio Saavedra MF 12.01.1999Universidad Católica 7Gonzalo Jara MF 01.12.1998Universidad Católica 8Yerko Leiva MF 14.06.1998Universidad de Chile 9 FW 30.01.1999Universidad de Chile 10Marcelo Allende MF 07.04.1999Cobreloa 11Mathías Pinto FW 13.07.1998Universidad de Chile 12 GK 23.06.1998Universidad de Chile 13Camilo Moya DF 19.02.1998Universidad de Chile 14 MF 08.05.1998Colo-Colo 15René Meléndez MF 19.11.1998Audax Italiano 16Brian Leiva MF 21.02.1998Universidad Católica 17Diego Soto DF 22.10.1998Universidad de Concepción 18Walter Ponce FW 04.03.1998Palestino 19Luis Salas FW 30.03.1998Colo-Colo 20Juan José Soriano DF 12.01.1998Universidad Católica 21Zacarías López GK 30.06.1998San Marcos de Arica
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup Coach: Hernán Caputto
# Name Pos DOB Club 1 GK 09.02.2000Universidad de Chile 2 DF 19.02.2000O'Higgins 3Lucas Alarcón DF 05.03.2000Universidad de Chile 4Nicolás Aravena DF 17.06.2000Colo-Colo 5Yerco Oyanedel DF 19.09.2000Universidad Católica 6Martín Lara MF 28.12.2000Universidad Católica 7Ignacio Contreras FW 11.04.2000Colo-Colo 8Maximiliano Guerrero MF 15.01.2000Universidad de Chile 9Ignacio Mesías FW 16.10.2000Unión San Felipe 10Branco Provoste MF 14.04.2000Colo-Colo 11Antonio Díaz FW 26.04.2000O'Higgins 12Julio Bórquez GK 20.04.2000Deportes Iquique 13Willian Gama FW 30.06.2000Santiago Wanderers 14Diego Valencia FW 14.01.2000Universidad Católica 15Sebastián Valencia DF 13.02.2000Colo-Colo 16Óliver Rojas MF 11.06.2000Audax Italiano 17Pedro Campos FW 02.06.2000Universidad Católica 18Matías Silva DF 30.06.2000Unión San Felipe 19Mauricio Morales MF 07.01.2000Universidad de Chile 20Jairo Vásquez FW 16.01.2001Estudiantes 21Hugo Araya GK 28.12.2000Cobreloa
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Coach: Cristian Leiva
# Name Pos DOB Club 1Julio Fierro GK 09.04.2002Colo-Colo 2David Tati DF 06.04.2002Colo-Colo 3Nicolás Garrido DF 27.08.2002Colo-Colo 4Cristian Riquelme DF 14.10.2003Everton 5Daniel González DF 20.02.2002Santiago Wanderers 6Vicente Pizarro MF 05.11.2002Colo-Colo 7Gonzalo Tapia FW 18.02.2002Universidad Católica 8 MF 24.06.2002Colo-Colo 9Alexander Aravena FW 06.09.2002Universidad Católica 10Joan Cruz MF 04.04.2003Colo-Colo 11Alexander Oroz MF 15.12.2002Colo-Colo 12Diego Carreño GK 26.04.2002O'Higgins 13Bruno Gutiérrez DF 25.07.2002Colo-Colo 14César Pérez MF 29.11.2002Magallanes 15Daniel Gutiérrez DF 16.02.2003Colo-Colo 16 DF 30.01.2002Universidad Católica 17César Díaz FW 31.01.2002Unión Española 18Kennan Sepúlveda FW 08.02.2002Santiago Wanderers 19Lucas Assadi FW 08.01.2004Universidad de Chile 20Luis Rojas MF 06.03.2002Universidad de Chile 21Vicente Reyes GK 19.11.2003Atlanta United 2
Current squad The following players were called up to the squad for the 2026 South American Championship.
Caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2025, after the match against Colombia
Head-to-head record The following table shows Chile's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. OpponentWin %Total
See also Chile national football team Chile national under-20 football team
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