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 48 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.

The Football Federation of Chile is the second oldest South American federation, with 127 years of existence. Its foundation dates back to 19 June 1895, at the port city of Valparaíso. Its first President was David Scott.Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol Chile is one of four founding member nations of CONMEBOL together with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. They established the South American footballing organization on 9 July 1916.Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol 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.

Record at the FIFA World Cup Overall record FIFA World Cup recordYearRoundPosition* 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 1994 Banned from entering 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 2030 To be determined 2034Total Third place 9/23 33 11 7 15 40 49 *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. **Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

List of matches World CupRoundOpponentScoreResultVenueChile scorers1930Group 13–0WMontevideo Vidal , Rosas 1–0WMontevideoSubiabre 1–3LMontevideoSubiabre 1950Group 20–2LRio de Janeiro0–2L Rio de Janeiro5–2W RecifeRobledo , Riera , Cremaschi , Prieto 1962Group 23–1WSantiago de ChileL. Sánchez , Ramírez 2–0WSantiago de ChileRamírez , Toro 0–2L Santiago de ChileQuarter-finals2–1WAricaL. Sánchez , Rojas Semi-finals 2–4LSantiago de ChileToro , L. Sánchez Match for third place1–0WSantiago de ChileRojas 1966Group 40–2LSunderland1–1DMiddlesbroughMarcos 1–2L SunderlandMarcos 1974Group 10–1LBerlin1–1DBerlinAhumada 0–0DBerlin1982Group 20–1LOviedo1–4L GijónMoscoso 2–3LOviedoNeira , Letelier 1998Group B2–2D BordeauxSalas 1–1DSaint-ÉtienneSalas 1–1DNantesSierra Round of 161–4LParísSalas 2010Group H1–0WNelspruitBeausejour 1–0WPort ElizabethGonzalez 1–2LPretoriaMillar Round of 160–3LJohannesburg2014Group B3–1W CuiabáA. Sánchez , Valdivia , Beausejour 2–0WRio de JaneiroVargas , Aránguiz 0–2LSão PauloRound of 161–1 DBelo HorizonteA. Sánchez

1930 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

1950 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

1962 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Knockout Stage

Quarter-finaals

Semi-finals

1966 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

1974 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

1982 FIFA World Cup

First group stage

1998 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16

2010 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16

2014 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Record by opponent FIFA World Cup matches (by team)OpponentWinsDrawsLossesTotalGoals ScoredGoals Conceded0011230011131102310112120134412010111010111001102100110003317100110111344100130001102010111101233102334200241100152100110

Player records Most appearances Rank Player Appearances World Cups1Elías Figueroa91966, 1974 and 1982Leonel Sánchez91962 and 19663Claudio Bravo82010 and 2014Mauricio Isla82010 and 2014Gonzalo Jara82010 and 2014Alexis Sánchez82010 and 20147Luis Eyzaguirre71962 and 1966Honorino Landa71962 and 1966Gary Medel72010 and 2014Jorge Valdivia72010 and 2014Arturo Vidal72010 and 2014

Goalscorers

On July 16, 1930, Carlos Vidal made history by scoring Chile's first-ever FIFA World Cup goal. It happened on their opening match against Mexico in Montevideo.

Player Goals 1930 1950 1962 1966 1974 1982 1998 2010 2014 Leonel Sánchez 4 4 Marcelo Salas 4 4 Carlos Vidal 2 2 Guillermo Subiabre 2 2 2 2 2 2 Jorge Toro 2 2 Eladio Rojas 2 2 Rubén Marcos 2 2 Jean Beausejour 2 1 1 Alexis Sánchez 2 2 Andrés Prieto 1 1 Fernando Riera 1 1 George Robledo 1 1 1 1 Gustavo Moscoso 1 1 Miguel Ángel Neira 1 1 Juan Carlos Letelier 1 1 José Luis Sierra 1 1 1 1 1 1 Charles Aránguiz 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 40 5 5 10 2 1 3 5 3 6

Awards

Team awards

Third Place 1962

Individual awards

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

See also Chile at the Copa América Chile at the FIFA Confederations Cup South American nations at the FIFA World Cup

References

Reports

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