# 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.
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. 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. 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 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1938 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1950 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 1954 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1958 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1974 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1982 | Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1990 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| 1994 | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned |
| 1998 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2034 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 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.) |
| 1930 | Group 1 | France | 1–0 | W | Montevideo | Subiabre 67' |
| 1930 | Group 1 | Argentina | 1–3 | L | Montevideo | Subiabre 15' |
| 1950 | Group 2 | England | 0–2 | L | Rio de Janeiro | — |
| 1950 | Group 2 | Spain | 0–2 | L | Rio de Janeiro | — |
| 1950 | Group 2 | 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' |
| 1962 | Group 2 | Italy | 2–0 | W | Santiago de Chile | Ramírez 73', Toro 87' |
| 1962 | Group 2 | West Germany | 0–2 | L | Santiago de Chile | — |
| 1962 | Quarter-finals | Soviet Union | 2–1 | W | Arica | L. Sánchez 11', Rojas 29' |
| 1962 | Semi-finals | Brazil | 2–4 | L | Santiago de Chile | Toro 42', L. Sánchez 61' (pen.) |
| 1962 | Third place play-off | Yugoslavia | 1–0 | W | Santiago de Chile | Rojas 90' |
| 1966 | Group 4 | Italy | 0–2 | L | Sunderland | — |
| 1966 | Group 4 | North Korea | 1–1 | D | Middlesbrough | Marcos 26' (pen.) |
| 1966 | Group 4 | Soviet Union | 1–2 | L | Sunderland | Marcos 32' |
| 1974 | Group 1 | West Germany | 0–1 | L | Berlin | — |
| 1974 | Group 1 | East Germany | 1–1 | D | Berlin | Ahumada 69' |
| 1974 | Group 1 | Australia | 0–0 | D | Berlin | — |
| 1982 | Group 2 | Austria | 0–1 | L | Oviedo | — |
| 1982 | Group 2 | West Germany | 1–4 | L | Gijón | Moscoso 90' |
| 1982 | Group 2 | Algeria | 2–3 | L | Oviedo | Neira 59' (pen.), Letelier 73' |
| 1998 | Group B | Italy | 2–2 | D | Bordeaux | Salas 45', 49' |
| 1998 | Group B | Austria | 1–1 | D | Saint-Étienne | Salas 70' |
| 1998 | Group B | Cameroon | 1–1 | D | Nantes | Sierra 20' |
| 1998 | Round of 16 | Brazil | 1–4 | L | París | Salas 68' |
| 2010 | Group H | Honduras | 1–0 | W | Nelspruit | Beausejour 34' |
| 2010 | Group H | Switzerland | 1–0 | W | Port Elizabeth | Gonzalez 75' |
| 2010 | Group H | Spain | 1–2 | L | Pretoria | Millar 47' |
| 2010 | Round of 16 | Brazil | 0–3 | L | Johannesburg | — |
| 2014 | Group B | Australia | 3–1 | W | Cuiabá | A. Sánchez 12', Valdivia 14', Beausejour 92+' |
| 2014 | Group B | Spain | 2–0 | W | Rio de Janeiro | Vargas 20', Aránguiz 43' |
| 2014 | Group B | Netherlands | 2–0 | L | São Paulo | — |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 3 | Mauricio Isla | 8 | 2010, 2014 |
| 3 | Gonzalo Jara | 8 | 2010, 2014 |
| 3 | Alexis Sánchez | 8 | 2010, 2014 |
| 7 | Luis Eyzaguirre | 7 | 1962, 1966 |
| 7 | Honorino Landa | 7 | 1962, 1966 |
| 7 | Gary Medel | 7 | 2010, 2014 |
| 7 | Jorge Valdivia | 7 | 2010, 2014 |
| 7 | Arturo Vidal | 7 | 2010, 2014 |
| 12 | Jean Beausejour | 6 | 2010, 2014 |
| 12 | Jaime Ramírez | 6 | 1962, 1966 |
| 12 | Eladio Rojas | 6 | 1962 |
| 12 | Raúl Sánchez | 6 | 1962 |

## Awards
### Team awards

* Third Place 1962

### Individual awards

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