# Chile national under-17 football team

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 and 2017 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.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
| 22 August 1993 | Hiroshima, Japan | China | D | 2 – 2 |
| 24 August 1993 | Hiroshima, Japan | Tunisia | W | 2 – 0 |
| 26 August 1993 | Hiroshima, Japan | Poland | D | 3 – 3 |
| 29 August 1993 | Kyoto, Japan | Czechoslovakia | W | 4 – 1 |
| 1 September 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | Ghana | L | 0 – 3 |
| 4 September 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | Poland | D | 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.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
| 5 September 1997 | Cairo, Egypt | Germany | L | 0 – 1 |
| 7 September 1997 | Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | D | 1 – 1 |
| 10 September 1997 | Ismailia, Egypt | Thailand | W | 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.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
| 17 October 2015 | Santiago, Chile | Croatia | D | 1 – 1 |
| 20 October 2015 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Nigeria | L | 1 – 5 |
| 23 October 2015 | Viña del Mar, Chile | United States | W | 4 – 1 |
| 28 October 2015 | Chillán, Chile | Mexico | L | 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.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
| 8 October 2017 | Kolkata, India | England | L | 0 – 4 |
| 11 October 2017 | Kolkata, India | Iraq | L | 0 – 3 |
| 14 October 2017 | Guwahati, India | Mexico | D | 0 – 0 |

## Competitive record

*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 Championship | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Chile scorers |
| 1993 | Group stage | China | 2–2 | D | Hiroshima | Neira 62', Rozental 67' |
| 1993 | Group stage | Tunisia | 2–0 | W | Hiroshima | Tapia 4', Neira 48' |
| 1993 | Group stage | Poland | 3–3 | D | Hiroshima | Osorio 38', Rozental 61' (pen.), Neira 67' |
| 1993 | Quarter-finals | Czechoslovakia | 4–1 | W | Kyoto | Rozental 11' (pen.), Tapia 31', Neira 65', 66' |
| 1993 | Semi-finals | Ghana | 0–3 | L | Tokyo | — |
| 1993 | Third place match | Poland | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.) | D | Tokyo | Rozental 77' (pen.) |
| 1997 | Group stage | Germany | 0–1 | L | Cairo | — |
| 1997 | Group stage | Egypt | 1–1 | D | Cairo | Villalobos 69' |
| 1997 | Group stage | Thailand | 6–2 | W | Ismailia | Viveros 41', 62', Maldonado 52' (pen.), Mirosević 67', Alvarez 83', Zuniga 89' |
| 2015 | Group stage | Croatia | 1–1 | D | Santiago | Y. Leiva 33' |
| 2015 | Group stage | Nigeria | 1–5 | L | Viña del Mar | Allende 81' |
| 2015 | Group stage | United States | 4–1 | W | Viña del Mar | Allende 20', Mazuela 52', Jara 86', Moya 90+3' |
| 2015 | Round of 16 | Mexico | 1–4 | L | Chillán | B. Leiva 40' |
| 2017 | Group stage | England | 0–4 | L | Kolkata | — |
| 2017 | Group stage | Iraq | 0–3 | L | Kolkata | — |
| 2017 | Group stage | Mexico | 0–0 | D | Guwahati | — |

### Record by opponent

FIFA U-17 World Cup matches (by team) :
| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
| China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |

## Former squads
### 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Coach: Leonardo Véliz
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
| 1 | Ariel Salas | GK | 09.10.1976 | Colo-Colo |
| 2 | Silvio Rojas | MF | 21.09.1977 | Universidad Católica |
| 3 | Marco Muñoz | DF | 27.09.1976 | Colo-Colo |
| 4 | Nelson Garrido | DF | 12.02.1977 | Universidad Católica |
| 5 | Gustavo Valenzuela | DF | 05.04.1977 | O'Higgins |
| 6 | Dion Valle | DF | 22.07.1977 | Colo-Colo |
| 7 | Esteban Mancilla | DF | 30.09.1976 | Colo-Colo |
| 8 | René Martínez | MF | 11.08.1976 | Universidad de Chile |
| 9 | Alejandro Osorio | MF | 24.09.1976 | O'Higgins |
| 10 | Frank Lobos | MF | 25.09.1976 | Colo-Colo |
| 11 | Sebastián Rozental | FW | 01.09.1976 | Universidad Católica |
| 12 | Carlos Torres | GK | 23.07.1977 | Universidad Católica |
| 13 | Héctor Tapia | MF | 30.09.1977 | Colo-Colo |
| 14 | Pablo Herceg | MF | 19.01.1977 | Universidad Católica |
| 15 | Patricio Galaz | FW | 31.12.1976 | Universidad Católica |
| 16 | Mauricio Rojas | FW | 01.08.1976 | Coquimbo Unido |
| 17 | Manuel Neira | FW | 12.10.1977 | Colo-Colo |
| 18 | Dante Poli | DF | 16.08.1976 | Universidad Católica |

### 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Coach: Vladimir Bigorra
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
| 1 | Marcelo Jélvez | GK | 23.10.1980 | Universidad de Chile |
| 2 | Cristián Álvarez | DF | 20.01.1980 | Universidad Católica |
| 3 | Claudio Maldonado | DF | 03.01.1980 | Colo-Colo |
| 4 | Denis Montecinos | DF | 23.01.1980 | Huachipato |
| 5 | Pablo Díaz | DF | 23.05.1980 | Regional Atacama |
| 6 | Germán Navea | MF | 10.02.1980 | La Serena |
| 7 | Iván Álvarez | FW | 20.01.1980 | Universidad Católica |
| 8 | Alonso Zúñiga | MF | 23.03.1980 | Colo-Colo |
| 9 | Jorge Guzmán | FW | 24.03.1980 | Universidad de Chile |
| 10 | Milovan Mirosevic | MF | 20.06.1980 | Universidad Católica |
| 11 | Juan José Ribera | MF | 11.10.1980 | Universidad Católica |
| 12 | Patricio Vargas | GK | 02.08.1980 | O'Higgins |
| 13 | David Cubillos | DF | 12.01.1980 | Colo-Colo |
| 14 | César Pino | DF | 02.06.1980 | Universidad de Chile |
| 15 | Rodolfo Madrid | MF | 14.05.1980 | Colo-Colo |
| 16 | Manuel Villalobos | FW | 15.10.1980 | Colo-Colo |
| 17 | Juan Francisco Viveros | FW | 11.08.1980 | Huachipato |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Úbeda | FW | 31.07.1980 | Unión Española |

### 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Coach: Miguel Ponce
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
| 1 | Luis Ureta | GK | 08.03.1999 | O'Higgins |
| 2 | Simón Ramírez | DF | 03.11.1998 | Huachipato |
| 3 | Fabián Monilla | DF | 20.05.1998 | Universidad Católica |
| 4 | Manuel Reyes | MF | 08.01.1998 | Universidad Católica |
| 5 | Diego González | DF | 29.04.1998 | O'Higgins |
| 6 | Ignacio Saavedra | MF | 12.01.1999 | Universidad Católica |
| 7 | Gonzalo Jara | MF | 01.12.1998 | Universidad Católica |
| 8 | Yerko Leiva | MF | 14.06.1998 | Universidad de Chile |
| 9 | Gabriel Mazuela | FW | 30.01.1999 | Universidad de Chile |
| 10 | Marcelo Allende | MF | 07.04.1999 | Cobreloa |
| 11 | Mathías Pinto | FW | 13.07.1998 | Universidad de Chile |
| 12 | Ignacio Azúa | GK | 23.06.1998 | Universidad de Chile |
| 13 | Camilo Moya | DF | 19.02.1998 | Universidad de Chile |
| 14 | Luciano Díaz | MF | 08.05.1998 | Colo-Colo |
| 15 | René Meléndez | MF | 19.11.1998 | Audax Italiano |
| 16 | Brian Leiva | MF | 21.02.1998 | Universidad Católica |
| 17 | Diego Soto | DF | 22.10.1998 | Universidad de Concepción |
| 18 | Walter Ponce | FW | 04.03.1998 | Palestino |
| 19 | Luis Salas | FW | 30.03.1998 | Colo-Colo |
| 20 | Juan José Soriano | DF | 12.01.1998 | Universidad Católica |
| 21 | Zacarías López | GK | 30.06.1998 | San Marcos de Arica |

### 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Coach: Hernán Caputto
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
| 1 | Rodrigo Cancino | GK | 09.02.2000 | Universidad de Chile |
| 2 | Gastón Zúñiga | DF | 19.02.2000 | O'Higgins |
| 3 | Lucas Alarcón | DF | 05.03.2000 | Universidad de Chile |
| 4 | Nicolás Aravena | DF | 17.06.2000 | Colo-Colo |
| 5 | Yerco Oyanedel | DF | 19.09.2000 | Universidad Católica |
| 6 | Martín Lara | MF | 28.12.2000 | Universidad Católica |
| 7 | Ignacio Contreras | FW | 11.04.2000 | Colo-Colo |
| 8 | Maximiliano Guerrero | MF | 15.01.2000 | Universidad de Chile |
| 9 | Ignacio Mesías | FW | 16.10.2000 | Unión San Felipe |
| 10 | Branco Provoste | MF | 14.04.2000 | Colo-Colo |
| 11 | Antonio Díaz | FW | 26.04.2000 | O'Higgins |
| 12 | Julio Bórquez | GK | 20.04.2000 | Deportes Iquique |
| 13 | Willian Gama | FW | 30.06.2000 | Santiago Wanderers |
| 14 | Diego Valencia | FW | 14.01.2000 | Universidad Católica |
| 15 | Sebastián Valencia | DF | 13.02.2000 | Colo-Colo |
| 16 | Oliver Rojas | MF | 11.06.2000 | Audax Italiano |
| 17 | Pedro Campos | FW | 02.06.2000 | Universidad Católica |
| 18 | Matías Silva | DF | 30.06.2000 | Unión San Felipe |
| 19 | Mauricio Morales | MF | 07.01.2000 | Universidad de Chile |
| 20 | Jairo Vásquez | FW | 16.01.2001 | Estudiantes de La Plata |
| 21 | Hugo Araya | GK | 28.12.2000 | Cobreloa |

### 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Coach: Cristian Leiva
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
| 1 | Julio Fierro | GK | 09.04.2002 | Colo-Colo |
| 2 | David Tati | DF | 06.04.2002 | Colo-Colo |
| 3 | Nicolás Garrido | DF | 27.08.2002 | Colo-Colo |
| 4 | Cristian Riquelme | DF | 14.10.2003 | Everton |
| 5 | Daniel González | DF | 20.02.2002 | Santiago Wanderers |
| 6 | Vicente Pizarro | MF | 05.11.2002 | Colo-Colo |
| 7 | Gonzalo Tapia | FW | 18.02.2002 | Universidad Católica |
| 8 | Danilo Díaz | MF | 24.06.2002 | Colo-Colo |
| 9 | Alexander Aravena | FW | 06.09.2002 | Universidad Católica |
| 10 | Joan Cruz | MF | 04.04.2003 | Colo-Colo |
| 11 | Alexander Oroz | MF | 15.12.2002 | Colo-Colo |
| 12 | Diego Carreño | GK | 26.04.2002 | O'Higgins |
| 13 | Bruno Gutiérrez | DF | 25.07.2002 | Colo-Colo |
| 14 | César Pérez | MF | 29.11.2002 | Magallanes |
| 15 | Daniel Gutiérrez | DF | 16.02.2003 | Colo-Colo |
| 16 | Patricio Flores | DF | 30.01.2002 | Universidad Católica |
| 17 | César Díaz | FW | 31.01.2002 | Unión Española |
| 18 | Kennan Sepúlveda | FW | 08.02.2002 | Santiago Wanderers |
| 19 | Lucas Assadi | FW | 08.01.2004 | Universidad de Chile |
| 20 | Luis Rojas | MF | 06.03.2002 | Universidad de Chile |
| 21 | Vicente Reyes | GK | 19.11.2003 | Atlanta United 2 |

## Current squad

The following players are called up to the squad for the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Christian Bravo | (2006-07-19) 19 July 2006 (age 18) | Huachipato |
| 1GK | Fernando Soto | (2006-07-31) 31 July 2006 (age 18) | Unión Española |
| 1GK | Francisco Valdés | (2006-03-05) 5 March 2006 (age 18) | Universidad Católica |
| 2DF | Victor Campos | (2006-01-26) 26 January 2006 (age 19) | Colo-Colo |
| 2DF | Felipe Faúndez | (2006-03-27) 27 March 2006 (age 18) | O'Higgins |
| 2DF | Benjamín Molina | (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 19) | O'Higgins |
| 2DF | Cristián Morales | (2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 (age 18) | O'Higgins |
| 2DF | Ignacio Pérez | (2006-06-06) 6 June 2006 (age 18) | Universidad Católica |
| 2DF | Iván Román | (2006-07-12) 12 July 2006 (age 18) | Palestino |
| 2DF | Diego Vargas | (2006-08-31) 31 August 2006 (age 18) | Universidad de Chile |
| 2DF | Lucas Velásquez | (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 (age 19) | Huachipato |
| 3MF | Benjamín Ampuero | (2006-03-05) 5 March 2006 (age 18) | Huachipato |
| 3MF | Milovan Celis | (2006-06-08) 8 June 2006 (age 18) | Unión Española |
| 3MF | Francisco Marchant | (2006-07-31) 31 July 2006 (age 18) | Colo-Colo |
| 3MF | Oliver Ramis | (2006-07-16) 16 July 2006 (age 18) | Cobresal |
| 3MF | Felipe Valdivia | (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 19) | Colo-Colo |
| 3MF | Ignacio Vásquez | (2006-05-22) 22 May 2006 (age 18) | Cobresal |
| 4FW | Benjamín Castro | (2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18) | Colo-Colo |
| 4FW | Axel Cerda | (2006-04-13) 13 April 2006 (age 18) | Universidad Católica |
| 4FW | Bastián Escobar | (2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18) | Deportes Temuco |
| 4FW | Alejandro Hales | (2006-03-28) 28 March 2006 (age 18) | Palestino |
| 4FW | Diego Opazo | (2006-06-13) 13 June 2006 (age 18) | Santiago Wanderers |