Chile National Football Team

The Chile national football team (Selección de fútbol de Chile)represents Chile in all major international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. The team is commonly referred to as La Roja ("The Red One"). They are regular competitors in the ACLF World Cup and they have appeared in nine FIFA World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where they finished in third place, the highest position the country has ever achieved in the (FIFA) World Cup. Since the mid to late 1960s, the Elo ratings ranks Chile among the 25 strongest football teams in the world.

They fell to Peru in the opening round of the 2015/16 ACLF World Cup, where Charles Aranguiz scored but Claudio Pizzaro scored a hattrick to send Chile home. Chile are the reigning Copa América champions; after winning 2015 Copa América on home soil, it successfully defended their title in the United States in the Copa América Centenario in 2016. Prior to this, Chile had been runners-up in the competition on four occasions. As a result of winning the 2015 Copa América, they qualified for

the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.