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Chile is the second oldest South American federation, with 114 years of existence. Its foundation dates back to June 19, 1895 in the port city of Valparaiso. Its first president was David Scott.
Chile is one of the four founding member nations of CONMEBOL, which includes Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Established members of South American football organization on July 9, 1916. The four associations enacted and participated in the first edition of the South American Championship, which was to be re-named the Copa America.
Chile is one of the thirteen original national teams that competed in the World Cup 1930 inaugural. They started beating and Mexico and France without conceding a goal. The 3-1 loss to Argentina in their last game left them second in the group, eliminating the the tournament. World Cup 1950, Chile was eliminated in the first round, but defeated the U.S. 5-2.
His best World Cup result was third place in 1962, when Chile was the host country. Chile lost 4-2 to eventual champions Brazil in a semifinal game. Chile went on to defeat Yugoslavia 1-0 for third place.
Many historical incidents that occurred while Chile has been involved in the World Cup. The first player to miss a penalty was Guillermo Subiabre World Cup in 1930 FIFA World Cup game against France. Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first player to be officially kicked off with a red card in a game of World Cup 1974, during the match against Germany West. Red cards were formally introduced to the game World Cup in 1970, but no player was sent off in the same tournament.
In the Olympic tournament, the best result Chile was the bronze medal in 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, with striker Ivan Zamorano top scorer.
Chile also won bronze medals in both U-17 World Cup held in Japan and the U-20 World Cup in Canada. The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile has hosted the national team finished fourth.
La Roja most infamous moment is known as the scandal Roberto Rojas (Chile also known as the "Maracanazo") occurred on September 3 1989. During the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Maracana Stadium Rio de Janeiro, Brazil led Chile 1-0. A defeat to Chile would eliminate them from the tournament. Around the mark of 67 minutes, the Chilean goalkeeper Roberto "Condor" Rojas fell to the field with an apparent injury on his forehead. A firework, thrown from the stands by a Brazilian fan named Rosemary de Mello, was latent about a meter away. After completion Rojas off the field, the Chilean players and coaches refused to return claiming conditions were unsafe. The game remained unfinished.
After studying videos of the game show that the fireworks had not made contact with Rojas, FIFA awarded Brazil a 2-0 win (eliminating Chile from the 1990 World Cup). The team was banned from World Cup qualifiers in 1994, and Rojas was banned for life (although the amnesty was granted in 2001).
On July 11, 2007, the Football Federation of Chile banned the six national team players, for because of "internal discipline" during the Copa America tournament in 20 international matches each and no player will ever be allowed the team captain national. The players were banned captain Jorge Valdivia, defenders Alvaro Ormeño, Rodrigo Tello, Jorge Vargas and Pablo Contreras and striker Reinaldo Navia. resignation Nelson Acosta as manager came after Chile was eliminated from the Copa America in 2007. Chile qualified for the quarter-finals after a victory against Ecuador 3-2, and a draw against Mexico 0-0. But two defeats against Brazil sealed the fate of Acosta. Former Argentina manager Marcelo Bielsa was given the task of becoming the current Chilean national manager team in preparation for the World Cup 2010 qualifiers. On October 16, 2008, Chile beat Argentina 1-0 in the first time in a qualifying competition, making history. Marcelo Bielsa was hailed by the defeat of both Chilean and Argentine people, and this was one of the reasons that ended with the resignation of Alfio Basile the Argentine bank.
The Chilean national team plays its qualifying matches at Estadio Nacional de Chile in Santiago, Chile and can be found in the municipality of Ñuñoa. The construction of the stadium began in February 1937, and inaugurated on December 3, 1938. The official capacity is 62 thousand registered viewers, but has already exceeded the mark of 75,000, on many occasions, when the game is in high demand. An example would be the 1962 FIFA World Cup Semi-final game Chile v Brazil, where more than 76 000 spectators saw the game. The maximum frequency was 85.262 on December 26, 1962 for a match between Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile
He has hosted the Final Four America's Cup, the end of 1962 FIFA World Cup and the final for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Peru and Chile have a rivalry that dates back to the Pacific War. Previously, the two nations were on friendly terms mutual sharing alliances during the wars in South America and independence in Chincha Islands War. Territorial maritime and cultural disputes have fueled tensions since the end of the Pacific War. These historical struggles and prolonged bitterness led to a great football rivalry between the two nations.
The rivalry originating from the end of the war evolved into sports competitions, especially since football is the favorite sport of both nations. The games against Chile Peru generally tend to be very competitive and sometimes harsh, often with players sent off. The two teams battle to show highly issue to do to entertain found in the CONMEBOL region.
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