Chile national under-17 football team

Chile Under-17

Nickname(s)	La Rojita (The Little Red One)
Association	Federación de Fútbol de Chile
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Hernán Caputto
Captain	TBA
FIFA code	CHI
First colours Second colours
First international
- (-, -; -, -)
Biggest win
Chile 7-1  Bolivia (Caballero, Paraguay; 5 March 1997)
Biggest defeat
Chile 1-5  Nigeria (Viña del Mar, Chile; 21 October 2015)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1993)
Best result	Third Place 1993

Chile national under-17 football team

Medal record
Under-17 World Cup
	1993 Japan	Team

Chile national under-17 football team

Medal record
South American Under-17 Football Championship
	1993 Colombia	NA
	1997 Paraguay	NA

Chile national under-17 football team

Medal record
Premier Under-16 Milk Cup
	1998 Premier	NA

Chile national under-17 football team is the representative of Chile within FIFA U-17 World Cup. It is part of the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and it participated in the 1993 and 1997 editions of the tournament. As the host nation, Chile qualified automatically for the 2015 edition of the U-17 World Cup.

Chile under-17 World Cup appearances

Japan 1993

The 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. Attainment occurred by qualifying in second place during the Sudamericano U-17 qualifiers, 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.

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 gain a third-place finish.^[1][2]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Result	Score
22 August 1993	Hiroshima, Japan	China PR	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 in third place behind both Brazil and Argentina in the 1997 Sudamericano qualifiers.

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. 10 September in Ismalia the match featured Chile and Thailand. Chile defeated the South Asian country by a score of 6-2. The result but would not be enough to advance onto the second round. Chile with only 4 points could not surpass Egypt which came in second place with 5 points.^[3][4]

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

2015

In 2011, Chile was chosen to host the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, therefore the team will qualify automatically for the tournament.

Competitive record

FIFA Under-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993	Third Place	3rd	6	2	3	1	12	10
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	7	11
Total	Third Place	3/15	13	4	5	4	26	25

Honours

• FIFA U-17 World Cup

• Third place (1): 1993

By match

FIFA World Youth Championship	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Chile scorers
1993	Group stage	China PR	2–2	D	Hiroshima	Neira  62' , Rozental  67'
		Tunisia	2–0	W	Hiroshima	Tapia  4' , Neira  48'
		Poland	3–3	D	Hiroshima	Osorio  38', Rozental  61' (pen.) , Neira  67'
	Quarter-finals	Czechoslovakia	4–1	W	Kioto	Rozental  11' (pen.) , Tapia  31' , Neira  65', 66'
	Semi-finals	Ghana	0–3	L	Tokio	& —
	Third place match	Poland	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4-2 pen.)	D	Tokio	Rozental  77' (pen.)
1997	Group stage	Germany	0–1	L	Cairo	& —
		Egypt	1–1	D	Cairo	Villalobos  69'
		Thailand	6–2	W	Ismailia	Viveros  41', 62' , Maldonado  52' (pen.) , Mirosević  67' , Alvarez  83' , Zuniga  89'

Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded
China PR	0	1	0	1	2	2
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	4	1
Egypt	0	1	0	1	1	1
Germany	0	0	1	1	0	1
Ghana	0	0	1	1	0	3
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	0	2	0	2	4	4
Thailand	1	0	0	1	6	2
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	2	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Current Squad

The following players were selected to take part in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Manager: Miguel Ponce

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Luis Ureta	(1999-03-08)8 March 1999 (aged 16)			O'Higgins
2	2DF	Simón Ramírez	(1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 16)			Huachipato
3	2DF	Fabián Monilla	(1998-05-20)20 May 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad Católica
4	3MF	Manuel Reyes	(1998-01-08)8 January 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad Católica
5	2DF	Diego González	(1998-04-29)29 April 1998 (aged 17)			O'Higgins
6	3MF	Ignacio Saavedra	(1999-01-12)12 January 1999 (aged 16)			Universidad Católica
7	3MF	Gonzalo Jara	(1998-12-01)1 December 1998 (aged 16)			Universidad Católica
8	3MF	Yerko Leiva	(1998-06-14)14 June 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad de Chile
9	4FW	Gabriel Mazuela	(1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 16)			Universidad de Chile
10	3MF	Marcelo Allende	(1999-04-07)7 April 1999 (aged 16)			Cobreloa
11	4FW	Mathias Pinto	(1998-07-13)13 July 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad de Chile
12	1GK	Ignacio Azúa	(1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad de Chile
13	2DF	Camilo Moya	(1998-02-19)19 February 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad de Chile
14	3MF	Luciano Díaz	(1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 17)			Colo-Colo
15	3MF	René Meléndez	(1998-11-19)19 November 1998 (aged 16)			Audax Italiano
16	3MF	Brian Leiva	(1998-02-21)21 February 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad Católica
17	2DF	Diego Soto	(1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 16)			Universidad de Concepción
18	4FW	Walter Ponce	(1998-03-04)4 March 1998 (aged 17)			Udinese
19	4FW	Luis Salas	(1998-03-30)30 March 1998 (aged 17)			Colo-Colo
20	2DF	Juan José Soriano	(1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 17)			Universidad Católica
21	1GK	Zacarías López	(1998-06-30)30 June 1998 (aged 17)			San Marcos de Arica

See also

• Chile national football team
• Chile national under-20 football team

References

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997
• Chilean football forum on national teams

Football in Chile
Federación de Fútbol de Chile
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League system	men: Primera División Primera B Segunda División Profesional Tercera División Tercera B women: Primera Division
Domestic cups	Copa Chile Supercopa de Chile Campeonato de Apertura (defunct) Copa Apertura Segunda División (defunct)
ANFP ANFA List of clubs List of venues Footballer of the Year

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Football in South America (CONMEBOL)
Argentina (AFA)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Argentina
Bolivia (FBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Liga de Fútbol Profesional Copa Aerosur
Brazil (CBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil
Chile (FFC)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Chile
Colombia (FCF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera A Copa Colombia
Ecuador (FEF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Serie A
Paraguay (APF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Peru (FPF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Inca
Uruguay (AUF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Venezuela (FVF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Venezuela
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International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football
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North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football