Chile

Nickname(s)	La Roja Femenina (The Feminine Red)
Association	Federación de Fútbol de Chile (FFCh)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Luis Mena
Captain	Daniela Zamora
Most caps	Christiane Endler (98)
Top scorer	Francisca Lara (27)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional de Chile
FIFA code	CHI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	39 2 (15 December 2023)[1]
Highest	36 (December 2019; December 2020)
Lowest	54 (March 2007)
First international
Brazil 6–1 Chile  (Maringá, Brazil; 28 April 1991)
Biggest win
Chile 12–0 Peru  (Santiago, Chile; 28 May 2017)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 8–0 Chile  (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 12 November 2006)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019)
Copa América Femenina
Appearances	9 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runner-Up (1991, 2018)
Medal record Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Team South American Games 2014 Santiago Team

Chile women's national football team in 2021

The Chile women's national football team represents Chile in international women's football. It is administered by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and is a member of CONMEBOL. Chile were close to qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991, 1995 and 2011 and later finally made the Finals for the first time in 2019. Chile is, along with Brazil, one of the two teams to never fail to qualify for the Copa América Femenina. Chile's friendlies are frequently played against Argentina, who is a traditional rival. The team is currently coached by José Letelier and is captained by goalkeeper Christiane Endler.

As well as many South American nations, women's football is somewhat under shadow of men's football. Chile, for qualifying to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, marked itself as the fifth nation in the CONMEBOL to have both men's and women's teams qualify for senior FIFA tournaments. Chile is one of only three Spanish-speaking countries to have won a game in the Women's World Cup.

Chile women's national football team qualified for its first Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

History

Chile is one of the first participants in the Copa América Femenina, when it did in the inaugural 1991 edition, alongside Brazil and Venezuela. Chile lost 1–6 to the Brazilian hosts and won 1–0 over Venezuela, thus failed to qualify for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. Chile then entered an era of decline in fortunes, only winning third place in 1995 and 2010.

Following the failure to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Chile women's team had become inactive for three years, before the team was able to return in May 2017 for a friendly against Peru, won by Chile 12–0. This marked the revival of Chile in women's football fortune, and following the 2018 Copa América Femenina as hosts, Chile rode to eventual second place with fan attendance of Chile's games nearly full, which also confirmed Chile a place in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the first FIFA Women's World Cup in Chile's women's football history, and was seen with joys among Chilean supporters after its men's counterparts failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and accusations of discrimination based on gender toward female footballers.^[2][3]

Chile was drawn into the group F of the 2019 Women's World Cup, sharing group with two very powerful women's forces, world champions United States and Sweden, alongside Southeast Asian opponent and 2015 edition debutant Thailand. Sitting in a totally too difficult group, Chile nonetheless demonstrated brave performances against Sweden and the United States but could not gain a single point, losing 0–2 to Sweden and 0–3 to the United States respectively, or scoring a single goal.^[4][5] Chile's last match, however, was a crucial meeting against Thailand, whose fighting spirits were even more demoralised following two devastating losses to the United States and Sweden earlier. Chile salvaged with a historic 2–0 triumph over Thailand, but the penalty miss in late minutes by Francisca Lara saw Chile eliminated from the World Cup due to inferior goal differences with Nigeria, which later progressed.^[6]

Chile then took part in the 2020 Summer Olympics thanked to beating Cameroon in the playoff, but facing stronger opponents Great Britain, Canada and hosts Japan, the Chileans could not gain even just a draw, though not without putting strong fights as Chile's losses weren't as heavy as expected.^[7][8][9]

Team image

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Voided/Cancelled   Fixture

2022

Basque Country  v  Chile

20 December Unofficial friendly	Basque Country	3–0	Chile	San Sebastián, Basque Country
19:00 UTC+1	Eizagirre 41' Sarriegi 70' Martínez 84'	Report		Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Attendance: 2,410

2023

Chile  v  Panama

3 February Friendly	Chile	1–3	Panama	Santiago, Chile
17:00 UTC−3	Figueroa 90' (pen.)	Report	Riley 29' Jaén 32' Cox 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Juan Pinto Durán Sports Complex Attendance: 0

Chile  v  Panama

5 February Friendly	Chile	4–0	Panama	Santiago, Chile
17:00 UTC−3	Figueroa 45' Olivares 56' Groff 76' Hidalgo 80'	Report		Stadium: Juan Pinto Durán Sports Complex Attendance: 0

Argentina  v  Chile

17 February Friendly	Argentina	4–0	Chile	Auckland, New Zealand
19:30 UTC+13	Stábile 32' Larroquette 49' (pen.) Rodríguez 71' Bonsegundo 90+3'	Report		Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Chile  v  Haiti

22 February 2023 inter-confederation play-offs	Chile	1-2	Haiti	Auckland, New Zealand
14:00 UTC+13	Rojas 90+11'	Report	Dumonay 45+1', 90+8'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 1,157 Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Brazil  v  Chile

2 July Friendly	Brazil	4–0	Chile	Brasília, Brazil
10:30 UTC−3	Nunes 5' Duda 29' Luana 35' Geyse 50'	Report		Stadium: Arena BRB Mané Garrincha Attendance: 15,892 Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Chile  v  New Zealand

23 September Friendly	Chile	3–0	New Zealand	Santiago, Chile
19:00 UTC−3	Zamora 27' Acuña 31' López 47'	Report	Wilkinson  55'	Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Attendance: 5,341 Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)

Chile  v  New Zealand

26 September Friendly	Chile	2-1	New Zealand	Santiago, Chile
11:00 UTC−3	Aedo 56' Araya 90+4'	Report	Hassett 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Quilín Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Chile  v  Paraguay

22 October 2023 Pan American Games Group A	Chile	1-0	Paraguay	Valparaíso, Chile
18:00 UTC−3	Zamora 24'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Andreza Siqueira (Brazil)

Chile  v  Mexico

25 October 2023 Pan American Games Group A	Chile	1–3	Mexico	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:00 UTC−3	Pinilla 37'	Report	Bernal 56' Sánchez 74' Ordóñez 88'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru)

Chile  v  Jamaica

28 October 2023 Pan American Games Group A	Chile	6–0	Jamaica	Valparaíso, Chile
18:00 UTC−3	Jiménez 44' López 45+5' Caniguán 55' Olave 68' Urrutia 78' Araya 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Paula Fernández (Colombia)

Chile  v  United States

31 October 2023 Pan American Games Semi-finals	Chile	2–1	United States	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:00 UTC−3	Araya 37' Aedo 45' (pen.)	Report	Adames 54'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Andreza Siqueira (Brazil)

Mexico  v  Chile

3 November 2023 Pan American Games Gold medal match	Mexico	1–0	Chile	Valparaíso, Chile
20:00 UTC−3	Bernal 29'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru)

Chile  v  Peru

1 December Friendly	Chile	1–0	Peru	La Florida, Santiago, Chile
18:45 UTC−3	Aedo 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina)

Chile  v  Peru

5 December Friendly	Chile	6–0	Peru	La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile
18:00 UTC−3	Cifuentes 4' Araya 35' Cortés 43', 52' Acuña 63' Herrera 88' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

• Chile Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

As of 22 February 2023

• Counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.

Nations	First Played	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Argentina	1995	19	6	4	9	22	36	−14	CONMEBOL
Australia	2018	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	AFC
Bolivia	1995	6	5	0	1	25	7	+18	CONMEBOL
Brazil	1991	15	0	1	14	5	55	−50	CONMEBOL
Cameroon	2021	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	CAF
Canada	2013	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	CONCACAF
China	2009	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	AFC
Colombia	1998	14	2	6	6	10	21	−11	CONMEBOL
Costa Rica	2018	3	2	1	0	7	2	0	CONCACAF
Denmark	2010	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	UEFA
Ecuador	1995	6	4	1	1	12	8	4	CONMEBOL
France	2017	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
Germany	2019	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
Ghana	2020	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	CAF
Great Britain	2021	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
Haiti	2023	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	CONCACAF
Hungary	1994	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	UEFA
India	1994	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	AFC
Italy	2011	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	UEFA
Jamaica	2019	3	1	0	2	8	4	4	CONCACAF
Japan	2010	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	AFC
Kenya	2020	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	CAF
Mexico	2009	5	0	2	3	2	15	−13	CONCACAF
Netherlands	2019	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	UEFA
Northern Ireland	2020	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	UEFA
Panama	2023	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	CONCACAF
Paraguay	2014	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	CONMEBOL
Peru	1998	5	3	0	2	21	4	+17	CONMEBOL
Philippines	2022	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	AFC
Portugal	2011	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA
Romania	2011	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	UEFA
Russia	1994	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
Scotland	2013	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	UEFA
Slovakia	2021	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
South Africa	2018	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	CAF
Sweden	2019	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
Thailand	2019	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	AFC
Trinidad and Tobago	2011	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	CONCACAF
United States	2018	4	1	0	3	2	11	−9	CONCACAF
Uruguay	2006	8	5	2	1	14	7	+7	CONMEBOL
Uzbekistan	1994	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	AFC
Venezuela	1991	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	CONMEBOL
Wales	2011	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	UEFA
Zambia	2020	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	CAF

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Luis Mena

Manager history

As of 15 December 2020

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
José Letelier	2015–2023	0	0	0	0	00.0%

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendly matches against Peru on 1 and 5 December 2023.^[10]

Caps and goals as of 5 December 2023, after the match against  Peru.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Antonia Canales	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002	6	0	Valencia
12	1GK	Ignacia Bustos	(2004-08-13) 13 August 2004	0	0	Universidad Católica
23	1GK	Catalina Mellado	(2006-05-23) 23 May 2006	0	0	Colo-Colo
18	2DF	Camila Sáez	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994	93	9	Madrid CFF
17	2DF	Fernanda Pinilla	(1993-11-06) 6 November 1993	36	1	León
3	2DF	Su Helen Galaz	(1991-05-27) 27 May 1991	27	0	Santiago Morning
5	2DF	Fernanda Ramírez	(1992-08-30) 30 August 1992	15	0	Colo-Colo
2	2DF	Michelle Olivares	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002	11	0	Colo-Colo
13	2DF	Anaís Cifuentes	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005	1	1	Colo-Colo
8	3MF	Karen Araya	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990	97	17	Madrid CFF
10	3MF	Yanara Aedo	(1993-08-05) 5 August 1993	96	17	Colo-Colo
11	3MF	Yessenia López	(1990-10-20) 20 October 1990	66	8	Colo-Colo
14	3MF	Javiera Grez	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000	34	2	Colo-Colo
6	3MF	Yastin Jiménez	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000	28	1	Colo-Colo
4	3MF	Karen Fuentes	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004	5	0	Universidad de Chile
21	3MF	Millaray Cortés	(2004-06-30) 30 June 2004	4	2	Universidad Católica
20	3MF	Anaís Álvarez	(2007-07-04) 4 July 2007	4	0	Colo-Colo
24	3MF	Ámbar Figueroa	(2007-10-24) 24 October 2007	2	0	Santiago Morning
9	4FW	María José Urrutia	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993	47	4	Colo-Colo
7	4FW	Yenny Acuña	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997	33	6	Internacional
19	4FW	Franchesca Caniguán	(1999-11-15) 15 November 1999	9	1	Universidad de Chile
16	4FW	Isidora Olave	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002	9	1	Colo-Colo
15	4FW	Melissa Bustos	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999	2	0	Universidad de Chile
22	4FW	Agustina Heyermann	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004	2	0	Universidad Católica

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Christiane Endler RET	(1991-07-23) 23 July 1991	104	0	Lyon	2023 Pan American Games
GK	Gabriela Bórquez	(1998-12-27) 27 December 1998	0	0	Millonarios	v.  New Zealand, 26 September 2023
GK	Martina Funck	(2007-06-18) 18 June 2007	0	0	Santiago Morning	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
GK	Ryann Torrero	(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990	2	0	Colo-Colo	Microcycle, 19–21 June 2023
GK	Valeria Rojas	(1991-12-01) 1 December 1991	0	0	Palestino	Microcycle, 16–20 January 2023
DF	Rosario Balmaceda	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999	37	0	Unattached	v.  New Zealand, 26 September 2023
DF	Catalina Figueroa	(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005	2	0	Universidad Católica	v.  New Zealand, 26 September 2023
DF	Monserrat Hernández	(2005-07-19) 19 July 2005	2	0	Santiago Morning	v.  New Zealand, 26 September 2023
DF	Arantxa Araneda	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999	0	0	Universidad Católica	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
DF	Gali Espinoza	(2003-11-27) 27 November 2003	0	0	Universidad Católica	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
DF	Lauryn Morales	(2008-03-06) 6 March 2008	0	0	Palestino	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
DF	Mariana Morales	(2003-07-14) 14 July 2003	0	0	Universidad de Chile	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
DF	Claudia Salfate	(2003-08-06) 6 August 2003	0	0	Everton	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
DF	Ámbar Soruco	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996	7	1	Santiago Morning	Microcycle, 10–18 July 2023
DF	Fernanda Hidalgo	(1998-05-04) 4 May 1998	6	0	Colo-Colo	Microcycle, 10–18 July 2023
DF	Elisa Corvalan	(2004-04-10) 10 April 2004	0	0	Robert Morris Colonials	Microcycle, 19–21 June 2023
DF	Emma González	(2006-12-27) 27 December 2006	0	0	Universidad de Chile	Microcycle, 3–11 April 2023
DF	Francisca Lara	(1990-07-29) 29 July 1990	91	27	Villarreal	v.  Haiti, 22 February 2023
DF	Carla Guerrero	(1987-12-23) 23 December 1987	84	6	Universidad de Chile	v.  Haiti, 22 February 2023
MF	Claudia Herrera	(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997	1	0	Universidad de Chile	v.  New Zealand, 26 September 2023
MF	Sofía Barros	(2006-11-28) 28 November 2006	0	0	Colo-Colo	Microcycle, 3–11 April 2023
MF	Llanka Groff	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002	0	0	Universidad de Chile	Microcycle, 3–11 April 2023
MF	Ivette Olivares	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	6	0	Universidad Católica	v.  Haiti, 22 February 2023
MF	Gisela Pino	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992	8	0	Deportivo Cali	v.  Haiti, 22 February 2023
FW	Daniela Zamora (captain)	(1990-11-13) 13 November 1990	76	10	Universidad de Chile	2023 Pan American Games
FW	Sonya Keefe	(2003-04-11) 11 April 2003	7	1	Cacereño	v.  New Zealand, 26 September 2023
FW	Kathalina Guerrero		0	0	Iquique	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
FW	Camila Pavez	(2000-02-08) 8 February 2000	0	0	Santiago Morning	Microcycle, 7–9 August 2023
FW	Valentina Navarrete	(2003-07-13) 13 July 2003	11	0	Santiago Morning	Microcycle, 10–18 July 2023
FW	Maya Pellegrini	(2002-11-14) 14 November 2002	0	0	Unattached	Microcycle, 10–18 July 2023
FW	Paloma Bustamante	(2005-12-07) 7 December 2005	0	0	Colo-Colo	Microcycle, 3–11 April 2023
FW	Nicole Carter	(2008-11-28) 28 November 2008	0	0	LaLiga Academy	Microcycle, 3–11 April 2023
FW	Melany Letelier	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000	0	0	Antofagasta	Microcycle, 3–11 April 2023
FW	Thiare Parraguez	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000	0	0	Universidad Católica	Microcycle, 3–11 April 2023
FW	María José Rojas	(1987-09-17) 17 September 1987	57	12	Melbourne City	v.  Haiti, 22 February 2023
FW	Mary Valencia	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003	3	1	Santiago Morning	Microcycle, 16–20 January 2023
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to injury PRE Preliminary squad RET Retired from National Team SUS Withdrew from the squad due to suspension

Records

As of 19 March 2021

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Honours

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Chile at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not qualify
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
2023	Did not qualify
Total	1/9	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2019	Group stage	11 June	Sweden	L 0–2	Roazhon Park, Rennes
		16 June	United States	L 0–3	Parc des Princes, Paris
		20 June	Thailand	W 2–0	Roazhon Park, Rennes

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020	Group stage	11th	3	0	0	3	1	5
2024	Did not qualify
Total	1/8		3	0	0	3	1	5

Summer Olympics history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2020	Group stage	21 July	Great Britain	0–2	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		24 July	Canada	1–2	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		27 July	Japan	0–1	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	6
1995	Third place	4	1	1	2	14	9
1998	Group stage	4	1	0	3	6	13
2003		2	0	0	2	2	9
2006		4	1	0	3	5	13
2010	Third place	7	3	2	2	11	8
2014	Group stage	4	2	0	2	6	5
2018	Runners-up	7	3	3	1	13	5
2022	Fifth place	5	2	1	2	10	9
Total	9/9	39	14	7	18	69	77

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	1
2015	Did not qualify
2019
2023	Qualified as host
2027	To be determined
Total	2/7	3	1	1	1	3	1

South American Games

South American Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2014	Silver Medal	4	2	1	1	4	2
2018 to present	U-20 Tournament
Total	Silver Medal	4	2	1	1	4	2

See also

• Sport in Chile
  • Football in Chile
    • Women's football in Chile
• Chile women's national under-20 football team
• Chile women's national under-17 football team
• Chile men's national football team

References

External links

• Media related to Chile women's national association football team at Wikimedia Commons
• The official Chile women's national football team website
• Chile women's national football team website on ANFP
• Chile women's national football team website on TNT Sports