Chile World Cup History

This is the 8th time Chile has competed at the World Cup. Here are La Roja's vital stats...

1930 - Loss to Argentina proves costly - First Group Stage
1934 - Toys out of the pram - Withdrew
1938 - And again - Withdrew
1950 - Big win against USA not enough - First Group Stage
1954 - Not happening - DNQ
1958 - Still not happening - DNQ
1962 - Thank God we're hosting...and only Brazil can stop us! - Third Place
1966 - Back to Earth with a bump - First Group Stage
1970 - Feet up - DNQ
1974 - Goals hard to come by - First Group Stage
1978 - Sit this one out - DNQ
1982 - Winless - First Group Stage
1986 - Another barren qualification - DNQ
1990 - Rojas fake injury proves costly - Disqualification
1994 - And it lasts another 4 years - Banned
1998 - Back at last and unbeaten in the groups, then comes Brazl - Round of 16
2002 - No joy - DNQ
2006 - Building up the expectation for 2010 - DNQ

Overall World Cup Record

Games played - 25
Won - 7
Drawn - 6
Lost - 12
Penalty Shoot-outs 0
Win Ratio - 28%
Goals - 27
Conceded - 40
Top World Cup Goal Scorer - Subiabre, Sanchez, Salas (all 4 in 1 tournament)

World Cup by World Cup

1930

Games played - 3 (W2, L1)
Goals - 5
Conceded - 3
Top scorer - Subiabre (4)

1950

Games played - 3 (W1, L2)
Goals - 5
Conceded - 6
Top scorer - Cremaschi (3)

1962

Games played - 6 (W4, L2)
Goals - 10
Conceded - 8
Top scorer - Sanchez (4)

1966

Games played - 3 (D1, L2)
Goals - 2
Conceded - 5
Top scorer - Marcos (2)

1974

Games played - 3 (D2, L1)
Goals - 1
Conceded - 2
Top scorer - Ahumada (1)

1982

Games played - 3 (L3)
Goals - 3
Conceded - 8
Top scorer - Moscoso, Neira, Letelier (all 1)

1998

Games played - 4 (D3, L1)
Goals - 5
Conceded - 8
Top scorer - Salas (4)