Chile Olympic football team

The Chile Olympic football team (also known as Chile under-23, Chile U-23) represents Chile in international football competitions at the Olympic Games and Pan American Games. Since the 1992 tournament, the team is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile (FFCh). Combined with pre-1992 tournaments, Chile has qualified on four occasions to the Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 2000.^[1]

Chile Olympic

Association	Federación de Fútbol de Chile (FFCh)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Nicolas Cordova (interim)
Top scorer	Iván Zamorano (5)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
FIFA code	CHI
First colours Second colours
First international
Egypt 5–4 Chile  (Helsinki, Finland; 16 July 1952)
Biggest win
Chile 5–0 Dominican Republic  (Viña del Mar, Chile; 29 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 6–0 Chile  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 22 December 1959)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1928)
Best result	Bronze medalists (2000)
Pan American Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1951)
Best result	Silver medalists (1987, 2023)
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team 2023 Santiago Team

Competitive record

Pre-Olympic Tournament

Pre-Olympic record
Year	Host	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1960	Peru	Preliminary stage	2	0	0	2	1	11
1964	Peru	First stage	4	1	1	2	2	6
1968	Colombia	First stage	3	1	1	1	1	1
1971	Colombia	First stage	4	0	2	2	1	4
1976	Brazil	Fifth place	5	1	1	3	5	7
1980	Colombia	Sixth place	6	1	2	3	7	5
1984	Ecuador	Final stage	5	2	1	2	7	6
1987	Bolivia	First stage	4	2	1	1	6	4
1992	Paraguay	First stage	3	0	1	2	2	7
1996	Argentina	First stage	4	1	2	1	6	9
2000	Brazil	Final stage	7	4	1	2	13	11
2004	Chile	Final stage	7	3	2	2	14	10
2020	Colombia	First stage	4	2	1	1	4	2
2024	Venezuela	First stage	4	2	0	2	3	7
Total		14/14	58	18	15	25	64	88

Olympic Games

Olympics record, senior team played before 1992
Year	Host	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	Squad
1896	Athens	No football tournament
1900	Paris	Did not participate
1904	St. Louis
1908	London
1912	Stockholm
1920	Antwerp
1924	Paris
1928	Amsterdam	Consolation final	3	1	1	1	7	7	Squad
1932	Los Angeles	No football tournament
1936	Berlin	Withdrew
1948	London	Did not participate
1952	Helsinki	Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	4	5	Squad
1956	Melbourne	Did not participate
1960	Rome	Did not qualify
1964	Tokyo
1968	Mexico City
1972	Munich
1976	Montreal
1980	Moscow
1984	Los Angeles	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	2	2	Squad
1988	Seoul	Did not qualify
1992	Barcelona
1996	Atlanta
2000	Sydney	Bronze medalists	6	4	0	2	14	6	Squad
2004	Athens	Did not qualify
2008	Beijing
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro
2020	Tokyo
2024	Paris
Total		4/26	14	6	3	5	27	20	—

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Host	Result	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	Squad
Until 1995	See Chile national football team
1999	Winnipeg	Did not qualify
2003	Santo Domingo
2007	Rio de Janeiro
2011	Guadalajara
2015	Toronto
2019	Lima
2023	Santiago	Silver medalists	2nd	5	4	1	0	9	1	Squad
Total		2 Silver medals	6/19	5	4	1	0	9	1	—

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

Chile  v  Mexico

23 October 2023 Pan American Games Group A	Chile	1–0	Mexico	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:00 UTC−3	Guerrero 28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Chile  v  Uruguay

26 October 2023 Pan American Games Group A	Chile	1–0	Uruguay	Valparaíso, Chile
18:00 UTC−3	Aravena 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)

Chile  v  Dominican Republic

29 October 2023 Pan American Games Group A	Chile	5–0	Dominican Republic	Viña del Mar, Chile
18:00 UTC−3	Fuentes 15' Alfaro 28' Assadi 75' Montes 90+2' Aravena 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Chile  v  United States

1 November 2023 Pan American Games Semi-finals	Chile	1–0	United States	Valparaíso, Chile
17:00 UTC−3	Pérez 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Juan López (Paraguay)

Chile  v  Brazil

4 November 2023 Pan American Games Gold medal match	Chile	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Brazil	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:00 UTC−3	Guerrero 42'	Report	Ronald 83'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
	Penalties
	Zaldivia Villagra Fuentes Montes		Nascimento Ronald Figueiredo Miranda Mycael

2024

Peru  v  Chile

21 January 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Peru	1–0	Chile	Valencia, Venezuela
16:00 UTC−4	Flores 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

Uruguay  v  Chile

27 January 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Uruguay	0–1	Chile	Valencia, Venezuela
19:00 UTC−4		Report	Montes 64'	Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Flávio de Souza (Brazil)

Chile  v  Argentina

30 January 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Chile	0–5	Argentina	Valencia, Venezuela
19:00 UTC−4		Report	Almada 45', 57' (pen.) Castro 61' Quirós 79' Gondou 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Chile  v  Paraguay

2 February 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS	Chile	2–1	Paraguay	Caracas, Venezuela
19:00 UTC−4	Tapia 31' Assadi 70'	Report	Leguizamón 33'	Stadium: Estadio Brígido Iriarte Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament from 20 January to 11 February.^[2][3][4]

Caps and goals updated as of 5 November 2023 after the match against Brazil.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Diego Carreño	(2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	O'Higgins
	1GK	Vicente Reyes	(2003-11-19)19 November 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Norwich City
	1GK	Ignacio Sáez	(2005-09-04)4 September 2005 (aged 18)	0	0	Universidad de Chile
	2DF	Daniel Gutiérrez	(2003-02-16)16 February 2003 (aged 20)	6	0	Colo-Colo
	2DF	Jonathan Villagra	(2001-03-28)28 March 2001 (aged 22)	6	0	Unión Española
	2DF	Jeyson Rojas	(2002-01-23)23 January 2002 (aged 21)	1	0	Colo-Colo
	2DF	Joaquín Gutiérrez	(2002-07-04)4 July 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	Huachipato
	2DF	Esteban Matus	(2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	Audax Italiano
	2DF	Matías Vásquez	(2003-01-12)12 January 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Magallanes
	2DF	Valentín Vidal	(2004-05-12)12 May 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Unión Española
	3MF	César Pérez	(2002-11-29)29 November 2002 (aged 21)	6	1	Unión La Calera
	3MF	Vicente Pizarro	(2002-11-05)5 November 2002 (aged 21)	6	0	Colo-Colo
	3MF	Lucas Assadi	(2004-01-08)8 January 2004 (aged 20)	4	1	Universidad de Chile
	3MF	Renato Cordero	(2003-04-16)16 April 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Universidad de Chile
	3MF	Jeison Fuentealba	(2003-01-10)10 January 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Universidad de Chile
	4FW	Alexander Aravena	(2002-09-06)6 September 2002 (aged 21)	6	3	Universidad Católica
	4FW	Damián Pizarro	(2005-03-28)28 March 2005 (aged 18)	5	0	Colo-Colo
	4FW	Clemente Montes	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 22)	4	1	Universidad Católica
	4FW	Julián Alfaro	(2001-09-02)2 September 2001 (aged 22)	1	1	Magallanes
	4FW	Gonzalo Tapia	(2002-02-18)18 February 2002 (aged 21)	1	0	Universidad Católica
	4FW	Luciano Arriagada	(2002-04-20)20 April 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	Athletico Paranaense
	4FW	Lucas Cepeda	(2002-10-31)31 October 2002 (aged 21)	0	0	Santiago Wanderers
	4FW	Leandro Hernández	(2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 18)	0	0	Colo-Colo

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2000	Nelson Tapia (GK)	Pedro Reyes (DF)	Iván Zamorano (FW)

Honours

• Summer Olympics:
  • Bronze medalists (1): 2000
• Pan American Games:
  • Silver medalists (2): 1987, 2023
  • Bronze medalists (2): 1951, 1963
• South American Games:
  • Gold medalists (1): 2018
• CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament:
  • Runners-up (2): 1984, 2000
  • Fourth place (1): 2004

Friendlies

• Torneo Internacional de Guayaquil:^[5]:
  • Winners: 1994

See also

• Chile national football team
• Chile national under-20 football team
• Chile national under-17 football team

References

1. "Repasa la historia de Chile en los Juegos Olímpicos". Emol.com. Santiago de Chile. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
2. "Nómina de La Roja Sub 23 para el Preolímpico Venezuela 2024". LaRoja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. "Jugador convocado la Roja Sub 23 - Viernes 12 de enero". LaRoja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
4. "Liberación y convocatoria jugadores La Roja Sub 23 - Martes 16 de enero". LaRoja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
5. "International Tournament in Guayaquil 1984". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

External links

• Chile under-23 at ANFP website (in Spanish)