Chile women's national football team

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	38 (16 August 2024)
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	Runners-up (1991, 2018)
Medal record
Pan American Games
South American Games

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

Nicknames

The Chile women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "La Roja Femenina (The Feminine Red)".

Home stadium

Chile plays their home matches on the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos.

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

2023

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)

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)

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)

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)

2024

23 February Friendly	Chile	5–1	Jamaica	Santiago, Chile
18:30 UTC−3	Olivares 12' Urrutia 22' Jiménez 61' Acuña 70' Bustamante 88'	Report	Asher 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Juan Pinto Durán Sports Complex [es] Referee: Priscila Vásquez (Peru)

27 February Friendly	Chile	1–0	Jamaica	La Pintana, Santiago, Chile
19:00 UTC−3	López 33' Acuña 65' 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya [es] (Peru)

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) Friendly	Guatemala	4–3	Chile	Guatemala City, Guatemala
15:00 UTC−6	Solórzano 4' Álvarez 31', 50', 59'	Report	Sáez 7' José Urrutia 22', 38'	Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01) Friendly	Guatemala	1–6	Chile	Guatemala City, Guatemala
15:00 UTC−6	Álvarez 47'	Report Report (FIFA)	Araya 36', 85' Acuña 48' Y. López 53' Sáez 85' Jiménez 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso Referee: Glenda López Pérez (Guatemala)

12 July 2024 (2024-07-12) Friendly	Paraguay	1–4	Chile	Ypané, Paraguay
18:00 UTC−6	Martínez 81'		Aedo 19' Bareiro 40' (.og) Caniguán 45' Olave 47'	Stadium: Estadio Carfrem Ypané

15 July 2024 (2024-07-15) Friendly	Paraguay	0–5	Chile	Ypané, Paraguay
10:00 UTC−6				Stadium: Estadio Carfrem Ypané

25 October Friendly	Ecuador	1–1	Chile	Quito,Ecuador
	Barahona 45'		Pinilla 33'

28 October Friendly	Ecuador	1–2	Chile	Quito,Ecuador
	Pesántez 15'		Araya 54', 67'}

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 Ecuador on 25 and 28 October 2024.^[10]^[11]

Caps and goals as of 28 October 2024, after the match against Ecuador.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Antonia Canales	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 22)	10	0	Valencia
1	1GK	Ryann Torrero	(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 34)	6	0	Colo-Colo

17	2DF	Fernanda Pinilla	(1993-11-06) 6 November 1993 (age 31)	44	2	León
22	2DF	Rosario Balmaceda	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 25)	41	0	Colo-Colo
3	2DF	Su Helen Galaz	(1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33)	31	0	Santiago Morning
5	2DF	Nayadet López Opazo	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30)	26	0	Alavés Gloriosas
13	2DF	Karen Fuentes	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004 (age 20)	9	0	Universidad de Chile
2	2DF	Anaís Cifuentes	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)	6	1	Colo-Colo
19	2DF	Claudia Salfate	(2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Coquimbo Unido [es]

10	3MF	Yanara Aedo (captain)	(1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 31)	104	18	Colo-Colo
11	3MF	Yessenia López	(1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 34)	74	10	Colo-Colo
6	3MF	Yastin Jiménez	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 24)	36	4	Colo-Colo
4	3MF	Gisela Pino	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 32)	11	0	Universidad de Chile
8	3MF	Millaray Cortés	(2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 (age 20)	10	2	Sevilla

9	4FW	María José Urrutia	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 (age 30)	53	7	Colo-Colo
7	4FW	Yenny Acuña	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27)	40	9	Colo-Colo
14	4FW	Javiera Grez	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 24)	39	2	Colo-Colo
15	4FW	Fernanda Araya	(1994-10-12) 12 October 1994 (age 30)	21	9	Universidad de Chile
16	4FW	Isidora Olave	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)	15	3	Atlético San Luis
21	4FW	Mary Valencia	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)	5	1	Santiago Morning
20	4FW	Valentina Fuentes	(1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Iquique [es]
18	4FW	Pamela Cabezas	(2007-07-10) 10 July 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Universidad Católica [es]

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	Gabriela Bórquez	(1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Universidad de Chile	v. Paraguay, 15 July 2024
GK	Ignacia Bustos	(2004-08-13) 13 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Universidad Católica [es]	v. Jamaica, 27 February 2024
GK	Catalina Mellado	(2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Colo-Colo	v. Peru, 5 December 2023

DF	Gali Espinoza	(2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Universidad Católica [es]	v. Ecuador, 25 October 2024 ^INJ
DF	Fernanda Ramírez	(1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 (age 32)	16	0	Colo-Colo	v. Paraguay, 15 July 2024
DF	Catalina Figueroa	(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Universidad Católica [es]	v. Paraguay, 15 July 2024
DF	Camila Sáez	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 30)	97	11	West Ham United	v. Guatemala, 29 May 2024
DF	Michelle Olivares	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 22)	15	1	Colo-Colo	v. Guatemala, 29 May 2024
DF	Monserrat Hernández	(2005-07-19) 19 July 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Santiago Morning	v. Jamaica, 27 February 2024
DF	Alessandra Valle	(2005-01-18) 18 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Universidad Católica [es]	v. Jamaica, 27 February 2024

MF	Anaís Álvarez	(2007-07-04) 4 July 2007 (age 17)	4	0	Colo-Colo	v. Ecuador, 25 October 2024 ^INJ
MF	Ámbar Figueroa	(2007-10-24) 24 October 2007 (age 17)	3	0	Santiago Morning	v. Ecuador, 25 October 2024 ^INJ
MF	Llanka Groff	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Universidad de Chile	v. Paraguay, 15 July 2024
MF	Karen Araya	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 34)	99	19	Madrid CFF	v. Guatemala, 29 May 2024
MF	Javiera Paillán	(2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Palestino [es]	v. Guatemala, 29 May 2024
MF	Paloma Bustamante	(2005-12-07) 7 December 2005 (age 18)	1	1	Palestino [es]	v. Jamaica, 27 February 2021

FW	Franchesca Caniguán	(1999-11-15) 15 November 1999 (age 24)	12	2	Universidad de Chile	v. Paraguay, 15 July 2024
FW	Kathalina Guerrero	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 22)	6	0	Iquique [es]	v. Paraguay, 15 July 2024
FW	Daniela Zamora	(1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 33)	77	10	Universidad de Chile	v. Guatemala, 29 May 2024
FW	Agustina Heyermann	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Universidad Católica [es]	v. Jamaica, 23 February 2024 ^INJ
FW	Melissa Bustos	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Universidad de Chile	v. Peru, 5 December 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

Notable players

Ada Cruz

Captains

Christiane Endler

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

2018 Copa América Femenina squad

Records

As of 19 March 2021

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

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps
1	Christiane Endler	2009–2023	76

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Francisca Lara	2010–	21	59

Honours

Continental

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina
- Runners-up: (2) 1991, 2018
- Third place: (2) 1995, 2010

Regional

South American Games
- Runners-up: (1) 2014

Other tournaments

Turkish Women's Cup
- Champions: (1) 2020
International Tournament Brazil
- Champions: (1) 2019

Youth teams

Under-15

Summer Youth Olympics:
- Gold medal: (1) 2010

Competitive record

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
2027	To be determined
Total	1/10	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
2025	TBD
Total	10/10	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	Did not qualify
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

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "The female footballers who fought for change in South America". 28 May 2019.
^ "Chile clasifica al Mundial, mientras jugadora da cuenta del poco apoyo a la selección femenina: "He dejado muchas cosas por el fútbol y el fútbol no nos da nada"". 23 April 2018.
^ "Suecia vence a Chile en un partido marcado por una tormenta eléctrica (0–2)".
^ "Crónicas Deportivas – A expensas de Chile, Estados Unidos validó su estatus de favorito". 16 June 2019.
^ "Chile fue más que Tailandia, pero no le alcanzó". 20 June 2019.
^ "Ellen White brace gets Team GB off to winning start at Olympics against Chile". Daily Mirror. 21 July 2021.
^ "Janine Beckie's 2 goals carry Canada past Chile for 1st Olympic soccer win". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021.
^ "El dinamismo japonés y un gol no cobrado que todavía se discute despiden a Chile de Tokio 2020". 27 July 2021.
^ "Nómina de La Roja Femenina para la Fecha FIFA de octubre y los partidos ante Ecuador". La Roja (in Spanish). FFCh. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
^ "Liberación y convocatoria Selección Chilena Femenina". La Roja (in Spanish). FFCh. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[2] "The female footballers who fought for change in South America". 28 May 2019.

[3] "Chile clasifica al Mundial, mientras jugadora da cuenta del poco apoyo a la selección femenina: "He dejado muchas cosas por el fútbol y el fútbol no nos da nada"". 23 April 2018.

[4] "Suecia vence a Chile en un partido marcado por una tormenta eléctrica (0–2)".

[5] "Crónicas Deportivas – A expensas de Chile, Estados Unidos validó su estatus de favorito". 16 June 2019.

[6] "Chile fue más que Tailandia, pero no le alcanzó". 20 June 2019.

[7] "Ellen White brace gets Team GB off to winning start at Olympics against Chile". Daily Mirror. 21 July 2021.

[8] "Janine Beckie's 2 goals carry Canada past Chile for 1st Olympic soccer win". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021.

[9] "El dinamismo japonés y un gol no cobrado que todavía se discute despiden a Chile de Tokio 2020". 27 July 2021.

[10] "Nómina de La Roja Femenina para la Fecha FIFA de octubre y los partidos ante Ecuador". La Roja (in Spanish). FFCh. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

[11] "Liberación y convocatoria Selección Chilena Femenina". La Roja (in Spanish). FFCh. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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