Bolivia national football team

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Bolivia
Nickname(s)	La Verde (The Green one)
Association	Federación Boliviana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Erwin Sánchez
Captain	Ronald Raldes
Most caps	Luis Cristaldo, Marco Sandy (93)
Top scorer	Víctor Agustín Ugarte (16)
Home stadium	Estadio Hernando Siles
FIFA code	BOL
FIFA ranking	90
Highest FIFA ranking	18 (July 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	114 (July 2003)
Elo ranking	64
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Chile 7 - 1 Bolivia (Santiago, Chile; 12 October 1926)
Biggest win
Bolivia 7 - 0 Venezuela (La Paz, Bolivia; 22 August 1993) Bolivia 9 - 2 Haiti (La Paz, Bolivia; 5 March 2000)
Biggest defeat
Peru 9 - 0 Bolivia (Lima, Peru; 6 November 1927) Brazil 10 - 1 Bolivia (São Paulo, Brazil; 10 April 1949)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1930)
Best result	Round 1, 1930, 1950, 1994
Copa América
Appearances	22 (First in 1926)
Best result	Winners, 1963
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1999)
Best result	1st round, 1999

The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. It is historically one of the weakest teams in CONMEBOL. After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they qualified just once -- in 1994. There, playing champions Germany in the tournament's opening game in Chicago, Bolivia lost 1-0 as Marco Etcheverry, considered the nation's best player of the 1990s, got sent off just three minutes after coming on as a substitute. They never advanced past the first round of any World Cup, but did win the Copa América once, in 1963.

[edit] Competitive Record

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Year	Round
1930	Round 1	1974	Did not Qualify
1934	Did not Enter	1978	Did not Qualify
1938	Did Not Enter	1982	Did not Qualify
1950	Round 1	1986	Did not Qualify
1954	Did not Enter	1990	Did not Qualify
1958	Did not Enter	1994	Round 1
1962	Did not Qualify	1998	Did not Qualify
1966	Did not Qualify	2002	Did not Qualify
1970	Did not Qualify	2006	Did not Qualify
Total	3/18

[edit] Copa America Record

Copa America/South American Championship
Total: 1 Title
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1916	No Participation		1939	Withdrew		1967	Six Place
1917	No Participation		1941	Withdrew		1975	Round 1
1919	No Participation		1942	Withdrew		1979	Round 1
1920	No Participation		1945	Six Place		1983	Round 1
1921	No Participation		1946	Six Place		1987	Round 1
1922	No Participation		1947	Seventh Place		1989	Round 1
1923	No Participation		1949	Fourth Place		1991	Round 1
1924	No Participation		1953	Six Place		1993	Round 1
1925	No Participation		1955	Withdrew		1995	Quarterfinals
1926	Fifth Place		1956	Withdrew		1997	Runners-up
1927	Fourth Place		1957	Withdrew		1999	Round 1
1929	Withdrew		1959	Seventh Place		2001	Round 1
1935	Withdrew		1959	Withdrew		2004	Round 1
1937	Withdrew		1963	Winners		2007	Round 1

[edit] Pan American Games record

• 1951 to 1971 - Did not compete
• 1975 - Round 2
• 1979 to 2003 - Did not compete
• 2007 - Fourth place

[edit] Famous players

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• Erwin "Chichi" Romero
• Carlos Borja
• Julio César Baldivieso
• Tamaya Jiménez
• Ramiro Blacutt
• Víctor Agustín Ugarte
• Máximo Alcócer
• Joaquín Botero
• Marco Antonio Etcheverry
• Carlos Trucco
• William Ramallo
• Milton Melgar
• Miguel Ángel Rimba
• Marco Sandy
• Limberg Gutiérrez
• Jaime Moreno
• Juan Manuel Peña
• Ronald Raldes
• Erwin Sánchez
• Óscar Sánchez
• Vladimir Soria

[edit] Records

[edit] Most capped players

As of March 26, 2008, the ten players with the most caps for Bolivia are:

[edit] Top goalscorers

As of March 28, 2008, the ten players with the most goals for Bolivia are:

[edit] Latest Results

[edit] Current Squad

Head coach: Erwin Sánchez

For World Cup 2010 Qualifiers vs. Chile and Paraguay

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Sergio Galarza August 25, 1975 (1975-08-25) (age 32) 13 0 Oriente Petrolero 12 GK Hugo Suárez February 7, 1982 (1982-02-07) (age 26) 4 0 Real Potosí 22 GK Carlos Arias February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) (age 28) 2 0 Bolívar 2 DF Limberg Méndez August 18, 1982 (1982-08-18) (age 25) 4 0 Wilstermann 16 DF Ronald Raldes April 20, 1981 (1981-04-20) (age 27) 39 0 Rosario Central 3 DF Santos Amador April 6, 1982 (1982-04-06) (age 26) 2 0 Real Potosí 15 DF Ronald Rivero January 29, 1980 (1980-01-29) (age 28) 0 0 Club Universitario 13 DF Luis Gutiérrez January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15) (age 23) 0 0 Oriente Petrolero 23 DF Abdón Reyes November 7, 1981 (1981-11-07) (age 26) 0 0 Bolívar 4 DF Lorgio Álvarez June 26, 1978 (1978-06-26) (age 29) 35 1 Cerro Porteño 21 DF Luis Gatty Ribeiro November 1, 1979 (1979-11-01) (age 28) 30 0 Real Potosí 14 DF Miguel Hoyos March 3, 1981 (1981-03-03) (age 27) 16 1 Oriente Petrolero 5 MF Leonel Reyes November 19, 1976 (1976-11-19) (age 31) 15 1 Bolívar 8 MF Ronald García December 17, 1980 (1980-12-17) (age 27) 27 0 Aris FC 20 MF Jhasmani Campos May 10, 1988 (1988-05-10) (age 20) 5 1 Oriente Petrolero 10 MF Joselito Vaca August 12, 1982 (1982-08-12) (age 25) 32 2 Blooming 19 MF Mauricio Saucedo August 14, 1985 (1985-08-14) (age 22) 1 0 San José 6 MF Ronald Gutiérrez December 2, 1979 (1979-12-02) (age 28) 3 0 Bursaspor 18 MF Limberg Gutiérrez November 19, 1977 (1977-11-19) (age 30) 51 4 Oriente Petrolero 9 FW Joaquín Botero December 10, 1977 (1977-12-10) (age 30) 38 12 Bolívar 11 FW Ricardo Pedriel January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) (age 21) 1 1 Wilstermann 7 FW Marcelo Moreno Martins June 18, 1987 (1987-06-18) (age 20) 4 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 17 FW Juan Carlos Arce April 10, 1985 (1985-04-10) (age 23) 16 3 Al-Arabi

[edit] Titles

Preceded by 1959 - Uruguay

South American Champions 1963 (First title)

Succeeded by 1967 - Uruguay

v • d • e Bolivia squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Trucco • 2 J. Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Quinteros • 6 Borja • 7 Pinedo • 8 Melgar • 9 A. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 Rojas • 13 Soruco • 14 Ramos • 15 Soria • 16 Cristaldo • 17 O. Sánchez • 18 Ramallo • 19 Torrico • 20 Castillo • 21 E. Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: Azkargorta

v • d • e Bolivia squad - 1950 FIFA World Cup DF Alcha • FW Algarañaz • MF Aparicio • MF Aráoz • GK Arraya • MF Arricio • FW Brown • DF Bustamante • MF Cabrera • FW Caparelli • MF Ferrel • FW Godoy • DF Greco • FW Guerra • FW B. Gutiérrez • GK E. Gutiérrez • FW Maldonado • FW Mena • MF Saavedra • MF Sandoval • FW Ugarte • MF Valencia • Coach: Pretto

v • d • e Bolivia squad - 1930 FIFA World Cup FW Alborta • MF Argote • GK Bermúdez • MF Brito • FW Bustamante • DF Chavarría • DF Durandal • FW Fernández • FW Gómez • MF Lara • FW Méndez • GK Murillo • MF Noya • FW Reyes Ortíz • DF Reyes Peñaranda • MF Sáinz • MF Valderrama • Coach: Saucedo

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