Chile national under-20 football team

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Chile Under 20
Nickname(s) La Rojita (The Little Red One)
Association Federación de Fútbol de Chile
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Ivo Basay
Captain Dagoberto Arriola
FIFA code CHI
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
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First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Second kit
First international
Flag of Chile Chile 4 - 1 Flag of Bolivia Bolivia
(Santiago, Chile; March 14, 1951)
Biggest win
Flag of Chile Chile 7 - 0 Flag of Honduras Honduras
(Doetinchem, Netherlands; June 11, 2005)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Chile Chile 0 - 7 Flag of Spain Spain
(Doetinchem, Netherlands; June 15, 2005)
Medal record
U-20 World Cup
Bronze 2007 Canada Team
Medal record
U-20 South American Youth Championship
Bronze 1971 Paraguay NA
Silver 1975 Peru NA
Bronze 1995 Bolivia NA
Medal record
Premier Under-19 Milk Cup
Gold 2000 Elite NA

Chile national U-20 football team, also known as Chile Sub-20 or La Rojita, is part of the Federación de Fútbol de Chile. The U-20 team is considered to be the breeding ground for future Chile national soccer team players. The Chile U-20 national team has participated in five U-20 World Cups Chile 1987, Qatar 1995, Argentina 2001, Netherlands 2005, and Canada 2007.

One of the best and earliest campaigns was when Chile hosted the tournament in 1987 finishing in fourth place. The most recent being the 2007 edition of the U-20 World Cup included the national U-20 squad earn the third place position, making it Chile's most successful campaign.

The (GK) Christopher Toselli made the record of 492 minutes without conceding a goal and ultimately overcoming the old record of 484 minutes which was held by U-20 Brazilian (GK) Claudio Taffarel since the World Cup of 1985.[1] [2]

Sanchez, Vidangossy, Vidal, Cristian Suarez and Toselli were main candidates to be the best players of the tournament.[3]

The Chile national U-20 football team also participates in the South American Youth Championship which act as qualifiers for the FIFA World Youth Championship.

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[edit] Chile National U-20 Football Team: World Cups

[edit] U-20 World Cup: Chile 1987

The first World Cup the U-20 national team gained entry came in 1987 when Chile was granted the right to host. Chile headed Group A which included Australia, Togo, and Yugoslavia. October 10, 1987 Chile faced eventual tournament winners Yugoslavia in Santiago in the presence of a crowd totaling 67,000 spectators. All of Chile's early group matches were held in Santiago at the Estadio Nacional. Chile lost the opening game by a score of 2-4, with Tudor and Pino scoring both of those goals.

The second match against the African country of Togo, had Chile winning by a score of 3-0, with Pino scoring through a penalty kick in the '8 minute of the match. Tudor would also respond by scoring two goals in the 32nd and 75th minute of the match and securing victory.

The next game against Australia was staged in front of 75,000 people. Chile using the advantage of having support from its crowd, defeated Australia 2-0 with both goals coming from Pino in the 22nd and 52nd minutes of the match.

Chile advanced to the Quarter-Finals in second place, and later played Italy in the city of Concepcion, Chile. Chile's margin of victory came with the minimum difference of a 1-0 score. The result in affect would lead ti a face-off against West Germany in the Semi-Finals. The match featured West Germany ultimately winning 4-0. The third place spot was to be played against East Germany where Chile fell on penalty kicks (3)-(1) after a game that had both sides drawn 1-1.[4]

Date Venue Opponents Result Score
October 10, 1987 Santiago, Chile Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia L 2 - 4
October 13, 1987 Santiago, Chile Flag of Togo Togo W 3 - 0
October 17, 1987 Santiago, Chile Flag of Australia Australia W 2 - 0
October 21, 1987 Concepcion, Chile Flag of Italy Italy W 1 - 0
October 23, 1987 Concepcion, Chile Flag of West Germany West Germany L 0 - 4
October 25, 1987 Santiago, Chile Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany D 1(1) - 1(3)

[edit] U-20 World Cup: Netherlands 2005

June 11, 2005 Chile faced CONCACAF opponents Honduras at the De Vijverberg stadium in Doetinchem, Netherlands in what was to be the first match pertaining to group C. Massimo Busacca from Switzerland was the referee of the match. Chile in front of 6,800 spectators opened the scoring in the first half with goals from forward Parada in the eleventh minute and midfielder José Pedro Fuenzalida in the thirtieth minute. The scoring momentum continued onto the second half where Fuenzalida added another goal onto his personal tally in the fifty third minute. Matias Fernandez followed with a goal of his own in the sixty seventh. Two minutes later in the sixty ninth minute Gonzalo Jara would also score which was followed by another strike from Parada in the seventy first. Pedro Morales concluded with the last goal of the day in the seventy seventh minute making the final score 7-0, an impressive start for "La Rojita.[5]

Four days later on June 15, 2005 Chile experienced a crushing blow against the European country of Spain. The match was again held at De Vijverberg, and the referee in charge was Benito Archundia from Mexico. An estimate of 6,600 spectators were in attendance with Spaniard Fernando Llorente scoring a total of four goals. Chile playing with 10 men witnessed a score of 0-7 bringing the goal average to an equilibrium.[6]

June 17, 2005 at Galgenwaard Stadion in Utrecht (city) Chile competed against Morocco amid a crowd of 11,000. The referee was Australian Mark Shield. The only goal was scored by Moroccan forward Bendamou in the forty seventh minute.[7]

A total of three points was enough for Chile to qualify in a best third place spot for the second round and on June 22, 2005 Chile played hosts Netherlands at De Vijverberg stadium. Dutch forwards Ryan Babel, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, and Collins John would settle the game 3-0, eliminating Chile from the U-20 World Cup.[8]

Date Venue Opponents Result Score
June 11, 2005 Doetinchem, Netherlands Flag of Honduras Honduras W 7 - 0
June 15, 2005 Doetinchem, Netherlands Flag of Spain Spain L 0 - 7
June 17, 2005 Utrecht, Netherlands Flag of Morocco Morocco L 0 - 1
June 22, 2005 Doetinchem, Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands L 0 - 3


[edit] U-20 World Cup: Canada 2007

Canada 2007 was Chile's fifth overall participation in the U-20 world youth championship. Chile opened Group A against the host nation of Canada in Toronto, with Chile winning 3-0. The game featured a Chilean side with adequate possession of the ball and attentive striking from forwards Medina, team captain Carlos Carmona, and late game substitute Jaime Grondona.[9]

The second match was against the African youth champions Congo in Edmonton. Chile soundly defeated a 10 man squad with a score of 3-0, goals coming from striker Alexis Sanchez, Medina, and Arturo Vidal.[10]

The third game was against Austria where after 90 minutes the game ended in scoreless 0-0, the result was enough for Chile to clinch the first spot of the group.[11] In the Second Round Chile went up against Portugal who had qualified as third of their group. Chile with a goal from Vidal in the 45th minute of first half secured a pass onto the Quarter-Final.[12]

The Quarter-Final included Nigeria where after a scoreless 90 minutes the game was to be decided in extra time. Within the next final thirty minutes of the match Chile would win 4-0 with finishes coming off a header from Jaime Grondona, a penalty kick by Mauricio Islas after Chilean player Vidangossy was brought down in the box. A deadly counter strike finish from Isla's in the 117th minute, and a late finisher from Mathias Vidangossy after rounding the keeper in 120+.[13]

The Semi-Final against Argentina proved controversial where the referre in charge Wolfgang Stark would send off two Chilean players Dagoberto Currimilla and Gary Medel. Playing with 9 men proved drastic, Chile would go on to lose 3-0 and chances of reaching the Final were shattered.[14]

The third place spot brought a familiar opponent group A rivals Austria. The match was a consolation prize for the teams in dispute and a meritable reward after a hard fought campaign. Both countries would initiate great plays. One goal was enough with Chile's defender Hans Martinez hitting the ball past the GK and onto the net from a free kick cross ending the match 1-0.[15]

Date Venue Opponents Result Score
July 1, 2007 Toronto, Canada Flag of Canada Canada W 3 - 0
July 5, 2007 Edmonton, Canada Flag of the Republic of the Congo Congo W 3 - 0
July 8, 2007 Toronto, Canada Flag of Austria Austria D 0 - 0
July 12, 2007 Edmonton, Canada Flag of Portugal Portugal W 1 - 0
July 15, 2007 Montreal, Canada Flag of Nigeria Nigeria W 4 - 0
July 19, 2007 Toronto, Canada Flag of Argentina Argentina L 0 - 3
July 22, 2007 Toronto, Canada Flag of Austria Austria W 1 - 0

[edit] Competitive Record

[edit] FIFA World Youth Championship Record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Flag of Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Japan 1979 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Australia 1981 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Mexico 1983 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of the Soviet Union 1985 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Chile 1987 Fourth place 6 3 1 2 9 9
Flag of Saudi Arabia 1989 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Portugal 1991 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Australia 1993 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Qatar 1995 Round 1 3 0 2 1 6 9
Flag of Malaysia 1997 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Nigeria 1999 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Argentina 2001 Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 8
Flag of the United Arab Emirates 2003 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of the Netherlands 2005 Second Round 4 1 0 3 7 11
Flag of Canada 2007 Third place 7 5 1 1 12 3
Total 5/16 20 10 4 9 39 40

[edit] Former squads

[edit] Flag of Chile 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship

Coach: Luis Ibarra Flag of Chile

 # 

Name

Pos

DOB

Club

1 Guillermo Velasco GK 02.06.1968 Santiago Wanderers Flag of Chile
2 Mauricio Soto DF 21.02.1969 Puerto Montt Flag of Chile
3 Carlos Ramírez DF 26.02.1968 Huachipato Flag of Chile
4 Hugo Cortéz DF 03.06.1968 Cobreandino Flag of Chile
5 Javier Margas DF 10.05.1969 Colo Colo Flag of Chile
6 Luis Musrri MF 24.12.1969 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
7 Raimundo Tupper FW 07.01.1969 Universidad Catolica Flag of Chile
8 Sandro Navarrete MF 16.11.1968 Huachipato Flag of Chile
9 Lukas Tudor FW 21.02.1969 Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
10 Fabián Estay MF 05.10.1968 Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
11 Pedro González FW 17.10.1967 Club Deportivo Valdivia Flag of Chile
12 Gerhard Reiher GK 21.04.1968 Provincial Osorno Flag of Chile
13 Miguel Latín DF 27.07.1968 Santiago Wanderers Flag of Chile
14 Juan Carreño FW 16.11.1968 Colo Colo Flag of Chile
15 Reinaldo Hoffmann DF 18.03.1968 Cobresal Flag of Chile
16 Héctor Cabello MF 14.01.1968 La Serena Flag of Chile
17 Camilo Pino MF 04.03.1968 Cobreloa Flag of Chile
18 Juan Reyes FW 31.08.1967 O'Higgins Flag of Chile

[edit] Flag of Qatar 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

Coach: Leonardo Véliz Flag of Chile

 # 

Name

Pos

DOB

Club

1 Carlos Toro GK 02.04.1976 Santiago Wanderers Flag of Chile
2 Francisco Fernández DF 19.08.1975 Colo-Colo Flag of Chile
3 Mauricio Donoso DF 30.04.1976 Cobreloa Flag of Chile
4 Nelson Garrido DF 02.12.1977 Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
5 Jorge Vargas DF 08.02.1976 Huachipato Flag of Chile
6 Dion Valle MF 22.07.1977 Colo-Colo Flag of Chile
7 Rodrigo Valenzuela MF 27.11.1975 Unión Española Flag of Chile
8 Carlos Barraza MF 12.03.1976 La Serena Flag of Chile
9 Alejandro Osorio MF 24.09.1976 O'Higgins Flag of Chile
10 Frank Lobos MF 25.09.1976 Colo-Colo Flag of Chile
11 Sebastián Rozental FW 01.09.1976 Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
12 Ariel Salas GK 19.10.1976 Colo-Colo Flag of Chile
13 Héctor Tapia MF 30.09.1977 Colo-Colo Flag of Chile
14 Cristian Uribe MF 01.08.1976 Huachipato Flag of Chile
15 Fernando Martel MF 02.10.1975 Unión San Felipe Flag of Chile
16 Mauricio Aros FW 09.03.1976 Deportes Concepcion Flag of Chile
17 Juan Carlos Madrid DF 20.10.1975 Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
18 Dante Poli DF 15.08.1976 Universidad Católica Flag of Chile

[edit] Flag of Argentina 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

Coach: Hector Pinto Flag of Chile

 # 

Name

Pos

DOB

Club

1 Johnny Herrera GK 09.05.1981 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
2 Sergio Fernandez DF 14.06.1981 - Flag of Chile
3 Daniel Campos MF 17.07.1981 Universidad de Concepcion Flag of Chile
4 Hugo Droguett DF 02.09.1982 Universidad Catolica Flag of Chile
5 Luiz Oyarzun DF 24.05.1982 Palestino Flag of Chile
6 Nelson Pinto MF 01.02.1981 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
7 Gonzalo Villagra MF 17.09.1981 Universidad Catolica Flag of Chile
8 Sebastian Pardo MF 01.01.1982 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
9 Mario Caceres FW 17.03.1981 Sporting Club de Portugal Flag of Portugal
10 Jaime Valdes MF 11.01.1981 AS Bari Flag of Italy
11 Mario Salgado FW 03.07.1981 Club Deportivo Huachipato Flag of Chile
12 Gino Reyes DF 23.02.1981 Colo Colo Flag of Chile
13 Joel Soto FW 09.04.1982 Santiago Wanderers Flag of Chile
14 Adan Vergara DF 09.05.1981 Cobreloa Flag of Chile
15 Mario Berrios MF 20.08.1981 Palestino Flag of Chile
16 Roberto Ordenes MF 05.01.1981 Union Espanola Flag of Chile
17 Rodrigo Millar MF 03.11.1981 Club Deportivo Huachipato Flag of Chile
18 Eduardo Lobos GK 30.07.1981 Colo Colo Flag of Chile

[edit] Flag of the Netherlands 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Coach: José Sulantay Flag of Chile

 # 

Name

Pos

DOB

Club

1 Carlos Espinoza GK 23.02.1985 Club de Deportes Puerto Montt Flag of Chile
2 Edzon Riquelme DF 29.08.1985 Club de Deportes Concepcion Flag of Chile
3 Sebastián Páez MF 13.08.1986 Club de Deportes La Serena Flag of Chile
4 Sebastián Montesinos DF 12.03.1986 Colo Colo Flag of Chile
5 Hugo Bascuñán DF 11.01.1985 Unión Atlético Maracaibo Flag of Venezuela
6 Marcelo Díaz MF 30.12.1986 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
7 Fernando Meneses MF 27.09.1985 Colo Colo Flag of Chile
8 Iván Vásquez MF 13.08.1985 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
9 Nicolás Canales FW 27.06.1985 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
10 Pedro Morales MF 25.05.1985 Club Deportivo Huachipato Flag of Chile
11 Eduardo Tudela FW 03.03.1986 Cobreloa Flag of Chile
12 Carlos Arias GK 04.09.1986 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
13 Felipe Muñoz DF 04.04.1985 Colo Colo Flag of Chile
14 Matías Fernández MF 15.05.1986 Colo-Colo Flag of Chile
15 Carlos Carmona MF 21.02.1987 Coquimbo Unido Flag of Chile
16 Francisco Sánchez DF 06.02.1985 Everton (CHI) Flag of Chile
17 Carlos Villanueva FW 05.02.1986 Audax Club Sportivo Italiano Flag of Chile
18 Gonzalo Jara DF 29.08.1985 Club Deportivo Huachipato Flag of Chile
19 José Fuenzalida MF 22.02.1985 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
20 Ricardo Parada FW 02.01.1985 Universidad de Concepcion Flag of Chile
21 José Rosales GK 20.09.1985 Club Deportivo O'Higgins Flag of Chile

[edit] Flag of Canada 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship

Coach: José Sulantay Flag of Chile

 # 

Name

Pos

DOB

Club

1 Cristopher Toselli GK 15.06.1988 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
2 Cristián Suárez DF 06.02.1987 Corinthians Flag of Brazil
3 Mauricio Isla MF 12.06.1988 Udinese Flag of Italy
4 Eric Godoy DF 26.03.1987 Santiago Wanderers Flag of Chile
5 Nicolás Larrondo DF 04.10.1987 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
6 Gary Medel MF 04.10.1987 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
7 Alexis Sánchez FW 19.12.1988 River Plate Flag of Argentina
8 Dagoberto Currimilla MF 26.12.1987 Huachipato Flag of Chile
9 Nicolás Medina FW 28.03.1987 Universidad de Chile Flag of Chile
10 Marco Vergara MF 18.08.1987 Santiago Wanderers Flag of Chile
11 Juan Pablo Arenas MF 22.04.1987 Colo Colo Flag of Chile
12 Jaime Grondona FW 15.04.1987 Santiago Wanderers Flag of Chile
13 Nery Veloso GK 02.03.1987 Huachipato Flag of Chile
14 Christian Sepulveda DF 23.05.1987 Unión Española Flag of Chile
15 Arturo Vidal DF 22.05.1987 Bayer Leverkusen Flag of Germany
16 Carlos Carmona MF 21.02.1987 Coquimbo Unido Flag of Chile
17 Gerardo Cortes MF 17.05.1988 Deportes Concepción Flag of Chile
18 Hans Martínez DF 04.01.1987 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Flag of Chile
19 Mathias Vidangossy FW 25.05.1987 Villarreal CF Flag of Spain
20 Michael Silva FW 12.03.1988 Atlante Flag of Mexico
21 Isaías Peralta MF 21.08.1987 Unión Española Flag of Chile
22 Ronald Valladares GK 07.10.1987 Fernandez Vial Flag of Chile

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