Original Umbro Chile 2000/02 football shirt

The Chile national football team is a team of football players that represents Chile in international competitions. Chile's biggest success to date has been winning the Copa América twice in a row in 2015 and 2016. They also made it to the final of the 2017 Confederations Cup.

In 1962 Chile hosted the World Cup final round and here the team achieved its best result to date with third place.

On September 3, 1989, Chile played a qualifier against Brazil, a loss would mean elimination, Brazil led 1-0 when goalkeeper Roberto Rojas collapsed after 67 minutes after being allegedly hit by fireworks thrown onto the pitch by a Brazilian fan. The Chileans refused to finish the game. After the images were examined by FIFA and it was seen that the fireworks were not making contact with Rojas, Brazil was awarded a regulation 2-0 win that eliminated Chile. Chile was also excluded from participating in the World Cup qualifier for the 1994 World Cup, Rojas was banned for life, although he was given an amnesty in 2001.

Chile qualified for the 1998 World Cup with star players Salas and Zamorano. They reached the second round by drawing all three group matches before being eliminated by Brazil.