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Federación de Fútbol de Chile Is Founded
The Chilean national team is the second oldest South American federation, having been founded in Valparaíso on June 19, 1895. -
The Chilean National Team Plays Its First Match
Chiles plays its first international match against Argentina a defeat 3-1 in Buenos Aries. -
Chile Partcipates In The First Copa America
The Inaugural Copa America kicks off in Argentina with Chile being one of the four participating nations. -
Chile Hosts Its First Copa America
The 1920 South American was the first held in Chile, the nation came in 4th that year. -
Chile Particpates in The First World
The first World Cup kicks off in 1930 in Uruguay, Chile is one of the participating nations the team placed fifth in the tournament. -
Chile Hosts It First World Cup
The 1962 World Cup was awarded to Chile to host the nations first. Chile had its best performance ever in the tournament placing in third that year in front of its fans, losing to the eventual champions Brazil in the semi final match. -
Marcelo Salas Scores His Final Goal For Chile
Marcelo Salas the all time leading scorer in Chile's history scores his 37th and final goal for his country against Uruguay in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match. -
Chile Wins Its First Copa America
Chile hosted its 7th Copa America that year and ended up winning their group then going on to beat Uruguay, Peru and finally Argentina in the final to win its first Copa America and its first major tournament in its history. -
Chile Reaches Its All Time Fifa Ranking
Chile climbs the Fifa rankings all the way to Third place after coming off a Copa America victory and successfully winning its friendly and official matches. -
Chile Retains Their Copa America Title
The 100th edition of the Copa America was held in the United States, and just shy of year after their victory in Santiago, Chile had to defend its crown and successfully did against Argentina once again beating the nation in penalties after a tough contested match.
