Honours:

• FIFA World Cup

Third place (1): 1962

• FIFA Confederations Cup

Runners-up (1): 2017

• Copa América

Winners (2): 2015, 2016
Runners-up (4): 1955, 1956, 1979, 1987
Third place (5): 1926, 1941, 1945, 1967, 1991
Fourth place (11): 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1953, 1999, 2019


COACH: Fernando RIERA






The best ever Chilean players 23-man squad


GOALKEEPERS:

● Claudio BRAVO
● Sergio LIVINGSTONE


DEFENDERS:

● Antonio ARIAS
● Luis EYZAGUIRRE
● Elías FIGUEROA
● Mauricio ISLA
● Gary MEDEL
● Sergio NAVARRO
● Alberto QUINTANO


MIDFIELDERS:

● Jorge ARAVENA
● Alberto FOUILLIOUX
● Enrique HORMAZÁBAL
● Rubén MARCOS
● Eladio ROJAS
● Francisco VALDÉS
● Arturo VIDAL


FORWARDS:

● Carlos CASZELY
● Jorge ROBLEDO
● Marcelo SALAS
● Alexis SÁNCHEZ
● Leonel SÁNCHEZ
● Eduardo VARGAS
● Iván ZAMORANO


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RESERVES:


GOALKEEPERS:

● Misael ESCUTI
● Roberto ROJAS
● Nelson TAPIA


DEFENDERS:

● Manuel ÁLVAREZ
● Humberto CRUZ
● Ronald FUENTES
● Gonzalo JARA
● Javier MARGAS
● Eugenio MENA
● Ulises POIRIER
● Miguel RAMÍREZ
● Pedro REYES
● Raúl SÁNCHEZ


MIDFIELDERS:

● Clarence ACUÑA
● Charles ARÁNGUIZ
● Jean BEAUSEJOUR
● Marcelo DÍAZ
● Matías FERNÁNDEZ
● Jaime PIZARRO
● Carlos REINOSO
● José Luis SIERRA
● Jorge TORO
● Jorge VALDIVIA


FORWARDS:

● Pedro ARAYA
● Atilio CREMASCHI
● Juan Carlos LETELIER
● René MELÉNDEZ
● Jaime RAMÍREZ
● Humberto SUAZO
● Guillermo SUBIABRE
● Armando TOBAR
● Raúl TORO
● Patricio YÁÑEZ









INFO:
https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1304
https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/chil-recintlp.html
https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/jugadores.html

According to "History of Greece national team" book notes, about the only occasion Greece faced Chile (1988):
Juan Carlos LETELIER was a big name back then.
Hugo RUBIO was standing out as well, considered to be one of Chile's fastest players. (The author attributes to him 119 goals with Colo-Colo, but I couldn't cross-check it anywhere)
Iván ZAMORANO was the "vendetta" (=great star, person that has gained a great reputation and perhaps has an arrogant behaviour) though, well-known among Greek fans later.

El enlace de Roberto Rojas lleva al peruano de mismo nombre.

Guillermo Páez, Ignacio Prieto, and Osvaldo Castro all need to be in the reserves, these are some of the best Chilean players ever in their respective positions; some consider Fernando Astengo as the best (or second-best) Chilean center-back after Elías Figueroa so I would say he has a place here too. In my opinion, Carlos Reinoso can go in the first team, and since it might need a proper DM besides Rojas, I'd argue Jaime Pizarro can be moved in over Foilloux, who was a SS. Other players I suggest might be worth adding are Lizardo Garrido, Mario Galindo, Isaac Carrasco, and of course Mario Osbén (who, for me, is far better than Tapia).

Thanks! I'll check this team as soon as possible.

Hey mate,

I remember Astengo at Grêmio. He cant be the second best Chilean CB ever. Where did you find info from him? It might be overrated, kind of ludic texts. It just doesnt sound right for me.

For me, the best Chilean center-backs are Figueroa and Quintano, of course, but there are many people in Chile who consider Astengo at the same level as Quintano; perhaps due to a matter of affinity or age, Astengo was extremely important for Unión Española and Colo-Colo during the early 80s. I don't know how he did at Grêmio, but before FIFA's sanction, he already had a deal to join Lazio. Regarding the national team, I believe there might have been more important defenders (mostly due to the number of games played, because in the 20 matches Astengo played for Chile, he more than demonstrated his footballing quality), but if we're talking about skill, I'm 100% sure that Astengo is in the top 3 Chilean center-backs in history. Then you have players like Humberto Cruz, Raúl Sánchez, Lizardo Garrido, Ascanio Cortés, Pedro Reyes, Miguel Ramírez, or Leonel Herrera, but I don't think they come close to Astengo.

Anyway, if Astengo is included, I believe his name should go in reserves and not the first team: three center-backs and four full-backs is more than okay, and Gary Medel, for everything he's done for the National Team has his place 100% secured, despite not being a natural center-back. But that's just my opinion.