Chile national football team 1996

The Chile national football team played a total number of twelve international matches in the 1996 season under the guidance of manager Xabier Azkargorta, who stepped down after six matches. He was replaced by Nelson Acosta. The FIFA lifted the ban and therefore Chile could compete at the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Results

Bolivia vs Chile

Friendly match 3 February 1996 № 466	Bolivia	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 24,130 Referee: Aliaga (BOL)
	Suárez  31'		Margas  49'

Chile vs Mexico

Friendly match 7 February 1996 № 467	Chile	2 – 1	Mexico	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Matto (URU)
	Goldberg  45' Ramírez  75'		Blanco  22'

Chile vs Peru

Friendly match 14 February 1996 № 468	Chile	4 – 0	Peru	Estadio Francisco Sánchez, Coquimbo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Olivetto (ARG)
	Salas  4' Galdames  22' (pk) Goldberg  46',  58'

Chile vs Australia

Friendly match 23 April 1996 № 469	Chile	3 – 0	Australia	Estadio Regional, Antofagasta Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ruscio (ARG)
	Zamorano  52',  82' Valencia  61'

Chile vs Bolivia

Friendly match 26 May 1996 № 470	Chile	2 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 24,307 Referee: Olivetto (ARG)
	Salas  32',  38'

Venezuela vs Chile

WCQ98 [1] 2 June 1996 № 471	Venezuela	1 – 1	Chile [2]	Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas Attendance: 8,074 Referee: González (PAR)
	Guerra  8'		Margas  89'

Chile vs Ecuador

WCQ98 6 July 1996 № 472	Chile [3]	4 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 74,905 [4] Referee: Peña (BOL)
	Zamorano  25',  86' Salas  75' Estay  83'		Aguinaga  73'

Costa Rica vs Chile

Friendly match 26 August 1996 № 473	Costa Rica	1 – 1 [5]	Chile	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano, Liberia Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Badilla (CRC)
	González  55' (pk)		Salas  80'

Colombia vs Chile

WCQ98 1 September 1996 № 474	Colombia	4 – 1	Chile	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Dos Santos (BRA)
	Asprilla  3',  31',  47' Bermúdez  43'		Zamorano  56' (pk)

Paraguay vs Chile

WCQ98 9 October 1996 № 475	Paraguay	2 – 1	Chile	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Ruíz (COL)
	Gamarra  24' Rivarola  63'		Margas  22'

Chile vs Uruguay

WCQ98 12 November 1996 № 476	Chile	1 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 73,547 [6] Referee: Guevara (ECU)
	Salas  60'

Argentina vs Chile

WCQ98 15 December 1996 № 477	Argentina	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires Attendance: 59,970 Referee: Aquino (PAR)
	Batistuta  76' (pk)		Cornejo  53'

Notes

1. ^ Qualifying match for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France
2. ^ Last match under manager Xabier Azkargorta.
3. ^ First match under manager Nelson Acosta.
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ Chile's Sebastián Rozental missed a penalty. The match was suspended for four minutes due to the falling of a tree.
6. ^ [2]

See also

• Primera División Chilena 1996

References

• RSSSF detailed results
• Overview Chile international matches