Chile national football team 1997

The Chile national football team played a total number of seventeen international matches in the 1997 season under the guidance of Uruguayan manager Nelson Acosta, including three (lost) games at the 1997 Copa América. The team qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup by finishing fourth in the overall-standings of the CONMEBOL-zone, just before Peru. Chile had a better goaldifference (+14) than the Peruvians (–1).

Results

Chile vs Armenia

Friendly match 1997-01-05 № 478	Chile	7 – 0	Armenia [1]	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 17,726 Referee: Sánchez (CHI)
	Vergara  4',  43' Castañeda  19' Riveros  68',  74' Cornejo  79' González  87'

Peru vs Chile

WCQ98 [2] 1997-01-12 № 479	Peru	2 – 1	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,373 Referee: Da Rosa (URU)
	Maestri  15' Palacios  34'		Zamorano  88'

Chile vs Honduras

Friendly match 1997-01-26 № 480	Chile [3]	3 – 2	Honduras	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aros (CHI)
	Goldberg  15' Díaz  43' Pérez  67'		Flores  34',  90'

Bolivia vs Chile

WCQ98 1997-02-12 № 481	Bolivia	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 41,908 Referee: Tejada (PER)
	Soria  28'		González  44'

Brazil vs Chile

Friendly match 1997-04-02 № 482	Brazil	4 – 0	Chile	Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Simon (BRA)
	Ronaldo  8',  57' (pk) Romário  39',  65'

Chile vs Venezuela

WCQ98 1997-04-29 № 483	Chile	6 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Monumental, Santiago Attendance: 42,034 Referee: Alcalá (MEX)
	Zamorano  19',  27',  32',  47',  85' [4] Reyes  66'

Ecuador vs Chile

WCQ98 1997-06-08 № 484	Ecuador	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 42,225 Referee: Archundia (MEX)
	Graziani  43'		Salas  53'

Paraguay vs Chile

Copa América 1997-06-11 № 485	Paraguay	1 – 0	Chile	Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Ortubé (BOL)
	Acuña  28'

Argentina vs Chile

Copa América 1997-06-14 № 486	Argentina	2 – 0	Chile	Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Pereira (BRA)
	Berti  83' Gallardo  86'

Ecuador vs Chile

Copa América 1997-06-17 № 487	Ecuador	2 – 1	Chile	Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sanabria (COL)
	Graziani  32' Gavica  55'		Vergara  51'

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Chile vs Colombia

WCQ98 1997-07-05 № 488	Chile	4 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 75,617 Referee: Borgosano (VEN)
	Salas  16',  26',  41' Zamorano  90' (pk)		Ricard  52'

Chile vs Paraguay

WCQ98 1997-07-20 № 489	Chile	2 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 75,143 Referee: Torrealba (VEN)
	Zamorano  9' (pk),  51' (pk)		Brizuela  61'

Uruguay vs Chile

WCQ98 1997-08-20 № 490	Uruguay	1 – 0 [5]	Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Pereira (BRA)
	Otero  20'

Chile vs Argentina

WCQ98 1997-09-10 № 491	Chile	1 – 2	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 73,644 Referee: Mourão Dacildo (BRA)
	Salas  34'		Gallardo  25' López  86'

Chile vs Peru

WCQ98 1997-10-12 № 492	Chile	4 – 0	Peru [6]	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 74,219 Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
	Salas  13',  82',  88' Reyes  58'

Chile vs Guatemala

Friendly match 1997-11-07 № 493	Chile	4 – 1	Guatemala [7]	Estadio Regional, Antofagasta Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Lemus (CHI)
	Margas  25' Núñez  27',  30',  71'		Machón  57' (pk)

Chile vs Bolivia

WCQ98 1997-11-16 № 494	Chile	3 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 74,777 Referee: Mendonça (BRA)
	Barrera  23' Salas  40' Carreño  84'

Notes

1. ^ Goalkeeper Armen Avagyan saved a penalty by Rodrigo Goldberg in the 79th minute.
2. ^ Qualifying match for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France
3. ^ Apparently not a full international for Chile, although it is recognised as a full international by FIFA.
4. ^ Apart from scoring five goals in one match Iván Zamorano missed a penalty in the 70th minute.
5. ^ Red cards for Ronald Fuentes [Chile, 60th minute] and for Paolo Montero [Uruguay, 78th minute].
6. ^ Red card for Juan José Jayo [Peru, 63rd minute].
7. ^ Chile's goalkeeper Nelson Tapia saved a penalty by Juan Carlos Plata in the 53rd minute.

See also

• Primera División Chilena 1997

References

• RSSSF detailed results
• Overview Chile international matches