Chile national football team 1998

The Chile national football team played a total number of seventeen international matches in the 1998 season under the guidance of Uruguayan manager Nelson Acosta, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Results

Hong Kong vs Chile

Carlsberg Cup [1] 28 January 1998 № —	Hong Kong	3 – 1	Chile	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Dallas (SCO)
	Foster  13',  35',  89'		Barrera  6'

Iran vs Chile

Carlsberg Cup 31 January 1998 № 495	Iran	1 – 1	Chile	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Mikkelsen (DEN)
	Mahdavikia  21'		Neira  6'
		Penalties
	Khakpour Mahdavikia Falahatzadeh Abedzadeh Pashazadeh	4–2	Parraguez Barrera Sierra Olarra

New Zealand vs Chile

Friendly match 4 February 1998 № 496	New Zealand	0 – 0	Chile	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Precious (NZL)

Australia vs Chile

Friendly match 7 February 1998 № 497	Australia [2]	0 – 1	Chile	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Connolly (AUS)
			Acuña  19'

England vs Chile

Friendly match 11 February 1998 № 498	England	0 – 2	Chile	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 65,228 Referee: Wójcik (POL)
			Salas  44',  78' (pk)

Chile vs Colombia

Friendly match 22 April 1998 № 499	Chile [3]	2 – 2	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 34,127 Referee: Elizondo (ARG)
	Margas  21' Salas  84'		Preciado  79',  82'

Chile vs Lithuania

Friendly match 29 April 1998 № 500	Chile	1 – 0	Lithuania	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 7,671 Referee: Bello (URU)
	Núñez  89'

Argentina vs Chile

Friendly match 19 May 1998 № 501	Argentina	1 – 0	Chile [4]	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 43,864 Referee: Aquino (PAR)
	Batistuta  46'

Chile vs Uruguay

Friendly match 24 May 1998 № 502	Chile	2 – 2	Uruguay [5]	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 61,528 Referee: Arana (PER)
	Zamorano  9' Salas  25'		Olivera  62' (pk) Zalayeta  81'

Chile vs Tunisia

Friendly match 31 May 1998 № 503	Chile [6]	3 – 2	Tunisia	Stade Alexandre Tropenas, Montélimar Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Harrel (FRA)
	Salas  60' Sierra  83' Zamorano  87'		Trabelsi  47' Sellimi  67'

Morocco vs Chile

Friendly match 4 June 1998 № 504	Morocco	1 – 1	Chile	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Avignon Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Saules (FRA)
	Hadji  46'		Salas  88'

Italy vs Chile

FIFA World Cup 11 June 1998 № 505	Italy	2 – 2	Chile	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Bouchardeau (NGR)
	Vieri  10' R. Baggio  85' (pk)	(Report)	Salas  45',  49'

Chile vs Austria

FIFA World Cup 17 June 1998 № 506	Chile	1 – 1	Austria	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)
	Salas  70'	(Report)	Vastić  90'

Chile vs Cameroon

FIFA World Cup 23 June 1998 № 507	Chile	1 – 1	Cameroon [7]	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Vagner (HUN)
	Sierra  20'	(Report)	Mboma  55'

Brazil vs Chile

FIFA World Cup 27 June 1998 № 508	Brazil	4 – 1	Chile	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Batta (FRA)
	César Sampaio  11',  27' Ronaldo  45+1' (pk),  70'	(Report)	Salas  68'

Notes

1. ^ Not an official match according to the FIFA.
2. ^ Red card for Australia's Goran Lovanovski in the 77th minute.
3. ^ Red card for Chili's Ronald Fuentes in the 31st minute; Marcelo Salas missed a penalty in the 73rd minute.
4. ^ Iván Zamorano missed a penalty in the 87th minute.
5. ^ Red card for Uruguay's Federico Magallanes in the 55th minute.
6. ^ Red card for Chile's Javier Margas in the 90th minute.
7. ^ Red cards for Cameroon's Rigobert Song (52nd minute) and Lauren Etame Mayer (89th minute).

See also

• Primera División Chilena 1998

References

• RSSSF detailed results
• Overview Chile international matches