Bolivia national football team

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Bolivia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) La Verde (The Green)[1]
Association Bolivian Football Federation
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Julio Cesar Baldivieso
Captain Daniel Vaca
Most caps Luis Cristaldo (93)
Marco Sandy (93)[2]
Top scorer Joaquín Botero (20)[3]
Home stadium Estadio Hernando Siles
FIFA code BOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 77 Decrease 10 (5 November 2015)
Highest 18 (July 1997[4])
Lowest 115 (October 2011[5])
First international
 Chile 7–1 Bolivia Bolivia
(Santiago, Chile; October 12, 1926)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1930)
Best result Group stage, 1930, 1950, 1994
Copa América
Appearances 24 (First in 1926)
Best result Champions, 1963
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1999)
Best result Group Stage, 1999
Website www.fbf.com.bo/web/

The Bolivia national football team has represented Bolivia in international football since 1926. Organized by the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF)[upper-alpha 1] it is one of the 10 members of FIFA's South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they qualified just once—in 1994. There, playing champions Germany in the tournament's opening game in Chicago, Bolivia lost 1-0 as Marco Etcheverry, considered the nation's best player of the 1990s, got sent off just three minutes after coming on as a substitute. They have never advanced past the first round of any World Cup, and have only scored one goal, in 1994. However, they did win the Copa América at home in 1963, and finished as runner-ups in their following tournament as hosts in 1997. In the Copa América 2015 in Chile, after defeating Ecuador 3-2, they advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time since 1997. This also ended a non-winning streak in the Copa América, with their last win being on June 28, 1997, when they defeated Mexico 1-0 in the semi-finals.[6]

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bolivia debuted in international football in 1926, one year after the foundation of the Bolivian Football Federation. As participants of the 1926 South American Championship in Chile, Bolivia scored first against the hosts with Téofilo Aguilar, but wound up defeated by the Chileans 7–1. Bolivia also lost the following three games, 0-5 against Argentina, 1-6 against Paraguay and 0-6 against Uruguay.[7]

In 1930, Bolivia was one of the teams invited to the inaugural edition of the FIFA World Cup, held in Uruguay. Drawn in Group 2 of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, Bolivia lost both its games 4-0, first to Yugoslavia at the Estadio Parque Central, and then to Brazil in the Estadio Centenario.[8] The match versus the Yugoslavs would be the last match against non-South American opposition for Bolivia until 1972 - when they again met Yugoslavia.[9] They returned in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, where Argentina's withdrawal from the qualifiers lead Bolivia to an automatic berth. With three teams declining to play in Brazil, Bolivia was put in a group of two along with Uruguay. The Bolivians' only game was an 8-0 defeat to Uruguay at the Estádio Independência in Belo Horizonte.[10]

Bolivia's greatest football achievement was the 1963 South American Championship title, which they hosted and had the advantage of being better used to the higher altitudes.[11] Afterwards, the country only started to resurge in an international level with the creation of the Academia Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in 1978, a football school that revealed players such as Marco Etcheverry, Erwin Sánchez and Luis Cristaldo. Under Spanish coach Xabier Azkargorta and featuring nine players from Tahuichi, Bolivia became the first team to beat Brazil in the South American qualifiers while playing them in La Paz, and qualified for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finishing second in Group B of the CONMEBOL qualifiers behind the Brazilians themselves.[12] Bolivia was drawn into the tournament's Group C, and got selected as the adversary of defending champions Germany in the tournament's opening match. Bolivia lost in Chicago's Soldier Field 1-0 following a screw-up by goalkeeper Carlos Trucco, while also earning the fastest red card in World Cup history as Etcheverry got sent off just three minutes after entering the game. Following a 0-0 draw with South Korea at Foxboro Stadium, Bolivia returned to Chicago and lost 3-1 to Spain, with Sánchez scoring the first ever Bolivian goal in the World Cup.[13] Following that Bolivia again hosted the South American Championship, now known as Copa América, in 1997. Again the team reached the final, only for this time to finish as runner-up to Brazil.[14]

In the 2015 Copa América in Chile, Bolivia are in Group A, with Chile, Mexico, and Ecuador. In their match against Mexico, Bolivia drew 0-0. However, against Ecuador, Bolivia defeated them by a score of 3-2, with goals from Raldes, Smedberg-Dalence, and Martins. From this victory against Ecuador, Bolivia made it to the next round, the quarter-finals, since the 1997 tournament, in which they hosted it.[15]Bolivia were deafeted by Peru 1-3 in the quarter- finals of the tournament. Bolivia's only goal of the game was a penalty in the last minutes of the match by Marcelo Martins Moreno.

Kit history

Bolivia's first uniforms were all white. In the 1930 FIFA World Cup, the Bolivians painted before the starting match with Yugoslavia one of the letters in "Viva Uruguay" in each of the eleven starters' jerseys to please the local crowd. In the following game with Brazil, given the adversary also wore white Bolivia instead borrowed Uruguay's own blue uniform to play. The Bolivians again painted a message to the hosts in the 1945 South American Championship, with the players' jerseys reading "Viva Chile". In 1946, Bolivia they changed their jersey colors to black and white stripes, like the colors of the Cochabamba region. FBF reverted to white the following year. In 1957, FBF decided to use one of the colors in the Flag of Bolivia. Given red and yellow were used by many of the other South Americans, green became the primary color, leading to the nickname "El Verde" ("The Green").[16]

Stadium

Bolivia play their home games at Estadio Hernando Siles, which has an altitude of 3,637 metres (11,932 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest football stadiums in the world. Many visiting teams protest that the altitude gives Bolivia an unfair advantage against opponents. On May 27, 2007, FIFA declared that no World Cup Qualifying matches could be played in stadiums above 8,200 feet (2,500 m) above sea level. However FIFA raised the altitude limit after months of campaigning against the ban, thus allowing the stadium to continue holding World Cup qualifying matches.

Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup Record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1930 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 0 8
1934 to 1938 Did not enter
1950 Group stage 13th 1 0 0 1 0 8
1954 Entry not accepted[17]
1958 to 1990 Did not qualify
1994 Group stage 21st 3 0 1 2 1 4
1998 to 2014 Did not qualify
Total Group stage 3/20 6 0 1 5 1 20
FIFA World Cup History
Year Round Score Result
1930 Round 1  Bolivia 0 – 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Loss
Round 1  Bolivia 0 – 4  Brazil Loss
1950 Round 1  Bolivia 0 – 8  Uruguay Loss
1994 Round 1  Bolivia 0 – 1  Germany Loss
Round 1  Bolivia 0 – 0  South Korea Draw
Round 1  Bolivia 1 – 3  Spain Loss

FIFA Confederations Cup Record

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999 Group Stage 6th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad
South Korea/Japan 2001 Did Not Qualify
France 2003
Germany 2005
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017
Qatar 2021 To Be Determined
Total Group Stage 1/9 3 0 2 1 2 3 -
FIFA Confederations Cup History
Year Round Score Result
1999 Round 1  Bolivia 2 – 2  Egypt Draw
Round 1  Bolivia 0 – 0  Saudi Arabia Draw
Round 1  Bolivia 0 – 1  Mexico Loss

Copa América Record

Copa América/South American Championship
Total: 1 Title
Year Position Year Position Year Position
1916 No Participation 1941 Withdrew 1975 Round 1
1917 No Participation 1942 Withdrew 1979 Round 1
1919 No Participation 1945 Sixth Place 1983 Round 1
1920 No Participation 1946 Sixth Place 1987 Round 1
1921 No Participation 1947 Seventh Place 1989 Round 1
1922 No Participation 1949 Fourth Place 1991 Round 1
1923 No Participation 1953 Sixth Place 1993 Round 1
1924 No Participation 1955 Withdrew 1995 Quarter-finals
1925 No Participation 1956 Withdrew 1997 Runners-up
1926 Fifth Place 1957 Withdrew 1999 Round 1
1927 Fourth Place 1959 Seventh Place 2001 Round 1
1929 Withdrew 1959 Withdrew 2004 Round 1
1935 Withdrew 1963 Champions 2007 Round 1
1937 Withdrew 1967 Sixth Place 2011 Round 1
1939 Withdrew 2015 Quarter-finals

Pan American Games record

Records

Most capped players

Players in bold are still active at international level. As of September 16, 2015, the ten players with the most caps for Bolivia are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1. Luis Héctor Cristaldo 1989–2005 93 5
Marco Antonio Sandy 1993–2003 93 6
3. José Milton Melgar 1980–1997 89 6
4. Carlos Fernando Borja 1979–1997 88 1
5. Ronald Raldes 2001–2015 87 2
6. Julio César Baldivieso 1991–2005 85 15
Juan Manuel Peña 1991–2009 85 1
8. Miguel Ángel Rimba 1989–2000 80 0
9. Óscar Sánchez 1994–2006 78 6
10. Jaime Moreno 1993–2008 75 9

Top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active at international level. As of September 16, 2015, the ten players with the most goals for Bolivia are:

# Name Goals
1. Joaquín Botero 1999–2009 20
2. Víctor Agustín Ugarte 1947–1963 16
3. Carlos Aragonés 1977–1981 15
Julio César Baldivieso 1991–2005 15
Erwin Sánchez 1989–2005 15
6 Marcelo Martins 2007–2015 14
7. Máximo Alcócer 1953–1963 13
Marco Antonio Etcheverry 1989–2003 13
9. Miguel Aguilar 1977–1983 10
10. William Ramallo 1989–1997 9
Jaime Moreno 1991–2008 9

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings

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Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
2  Ecuador 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13
3  Argentina 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11
4  Chile 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10
5  Colombia 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
6  Brazil 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
7  Paraguay 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9
8  Peru 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
9  Bolivia 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3
10  Venezuela 6 0 1 5 7 17 −10 1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Match results and fixtures

Official matches from the last 12 months as well as any future scheduled matches.

Current squad

The following 23 players were named for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Venezuela on November 12 and Paraguay on November 17, 2015.
Caps and goals updated as of November 17, 2015 after the game against Paraguay.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Daniel Vaca (Captain) (1978-11-03) November 3, 1978 (age 45) 14 0 Bolivia The Strongest
1GK Carlos Lampe (1987-03-17) March 17, 1987 (age 37) 3 0 Bolivia Sport Boys
1GK Diego Zamora (1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 (age 30) 0 0 Bolivia Bolívar
2DF Edward Zenteno (1984-12-05) December 5, 1984 (age 39) 24 0 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann
2DF Ronald Eguino (1988-02-20) February 20, 1988 (age 36) 13 0 Bolivia Bolívar
2DF Diego Bejarano (1991-08-24) August 24, 1991 (age 32) 10 1 Greece Panetolikos
2DF Fernando Marteli (1986-02-08) February 8, 1986 (age 38) 4 0 Bolivia The Strongest
2DF Jorge Flores (1994-02-01) February 1, 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Bolivia Universitario de Sucre
2DF Erwin Saavedra (1996-02-25) February 25, 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Bolivia Bolívar
2DF Pablo Pedraza (1995-03-10) March 10, 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Bolivia Real Potosí
3MF Rudy Cardozo (1990-02-14) February 14, 1990 (age 34) 36 5 Bolivia Bolívar
3MF Jhasmani Campos (1988-05-10) May 10, 1988 (age 35) 32 2 Kuwait Kazma
3MF Alejandro Chumacero (1991-04-22) April 22, 1991 (age 33) 29 1 Bolivia The Strongest
3MF Wálter Veizaga (1986-04-22) April 22, 1986 (age 38) 17 0 Bolivia The Strongest
3MF Danny Bejarano (1994-01-13) January 13, 1994 (age 30) 14 0 Greece Panetolikos
3MF Damian Lizio (1989-06-30) June 30, 1989 (age 34) 9 2 Brazil Botafogo
3MF Pedro Azogue (1994-12-06) December 6, 1994 (age 29) 9 0 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero
3MF Jaime Arrascaita (1993-09-02) September 2, 1993 (age 30) 5 1 Bolivia Bolívar
3MF Samuel Galindo (1992-04-18) April 18, 1992 (age 32) 3 0 Bolivia Petrolero
3MF Erwin Sánchez (1992-07-23) July 23, 1992 (age 31) 0 0 Bolivia Real Potosí
4FW Rodrigo Ramallo (1990-10-14) October 14, 1990 (age 33) 7 2 Bolivia The Strongest
4FW Yasmani Duk (1988-03-01) March 1, 1988 (age 36) 4 1 Bolivia Sport Boys
4FW Gustavo Pinedo (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Argentina San Martín (SJ)

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up during the last twelve months. Retired players are not included.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Gustavo Salvatierra (1990-03-16) March 16, 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
GK Hugo Suárez (1982-02-07) February 7, 1982 (age 42) 12 0 Bolivia Blooming 2015 Copa América
GK Romel Quiñónez (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 31) 12 0 Bolivia Bolívar 2015 Copa América
GK José Peñarrieta (1988-11-18) November 18, 1988 (age 35) 0 0 Bolivia Petrolero de Yacuiba 2015 Copa América
DF Leonel Morales (1988-09-02) September 2, 1988 (age 35) 9 0 Bolivia Sport Boys v.  Paraguay, November 17, 2015
DF Omar Morales (1988-01-18) January 18, 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann v.  Paraguay, November 17, 2015
DF Ronny Montero (1991-05-15) May 15, 1991 (age 32) 0 0 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero v.  Venezuela, November 12, 2015
DF Miguel Hurtado (1985-07-04) July 4, 1985 (age 38) 7 0 Bolivia Blooming v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
DF Jair Torrico (1986-08-02) August 2, 1986 (age 37) 4 0 Bolivia The Strongest v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
DF Juan Carlos Zampiery (1989-09-28) September 28, 1989 (age 34) 3 0 Bolivia Sport Boys v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
DF Jorge Cuéllar (1991-04-29) April 29, 1991 (age 32) 0 0 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
DF Luis Anibal Torrico (1986-09-14) September 14, 1986 (age 37) 0 0 Bolivia San José v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
DF Marvin Bejarano (1988-03-06) March 6, 1988 (age 36) 24 0 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero v.  Argentina, September 4, 2015
DF Edemir Rodríguez (1984-10-21) October 21, 1984 (age 39) 18 0 Bolivia Bolívar v.  Argentina, September 4, 2015
DF Cristian Coimbra (1989-09-11) September 11, 1989 (age 34) 3 0 Bolivia Blooming 2015 Copa América
MF Martin Smedberg-Dalence (1984-05-10) May 10, 1984 (age 39) 7 1 Sweden Göteborg v.  Paraguay, November 17, 2015
MF Helmut Gutiérrez (1984-07-02) July 2, 1984 (age 39) 3 0 Bolivia Sport Boys v.  Paraguay, November 17, 2015
MF Moisés Villarroel (1998-08-27) August 27, 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Chile Universidad de Chile v.  Venezuela, November 12, 2015
MF Alejandro Meleán (1987-06-16) June 16, 1987 (age 36) 10 0 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
MF Sebastián Gamarra (1997-01-15) January 15, 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Italy Milan Primavera v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
MF Mario Parrado (1993-10-05) October 5, 1993 (age 30) 0 0 Bolivia San José v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
MF Pablo Escobar (1979-02-23) February 23, 1979 (age 45) 20 3 Bolivia The Strongest v.  Argentina, September 4, 2015
MF Damir Miranda (1985-10-06) October 6, 1985 (age 38) 6 0 Bolivia Bolívar v.  Argentina, September 4, 2015
FW Juan Carlos Arce (1985-04-10) April 10, 1985 (age 39) 47 7 Bolivia Bolívar v.  Paraguay, November 17, 2015
FW Leonardo Vaca (1995-11-24) November 24, 1995 (age 28) 0 0 Bolivia Blooming v.  Paraguay, November 17, 2015
FW Gilbert Álvarez (1992-04-07) April 7, 1992 (age 32) 4 0 Bolivia Real Potosí v.  Venezuela, November 12, 2015
FW Paul Arano (1995-02-23) February 23, 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Bolivia Blooming v.  Venezuela, November 12, 2015
FW Óscar Díaz (1985-10-22) October 22, 1985 (age 38) 5 0 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
FW Gabriel Ríos (1986-03-20) March 20, 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Bolivia Ciclón v.  Ecuador, October 13, 2015
FW Marcelo Moreno (1987-07-18) July 18, 1987 (age 36) 55 14 China Changchun Yatai v.  Peru, June 25, 2015
FW Ricardo Pedriel (1987-01-19) January 19, 1987 (age 37) 20 3 Turkey Mersin İdmanyurdu v.  Argentina, September 4, 2015

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Notes

  1. ↑ The acronym FBF comes from the organization's Spanish name, Federación Boliviana de Fútbol.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.yourspanishtranslation.com/famous-bolivian-footballers
  2. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bol-recintlp.html
  3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bol-recintlp.html
  4. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bol/ranking/gender=m/index.html
  5. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bol/ranking/gender=m/index.html
  6. ↑ http://futbol.univision.com/copa-america/article/2015-06-15/ecuador-2-bolivia-3-cronica?ftloc=channel566:wcmWidgetUimStage&ftpos=channel566:wcmWidgetUimStage:1&cmpid=345677&hootPostID=45f58e8c40d8360c7e909014610475b7#axzz3dBb8CynY
  7. ↑ Historia de Nuestro Fútbol, Capítulo 2. Nacen la FBF y la Selección 1925-1926
  8. ↑ Bolivia en la Copa del Mundo, Capítulo 1. Uruguay 1930
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Bolivia en la Copa del Mundo, Capítulo 2. Brasil 1950
  11. ↑ Copa América 1963 -Bolivia: a new champion is born
  12. ↑ TAHUICHI HISTORY
  13. ↑ 1994 FIFA World Cup Technical Report (p. 133)
  14. ↑ Copa América 1997 - Brazil Win their First Cup Away from Home
  15. ↑ http://www.conmebol.com/es/15062015-1911/grupo-bolivia-derrota-3-2-ecuador-y-acaricia-los-cuartos
  16. ↑ World Cup Kits: When Bolivia wore Uruguayan shirts to ingratiate fans
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Preceded by South American Champions
1963 (First title)		 Succeeded by
1967 - UruguayUruguay

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