The Chile national under-17 football team is the representative of Chile within FIFA and participates in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and South American Under-17 Football Championship. It is part of the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and it participated in the 1993, 1997, 2015 and 2017 editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament. As the host nation, Chile qualified automatically for the 2015 edition.
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| Nickname(s) | La Rojita (The Little Red One) | ||
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| Association | Federación de Fútbol de Chile | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Hernán Caputto | ||
| Captain | TBA | ||
| FIFA code | CHI | ||
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| First international | |||
 Brazil 2–1 Chile  (Argentina; April 1985) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Chile 7–1 Bolivia  (Caballero, Paraguay; 5 March 1997) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 10–1 Chile (Lima, Peru; 1995) | |||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1993) | ||
| Best result | Third Place  1993 | ||
| South American U-17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 19 (first in 1985) | ||
| Best result | Runners-ups  1993, 2017, 2019 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Under-17 World Cup | ||
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1993 Japan | Team |
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| South American Under-17 Football Championship | ||
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1993 Colombia | NA |
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2017 Chile | Team |
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1997 Paraguay | NA |
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| Premier Under-16 Milk Cup | ||
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1998 Premier | NA |
Chile Under-17 World Cup appearances edit
Japan 1993 edit
The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in Japan from 21 August to 4 September in the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya and Gifu.
This was to be Chile's first presentation on the U-17 international tournament stage. Attainment occurred by finishing in second place at the 1993 South American Under-17 Football Championship, behind Colombia and ahead of Argentina.
Of the four groups in the tournament, Chile were located in Group D which contained Poland, Tunisia and China. The group games were held in the city of Hiroshima and on 22 August, Chile faced China, the winners of the AFC U-16 Championship. The game ended in a 2–2 draw. On 24 August, Chile played against Tunisia, where Chile came away victorious by a score of 2–0. The third match was to be a highly contested match-up against Poland, and a battle for first place within Group D would ensue. The match ended 3–3 with Chile qualifying in second place with a total of 4 points.
In the quarterfinals, Chile's opponent was the former country of Czechoslovakia on 29 August in Kyoto. Chile went on to defeat Czechoslovakia 4–1 gaining a spot in the semifinals.
On 1 September, the semifinals featured Chile vs. Ghana. The speed, counterattacking and strength of the African players defeated the Chilean squad. The match ended 3–0 and relegated Chile towards the consolation prize of the tournament, which was third place.
The third-place position reunited Chile with Poland, where after another battle, Chile would go on to tie Poland with a penalty kick from Sebastian Rozental during the closing minutes of the match, after Chile were down most of the game with an own goal against them. Chile ultimately won the penalty kick shootout (4)-(2) and gained a third-place finish.[1][2]
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
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| 22 August 1993 | Hiroshima, Japan |  China
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D | 2 – 2 |
| 24 August 1993 | Hiroshima, Japan |  Tunisia
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W | 2 – 0 |
| 26 August 1993 | Hiroshima, Japan |  Poland
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D | 3 – 3 |
| 29 August 1993 | Kyoto, Japan |  Czechoslovakia
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W | 4 – 1 |
| 1 September 1993 | Tokyo, Japan |  Ghana
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L | 0 – 3 |
| 4 September 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | Poland
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D | 1(4) – 1(2) |
Egypt 1997 edit
For the 1997 edition, Chile qualified by finishing in third place behind both Brazil and Argentina in the 1997 South American Under-17 Football Championship.
The tournament was held in Egypt in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria and Port Said from 4 September to 21 September. Chile was located in Group A which included hosts Egypt, Germany and Thailand. On 5 September, Chile played Germany in the capital of Cairo and after a scoreless first half, Chile was defeated by the Germans 1–0.
On 7 September, Chile played the host country of Egypt in the same venue. After Egypt was winning by a goal, Chile went on to tie and the game finished 1–1. On 10 September in Ismalia, Chile's final group match featured them against Thailand. Chile defeated the Southeast Asian country by a score of 6–2, but the result would not be good enough for them to advance onto the second round as Chile with only 4 points could not surpass Egypt who came in second place with 5 points.[3][4]
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
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| 5 September 1997 | Cairo, Egypt |  Germany
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L | 0 – 1 |
| 7 September 1997 | Cairo, Egypt |  Egypt
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D | 1 – 1 |
| 10 September 1997 | Ismailia, Egypt |  Thailand
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W | 6 – 2 |
Chile 2015 edit
In 2011, Chile was chosen to host the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, therefore the team qualified automatically for the tournament.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
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| 17 October 2015 | Santiago, Chile |  Croatia
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D | 1 – 1 |
| 20 October 2015 | Viña del Mar, Chile |  Nigeria
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L | 1 – 5 |
| 23 October 2015 | Viña del Mar, Chile |  United States
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W | 4 – 1 |
| 28 October 2015 | Chillán, Chile |  Mexico
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L | 1 – 4 |
India 2017 edit
For the 2017 edition, Chile qualified by finishing in second place behind Brazil and ahead of Paraguay in the 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Score |
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| 8 October 2017 | Kolkata, India |  England
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L | 0 – 4 |
| 11 October 2017 | Kolkata, India |  Iraq
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L | 0 – 3 |
| 14 October 2017 | Guwahati, India | Mexico
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D | 0 – 0 |
Competitive record edit
FIFA Under-17 World Cup record edit
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South American Under-17 Football Championship record edit
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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Honours edit
- FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Third place (1): 1993
- South American Under-17 Football Championship
By match edit
| FIFA U-17 World Cup/World Championship | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Chile scorers |
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| 1993 | Group stage | China |
2–2 | D | Hiroshima | Neira  62', Rozental 67'
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| Tunisia |
2–0 | W | Hiroshima | Tapia 4', Neira 48'
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| Poland |
3–3 | D | Hiroshima | Osorio 38', Rozental 61' (pen.), Neira 67'
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| Quarter-finals | Czechoslovakia |
4–1 | W | Kyoto | Rozental 11' (pen.), Tapia 31', Neira 65', 66'
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| Semi-finals | Ghana |
0–3 | L | Tokyo | — | |
| Third place match | Poland |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.) |
D | Tokyo | Rozental 77' (pen.)
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| 1997 | Group stage | Germany |
0–1 | L | Cairo | — |
| Egypt |
1–1 | D | Cairo | Villalobos 69'
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| Thailand |
6–2 | W | Ismailia | Viveros 41', 62', Maldonado 52' (pen.), Mirosević 67', Alvarez 83', Zuniga 89'
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| 2015 | Group stage | Croatia |
1–1 | D | Santiago | Y. Leiva 33'
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| Nigeria |
1–5 | L | Viña del Mar | Allende 81'
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| United States |
4–1 | W | Viña del Mar | Allende 20', Mazuela 52', Jara 86', Moya 90+3'
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| Round of 16 | Mexico |
1–4 | L | Chillán | B. Leiva 40'
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| 2017 | Group stage | England |
0–4 | L | Kolkata | — |
| Iraq |
0–3 | L | Kolkata | — | ||
| Mexico |
0–0 | D | Guwahati | — |
Record by opponent edit
| FIFA U-17 World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
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| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
| China |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Croatia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| England |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Egypt |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ghana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Iraq |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Nigeria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Poland |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Thailand |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
 Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| United States |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Former squads edit
1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship edit
Coach: Leonardo Véliz
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
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| 1 | Ariel Salas | GK | 09.10.1976 | Colo-Colo
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| 2 | Silvio Rojas | MF | 21.09.1977 | Universidad Católica
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| 3 | Marco Muñoz | DF | 27.09.1976 | Colo-Colo
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| 4 | Nelson Garrido | DF | 12.02.1977 | Universidad Católica
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| 5 | Gustavo Valenzuela | DF | 05.04.1977 | O'Higgins
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| 6 | Dion Valle | DF | 22.07.1977 | Colo-Colo
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| 7 | Esteban Mancilla | DF | 30.09.1976 | Colo-Colo
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| 8 | René Martínez | MF | 11.08.1976 | Universidad de Chile
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| 9 | Alejandro Osorio | MF | 24.09.1976 | O'Higgins
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| 10 | Frank Lobos | MF | 25.09.1976 | Colo-Colo
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| 11 | Sebastián Rozental | FW | 01.09.1976 | Universidad Católica
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| 12 | Carlos Torres | GK | 23.07.1977 | Universidad Católica
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| 13 | Héctor Tapia | MF | 30.09.1977 | Colo-Colo
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| 14 | Pablo Herceg | MF | 19.01.1977 | Universidad Católica
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| 15 | Patricio Galaz | FW | 31.12.1976 | Universidad Católica
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| 16 | Mauricio Rojas | FW | 01.08.1976 | Coquimbo Unido
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| 17 | Manuel Neira | FW | 12.10.1977 | Colo-Colo
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| 18 | Dante Poli | DF | 16.08.1976 | Universidad Católica
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1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship edit
Coach: Vladimir Bigorra
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
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| 1 | Marcelo Jélvez | GK | 23.10.1980 | Universidad de Chile
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| 2 | Cristián Álvarez | DF | 20.01.1980 | Universidad Católica
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| 3 | Claudio Maldonado | DF | 03.01.1980 | Colo-Colo
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| 4 | Denis Montecinos | DF | 23.01.1980 | Huachipato
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| 5 | Pablo Díaz | DF | 23.05.1980 | Regional Atacama
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| 6 | Germán Navea | MF | 10.02.1980 | La Serena
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| 7 | Iván Álvarez | FW | 20.01.1980 | Universidad Católica
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| 8 | Alonso Zúñiga | MF | 23.03.1980 | Colo-Colo
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| 9 | Jorge Guzmán | FW | 24.03.1980 | Universidad de Chile
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| 10 | Milovan Mirosevic | MF | 20.06.1980 | Universidad Católica
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| 11 | Juan José Ribera | MF | 11.10.1980 | Universidad Católica
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| 12 | Patricio Vargas | GK | 02.08.1980 | O'Higgins
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| 13 | David Cubillos | DF | 12.01.1980 | Colo-Colo
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| 14 | César Pino | DF | 02.06.1980 | Universidad de Chile
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| 15 | Rodolfo Madrid | MF | 14.05.1980 | Colo-Colo
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| 16 | Manuel Villalobos | FW | 15.10.1980 | Colo-Colo
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| 17 | Juan Francisco Viveros | FW | 11.08.1980 | Huachipato
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| 18 | Juan Pablo Úbeda | FW | 31.07.1980 | Unión Española
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2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup edit
Coach: Miguel Ponce
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup edit
Coach: Hernán Caputto 
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup edit
Coach: Cristian Leiva
| # | Name | Pos | DOB | Club |
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| 1 | Julio Fierro | GK | 09.04.2002 | Colo-Colo
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| 2 | David Tati | DF | 06.04.2002 | Colo-Colo
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| 3 | Nicolás Garrido | DF | 27.08.2002 | Colo-Colo
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| 4 | Cristian Riquelme | DF | 14.10.2003 | Everton
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| 5 | Daniel González | DF | 20.02.2002 | Santiago Wanderers
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| 6 | Vicente Pizarro | MF | 05.11.2002 | Colo-Colo
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| 7 | Gonzalo Tapia | FW | 18.02.2002 | Universidad Católica
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| 8 | Danilo Díaz | MF | 24.06.2002 | Colo-Colo
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| 9 | Alexander Aravena | FW | 06.09.2002 | Universidad Católica
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| 10 | Joan Cruz | MF | 04.04.2003 | Colo-Colo
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| 11 | Alexander Oroz | MF | 15.12.2002 | Colo-Colo
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| 12 | Diego Carreño | GK | 26.04.2002 | O'Higgins
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| 13 | Bruno Gutiérrez | DF | 25.07.2002 | Colo-Colo
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| 14 | César Pérez | MF | 29.11.2002 | Magallanes
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| 15 | Daniel Gutiérrez | DF | 16.02.2003 | Colo-Colo
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| 16 | Patricio Flores | DF | 30.01.2002 | Universidad Católica
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| 17 | César Díaz | FW | 31.01.2002 | Unión Española
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| 18 | Kennan Sepúlveda | FW | 08.02.2002 | Santiago Wanderers
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| 19 | Lucas Assadi | FW | 08.01.2004 | Universidad de Chile
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| 20 | Luis Rojas | MF | 06.03.2002 | Universidad de Chile
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| 21 | Vicente Reyes | GK | 19.11.2003 | Atlanta United 2
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Current squad edit
The following players are called up to the squad for the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ FIFA.com – Japan 1993: Golden Eaglets flying high
- ^ FIFA.com – Fixtures and Results
- ^ FIFA.com – Egypt 1997: Brazil restore some pride
- ^ FIFA.com – Fixtures and Results
- ^ "Nómina de La Roja Sub 17 para el Sudamericano Ecuador 2023" (in Spanish). Federación de Fútbol de Chile. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.