Chile women's national football team

Chile
NicknameLa Roja Femenina (The Feminine Red)
AssociationFederación de Fútbol de Chile (FFCh)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachLuis Mena
CaptainYanara Aedo
Most capsYanara Aedo (121)
Top scorerFrancisca Lara (27)
Home stadiumEstadio Nacional de Chile
FIFA codeCHI
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 47 2 (11 December 2025)[1]
Highest36 (December 2019; December 2020)
Lowest54 (March 2007)
First international
 Brazil 6–1 Chile 
(Maringá, Brazil; 28 April 1991)
Biggest win
 Chile 12–0 Peru 
(Santiago, Chile; 28 May 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Argentina 8–0 Chile 
(Mar del Plata, Argentina; 12 November 2006)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage (2019)
Copa América Femenina
Appearances10 (first in 1991)
Best resultRunners-up (1991, 2018)

The Chile women's national football team represents Chile in international women's football. It is administered by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and is a member of CONMEBOL. Chile came close to qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991, 1995, and 2011, finally qualifying in 2019. Chile is, along with Brazil, one of the two teams to never fail to qualify for the Copa América Femenina. Chile's friendlies are frequently played against Argentina, is a traditional rival. The team is currently coached by José Letelier and is captained by Yanara Aedo.

Chile, for qualifying to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, became the fifth nation in CONMEBOL to have both men's and women's teams qualify for senior FIFA tournaments. Chile is one of only three Spanish-speaking countries to have won a game in the Women's World Cup.

Chile women's national football team qualified for its first Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

History

Chile is one of the first participants in the Copa América Femenina, when it did in the inaugural 1991 edition, alongside Brazil and Venezuela. Chile lost 1–6 to the Brazilian hosts and won 1–0 over Venezuela, thus failed to qualify for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. Chile then entered an era of decline in fortunes, only winning third place in 1995 and 2010.

Following the failure to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Chile women's team had become inactive for three years, before the team was able to return in May 2017 for a friendly against Peru, won by Chile 12–0. This marked the revival of Chile in women's football fortune, and following the 2018 Copa América Femenina as hosts, Chile rode to eventual second place with fan attendance of Chile's games nearly full, which also confirmed Chile a place in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the first FIFA Women's World Cup in Chile's women's football history, and was seen with joys among Chilean supporters after its men's counterparts failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and accusations of discrimination based on gender toward female footballers.[2][3]

Chile was drawn into the group F of the 2019 Women's World Cup, sharing group with two very powerful women's forces, world champions United States and Sweden, alongside Southeast Asian opponent and 2015 edition debutant Thailand. Sitting in a totally too difficult group, Chile nonetheless demonstrated brave performances against Sweden and the United States but could not gain a single point, losing 0–2 to Sweden and 0–3 to the United States respectively, or scoring a single goal.[4][5] Chile's last match, however, was a crucial meeting against Thailand, whose fighting spirits were even more demoralised following two devastating losses to the United States and Sweden earlier. Chile salvaged with a historic 2–0 triumph over Thailand, but the penalty miss in late minutes by Francisca Lara saw Chile eliminated from the World Cup due to inferior goal differences with Nigeria, which later progressed.[6]

Chile then took part in the 2020 Summer Olympics thanked to beating Cameroon in the playoff, but facing stronger opponents Great Britain, Canada and hosts Japan, the Chileans could not gain even just a draw, though not without putting strong fights as Chile's losses weren't as heavy as expected.[7][8][9]

Team image

Nicknames

The Chile women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "La Roja Femenina (The Feminine Red)".

Home stadium

Chile plays their home matches on the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos.

Sponsors

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture   Void or Postponed

2025

4 April Friendly Chile  0–1  Haiti La Florida, Santiago, Chile
17:00 CLST (UTC−3)
Report
  • Dumornay 17' (pen.)
  • Éloissaint  23'
  • Louis  27'  41'
  • Constant  44'
Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert (Bolivia)
8 April Friendly Chile  2–1  Haiti Macul, Santiago, Chile
9:00 CLST (UTC−3)
Report
Stadium: Juan Pinto Durán Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert (Bolivia)
30 May Unofficial friendly AEM 0–3  Chile Lleida, Spain
18:00 (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Camp d'Esports
Attendance: 0
1 June Unofficial friendly Catalonia  2–3  Chile Sant Joan Despí, Spain
19:00 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Stadium
Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Catalonia)
3 July Friendly Chile  5–0  Bolivia La Florida, Santiago, Chile
18:30 (UTC−4)
Report
  • Carballo  52'
Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida
Attendance: 2,064
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
12 July 2025 Copa América Peru  0–3  Chile Quito, Ecuador
16:00 (UTC−5) Report
Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil
Attendance: 145
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
18 July 2025 Copa América Argentina  2–1  Chile Quito, Ecuador
19:00 (UTC−5)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
21 July 2025 Copa América Chile  2–1  Ecuador Quito, Ecuador
19:00 (UTC−5)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
24 July 2025 Copa América Chile  0-3  Uruguay Quito, Ecuador
19:00 (UTC−5)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)
28 July 2025 Copa América Chile  0–1  Paraguay Quito, Ecuador
16:00 (UTC−5)
Report
  • F. Martínez  58'
  • Arrieta 90+2'
Stadium: Estadio Banco Guayaquil
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
24 October 2025–26 Liga de Naciones Venezuela  0–0  Chile Cabudare, Venezuela
17:00 (UTC−4)
Report Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare
Referee: Danna Victorino (Colombia)
28 October 2025–26 Liga de Naciones Chile  5–0  Bolivia Rancagua, Chile
18:00 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)
28 November 2025–26 Liga de Naciones Peru  3–1  Chile Cusco, Peru
16:00 UTC−5
  • G. García  19'
  • A. García 30'
  • Campoverde 62'
  • Bilcape 65'  79'
  • Mamani  90+4'
Report
Stadium: Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
2 December 2025–26 Liga de Naciones Chile  1–0  Paraguay Rancagua, Chile
20:00 UTC−3
Report
  • Garcete  50'  69'
Stadium: Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru)

2026

27 January Friendly United States  5–0  Chile Santa Barbara, California, United States
19:00 UTC−8
Report
Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 14,797
Referee: Timothy Derry (Trinidad and Tobago)
4 March Friendly Paraguay  0–1  Chile Ypané, Paraguay
19:00 UTC−3
  • Riso  10'
  • Garcete  43'
  • Riveros  62'
Report
Stadium: CARFEM
Referee: Angelina Rodas (Paraguay)
7 March Friendly Paraguay  0–1  Chile Ypané, Paraguay
19:00 UTC−3 Report
Stadium: CARFEM
Referee: Angelina Rodas (Paraguay)

Head-to-head record

As of 22 February 2023
  • Counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.
Nations First Played P W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Argentina 1995 19 6 4 9 22 36 −14 CONMEBOL
 Australia 2018 4 1 0 3 5 11 −6 AFC
 Bolivia 1995 6 5 0 1 25 7 +18 CONMEBOL
 Brazil 1991 15 0 1 14 5 55 −50 CONMEBOL
 Cameroon 2021 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 CAF
 Canada 2013 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 CONCACAF
 China 2009 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 AFC
 Colombia 1998 14 2 6 6 10 21 −11 CONMEBOL
 Costa Rica 2018 3 2 1 0 7 2 0 CONCACAF
 Denmark 2010 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 UEFA
 Ecuador 1995 6 4 1 1 12 8 4 CONMEBOL
 France 2017 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 UEFA
 Germany 2019 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 UEFA
 Ghana 2020 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 CAF
 Great Britain 2021 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 UEFA
 Haiti 2023 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 CONCACAF
 Hungary 1994 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 UEFA
 India 1994 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 AFC
 Italy 2011 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 UEFA
 Jamaica 2019 3 1 0 2 8 4 4 CONCACAF
 Japan 2010 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 AFC
 Kenya 2020 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 CAF
 Mexico 2009 5 0 2 3 2 15 −13 CONCACAF
 Netherlands 2019 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7 UEFA
 Northern Ireland 2020 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 UEFA
 Panama 2023 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 CONCACAF
 Paraguay 2014 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 CONMEBOL
 Peru 1998 5 3 0 2 21 4 +17 CONMEBOL
 Philippines 2022 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 AFC
 Portugal 2011 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 UEFA
 Romania 2011 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 UEFA
 Russia 1994 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 UEFA
 Scotland 2013 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 UEFA
 Slovakia 2021 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 UEFA
 South Africa 2018 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 CAF
 Sweden 2019 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 UEFA
 Thailand 2019 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 AFC
 Trinidad and Tobago 2011 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 CONCACAF
 United States 2018 4 1 0 3 2 11 −9 CONCACAF
 Uruguay 2006 8 5 2 1 14 7 +7 CONMEBOL
 Uzbekistan 1994 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 AFC
 Venezuela 1991 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 CONMEBOL
 Wales 2011 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 UEFA
 Zambia 2020 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 CAF

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Luis Mena

Manager history

As of 15 December 2020

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes
José Letelier 2015–2023 0 0 0 0 00.0%

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Paraguay on 4 and 7 March.[10][11][12]

Caps and goals correct as of 7 March 2026, after the match against Paraguay.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ryann Torrero (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 12 0 Colo-Colo
1GK Marian Jerez (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 0 0 Santiago Wanderers

2DF Camila Sáez (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 113 11 Bristol City
2DF Michelle Acevedo (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 27 3 Colo-Colo
2DF Fernanda Ramírez (1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 25 0 Universidad Católica
2DF Anaís Cifuentes (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 12 1 Colo-Colo
2DF Valentina Díaz (2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 6 0 Universidad de Chile
2DF Mariana Morales (2003-07-14) 14 July 2003 4 0 Universidad de Chile
2DF Constanza González (2010-09-18) 18 September 2010 0 0 Colo-Colo
2DF María Silva (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 0 0 Universidad de Chile

3MF Yanara Aedo (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 121 19 Colo-Colo
3MF Yessenia López (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 87 10 Colo-Colo
3MF Nayadet López Opazo (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 43 3 Alavés Gloriosas
3MF Javiera Grez (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 42 2 Colo-Colo
3MF Millaray Cortés (2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 20 2 Sevilla

4FW Mary Valencia (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 23 3 Colo-Colo
4FW Vaitiare Pardo (2007-08-20) 20 August 2007 16 2 Universidad Católica
4FW Ámbar Figueroa (2007-10-24) 24 October 2007 6 0 Universidad Católica
4FW Adriana Moreno (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 2 1 Coquimbo Unido
4FW Lesly Olivares (2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 2 0 Fortaleza

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Christiane Endler (captain) (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 108 0 Lyon v.  Paraguay, 4 March 2026 WD
GK Oriana Cristancho (2009-10-02) 2 October 2009 0 0 Universidad de Chile v.  United States, 27 January 2026
GK Catalina Mellado (2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 0 0 Universidad Católica v.  United States, 27 January 2026 INJ
GK Antonia Canales (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 19 0 Levante Badalona v.  Paraguay, 2 December 2025 INJ
GK Gabriela Bórquez (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 0 0 Universitario 2025 Copa América

DF Rosario Balmaceda (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 55 0 Colo-Colo v.  United States, 27 January 2026
DF Karen Fuentes (2004-08-03) 3 August 2004 12 0 Universidad de Chile v.  United States, 27 January 2026
DF Catalina Arias (2007-05-24) 24 May 2007 1 0 Colo-Colo v.  United States, 27 January 2026
DF Gabriela García (2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 0 0 Universidad de Chile v.  United States, 27 January 2026
DF Fernanda Pinilla (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993 58 3 León v.  Paraguay, 2 December 2025
DF Catalina Figueroa (2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 10 1 Universidad de Chile v.  Bolivia, 28 October 2025
DF Claudia Salfate (2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 9 0 Colo-Colo 2025 Copa América
DF Francisca Lara (1990-07-29) 29 July 1990 94 27 Unattached v.  Haiti, 8 April 2025

MF Yastin Jiménez (2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 53 5 Colo-Colo v.  Paraguay, 4 March 2026 INJ
MF Gisela Pino (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 17 0 Universidad de Chile v.  United States, 27 January 2026
MF Amparo Abarca (2009-08-08) 8 August 2009 1 0 Universidad Católica v.  United States, 27 January 2026
MF Valentina Peña (2006-08-10) 10 August 2006 0 0 Universidad Católica v.  United States, 27 January 2026
MF Anays Miranda (2008-09-30) 30 September 2008 0 0 Santiago Wanderers v.  Paraguay, 2 December 2025
MF Anaís Álvarez (2007-07-04) 4 July 2007 6 0 Colo-Colo v.  Bolivia, 28 October 2025
MF Karen Araya (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 106 19 Universitario 2025 Copa América
MF Katerine Cubillos (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 1 0 Iquique v.  Catalonia, 1 June 2025
MF Nerea Sánchez (2004-12-02) 2 December 2004 0 0 Madrid CFF v.  Catalonia, 1 June 2025

FW Francisca Vargas (2006-07-21) 21 July 2006 1 0 Universidad de Chile v.  United States, 27 January 2026
FW María José Urrutia (1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 60 7 Colo-Colo v.  Paraguay, 2 December 2025
FW Yenny Acuña (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 51 9 Colo-Colo v.  Paraguay, 2 December 2025
FW Sonya Keefe (2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 23 7 Granada v.  Paraguay, 2 December 2025
FW Pamela Cabezas López (2007-07-10) 10 July 2007 7 3 Universidad Católica v.  Bolivia, 28 October 2025
FW Nicole Carter (2008-08-13) 13 August 2008 1 0 Colo-Colo v.  Bolivia, 28 October 2025
FW Franchesca Caniguán (1999-11-15) 15 November 1999 12 2 Universidad de Chile 2025 Copa América
FW Kathalina Guerrero (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 7 0 Iquique v.  Haiti, 8 April 2025

Notes
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • PRE = Preliminary squad / standby
  • RET = Retired from the national team
  • SUS = Withdrew from the squad due to suspension
  • WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue -->


Notable players

Captains

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup
CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

Records

As of 2 December 2025[13][14]
Players in bold are still active with the national team.

Honours

Major competitions

Others competitions

Intercontinental

Continental

Friendly

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD
1991 Did not qualify
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3
2023 Did not qualify
2027 To be determined
2031 To be determined
2035 To be determined
Total 1/12 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3
FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
2019 Group stage 11 June  Sweden L 0–2 Roazhon Park, Rennes
16 June  United States L 0–3 Parc des Princes, Paris
20 June  Thailand W 2–0 Roazhon Park, Rennes

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Position Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1996 Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020 Group stage 11th 3 0 0 3 1 5
2024 Did not qualify
Total 1/8 3 0 0 3 1 5
Summer Olympics history
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
2020 Group stage 21 July  Great Britain 0–2 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
24 July  Canada 1–2 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
27 July  Japan 0–1 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1991 Runners-up 2 1 0 1 2 6
1995 Third place 4 1 1 2 14 9
1998 Group stage 4 1 0 3 6 13
2003 2 0 0 2 2 9
2006 4 1 0 3 5 13
2010 Third place 7 3 2 2 11 8
2014 Group stage 4 2 0 2 6 5
2018 Runners-up 7 3 3 1 13 5
2022 Fifth place 5 2 1 2 10 9
2025 Sixth place 5 2 0 3 6 7
Total 10/10 44 16 7 21 75 84

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1999 Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011 Group stage 3 1 1 1 3 1
2015 Did not qualify
2019
2023 Runners-up 5 3 0 2 10 5
2027 To be determined
Total 2/7 8 4 1 3 13 6

South American Games

South American Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
2014 Silver Medal 4 2 1 1 4 2
2018 to present U-20 Tournament
Total Silver Medal 4 2 1 1 4 2

See also

References

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  2. ^ "The female footballers who fought for change in South America". 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Chile clasifica al Mundial, mientras jugadora da cuenta del poco apoyo a la selección femenina: "He dejado muchas cosas por el fútbol y el fútbol no nos da nada"". 23 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Suecia vence a Chile en un partido marcado por una tormenta eléctrica (0–2)".
  5. ^ "Crónicas Deportivas – A expensas de Chile, Estados Unidos validó su estatus de favorito". 16 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Chile fue más que Tailandia, pero no le alcanzó". 20 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Ellen White brace gets Team GB off to winning start at Olympics against Chile". Daily Mirror. 21 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Janine Beckie's 2 goals carry Canada past Chile for 1st Olympic soccer win". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021.
  9. ^ "El dinamismo japonés y un gol no cobrado que todavía se discute despiden a Chile de Tokio 2020". 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ @laroja; (20 February 2026). "📋 ¡La Nómina de #LaRojaFemenina 🇨🇱 para la Fecha FIFA ante Paraguay!" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2026 – via Instagram.
  11. ^ "Jugadora liberada de la convocatoria de la Selección Chilena Femenina". ANFP (in Spanish). 28 February 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Parte Médico – Selección Chilena Femenina". ANFP (in Spanish). 28 February 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Jugadoras con más partidos en la selección chilena" [Players with the most appearances for the Chilean national team] (in Spanish). Partidos de la Roja. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Jugadoras con más goles en la selección chilena" [Players with the most goals for the Chilean national team] (in Spanish). Partidos de la Roja. Retrieved 23 January 2026.