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 Luis Mena 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.
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. 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.
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.
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 Cerveza Cristal BCI Adidas Mega DSports (TV broadcaster of Chile's April 2022 friendly matches)
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
2025
2026
Chile Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com
Head-to-head record
Counted for the FIFA A-level matches only. NationsFirst PlayedPWDLGFGAGDConfederation1995196492236−14CONMEBOL20184103511−6AFC19956501257+18CONMEBOL1991150114555−50CONMEBOL2021211021+1CAF20132101230CONCACAF2009210112−1AFC1998142661021−11CONMEBOL20183210720CONCACAF2010200216−5UEFA199564111284CONMEBOL2017100101−1UEFA2019201102−2UEFA20201100303CAF2021100102−2UEFA2023100112−1CONCACAF1994100104−4UEFA1994220051+4AFC20113003311−8UEFA20193102844CONCACAF2010201112−1AFC2020110050+5CAF20095023215−13CONCACAF2019100107−7UEFA2020110050+5UEFA2023210153+2CONCACAF2014411267−1CONMEBOL19985302214+17CONMEBOL20222110211AFC20111010000UEFA2011201113−2UEFA1994100102−2UEFA2013211054+1UEFA2021100101−1UEFA2018211043+1CAF2019100102−2UEFA2019110020+2AFC2011110030+3CONCACAF20184103211−9CONCACAF20068521147+7CONMEBOL1994110050+5AFC1991631284+4CONMEBOL2011100112−1UEFA2020100112−1CAF
Coaching staff Current coaching staff
Position Name Ref. Head coach Luis Mena
Manager history
, after match against Ecuador
Below is the record of each head coach in the national team's history. The winning percentages given are with draws counted as ½ wins.
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Honours Bernardo Bello 1990–1991 2 1 0 1 .0% Sergio Rojas 1993–1995 4 1 1 2 % Humberto Coppo 1996 0 0 0 0 — Juan Montenegro 1998 4 1 0 3 .0% 2003 2 0 0 2 .0% Manuel Rodríguez Vega 2006 4 1 0 3 .0% Nibaldo Rubio 2007 0 0 0 0 — Marta Tejedor 2007–2011 29 6 9 14 % 2011–2012 4 0 0 4 .0% Ronnie Radonich 2012–2014 12 6 1 5 % 2014 South American Games Silver medal José Letelier 2015–2023 68 23 15 30 % 2019 Torneio Uber Internacional2020 Turkish Women's Cup Manuel González 2023 0 0 0 0 — Luis Mena 2023– 41 23 3 15 % 2023 Pan American Games Silver medal
Players
Current squad The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Bolivia on 11 and 13 October 2026.
Caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2026, after the match against Ecuador.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.
Notes
= Withdrew due to injury
= Preliminary squad / standby = Retired from the national team = Withdrew from the squad due to suspension
= Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue --> = Invited as a training player
Notable players Ada Cruz
Captains Patricia Hermida (1990–1991) Bella Lemus (1991) Alexandra Benado (2008–2010) Christiane Endler (2014–2023, 2025–Present) Yanara Aedo (2023–2025) Karen Araya (2025)
Previous squads FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina 2018 Copa América Femenina squad
Records
Players in bold are still active with the national team.
Most appearances RankPlayerCareerCapsGoals 1 Yanara Aedo 2010–present 125 19 2 Camila Sáez 2011–present 117 11 3 Christiane Endler 2009–present 112 0 4 Karen Araya 2006–present 106 19 5 Francisca Lara 2009–present 94 27 6 Yessenia López 2017–present 88 10 7 Carla Guerrero 2006–present 84 6 8 Daniela Zamora 2009–2024 77 10 9 Fernanda Pinilla 2011–present 62 3 10 María José Urrutia 2018–present 59 7
Top goalscorers RankPlayerCareerGoalsCapsAvg. 1 Francisca Lara 2009–present 27 94 2 Karen Araya 2006–present 19 106 Yanara Aedo 2010–present 19 125 4 María José Rojas 2010–2023 12 57 5 Fernanda Araya 2011–2025 11 22 Camila Sáez 2011–present 11 117 7 Daniela Zamora 2009–2024 10 77 Yessenia López 2017–present 10 88 9 Yenny Acuña 2021–present 9 51 10 Sonya Keefe 2022–present 7 27 María José Urrutia 2018–present 7 59
Honours
Major competitions Copa América Femenina Runners-up (2): 1991, 2018 Third place (2): 1995, 2010
Others competitions Intercontinental Pan American Games Silver Medalists (1): 2023
Continental South American Games Silver Medalists (1): 2014
Friendly Turkish Women's Cup Champions (1): 2020 International Tournament Brazil Champions (1): 2019
Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResult* 1991Did not qualify 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019Group stage310225−3 2023Did not qualify 2027 2031To be determined 2035Total1/12310225−3
FIFA Women's World Cup historyYearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium 2019Group stage11 JuneL 0–2Roazhon Park, Rennes16 JuneL 0–3Parc des Princes, Paris20 JuneW 2–0Roazhon Park, Rennes
Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResultPositionMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA 1996Did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020Group stage11th300315 2024Did not qualifyTotal1/8300315 Summer Olympics historyYearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium 2020Group stage21 July0–2Sapporo Dome, Sapporo24 July1–2Sapporo Dome, Sapporo27 July0–1Miyagi Stadium, Rifu
CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 1991Runners-up210126 1995Third place4112149 1998Group stage4103613 2003200229 20064103513 2010Third place7322118 2014Group stage420265 2018Runners-up7331135 2022Fifth place5212109 2025Sixth place520367Total10/1044167217584
Pan American Games Pan American Games recordYearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA 1999Did not qualify 2003 2007 2011Group stage311131 2015Did not qualify 2019 2023Runners-up5302105 2027To be determinedTotal2/78413136
South American Games South American Games recordYearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA 2014Silver Medal421142 2018 to presentU-20 TournamentTotalSilver Medal421142
See also
Sport in Chile Football in Chile Women's football in Chile Chile women's national under-20 football team Chile women's national under-17 football team Chile men's national football team
References
External links
The official Chile women's national football team website Chile women's national football team website on ANFP Chile women's national football team website on TNT Sports