Bolivia national football team

Bolivia

Nickname(s)	La Verde (The Green one)
Association	Bolivian Football Federation
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Gustavo Quinteros
Captain	Ronald Raldes
Most caps	Luis Cristaldo & Marco Sandy (93)
Top scorer	Joaquín Botero (20)
Home stadium	Estadio Hernando Siles
FIFA code	BOL
FIFA ranking	109
Highest FIFA ranking	18 (July 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	115 (October 2011)
Elo ranking	78
Highest Elo ranking	22 (June 1997)
Lowest Elo ranking	86 (July 1989)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Chile 7–1 Bolivia (Santiago, Chile; October 12, 1926)
Biggest win
Bolivia 7–0 Venezuela (La Paz, Bolivia; August 22, 1993) Bolivia 9–2 Haiti (La Paz, Bolivia; March 3, 2000}
Biggest defeat
Brazil 10–1 Bolivia (São Paulo, Brazil; April 10, 1949) Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia (Lima, Peru; November 6, 1927)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1930)
Best result	Round 1, 1930, 1950, 1994
Copa América
Appearances	23 (First in 1926)
Best result	Winners, 1963
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1999)
Best result	1st round, 1999

The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. 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 the final stages, in 1994. However, they did win the Copa América in 1963.

Stadium

Bolivia play their home games at Estadio Hernando Siles, which has an altitude of 3637 metres 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
1958 to 1990	Did not qualify
1994	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	1	4
1998 to 2010	Did not qualify
Total		3/19	6	0	1	5	1	20

FIFA World Cup History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1930	Round 1	Bolivia 0 – 4 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
1992	Did Not Qualify
1995
1997
1999	Group Stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	6	Squad
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017	To Be Determined
2021
Total	Group Stage	1/9	3	0	2	1	2	6	-

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 America Record

Copa America/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	Winners		2007	Round 1
1937	Withdrew		1967	Sixth Place		2011	Round 1
1939	Withdrew

Pan American Games record

• 1951 to 1971 - Did not compete
• 1975 - Round 2
• 1979 to 2003 - Did not compete
• 2007 - Fourth place

Records

Most capped players

As of March 5, 2011, 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.	Julio César Baldivieso	1991–2005	85	15
=	Juan Manuel Peña	1991–2009	85	1
7.	Miguel Ángel Rimba	1989–2000	80	0
8.	Óscar Sánchez	1994–2006	78	6
9.	Jaime Moreno	1991–2008	75	9
10.	Marco Antonio Etcheverry	1989–2003	71	13

Top goalscorers

As of October 7, 2011, the ten players with the most goals for Bolivia are:

#	Name	Career	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.	Máximo Alcócer	1953–1963	13
=	Marco Antonio Etcheverry	1989–2003	13
8.	Miguel Aguilar	1977–1983	10
=	Marcelo Martins	2007-	10
10.	Jaime Moreno	1991–2008	9

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification standings

Bolivia was eliminated in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Although they did not win away, Bolivia had notable wins at home such as beating Brazil 2-1, Paraguay 4-2, Argentina 6-1 and Peru 3-0.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34 Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33 Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33 Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28 Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24 Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23 Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23 Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22 Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15 Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13   Argentina – 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 Bolivia 6–1 – 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 Brazil 0–0 0–0 – 4–2 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 Chile 1–0 4–0 0–3 – 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 Colombia 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 – 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Ecuador 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 – 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–1 Paraguay 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 5–1 – 1–0 1–0 2–0 Peru 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 – 1–0 1–0 Uruguay 0–1 5–0 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela 0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 –

Match results and fixtures

Matches from the past 6 months as well as any future scheduled matches.

Friendly 4 June 2011	Bolivia	0 – 2	Paraguay	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
20:30 UTC-4			Barrios  34' Santander  73'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Garay (Perú)

Friendly 7 June 2011	Paraguay	0 – 0	Bolivia	Luque, Paraguay
18:30 UTC-4				Stadium: Estadio Feliciano Cáceres Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes (Brazil)

2011 Copa América 1 July 2011	Argentina	1 – 1	Bolivia	La Plata, Argentina
21:45 UTC-3	Agüero  76'	Report	Rojas  48'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Attendance: 52.700 Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

2011 Copa América 7 July 2011	Bolivia	0 – 2	Costa Rica	Jujuy, Argentina
19:15 UTC-3		Report	Martinez  59' Campbell 78'	Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

2011 Copa América 10 July 2011	Colombia	2 – 0	Bolivia	Santa Fe, Argentina
16:00 UTC-3	Falcao  14', 28' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)

Friendly 10 August 2011	Bolivia	1 – 3	Panama	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
21:00 UTC-4	Arce  6'		Tejada  67'  75' (pen.) Cooper  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Attendance: 10,000

Friendly 2 September 2011	Peru	2 – 2	Bolivia	Lima, Peru
20:15 UTC-5	Cruzado  36' Pizarro  81' (pen.)		Escobar  5' Cardozo  70'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional

Friendly 5 September 2011	Bolivia	0 – 0	Peru	La Paz, Bolivia
20:00 UTC-4				Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles

Round 1 7 October 2011	Uruguay	4 – 2	Bolivia	Montevideo, Uruguay
17:00 UTC–2	Suárez  4' Lugano  26', 72' Cavani  35'	Report	Cardozo  18' Martins  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

Round 2 11 October 2011	Bolivia	1 – 2	Colombia	La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 UTC–4	Flores  84'	Report	Pabón  48' Falcao  92'	Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Round 3 11 November 2011	Argentina	1 – 1	Bolivia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00 UTC–3	Lavezzi  59'	Report	Martins  55'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Attendance: 27,592 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Round 4 15 November 2011	Venezuela	1 – 0	Bolivia	San Cristóbal, Venezuela
20:30 UTC–4:30	Vizcarrondo  26'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 33,351 Referee: Georges Buckley (Peru)

Current squad

The following 24 players were selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches to be played against Argentina and Venezuela on 11 and 15 November 2011, respectively.

Caps and goals updated as November 15, 2011

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Carlos Erwin Arias 27 April 1982 (aged 29) 39 0 Córdoba GK Sergio Galarza 25 August 1975 (aged 36) 16 0 Blooming GK Daniel Vaca 3 November 1978 (aged 32) 5 0 The Strongest DF Christian Vargas 9 August 1983 (aged 28) 9 0 San José DF Óscar Añez 23 July 1990 (aged 20) 0 0 Universitario DF Luis Méndez 12 July 1985 (aged 26) 8 0 The Strongest DF Edemir Rodríguez 21 October 1984 (aged 26) 10 0 Bolívar DF Luis Gutiérrez 15 January 1985 (aged 26) 27 0 Oriente Petrolero DF Ronald Rivero 29 January 1980 (aged 31) 27 0 Shenzhen Ruby DF Ronald Raldes 20 April 1981 (aged 30) 63 0 Colón MF Andrés Jiménez 22 October 1985 (aged 25) 0 0 Guabirá MF José Luis Chávez 18 May 1986 (aged 25) 12 0 Blooming FW Ronald Segovia 17 January 1985 (aged 26) 2 0 Aurora MF Jaime Robles 2 February 1978 (aged 33) 26 0 Aurora DF Luis Liendo 25 February 1978 (aged 33) 0 0 Universitario MF Wálter Flores 29 October 1978 (aged 32) 27 1 Bolívar MF Alejandro Meleán 16 June 1987 (aged 24) 0 0 Oriente Petrolero MF Rudy Cardozo 14 February 1990 (aged 21) 14 2 Bolívar MF Edvaldo Hermoza 17 November 1985 (aged 25) 8 1 Naval MF Jhasmani Campos 10 May 1988 (aged 23) 19 1 Bolívar FW Juan Carlos Arce 10 April 1985 (aged 26) 27 5 Oriente Petrolero FW Pablo Escobar 23 February 1978 (aged 33) 6 1 The Strongest FW Augusto Andaveris 5 May 1979 (aged 32) 17 1 Aurora FW Marcelo Martins 18 June 1987 (aged 24) 31 10 Grêmio

Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up DF Juan Carlos Sanchez May 1, 1985 (1985-05-01) 2 0 Blooming vs Argentina, November 11, 2011 DF Lorgio Álvarez 29 June 1978 (aged 33) 40 1 Bolívar vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 DF Enrique Parada November 4, 1981 (1981-11-04) 4 0 The Strongest vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 DF Rony Jiménez 12 April 1989 (aged 22) 0 0 Real Potosí vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 DF Lorgio Suarez 5 December 1990 (aged 20) 1 0 Blooming vs Peru, September 6, 2011 MF Amílcar Sánchez 23 March 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 Jorge Wilstermann vs Argentina, November 11, 2011 MF José Carlos Barba 21 April 1985 (aged 26) 0 0 Aurora vs Argentina, November 11, 2011 MF Joselito Vaca 12 August 1982 (aged 29) 49 2 Oriente Petrolero vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 MF Mauricio Saucedo 14 August 1985 (aged 26) 15 0 Bragantino vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 MF Víctor Hugo Melgar 23 February 1988 (aged 23) 0 0 Jorge Wilstermann vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 MF Alejandro Chumacero 22 April 1991 (aged 20) 3 0 The Strongest vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 MF Samuel Galindo April 18, 1992 (1992-04-18) 2 0 Gimnàstic vs Peru, September 6, 2011 FW Diego Cabrera August 13, 1982 (1982-08-13) 19 1 Deportes Tolima vs Argentina, November 11, 2011 FW Gerardo Yecerotte 28 August 1985 (aged 25) 3 1 Oriente Petrolero vs Argentina, November 11, 2011 FW Alcides Peña 14 January 1989 (aged 22) 8 0 Oriente Petrolero vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 FW Rodrigo Ramallo 19 October 1990 (aged 20) 0 0 The Strongest vs Colombia, October 11, 2011 FW Darwin Ríos 25 April 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 FC Sheriff vs Peru, September 6, 2011

External links

• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers

Titles

Preceded by 1959 - Uruguay

South American Champions 1963 (First title)

Succeeded by 1967 - Uruguay