Bolivia national football team

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.

1 Stadium
2 Competitive Record
3 Records
4 Current squad
- 4.1 Recent call-ups
5 References
6 External links
7 Titles

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^[1]
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
1930	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	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992 to 1997	Did not qualify
1999	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	3
2001 to 2013	Did not qualify
Total	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 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.

	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	–

Recent games

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

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) (age 26)	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) (age 30)	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	Vitória	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) (age 19)	2	0	Gimnàstic	vs Peru, September 6, 2011

FW	Diego Cabrera	August 13, 1982 (1982-08-13) (age 29)	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	Guabirá	vs Peru, September 6, 2011

References

^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf. Retrieved 13 December 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

Football in Bolivia

Federación Boliviana de Fútbol

National teams	Senior · Women's · U-20

National leagues	men: Liga Nacional A · Liga Nacional B · Copa Simón Bolívar · Bolivian Football Regional Leagues · Primera B women: National Championship

Domestic Cup	Copa Aerosur · Copa Bolivia (1976-2002)

List of clubs · Footballers · Managers · List of venues · League system

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina (AFA)

National team · Women's national team · Under-20 National team · Under-17 National team · Primera División · Copa Argentina

Bolivia (FBF)

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Paraguay (APF)

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Peru (FPF)

National team · Women's national team · Under-20 National team · Under-17 National team · Primera División · Copa del Inca

Uruguay (AUF)