Bolivia national football team 1997

The Bolivia national football team played a total number of eighteen international matches in the 1997 season under the guidance of manager Antonio López Habas, including ten games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification. The team reached the final of the 2007 Copa América, hosted in Bolivia, but failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, finishing in 8th place in the CONMEBOL-ranking.

Bolivia vs Ecuador

WCQ98 [1]
12 January 1997
№ 254
 Bolivia 2 – 0  Ecuador
Moreno  7'
Etcheverry  12'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 39,968
Referee: Ruiz (COL)

Bolivia vs Slovakia

Friendly match
2 February 1997
№ 255
 Bolivia 0 – 1  Slovakia
Kožlej  86'
Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lugones (BOL)

Bolivia vs Chile

WCQ98
12 February 1997
№ 256
 Bolivia 1 – 1  Chile
Soria  28' González  44'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 41,908
Referee: Tejada (PER)

Bolivia vs Jamaica

Friendly match
23 March 1997
№ 257
 Bolivia 6 – 0  Jamaica
Sánchez  13',  63'
Blanco  23',  86'
Suárez  26',  78'
Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ortubé (BOL)

Bolivia vs Argentina

WCQ98
2 April 1997
№ 258
 Bolivia 2 – 1  Argentina
Sandy  8'
Ochoaizpur  53' 		Gorosito  42' (gk)
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 48,650
Referee: Dos Santos (BRA)

Venezuela vs Bolivia

WCQ98
8 June 1997
№ 259
 Venezuela 1 – 1  Bolivia
Savarese  70' Castillo  80'
Estadio Luis Loreta Lira, Valera
Attendance: 3,352
Referee: Paneso (COL)


Bolivia vs Venezuela

Copa América
12 June 1997
№ 260
 Bolivia 1 – 0  Venezuela
Coimbra  60'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Moreno (ECU)

Bolivia vs Peru

Copa América
15 June 1997
№ 261
 Bolivia 2 – 0  Peru
Etcheverry  45'
Baldivieso  50'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Badilla (CRC)

Bolivia vs Uruguay

Copa América
18 June 1997
№ 262
 Bolivia 1 – 0  Uruguay
Baldivieso  28'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marrufo (MEX)

Bolivia vs Colombia

Copa América
21 June 1997
№ 263
 Bolivia 2 – 1  Colombia
Etcheverry  3'
Sánchez  23' 		Gaviria  56'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Elizondo (ARG)

Bolivia vs Mexico

Copa América
25 June 1997
№ 264
 Bolivia 3 – 1 [2]  Mexico
Sánchez  26'
Castillo  44'
Moreno  75' 		Ramírez  4'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: González (PAR)

Bolivia vs Mexico

Copa América
29 June 1997
№ 265
 Bolivia 1 – 3  Brazil
Sánchez  45' Edmundo  40'
Ronaldo  78'
Ze Roberto  90+2'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Nieves (URU)

Peru vs Bolivia

WCQ98
6 July 1997
№ 266
 Peru 2 – 1  Bolivia
Carty  9'
Soto  53' 		Cristaldo  56'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 31,489
Referee: Mendonça (BRA)

Bolivia vs Uruguay

WCQ98
20 July 1997
№ 267
 Bolivia 1 – 0  Uruguay
Etcheverry  75'
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 27,874
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

Colombia vs Bolivia

WCQ98
20 August 1997
№ 268
 Colombia 3 – 0  Bolivia
De Ávila  1'
Valderrama  30'
Asprilla  76'
Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Attendance: 25,912
Referee: Cerdeira (BRA)

Paraguay vs Bolivia

WCQ98
10 September 1997
№ 269
 Paraguay 2 – 1  Bolivia
Benítez  26'
Gamarra  37' 		Suárez  58'
Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 40,341
Referee: Archundia (MEX)

Ecuador vs Bolivia

WCQ98
12 October 1997
№ 270
 Ecuador 1 – 0  Bolivia
Graziani  26'
Monumental Isidro, Guayaquil
Attendance: 14,568
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

Chile vs Bolivia

WCQ98
16 November 1997
№ 271
 Chile 3 – 0  Bolivia
Barrera  23'
Salas  40'
Carreño  84'
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
Attendance: 74,777
Referee: Mendonça (BRA)

Notes

  1. ↑ 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
  2. ↑ The match was stopped for a 10 minute period at 28'.

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