Bolivia national football team

Bolivia

Nickname(s)

La Verde (The Green one)

Association

Federación Boliviana
de Fútbol

Confederation

CONMEBOL (South America)

Head coach

Eduardo Villegas (interim)

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

Highest FIFA ranking

18 (July 1997)

Lowest FIFA ranking

114 (July 2003)

Elo ranking

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)

Biggest defeat

Brazil 10 - 1 Bolivia

(São Paulo, Brazil; April 10, 1949)

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. It is historically one of the weakest teams in CONMEBOL. 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 External links
6 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

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930	Round 1	12	2	0	0	2	0	8
1934 to 1938	Did not enter
1950	Round 1	13	1	0	0	1	0	8
1954 to 1958	Did not enter
1962 to 1990	Did not qualify
1994	Round 1	20	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 Korea Republic	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 2009	Did not qualify
Total	1/8	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	1939	Withdrew	1967	Sixth Place
1917	No Participation	1941	Withdrew	1975	Round 1
1919	No Participation	1942	Withdrew	1979	Round 1
1920	No Participation	1945	Sixth Place	1983	Round 1
1921	No Participation	1946	Sixth Place	1987	Round 1
1922	No Participation	1947	Seventh Place	1989	Round 1
1923	No Participation	1949	Fourth Place	1991	Round 1
1924	No Participation	1953	Sixth Place	1993	Round 1
1925	No Participation	1955	Withdrew	1995	Quarter-finals
1926	Fifth Place	1956	Withdrew	1997	Runners-up
1927	Fourth Place	1957	Withdrew	1999	Round 1
1929	Withdrew	1959	Seventh Place	2001	Round 1
1935	Withdrew	1959	Withdrew	2004	Round 1
1937	Withdrew	1963	Winners	2007	Round 1

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 April 2, 2009, 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 April 2, 2009, 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.	Marco Antonio Etcheverry	1989–2003	13
7.	Máximo Alcócer	1953–1963	13
8.	Miguel Aguilar	1977–1983	10
9.	Jaime Moreno	1991–2008	9
=	William Ramallo	1989–1997	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

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Score	Type
September 5, 2009	Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	L	0 - 1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
September 9, 2009	Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia	Ecuador	L	1 - 3	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
October 11, 2009	Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia	Brazil	W	2 - 1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
October 14, 2009	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Lima, Peru	Peru	L	0 - 1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
February 24, 2010	Candlestick Park San Francisco, U.S.A	Mexico	L	0 - 5	Friendly match
August 11, 2010	Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia	Colombia	D	1 - 1	Friendly

Current squad

The following players were called for friendly match against Colombia for August 2010. Caps goals updated as February 24, 2010

Pos.	Player	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Carlos Lampe	March 17, 1987 (1987-03-17) (age 23)	2	0	Universitario de Sucre
GK	Daniel Vaca	November 3, 1989 (1989-11-03) (age 21)	2	0	Wilstermann

DF	Edemir Rodríguez	October 21, 1986 (1986-10-21) (age 24)	14	1	Real Potosí
DF	Wilder Zabala	December 31, 1982 (1982-12-31) (age 28)	2	0	Blooming
DF	Nicolás Suárez Vaca	December 23, 1987 (1987-12-23) (age 23)	7	0	Oriente Petrolero
DF	Miguel Hoyos	March 11, 1981 (1981-03-11) (age 29)	26	1	Oriente Petrolero
DF	Luis Gutiérrez	January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15) (age 26)	13	0	Oriente Petrolero
DF	Ronald Raldes	April 20, 1981 (1981-04-20) (age 29)	49	0	Colon de Santa Fe
DF	Ronald Rivero	January 29, 1980 (1980-01-29) (age 31)	14	0	Bolívar
DF	Ignacio A. García	August 20, 1986 (1986-08-20) (age 24)	10	0	Aurora
DF	Abdón Reyes	November 7, 1981 (1981-11-07) (age 29)	12	0	Bolívar

MF	Wálter Flores	October 29, 1978 (1978-10-29) (age 32)	15	0	Bolívar
MF	Jaime Robles	February 2, 1978 (1978-02-02) (age 33)	12	0	Aurora
MF	Amílcar Sánchez	January 23, 1991 (1991-01-23) (age 20)	1	0	Wilstermann
MF	Joselito Vaca	August 12, 1982 (1982-08-12) (age 28)	40	2	Oriente Petrolero
MF	Ruddy Cardozo	February 14, 1990 (1990-02-14) (age 20)	1	0	Bolívar
MF	Álex da Rosa	June 1, 1976 (1976-06-01) (age 34)	6	1	Bolívar

FW	Alcides Peña	January 14, 1989 (1989-01-14) (age 22)	2	0	Oriente Petrolero
FW	Diego Cabrera	August 13, 1982 (1982-08-13) (age 28)	18	1	Deportivo Pasto
FW	Roberto Galindo	October 14, 1980 (1980-10-14) (age 30)	1	1	Universitario de Sucre

Recent Call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest Callup
GK	Carlos Arias	April 27, 1982 (1982-04-27) (age 28)	28	0	Maccabi Netanya	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
GK	Hugo Suarez	February 7, 1982 (1982-02-07) (age 29)	6	0	Oriente Petrolero	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ

DF	Juan Manuel Peña	January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17) (age 38)	85	1	D.C. United	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
DF	Luis Gatty Ribeiro	November 1, 1979 (1979-11-01) (age 31)	36	0	Real Potosí	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
DF	Santos Amador	April 6, 1982 (1982-04-06) (age 28)	4	0	The Strongest	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
DF	Jair Torrico	August 12, 1988 (1988-08-12) (age 22)	0	0	Wilstermann	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
DF	Marvin Bejarano	March 6, 1988 (1988-03-06) (age 22)	3	0	Universitario de Sucre	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F

MF	Leonel Reyes	November 19, 1976 (1976-11-19) (age 34)	22	2	Bolívar	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
MF	Ronald García	December 17, 1980 (1980-12-17) (age 30)	39	2	Aris Thessaloniki	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
MF	Mauricio Saucedo	August 14, 1985 (1985-08-14) (age 25)	9	0	Chornomorets Odesa	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
MF	Didí Torrico	May 18, 1988 (1988-05-18) (age 22)	9	2	Bolívar	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
MF	Jaime Robles	February 2, 1978 (1978-02-02) (age 33)	10	0	Aurora	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
MF	Julio César Hurtado	December 25, 1983 (1983-12-25) (age 27)	1	0	Blooming	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
MF	Ronald Eguino	February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20) (age 22)	1	0	Real Potosí	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
MF	Rolando Ribera	March 13, 1983 (1983-03-13) (age 27)	1	0	San José	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
MF	Edgar Rolando Olivares	June 26, 1977 (1977-06-26) (age 33)	9	1	Wilstermann	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
MF	Helmut Gutiérrez	June 2, 1987 (1987-06-02) (age 23)	3	0	Real Potosí	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
MF	Samuel Galindo	April 18, 1992 (1992-04-18) (age 18)	1	0	Arsenal F.C.	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F

FW	Marcelo Martins	June 18, 1987 (1987-06-18) (age 23)	17	7	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
FW	Gustavo Pinedo	April 7, 1988 (1988-04-07) (age 22)	2	0	Chornomorets Odesa	vs Peru, October 14, 2009 WCQ
FW	Gilbert Álvarez	April 7, 1992 (1992-04-07) (age 18)	2	0	Callejas	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
FW	Augusto Andaveris	May 5, 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 31)	13	1	La Paz F.C.	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F
FW	Wálter Veizaga	April 22, 1986 (1986-04-22) (age 24)	1	0	Wilstermann	vs Mexico, February 24, 2010 F

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

Bolivia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Trucco • 2 J. Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Quinteros • 6 Borja • 7 Pinedo • 8 Melgar • 9 A. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 Rojas • 13 Soruco • 14 Ramos • 15 Soria • 16 Cristaldo • 17 O. Sánchez • 18 Ramallo • 19 Torrico • 20 Castillo • 21 E. Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: Azkargorta

Bolivia squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup

DF Alcha • FW Algarañaz • MF Aparicio • MF Aráoz • GK Arraya • MF Arricio • FW Brown • DF Bustamante • MF Cabrera • FW Caparelli • MF Ferrel • FW Godoy • DF Greco • FW Guerra • FW B. Gutiérrez • GK E. Gutiérrez • FW Maldonado • FW Mena • MF Saavedra • MF Sandoval • FW Ugarte • MF Valencia • Coach: Pretto

Bolivia squad – 1930 FIFA World Cup

FW Alborta • MF Argote • GK Bermúdez • MF Brito • FW Bustamante • DF Chavarría • DF Durandal • FW Fernández • FW Gómez • MF Lara • FW Méndez • GK Murillo • MF Noya • FW Reyes Ortíz • DF Reyes Peñaranda • MF Sáinz • MF Valderrama • Coach: Saucedo

1994 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions	Brazil

Runners-up	Italy

Third place	Sweden

Fourth place	Bulgaria

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Germany · Netherlands · Romania · Spain

Eliminated in the round of 16	Argentina · Belgium · Mexico · Nigeria · Republic of Ireland · Saudi Arabia · Switzerland · United States

Eliminated in the group stage	Bolivia · Cameroon · Colombia · Greece · Korea Republic · Morocco · Norway · Russia

1930 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions	Uruguay

Runners-up	Argentina

Third	United States

Fourth	Yugoslavia

Eliminated in the group stage	Belgium · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · France · Mexico · Paraguay · Peru · Romania

1950 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions	Uruguay

Runners-up	Brazil

Third place	Sweden

Fourth place	Spain

Eliminated in the first round	Bolivia · Chile · England · Italy · Mexico · Paraguay · Switzerland · United States · Yugoslavia

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina (AFA)

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

Bolivia (FBF)

National team · Women's national team · Under-20 National team · Under-17 National team · Liga de Fútbol Profesional · Copa Aerosur

Brazil (CBF)

National team · Women's national team · Under-20 National team · Under-17 National team · Série A · Copa do Brasil

Chile (FFC)

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

Colombia (FCF)

National team · Women's national team · Under-20 National team · Under-17 National team · Primera A · Copa Colombia

Ecuador (FEF)

National team · Women's national team · Under-20 National team · Under-17 National team · Serie A

Paraguay (APF)

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

Peru (FPF)

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

Uruguay (AUF)

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

Venezuela (FVF)

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

National team competitions

Men	Copa América · Under-20 Football Championship · Under-17 Football Championship · Under-15 Football Championship

Women	Sudamericano Femenino · Under-20 Women's Football Championship · Under-17 Women's Football Championship

Club competitions

Current	Copa Libertadores · Copa Sudamericana · Recopa Sudamericana · Copa Suruga Bank · Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino

Defunct	Copa CONMEBOL · Copa Mercosur · Copa Merconorte · Supercopa Sudamericana · Supercopa Masters · Copa de Oro · Copa Masters CONMEBOL · Copa Ganadores de Copa · Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones · Copa Río de La Plata

South American Footballer of the Year · South American Coach of the Year · South American Best 11 · Top-division clubs · Club competition winning teams · Club competition winning managers

International association football

FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Pan American Games · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · FIFA Ballon d'Or · Teams · Debuts · Competitions · Federations · Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations

North, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup

Europe	UEFA – European Championship

Non-FIFA	N.F.-Board – Viva World Cup– Europeada

Bolivia national football team

Contents

Stadium

Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup Record

FIFA Confederations Cup Record

Copa America Record

Pan American Games record

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification standings

Recent games

Current squad

Recent Call-ups

External links

Titles

2010 FIFA World Cup
qualification standings