Bolivia national football team

Bolivia
Nickname(s)La Verde (The Green)[1]
AssociationBolivian Football Federation (FBF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachPablo Escobar (caretaker)
CaptainMarcelo Moreno
Most capsRonald Raldes (102)
Top scorerMarcelo Moreno (30)
Home stadiumEstadio Hernando Siles
FIFA codeBOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 82 1 (6 October 2022)[2]
Highest18 (July 1997)
Lowest115 (October 2011)
First international
 Chile 7–1 Bolivia 
(Santiago, Chile; 12 October 1926)
Biggest win
 Bolivia 7–0 Venezuela 
(La Paz, Bolivia; 22 August 1993)
 Bolivia 9–2 Haiti 
(La Paz, Bolivia; 3 March 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia 
(Lima, Peru; 6 November 1927)
 Brazil 10–1 Bolivia 
(São Paulo, Brazil; 10 April 1949)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1930)
Best resultGroup stage (1930, 1950, 1994)
Copa América
Appearances28 (first in 1926)
Best resultChampions (1963)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1999)
Best resultGroup stage (1999)
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
1938 Bogotá Team

The Bolivia national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Bolivia), also known as La Verde, has represented Bolivia in international football since 1926. Organized by the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF),[upper-alpha 1] it is one of the ten members of FIFA's South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they have qualified just once, in 1994, where they were eliminated in the group stage. Bolivia have never advanced past the first round of any World Cup, and have only scored one goal, in 1994. Despite their World Cup performances, Bolivia won the Copa América at home in 1963, and finished runners-up in 1997, which they also hosted. At the 2015 Copa América in Chile, they advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time since 1997, after defeating Ecuador 3–2. This also ended a winless streak in the Copa América, with their last win being on 28 June 1997, when they defeated Mexico 1–0 in the semi-finals.[3]

History
Bolivia national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup before their match against Yugoslavia

Bolivia debuted in international football in 1926, one year after the Bolivian Football Federation was founded, and joined FIFA that same year. As participants at the 1926 South American Championship in Chile, Bolivia played their first match against the hosts on 12 October 1926, and even ended up scoring first against them, but wound up being defeated by the Chileans 7–1. Bolivia also lost their following three matches: 0–5 against Argentina, 1–6 against Paraguay and 0–6 against Uruguay.[4]

In 1930, Bolivia was one of the teams invited to the inaugural edition of the World Cup, held in Uruguay. Drawn in Group 2 of the 1930 World Cup, Bolivia lost both its games 4–0, first to Yugoslavia at the Estadio Parque Central, and then to Brazil in the Estadio Centenario.[5] The match versus the Yugoslavs would be the last match against non-South American opposition for Bolivia until 1972 – when they again met Yugoslavia.[6] They returned for the 1950 World Cup, where Argentina's withdrawal from the qualifiers gave Bolivia an automatic berth. With three teams declining to play in Brazil, Bolivia was put in a group of two along with Uruguay. The Bolivians' only game was an 8–0 defeat to Uruguay at the Estádio Independência in Belo Horizonte.[7]

The Bolivian squad that won its first and only Copa América title i 1963

Bolivia's greatest football achievement was the 1963 South American Championship title, which they hosted and won after placing first out of 7 countries, including being undefeated, with five wins and one draw. The only draw for Bolivia in the tournament was a 4–4 draw against Ecuador in the opening match. They also had the advantage of being better accustomed to higher altitudes.[8] In the following edition, the 1967 South American Championship, held in Uruguay, Bolivia finished last out of six teams, with one draw and four losses, which was far below what the public expected, as Bolivia had been the defending champion.

Afterwards, the country only started to resurge at an international level with the creation of the Academia Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in 1978, a football school that developed players such as Marco Etcheverry, Erwin Sánchez and Luis Cristaldo.

Under Spanish coach Xabier Azkargorta and featuring nine players from Tahuichi, Bolivia surprisingly became the first team to beat Brazil in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers while playing them in La Paz, with a 2–0 win, and qualified for the 1994 World Cup by finishing second in Group B behind the Brazilians themselves, which included record 7–0 and 7–1 wins over Venezuela during their qualification campaign.[9]

Bolivia was drawn into the tournament's Group C, and played defending champions Germany in the tournament's opening match at Soldier Field. Bolivia played a great first half, outplaying Germany. In the second half, Lothar Matthäus took a 40-yard run and struck Marco "El Diablo" Etcheverry with a high elbow to his jaw. Etcheverry retaliated by fouling Matthäus and was sent off. Eventually, Bolivia lost on a controversial offside goal by Jürgen Klinsmann. Following a goalless draw with South Korea at Foxboro Stadium, where Bolivia was forced to play with ten men again after Cristaldo's red card, Bolivia returned to Chicago and lost 3–1 to Spain, with Sánchez scoring the first ever Bolivian goal in a World Cup.[10]

Following the World Cup, Bolivia participated in the 1995 Copa América held in Uruguay, with Antonio Lopez Habas as manager, where they made the quarter-finals for the first time since winning the competition in 1963, with one win, one draw, and one loss. In the quarter-finals, the nation lost to hosts Uruguay 2–1. Despite the decent performance the team displayed during the tournament, Lopez Habas left his post shortly before the 1997 Copa America, being replaced by Dušan Drašković. The 1997 edition was the second time Bolivia held the tournament. The team reached the final, as had happened last time Bolivia was the host, but this time they finished runner-up to reigning world champion Brazil after losing 3–1 in the final.[8]

Bolivia before a match against Ecuador during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers

With their runner-up finish at the previous Copa America, Bolivia made their first and only FIFA Confederations Cup appearance in the 1999 edition, this time under new Argentine manager Héctor Veira. Bolivia was placed in group A along with hosts Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Their campaign started with a 2–2 draw against Egypt. Their next match was a 0–0 draw against Saudi Arabia. For their last match in the group, they had to play hosts Mexico, in which Bolivia lost 0–1 with a goal from Francisco Palencia. Bolivia finished third in the group with two draws and a loss, being eliminated from the tournament in the first stage.

In the 2015 Copa América in Chile, under Bolivian manager Mauricio Soria, Bolivia were placed in Group A, with Chile, Mexico, and Ecuador. In their match against Mexico, Bolivia drew 0–0. However, against Ecuador, Bolivia won 3–2, with goals from Raldes, Smedberg-Dalence, and Moreno. From this victory against Ecuador, Bolivia made it to the next round, the quarter-finals, for the first time since the 1997 tournament, which they hosted.[11] Bolivia were defeated by Peru 1–3 in the quarter-finals of the tournament, and Bolivia's only goal of the game was a penalty in the last minutes of the match scored by Marcelo Moreno.

Stadium

Bolivia plays their home matches at Estadio Hernando Siles, which has an altitude of 3,637 metres (11,932 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest football stadiums in the world. Many visiting teams have protested that the altitude gives Bolivia an unfair advantage against opponents. On 27 May 2007, FIFA declared that no World Cup Qualifying matches could be played in stadiums above 8,200 feet (2,500 m) above sea level.[12] However, FIFA raised the altitude limit to 3,000 meters a month later after negative feedback against the ban, and included a special exception for La Paz, thus allowing the stadium to continue holding World Cup qualifying matches.[13] A year after the original ban, in May 2008, FIFA removed the altitude limit entirely.[14]

Team image

Kit history

Bolivia's first uniforms were all white. In the 1930 FIFA World Cup, before the match with Yugoslavia, Bolivia painted one of the letters in "Viva Uruguay" in each of the eleven starters' jerseys to please the local crowd. In the following game with Brazil, given the adversary also wore white, Bolivia instead borrowed Uruguay's own blue uniform to play. Bolivia again painted a message to the hosts in the 1945 South American Championship, with the players' jerseys reading "Viva Chile". In 1946, Bolivia changed their jersey colors to black and white stripes, like the colors of the Cochabamba region. FBF reverted to white the following year. In 1957, FBF decided to use one of the colors in the Flag of Bolivia. Given red and yellow were used by many of the other South Americans, green became the primary color, leading to the nickname "La Verde" ("The Green").[15]

Kit sponsorship
Kit supplier Period
Penalty 1977–1979
Adidas 1980–1982
Penalty 1983–1986
Adidas 1987–1988
El Palacio de las Gorras 1989-1990
Adidas 1991–1992
Umbro 1993–1999
Atletica 2000–2005
Marathon 2006–2010
Walon 2011–2014
Marathon 2015–present

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2021
7 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Ecuador  3–0  Bolivia Guayaquil, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−5
  • Estrada 13'
  • Valencia 16', 18'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
10 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Bolivia  1–0  Peru La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 UTC−4
  • Vaca 83'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)
14 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Bolivia  4–0  Paraguay La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 UTC−4
  • Ramallo 21'
  • Villarroel 53'
  • Ábrego 84'
  • Fernández 90+4'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles
Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
5 November Friendly El Salvador  0–1  Bolivia Washington D.C., United States
20:00 (UTC−5) Report
  • Ramallo 72'
 Stadium: Audi Field
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
11 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Peru  3–0  Bolivia Lima, Peru
21:00 (UTC−5)
  • Lapadula 9'
  • Cueva 31'
  • Peña 39'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)
16 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Bolivia  3–0  Uruguay La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 (UTC−4)
  • Arce 29', 79'
  • Moreno 45'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

2022
21 January Friendly Bolivia  5–0  Trinidad and Tobago Sucre, Bolivia
17:00 (UTC−4)
  • Arce 35' (pen.)
  • Ramallo 45'
  • Moreno 53'
  • Justiniano 63'
  • Miranda 87'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Patria
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Brazil)
28 January 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Venezuela  4–1  Bolivia Barinas, Venezuela
18:00 (UTC−4)
  • Rondón 24', 34', 67'
  • Machis 55'
 Report
  • Miranda 38'
 Stadium: Estadio Agustín Tovar
Referee: Guilherme Guerrero (Ecuador)
1 February 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Bolivia  2–3  Chile La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 (UTC−4)
  • Enoumba 37'
  • Moreno 88'
 Report
Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
24 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Colombia  3–0  Bolivia Barranquilla, Colombia
18:30 (UTC−5)
  • Díaz 39'
  • Borja 72'
  • Uribe 90'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
29 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Bolivia  0–4  Brazil La Paz, Bolivia
19:30 (UTC−4) Report
  • Paquetá 24'
  • Richarlison 45', 90+1'
  • Bruno Guimarães 66'
 Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles
Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)
24 September Friendly Senegal  2–0  Bolivia Orléans, France
19:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Stade de la Source
Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France)
19 November Friendly Bolivia  v  Peru Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera

Coaching staff
As of 19 August 2022
Role Name
Technical Sport Manager Xabier Azkargorta
Head coach Gustavo Costas
Assistant coach Omar Pouzo
Assistant coach Pablo Daniel Escobar
Goalkeeper coach Marcelo Salgueiro
Team Doctor Ruben Rivas
Physiotherapist Federico Costas
Video Analyst Gonzalo Costas

Coaching history
Caretaker managers are listed in italics.
  • Jose de la Cerda (1926)
  • Jorge Valderrama (1927–1929)
  • Ulises Saucedo (1930–1937)
  • Julio Borelli (1938–1945)
  • Diógenes Lara (1945–1947)
  • Félix Deheza (1948–1950)
  • Mario Pretto (1950–1952)
  • César Viccino (1953–1958)
  • Vicente Arraya (1959)
  • Danilo Alvim (1960–1965)
  • Dan Georgiadis (1966–1967)
  • Rudi Gutendorf (1968–1978)
  • Ramiro Blacut (1979–1985)
  • Raúl Pino (1985)
  • Ramiro Blacut (1985–1987)
  • Jorge Habegger (1988–1990)
  • Ramiro Blacut (1991–1992)
  • Xabier Azkargorta (1993–1994)
  • Antonio López Habas (1995–1997)
  • Dušan Drašković (1997–1998)
  • Héctor Veira (1998–2000)
  • Carlos Aragonés (2000–2001)
  • Jorge Habegger (2001)
  • Carlos Trucco (2001–2002)
  • Dalcio Giovagnoli (2003)
  • Nelson Acosta (2003–2004)
  • Ramiro Blacut (2004-2005)
  • Erwin Sánchez (2006–2009)
  • Eduardo Villegas (2009)
  • Gustavo Quinteros (2010–2012)
  • Xabier Azkargorta (2012–2014)
  • Mauricio Soria (2014)
  • Nestor Clausen (2014)
  • Mauricio Soria (2015)
  • Julio César Baldivieso (2015–2016)
  • Ángel Guillermo Hoyos (2016)
  • Mauricio Soria (2016–2018)
  • César Farías (2018)
  • Daniel Farías (2018)
  • Eduardo Villegas (2019)
  • César Farías (2019–2022)
  • Pablo Escobar (2022)
  • Gustavo Costas (2022–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Qatar (suspended) and Senegal on 20 and 24 September 2022, respectively.[16]

Caps and goals updated as of 24 September 2022, after the game against Senegal.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Carlos Lampe (1987-03-17) 17 March 1987 51 0 Atlético Tucumán
12 1GK Guillermo Viscarra (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 7 0 The Strongest
23 1GK Jairo Cuéllar (1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 0 0 Guabirá
8 2DF Diego Bejarano (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 41 3 Bolívar
21 2DF José Sagredo (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 41 0 Bolívar
4 2DF Luis Haquin (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 26 1 Bolívar
5 2DF Adrián Jusino (1992-07-09) 9 July 1992 26 0 The Strongest
17 2DF Roberto Fernández (1999-07-12) 12 July 1999 23 1 Bolívar
2 2DF Jairo Quinteros (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 15 0 Zaragoza
19 2DF Marc Enoumba (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 11 1 Always Ready
3 2DF Daniel Medina (2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 1 0 Always Ready
25 2DF Leonardo Zabala (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 1 0 Santos
26 2DF Jhon Jairo Velasco (2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 0 0 Guabirá
6 3MF Leonel Justiniano (1992-07-02) 2 July 1992 45 2 Bolívar
10 3MF Ramiro Vaca (1999-07-01) 1 July 1999 23 2 Beerschot
20 3MF Fernando Saucedo (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 19 1 The Strongest
14 3MF Moisés Villarroel (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 19 1 Bolívar
24 3MF Franz Gonzales (2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 8 0 Oriente Petrolero
15 3MF Jaime Arrascaita (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 6 1 The Strongest
13 3MF Gabriel Villamíl (2001-06-28) 28 June 2001 4 0 Bolívar
9 4FW Marcelo Martins Moreno (captain) (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 97 30 Cerro Porteño
18 4FW Rodrigo Ramallo (1990-10-14) 14 October 1990 33 6 Always Ready
7 4FW Bruno Miranda (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 14 2 Guarani
11 4FW Carmelo Algarañaz (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 11 0 Always Ready
16 4FW Jaume Cuéllar (2001-08-23) 23 August 2001 3 0 Lugo
22 4FW Miguel Terceros (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 1 0 Santos

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up during the last twelve months. Retired players are not included.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Rubén Cordano (1998-10-16) 16 October 1998 5 0 Bolívar v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
GK Jhohan Gutiérrez (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 0 0 The Strongest v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
GK Daniel Vaca (1978-09-03) 3 September 1978 16 0 Royal Pari v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
GK Daniel Sandy (2001-10-21) 21 October 2001 0 0 Jorge Wilstermann v.  El Salvador, 5 November 2021 PRE
DF José María Carrasco (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 6 0 Blooming v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF Sebastián Reyes (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 2 0 Bolívar v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF José Herrera (2003-03-09) 9 March 2003 1 0 São João de Ver v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF Sebastián Álvarez (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 0 0 Oriente Petrolero v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF Luis Demiquel (2000-01-15) 15 January 2000 0 0 The Strongest v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF Marcelo Suárez (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 0 0 Oriente Petrolero v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF Fran Supayabe (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 0 0 Guabirá v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF Emerson Velásquez (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 0 0 Independiente Petrolero v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
DF Jesús Sagredo (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 7 0 Blooming v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
DF Carlos Áñez (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 1 0 Jorge Wilstermann v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
DF Samuel Guzmán (2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 0 0 Real Santa Cruz v.  Venezuela, 28 January 2022 PRE
DF Mauricio Álvarez (2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 0 0 Royal Pari v.  Uruguay, 16 November 2021
DF Carlos Rodríguez (2002-10-17) 17 October 2002 0 0 Jorge Wilstermann v.  El Salvador, 5 November 2021 PRE
DF Pablo Vaca (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 0 0 Always Ready v.  El Salvador, 5 November 2021 PRE
MF Jeyson Chura (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 4 0 The Strongest v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
MF Yesit Martínez (2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 2 0 Independiente Petrolero v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
MF Pablo Lima (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 0 0 Bolívar v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
MF Richard Spenhay (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 0 0 Blooming v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
MF Alejandro Chumacero (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 49 2 Always Ready v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
MF Erwin Saavedra (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 39 4 Mamelodi Sundows v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
MF Alexis Ribera (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 8 0 Oriente Petrolero v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
MF William Velasco (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 0 0 Independiente Petrolero v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
MF Daniel Camacho (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 1 0 Universidad San Martín v.  Uruguay, 16 November 2021
MF Kevin Salvatierra (2001-08-05) 5 August 2001 0 0 Bolívar v.  El Salvador, 5 November 2021 INJ
MF Ervin Vaca (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 0 0 Colo-Colo v.  El Salvador, 5 November 2021 PRE
FW Henry Vaca (1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 17 0 Oriente Petrolero v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
FW Héctor Sánchez (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 5 0 Oriente Petrolero v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
FW John García (2000-04-13) 13 April 2000 4 0 Royal Pari v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
FW César Menacho (1999-08-09) 9 August 1999 2 0 Jorge Wilstermann v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
FW Juan Montenegro (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 2 0 Guabirá v.  Brazil, 29 March 2022
FW Víctor Ábrego (1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 10 1 Bolívar v.  Colombia, 24 March 2022 INJ
FW Juan Carlos Arce (1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 88 15 Always Ready v.  Chile, 1 February 2022
FW Nelson Orozco (2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 1 0 Blooming v.  Venezuela, 28 January 2022 PRE
FW Alfredo Flores (2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 0 0 The Strongest v.  Venezuela, 28 January 2022 PRE
FW Javier Uzeda (2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 0 0 Bolívar v.  El Salvador, 5 November 2021
FW José Briceño (2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 0 0 Oriente Petrolero v.  El Salvador, 5 November 2021 PRE

COV Withdrew from the squad due to COVID-19.
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to injury.
PRE Preliminary squad / standby.
RET Retired from the national team.
SUS Withdrew from the squad due to suspension.

Player records
As of 24 September 2022[17]
Players in bold are still active with Bolivia.

Most caps
Ronald Raldes is Bolivia's most-capped player with 102 international appearances.
Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Ronald Raldes 102 3 2001–2018
2 Marcelo Moreno 97 30 2007–present
3 Luis Cristaldo 93 5 1989–2005
Marco Sandy 93 6 1993–2003
5 José Milton Melgar 89 6 1980–1997
6 Juan Carlos Arce 88 15 2004–present
Carlos Fernando Borja 88 1 1979–1995
8 Julio César Baldivieso 85 15 1991–2005
Juan Manuel Peña 85 1 1991–2009
10 Miguel Rimba 80 0 1989–2000

Most goals
Marcelo Moreno is Bolivia's all-time top scorer with 30 goals.
Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Marcelo Moreno 30 97 0.31 2007–present
2 Joaquín Botero 20 48 0.42 1999–2009
3 Victor Ugarte 16 45 0.36 1947–1963
4 Carlos Aragonés 15 31 0.48 1977–1981
Erwin Sánchez 15 57 0.26 1989–2005
Julio César Baldivieso 15 85 0.18 1991–2005
Juan Carlos Arce 15 88 0.17 2004–present
8 Máximo Alcócer 13 22 0.59 1953–1963
Marco Etcheverry 13 71 0.18 1989–2003
10 Miguel Aguilar 10 34 0.29 1977–1983

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 0 8 Squad Qualified as invitees
1934 Did not enter Declined participation
1938
1950 Group stage 13th 1 0 0 1 0 8 Squad Qualified automatically
1954 Did not enter Declined participation
1958 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 6 6
1962 2 0 1 1 2 3
1966 4 1 0 3 4 9
1970 4 2 0 2 5 6
1974 4 0 0 4 1 11
1978 8 3 1 4 10 25
1982 4 1 0 3 5 6
1986 4 0 2 2 2 7
1990 4 3 0 1 6 5
1994 Group stage 21st 3 0 1 2 1 4 Squad 8 5 1 2 22 11
1998 Did not qualify 16 4 5 7 18 21
2002 18 4 6 8 21 33
2006 18 4 2 12 20 37
2010 18 4 3 11 22 36
2014 16 2 6 8 17 30
2018 18 4 2 12 16 38
2022 18 4 3 11 23 42
2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Group stage 3/22 6 0 1 5 1 20 — 168 43 32 93 200 326

Copa América

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1916 Did not participate
1917
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926 Fifth place5th4004224 Squad
1927 Fourth place4th3003319 Squad
1929 Did not participate
1935
1937
1939
1941
1942
1945 Sixth place6th6024316 Squad
1946 Sixth place6th5005423 Squad
1947 Seventh place7th7025621 Squad
1949 Fourth place4th74031324 Squad
1953 Sixth place6th6114615 Squad
1955 Did not participate
1956
1957
1959 Seventh place7th6015423 Squad
1959 Withdrew
1963 Champions1st65101913 Squad
1967 Sixth place6th501409 Squad
1975 Group stage8th410339 Squad
1979 Group stage6th420247 Squad
1983 Group stage8th402246 Squad
1987 Group stage7th201102 Squad
1989 Group stage9th402208 Squad
1991 Group stage9th402227 Squad
1993 Group stage10th302112 Squad
1995 Quarter-finals8th411256 Squad
1997 Runners-up2nd6501105 Squad
1999 Group stage9th302112 Squad
2001 Group stage11th300307 Squad
2004 Group stage9th302134 Squad
2007 Group stage10th302145 Squad
2011 Group stage12th301215 Squad
2015 Quarter-finals8th4112410 Squad
2016 Group stage14th300327 Squad
2019 Group stage12th300329 Squad
2021 Group stage10th4004210 Squad
2024Qualified
Total1 Title28/47119202673108298—

FIFA Confederations Cup
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 3 Squad
2001 Did not qualify
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total Group stage 1/10 3 0 2 1 2 3 —

Pan American Games
Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1951Did not participate
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975Round 26th5203414
1979Did not participate
1983
1987
1991
1995
Since 1999See Bolivia national under-23 football team
TotalRound 21/125203414

Honours

Official
  • South American Championship / Copa América:
    • Winners (1): 1963
    • Runners-up (1): 1997
    • Fourth place (2): 1927, 1949

South American Tournaments
  • Copa Paz del Chaco[18] (vs  Paraguay):
    • Winners (4): 1957, 1962, 1979, 1993
  • Copa Mariscal Sucre[19] (vs  Peru):
    • Winners: 1973 (shared)

Olympic and Pan American Team
  • Pan American Games:
    • Fourth place (1): 2007
  • South American Games:
    • Bronze Medalists (2): 1978, 2010
  • Bolivarian Games:
    • Gold Medalists (4): 1970, 1977, 2003, 2009
    • Silver Medalists (2): 1938, 1947-48 (shared)
    • Bronze Medalists (2): 1965, 1973 (shared)

Notes
  1. The acronym FBF comes from the organization's Spanish name, Federación Boliviana de Fútbol.

See also
  • Bolivia national under-23 football team
  • Bolivia national under-20 football team
  • Bolivia national under-17 football team
  • Bolivia national futsal team

References
  1. "Famous Bolivian Footballers". Your Spanish Translation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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