Not surprisingly, that achievement has resulted in a steady climb of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, where the Chileans now stand 14th, their highest position in nearly 12 years.

The last time Chile stood so close to the top ten was in September 1998, when they rose to 12th. And it was in April that year that the South Americans achieved their all-time high of sixth. Since then, however, it has been mostly downhill, with the Chileans dropping as low as 84th in December 2002.

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That anecdote is typical of the man they call El Loco and underlines the impact he has had in his adopted homeland since guiding the national team back to the FIFA World Cup™ finals for the first time in 12 years. The manner in which they achieved qualification, finishing second in the South American Zone behind Brazil and playing some exciting, attacking football in the process, has brought further praise Bielsa’s way. All that remains to be seen now is whether he can earn the kind of adulation that the people of Korea Republic lavished on Dutch tactician Guus Hiddink after their run to fourth place at Korea/Japan 2002.

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New Zealand will play Chile in a training match in the lead up to their opening match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa in June.

The game on 9 June – six days ahead of New Zealand’s FIFA World Cup opener against Slovakia – would likely be played behind closed doors in three 30 minute spells, New Zealand Football said on Tuesday.

“I think we’ve got some really good fixtures lined up leading into our arrival in South Africa so something a bit more informal will be an ideal opportunity to finalise our build-up,” New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert said.

“We may tinker with positions and personnel, but we aim to be heading into the opening game against Slovakia with all those bases covered and players fully aware of what they need to do.”

New Zealand Football also said New Zealand and Australian players will go into a camp from 28 April to 10 May before the South Africa 2010 squad of 23 is named.

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The disaster has led to the suspension of the national Apertura championship, the cancellation of last Wednesday’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ warm-up matches between La Roja and Korea DPR and Costa Rica, and the closure of several stadiums around the country due to serious structural damage.

The Chilean football family, many members of which experienced the earthquake at first hand, has been spurred into action, however, responding to the crisis en masse and demonstrating its heartfelt support and solidarity.

‘Everything started to shake’
The earthquake, which measured 8.8 on the Richter scale, proved a terrifying experience for Juan Antonio Pizzi, the Argentinian coach of Santiago Morning and a former striker with Barcelona, Tenerife and his adopted Spain.

“I was asleep and all of a sudden everything started to shake,” he says, recalling the dramatic events of Saturday 27 February. “After another 20 seconds the electricity went, there was this terrible noise and everything started falling over. It was deafening and I was lying there thinking ‘What’s coming next?’ It went on and on and I just curled up in a corner of the room and waited.”

“I took them in my arms and, as there were bits of ceiling falling on top of us, I decided to jump from the fourth floor.” (Ruben Dario Gigena, Santiago Wanderers forward).

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Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa has named an 18-man foreign-based squad for two friendly internationals next month.

Bielsa’s players will play two friendlies on 3 March, against Costa Rica and DPR Korea, at the Estadio Monumental in Santiago. Pedro Morales, Gonzalo Fierro and Mark Gonzalez have been recalled but there is no place for forward Mauricio Pinilla.

Bielsa will add some home-based players on Sunday, after the domestic action. Chile will play Spain, Switzerland and Honduras in Group H at this summer’s World Cup finals.

Chile squad
Goalkeeper: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad/Spain)

Defenders: Gary Medel (Boca Juniors/Argentina), Osvaldo Gonzalez (Toluca/Mexico), Pablo Contreras (PAOK/Greece), Arturo Vidal (Bayer Leverkusen/Germany), Rodrigo Tello (Besiktas/Turkey)

Midfielders: Gonzalo Fierro (Flamengo/Brazil), Mauricio Isla (Udinese/Italy), Carlos Carmona (Reggina/Italy), Matias Fernandez (Sporting Lisbon/Portugal), Pedro Morales (Dynamo Zagreb/Croatia), Jorge Valdivia (Al Ain/United Arab Emirates)

Fowards: Alexis Sanchez (Udinese/Italy), Humberto Suazo (Real Zaragoza/Spain), Hector Mancilla (Toluca/Mexico), Mark Gonzalez (CSKA Moscow/Russia), Jean Beausejour (America/Mexico), Fabian Orellana (Xerez/Spain)

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Chile’s oldest club was founded in the port of Valparaiso, and it was named Valparaiso Football Club. The governing body of Chilean football Federación de Fútbol de Chile was established in 1895. Chile was one of the founding members of CONMEBOL which launched the first South American international championship now known as the Copa America.

Other important factors that helped the sport of football spread in Chile were the club tours from other nations, such as Argentina and Peru, held in Chile. Furthermore, the first South American tournaments aided in making Chile a better force in the world of association football. By the time the 1930 FIFA World Cup took place in Uruguay, Chile gave a decent performance but was not able to reach the second round due to losing to Argentina and thus getting second place. The next major step in the international arena took place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile, and a series of interesting stories were built around the victories of the Chilean team that brought the country joy after the terrible earthquake that had deeply hurt the nation. Although Chile did not win, the team was able to obtain third place in the competition.

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Having Hispanicized its name to Asociación de Football de Chile, FAC achieved affiliation to FIFA provisionally in 1913 and fully in 1914. In 1916, during the competition of the first Copa América, CONMEBOL was founded with Chile as one of the founding members, besides the Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD), Asociación Argentina de Football (AAF) and Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF).

In 1917, the disputes with the Federación Sportiva Nacional were resolved. But in the early twenties, there appeared the Federación de Football de Chile located in Santiago, which, in October 1923, took the continental football national representation, before the retreat of the Asociación de Football de Chile from the CONMEBOL in order to form a parallel confederation. Faced with this situation, FIFA removed Chile in 1925.

This vital removal forced quick solutions, and on January 24, 1926, the Federación de Football de Chile merged with the Asociación de Football de Chile, thus creating a single entity which rose to be the sole governing body of Chilean football. After the unification, the newly formed organization remained the name of “Federación de Football de Chile” and based in Valparaiso. It was recognized by CONMEBOL in April and, on a temporary basis, by FIFA in July.

The Federación de Fútbol de Chile registered its 1954 candidacy for hosting the 1962 World Cup. On June 10, 1956, as part of FIFA’s Executive Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, Chile was elected with 32 votes in favor to be the host of FIFA World Cup 1962, while Argentina received 10 votes and 14 members voted blank.

On August 15, 2006, the Federación de Fútbol de Chile presented its candidacy to the Executive Committee of FIFA to host the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, 2008, the fourth edition of the tournament. The committee resolved on September 15, 2006 granting the organizing right to the Chilean Federation and it will be the first FIFA Women’s World Cup, no matter what ages, to be held in South America.

On 10 October 2009, Chile qualified for the 2010 World Cup with a 4-2 away win against Colombia. At the end of the qualification they eventually finished in second place, ahead of Paraguay on goal difference following the latter’s defeat to Colombia. They were drawn in Group H with Spain, Switzerland and Honduras. You can buy Chile world cup tickets for the FIFA world cup 2010 and along with that ticket4football also providing the fans with the facility to get England world cup tickets.

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has sent a letter of commiseration to Abdullahi Sani, the President of the Nigeria FF, and to the Sudan FA concerning the terrible event. “On behalf of FIFA and the worldwide family of football, I wish to extend our condolences to you, to the Nigerian football community, to everyone at Al Merreikh club and, most importantly, to Endurance Idahor’s families, friends and loved ones,” it read.

“Please let them know that today the football community stands by their side. We would hope that in some way, our words of support may help bring a little bit of piece and solace in this time of sadness,” it also read.

The former Julius Berger and Dolphin FC player moved to Al Merreikh in 2006 and became a star player for the club, one of the largest in Sudan. He helped lead the side based outside of Khartoum to their first continental final in almost two decades when he finished as their top scorer in 2007. You can buy Nigeria world cup tickets online. Ticket4football provides the fans with the easiest way to get their world cup football tickets online. Other than World cup tickets ,so can get  world cup 2010 tickets for all the teams of the tournament.

The United States Olympic Committee measured the costs and revenue of the 1928 Games in preparation for the 1932 Summer Olympics. The committee reported a total cost of US$1.183 million with receipts of US$1.165 million for a loss of US$18,000 – much less than that of the previous Games.

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Bright spots such as the emergence of the young Brazilians Amarildo (standing in for Pelé) and Garrincha, the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf against Hungary and Yugoslavia, and the inspired performance of the host nation Chile, who unexpectedly took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players, thanks to an outstanding team spirit.

Surprisingly, Chile defeated European champions USSR to land themselves a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. A brilliant performance from Garrincha, which included two goals in a 3–1 win, saw the South Americans triumph against England. Meanwhile 1–0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany—and Czechoslovakia against Hungary—saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.

Chile was said to be eating swiss cheese before beating Switzerland, eating spaghetti before beating Italy, drinking vodka before beating USSR, and drinking coffee before their match against Brazil, though they lost that match this was Chile’s best finish. To prove themselves the best Chile National Football team now got a chance by qualifying to the FIFA World cup 2010. Keeping their terrific history in mind they are supposed to perform their best in this tournament. Ticket4football is providing fans with the full joy of watching the world cup matches live at cheaper rates by offering Chile World Cup Tickets online. Other than World cup tickets you can also get World cup 2010 tickets from ticket4football.