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 sub. They never advanced past the first round of any World Cup, but did win the Copa América once, in 1963 .
World Cup record
Copa América record
- 1916 to 1925 - Did not enter
- 1926 - Fifth place
- 1927 - Fourth place
- 1929 to 1942 - Withdrew
- 1945 - Sixth place
- 1946 - Sixth place
- 1947 - Seventh place
- 1949 - Fourth place
- 1953 - Sixth place
- 1955 to 1957 - Withdrew
- 1959 - Seventh place
- 1959 - Withdrew
- 1963 - Winners
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- 1967 - Sixth place
- 1975 - Round 1
- 1979 - Round 1
- 1983 - Round 1
- 1987 - Round 1
- 1989 - Round 1
- 1991 - Round 1
- 1993 - Round 1
- 1995 - Quarterfinals
- 1997 - Runners-up
- 1999 - Round 1
- 2001 - Round 1
- 2004 - Round 1
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Famous players
