Bolivia men's national football team
Enable an AI agent to recognise Bolivia's senior men's national association-football team, assess its sporting and operational state, and determine which selection, participation and preparation actions are supported by evidence and authority.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
Researched by: Codex + Grok
Purpose and description
Enable an AI agent to recognise Bolivia's senior men's national association-football team, assess its sporting and operational state, and determine which selection, participation and preparation actions are supported by evidence and authority.
The Bolivia men's national football team is the senior men's representative side of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) in FIFA and CONMEBOL men's international association football, selected from Bolivian-eligible players and competing in World Cup, Copa América, and related official matches.
It can be Resolve a fixture, squad announcement or historical result to Bolivia's senior men's team using representative category and dated source evidence.; Assemble a match-window squad view that separates eligibility, selection, registration and actual availability.; Evaluate qualification scenarios using verified competition rules, standings and remaining fixtures.; Compare performance across opponents, coaching periods and venue conditions while exposing limits in comparability.; Prepare a readiness assessment for matches at different elevations and travel distances using documented arrangements.; Draft selection, scheduling or preparation options for authorised officials while identifying decisions that require their approval..
Distinguishing features
The entity represents Bolivia in senior men's association football; Bolivian location or player nationality alone does not establish this identity.
A match or squad belongs here only when evidence identifies the senior men's national side, rather than an age-restricted, Olympic, women's or other football-format side.
The representative team remains the same entity across changes of coach, selected players, kit, nickname usage and home venue.
The team is distinguished from its governing federation: selecting or fielding a national side is a team activity, while governing Bolivian football as a whole belongs to the federation.
A nickname, crest or abbreviated score-feed label is sufficient for matching only when its source and context resolve it to this representative side.
Scope
+ Identity as Bolivia's senior men's representative association-football team and its relationship to the governing federation
+ Player eligibility, call-ups, squad membership and availability for a specified international window
+ Technical leadership, selection authority and continuity between coaching periods
+ Official and friendly fixtures, competition standing and sporting consequences
+ Venue, altitude, travel and preparation conditions affecting team readiness
- The Bolivian football federation's complete governance, finances and administration
- Bolivia's women's, youth, Olympic-age, futsal and beach-soccer representative teams
- Players' complete biographies, club careers and private medical records
- Club-team operations and Bolivia's domestic league system
- Stadium ownership, engineering and general event operations
- Competition-wide regulations and administration beyond their application to this team
Characteristics
- Representative identity
- Bolivia; senior; men; association football Prevents records for neighbouring representative sides or other football formats from being merged into this team.
- Governing and selection authority
- Federation and authorised team officials, with role and effective dates Establishes who may announce selections, appoint staff and commit the team to participation.
- Player participation status
- Eligibility, call-up, registration, availability and suspension assessed separately for a dated fixture or window An eligible player is not necessarily selected, available or permitted to play in a particular match.
- Technical leadership
- Head coach and relevant staff appointments, including interim status and effective dates Connects selection and tactical decisions to the responsible leadership period.
- Competition position
- Competition edition, stage, points, rank and qualification or elimination status under applicable rules Shows what sporting outcomes remain possible and what upcoming matches can change.
- Match performance
- Goals, goal difference, points and source-defined performance measures over an explicit match set Supports assessment without mixing friendlies, competitive matches or incompatible statistical definitions.
- Venue elevation and preparation exposure
- Venue elevation in metres above sea level; days at documented preparation locations Makes altitude and preparation context explicit without assuming a uniform effect on every player or opponent.
- Fixture readiness
- Confirmed, conditional, blocked or unknown, with separate personnel, registration, travel and venue dependencies Identifies actionable constraints before the next match.
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 5 bundles · 9 layers · 16 findings · 24 questions.
Bolivia representative identity and authority Establishes which representative side this is and who can act for it across time.
Bolivia-labelled records can describe several national sides or the federation itself; reliable recognition must precede sporting assessment.
Senior men's side boundary
Separates this continuing team from neighbouring Bolivian representative entities and temporary selections.
Representative category evidence
Record evidence that a name, squad or match denotes Bolivia's senior men's association-football side, with ambiguous historical labels left unresolved.
- What official designation and representative category identify this Bolivia side in the source? definition
- Could this record instead concern an age-restricted, Olympic-age, women's, futsal, beach-soccer or unofficial selection? boundary
Federation and team mandates
Connects the side to the federation and dated officials responsible for team decisions.
Authorised team decisions
Record the evidenced mandate for appointing coaches, issuing call-ups and confirming team participation, distinguishing proposals from official decisions.
- Which federation publication or appointment notice establishes the responsible authority and its effective dates? provenance
- Who can approve a squad change, coaching appointment or fixture commitment for this team? action
Bolivia squad and technical direction Describes the personnel the team can field and the leadership under which they prepare.
The national side persists while its players return to different clubs and its coaches change; state must be attached to a specific international window.
Eligibility, selection and release
Distinguishes potential representation of Bolivia from an effective call-up and permission to play.
Fixture-specific player status
Record each relevant player's evidenced eligibility to represent Bolivia, call-up status, club-release position, competition registration and match availability.
- What evidence supports this player's eligibility to represent Bolivia, including any required association-switch decision? provenance
- For the specified fixture, which selected players remain unavailable or conditional because of release, registration, suspension or publicly confirmed fitness constraints? action
Coaching period and playing roles
Relates team choices to dated technical leadership and observed player roles.
Tactical continuity across selections
Record the responsible coaching period, observed formations and player roles, separating announced intentions from match evidence.
- Which dated appointment or departure announcement establishes the coach responsible for this selection? provenance
- Across a stated set of Bolivia matches, which starting combinations, substitutions and playing roles recur, and with what sample size? measurement
Bolivia competition position and performance Connects match evidence to the team's position in World Cup qualifying, Copa América and other documented participation.
A result matters through its competition context; qualification consequences and assessments of form require different evidence.
Competition edition and consequences
Records participation and sporting possibilities under the rules of a particular edition.
Qualification and progression state
Record Bolivia's verified position, remaining fixtures, applicable tie-breakers and any administrative decisions affecting progression.
- Which official standings, edition-specific rules and disciplinary decisions establish Bolivia's position as of the assessment date? provenance
- Which remaining result combinations would secure, preserve or end Bolivia's qualification or progression possibilities? action
Contextualised match evidence
Supports comparison of performances while preserving opponent, venue and match-status differences.
Home, away and opponent comparability
Record results and available performance measures with opponent strength, competitive status, venue, elevation and coaching period, without treating contextual associations as proven causes.
- How do Bolivia's results and consistently defined performance measures differ across an explicit set of home, away and neutral matches? measurement
- Which comparisons are weakened by different opponents, venue elevations, squad strength, friendly status or missing statistics? boundary
Bolivia altitude, travel and match readiness Captures the operational conditions of preparing Bolivia's selected players for a specific venue and opponent.
Home fixtures at elevation and travel to contrasting away environments make venue-specific preparation necessary; the home-country label alone cannot describe readiness.
Confirmed venue and exposure
Records the actual match location and documented preparation exposure rather than assuming a permanent home venue or uniform acclimatisation.
Venue-specific altitude context
Record the confirmed stadium, sourced elevation, preparation locations and arrival dates; distinguish any La Paz or El Alto fixture by its actual venue.
- Which official fixture notice confirms the stadium, and which reliable source establishes its elevation? provenance
- How many documented days will selected players spend at each preparation location before the match, and where is exposure unknown? measurement
Window logistics and actionability
Combines squad assembly, travel, recovery time and participation requirements into a dated readiness judgement.
Next-fixture readiness constraints
Record confirmed and unresolved dependencies for assembling Bolivia's squad and reaching the fixture ready to participate, with responsible decision-makers.
- What time is available between players' documented club commitments, squad arrival, travel and Bolivia's next fixture? measurement
- Which unresolved dependency requires action by team staff, the federation, a club or the competition organiser before participation is secure? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Kinds and varieties
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Senior A-team (Selección mayor / La Verde)
- Olympic / U-23 men's team
- U-20 men's team
- U-17 men's team
- Futsal men's national team (separate FBF programme)
- Beach soccer men's national team (separate FBF programme)
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Identifiers and schemes
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Wikidata - Q181187 - Bolivia men's national association football team
- FIFA association code - BOL - Three-letter code of the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol, used on team sheets and rankings
- IOC / ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 - BOL - Country code coinciding with the FIFA trigram
- FIFA ranking listing - Bolivia (BOL) - Men's FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking entry for the senior A-team
- Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Standards and regulation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA Statutes and Regulations Governing International Matches - eligibility, official 'A' international status, and disciplinary framework (FIFA)
- FIFA Laws of the Game as issued by The IFAB - on-field play (The IFAB / FIFA)
- CONMEBOL statutes and Copa América / World Cup qualifying competition regulations - regional competition entry (CONMEBOL)
- FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, including national-team eligibility (arts. on association, parentage, and change of association) (FIFA)
- Estatutos and reglamento de selecciones of the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol - domestic governance of the senior and youth men's teams (FBF)
- Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA World Cup qualification in the CONMEBOL round-robin (10-team table), typically 18 matches per cycle
- Copa América finals tournaments, including as 1963 host-and-champion
- FIFA World Cup finals appearances in 1930, 1950, and 1994
- Home internationals at Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz (~3,637 m), and increasingly at Estadio Municipal de El Alto (~4,150 m); friendlies and some competitive matches also at Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera (Santa Cruz) and other lowland venues
- Kit, broadcast, and commercial identity as La Verde (green shirts, red and yellow trim echoing the national flag)
- Player pool drawn from División Profesional clubs and Bolivian-eligible players abroad, called up by the FBF technical staff
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Typical measurements
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA men's world ranking position - roughly 50-90 in the 2010s-2020s, with historical peaks near the mid-20s (around 1994) and troughs below 100 - rank (1 = highest)
- Home-stadium elevation (La Paz / El Alto) - 3,600-4,150 - m above sea level
- FIFA World Cup finals appearances - 3 (1930, 1950, 1994) - count
- Copa América titles - 1 (1963) - count
- Senior A-match squad size - 23-26 named players per FIFA window - players
- Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Failure modes and hazards
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Altitude-related physiological stress on visiting teams at La Paz/El Alto, and corresponding FIFA/CONMEBOL disputes over whether those venues may be used for official qualifiers
- Chronic failure to convert strong home form into away points in CONMEBOL qualifying, producing long World Cup absences since 1994
- Federation-level governance crises (FBF suspensions, presidential disputes, FIFA normalisation committees) that interrupt coaching cycles and player call-ups
- Player eligibility and naturalisation disputes when dual-national or diaspora players are selected
- Crowd, pitch, and security incidents at high-altitude venues; travel and acclimatisation logistics for the squad itself when playing away at sea level
- Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Spanish-language usage: Selección Boliviana de Fútbol or La Verde; English media: Bolivia (men's) national team / Bolivia national football team
- Home-venue practice: highland (La Paz, El Alto) versus lowland (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) depending on FBF policy, FIFA altitude rulings, and commercial/TV considerations
- Kit and nickname overlap with other green-shirted CONMEBOL sides is local; Bolivians treat La Verde as the senior men's A-team, not the women's or youth sides
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Bolivia women's national football team - Separate FBF programme, FIFA women's ranking and World Cup/Copa América Femenina path; not the men's A-team (Wikidata Q2667640 vs Q181187)
- Bolivia national under-20 / under-17 / Olympic teams - Age-restricted FBF sides; results do not count as senior A internationals unless FIFA designates the match as such
- Club Bolívar (La Paz) - A professional club in the División Profesional, not a national selection; players may be capped for the national team but the club competes in CONMEBOL club competitions
- Federación Boliviana de Fútbol (FBF) - The member association that governs the team; the team is a representative side, the FBF is the organisation (FIFA code BOL)
- Bolivia national futsal or beach soccer teams - Same federation, different FIFA disciplines and ranking lists
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Bolivia men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Sources
- Bolivia national football team - Founding year, nickname, federation, FIFA/CONMEBOL affiliation, home venues, World Cup and Copa América record, kit colours, and distinction from youth and women's sides.
- Bolivia men's national association football team (Q181187) - Canonical Wikidata identifier, FIFA/IOC country code linkage, and instance-of men's national association football team.
- Copa América - historical records and Bolivia 1963 - CONMEBOL membership and Bolivia's 1963 Copa América title as the side's sole senior continental championship.
What the second pass must settle
- Which official sources provide the most complete identity history and resolve ambiguous Bolivia senior-side records, including unofficial or age-restricted selections?
- What are the current effective mandates of the head coach, selection staff and federation officials responsible for team decisions?
- Which players have unresolved or insufficiently documented eligibility, association-switch, registration or availability status for the intended assessment window?
- What stadiums and preparation locations are confirmed for the relevant fixtures, and what evidence supports conclusions about altitude exposure without assuming a causal advantage?
- Which authoritative match and competition datasets are sufficiently complete and consistent to assess performance and qualification scenarios at the required date?