[ Époques · 1975–2006 ]1975–2006
The wilderness
Five decades unable to recapture the golden generation — a long silence, entwined with dictatorship and collapse, that makes the revival mean something.
- So close
Reached the final rounds of 1978 and 1982 World Cup qualifying but fell short, then declined.
- The drought
A 52-year World Cup absence (1974 → 2026) frames the whole period.