1983 Copa América

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1983 Copa América
Tournament details
Dates10 August – 4 November
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (12th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored55 (2.29 per match)
Attendance1,119,738 (46,656 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Carlos Aguilera
Argentina Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Brazil Roberto Dinamite
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Uruguay Enzo Francéscoli
← 1979
1987 →

The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between 10 August and 4 November, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay received a bye into the semi-finals.

Squads[]

Main article: 1983 Copa América squads

Group stage[]

Argentina playing Ecuador in Quito

The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Paraguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Chile 4 2 1 1 8 2 +6 5
 Venezuela 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1
Uruguay 2–1 Chile
Acevedo 45'
F.Morena 63' (pen.)		 Orellan 76'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
Uruguay 3–0 Venezuela
Wilmar Cabrera 55'
Fernando Morena 51' (pen.)
Arsenio Luzardo 68'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
Chile 5–0 Venezuela
Oscar Arriaza 22'
Rodolfo Dubó 25'
Jorge Aravena 35', 83'
Rubén Espinoza 51'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Enrique Labó (Peru)
Chile 2–0 Uruguay
Rodolfo Dubó 9'
Juan Carlos Letelier 80'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Teodoro Nitti (Argentina)
Venezuela 1–2 Uruguay
Pedro Febles 77' Alberto Santelli 74'
Carlos Aguilera 87'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Montalván (Peru)
Venezuela 0–0 Chile
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 4 2 1 1 6 1 +5 5
 Argentina 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 5
 Ecuador 4 0 2 2 4 10 −6 2
Ecuador 2–2 Argentina
Galo Fidean Vásquez 68'
José Jacinto Vega 79'		 Jorge Luis Burruchaga 40', 51'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia)
Ecuador 0–1 Brazil
Report Roberto Dinamite 14'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alfonso Postigo (Peru)
Argentina 1–0 Brazil
Ricardo Gareca 55' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Brazil 5–0 Ecuador
Renato Gaúcho 12'
Roberto Dinamite 46', 55'
Éder 58'
Tita 60'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Luis Gregorio Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Argentina 2–2 Ecuador
Víctor Ramos 50'
Jorge Luis Burruchaga 90' (pen.)		 Lupo Quiñónez 44'
Hans Maldonado 90'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Report
Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Peru 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 6
 Colombia 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4
 Bolivia 4 0 2 2 4 6 −2 2
Bolivia 0–1 Colombia
Didí 73'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
Peru 1–0 Colombia
Franco Navarro 70'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
Bolivia 1–1 Peru
Erwin Romero 65' Franco Navarro 89'
Attendance: 37,738[1]
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Romero (Argentina)
Colombia 2–2 Peru
Miguel Augusto Prince 46'
Fernando Fiorillo 69'		 Eduardo Malásquez 25' (pen.)
Juan Caballero 85'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
Colombia 2–2 Bolivia
Didí 2'
Nolberto Molina 60' (pen.)		 Milton Melgar 78'
Silvio Rojas 80'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: José Vergara (Venezuela)
Peru 2–1 Bolivia
Germán Leguía 6'
Juan Caballero 21'		 David Paniagua 46'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Guillermo Budge (Chile)

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinals
 
        
 
 
 
 
 Peru01
 
 
 
 Uruguay11
 
 Uruguay21
 
 
 
 Brazil01
 
 Paraguay10
 
 
 Brazil (by draw)10
 

Semi-finals[]

Peru 0–1 Uruguay
Aguilera 65'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Sergio Vásquez (Chile)
Uruguay 1–1 Peru
Cabrera 49' Malásquez 24'
Attendance: 58,000

Uruguay won 3–1 on points.

Paraguay 1–1 Brazil
Morel 70' Report Éder 88'
Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Castro (Chile)
Brazil 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Parque de Sabiá, Uberlandia
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Loustau (Argentina)

2–2 on points. Brazil won on a drawing of lots.

Finals[]

Main article: 1983 Copa América Finals
Uruguay 2–0 Brazil
Francescoli 41'
Diogo 80'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Ortiz (Paraguay)
Brazil 1–1 Uruguay
Jorginho 23' Aguilera 77'
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Edison Pérez (Peru)

Uruguay won 3–1 on points.

Goal scorers[]

Jorge Burruchaga, one of the three top scorers

With three goals, Jorge Luis Burruchaga, Roberto Dinamite and Carlos Aguilera are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 55 goals were scored by 40 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References[]

  1. ^ Behr, Raúl. "B para creer" (in Spanish). Dechalaca.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 568. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
  3. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 568. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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