1975 Copa América

1975 Copa América
Tournament details
Dates	July 17 – October 28
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Peru (2nd title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	79 (3.16 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leopoldo Luque Ernesto Díaz (4 goals each)
Best player	Teófilo Cubillas^[1]

The 1975 edition of the Copa América football tournament was played between July 17 and October 28. For the first time there was no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. In addition, the tournament changed its name from South American Championship to Copa América. All ten CONMEBOL countries participated, with defending champions Uruguay receiving a bye into the semi-finals and the rest starting in the group stage.

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads: see 1975 Copa América squads

First round

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, and no points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	4	0	13	1	+12	8
Argentina	4	2	2	17	4	+13	4
Venezuela	4	0	4	1	26	−25	0

Venezuela v Brazil

July 31, 1975

Venezuela	0–4	Brazil
		Romeu 2' Danival 50' Palhinha 82', 88'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:

Carlos Rivero

Venezuela v Argentina

August 3, 1975

Venezuela	1–5	Argentina
Iriarte 14'		Luque 12', 34', 66' Kempes 30' Ardiles 86'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:

Rafael Hormazábal

Brazil v Argentina

August 6, 1975

Brazil	2–1	Argentina
Nelinho 31', 55' (pen.)		Asad 11'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 80,000
Referee:

Ramón Barreto

Argentina v Venezuela

August 10, 1975

Argentina	11–0	Venezuela
D. Killer 8', 41', 62' Gallego 14' Ardiles 39' Kempes 53', 81' Zanabria 56', 64' Bóveda 80' Luque 85'

Cor de León, Rosario
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Pedro Reyes

Brazil v Venezuela

August 13, 1975

Brazil	6–0	Venezuela
Roberto Batata 6', 79' Nelinho 9' Danival 37' Campos 53' Palhinha 65'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 32,000
Referee:

Carlos Rivero

Argentina v Brazil

August 16, 1975

Argentina	0–1	Brazil
		Danival 45'

Cor de León, Rosario
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Carlos Robles

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peru	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	7
Chile	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	3
Bolivia	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2

Chile v Peru

July 17, 1975

Chile	1–1	Peru
Crisosto 10'		Rojas 72'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Omar Delgado

Bolivia v Chile

July 20, 1975

Bolivia	2–1	Chile
Mezza 60', 75'		Gamboa 41'

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro
Attendance: 18,000
Referee:

Héctor Ortiz

Bolivia v Peru

July 27, 1975

Bolivia	0–1	Peru
		Ramírez 17'

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro
Attendance: 18,000
Referee:

Alberto Ducatelli

Peru v Bolivia

August 7, 1975

Peru	3–1	Bolivia
Ramírez 7' (pen.) Cueto 26' Oblitas 52'		Mezza 58' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40,000
Referee:

Romualdo Arppi Filho

Chile v Bolivia

August 13, 1975

Chile	4–0	Bolivia
Araneda 40', 87' Ahumada 61' Gamboa 71'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:

Arturo Ithurralde

Peru v Chile

August 20, 1975

Peru	3–1	Chile
Rojas 3' Oblitas 32' Cubillas 39'		Carlos Reinoso 76'

Estadio Alianza Lima, Lima
Attendance: 35,000
Referee:

Juan José Fortunatto

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6	8
Paraguay	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	3
Ecuador	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1

Colombia v Paraguay

July 20, 1975

Colombia	1–0	Paraguay
Díaz 83'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: 60,000
Referee:

Romualdo Arppi Filho

Ecuador v Paraguay

July 24, 1975

Ecuador	2–2	Paraguay
Lasso 38' Castañeda 47'		Kiese 16', 87'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Mario Fiorenza

Ecuador v Colombia

July 27, 1975

Ecuador	1–3	Colombia
Carrera 40'		Ortiz 15' Retat 75' Castro 83'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:

Miguel Angel Comesaña

Paraguay v Colombia

July 30, 1975

Paraguay	0–1	Colombia
		Díaz 40'

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Match abandoned at 43'

Colombia v Ecuador

August 7, 1975

Colombia	2–0	Ecuador
Díaz 15' Calero 42'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Carlos Robles

Paraguay v Ecuador

August 10, 1975

Paraguay	3–1	Ecuador
Báez 21' Rolón 39', 58'		Castañeda 31'

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:

Armando Marques

Final round

Semi-finals

Colombia v Uruguay

September 21, 1975

Colombia	3–0	Uruguay
Angulo 53' Ortiz 70' Díaz 90' De los Santos 17'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: 55,000
Referee:

César Orozco

Brazil v Peru

September 30, 1975

Brazil	1–3	Peru
Roberto Batata 54'		Casaretto 19', 88' Cubillas 82'

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 75,000
Referee:

Miguel Angel Comesaña

Uruguay v Colombia

October 1, 1975

Uruguay	1–0	Colombia
Morena 17' (pen.) 80'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 70,000
Referee:

Rafael Hormazábal

Peru v Brazil

October 4, 1975

Peru	0–2	Brazil
		Meléndez 10' (o.g.) Campos 61'

Estadio Alianza Lima, Lima
Attendance: 35,000
Referee:

Arturo Ithurralde

(*) Peru was declared the winner by the drawing of lots.

Finals

Colombia v Peru

October 16, 1975^[2]

Colombia	1–0	Peru
Castro 38'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Miguel Comesaña


GK		Zape
DF		Segovia
DF		Zárate
DF		Escobar
DF		Bolaño
MF		Umaña
MF		Calero
MF		Retat
MF		Rendón
FW		Lóndero
FW		Castro
Substitutions:
FW		Díaz
Manager:
Sánchez


GK		Sartor
DF		Soria
DF		Mélendez
DF		Chumpitaz
DF		Díaz
MF		Quesada
MF		Ojeda
MF		Rojas
FW		Barbadillo
FW		Ramírez
FW		Oblitas
Substitutions:
None
Manager:
Calderón

Peru v Colombia

October 22, 1975^[3]

Peru	2–0	Colombia
Oblitas 18' Ramírez 44'

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:

Juan Silvagno


GK		Sartor
DF		Soria
DF		Mélendez
DF		Chumpitaz
DF		Díaz
MF		Quesada
MF		Ojeda
MF		Rojas
FW		Barbadillo
FW		Ramírez
FW		Oblitas
Substitutions:
MF		Ruiz
Manager:
Calderón


GK		Zape
DF		Segovia
DF		Zárate
DF		Escobar
DF		Bolaño
MF		Umaña
MF		Calero
MF		Retat
MF		Arboleda
FW		Lóndero
FW		Castro
Substitutions:
None
Manager:
Sánchez

Final play-off

Peru v Colombia

October 28, 1975^[4]

Peru	1–0	Colombia
Sotil 25'

Estadio Olimpico, Caracas
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:

Ramón Barreto


GK		Sartor
DF		Soria
DF		Mélendez
DF		Chumpitaz
DF		Díaz
MF		Quesada
MF		Ojeda
MF		Rojas
FW		Cubillas
FW		Sotil
FW		Oblitas
Substitutions:
FW		Ramírez
Manager:
Calderón


GK		Zape
DF		Segovia
DF		Zárate
DF		Escobar
DF		Bolaño
MF		Umaña
MF		Calero
MF		Ortiz
MF		Arboleda
FW		Díaz
FW		Campaz
Substitutions:
MF		Retat
FW		Castro
Manager:
Sánchez

Result

1975 Copa América Champions
Peru 2nd title

Goal scorers

With four goals, Leopoldo Luque and Ernesto Díaz are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 79 goals were scored by 42 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Campos
Luis Araneda
Miguel Ángel Gamboa
Ponciano Castro
Willington Ortiz
Gonzalo Castañeda
Hugo Enrique Kiese
Clemente Rolón
Enrique Casaretto
Teófilo Cubillas
Percy Rojas

1 goal

Own goal

Julio Meléndez (for Brazil)

References

↑ The Copa América Archive – Trivia
↑ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 566. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
↑ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 566. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
↑ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 566. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

External links

Copa América 1975 at RSSSF

Copa América

Tournaments	Argentina 1916 Uruguay 1917 Brazil 1919 Chile 1920 Argentina 1921 Brazil 1922 Uruguay 1923 Uruguay 1924 Argentina 1925 Chile 1926 Peru 1927 Argentina 1929 Peru 1935 Argentina 1937 Peru 1939 Chile 1941 Uruguay 1942 Chile 1945 Argentina 1946 Ecuador 1947 Brazil 1949 Peru 1953 Chile 1955 Uruguay 1956 Peru 1957 Argentina 1959 Ecuador 1959 Bolivia 1963 Uruguay 1967 1975 (No fixed venue) 1979 (No fixed venue) 1983 (No fixed venue) Argentina 1987 Brazil 1989 Chile 1991 Ecuador 1993 Uruguay 1995 Bolivia 1997 Paraguay 1999 Colombia 2001 Peru 2004 Venezuela 2007 Argentina 2011 Chile 2015 United States 2016 (Centenario) Brazil 2019 Ecuador 2023

Finals	1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015 2016

Squads	1916 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1929 1935 1937 1939 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1949 1953 1955 1956 1957 1959 ARG ECU 1963 1967 1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015 2016

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